CEMSE Weekly Updates - September 2, 2025 Tue, Sep 2 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Events Stay informed about the upcoming events and the latest news from CEMSE. Watching Earth from Space: Methane, Mangroves, and Sinkholes in Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Aljurbua, Assistant Research Professor, KACST; Ibn Rushd Fellow, KAUST; Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Sep 7, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 L2 R2325 This talk will present three projects that use satellite remote sensing to address pressing environmental challenges in Saudi Arabia. Building a Safer and More Equitable Internet in the Age of AI Zafar Qazi, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Sep 8, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 L2 R2325 This talk will show how interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of networked systems, AI, and societal impact can help address challenges related to AI-powered moderation systems guiding access to online resources. Innovative Multi-Band Antenna Designs for Internet of Sea Applications Hanguang Liao, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering Sep 8, 14:00 - 16:00 B2, L5, R5209 Monitoring the ocean environment is essential for understanding climate change, protecting marine biodiversity, and enabling sustainable exploitation of marine resources. Human activities such as oil spills and overfishing have significantly disrupted oceanic ecosystems. As a result, there is increasing interest in monitoring marine environments and tracking the health of aquatic species to identify signs of ecological stress. However, acquisition of data from oceans has been a challenging and expensive task. Marine environment lacks adequate communication infrastructures, and traditional solutions such as monitoring ships and underwater cable networks remain prohibitively expensive and logistically complex. These limitations underscore the need for low-cost, scalable, and autonomous ocean monitoring systems. Gaussian Random Fields on Metric Graphs David Bolin, Professor, Statistics Sep 11, 12:00 - 13:00 B9 B2 L2325 Gaussian random fields Metric graphs Statistical Modeling This talk presents a comprehensive mathematical and statistical theory, along with user-friendly software, for modeling data with Gaussian random fields on metric graphs by developing valid covariance functions based on network distance.
Innovative Multi-Band Antenna Designs for Internet of Sea Applications Hanguang Liao, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering Sep 8, 14:00 - 16:00 B2, L5, R5209 Monitoring the ocean environment is essential for understanding climate change, protecting marine biodiversity, and enabling sustainable exploitation of marine resources. Human activities such as oil spills and overfishing have significantly disrupted oceanic ecosystems. As a result, there is increasing interest in monitoring marine environments and tracking the health of aquatic species to identify signs of ecological stress. However, acquisition of data from oceans has been a challenging and expensive task. Marine environment lacks adequate communication infrastructures, and traditional solutions such as monitoring ships and underwater cable networks remain prohibitively expensive and logistically complex. These limitations underscore the need for low-cost, scalable, and autonomous ocean monitoring systems.
