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.
Published paper: Single readout technique published at Nature Scientific Reports 1 min read · Fri, Feb 5 2016 News single readout technique sensors lab-on-a-chip Prof. Khaled Salama and his team managed to achieve the theoretical limit of a single memory access per pixel for a gateless memristor array readout at a fraction of the power of state-of-the-art readout techniques.
PhD student Ahmed Alfadhel interviewed in New Scientist weekly 1 min read · Mon, Feb 1 2016 News sensors microfluidics nanowires In an interview with New Scientist weekly, PhD student Ahmed Alfadhel from Prof. Jurgen Kosel's team spoke about his research on bio-inspired artificial skin.
Bringing computational engineering into the fold 1 min read · Sat, Jan 30 2016 News applied mathematics computational science Computer science An interactive computational tool opens new possibilities for "developable" surfaces.
Prof. Alouini selected as an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2016 and 2017 1 min read · Sun, Jan 24 2016 News FD-MIMO cognitive radio systems communications Congratulations to Prof. Alouini for being selected to give a Distinguished Lecture for 2016 and 2017 in IEEE Communications Society
Conference on Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithm and Applications (#UQAW2016) 1 min read · Sun, Jan 10 2016 News statistics numerical methods stochastic differential equations The 4th consecutive year that KAUST is holding the UQAW annual event dedicated to reporting on the state-of-the-art and latest advances in the methods used to quantify the calculation uncertainties. The aim of the discussion forum in exchanging information on innovative algorithm design as well as their practical applications and performances in experimental settings.
Aesthetic patterns for freeform architecture 1 min read · Sat, Jan 9 2016 News applied mathematics patterns Planar designs are used to model complex curved surfaces, with applications from architecture to 3D prints.
First Annual ActivityNet Challenge to be held at CVPR2016! 1 min read · Fri, Dec 18 2015 News Our workshop proposal on large-scale human activity understanding was accepted to CVPR2016. We will be releasing the results of the 1st annual ActivityNet challenge during the workshop. This venue allows researchers in the field to evaluate their activity classification and detection techniques on a large-scale benchmark of in-the-wild video sequences.
Dr. Sebastian Engelke (EPFL) visits extSTAT 1 min read · Thu, Dec 17 2015 Spotlight News Spatial extremes extreme-value theory Sebastian is an Ambizione fellow at EPF Lausanne with Anthony Davison. Sebastian did his studies in Mathematics at University of Göttingen and UC Berkeley, and he finished his PhD as a Deutsche Telekom Foundation fellow in 2013 at the University of Göttingen with Martin Schlather. His research interests are in extreme value theory, spatial statistics, graphical models and data science.
International Year of Light 2015: CEMSE Open Day 1 min read · Thu, Dec 3 2015 News The Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division invited the KAUST community to join the celebration for the International Year of Light 2015.
The International Year of Light Open Day 1 min read · Thu, Dec 3 2015 News International Year of Light Open Day photonics light The International Year of Light (IYL) Open Day event took place at KAUST on December 3, 2015. The event was designed to celebrate light’s impact on human welfare as well as the importance of light as one of the most challenging fields of research in contemporary science. The Open Day Exhibition showcased the latest technological developments in light research, with special emphasis on photonics and LED-based technologies and the innovative applications that they will bring to the energy and communication sectors in the future. The exhibit experiments and the striking materials were provided by
The role of applied mathematics in finance 1 min read · Thu, Dec 3 2015 News applied mathematics Finance “Sometimes there’s a strange dichotomy between applied mathematics and pure mathematics,” said Professor Raul Tempone, a founding KAUST faculty member and principal investigator of the University's Stochastic Numerics Research Group. “People think that applied math is simply the application of theory.” The argument is that applied math is just classified by its ends in the sense that one is trying to solve a real problem. Tempone argues that this doesn’t mean that new theories don’t need to be created. It also does not mean that the kinds of problems are less challenging than the ones faced in
Prof. Marc Genton appointed Editor-in-Chief of Stat 1 min read · Tue, Dec 1 2015 Spotlight News Prof. Marc Genton has been appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of Stat, the ISI online journal for rapid dissemination of statistics research. Prof. Genton will begin his term in January 1, 2015 until December 31, 2017. Prof. Genton is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He received the El-Shaarawi Award for Excellence from The International Environmetrics Society in 2010 and the Distinguished
An antenna that goes the distance 1 min read · Sat, Nov 21 2015 News Antennas wearable electronics A low-cost, copper-based flexible and stretchable antenna improves far-field data communication in wearable electronics.
Miniature flexible sensor to detect heart disease 1 min read · Sat, Nov 14 2015 News cardiovascular sensors electrical engineering A new biosensor made of laser-etched electrodes on a gold-coated polymer may provide an effective and cost-efficient way to assess heart disease risk.
Smart technology shows where we're at 1 min read · Sat, Nov 7 2015 News marine science electrical engineering fauna A combination of state-of-the-art sensors and standardized data analysis will transform research for tracking animals and humans.
Sensors for a light touch 1 min read · Sat, Oct 31 2015 News electronics flexible material science and engineering electrical engineering Biocompatible tactile sensors based on magnetic hair-like structures enable new applications for touch sensors.
New low cost diagnostic for cardiovascular risk detection 1 min read · Thu, Oct 8 2015 News sensors lab-on-a-chip antenna arrays A new flexible, low-cost cardiovascular risk marker biosensor was developed by Prof. Khaled Salama and his team at KAUST University, Saudi Arabia.
2015 Workshop on Computational Space-Time Statistics 1 min read · Sun, Oct 4 2015 Spotlight News statistics spatio-temporal statistics Bayesian computational statistics 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. Sudipto Banerjee, University of California Los Angeles, USA Prof. Souhaib Ben Taieb, Monash University, Australia Prof. Stefano Castruccio, Newcastle University, UK Prof. Miguel de Carvalho, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Prof. Clément Dombry, University of Franche-Comté , France Prof. Xuming He, University of Michigan, USA Prof. Hsin-Cheng Huang
Brain waves in boxes 1 min read · Sat, Oct 3 2015 News biomedicine statistics bioscience brain science A statistical method helps to identify abnormal signals in electroencephalograms and locate their source in the brain.
The Red Sea models the future 1 min read · Sat, Sep 26 2015 News marine science coral reefs Detailed analysis of nutrient distribution and circulation in the Red Sea could provide a model for the future of the world’s oceans.
Lasers bridge the rainbow 1 min read · Sat, Sep 26 2015 News semiconductor laser micrometer-scale lasers Subtle changes to the composition of a semiconductor structure enable laser light at colors previously not thought possible.
Unlocking complex interactions 1 min read · Sat, Sep 19 2015 News Computer science bioscience Functions of interacting molecular complexes are uncovered through a novel method of aligning the interaction interface of each complex.
Cancer screening advance: single point genetic mutations made visible by new optical chip 1 min read · Fri, Sep 4 2015 News photonics energy harvesting imaging apparatus The collaboration of the teams of professors Enzo Di Fabrizio and Andrea Fratalocchi at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in Saudi Arabia, has led to the development of a new device that enables the detection of mutations down to a single amino acid.
The Lambert Award for Young Statisticians Goes To Raphael Huser 1 min read · Tue, Aug 25 2015 Spotlight News Statistics of extremes spatio-temporal statistics copulas Today Raphael Huser, Assistant Professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), received the Lambert Award for Young Statisticians for his contribution in modeling the distribution of extreme weather events.
Honey bee behavior is in the genes 1 min read · Sat, Aug 22 2015 News applied mathematics Computer science genomics genetics An integrated set of genetic mechanisms controls whether bees behave as foragers or nurses.
Choosing the right scheme for green communications 1 min read · Sat, Aug 22 2015 News Computer science wireless computational science engineering Performance analysis reveals how different resource allocation schemes may impact the energy efficiency of a cognitive radio system.
Assessing seawater safety 1 min read · Sat, Aug 15 2015 News environmental science and engineering bioscience marine science desalination Elevated bacterial populations in waters near beaches and urban areas could pose a problem for desalination plants.
InfoCloud is presenting three demo papers in VLDB 2015 1 min read · Sat, Aug 1 2015 News InfoCloud is presenting three demo papers in VLDB 2015.
