PhD Dissertation Defense

Jun 13 - Jun 19, 2021

Reconfigurable Snapshot HDR Imaging Using Coded Masks

Masheal Alghamdi, Ph.D., Computer Science

Jun 17, 12:00 - 14:00

KAUST

Jun 6 - Jun 12, 2021

Lagrangian Spatio-Temporal Covariance Functions for Multivariate Nonstationary Random Fields

Mary Lai O. Salvana, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Jun 7, 17:00 - 19:00

KAUST

May 30 - Jun 5, 2021

Stationary and Cyclostationary Processes for Time Series and Spatio-Temporal Data

Soumya Das, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Jun 1, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Flexible Covariance Models for Spatio-Temporal and Multivariate Spatial Random Fields

Ghulam A. Qadir, Ph.D. Student, Statistics

May 31, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

May 23 - May 29, 2021

Computational Wavefront Sensing: Theory, Practice, and Applications

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

May 26, 18:00 - 19:30

KAUST

Apr 4 - Apr 10, 2021

Discriminant Analysis and Support Vector Regression in High Dimensions: Sharp Performance Analysis and Optimal Designs

Houssem Sifaou, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 8, 11:00 - 13:00

KAUST

Mar 28 - Apr 3, 2021

Wireless Magnetic Sensors to Empower the Next Technological Revolution

Abdullah Almansouri, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST

Apr 1, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Toward Improving the Internet of Things: Quality of Service and Fault Tolerance Perspectives

Maha Al-Aslani, PhD Student, Computer Science, KAUST

Mar 31, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Transient Analysis of Electromagnetic and Acoustic Scattering using Second-kind Surface Integral Equations

Rui Chen, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST

Mar 31, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Mar 7 - Mar 13, 2021

Generation of Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) Modes with Spiral Phase Plate Integrated Laser Source

Edgars Stegenburgs, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mar 10, 12:00 - 14:00

KAUST

Feb 21 - Feb 27, 2021

High-Dimensional Analysis of Regularized Convex Optimization Problems with Application to Massive MIMO Wireless Communication Systems

Ayed M. Alrashdi, Ph.D. Student (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 21, 17:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Nov 8 - Nov 14, 2020

Control Theoretic Approaches to Computational Modeling and Risk Mitigation for Large Crowd Management

Mohammed M. Alrashed, M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 11, 20:00 - 21:00

KAUST

resource management risk assessment computational models

Exploring Entity Relationship in Pairwise Ranking: Adaptive Sampler and Beyond

Lu Yu, Ph.D., Computer Science

Nov 11, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

The equations of polyconvex thermoelasticity

Myrto Galanopoulou, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Nov 9, 17:00 - 19:00

KAUST

Quantile Function Modeling and Analysis for Multivariate Functional Data

Gaurav Agarwal, Ph.D., Statistics

Nov 9, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

UAV Enabled IoT Network Designs for Enhanced Estimation, Detection, and Connectivity

Osama Bushnaq, Ph.D. (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 9, 11:00 - 13:00

KAUST

Nov 1 - Nov 7, 2020

Spatio-Temporal Prediction and Stochastic Simulation for Large-Scale Nonstationary Processes

Yuxiao Li, Ph.D., Statistics

Nov 2, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Design and topological optimization of nanophotonic devices

Ronghui Lin, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 2, 10:30 - 12:30

KAUST

Oct 25 - Oct 31, 2020

Spatio-Temporal Statistical Modeling with Application to Wind Energy Assessment in Saudi Arabia

Wanfang Chen, Ph.D., Statistics

Oct 26, 15:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Oct 11 - Oct 17, 2020

Post-processing and Feature Extraction Methods for Smart Biomedical Signal Monitoring: Algorithms and Applications

Abderrazak Chahid, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 14, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

3D Near Isotropic Antenna in Package for IoT Applications

SU Zhen, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 14, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Efficient Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecasting of the Red Sea Circulation

Habib Toye Mahamadou Kele, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Oct 13, 16:15 - 17:00

KAUST

Dynamic Programming Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization

Michal A. Mankowski, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science

Oct 13, 15:00 - 16:00

KAUST

combinatorial optimization global sequence alignment multi-stage optimization algorithm

Sep 13 - Sep 19, 2020

High-Speed GaN-Based Distributed-Feedback Lasers and Optoelectronics

Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sep 17, 09:30 - 11:00

KAUST

Learning from Scholarly Attributed Graphs for Scientific Discovery

Uchenna Akujuobi, Ph.D., Computer Science

Sep 14, 11:30 - 12:30

KAUST

Aug 30 - Sep 5, 2020

Machine Learning Models for Biomedical Ontology Integration and Analysis

Fatima Zohra Smaili, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Sep 3, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Low Power Micro-electromechanical Resonator-Based Logic Circuits

Sally Ahmed, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aug 31, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Jul 26 - Aug 1, 2020

Additively Manufactured Vanadium Dioxide (VO₂) based Radio Frequency Switches and Reconfigurable Components

Shuai Yang, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 30, 18:00 - 20:00

KAUST

Optimization for Supervised Machine Learning: Randomized Algorithms for Data and Parameters

Filip Hanzely, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Jul 30, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Jul 5 - Jul 11, 2020

Maximizing I/O Bandwidth for Out-of-Core HPC Applications on Heterogeneous Large-Scale Systems

Tariq Alturkestani, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Jul 9, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Heterogeneous Integration Strategy for Obtaining Physically Flexible 3D Compliant Electronic Systems

Sohail Faizan Shaikh, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 9, 15:00 - 16:00

KAUST

Jun 28 - Jul 4, 2020

Hierarchical Approximation Methods for Option Pricing and Stochastic Reaction Networks

Chiheb Ben Hammouda, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Jul 2, 14:00 - 16:00

KAUST

hierarchical approximation methods option pricing Computational biology

Two-Scale Homogenization and Numerical Methods for Stationary Mean-Field Games

Xianjin Yang, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Jul 1, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

mean-field games

Jun 7 - Jun 13, 2020

Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Stochastic Optimization Approach

Sultan Albarakati, Director, KAUST Academy

Jun 7, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

optimization

May 24 - May 30, 2020

Indoor 3D Scene Understanding Using Depth Sensors

Jean Lahoud, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 28, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Computer Vision 3D object detection Deep learning

Apr 5 - Apr 11, 2020

Predicting Single Gene Loss of Function Phenotypes

Maxat Kulmanov, Research Scientist, Bio-Ontology Research Group

Apr 6, 19:30 - 21:30

KAUST

Computation of High-Dimensional Multivariate Normal and Student-t Probabilities Based on Matrix Compression Schemes

Jian Cao, Ph.D., Statistics

Apr 6, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Mar 29 - Apr 4, 2020

Fabrication and Characterization of GaN-Based Superluminescent Diode for Solid-State Lighting and Visible Light Communication

Abdullah A. Alatawi, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 2, 16:00 - 18:00

KAUST

Fabrication and Characterization solid-state lighting Visible light communications

Efficient and Accurate Numerical Techniques for Sparse Electromagnetic Imaging

Ali Imran Sandhu, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 1, 15:30 - 17:30

KAUST

computational electromagnetics inverse scattering

Ultraviolet band based underwater wireless optical communication

Xiaobin Sun, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 1, 10:00 - 12:00

KAUST

Optical communications optical wireless communicaitons communication networks photonics

Understanding a Block of Layers in Deep Neural Networks: Optimization, Probabilistic and Tropical Geometric Perspectives

Adel Bibi, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mar 30, 18:00 - 20:00

KAUST

Computer Vision machine learning optimization

Feb 16 - Feb 22, 2020

Novel computational methods for promoter identification and analysis

Ramzan Umarov, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Feb 16, 16:00 - 18:00

B2 L5 R5209

machine learning promoters protein coding RNA genes TSS prediction tools

Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2020

Space-Time Tomographic Reconstruction of Deforming Objects

Guangming Zang, Research Engineer, Computer Science

Jan 27, 17:00 - 18:30

B1 L2 R2202

inverse problems computational imaging Deep learning optimization computed tomography space-time tomography

Nov 10 - Nov 16, 2019

Integration Strategy for Standalone Compliant Interactive Systems for Add-on Electronics

Sherjeel Khan, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 12, 16:30 - 18:00

B9 L3 R3125

IoT DIY sensors

Deep-Ultraviolet Optoelectronic Devices Enabled by the Hybrid Integration of Next-Generation Semiconductors and Emerging Device Platforms

Nasir Alfaraj, Ibn Rushd Postdoctoral Fellow, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto

Nov 11, 18:00 - 20:00

B3 L5 R5209

photonics ultraviolet wavelengths optoelectronics

Nov 3 - Nov 9, 2019

Additively Manufactured Conformal Microwave Sensors for Applications in Oil Industry

Muhammad Akram Karimi, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 7, 16:30 - 19:00

B3 L5 R5220

energy harvesting oil and gas sensors embedded systems multiphase meters oil industry

Interactive High-Quality Visualization of Large-Scale Particle Data

Mohamed Ibrahim, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science

Nov 5, 14:00 - 15:00

B2 L5 R5209

visualization high-quality rendering large-scale simulation particle data aliasing artifact sampling visible particles

Machine Learning Models for Context Aware Recommendation Systems

Basmah Altaf, Ph.D., Computer Science

Nov 4, 10:00 - 11:00

B3 L5 R5209

recommender systems machine learning Deep learning contextual constraints popularity bias effect modeling quality recommendation

Oct 20 - Oct 26, 2019

Magnetic Polymer Composite Transducers for Integrated Systems

Mohammed Asadullah Khan, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 21, 14:30 - 15:30

B3 L5 R5220

Sep 8 - Sep 14, 2019

Study of III-nitride Nanowire Growth and Devices on Unconventional Substrates

Aditya Prabaswara, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sep 12, 09:30 - 11:00

B3 L5 R5209

semiconductors III-nitride nanowires optoelectronics