CEMSE Weekly Updates - Mar 18, 2025 Tue, Mar 18 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Events Stay informed about the upcoming events and the latest news from CEMSE. Upcoming Events Sense of Touch: from Haptics to Robotic Tactile Sensing Zhanat Kappassov, Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Mar 23, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 L2 R2325 biomedical sensing robotics haptics This talk explores the intersection of haptics, human touch perception, and robotic tactile sensing, covering principles of human touch, traditional and emerging robotic tactile sensors, and their applications in human-robot interaction, including a case study on tactile gloves for breast lump detection. Latent Abstractions, Mutual Information and Generative Diffusion Models Giulio Franzese, Assistant Professor, Data Science Department, EURECOM Mar 23, 12:00 - 13:00 B1 L4 R4102 This talk presents a mathematical framework linking stochastic differential equations and information theory on how diffusion models utilize latent abstractions via implicit stochastic filtering to synthesize high-dimensional data. Statistical Models and Methods Based on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations David Bolin, Associate Professor, Statistics Mar 23, 14:00 - 15:30 B9 L2 R2322; Zoom Meeting ID 93209452060 SPDEs non-Gaussian random fields statistical analysis Metric graphs This talk presents an overview of our research on statistical methods using stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs), focusing on non-Gaussian random fields and fractional-order SPDEs, and theory for random fields and statistical analysis on metric graphs, highlighting theoretical contributions, software development, and applications relevant to KAUST RDI pillars. Dimension Liftings for Quantum Computation of Partial Differential Equations and Related Problems Shi Jin, Director of Institute of Natural Sciences, Chair Professor of Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Mar 25, 16:00 - 17:00 B1 L3 R3119 PDEs Schrödinger equation quantum simulation quantum computing This lecture presents a systematic framework for developing quantum simulation algorithms for general differential equations, using dimension lifting to transform nonlinear and time-dependent problems into forms solvable by simulating the Schrödinger equation. Some Contributions to Particle and Unbiased Simulation Methods Elsiddig Awadelkarim Elsiddig, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences Mar 26, 10:00 - 12:00 B3 L5 R5209; Zoom Meeting 95303621356 Bayesian Statistics machine learning This thesis develops unbiased estimators and efficient particle filters, leveraging Feynman-Kac formulae and multilevel techniques, to address challenges in parameter estimation, filtering, invariant measure approximation, and stationary distribution computation for partially observed diffusion processes and McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equations. MI is All You Need: Understanding Complex Multivariate Systems Through the Lenses of GenAI Pietro Michiardi, Professor, Department Head, Data Science Department, EURECOM Mar 26, 12:00 - 13:00 B1 L4 R4102 This talk explores the use of score functions and denoising neural networks for efficient estimation of mutual information and novel extensions to information theory that describe complex multivariate interactions, demonstrating applications in automotive sensing, semantic alignment, and neuroscience.
