Abla Kammoun receives IEEE Wireless Communication Letters Award 1 min read · Thu, Feb 15 2018 News Wireless Communications Abla Kammoun, a research scientist based in the University's SRI - Center for Uncertainty Quantification Laboratory, recently received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Wireless Communication Letters (WCL) top editor award. Kammoun's achievement is a significant honor, as every year no more than five editors are selected for this award for their significant contributions and exemplary services to the IEEE WCL. The goal of the IEEE WCL is the rapid dissemination of original, cutting-edge ideas and timely, significant contributions in the theory and applications of wireless communications.
Making data more accessible 1 min read · Sun, Feb 11 2018 Awards News Spotlight statistics Ying Sun is a multi-award-winning statistician who is inspired by the value of statistics in solving real-world problems.
Round-the-clock power from smart bowties 1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2018 News infrared energy electromagnetic waves Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment.
UESTC students visit CEMSE Laboratories during a one week Winter Camp at KAUST 1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2018 News photonics printable electronics nanoelectronics laser sensors bioimaging biophotonics 3D printing Twenty-two undergraduate students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, are currently visiting the CEMSE Division as part of one week Winter Camp at KAUST.
Student Focus: Gaurav Agarwal 1 min read · Thu, Feb 1 2018 News Spotlight student focus 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.
Revealing hidden relationships in data 1 min read · Sun, Jan 28 2018 News statistics weather A method to visualize hidden statistical structure helps make sense of environmental data.
Flexing for the next silicon wave 1 min read · Sun, Jan 28 2018 News aluminium circuit silicon solar cell solartechnology Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.
Taking control at the junction 1 min read · Sun, Jan 21 2018 News electrical engineering Applied Physics Fine tuning the composition of nitride alloys can further the development of optical and electronic interface devices.
KAUST Ph.D. student wins Magnetism as Art Showcase Award 1 min read · Thu, Jan 18 2018 News nanowires magnetism nanostructures Jose Efrain Perez, a Ph.D. student based in the University's Sensing, Magnetism and Microsystems Laboratory, won the Magnetism as Art Showcase People's Choice Award at the 62nd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 2017 for his artwork entitled "Magnetic Nanobeacon." Efrain Perez, who is supervised by Professor Jurgen Kosel, won the award at the MMM's annual showcase which was held in Pittsburgh from November 6 to 10, 2017. His colleague Zahra Albu presented and accepted the award on his behalf.
Ph.D. Student Gaurav Agarwal received an Honorable Mention from ENVR Student Paper Competition 1 min read · Wed, Jan 17 2018 News student award statistics Environmental Statistics Ph.D. student Gaurav Agarwal received an Honorable Mention from ENVR student paper competition for his paper entitled "Quantile function modeling with application to salinity tolerance analysis in plant data."
Best 2016 Paper in the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 1 min read · Mon, Jan 15 2018 Spotlight News statistics spatial statistics Spatial extremes Professor Huser will present the work in a special invited session (JABES showcase) at the International Biometric Conference taking place in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2018.
Making waves for ultrahigh definition displays 1 min read · Sun, Jan 14 2018 News electronics electrical engineering Wavy transistors that vertically gain width without increasing their on-chip footprint could drive future flexible displays.
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships in Photonics @ CEMSE - call 3 - 2018 1 min read · Sun, Jan 14 2018 News MULTIPLY photonics A group of professors working in the area of photonics at KAUST, most of them with CEMSE Division, offer hosting of outgoing Marie Sklodowska- Curie Fellowships in their research groups within the EU H2020 COFUND Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme MULTIPLY. Candidates are invited to submit proposals for research within the environment of laboratories of professors Andrea Fratalocchi , Boon S. Ooi, Carlo Liberale, Enzo M. Di Fabrizio, Kazuhiro Ohkawa, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and Xiaohang Li. The call deadline is the 2nd of April 2018. For application information please check the call flyer or
Modeling where the wind blows 1 min read · Sun, Jan 7 2018 News statistics wind A new statistical technique could be used to more accurately locate global wind resources.
One bad apple can spoil a robot swarm 1 min read · Mon, Jan 1 2018 News computing statistics engineering Coordinated robot swarms can achieve amazing feats, but even a single faulty unit can have serious consequences.
Carving out circuits that click into place 1 min read · Sun, Dec 24 2017 News integrated circuits geometrical shapes electronics An easy and reliable assembly approach, inspired by building blocks, challenges the current fabrication of electronic systems.
CEMSE Student Altynay Kaidarova appointed member of the Next Generation Magneticans Advisory Board 1 min read · Fri, Dec 15 2017 News Spotlight magnetic science magnetic sensors energy harvesting smart nanoprobes corrosion sensors Altynay Kaidarova, a CEMSE Master student in the Electrical Engineering Program, under the supervision of Prof. Jurgen Kosel, has recently been elected as a member of the Next Generation Magneticans Advisory Board.
BORG students present research in KAUST Research Conference on Big Data Analyses in Evolutionary Biology 1 min read · Tue, Dec 12 2017 News Two students from the Bio-Ontology Research Group presented their research at KAUST Research Conference on Big Data Analyses in Evolutionary Biology.
KAUST Discovery - Unleashing ultraviolet brings visible improvement 1 min read · Sun, Dec 10 2017 News Secure optical communication UV Communications High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are now in sight.
Dominik L. Michels receives the first Procter & Gamble Faculty Award 1 min read · Sun, Dec 10 2017 News numerical simulations machine learning algorithm scientific computing visual computing Dominik L. Michels, Computer Science and Mathematics faculty in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE) and head of the Computational Sciences Group within the Visual Computing Center (VCC), recently received the first Procter & Gamble (P&G) Faculty Award.
PhD student Sabrina Vettori selected for an ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award. Congrats! 1 min read · Tue, Dec 5 2017 News Spotlight statistics air pollution PhD student Sabrina Vettori has been selected by the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region (ENAR) to receive a Distinguished Student Paper Award at the 2018 ENAR Spring Meeting in Atlanta ( https://www.enar.org/meetings/spring2018/index.cfm ) for her manuscript entitled " Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling of Air Pollution Extremes Using Multivariate Max-Stable Processes ". She will present her work at an oral contributed paper session, be invited to attend the ENAR President’s reception and publicly receive their award at the beginning of the ENAR President’s Invited
Outreach Seminars at Effat University by Prof. Qiaoqiang Gan and Dr. Tien Khee Ng 1 min read · Wed, Nov 29 2017 News Prof. Qiaoqiang Gan and Dr. Tien Khee Ng presented research seminars on "Fresh Water Generation Using Solar Energy" and "Research at KAUST Photonics Laboratory".
Tiny speakers break a barrier for sound 1 min read · Sun, Nov 26 2017 News applied mathematics computational science Acoustics speakers A loudspeaker design could allow small devices to produce powerful low-frequency sounds.
Ph. D. Student Khalil Elkhalil nominated finalist for the Best Student Paper Award in the IEEE MLSP Conference 1 min read · Mon, Nov 20 2017 News Spotlight machine learning high dimensional statistics data science Fast-placing Machine Learning (ML) is continuously in need of new algorithms, but testing their effectiveness is utterly time-consuming. "Asymptotic Performance Of Regularized Quadratic Discriminant Analysis Based Classifiers," a new paper presented by CEMSE Ph.D. Student Khalil Elkhalil puts ML on the fast gear and a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award in the IEEE MLSP Conference held last September in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan.
Diagnosing the impacts of health policy 1 min read · Sun, Nov 19 2017 News statistics earth science and engineering nursing Study design allows more rigorous evaluation of complex healthcare interventions.
CEMSE Master Student Mayyada Hawsawi brings KAUST research to Falling Walls 2017 1 min read · Wed, Nov 15 2017 News magnetic sensors biomedicine sensors fabrication Mayyada Hawsawi, master student in the Sensing, Magnetism, and Microsystems Research Group, directed by Professor Jurgen Kosel, brought a piece of KAUST's research to the Falling Walls Global Lab Finale on November 8th 2017, in Berlin, Germany.
Job Opportunity - Ph.D. or M.S./Ph.D. student 1 min read · Wed, Nov 15 2017 News The student will work on combining methods from Symbolic Artificial Intelligence (formal logics, rule-based systems) with machine learning and statistical approaches to data mining, and apply these methods to biomedical datasets. Major application areas include understanding molecular mechanisms underlying traits, phenotypes, and disease, and identifying ways to perturb biological systems through bioactive compounds (drugs).
Job Opportunity - Postdoctoral Researcher 1 min read · Wed, Nov 15 2017 News The postdoctoral researcher will work on the development and application of Artificial Intelligence methods in bioinformatics and computational biology, with a particular focus on combining symbolic AI approaches (e.g., ontologies, knowledge graphs, rule-based systems) with machine learning methods.
2017 Workshop Modern Statistics for Complex Data Structures 1 min read · Sun, Nov 12 2017 Spotlight News statistics 2017 Workshop Modern Statistics for Complex Data Structures
VSRP intern Muwei Zhang's first-author paper hits the headline of the Physica Status Solidi Journal 1 min read · Sun, Nov 12 2017 News Spotlight electronics Gas Sensors photonics Professor Xiaohang Li's Visiting Student Research Internship Program (VSRP) intern, Muwei Zhang has recently published his first-author paper "Structural and electronic properties of wurtzite BxAl1_xN from first-principles calculations" on the Physica Status Solidi (b) Journal.
Semiconductors with an aligned interface 1 min read · Sun, Nov 12 2017 News electrical engineering electronics material science Efficiency gains come from tuning the properties of semiconducting materials by combining layers of different composition.
Akram presented a poster and gave a live demo in IEEE Sensors Conference 1 min read · Wed, Nov 1 2017 News sensors Muhammad Akram Karimi, Ph.D. student in IMPACT Lab, presented a poster titled "A wearable 3D motion-sensing system integrated with a Bluetooth smartphone application-A system-level overview" at IEEE Sensors conference held in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov 1, 2017.
Flexible batteries a highlight for smart dental aids 1 min read · Wed, Oct 25 2017 News Phototherapy orthodontic devices LED-lighting 3D printed denatl brace Redesigned lithium-ion batteries could help improve the efficiency of orthodontic devices.
Facebook AI new language explained by KAUST Professor Xiangliang Zhang 1 min read · Tue, Oct 24 2017 News machine learning big data cloud computing That is not a Messenger troll, but the actual conversation between two chatbots by the Facebook AI Research (FAIR). The two robots, Bob and Alice, were thought the art of negotiation apples and books. They had been instructed to work out how to negotiate between themselves and improve their bartering as they went along. But, after leaving the pair alone, they start talking in this uncompressible but yet effective vocabulary.
Professor Robert Hoehndorf will be a guest speaker at upcoming Science to Watch 1 min read · Sun, Oct 22 2017 News Professor Robert Hoehndorf will be a guest speaker at the upcoming Science to Watch Film and Forum. Science to Watch is a science orientated movie series followed by a discussion about the movie as it relates to science. The objective of the series is to increase public awareness about science, to stimulate curiosity about the research conducted here at KAUST, and at the same time enjoy a good movie with friends, including pizza and popcorn. The post-movie discussion is guided by a KAUST scientist working in the area.
Streamlining space structures 1 min read · Sun, Oct 22 2017 News Computer science A new computational framework marries ideas from computer graphics with civil engineering to reduce times and costs of constructing frame-based structures.
Announcement for Internship Opportunities 1 min read · Thu, Oct 12 2017 News SSI The Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) is pleased to announce the Saudi Summer Internship 2018 (SSI2018). The CEMSE Saudi Summer Internship is an 8-12 week research program designed to introduce in-kingdom students to topics of research in our Division.
Invited talk at GTC Europe 2017 1 min read · Thu, Oct 12 2017 News talk GTC Europe 2017 GPU Technology Conference munich learning detection human activity in untrimmed video Prof. Ghanem gives an invited talk on learning to detect human activity in untrimmed video at GTC Europe 2017
Dataset size counts for better predictions 1 min read · Sun, Oct 8 2017 News statistics data A statistical technique for modeling large datasets improves interpretation of climate and environmental data.
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Maxat Kulmanov for new publication 1 min read · Thu, Oct 5 2017 News Ph.D. student Maxat Kulmanov's paper, "DeepGO: predicting protein functions from sequence and interactions using a deep ontology-aware classifier" was recently published in Bioinformatics.
Boon Ooi elected a fellow of the Optical Society of America 1 min read · Thu, Oct 5 2017 News "Boon Ooi, professor of electrical engineering in the University’s Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)."
CEMSE’s Professor Boon Ooi appointed Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) 1 min read · Mon, Oct 2 2017 News photonics light fellowship OSA Boon Ooi, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the KACST - Technology Innovation Center for Solid-State Lighting, under the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division of KAUST, was recently appointed Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA).
Assistant Professor Ying Sun wins American Statistical Association award 1 min read · Mon, Oct 2 2017 News statistics award Ying Sun, KAUST assistant professor of applied mathematics and computational science, won the 2017 Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) Early Investigator Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA). Sun received her award at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held from July 29 to August 3 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Sun's award recognizes her important contributions to the field of environmental statistics that help to address major problems like climate change and environmental pollution. At KAUST, Sun leads the Environmental Statistics Group in the
CEMSE's new underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) opens new frontier for off-shore control system 1 min read · Sun, Oct 1 2017 News Underwater wireless optical communication underwater video transmission Billions of liters of fuel travel every day along an intricate network of pipelines. Reports show that 15 thousand kilometers of infrastructure exist worldwide, with more than a third being underwater. Efficient real-time monitoring is the next frontier to achieve improved industrial productivity and prevent environmental accidents.
OSA Spotlight on Optics features "Continuous-wave optically pumped green perovskite vertical-cavity surface-emitter" 1 min read · Sun, Oct 1 2017 News "Solution-processed semiconductors have come to rival traditional laser materials at visible wavelengths."
Bringing signals into phase 1 min read · Mon, Sep 25 2017 News electricity electrical engineering material science A novel type of electronic component made from a blend of polymer materials could enable more effective circuitry.
Professor Alouini honored at OIC Summit on Science and Technology 2017 1 min read · Sun, Sep 17 2017 Spotlight News Prof. Alouini was honored in Engineering for his long-term research in Telecommunication. The other selected scientists were: for Chemistry, Prof. Yusuf Yagci from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; for Medicine, Dr. Assan Jaye from the Medical Research Council in Banjul, Gambia, for Physics, Prof. Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli from the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco; and for Biology, Dr. Yerlan Ramankulov from the National Center for Biotechnology in Astana, Kazhakstan.
eeNews Europe and Compound Semiconductor features "Researchers prove non line-of-sight UV Li-fi at 71Mbit/s" 1 min read · Fri, Sep 15 2017 News "Modulating the signal of ultraviolet LED emitting at 294nm, researchers from KAUST have demonstrated a high-speed near-solar-blind communication link with a data rate of 71 Mbit/s. Using UV-B light has several benefits..."
KAUST Discovery - No strings attached for underwater video system 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 News An underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high-quality, live video.
KAUST Ph.D. student wins American Statistical Association paper competition 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 Awards News Spotlight student award Sabrina Vettori, a Ph.D. student co-supervised by KAUST Distinguished Professor Marc Genton, who leads the Spatio-Temporal Statistics & Data Science group, and KAUST Assistant Professor Raphaël Huser, who leads the Extreme Statistics Research Group, won the 2017 Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Eligible papers focused on environmental statistics, and the four competition winners presented their papers at an ENVR-sponsored session at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held from
