Ph.D. Dissertation Defense

May 4 - May 10, 2025

Relations between Decision Trees and Decision Rule Systems

Kerven Durdymyradov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science

May 4, 11:00 - 13:00

B5 L5 R5220

decision trees machine learning

On Complexity of Decision Trees for Decision Tables from Closed Classes

Azimkhon Ostonov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science

May 4, 09:00 - 11:00

B5 L5 R5220

decision trees machine learning

Apr 27 - May 3, 2025

Towards Trustworthy News Recommendation Systems

Manal A. Alshehri, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

May 1, 17:00 - 19:00

B3 L5 R5209

machine learning artificial intelligence personalized recommendations Generative Adversarial Networks

Efficient Antenna-on-Chip with Optimized Artificial Magnetic Conductor Performance for 6G mm-Wave Applications

Yiyang Yu, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 30, 15:30 - 17:30

B3 L5 R5209

Electrically Small Antenna Design antenna design on-chip antennas 6g wireless systems

Control and Estimation Designs Using Model-Based and Model-Free Approaches for Water Quality Monitoring in Process Systems

Fahad Aljehani, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 30, 10:00 - 12:00

B1 L4 R4214

machine learning algorithm optimal control Control Theory Reinforcement Learning

Metasurface Based Optical Metrology Systems: Design, Fabrication, and Implementations

Arturo Burguete Lopez, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 27, 11:00 - 13:00

B3 L5 R5209

Metasurfaces integrated optics

Apr 20 - Apr 26, 2025

Bridging the Digital Divide Gap: Next-G Approach Towards Connecting the Unconnected

Fahad Salem Alqurashi, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 21, 13:00 - 14:30

B 4/5, L0, R0215

Apr 13 - Apr 19, 2025

Strategies for Improving Communication Efficiency in Distributed and Federated Learning: Compression, Local Training, and Personalization

Kai Yi, Ph.D. Student, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

Apr 14, 18:00 - 20:00

B5 L5 R5209

Enhancing Solar Fuel Production Performance through Catalyst Design and Device Engineering

Fei Xiang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 13, 14:00 - 16:00

B2 L5 R5209

Mar 23 - Mar 29, 2025

Some Contributions to Particle and Unbiased Simulation Methods

Elsiddig Awadelkarim Elsiddig, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics

Mar 26, 10:00 - 12:00

B3 L5 R5209; Zoom Meeting 95303621356

Bayesian Statistics machine learning

Mar 16 - Mar 22, 2025

Color-Converting Luminescent Devices for High-Speed Optical Wireless Communication

Yue Wang, Ph.D. Candidate (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mar 20, 10:00 - 11:30

B3 L5 R5209

Free-space optical communications Underwater wireless optical communication luminescent optoelectronics fiber optics

Feb 16 - Feb 22, 2025

Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices and Monolithic Circuits

Dhanu Chettri, Ph.D. (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 17, 08:30 - 09:30

B3 L5 R5220

advanced semiconductors Ultrawide bandgap materials CMOS electronics Transistors Gallium oxide Aluminium nitride

Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2025

KAUST-CEMSE-ECE-PhD-Dissertation-Defense-Mritunjay-Kumar

Extreme Temperature Performance and Heterogenous Integration of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for Power Electronics

Mritunjay Kumar , Ph.D. (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jan 28, 15:30 - 17:30

B2, L5, R5220

Jan 12 - Jan 18, 2025

RSS-based Cooperative Localization with Unknown Model Parameters

Yingquan Li, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jan 16, 10:30 - 12:00

B1, L3, R3119

Dec 1 - Dec 7, 2024

KAUST-CEMSE-AMCS-Phd-dissertation-defense-yang-liu

Multilevel sampling and goal-oriented adaptive finite elements for random PDEs and advances in randomized quasi-Monte Carlo

Yang Liu , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Dec 4, 16:00 - 18:30

B2, L5, R5209

Nov 24 - Nov 30, 2024

KAUST-CEMSE-AMCS-PhD-Dissertation-Defense-Zhanibek-Bizak

Cost-effective Large-area Digital Circuits via Adhesive Lithography

Zhanibek Bizak, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 25, 10:00 - 11:00

B3, R5, R5220

Nov 17 - Nov 23, 2024

KAUST-CEMSE-AMCS-PhD-Dissertation-Defense-Xiuping-Wang

Efficient and Structure-Preserving Numerical Schemes for Kohn-Sham Gradient Flow Models

Xiuping Wang, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Nov 20, 09:00 - 10:00

B4, L5, R5220

Jun 2 - Jun 8, 2024

Cellular Mesoscale Visualization from Electron Microscopy Imaging

Ngan Nguyen, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Jun 6, 13:00 - 15:00

B1 L4 R4214

Unlocking Spectrum Synergy: Seamless Radar-Communication Integration by Leveraging MIMO Beampattern Invariance

Sana Mazahir, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jun 4, 11:00 - 13:00

B1 L3 R3119

May 26 - Jun 1, 2024

Stein Variational Gradient Descent and Consensus-Based Optimization: Towards a Convergence Analysis and Generalization

Lukang Sun, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

May 30, 11:00 - 14:00

B3 L5 R5220

Deep Neural Networks for Large-scale Complex Spatial and Spatio-temporal Processes

Pratik Nag , Ph.D. Student, Statistics

May 29, 09:00 - 11:30

B4 L5 R5220

Compressed Communication in Distributed Deep Learning and Generative Language Models

Hang Xu, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

May 28, 15:00 - 17:00

B2 L5 R5209

May 19 - May 25, 2024

Visualization, Characterization, and Forecasting of Multivariate and Functional Time Series

Cristian Felipe Jiménez Varón, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

May 22, 14:00 - 16:00

B4 L5 R5220

May 12 - May 18, 2024

Hierarchical ensemble-based data assimilation and rare event tracking

Gaukhar Shaimerdenova, Research Consultant, Stochastic Numerics Research Group

May 15, 10:00 - 12:00

B4 L5 R5220

numerical analysis

May 5 - May 11, 2024

Magnetically Controlled Printed Phase Shifters and Reconfigurable Beam Scanning Arrays

Ulan Myrzakhan, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 8, 15:00 - 17:00

B4 L5 5220

The impact of electrolyte swelling on the mixed conduction properties of n-type organic semiconductors

Jokubas Surgailis, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 8, 11:00 - 13:00

B5 L5 R5220

3D Smart Antenna-in-Package Designs with Orientation Awareness and Self-Reconfigurability for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications

Maria Bermudez Arboleda, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 6, 14:30 - 16:30

B2 L5 R5220

Apr 28 - May 4, 2024

Non-standard Finite Elements for Eigenvalue Problems

Linda Alzaben, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

May 2, 14:00 - 15:00

B1 L2 R2202

Statistical Analysis of Topological Patterns in Dependence Networks of Brain Time Series Data

Anass ElYaagoubi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics

May 2, 11:00 - 12:00

B1 L4 R4102

Azimuthal Super-Resolution Imaging of Ferromagnetic Tubulars: Deep Neural Network-Based Electromagnetic Inversion

Guang An Ooi, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 2, 09:00 - 11:30

B4 L5 R5209

Millimeter-Wave Antenna-in-Package/Antenna-on-Chip Designs with High Gain, Wideband, and Wide Beam-scanning Features

Haoran Zhang, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 30, 10:00 - 12:00

B3 L5 R5220

Mar 24 - Mar 30, 2024

Towards Trustworthy AI-Generated Text

Xiuying Chen, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Mar 24, 15:00 - 17:00

B3 L5 R5209

language models AI-generated text

Feb 25 - Mar 2, 2024