KAUST scientists win prestigious Gauss Award for supercomputing excellence 1 min read · Fri, Jun 26 2020 News HPC supercomputing numerical linear algebra parallel computing KAUST Ph.D. graduate Dr. Noha Al-Harthi and doctoral student Rabab Alomairy, have won the German Gauss Center for Supercomputing (GCS) Award for original research that best advances high-performance computing. This makes KAUST the first Middle Eastern institution to receive this prestigious award.
KAUST Prospective student: Fernando Patricio Zhapa Camacho 1 min read · Thu, Jun 25 2020 News Natural Language Processing Fernando is a 23-year-old Information Technology graduate fromYachay Tech University in Urcuquí, Ecuador. He has planned to continue his academic career at KAUST under the supervision of Professor Robert Hoehndorf.
Meet KAUST prospective student: Matheus Vinícius Medeiros de Souza 1 min read · Wed, Jun 24 2020 News Computer Vision machine learning Matheus Vinícius Medeiros de Souza is a 24-year-old electrical engineering graduate from the city of Natal, Brazil. Matheus first came to KAUST as a visiting student in 2019 and was instantly impressed by the university’s research facilities.
A clique away from more efficient networks 1 min read · Sun, Jun 14 2020 News networks connectivity applied mathematics electrical engineering An old branch of mathematics finds a fertile new field of application.
Angling for underwater WiFi 1 min read · Wed, Jun 10 2020 News communications Computer science Scuba divers could send sea life shots in real time using an aquatic internet service.
AI that's built to save lives 1 min read · Tue, Jun 9 2020 Spotlight News artificial intelligence COVID-19 Associate Professor Xin Gao and his group have developed an artificial-intelligence (AI) based solution to help increase COVID-19 testing accuracy. Identifying cases of early stage infection has been particularly challenging for frontline clinicians. Gao's AI-based model, which aims to increase accuracy, has been put to immediate use at King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in Riyadh.
A sharper view of flood risk 1 min read · Sun, Jun 7 2020 News extreme events climate science statistics Extreme weather patterns and regions at risk of flooding could be easier to spot using a new statistical model for large spatial datasets.
Meet KAUST prospective student: Adilya Bakambekova 1 min read · Wed, Jun 3 2020 News electronics electrical engineering She loves watching films not for the plot, but in order to rethink her beliefs. She is 22, she graduates from the School of Engineering in the capital. Adilya Bakambekova may seem ordinary: she loves walking in the park, powerlifting, taking care of her five-year-old wiener dog.
Tracking the Curve: Analyzing the Emotional Response to COVID-19 1 min read · Tue, Jun 2 2020 Spotlight News Artificial Neural Network epidemiology artificial intelligence machine learning Hashtags like #covid19 and #coronavirus help us stay up to date on the developments of the new coronavirus pandemic. But beyond breaking news, tweets also offer a glimpse into the emotional side of the COVID-19 crisis.
KAUST named among academic winners at the 2020 Ansys Hall of Fame Competition 1 min read · Tue, Jun 2 2020 News electromagnetic simulation antenna arrays Landmine detection research developed by KAUST scientists—Sebastian Celis Sierra, Li Zhang, and Mohamed Farhat—was named among the top three academic winners of the 2020 Ansys Hall of Fame competition. Based in Pennsylvania, U.S., Ansys develop and market multiphysics engineering simulation software for product design.
Training agents to walk with purpose 1 min read · Sun, May 31 2020 News statistics big data Computer science By training a search agent to make smarter exploratory decisions, relational data can be classified more accurately and efficiently.
Iron nanorobots go undercover 1 min read · Wed, May 20 2020 News electrical engineering nanoscience cells Customizable magnetic iron nanowires pinpoint and track the movements of target cells.
6G: The time is now! 1 min read · Sun, May 17 2020 News wireless telecommunication technology 6G While 5G companies and opponents are competing over the deployment of the first 5G platforms, the next generation of wireless telecommunication technology is being concocted right now in laboratories all around the world.
KAUST Ph.D. student receives SPIE 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship 1 min read · Sat, May 16 2020 News Spotlight SPIE nanotechnology LED laser photonics Ronghui Lin, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Xiaohang Li, has been awarded an SPIE 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship for his “potential long-range contribution to optics, photonics, or other related fields.”
Shaheen II open to serve COVID-19 research around the Kingdom 1 min read · Sun, May 10 2020 News supercomputing The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed challenges across the globe that need to be solved using scientific discovery and innovation. In line with that, the KAUST Supercomputing Core Laboratory (KSL) has opened a call for proposals that require its supercomputer Shaheen II, as well as other cluster computing resources, to support research projects.
Pure red LEDs fulfill a primary goal 1 min read · Wed, May 6 2020 News material science electrical engineering First high-intensity, low-voltage red LEDs made from nitride semiconductors.
Light sensors detect larval pests munching on date palms 1 min read · Mon, May 4 2020 News electrical engineering food security sensors Optical fibers wrapped around date palm trunks could help detect this tree’s most destructive pest early enough to save it.
KAUST CS student recognized with AAAI Outstanding Program Committee Award 1 min read · Sun, May 3 2020 News artificial intelligence Konstantin Mishchenko, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Peter Richtárik, has been selected as one of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence’s (AAAI) 12 Outstanding Program Committee Members for 2020. Mishchenko was presented with a certificate in recognition of his outstanding service at AAAI-20 held in New York from February 7-12.
Exciting New Technology Makes BPA Water Testing More Efficient 1 min read · Fri, May 1 2020 News Water pollution sensors Plastic LSG In today’s world, it should come as no surprise that plastic dominates the products that we rely on each and every day. From our technology devices, to our water bottles, plastic is almost always an integral structural component.
Early warning sensor sniffs out cities' harmful gas 1 min read · Tue, Apr 28 2020 News sensors pollution electrical engineering An integrated detector device could form the basis of a distributed air-quality sensor network.
Realization of an Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective OFET NO2 Sensor: The Synergistic Combination of PDVT-10 Polymer and Porphyrin–MOF 1 min read · Fri, Apr 24 2020 News OFET NO2 gas sensor organic semiconductor Gas Sensors MOFs Saravanan Yuvaraja, et al., "Realization of an Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective OFET NO2 Sensor: The Synergistic Combination of PDVT-10 Polymer and Porphyrin–MOF." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12 (16), 2020, 18748. Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are emerging as competitive candidates for gas sensing applications due to the ease of their fabrication process combined with the ability to readily fine-tune the properties of organic semiconductors. Nevertheless, some key challenges remain to be addressed, such as material degradation, low sensitivity, and poor selectivity toward
KAUST startup Edama Organic Solutions has been featured in Arab News 1 min read · Tue, Apr 21 2020 News Edama Throughout the world, organic waste generation is posing serious challenges, threatening food security and water purity and availability. Saudi Arabia is no exception.
Peeling back the layers of deep machine learning 1 min read · Fri, Apr 17 2020 News machine learning artificial intelligence Computer science A layer-based approach raises the efficiency of training artificial intelligence models.
Understanding the COVID wave 1 min read · Thu, Apr 16 2020 News numerical analysis numerical methods As countries around the world work to "flatten the curve," a reference to slowing the progression of COVID-19 cases, David Ketcheson is putting mathematical modeling to work to understand how transmission is playing out.
CEMSE Division student spotlight: Gaurav Agarwal 1 min read · Thu, Apr 16 2020 News spatial statistics Environmental Statistics Gaurav Agarwal firmly believes in the age-old adage that patience is a virtue. Without patience, life’s challenges cannot be overcome, and a steadfast belief in perseverance has served the statistics Ph.D. student well throughout his academic career.
Sensing a heart attack before it strikes 1 min read · Tue, Apr 14 2020 News human health sensors electrical engineering Nanomaterial-based electronic device monitors a key heart health biomarker.
Using AI to understand the pathogenesis of COVID-19 1 min read · Sun, Apr 12 2020 News The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed itself to the world as an unprecedented viral threat with a crippling power to disrupt society as we know it.
12 April 2020 International Day of Human Space Flight 1 min read · Sun, Apr 12 2020 News aerodynamics aerospace software engineering Rocket Scientists @KAUST Which is your main ongoing RESEARCH in the aerospace and space flight sectors? I study high pressure flames and high speed combustion. Both are simplified versions of what’s happening in rocket engines and other propulsion systems. Prof. Deanna Lacoste I work in high pressure combustion, just what is needed in a rocket engine or other propulsion device. Prof. William Roberts Two keywords here: "turbulence" and "computational aerodynamics". In my group we conduct research in simulating turbulent flows over airfoils, wings and other aerodynamic shapes to better
Flattening the sentimental curve 1 min read · Sun, Apr 12 2020 News machine learning artificial intelligence -By Meres J. Weche, KAUST News As municipal, regional and national governments have mandated longer and more restrictive isolation time periods to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and "flatten the curve," KAUST Associate Professor of Computer Science Xiangliang Zhang works on flattening the "emotional curve." Zhang's research focuses on developing reliable algorithms to analyze complex data sets through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Her research group specifically uses computer models to analyze social media posts on Twitter to study people's interests. When the
Unlocking coronavirus' secrets through cellphone data and social media 1 min read · Sun, Apr 12 2020 News Dr. Paula Moraga is part of a multidisciplinary KAUST research team that applies models to COVID-19. She has worked on projects examining malaria in Africa and leptospirosis in Brazil, and the models she develops rely on in-depth knowledge about each disease. "With malaria, for example, we know that it's transmitted by mosquitoes," said Moraga. "So, if some regions have a high density of mosquitoes, are close to bodies of water or have a lot of humidity, we know that we are going to probably see a high risk of this disease." Into the unknown In many places, malaria and leptospirosis
One-step Electrosynthesized Molecularly Imprinted Polymer on Laser Scribed Graphene Bisphenol A Sensor 1 min read · Sat, Apr 11 2020 News Electrochemical Sensors bisphenol a MIPs LSG Tutku Beduk, et al., "One-step Electrosynthesized Molecularly Imprinted Polymer on Laser Scribed Graphene Bisphenol A Sensor." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 314, 2020, 128026. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a toxic chemical used by industries for production of containers for storage of food and beverages leading to possible health risks. In this work, we present a simple, mask-free, low-cost imprinted sensor based on laser scribed graphene (LSG) technology combined to molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for BPA determination. CO2 laser was used in production of LSG electrodes with high
MMH Labs named 2020 Edison Awards Gold Winner 1 min read · Wed, Apr 8 2020 News wearable technology sensors The KAUST MMH Labs were recently named a 2020 Edison Awards Gold Winner in the Consumer Electronics and Information Technology category for their wearable technology tagging prototype, Bluefin.
Saudi researcher’s magnetic skin research garners widespread attention 1 min read · Tue, Apr 7 2020 News magnetic skin energy harvesting sensors Imagine if there was a revolutionary wearable technology that could enable the user to open doors or operate machinery with a simple wave of their hand or a mere blink of their eye? What people might not realize is that this contact-free human-machine technology already exists—and it has been developed right here in a laboratory at KAUST.
CEMSE Division startups in focus: Albasr 1 min read · Tue, Apr 7 2020 News wearable wireless communication A universal theme that unites parents the world over is a constant concern for their child’s safety. A large number of families have undergone the jarring experience of losing a child in a crowded area.
CEMSE Division startups in focus: Peregrine Genomics 1 min read · Tue, Mar 24 2020 News precision medicine big data artificial intelligence The future has already arrived when it comes to the most exciting and promising field of modern medicine—precision medicine.
Taking engineering to the masses 1 min read · Tue, Mar 24 2020 News CMOS KAUST, like many other international research institutions, is no different in its approach to addressing our current need for continuous and uninterrupted distance learning. E-learning has proved effective in theoretical and mathematically-oriented disciplines, where access to a computer locally or over the cloud is all that is required.
The power of light for internet of underwater things 1 min read · Thu, Mar 19 2020 News underwater sensor IoT Light can simultaneously transfer energy and data to underwater devices, but there’s a long way to go before these systems can be deployed.
Providing simple solutions for complex problems 1 min read · Thu, Mar 19 2020 News Winning a group-wide award such as the recent CES Innovation Award 2020 is becoming a regular occurrence for one of KAUST’s most innovative laboratories. Since its inception, the KAUST MMH Labs has acted as a space where some of the leading minds at KAUST come together to create the future of technology today.
Nazek El-Atab chosen to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 1 min read · Thu, Mar 19 2020 News nanoelectronics IoT Nazek El-Atab, a postdoctoral research fellow, based in the KAUST MMH Labs has been chosen to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. After completing a thorough multi-stage application and selection process, El-Atab was selected to participate in the event scheduled to take place from June 28 to July 3, in Lindau, Germany.
New book of Mikhail Moshkov "Comparative Analysis of Deterministic and Nondeterministic Decision Trees" is published by Springer 1 min read · Mon, Mar 16 2020 Spotlight News Mikhail begun to write this book more than 30 years ago in Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, continued in University of Warsaw, University of Silesia in Katowice, and Stanford University, and finished last year in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Prestigious Innovation Award adds to KAUST alumna’s impressive research output 1 min read · Mon, Mar 16 2020 News flexible electronics KAUST alumna Joanna Nassar recently won the Best Innovation Award in the Tech for a Better World category at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, U.S., from January 7-10. Nassar, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, received the award for her research as part of the KAUST MMH Labs research group’s development of a wearable technology tagging prototype called Bluefin.
Ultra miniaturized InterDigitated electrodes platform for sensing applications 1 min read · Sun, Mar 15 2020 News Comsol Multiphysics Circuits IDEs ICDS Z. Wang, et al., "Ultra miniaturized InterDigitated electrodes platform for sensing applications." Microelectronic Engineering 225, 2020, 111253. InterDigitated Electrodes (IDEs) is a generic platform for a wide range of diverse applications with their implementation in sensing modules being a major one. We propose the use of IDCs with deep sub-micron critical dimension; equally spaced electrodes of 200 nm width for enhanced sensing performance and also the method of fabrication thereof. The transducer configuration was studied theoretically with a finite element method simulation by using
KAUST Ph.D. student takes home SPIE Photonics West 2020 Best Student Paper Award 1 min read · Thu, Mar 12 2020 News Spotlight Optical communications The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) recently awarded KAUST Ph.D. student Jorge Holguín-Lerma with the SPIE Photonics West 2020 Optical Communications Best Student Paper Award.
Alumni Focus: Dimitrios Kleftogiannis 1 min read · Wed, Mar 11 2020 News Spotlight KAUST alumnus Dimitrios Kleftogiannis (Ph.D. '16, computer science) is a scientist studying cancer whose enthusiasm for his current research is infectious.
Professor Shamma awarded International Federation of Automatic Control High Impact Paper Award 1 min read · Wed, Mar 11 2020 Spotlight News robotics intelligent systems KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Jeff Shamma has been awarded The International Federation of Automatic Control Council’s (IFAC) High Impact Paper Award 2020.
Approximating a kernel of truth 1 min read · Tue, Mar 10 2020 News artificial intelligence machine learning Machine learning tasks using very large data sets can be sped up significantly by estimating the kernel function that best describes the data.
KAUST Visual Computing Ph.D. Student wins 2020 Facebook Fellowship Award 1 min read · Wed, Mar 4 2020 News Spotlight Facebook fellowship award Anna Fruehstueck, a Ph.D. student in the KAUST Visual Computing Center (VCC) under the supervision of Professor Peter Wonka, recently won a 2020 Facebook Fellowship award and a two-year fellowship from Facebook Research.
Sensor cube helps keep fish farming afloat 1 min read · Thu, Feb 27 2020 News aquaculture food security sensors electrical engineering A self-powered water quality sensor could help fish farmers to monitor pollution in their ponds remotely.
Joining forces to advance healthcare analytics in the Kingdom 1 min read · Wed, Feb 26 2020 News healthcare analytics data science The recent KAUST-Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College (MBSC) Invitational Healthcare Analytics and Data Science Workshop brought together top-level clinicians, healthcare executives, representatives to discuss digitization and advancement of healthcare analytics in Saudi Arabia.
Pop stats for big geodata 1 min read · Mon, Feb 24 2020 News climate change statistics A universal high-performance computing interface allows popular statistical tools to run efficiently on large geospatial datasets.
