Ph.D. Dissertation Defense

Nov 19 - Nov 25, 2023

Future Electronics Beyond the FinFET and GAA-FETs

Uttam Kumar Das, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 19, 16:00 - 18:00

B9 L2 H2322

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2023

Efficient Algorithms for Vision and Language Learning

Jun Chen , Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Nov 14, 12:15 - 14:15

B1 L3 R3426

Learning Sequential Modeling Algorithms for Motion Forecasting, Reinforcement Learning, and Vision-Language Understanding

Deyao Zhu, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Nov 12, 15:00 - 16:30

B1 L4 R4214

Models and Inference for Non-Gaussian Random Vectors and Fields

Sagnik Mondal, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Nov 12, 12:30 - 14:30

B5 L5 R5209

Nov 5 - Nov 11, 2023

Interpretable Learning on Heterogeneous Graphs

Qiang Yang, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Nov 7, 15:00 - 17:00

B3 L5 R5220

Adaptive Optimization Algorithms for Machine Learning

Slavomir Hanzely, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Nov 7, 10:00 - 11:00

B1 L4 R4214

artificial intelligence machine learning

Atomic Layer Deposition Reaction Parameters Influence on ZnO's Electrical Properties on Cotton Fabric for Textile Electronics

Huda Badghaish, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 5, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Oct 29 - Nov 4, 2023

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Statistical Methods for Environment and Public Health Applications

Andre Victor Ribeiro Amaral , Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Nov 2, 11:45 - 14:30

B9 L4 R4225

Oct 22 - Oct 28, 2023

Transient Numerical Schemes in Electromagnetics: From Electromagnetic Scattering to Multiphysics Simulation

Ming Dong, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 25, 13:00 - 15:00

B3 L5 R5220

Molecular Generation via Deep Generative Models

Changsheng Ma, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Oct 24, 14:30 - 16:30

KAUST

Improvement of InGaN-based light-emitting diodes: hydrogen passivation - based device fabrication, LED structure optimization, and III-Nitride growth using different substrates

Pavel Kirilenko, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 22, 16:00 - 18:00

B3 L5 R5220

Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2023

Coverage Performance Analysis for the Full Connected Underwater Acoustic Communication Network

Jiajie Xu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 8, 13:00 - 14:30

B1 L3 R3119

Low-Coherence Surface-Emitting Lasers for Optical Wireless Communication and Low-Speckle Illumination

Omar Alkhazragi, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 8, 10:00 - 11:30

B2 L5 R5220

Sep 24 - Sep 30, 2023

Toward Sustainable Transportation: A Driver-Centric Approach to Deploying Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles

Duc Minh Nguyen, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sep 28, 10:00 - 11:30

B1 L4 R4214

Sep 10 - Sep 16, 2023

Stability and Asymptotics in Electrohydrodynamics

Nuno J. Alves, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Sep 12, 15:00 - 17:00

B1 L4 R4214

Relative Energy Analysis relative energy method

Spatial Models and Extreme-Value Methods for Wildfire Risk Assessment

Daniela Cisneros, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Sep 11, 16:00 - 17:00

B3 L5 R5220

extreme statistics Applied Machine Learning geospatial statistics

Sep 3 - Sep 9, 2023

Mean Field Games price formation models

Julian David Gutierrez Pineda, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Sep 6, 14:00 - 16:00

B1 L4 R4214

mean-field games Applied Machine Learning

Model-Based Computational Cryo-Electron Tomography Joint Reconstruction with Awareness of Noise

Yuanhao Wang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sep 4, 17:30 - 19:00

B1 L2 R2202

Aug 13 - Aug 19, 2023

Tackling the Communication Bottlenecks of Distributed Deep Learning Training Workloads

Chen-Yu (Elton) Ho, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Aug 14, 08:00 - 10:00

B2 L5 R5220

Jul 23 - Jul 29, 2023

Model-based and Learned, Inverse Rendering for 3D Scene Reconstruction and View Synthesis

Rui Li, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 24, 18:00 - 20:00

B1 L2 R2202

Jul 16 - Jul 22, 2023

Prioritizing Causative Genomic Variants by Integrating Molecular and Functional Annotations from Multiple Biomedical Ontologies

Azza Althagafi, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Jul 20, 13:00 - 17:00

B2 L5 R5220

Ontology design patterns and methods for integrating phenotype ontologies

Sarah Alghamdi, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Jul 20, 09:00 - 10:00

B3 L5 R5209.

bio-ontology phenotype ontologies

Solutions for Perishables Shelf-life Extension and Spoilage Detection Towards Food Waste Reduction

Asrar Damdam, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 16, 16:00 - 18:00

B2 L5 R5220

Jul 9 - Jul 15, 2023

Cybersecure and Resilient Power Systems with Distributed Energy Resources

Ioannis (Yannis) Zografopoulos, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 10, 14:00 - 16:00

B5 L5 R5209

Jul 2 - Jul 8, 2023

Low-Power Edge-Enabled Sensor Platforms

Jose Ilton De Oliveira Filho, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 6, 15:00 - 17:00

B4 L5 R5220

Axisymmetric flows with swirl for Euler and Navier-Stokes equations

Ioanna Mousikou, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Jul 6, 15:00 - 16:00

B1 L4 R4214

Jun 4 - Jun 10, 2023

Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors Modeling, Epitaxy, Processing, and Applications for Ultraviolet Emission and Detection

Yi Lu, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jun 8, 14:30 - 16:30

B5 L5 R5209

Exploiting Data Sparsity in Matrix Algorithms for Adaptive Optics and Seismic Imaging

Yuxi Hong, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Jun 7, 14:30 - 17:00

B2 R5209;

Matrix Algorithms machine learning High Performance Computing

Approximate Bayesian inference based on dense matrices and new features using INLA

Jun 4, 15:00 - 16:00

B4 L5 R5220

Bayesian computational statistics

Contemporary Techniques in the Emerging Free Space Optical Communication Systems

Dmitrii Briantcev, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jun 4, 12:30 - 14:00

B1 L3 R3119

optical communication technology Free Space Optics Conditional Generative Adversarial Network Recurrent Neural Network

May 28 - Jun 3, 2023

Leave-Group-Out Cross-Validation for Latent Gaussian Models

Zhedong Liu, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

May 30, 15:30 - 17:30

B1 R4102;

Criticism and robustification of latent Gaussian models

Rafael Medeiros Cabral, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

May 28, 15:00 - 16:00

B1 L4 R4102

latent Gaussian models

May 21 - May 27, 2023

Towards The Implementation of Reliable Hyperloop Communication Systems

Wafa Hedhly, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 24, 09:00 - 10:45

B1 L3 R3119

communications hyperloop communication systems

May 7 - May 13, 2023

Towards the Inference, Understanding, and Reasoning on Edge Devices

Guoqing Ma, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

May 10, 14:00 - 16:00

B1 L3 R3119

Apr 30 - May 6, 2023

Query Localization in Long-form Videos

Mengmeng Xu (Frost), Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 4, 07:30 - 09:00

KAUST

GNSS Localization and Attitude Determination via Optimization Techniques on Riemannian Manifolds

Xing Liu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 3, 16:00 - 18:00

B1 L3 R3119

GNSS localization attitude determination

Towards Data-efficient Graph Learning

Qiannan Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

May 2, 18:00 - 20:00

KAUST

Fabrication of metasurfaces operating in the visible via nanotechnology and artificial intelligence

Fedor Getman, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 2, 14:00 - 16:00

B3 L2

Apr 16 - Apr 22, 2023

Latent Space Manipulation of GANs for Seamless Image Compositing

Anna Fruehstueck, Ph.D., Computer Science

Apr 17, 17:30 - 18:30

B5 L5 R5220

Generative Adversarial Networks image synthesis texture synthesis

Apr 9 - Apr 15, 2023

Towards Designing Robust Deep Learning Models for 3D Understanding

Abdullah Hamdi, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 10, 17:00 - 19:00

B3 L5 R5220

deep neural networks

Apr 2 - Apr 8, 2023

Modeling and Inference for Multivariate Time Series, with Applications to Integer-Valued Processes and Nonstationary Extreme Data

Matheus B. Guerrero, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Apr 4, 16:00 - 19:00

B4 L5 R5220

statistical methods integer-valued data autoregressive processes multivariate nonstationary extreme data

Mar 26 - Apr 1, 2023

Flexible Multivariate, Spatial, and Causal Models for Extremes

Yan Gong, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Mar 28, 16:00 - 19:00

B4 L5 R5220

risk assessment statistical analysis

Mar 19 - Mar 25, 2023

Interpretation, Verification and Privacy Techniques for Improving the Trustworthiness of Neural Networks

Arnaud Dethise, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Mar 22, 12:30 - 14:30

B1 L3 R3119

Feb 12 - Feb 18, 2023

Generative Models for Neural Fields

Ivan Skorokhodov, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Feb 15, 20:10 - 22:00

B1 L2 R2202

Deep generative models

Extracting Semantic and Geometric Information in Images and Videos using GANs

Rameen Abdal, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Feb 15, 18:00 - 20:00

B1 L2 R2202

GaN

Electromagnetic Analysis of Plasmonic Nanostructures by Using a Coupled system Volume Integral and Hydrodynamic Equations

Doolos Aibek Uulu, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 15, 14:30 - 16:30

B2 L5 R5220

Plasmonic Nanostructures Electromagnetic Analysis

Nanostructured Group-III Nitrides for Photoelectrocatalytic Applications and Renewable Energy Harvesting

Huafan Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 14, 16:00 - 18:00

B4 L5 R5209

Photoelectrocatalytic Applications renewable energy

Feb 5 - Feb 11, 2023

Energy-Efficient Neuromorphic Computing Systems

Wenzhe Guo, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 7, 15:00 - 17:00

B4 L5 R5209

neuromorphic computing

Jan 22 - Jan 28, 2023

Towards Richer Video Representation for Action Understanding

Humam Alwassel, Ph.D., Computer Science

Jan 23, 18:30 - 20:30

B2 L5 R5209

Computer Vision machine learning Human Activity Recognition

Jan 8 - Jan 14, 2023

Simulation and Calibration of Uncertain Space Fractional Diffusion Equations

Hasnaa Alzahrani, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Jan 10, 16:00 - 18:00

B1 L2 R2202