Tiny loudspeakers can efficiently produce low-frequency sounds due to effects similar to the quantum physics governing atoms.
Mapping genetic influences on connections between neural networks could lead to a better understanding of brain organization and behavior.
Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.
KAUST second year Ph.D. student Yuxiao Li has been selected to receive a Student Paper Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA) for his paper entitled "Efficient Estimation of Non-stationary Spatial Covariance Functions with Application to High-resolution Climate Model Emulation."
A risk-based optimization scheme boosts confidence and profitability for future mixed-technology power plants.
Faster computations will allow researchers to see the finer details of brain activity in functional brain imaging.
Married couple Wanfang Chen and Yuxiao Li came to KAUST in August 2016 to pursue their Ph.D. studies in the field of statistics. Both students are based in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science & Engineering division—Chen under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Marc Genton and Li under the supervision of Professor Ying Sun.
More accurate statistical modeling of extreme weather will improve forecasting and disaster mitigation.
A technique that uses the power of computing could solve statistical problems cheaper and faster than current methods.
Ying Sun is a multi-award-winning statistician who is inspired by the value of statistics in solving real-world problems.
Gaurav Agarwal joined KAUST in the fall of 2016 as a statistics Ph.D. student in the Environmental Statistics Group under the supervision of Professor Ying Sun. Before joining KAUST, Agarwal completed a bachelor's degree in statistics from Hindu College, Delhi, and a master's degree in statistics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
A method to visualize hidden statistical structure helps make sense of environmental data.
A new statistical technique could be used to more accurately locate global wind resources.
Coordinated robot swarms can achieve amazing feats, but even a single faulty unit can have serious consequences.
High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are now in sight.