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May 2022

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  Code of collaboration

  1 min read · Thu, May 26 2022

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  seismic imaging big data

  David Keyes's and Matteo Ravasi's cross-disciplinary project results in improved efficiency for seismic processing, with promising applications for the energy industry.
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  Professor Bolin earns American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment Early Investigator Award

  1 min read · Thu, May 26 2022

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  award statistics environment

  Prof. David Bolin has been selected for the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment Early Investigator (ENVR) Award for his outstanding contributions to environmental statistics.
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  Ditching sensors for streamlined control of microdevices

  1 min read · Wed, May 25 2022

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  sensors nanofabrication electrical engineering

  Hossein Fariborzi's team has developed a novel miniature microelectromechanical device that avoids the need to use sensors and has significant potential for use in industrial or medical applications.
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  Fiber glow brings more go for underwater communications

  1 min read · Tue, May 24 2022

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  communications material science flexible electronics electrical engineering

  KAUST scientists have developed an optical-based wireless network system that has significant potential for faster underwater optical communications.
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  Renzo Caballero: Ph.D. Research Proposal Defense

  1 min read · Mon, May 23 2022

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  PH.D. RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEFENSE Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 08:30 a.m. Building 2, Level 5, Room 5220; Join Zoom Meeting "Theory and Dynamics of Self-Repair Systems" Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, Prof. Diogo Gomez, Prof. David Keyes, Prof. Taous-Meriem Laleg Abstract We propose approaching the self-repair concept in robots from a control theory and mathematical modeling point of view by understanding the self-repair dynamics and finding conditions for stability in the repair process. We utilize a 3D printer as a proof of concept. Through experimentation and

April 2022

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  Finding Terra Incognita

  1 min read · Thu, Apr 28 2022

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  extreme weather modeling modeling climate science statistics

  A new study addresses the difficulty in modeling atmospheric turbulence at sub-kilometer resolution, which is challenging due to atmospheric variability, meteorology and changeable terrain such as mountains and cities.
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  Can machine learning help predict disease spread?

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 17 2022

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  human health machine learning statistics

  Machine learning techniques can provide accurate forecasting of the spread of viruses during pandemics. Under the supervision of Ying Sun and Fouzi Harrou, Yasminah Alali developed an approach that removes human bias and assumptions, predicting pandemic evolution more accurately.
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  A novel modeling technique for LEO satellite networks

  1 min read · Mon, Apr 11 2022

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  Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite plays an indispensable role in the equal access network because of its low latency, large capacity, and seamless global coverage. For such an unprecedented extensive irregular system, stochastic geometry (SG) is a suitable research method. The SG model can not only cope with the increasing network scale but also accurately analyze and estimate the network’s performance. CTL researchers investigated several standard satellite distribution models and satellite-ground channel models. System-level metrics such as coverage probability and their intermediates were
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  MS Thesis Defense: Embedding Ontologies using Category Theory Semantics by Fernando Zhapa Camacho

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 10 2022

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  Computer science

  Fernando Patricio Zhapa Camacho an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Bio-Ontology research group under the supervision of Professor Robert Hoehndorf successfully defended his thesis "Embedding Ontologies using Category Theory Semantics".
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  Yi-Hsuan Chen: Master's Thesis Defense

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 3 2022

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  Master's Thesis Defense Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 5:30 pm Building 3, Level 5, Room 5220; Join Zoom Meeting: https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91694715622; Meeting ID: 916 9471 5622 "Control design and analysis for reduced-gravity atmospheric flights." Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. David Keyes, and Prof. Shinkyu Park Abstract This work presents a longitudinal flight control algorithm to guide an aircraft to follow a parabolic trajectory by minimizing the position deviation between the aircraft and a reference object (proof mass). As an aircraft flies along the parabolic trajectory, it will
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  Getting the tail straight

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 3 2022

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  Environmental Statistics big data modeling statistics

  KAUST’s Extreme Statistics Group has developed an improved statistical model for analyzing environmental data of extreme events, such as heavy rainfall or strong wind data.

March 2022

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  MS Thesis Defense: Description Logic EL++Embeddings with Intersectional Closure by Xi Peng

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 31 2022

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  machine learning Knowledge representation and reasoning

  Xi Peng MS Student under the supervision of Professor Robert Hoehndorf successfully defended his thesis "Description Logic EL++Embeddings with Intersectional Closure"
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  MS Thesis Defense: Rare variant collapsing analysis on UK Biobank by Yang Liu

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 31 2022

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  bioinformatics machine learning

  Yang Liu, M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the Bio-Ontology research group under the supervision of Professor Robert Hoehndorf successfully defended her thesis "Rare variant collapsing analysis on UK Biobank".
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  Professor Markowich named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

  1 min read · Sun, Mar 20 2022

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  Applied Partial Differential Equations diffusive phenomena inverse problems

  Prof. Peter Markowich has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). IMA Fellowships are awarded to individuals who have shown demonstrable achievement and competence in the development or application of mathematics.
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  SRSI student success story at Ibdaa 2022

  1 min read · Sun, Mar 20 2022

  Awards News

  environmental applications data analysis computational methods

  Faisal Fadi Hasan Almulla, who worked last year under the mentorship of Dr. Fouzi Harrou and Professor Ying Sun as part of the annual KAUST Saudi Research Science Institute (SRSI) summer program, won two awards at the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity — Ibdaa 2022.
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  Visiting Slovenian student relishes time at KAUST

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 15 2022

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  nanovisualization cryogenic electron microscopy

  KAUST visiting student Aljaz Bogataj, who spent three months in the NANOVIS research group, shared his impressions of work and life at KAUST.
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  KAUST research wins Radar Challenge at the IEEE Radar Conference

  1 min read · Sun, Mar 6 2022

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  KAUST M.S. Graduate Rudi Coppola, KAUST Research Scientist Dr. Sajid Ahmed, and KAUST Distinguished Professor Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini won first prize at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Radar Challenge 2021. Their work titled "Road Users Classification Based on Bi-Frame Micro-Doppler with 24-GHz FMCW Radar," presents a case study for a 24 Gigahertz (GHz) frequency modulated continuous wave radar module.
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  Perovskites used to make efficient artificial retina

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 2 2022

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  artificial intelligence Computer Vision sensors electrical engineering

  KAUST researchers have built an artificial electronic retina that mimics the behaviour of the eye’s rod retina cells. Their artificial retina can recognise handwritten numbers.
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  Decrypting the interdependence of cryptocurrencies

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 1 2022

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  big data modeling statistics

  A team of KAUST statisticians has analyzed the price movements of the top five cryptocurrencies to further understand their market behavior. Their model will help investors assess the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies.

February 2022

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  Learning about robots and coding through play

  1 min read · Wed, Feb 16 2022

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  robotics coding Decoding learning

  "Hour of Code,” a worldwide initiative with the scope to teach children the basics of computer science, recently took place at The KAUST School Kindergarten. During Computer Science Education Week, December 5-9, 2021, researchers from the KAUST RISC Lab volunteered to help the children to “demystify” code and grasp their first concepts of robotics.
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  Blocking microgrid cyberattacks to keep the power flowing

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 15 2022

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  cybersecurity smart grids resilience Cyber attacks and defenses

  Power grids have become far more complex in recent decades due to energy demands, environmental regulations and small-scale renewable energy systems that turn businesses and individuals into combined consumer-producers. One way to ensure that power supplies remain resilient is to create small groups of sources and loads called microgrids. Microgrids can operate independently of the main grid when required, such as supporting hospitals during natural disasters, for example. As microgrids grow more complex, they require sophisticated computer networks to coordinate, control and distribute
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  Dominik L. Michels appointed Associate Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

  1 min read · Mon, Feb 14 2022

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  algorithmics machine learning scientific computing visual computing numerical simulations

  KAUST faculty member Dominik L. Michels has recently been promoted to associate professor of computer science and applied mathematics.
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  ECRC contributions to SIAM PP22

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 1 2022

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  As in previous SIAM conferences on Parallel Processing (PP) and Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), ECRC members and their collaborators will have a strong presence at SIAM PP22, nominally in Seattle, Washington USA, but held virtually due to the pandemic.

January 2022

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  Smart memory devices that can sense

  1 min read · Wed, Jan 26 2022

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  In-memory computing sensors nanofabrication electrical engineering

  In-memory sensing technology will facilitate electronic systems that are faster, smaller and consume less energy.
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  Competition sheds light on approximation methods for large spatial datasets

  1 min read · Thu, Jan 20 2022

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  extreme statistics modeling big data statistics

  Marc Genton, Huang Huang and colleagues from KAUST organized a global competition with 21 competing teams to compare different approximation methods for analyzing large spatial datasets.
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  Getting to the bottom of deadly weather

  1 min read · Sun, Jan 9 2022

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  human health Environmental Statistics climate change statistics

  Cold still causes far more deaths than heat in India. A study of the correlation between temperature and mortality in the Indian city of Pune has found that cold, rather than heat, is by far the bigger killer.

December 2021

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  Workshopping ways to revolutionize in-Kingdom kidney care

  1 min read · Sun, Dec 19 2021

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  The KAUST Saudi National Kidney Paired Donation Workshop, organized by Professor Michał Mańkowski with support from the KAUST CEMSE Division, brought together 12 of the Kingdom's top experts in kidney transplantation to discuss the future of this complex and highly important surgical procedure.
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  Professor Atif Shamim named IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecturer

  1 min read · Thu, Dec 16 2021

  Awards News

  Antennas wireless sensors networks

  KAUST Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Atif Shamim has been selected as a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) from 2022 to 2024. In his new role, sponsored by the IEEE, Shamim will give lectures to AP-S chapter members on topics of interest and importance to the global AP community.
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  KAUST presents exascale expertise at SC21

  1 min read · Tue, Dec 14 2021

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  supercomputing HPC Shaheen

  Supercomputing experts from KAUST converged with global participants at the America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri from November 14 to 19 for SC21, the annual international conference for high performance computing (HPC), networking, storage and analysis. Established in 1988, the SC conference is the largest HPC event of its kind, with big name industries like Intel, Red Hat and Oracle sharing the exhibition floor alongside universities, government agencies and small businesses, and professionals from various affiliations attending presentations throughout the convention center. In non
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  Professor Elnozahy Elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

  1 min read · Thu, Dec 9 2021

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  Information Technology

  KAUST Professor of Computer Science Elmootazbellah Elnozahy has been elected to the rank of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. NAI fellows are selected based on the number and significance of patents they are co-inventors; the patents must also have stemmed from a university-based research program.
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  Finding true protein hotspots in cancer research

  1 min read · Wed, Dec 8 2021

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  proteins statistics cancer human health

  Novel statistical methods help tell the difference between "false positives" and true detections of protein domain hotspots that could be linked to cancer.

November 2021

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  KAUST-KFUPM collaboration wins top honors at STC AIoT Hackathon

  1 min read · Mon, Nov 29 2021

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  IoT agriculture artificial intelligence drones

  A team composed of KAUST and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) students was one of three winning teams of this year’s Saudi Telecom Company (STC) AIoT (AI & IoT) Hackathon. The KAUST entry, AgriDoctor, a proposed autonomous, sustainable, intelligent agriculture system, was a standout pick for the competition judges from a pool of 110 project submissions and 350 participants.
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  Deeper defense against cyber attacks

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 28 2021

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  cybersecurity machine learning Deep learning statistics

  To address the growing threat of cyberattacks on industrial control systems, a KAUST team including Fouzi Harrou, Wu Wang and led by Ying Sun has developed an improved method for detecting malicious intrusions.
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  KAUST SENTRY team wins 2021 Cybersecurity Games & Conference Embedded Security Challenge

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 24 2021

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  resilience cybersecurity

  The SENTRY Lab team wins the 18th annual CSAW Cybersecurity Games & Conference’s (CSAW '21) Embedded Security Challenge (ESC).
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  Professor Ooi appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 24 2021

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  optics photonics

  KAUST Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Boon S. Ooi has been appointed Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters beginning January 1, 2022.
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  Professor Eltawil officially inducted as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 24 2021

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  NAI mobile computing communications wireless sensors networks machine learning

  Earlier this year, KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Ahmed Eltawil was elected as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Eltawil was officially inducted as a Senior Member at the recent NAI 10th Annual Meeting held in Florida, U.S.
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  Connect the internet of bodies

  1 min read · Thu, Nov 18 2021

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  communications sensors electrical engineering IoT

  A network of body monitoring devices connected using our own tissue could form the basis for the internet of bodies (IoB).
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  KAUST collaborative research wins ACM SOSP 2021 Best Paper Award

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 7 2021

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  distributed file systems

  A collaborative multi-institutional research team featuring KAUST Associate Professor of Computer Science Marco Canini won the best paper award at the 28th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP 2021).
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  Mathematician Peter Markowich named 2022 AMS Fellow

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 7 2021

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  mathematics numerical analysis plant physiology brain science applied mathematics

  KAUST Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Dr. Peter Markowich joins 45 mathematical scientists from around the world named 2022 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) program.
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  Professor El-Atab to feature in NEOM “Changemakers” video series

  1 min read · Thu, Nov 4 2021

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  solar cells memory devices

  Nazek El-Atab, KAUST assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the principal investigator of the Smart, Advanced Memory Devices and Applications (SAMA) Lab, has been recently selected to feature in the upcoming NEOM “Changemakers” video series.
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  Coal product used to create green clean water

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 3 2021

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  filtration desalination water resources monitoring

  Compressed blocks of pulverized coal can be used as the basis of sunlight-powered off-grid water purification. The technology is already being progressed by commercial partners toward pilot-scale production of drinking water. Dark-colored materials that strongly soak up sunlight to drive seawater desalination are a long-standing research interest of KAUST's Andrea Fratalocchi. While reading about the economic challenges of ending coal’s use for power generation, Fratalocchi was struck by a novel possible use for coal. “The two ideas clicked together: why don’t we use coal for a new economy in
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  The KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 #RobotoKAUST

  1 min read · Tue, Nov 2 2021

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  robotics research conference

  Building upon our successful online conference in spring 2021, the KAUST Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control Lab (RISC Lab) will host the KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 (#RobotoKAUST2022) from February 28 until March 2, 2022. The conference will address the most recent trends of robotics application in a range of disciplines.

October 2021

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  The Recordings of the #RobotoKAUST talks are available

  1 min read · Tue, Oct 19 2021

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  research conference RobotoKAUST

  The first KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2021, #RobotoKAUST, brought together leading international and in-Kingdom robotics researchers and government and industry representatives from the robotics industry to discuss robotics and its applications. The recordings of the talks are available online! To watch the talks, please visit our website #RobotoKAUST or our KAUST RISC Lab YouTube Channel.
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  Nazek El-Atab appointed IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

  1 min read · Mon, Oct 18 2021

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  IoT

  Nazek El-Atab, KAUST assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the principal investigator of the Smart, Advanced Memory Devices and Applications (SAMA) Lab, has been recently selected to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) for the IEEE Electron Devices Society.
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  Welcoming composite inks into the fold

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 14 2021

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  wearables materials science electrical engineering IoT

  A screen-printing approach to creating foldable circuits could make many functional devices easier and cheaper to mass produce.
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  Progressive KAUST communications study awarded at the IEEE SusTech 2021 student poster contest

  1 min read · Wed, Oct 13 2021

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  The progressive telecommunications research of KAUST Ph.D. candidate Maurilio Matracia, supervised by postdoctoral fellow Mustafa Kishk and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mohamed-Slim Alouini, has been recently awarded the second-place prize at the IEEE SusTech 2021 student poster contest.
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  Meet KAUST new student: Qilong Pan

  1 min read · Wed, Oct 13 2021

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  spatio-temporal statistics Deep learning

  Qilong Pan is a statistics graduate who joined KAUST in June 2021 from the Wuhan University of Technology, China. Pan is a M.S./Ph.D. student and member of the Environmental Statistics research group under the supervision of Professor Ying Sun.
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  KAUST paper wins 2020 Computational Optimization and Applications Best Paper Award

  1 min read · Tue, Oct 12 2021

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  stochastic gradient descent machine learning

  KAUST Professor of Computer Science Peter Richtárik and his former student Nicolas Loizou, currently a postdoctoral researcher at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute and soon to take up an assistant professorship position at Johns Hopkins University, recently received the 2020 Computational Optimization and Applications (COAP) Best Paper Award.
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  Meet KAUST new student: Ioannis Zografopoulos

  1 min read · Wed, Oct 6 2021

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  cyber-physical systems embedded systems cybersecurity

  Ioannis Zografopoulos is a Ph.D. student who joined KAUST this fall as a Ph.D. candidate and member of the Secure Next Generation Resilient Systems (SENTRY) Lab under the supervision of Professor Charalambos Konstantinou. Zografopoulos believes that KAUST's renowned faculty, global reputation and research infrastructure make the University the ideal environment for him to develop high-quality, impactful research.
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  Developing the future of digital inclusivity

  1 min read · Tue, Oct 5 2021

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  6G Wireless Communications

  The second edition of the KAUST 6G Summit on "Connecting the Unconnected" was recently held online from Tuesday, September 28 to Thursday, September 30, 2021. As part of “The Decade of Digital Inclusion,” a semester-long master class from the Marconi Society, the summit covered the latest research and technological advancements in 6G global connectivity.