Protecting the systems that power modern life 4 min read · Tue, Apr 14 2026 News Research in Focus cybersecurity Critical Infrastructure Protection Distributed Systems Security AI machine learning
Two KAUST faculty elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1 min read · Fri, Mar 27 2026 News Clip Awards News Wireless Systems Marine Ecology
AI-based hydrogen plant models improve power grid stability 1 min read · Wed, Mar 18 2026 News Clip News Green Hydrogen energy storage cyber-physical systems digital twins
KAUST's Asmaa Abdallah and Rawan Alghamdi included in the “100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G” List for 2026 4 min read · Sun, Mar 8 2026 Awards News 6G 6g wireless systems artificial intelligence for wireless communication wireless communication
Alessandro Astolfi joins KAUST as professor of applied mathematics and computational science 3 min read · Wed, Mar 4 2026 News
‘Rising Stars’ in AI research explore reasoning, trust, and real-world impact‘Rising Stars’ in AI research explore reasoning, trust, and real-world impact 1 min read · Mon, Feb 23 2026 News Clip News Press Releases
Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering 1 min read · Wed, Feb 11 2026 News Clip Awards News
KAUST becomes first FIFA research institute in the Middle East and Asia 1 min read · Tue, Feb 10 2026 News Clip News Press Releases artificial intelligence generative ai Computer Vision Sports
The invisible architect 4 min read · Sun, Feb 8 2026 Spotlight News Research in Focus free boundary problems nonlinear PDEs regularity theory
Self-aware biosensors boost digital health monitoring 1 min read · Thu, Feb 5 2026 News Clip News human body communication integrated circuits wearable devices Digital signal processing low-power electronics
Professor Wolfgang Heidrich named an ACM Fellow 3 min read · Wed, Feb 4 2026 Computational Photography computer graphics optics
The right path: New dean Professor Omar Knio focuses on people, purpose, and impact 1 min read · Wed, Jan 28 2026 News Clip News
KAUST, in collaboration with MCIT, to host the second edition of the MENA Machine Learning Winter School (MenaML) 1 min read · Mon, Jan 26 2026 News Clip News machine learning artificial intelligence AI
Smarter MRI image analysis for the whole heart 1 min read · Thu, Jan 22 2026 News Clip News bayesian analysis Bayesian Statistics
KAUST establishes Quantum Foundry for national quantum hardware development in Saudi Arabia 1 min read · Wed, Jan 21 2026 News Clip News Quantinuum
KAUST professor Peter Richtárik receives Charles Broyden Prize for second consecutive year 2 min read · Wed, Jan 21 2026 Awards News optimization machine learning communication efficiency artificial intelligence big data algorithm
Tiny sensor could transform head injury detection 1 min read · Mon, Jan 12 2026 News Clip News sensors
KAUST innovators named to MIT Technology Review Arabia’s Innovators Under 35 MENA list 1 min read · Thu, Jan 8 2026 News Clip Awards News award
Building bridges between mathematical statistics and real-world impact 4 min read · Tue, Jan 6 2026 Spotlight News Research in Focus mathematical statistics random fields stochastic partial differential equations computational statistics
Professor Hakan Bagci named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow 2 min read · Thu, Jan 1 2026 Awards News IEEE
Four KAUST innovators named to Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 2025 1 min read · Mon, Dec 29 2025 News Clip Awards News
KAUST’s eye-inspired imaging approach wins Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 3 min read · Sun, Dec 21 2025 Awards News computational imaging Image Fusion Adaptive Optics
KAUST alumnus Zhiyuan Liu receives top honor in solid-state lighting 2 min read · Wed, Dec 17 2025 Awards News Micro-LEDs optical communication
Professor Shamim appointed Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology 3 min read · Mon, Dec 15 2025 News Radio frequency devices IEEE electromagnetics microwaves
KAUST researchers define the emerging field of high-performance statistical computing (HPSC) 4 min read · Sun, Dec 14 2025 News exascale GPU HPC mixed-precision computing Statistical computing
KAUST showcases its smart health technologies at global forum 1 min read · Mon, Dec 8 2025 News Press Releases smart health AI wearable devices
Smart patch detects allergies before symptoms strike 2 min read · Sun, Dec 7 2025 News Clip News Biosensors wearable sensors biomarkers
CEMSE student Rawan Alghamdi selected as a 2025 IEEE SPS Scholarship Program recipient 3 min read · Wed, Dec 3 2025 Awards News 6G and Beyond
KAUST expands Saudi–Italian scientific cooperation during Riyadh business forum 1 min read · Tue, Dec 2 2025 News Clip News Press Releases
KAUST named No. 1 in the Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings for third consecutive year 1 min read · Thu, Nov 27 2025 News Clip News Press Releases
KAUST Ph.D. candidate Mara Sherlin Talento wins International Statistics Institute (ISI) Services Award 3 min read · Tue, Nov 25 2025 Awards News Biostatistics
Realistic scenario planning for solar power 1 min read · Tue, Nov 25 2025 News Clip News numerical methods
Innovative research earns Islam Ashry election as Fellow of the Institute of Physics 3 min read · Thu, Nov 20 2025 Awards News Optical sensors Fiber-optic sensors optical communication machine learning
Innovative silver-ink formulation from KAUST IMPACT Lab wins Best Technical Paper Award at IEEE IMAS 2025 3 min read · Wed, Nov 19 2025 Awards News
KAUST master’s student Osama Dabbousi awarded Rhodes Scholarship 1 min read · Tue, Nov 18 2025 News Clip Awards News HPC GPU Algorithms numerical methods
KAUST researcher proves the power of homegrown talent on the world stage 1 min read · Mon, Nov 17 2025 News Clip News Federated learning AI
Top-ranked Arab university unveils Middle East’s most powerful supercomputer 1 min read · Mon, Nov 17 2025 News Clip News Press Releases supercomputing supercomputers International Supercomputing Conference
Artificial intelligence takes to the skies to protect a Saudi tradition 1 min read · Thu, Nov 13 2025 News Clip News Press Releases artificial intelligence AI UAV communications remote sensing Signal processing
KAUST advances scalable AI through global collaboration 1 min read · Wed, Nov 12 2025 News Clip News machine learning LLM Federated learning Distributed algorithms
KAUST leads Arab nations in global research influence with 16 scientists on Clarivate 2025 list 1 min read · Wed, Nov 12 2025 News Clip Awards News
Saudi Food Futures Forum: KAUST making desert agriculture sustainable 1 min read · Wed, Nov 12 2025 News Clip News
KAUST alumna Dr. Rabab Alomairy wins prestigious IEEE CS TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award 3 min read · Wed, Oct 22 2025 Awards News HPC
Advancing robotics for a safer, smarter future 4 min read · Sun, Oct 19 2025 Spotlight News Research in Focus robotics Autonomous system agricultural robotics Marine Robotics
Internet searches offer early warnings of disease outbreaks 1 min read · Sun, Oct 19 2025 News Clip News
KAUST’s new Robotics Bay advances the Kingdom’s robotics and AI capabilities 1 min read · Sun, Oct 19 2025 News Clip Press Releases robotics Aerial Robotics Autonomous system Marine Robotics agricultural robotics saudi vision 2030