KAUST Ph.D. student Lukas Larisch wins the PACE 2017 Challenge 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 News Acoustics simulation PDE Lukas Larisch, a KAUST Ph.D. student in Computer Science working under the supervision of Professor Gabriel Wittum, won the PACE 2017 Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments Challenge. The award ceremony that took place in Vienna, Austria, at the beginning of September this year has been held during the ALGO Congress at the International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2017).
No strings attached for underwater video system 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 News electrical engineering communications marine science underwater sensor underwater camera An underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high-quality, live video.
Visualization helps science to see the unexpected 1 min read · Sun, Sep 10 2017 News visual computing image Advances in how science is presented means that visual tools can inspire research, as well as make its results accessible to the world.
Hesham ElSawy gains ISWCS Best Scientific Contribution Award 2017 1 min read · Thu, Sep 7 2017 News Spotlight Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications Queueing theory The imminent era of the smart world is foreseen to involve massively many power and computationally constraint wireless devices with sporadic traffic patterns. The surging Internet of things (IoT) and cyber physical systems (CPS) are clear examples that rely on massive wireless networks. Hence, realizing such extensive wireless connectivity is mandatory to unlock the potentials and reap the benefits of the foreseen smart era.
Letting the data speak for itself 1 min read · Sun, Sep 3 2017 News statistics climate science extreme events A new statistical approach for environmental measurements lets the data determine how to model extreme events.
Dark materials squeeze green fuel from sunlight 1 min read · Sun, Aug 27 2017 News metamaterials photocatalysis plasmon resonance Metallic nanostructures that slow down light dramatically can triple the efficiency of solar-based hydrogen fuel generation.
Professor Sun receives the Environment Early Investigator Award 2017 1 min read · Sun, Aug 13 2017 News award Environmental Statistics statistics Ying Sun, Professor of Statistics in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering Division (CEMSE) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded the 2017 Early Investigator Award by the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR).
Professor Sun receives the Environment Early Investigator Award 2017 for her outstanding contribution in environmental statistics 1 min read · Sun, Aug 13 2017 News spatio-temporal statistics environmental applications computational methods Ying Sun, Professor of Statistics in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering Division (CEMSE) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded the 2017 Early Investigator Award by the American Statistical Associationâs Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR).
KAUST Discovery - Fewer defects from a 2D approach 1 min read · Sun, Aug 13 2017 News Flatter materials have fewer imperfections, which makes for better solar cells and light sensors.
Semiconductor Today features "Near-ultraviolet laser diodes powering visible light communication" 1 min read · Wed, Aug 9 2017 News "First demonstration of near-ultraviolet (NUV) laser diodes (LDs) and red-green-blue (RGB) phosphors for white visible light communication (VLC)."
The awesome scope of big data 1 min read · Sun, Aug 6 2017 News big data artificial intelligence computational methods health protein structures biology Sifting through huge amounts of data may bring a better understanding of whale shark social structures, protein targets for drug therapies and disease-causing genes.
More rain for the Red Sea if El Niño breezes in 1 min read · Sun, Jul 30 2017 News earth science and engineering climatology Red Sea modeling Modeling leads to a better understanding of the role El Niño plays in increasing rainfall along the coast of the Red Sea.
Hosted the 2nd annual ActivityNet challenge in CVPR 2017 1 min read · Wed, Jul 26 2017 News Action Recognition Challenge untrimmed classification temporal localization dense captioning CVPR IVUL hosted the 2nd annual ActivityNet Large Scale Action Recognition Challenge during CVPR 2017.
Smart sensors could save lives 1 min read · Sat, Jul 22 2017 News Smart sensors Sensor nodes 3D-printed, disposable sensors capable of detecting noxious gases and changes in temperature and humidity could revolutionize environmental monitoring.
A firefly's flash inspires new nanolaser light 1 min read · Sat, Jul 15 2017 News nanoscience nanoscale electrical engineering light Synchronized emissions from innovative on-chip lasers create possibilities for inexpensive artificial neural networks.
Going to extremes to predict natural disasters 1 min read · Sat, Jul 8 2017 News simulation statistics A systematic approach to selecting and configuring statistical models improves predictions of extreme events.
Visiting Ph.D. Student Meng-Lin Tsai and Prof Jr-Hau He device the thinnest highly-efficient solar cell 1 min read · Wed, Jul 5 2017 News nanomaterials hydrogen energy optoelectronics At King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a team of researchers developed what might be the effective solution to the problem: the thinnest solar cells with lateral geometry offering high optoelectronic performances while reducing production costs of extended photovoltaic architecture. The research was recently published in Advanced Material and reported by Nature Middle East.
Keeping the heat out 1 min read · Sat, Jul 1 2017 News electrical engineering nanoscience physics Insights into the thermal behavior of metal-nitride nanowires could open new avenues in optical electronics.
Two KAUST students selected for the Three Minute Thesis 3MT competition final at IMS2017 1 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2017 News Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits wearable sensors RF circuits Microwave circuits Antennas This year, KAUST took the lion's share at the Three Minute Thesis (3MT(R)) contest at the annual IEEE microwave symposium IMS2017, with two students selected to take part in the final and one of them - Dr. Farhan Abdul Ghaffar - finishing within the top 4 and getting Honorable Mention for his presentation.
Farhan and Fahad selected for the Three Minute Thesis 3MT competition final at IMS2017 1 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2017 News This year, the premium conference of microwave community, IMS, organized Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for the very first time. Out of 157 submissions, only 20 were selected as the finalists of the competition.
CBRC participates in NATDP 2017 1 min read · Sat, Jun 17 2017 News comparative genomics proteins Five research groups from CBRC participated in this year's National Academic Talent Development Program (NATDP) Symposium on April 20. The Knowledge Mining Lab presented their research on Microbial Knowledge-based Expolaration Systems as well as Novel Computational Methods that Facilitate Development of Cyanofactories for Free Fatty Acid Production.
Winds and waves winding down 1 min read · Sat, Jun 17 2017 News earth science and engineering climatology Red Sea Wind intensities and wave heights in the Red Sea are decreasing over time—potential for a significant impact on its ecosystem.
The next generation of sensing platforms 1 min read · Thu, Jun 15 2017 News sensors The University welcomed 70 delegates to the third annual KAUST Sensor Initiative, held on campus from May 7 to 8. The interdisciplinary meeting aimed to transform sensor technologies and explore novel applications, create a global group of sensor pioneers and mentor a new generation of sensor experts.
Ying Wu awarded Phononics Young Investigator 2017 1 min read · Sun, Jun 11 2017 Spotlight News phononics metamaterials Prof. Ying Wu received the 2017 Phononics Young Investigator Award as the Phononics community gathered in Changsha, China, for the 4th International Conference on Phononic Crystal/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport/Coupling, and Topological Phononics, on June 4-9 2017.
BORG at ISMB/ECCB 1 min read · Tue, May 30 2017 News Meet members of the BORG at ISMB/ECCB this year in Prague. We will present one tutorial on ontologies in biology and biomedicine, one poster presentation at the Bio-Ontologies SIG, one flash talk at the Function SIG, and one oral presentation in the Variant Interpretation SIG.
Cocoon finally out: Professor Marco Canini together with VMware, Samsung, and Microsoft craft the ultimate SDN ally 1 min read · Mon, May 29 2017 News distributed systems machine learning artificial intelligence With the recent emergence of software-defined networking, which brings programmability and lowers the barrier for new functionalities into networks, the academic and industry communities have become very interested in the problem of network verification.
Sharing expert experimental knowledge to expedite design 1 min read · Thu, May 25 2017 News synthetic biology bioscience Computer science A repository of metabolic information provides a quick reference tool for designing useful synthetic biological systems.
One size does not fit all: an innovative analytical tool will help pave the way for tailor made health care 1 min read · Wed, May 24 2017 News genetic mutation drug effects genomeFit It is estimated that each year, around eight million children worldwide are born with a serious genetic condition that is either life-threatening or debilitating. These disorders are caused by underlying mutations affecting the genetic makeup contained in our cells, and according to experts, half of the variations responsible for these diseases are still unknown. Because of the lack of information on these disorders, physicians are often unable to pinpoint the exact molecular cause of the disease or opt for the most appropriate treatment.
Hesham ElSawy wins IEEE Communication Society 1 min read · Mon, May 22 2017 News Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications The Internet of Everything in quickly growing and vastly enlarging its spectrum of applications. At the same time, traffic demand per-user is increasing dramatically. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be more than 50 billion devices connected. The cellular support infrastructure should be developed accordingly, making of network performance analysis a critical task. The existing elementary probability methods are currently inefficient when it comes to detecting mobility faults and interference.
Getting a visual on complex data 1 min read · Thu, May 18 2017 News applied mathematics data A new method for visually presenting complex data distributions provides a much-needed tool for management, analysis and interpretation.
A talk with PhD student Sabrina Vettori: Catastrophic events are forecastable, after all! 1 min read · Mon, May 15 2017 News Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics spatial statistics Environmental disasters occur daily and hit almost every country around the world, taking a heavy toll on lives and economies. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, every year there are around 350 reported disasters causing more than 20,000 deaths and affecting the life of almost 100 million people with an overall economic damage of 66.5 billion US$. But this can change.
The crest of waveforms for next-gen radar 1 min read · Sat, May 6 2017 News electrical engineering Computer science radar A new method for shaping the waveform generated by multi-antenna radar systems is inexpensive and practical.
Student life: studying and working at the Computational Bioscience Research Center (KAUST) 1 min read · Thu, May 4 2017 News machine learning graph mining genomics pathway design computational methods data mining data analysis bioinformatics For Ph.D. students Arturo Magana Mora, Haitham Ashoor and Olaa Motwalli, April 2017 was a particularly nerve-wracking month. After years of hard work and sleepless nights, they finally defended their thesis, bringing them one step closer to graduation.
A simple nose for noxious gases 1 min read · Thu, May 4 2017 News material science and engineering metal-organic framework chemical science Tunable porous MOF materials interface with electrodes to sound the alarm at the first sniff of hydrogen sulfide.
Adel Bibi and Matthias Mueller going to ICVSS 2017 1 min read · Mon, May 1 2017 News Italy Summer School Computer Vision ICVSS Adel Bibi and Matthias Mueller have been accepted to participate in the ICVSS (International Computer Vision Summer Schoole) 2017 in Italy. Admission into this summer school is quite competitive in the vision community.
Thinking outside the box in flood control 1 min read · Mon, May 1 2017 News inkjet printing technologies paper cube electronic sensor wireless monitor Floating paper cubes containing low-cost, inkjet printed electronic sensors can wirelessly monitor floods in real time.
Algorithm scours datasets to diagnose medical mysteries 1 min read · Sat, Apr 29 2017 News bioscience Computer science algorithm A new tool uses genetic and clinical information to find the root cause of unexplained illnesses.
Fractal electrochemical microsupercapacitors 1 min read · Wed, Apr 26 2017 News sputtered anhydrous RuO2 thinfilm electrodes prototypes Circuits μSCs Marinal K. Hota, et al., " Fractal electrochemical microsupercapacitors". Advanced Electronic Materials, 3(10), 20171700185. The first successful fabrication of microsupercapacitors (μ‐SCs) using fractal electrode designs is reported. Using sputtered anhydrous RuO2 thin‐film electrodes as prototypes, μ‐SCs are fabricated using Hilbert, Peano, and Moore fractal designs, and their performance is compared to conventional interdigital electrode structures. Microsupercapacitor performance, including energy density, areal and volumetric capacitances, changes with fractal electrode geometry
Ferroelectric Fractional‐Order Capacitors 1 min read · Wed, Apr 26 2017 News Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Circuits X‐ray diffraction techniques Agamaryat Agambayev, et al., " Ferroelectric Fractional‐Order Capacitors". ChemElectroChem, 4(11), 2017, 2807. Poly(vinylidene fluoride)‐based polymers and their blends are used to fabricate electrostatic fractional‐order capacitors. This simple but effective method allows us to precisely tune the constant phase angle of the resulting fractional‐order capacitor by changing the blend composition. Additionally, we have derived an empirical relationship between the ratio of the blend constituents and the constant phase angle to facilitate the design of a fractional‐order capacitor with a desired
Tien Khee Ng presented an invited talk "Nanowires for Optoelectronic and Solar Water Splitting Applications" at AOM 2017 1 min read · Tue, Apr 25 2017 News Tien Khee Ng presented an invited talk and chaired a Micro/nano Optics, Nanophotonics session at the 6th Conference on Advances in Optoelectronics and Micro/Nano-optics at Nanjing, China (April 23-26, 2017).
Compound Semiconductor and Nanowerk features "KAUST Team Reveals Thermodynamic Disorder In GaN-Based Nanowires" 1 min read · Tue, Apr 25 2017 News "New study shows the thermodynamic entropy behaviour of InGaN/GaN nanowires." "GaN-based p-i-n power devices based on nanowires are suitable for attenuators, high-frequency switches, as well as photodetector applications. However, non-radiative recombination affects their performance." "Led by Xiaohang Li, Iman S. Roqan, and Boon S. Ooi, the team studied the photoinduced entropy of InGaN/GaN p-i-n double-heterostructure nanowires using temperature-dependent photoluminescence." "They hypothesised that the amount of generated randomness in the InGaN layers in the nanowires eventually increases
Deep thinking brings underwater robot to life 1 min read · Mon, Apr 24 2017 News marine science mechanical engineering robot An international, multidisciplinary collaboration that led to the world’s first underwater robotic avatar.
Smart healthcare uses stats to spot a stumble 1 min read · Sat, Apr 15 2017 News statistics healthcare Statistical monitoring technology can detect serious falls and immediately warn healthcare providers.
Building SANDS at KAUST 1 min read · Sat, Apr 15 2017 News SDN machine learning We live in a connected world where networked systems play an increasingly important role. These systems, which are the foundational pillars of our modern digital lives, are the result of some remarkable technological advancements and progress in computer science over the past three decades.
Feeling the heat in cells 1 min read · Sat, Apr 8 2017 News sensors heat transfer nanomembrane New nano-sized sensors provide unprecedented data on how heat diffuses in and out of living cells.
SCI Chemistry & Industry features "What a bright idea" 1 min read · Tue, Apr 4 2017 News "Thomas Alva Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1879, has served us well for more than a century. But, in the modern eco-conscious environment, it is fantastically wasteful – turning 98% of the electricity into heat rather than light." http://www.soci.org/chemistry-and-industry/cni-data/2016/9/what-a-bright-idea
KAUST Research Conference: Predictive Complex Computational Fluid Dynamics 2017 1 min read · Mon, Apr 3 2017 News computational fluid dynamics multi-scale complex flow simulations KAUST will host the 2017 Research Conference "Predictive Complex Computational Fluid Dynamics " on May 22-24, 2017. The Research Conference aims to gather international top scientists of all ages from academia and industry and will focus on cutting-edge research in the field of algorithmic development for CFD and multi-scale complex flow simulations. Although CFD is arguably the oldest area of computational science, it is a very challenging and active one, due to to the fact that worldwide research centers, in the private and public sector, are still actively working on the development and application of CFD algorithms to supplement experiment and to interpolate between experimental scenarios. CFD is currently being applied to scenarios where physical experiments are not feasible due to prohibitive costs, and ethical concerns, or where reproducibility is impossible to achieve.
Team KAUST places 3rd at the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge 1 min read · Wed, Mar 29 2017 News Spotlight robotics intelligent systems control systems A team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) competed in the inaugural Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 2017, and took a 3rd place finish in the ground robotics challenge.
Dental braces get smart 1 min read · Mon, Mar 27 2017 News CMOS nanoelectronics flexible -By Francesca Serra Muhammad Hussain, associate Professor of electrical engineering at the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division of KAUST, recently developed a new dental brace technology that can straighten teeth faster and more effectively than actual products. The orthodontic system was designed to induce faster bone regeneration and to enhance protection of the enamel. According to Hussain and his team, the technology is going to introduce a paradigm shift in orthodontic treatments "The integration of high performance inorganic mechanically conformable and
PhD Student positions available 1 min read · Mon, Mar 27 2017 News We have two openings for Ph.D. student positions available on the interface between Linked Data, ontologies, and machine learning.
