BORG Ph.D. Student wins 3rd Prize at CBRC Student Poster Competition 1 min read · Wed, Dec 14 2016 News BORG member and Ph.D. Student Imene Boudellioua won 3rd Prize in the CBRC Student Poster Competition of the recently-held KAUST Research Conference: Computational Systems Biology in Biomedicine. Her winning poster is titled "Semantic Prioritization of Novel Causative Genomic Variants". She received a certificate and a PHOTO CUBE Compact Photo Printer.
Assessing Red Sea potential for alternative energy 1 min read · Sun, Dec 11 2016 News applied mathematics marine science numerical earth science and engineering Advanced numerical models are helping researchers identify potential sites to exploit offshore wind and wave energy in the Red Sea region.
CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 1 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016.
Reconstructing the Red Sea's climate patterns 1 min read · Sat, Dec 3 2016 News earth science and engineering An advanced numerical model is helping researchers better understand the variability of the Red Sea’s climate patterns.
Getting the jump on industrial failures 1 min read · Sat, Nov 26 2016 News applied mathematics statistics industry A statistics-driven method for the early detection of emerging problems in industrial processes could improve industrial safety, reliability and productivity.
Rawan Naous: a student with a knack for success 1 min read · Tue, Nov 22 2016 News system on chip wireless communications network Computer architecture "KAUST is a unique place!" said Rawan. "The university has an interdisciplinary environment that offers great opportunities both at academic and social level. Working at KAUST has made possible improving my professional skills while raising a family, a mission impossible for most women out there."
Prof. Benjamin Shaby (Penn State University, USA) visits extSTAT 1 min read · Sun, Nov 20 2016 Spotlight News Spatial extremes extreme-value theory Statistics of extremes Prof. Ben Shaby is an Assistant Professor in the Statistics Department and the Institute for CyberScience at Penn State, where he started in 2013. Before that, he was a postdoc with Cari Kaufman at UC Berkeley. Previous stop was in Durham at the Statistics and Applied Mathematical Institute (SAMSI) and Duke University. He did his Ph.D. work in Statistics at Cornell University with David Ruppert and Marty Wells. Before starting at Cornell, he spent his undergrad years at Stanford (go Cardinal!). He then spent two great years working for Chris Field at the Carnegie Institution's Department of
Color-changing coatings ready for the big time 1 min read · Sat, Nov 19 2016 News applied mathematics nanomaterials light electrical engineering The dazzling colors of peacock feathers arise from the physical interaction of light with biological nanostructures. Researchers have discovered how to exploit this natural trickery known as structural coloration into a large-scale printing technology that produces lightweight and ultraresistant coatings in any color desirable.
Driven to diffraction 1 min read · Wed, Nov 9 2016 News electrical engineering bioscience light Optical elements that diffract light could lead to smaller and more powerful cameras.
Keeping pollution under control 1 min read · Sat, Nov 5 2016 News monitoring sensors Sophisticated statistical methods can detect ozone pollution hot spots and monitor instrument failure.
2016 Workshop Statistics for High-Dimensional & Complex Data 1 min read · Mon, Oct 31 2016 News statistics Workshop on Statistics for High-Dimensional and Complex Data, Nov. 6-9, 2016 Organizers : Prof. Marc G. Genton, Chair of Spatio-Temporal Statistics and Data Science Group Prof. Raphael Huser, Chair of Extreme Statistics Group Prof. Ying Sun, Chair of Environmental Statistics Group Confirmed speakers: Prof. David Bolin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Prof. Probal Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, India Prof. Dan Cooley, Colorado State University, USA Prof. Subhajit Dutta, IIT Kanpur, India Prof. Amanda Hering, Baylor University, USA Dr. Anna Kiriliouk, Université
Professor Marc Genton named Distinguished Professor of Statistics at KAUST 1 min read · Wed, Oct 26 2016 News computational predictions mathematical modelling visualization Marc G.Genton, Professor of Statistics in the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE), has been appointed by KAUST President Jean-Lou Chameau to Distinguished Professor of Statistics.
PhenomeNET method wins at Ontology matching workshop 1 min read · Tue, Oct 25 2016 News ontology phenotype ontologies PhenomeNET CBRC congratulates Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Postdoctoral Fellow Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia for being one of the winners of the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative challenge sponsored by Pistoia Alliance, presented in the Ontology Matching Workshop that is co-located with ISWC 2016 in Kobe, Japan.
Professor Robert Hoehndorf's PhenomeNET method wins at Ontology matching workshop 1 min read · Sun, Oct 23 2016 News artificial intelligence bioinformatics biomedical data PhenomeNET Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Postdoctoral Fellow Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia are the winners of the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative Challenge sponsored by Pistoia Alliance.
A modern way to heal old wounds 1 min read · Sat, Oct 15 2016 News sensor-laden bandage wearable sensors inkjet printing technologies Injuries that fail to heal within three months, such as many diabetic foot ulcers, can require years of treatment and significant healthcare resources. A sensor-laden bandage developed by a research team at KAUST promises to reduce the burden on hospitals and enhance patient well-being by transforming how chronic wounds are monitored.
Muhammad Hussain elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) 1 min read · Thu, Oct 13 2016 News CMOS nanoelectronics flexible The Fellowship is an international distinction assigned only to highly selected scientists for their contributions in the fields of APS, and was given to Prof Hussain for contributions to exploration, evaluation, and transition of planar and nonplanar high-k/metal gate complementary metal oxide semiconductor electronics, silicon/silicongermanium/ III-V nanotube devices, and flexible, stretchable, reconfigurable complementary metalâoxideâsemiconductor electronic systems.
Helping computers to see who we really are 1 min read · Sat, Oct 8 2016 News algorithm machine learning algorithm Algorithms that train computers to automatically detect human activity in videos can improve online searches and real-world surveillance systems.
Ph.D. student Muhammad Akram Karimimi among Best Paper Award finalists 1 min read · Thu, Oct 6 2016 News energy harvesting oil and gas sensors embedded systems sensors Ph.D. student Muhammad Akram Karimimi from the research team of Atif Shamim, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at KAUST and Director of IMPACT Laboratory, was one of the finalists in the Student Paper Competition at the International Microwave Symposium held in San Francisco, California, in May 2016.
Professor Shamim's Smart Bandage hits Nature Scientific Report and win the IEEE MECAP' 16 Best Paper Award 1 min read · Tue, Sep 27 2016 News RFICs sensors Professor Shamim's new cutting edge, flexible and low-cost technology to monitor chronic wounds recently put CEMSE on the map of health care system research. His scientific paper " Low-Cost Inkjet Printed Smart Bandage for Wireless Monitoring of Chronic Wounds " appeared on Nature Scientific Reports and won IEEE MECAP'16 - Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation - Best Paper Award, in Beirut, last September.
Tunable sound transmission shapes up 1 min read · Sat, Sep 24 2016 News acoustic waves phonons applied mathematics computational science Carefully designed crystal structures can now be tuned to control how they transmit acoustic waves.
Gentle sensors for diagnosing brain disorders 1 min read · Sat, Sep 24 2016 News sensors bain science electrical engineering New sensor design paves the way for safer and more effective brain monitoring.
CS Graduate Seminar: Symbolic AI in Bioinformatics 1 min read · Tue, Sep 20 2016 News Professor Robert Hoehndorf recently held a seminar on Symbolic AI in Bioinformatics on September 19, 2016.
Flash Microfluidics, rapid Lab on a Chip fabrication method for cost- effective in situ production. 1 min read · Thu, Sep 1 2016 News sensors lab-on-a-chip antenna arrays magnetic sensors consumer electronics IoT From DNA sequencing to environment monitoring, microfluidics devices have been broadly employed, but their production is more and more time-consuming and expensive. Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, have developed an innovative prototyping method for Lab on a Chip (LOC) production to plummet costs while augmenting performances.
Filling in the blanks of virtual cities 1 min read · Sat, Aug 27 2016 News Computer science computational science applied mathematics planning machine learning New software generates three-dimensional models of buildings, with applications for disaster relief support.
Crafting technology from nature's darkest secrets 1 min read · Sat, Aug 20 2016 News nanofabrication resonator Exploiting the properties of disordered chaotic systems leads to low-cost energy harvesting and innovative micro-surgery applications.
Peter Wonka's new query tool, called a relation-augmented image descriptor will change forever querying images online. 1 min read · Thu, Aug 18 2016 News visual computing 3D reconstruction urban modeling Today, querying the massive amounts of images available in online databases such as Instagram can be a time-consuming experience. Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the University College London, have developed a new tool that generates image queries based on a geometric description of objects in spatial relationships with potential applications in computer graphics, computer vision and automated object classification.
Amin Allam (CEMSE PhD) wins the second prize in the DREAM Challenge 1B 1 min read · Mon, Aug 15 2016 News Spotlight algorithm artificial intelligence Computational biology Amin Allam (CEMSE PhD student in the InfoCloud group) supervised by Prof Panos Kalnis has won the second prize in the AstraZeneca-Sanger Drug Combination Prediction DREAM Challenge 1B. Amin Allam utilized Bayesian inference to achieve the 2nd place.
Enhancing understanding of genetic regulation 1 min read · Sat, Aug 13 2016 News applied mathematics computational science genomics genes Researchers round up clues to track down enhancers.
Step into the white light for faster communication 1 min read · Sat, Aug 13 2016 News electromagnetic waves nanocrystals laser emission data communication Nanocrystals that generate white light could help combine lighting and communications systems into one.
Victor participates in the Deep Learning Summer School 1 min read · Mon, Aug 8 2016 News An IVUL Ph.D. student (Victor Escorcia) participated in the Deep Learning Summer School. He was selected among many students/researchers worldwide to attend this event, where he had the opportunity to interact with and learn from leaders in the field of deep learning.
Technology search for relationships 1 min read · Sat, Aug 6 2016 News Computer science computational science images A sketch-based query for searching for relationships among objects in images could enhance the power and utility of image search tools.
Prof. Salama's paper hits the top for 6 months in the row! 1 min read · Thu, Aug 4 2016 Spotlight News sensors antenna arrays wireless communications network In August 2016, Prof. Salama's article "Stochasticity Modeling in Memristors", was for the sixth time consecutively among the most downloaded paper of the month and the most read article in the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO).
Fabian participates in the Computer Vision Summer School 1 min read · Sun, Jul 24 2016 News ICVSS PhD student participated IVUL international event An IVUL Ph.D. student (Fabian Caba) participates in the Computer Vision Summer School.
Making space for climate simulations 1 min read · Sat, Jul 23 2016 News statistics applied mathematics climatology A statistics-based data compression scheme cuts data storage requirements for large-scale climate simulations by as much as 98 percent.
Ying Sun wins Young Researcher Award 1 min read · Thu, Jul 21 2016 News award KAUST Assistant Professor of Statistics Ying Sun won the 2016 Abdel El-Shaarawi Young Researcher (AEYR) Award from the International Environmetrics Society (TIES) in June. The society was founded by El-Shaarawi, an Egyptian-born and Canadian-trained statistician, and the award was established by the board of TIES in 2002 to honor young statisticians who have made excellent contributions to the development of statistical and/or quantitative methods for environmental science research. Sun received the award on July 18 at the 26th Annual Conference of the International Environmetrics Society in
Exploring artificial biosynthesis 1 min read · Sat, Jul 16 2016 News Computer science bioscience biosynthesis Metabolic route explorer helps to optimize the pathways for artificial biosynthesis of valuable products.
Whale shark populations are young and transient 1 min read · Sat, Jul 16 2016 News marine science marine A population study of whale sharks in the Red Sea reveals unique group dynamics.
Jeff Shamma elected IFAC fellow 2014-17 1 min read · Fri, Jul 15 2016 News robotics intelligent systems control systems robust control game theory The award is an international distinction given to scientists for their contributions in the fields of interest of IFAC under the form of technical publications, patents, control solutions, products, software, and leadership in research, development, and education.
Prof. Miguel de Carvalho and Rodrigo Rubio (PUC, Chile) visit extSTAT 1 min read · Fri, Jul 15 2016 News Statistics of extremes Prof. Miguel Carvalho holds a research and teaching positions at PUC Chile, EPFL, Banco de Portugal, and UNL. He is an applied mathematical statistician with a variety of research interests including, inter alia, statistical inferences for small-probability events, geometrical statistics, methods for data visualization and graphical learning, econometrics, and medical diagnostic assessment.
Tweaking the perfect recipe 1 min read · Sat, Jul 9 2016 News nanowires electrical engineering material science and engineering Adjusting the cooking time is all it takes to tune the magnetic properties of these multi-functional iron nanowires.
Fabian and Victor participate in the annual MSR Summer School! 1 min read · Fri, Jul 8 2016 News PhD Summer School 2016 Computer Vision Deep learning Two IVUL Ph.D. students (Fabian Caba and Victor Escorcia) participate in the annual MSR Summer School.
CEMSE student gets Best Paper Award at 2DFDU2016 1 min read · Sat, Jul 2 2016 News flexible electronics nanofabrication energy harvesting CEMSE student Chun-Ho Lin won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Symposium on Devices and Application of Two-dimensional Materials (2016), held in Shanghai on June 20, 2016.
Nanoscale patterning is better with gas 1 min read · Sat, Jul 2 2016 News optoelectronics material science and engineering Adding a gas enhances the processing of hybrid organic-inorganic materials for improved solar cells.
Faster prediction of wireless downtime 1 min read · Sat, Jul 2 2016 News applied mathematics computational science signal processing Computer science An efficient simulation scheme that hones in on the rarest elements in a dataset can help predict capacity exceedances in wireless networks.
Best Business Plan at VIEW 2016 1 min read · Sun, Jun 26 2016 News CVPR high-tech startup Computer Vision robotics Hachid won the award for the Venture pitch with the best business plan at the Fifth Annual Vision Industry and Entrepreneur Workshop (VIEW) 2016.
Exploring protein form to find function 1 min read · Sat, Jun 25 2016 News Computer science genomics proteins Existing systems for predicting protein structure are outperformed by a newly developed method.
Getting a handle on extremes 1 min read · Sat, Jun 18 2016 News statistics applied mathematics By tapping into the power of extreme value theory, an international team of researchers including Raphaël Huser from the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division has developed a statistical model that overcomes the shortcomings of previous schemes to provide a reliable basis for climate research and the prediction of drought and flood. The model can accurately describe observed rainfall data and reliably predict the likelihood of future extreme events. The analysis of hourly or daily rainfall data presents many challenges for researchers and
Sharing movement aids learning 1 min read · Sat, Jun 4 2016 News Computer science learning computational science Automated learning of an individual’s movement patterns shared over mobile and social networks could help us to connect better.
Three new patents for Professor Khaled Salama and the Sensors Lab Team 1 min read · Wed, Jun 1 2016 News sensors antenna arrays lab-on-a-chip With the latest project on Digital Chaos Systems, KAUST's Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Khaled Salama and the Sensors-Lab's team (http://sensors.kaust.edu.sa/research/current/digital-chaos-systems) secured stunning achievements and three key patents, opening new frontiers for cybersecurity, cryptography, and electronic devices.
Muhammad Akram Karimi secures 3rd prize Best Paper Award at IMS - world's most prestigious microwaves conference 1 min read · Sun, May 29 2016 News Spotlight energy harvesting oil and gas sensors embedded systems Karimi's work on low cost and zero weight water-cut sensors stood out for its quality and distinctive application-direct approach. Successfully, he proved cost reductions of 100 times lower and dropping weight to 1,000 times below than the ones currently available in the market.
