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.
Postdoc Luigi Lombardo gets an Outstanding Student Poster and PICO EGU Award. Congratulations Luigi! 1 min read · Tue, May 24 2016 Spotlight News statistics landslide susceptibility modeling The 2016 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award is awarded to Luigi Lombardo for the poster/PICO entitled Landslide triggering-thickness susceptibility, a simple proxy for landslide hazard? A test in the Mili catchment (North-Eastern Sicily, Italy). Regarding his work, Luigi said: " In the PICO presentation project we modeled the thickness at the crown of each landslide as the dependent variable. As a result, the predictive maps carried more information than classic susceptibility ones, enabling a better proxy to hazard prediction." You can find Luigi's poster here.
Prof. Muhammad Hussain's article selected for "2015 Applied Physics Letters Editors' Picks 1 min read · Mon, May 2 2016 News CMOS flexible nanoelectronics Prof. Muhammad Hussain's article "Functional integrity of flexible n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors on a reversibly bi-stable platform" was selected for "2015 Applied Physics Letters Editors' Picks"- published by the American Institute of Physics - a scientific journal featuring concise, up-to-date reports on significant new findings in applied physics.
New nanolasers for quantum information sources 1 min read · Sun, May 1 2016 News plasmonics nanolasers Integrating coherent light sources at the nanoscale with spasers is one of the most promising applications of plasmonics. In a spaser, localized plasmon polaritons (LPPs) waves occurring at the metal-dielectric interface are amplified by an active medium. Under specific conditions, the gain of plasmonic modes can overcome the absorption losses occurring in the metal and stimulated emission of radiation occurs, as experimentally observed in optically pumped spasers. Despite the large body of experimental research, the theoretical understanding of the spaser dynamics is still challenging
A clearer view of rainfall patterns 1 min read · Sat, Apr 30 2016 News applied mathematics statistics precipitation Improved random modeling allows scientists to generate realistic patterns of high-frequency rainfall.
Sneaky losses solved for resistive memory 1 min read · Sat, Apr 30 2016 News electrical engineering A data readout scheme achieves an unprecedented reduction in power consumption for a promising high-performance resistive memory architecture.
Feeding in the moonlight 1 min read · Sat, Apr 16 2016 News statistics marine science Consistent around the world's ocean, the phases of the moon affect the upward migration of the world’s most abundant type of fish for feeding.
A picture of the artist captured in a stroke 1 min read · Sat, Apr 16 2016 News stroke authorship recognition detecting fraudulent sketches A graphics technique is the first to identify people based on their sketching style.
Ahmed Alfadhel wins the 2016 Edition of MIT Arab Innovators Under 35 1 min read · Fri, Apr 15 2016 News Spotlight nano-engineering wearable sensors microfluidics nanowires On April 14, the "Innovator under 35 in the Arab World" prize - an award scheme organized by the MIT was bestowed on Ahmed Alfadhel, a PhD candidate in CEMSE at Kaust.
Taking the heat out of emitters 1 min read · Sat, Apr 9 2016 News Optical sensors Optical communications Semiconductor light-emitting diodes fabricated on a metal substrate are less prone to overheating.
Defying symmetry for better synthesis 1 min read · Sat, Apr 2 2016 News nanoparticles gold nanosphere Insight into the role of sulfur-bearing ligands provides a better handle on ways to synthesize asymmetric metal nanoparticles.
The Institute of Physics (IoP), nominated Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain for the Fellowship at the Institute of Physics 1 min read · Tue, Mar 22 2016 News CMOS nanoelectronics flexible Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain nominated for the Fellowship at the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK.
Professor Meriem Laleg's research on membrane distillation modeling for desalination published in Desalination 1 min read · Thu, Mar 17 2016 News control systems signal analysis modeling An accurate mathematical model is proposed to describe an emerging desalination technology called direct contact membrane distillation system. The mathematical model is important for designing efficient control and monitoring strategies, a crucial step to facilitate the commercialization of this technology.
Scientists made cutting edge 'smart skin' with household items 1 min read · Thu, Mar 10 2016 News CMOS nanoelectronics flexible Congratulations to Prof. Muhammad Hussain whose smart skin project made out of cheap household materials such as foil and tape - was featured on the Washington Post and a few other news media.
Professor Khaled Salama awarded US patent on MEMS fractal capacitors 1 min read · Tue, Mar 8 2016 News sensors lab-on-a-chip antenna arrays Patent application US 20140239446 A1 on "Fractal Structures For Fixed MEMS Capacitors" was awarded a USA patent.
NSF KAUST Conference 2016 1 min read · Fri, Mar 4 2016 News NSF KAUST Conference King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia and National Science Foundation of United States of America have jointly organized this conference for the 3rd time to assemble the global leading subject matter authorities to share their views and research and to build a collaborative network with KAUST faculty and research community to use electronic materials, devices and systems for a sustainable future.
Professor Meriem Laleg's research on modeling contaminant transport published in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 1 min read · Mon, Feb 29 2016 News control systems signal analysis modeling A new algorithm is proposed to estimate the average velocity, dispersion coefficient, and differentiation order of a space-fractional advection-dispersion equation used for modeling contaminant transport in porous media. This allows for the characterization of the medium and the determination of the contaminant source. The algorithm is efficient, robust and fast.
An ocean observatory for the Red Sea 1 min read · Sat, Feb 27 2016 News marine science Studies conducted at the Saudi Aramco-KAUST Marine Environmental Research Center provide new insights into the physical and biological aspects of the Red Sea.
Noisy cells produce bursts of protein 1 min read · Sat, Feb 20 2016 News Computer science bioscience genetics A new mathematical model explains how random factors affect the production of proteins within the cells.
Jurgen Kosel delivers seminar at Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center 1 min read · Sat, Feb 20 2016 News transducers magnetism sensors The Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), founded in 1986 as the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Microsensors and Microactuators. Professor Kosel spoke about magnetic micro- and nanosystems research being conducted at the Sensing, Magnetism, and Microsystems group at KAUST.
Professor Meriem Laleg's research on brain response models published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods 1 min read · Wed, Feb 17 2016 News control systems signal analysis modeling A novel approach to calibrate the hemodynamic model using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) measurements.
Welcome to our upcoming visitors 1 min read · Mon, Feb 8 2016 News thin-film transistors electronics We would like to welcome to Prof. Ioannis Kymissis and Lawrence L. Wald to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Wireless devices tune-in to cloud power 1 min read · Sat, Feb 6 2016 News electrical engineering Next-generation mobile networks can use cloud computing algorithms to manage the increasingly high data demands of users.
