CEMSE Weekly Updates - Mar 4, 2025 Tue, Mar 4 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Events Stay informed about the upcoming events and the latest news from CEMSE. Upcoming Events A Comprehensive Perception and Decision-making Pipeline for Autonomous Surface Vehicle Navigation in Aquatic Environments Mingi Jeong, Research Assistant, Computer Science, Dartmouth College, USA Mar 10, 12:00 - 13:00 B3 L5 R5220 Autonomous Surface Vehicle Collision Avoidance environment This talk addresses the challenges hindering widespread adoption of Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV), focusing on safety and robustness, and presents perception and decision-making frameworks, including LiDAR-based obstacle detection, adaptive collision avoidance, and ASV deployment for water quality monitoring, concluding with open problems for future research. Chase and Escape from Sticks to Groups: Effects of Noise and Delay Toru Ohira, Professor, Graduate School of Mathematics Division of Mathematics Advanced Topology, Nagoya University, Japan Mar 10, 16:00 - 17:00 B1 L3 R3119 This talk explores the "group chase and escape" model, an extension of the classic chase and escape problem, demonstrating emergent complex behaviours like emergent aggregate formations, noise-enhanced catching, and distance-dependent movements delays, and further examines the impact of probabilistically converting caught escapees into chasers, adding another layer of dynamical complexity to the system. One-on-One Statistical Consulting for KAUST Researchers Mar 11, 10:00 - 16:00 B1 L4 R4102 Join the American Statistical Association (ASA) KAUST Student Chapter for one-on-one statistical consultations. Viscous Thin Films Driven by Thermal Noise Manuel V. Gnann, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Mar 11, 16:00 - 17:00 B1 L3 R3119 This talk explores the mathematical analysis of stochastic thin-film equations, focusing on the existence of solutions for nonlinear noise and measure-valued solutions, highlighting the importance of the Stratonovich formulation for accurate physical modelling of capillary-driven viscous thin films at microscopic scales. On the Use of "Conventional" Unconstrained Minimization Solvers for Training Regression Problems in Scientific Machine Learning Stefano Zampini, Senior Research Scientist, Hierarchical Computations on Manycore Architectures Mar 13, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 L2 R2325 petsc PETScML machine learning This talk introduces PETScML, a framework leveraging traditional second-order optimization solvers for use within scientific machine learning, demonstrating improved generalization capabilities over gradient-based methods routinely adopted in deep learning. News Highlights Professor Wolfgang Heidrich elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and named a 2025 Optica Fellow 5 min read · Wed, Feb 26 2025 Awards News computational imaging computer graphics optics artificial intelligence generative ai KAUST Professor Wolfgang Heidrich has been named a Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Optica, recognizing his pioneering contributions to computational imaging, display systems and AI-driven optical technologies. Double honors for Professor Yating Wan 3 min read · Thu, Feb 13 2025 News photonic silicon-based photodetectors silicon IEEE KAUST Professor Yating Wan receives the 2025 Sony Women in Technology and IEEE Young Investigator Awards. KAUST collaboration to benefit life sciences and nanotechnology research 1 min read · Mon, Feb 3 2025 News Clip News nanotechnology AI KAUST and IIT unite to enhance research in life sciences, AI, robotics and nanotech, driving innovation through collaboration. Bringing an old proof to modern problems 1 min read · Sun, Feb 2 2025 News Clip News mathematical modelling Biomedical Computer simulations A physically consistent and self-adaptive numerical modelling approach opens the door to more accurate and reliable computational simulations of clinical and biological processes. Professor Tareq Al-Naffouri named Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow 2 min read · Sun, Feb 2 2025 News IEEE Wireless Communications KAUST Professor Tareq Al-Naffouri has been named an IEEE Fellow, the organization’s highest distinction, in recognition of his contributions to adaptive signal processing and its applications in wireless communications.
Professor Wolfgang Heidrich elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and named a 2025 Optica Fellow 5 min read · Wed, Feb 26 2025 Awards News computational imaging computer graphics optics artificial intelligence generative ai KAUST Professor Wolfgang Heidrich has been named a Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Optica, recognizing his pioneering contributions to computational imaging, display systems and AI-driven optical technologies.
Double honors for Professor Yating Wan 3 min read · Thu, Feb 13 2025 News photonic silicon-based photodetectors silicon IEEE KAUST Professor Yating Wan receives the 2025 Sony Women in Technology and IEEE Young Investigator Awards.
KAUST collaboration to benefit life sciences and nanotechnology research 1 min read · Mon, Feb 3 2025 News Clip News nanotechnology AI KAUST and IIT unite to enhance research in life sciences, AI, robotics and nanotech, driving innovation through collaboration.
Bringing an old proof to modern problems 1 min read · Sun, Feb 2 2025 News Clip News mathematical modelling Biomedical Computer simulations A physically consistent and self-adaptive numerical modelling approach opens the door to more accurate and reliable computational simulations of clinical and biological processes.
Professor Tareq Al-Naffouri named Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow 2 min read · Sun, Feb 2 2025 News IEEE Wireless Communications KAUST Professor Tareq Al-Naffouri has been named an IEEE Fellow, the organization’s highest distinction, in recognition of his contributions to adaptive signal processing and its applications in wireless communications.
