PhD Dissertation Defense | CEMSE | Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

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

Yi Lu

Thursday, June 08, 14:30

- 16:30

Building 5, Level 5, Room 5209; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98737157935

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Yuxi Hong

Wednesday, June 07, 14:30

- 17:00

Building 2, Room 5209; https://kaust.zoom.us/my/yuxihong

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Esmail Abdul Fattah

Sunday, June 04, 15:00

- 16:00

Building 4, Level 5, Room 5220; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99802128930

Bayesian computational statistics

PhD Dissertation Defense

Contemporary Techniques in the Emerging Free Space Optical Communication Systems

Dmitrii Briantcev

Sunday, June 04, 12:30

- 14:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Zhedong Liu

Tuesday, May 30, 15:30

- 17:30

Building 1, Room 4102; https://kaust.zoom.us/my/zhedong

PhD Dissertation Defense

Criticism and robustification of latent Gaussian models

Rafael Medeiros Cabral

Sunday, May 28, 15:00

- 16:00

Building 1, Level 4, Room 4102; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/7276313489

latent Gaussian models

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards The Implementation of Reliable Hyperloop Communication Systems

Wafa Hedhly

Wednesday, May 24, 09:00

- 10:45

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards the Inference, Understanding, and Reasoning on Edge Devices

Guoqing Ma

Wednesday, May 10, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

PhD Dissertation Defense

Query Localization in Long-form Videos

Mengmeng Xu (Frost)

Thursday, May 04, 07:30

- 09:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/8868108577

PhD Dissertation Defense

GNSS Localization and Attitude Determination via Optimization Techniques on Riemannian Manifolds

Xing Liu

Wednesday, May 03, 16:00

- 18:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards Data-efficient Graph Learning

Qiannan Zhang

Tuesday, May 02, 18:00

- 20:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/93037578099

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Fedor Getman

Tuesday, May 02, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 3, Level 2, Lobby Sea Side

PhD Dissertation Defense

Latent Space Manipulation of GANs for Seamless Image Compositing

Anna Fruehstueck

Monday, April 17, 17:30

- 18:30

Building 5, Level 5, Room 5220; Zoom Link: https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91763886566; Passcode: KAUST

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards Designing Robust Deep Learning Models for 3D Understanding

Abdullah Hamdi

Monday, April 10, 17:00

- 19:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5220

deep neural networks

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Matheus B. Guerrero

Tuesday, April 04, 16:00

- 19:00

Building 4, Level 5, Room 5220; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95859608188

PhD Dissertation Defense

Flexible Multivariate, Spatial, and Causal Models for Extremes

Yan Gong

Tuesday, March 28, 16:00

- 19:00

Building 4, Level 5, Room 5220; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97763748127

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Arnaud Dethise

Wednesday, March 22, 12:30

- 14:30

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/96771488660

PhD Dissertation Defense

Generative Models for Neural Fields

Ivan Skorokhodov

Wednesday, February 15, 20:10

- 22:00

Building 1, Level 2, Room 2202; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/96924769576

Deep generative models

PhD Dissertation Defense

Extracting Semantic and Geometric Information in Images and Videos using GANs

Rameen Abdal

Wednesday, February 15, 18:00

- 20:00

Building 1, Level 2, Room 2202; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94085653142

GaN

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Doolos Aibek Uulu

Wednesday, February 15, 14:30

- 16:30

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Huafan Zhang

Tuesday, February 14, 16:00

- 18:00

Building 4, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Energy-Efficient Neuromorphic Computing Systems

Wenzhe Guo

Tuesday, February 07, 15:00

- 17:00

Building 4, Level 5, Room 5209

neuromorphic computing

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards Richer Video Representation for Action Understanding

Humam Alwassel

Monday, January 23, 18:30

- 20:30

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Simulation and Calibration of Uncertain Space Fractional Diffusion Equations

Hasnaa Alzahrani

Tuesday, January 10, 16:00

- 18:00

Building 1, Level 2, Room 2202; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97190474480

PhD Dissertation Defense

Bayesian Non-parametric Models for Time Series Decomposition

Guillermo C. Granados Garcia

Thursday, January 05, 17:00

- 19:00

Building 1, Room 4214

spectral density function

PhD Dissertation Defense

Performance Analysis of Free Space Optical (FSO) Link with Pointing Errors

KugJin Jung

Tuesday, December 13, 10:00

- 12:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

Free-space optical communication

PhD Dissertation Defense

Performance Analysis and Throughput Maximization of Satellite Communication Systems with Randomly Located Users

Dong Hyoun Na

Sunday, December 11, 08:00

- 10:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

satellite communication

PhD Dissertation Defense

Machine learning in hardware via trained metasurface encoders: theory, design and applications

Maksim Makarenko

Wednesday, November 23, 10:00

- 12:30

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Numerical approximations of Mean-Field-Games

Serikbolsyn Duisembay

Monday, November 07, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 1, Level 2, Room 2202

Mean Field Games

PhD Dissertation Defense

Multivariate Functional Data Analysis and Visualization

Zhuo Qu

Monday, November 07, 11:00

- 13:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5220; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95838296527

PhD Dissertation Defense

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Design via Machine Learning

Rongyu Lin

Wednesday, November 02, 15:30

- 17:30

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Microstructural Analysis and Engineering of III-Nitride-Based Heterostructures for Optoelectronic Devices

Martín Velázquez Rizo

Tuesday, November 01, 10:00

- 11:30

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

photocatalytic energy conversion

PhD Dissertation Defense

Flexible Extremal Dependence Models for Multivariate and Spatial Extremes

Zhongwei Zhang

Tuesday, October 25, 15:00

- 18:00

Building 5, Level 5, Room 5220; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/92015547878

PhD Dissertation Defense

Synergistic Multi-Source Ambient Radio Frequency and Thermal Energy Harvesting for IoT Applications

Azamat Bakytbekov

Tuesday, October 25, 15:00

- 16:00

Building 16, Level 3, Room 3101

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards Structured Intelligence with Deep Graph Neural Networks

Guohao Li

Wednesday, October 05, 18:00

- 20:00

Building 5, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Pulse Shaped Waveform Characterization using the Schrödinger Operator's Spectrum

Peihao Li

Sunday, September 18, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 1, Room 4214

PhD Dissertation Defense

Optimal Algorithms for Affinely Constrained, Distributed, Decentralized, Minimax, and High-Order Optimization Problems

Dmitry Kovalev

Wednesday, September 14, 16:00

- 18:30

Building 5, Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Liquid Metal-Based Inertial Sensors for Motion Monitoring and Human Machine Interfaces

Wedyan Babatain

Tuesday, July 19, 15:00

- 16:00

Auditorium 0215 (between Building 2 and 3)

PhD Dissertation Defense

Mean-Field Games on Networks and Wardrop Equilibria

Fatimah H. Al Saleh, PhD Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, July 06, 10:00

- 12:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/92512099536

PhD Dissertation Defense

Drug Repositioning through the Development of Diverse Computational Methods using Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Graph Mining

Maha Thafar

Thursday, June 30, 08:30

- 10:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/s/96993442133

PhD Dissertation Defense

Better Methods and Theory for Federated Learning: Compression, Client Selection, and Heterogeneity

Samuel Horváth

Monday, June 27, 18:00

- 20:00

Building 5, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Next-Generation Networks

Jia Ye

Thursday, June 23, 16:00

- 18:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3-123

PhD Dissertation Defense

High-Performance Scientific Applications Using Mixed Precisions and Low-Rank Approximations Powered by Task-based Runtime Systems

Rabab Alomairy

Monday, June 20, 11:00

- 13:00

Building 9, Level 4, Room 4223

PhD Dissertation Defense

Joint Posterior Inference for Latent Gaussian Models and extended strategies using INLA

Cristian Chiuchiolo

Monday, June 06, 15:00

- 17:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94924228096

PhD Dissertation Defense

Contributions to Data-driven and Fractional-order Model-based Approaches for Arterial Haemodynamics Characterization and Aortic Stiffness Estimation

Mohamed Abdelwaheb Bahloul

Tuesday, April 26, 14:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/5701046454; Building 1, Level 4, Room 4318

PhD Dissertation Defense

Energy-Efficient Devices and Circuits for Ultra-Low Power VLSI Applications

Ren Li, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wednesday, April 20, 15:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/93429662866

PhD Dissertation Defense

Bayesian Modeling of Sub-Asymptotic Spatial Extremes

Rishikesh Yadav

Tuesday, April 05, 15:00

- 17:00

Building 5, Level 5, Room 5220; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98137502556

PhD Dissertation Defense

Learning-Based Approaches for Next-Generation Intelligent Networks

Liang Zhang

Tuesday, April 05, 14:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99609805192

PhD Dissertation Defense

Modeling and Simulation of Spatial Extremes Based on Max-Infinitely Divisible and Related Processes

Peng Zhong

Monday, April 04, 17:00

- 19:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/92152610311

PhD Dissertation Defense

To Encourage or to Restrict: the Label Dependency in Multi-Label Learning

Zhuo Yang

Wednesday, March 30, 17:30

- 19:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95328976703

PhD Dissertation Defense

Omics-based Metastasis Prediction using Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Somayah Albaradei

Wednesday, March 30, 14:00

- 15:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98007745127

PhD Dissertation Defense

Multifunctional Flexible Laser-Scribed Graphene Sensors for Resilient and Sustainable Electronics

Altynay Kaidarova

Monday, March 28, 13:00

- 15:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98812052166

Laser-scribed graphene

PhD Dissertation Defense

The capabilities of summation-by-parts and structure-preserving operators for compressible computational fluid dynamics and reaction-diffusion models

Mohammed Sayyari

Monday, March 21, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 2 Level 5 Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Underwater optical communication and sensing technology in silent ocean

Yujian Guo

Sunday, March 20, 13:00

- 15:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/9555063071

PhD Dissertation Defense

Coupled Sampling Methods for Filtering

Fangyuan Yu

Monday, March 07, 15:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/6992288669

PhD Dissertation Defense

Fully-integrated systems and self-powered gas sensors for sustainable environment monitoring

Mani Teja Vijjapu

Thursday, February 03, 13:30

- 15:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209; https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95261438154

PhD Dissertation Defense

Miniaturized Drug Delivery Systems for Biomedical Applications

Khalil Moussi

Tuesday, January 18, 18:15

- 20:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91629656542

PhD Dissertation Defense

Multilevel Methods for Stochastic Forward and Inverse Problems

Marco Ballesio

Wednesday, January 12, 11:00

- 12:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98533448697

PhD Dissertation Defense

Control Design for Alignment Problem in Optical Wireless Communication

Asem Al Alwan

Thursday, December 23, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/5063529298

PhD Dissertation Defense

Signal Processing and Optimization Techniques for High Accuracy Indoor Localization, Tracking, and Attitude Determination

Mohammed Hussain AlSharif

Thursday, December 16, 14:00

- 15:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

PhD Dissertation Defense

Characterization of non-conventional methods for alignment relaxation in underwater wireless optical communication systems

Mohammed Sait

Thursday, November 11, 15:00

- 16:00

Building 3, Level 3, Room 5220. Zoom ID: 393 156 5261

PhD Dissertation Defense

Deep-Ultraviolet Optoelectronics Based on GaN Quantum Disks and Bio-Inspired Nanostructures

Ram Chandra Subedi

Wednesday, November 10, 18:00

- 19:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209, https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99936098680

PhD Dissertation Defense

On the Downlink Operation and Architecture Optimization of Multi-User VLC Systems

Amr M. Abdelhady

Tuesday, November 09, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97915131876

PhD Dissertation Defense

Computational Challenges in Sampling and Representation of Uncertain Reaction Kinetics in Large Dimensions

Saja Almohammadi

Monday, November 08, 16:00

- 19:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5220, https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94644495211

PhD Dissertation Defense

Hybrid inorganic heterostructures and methods of fabricating p-type semiconductors for optoelectronic devices

Jian Wei Liang

Monday, November 08, 14:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/8305796581

PhD Dissertation Defense

Towards Generalized and Robust Knowledge Association

Shichao Pei

Tuesday, November 02, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91954695269

PhD Dissertation Defense

Control and Estimation for Partial Differential Equations and Extension to Fractional Systems

Lilia Ghaffour

Monday, November 01, 15:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97915131876

PhD Dissertation Defense

High-Bitrate Photodetection in Ultraviolet-to-Visible for Optical Wireless Communication

Chun Hong Kang

Thursday, October 28, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/8426647959

PhD Dissertation Defense

Monotonicity method for Mean-Field games

Teruo Tada

Monday, October 25, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 1, Room 4214, Zoom link: https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91395074375

PhD Dissertation Defense

Asymmetric Signaling: A New Dimension of Interference Management in Hardware Impaired Communication Systems

Sidrah Javed

Monday, October 11, 17:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97634490362

PhD Dissertation Defense

On Seven Fundamental Optimization Challenges in Machine Learning

Konstantin Mishchenko

Monday, October 04, 17:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91912026865?pwd=UUxOV25wWWNyYllwdlhia1lGbDN2dz09

PhD Dissertation Defense

End-to-end Optics Design for Computational Cameras

Qilin Sun

Wednesday, September 15, 16:20

- 18:10

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94131072784

PhD Dissertation Defense

Computational Imaging and Its Applications in Fluids

Jinhui Xiong

Monday, September 06, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94131072784

PhD Dissertation Defense

Applications of Magnetic Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers to the Field of Spinorbitronics

Idris H. Smaili

Monday, August 16, 11:00

- 13:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94295229137

PhD Dissertation Defense

Stylistic and spatial disentanglement in GANs

Yazeed Alharbi

Thursday, August 12, 14:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95801707216

PhD Dissertation Defense

Stochastic Optimization in Target Positioning and Location-based Applications

Hui Chen

Tuesday, July 27, 17:00

- 19:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/3817617967

PhD Dissertation Defense

Reconfigurable Snapshot HDR Imaging Using Coded Masks

Masheal Alghamdi

Thursday, June 17, 12:00

- 14:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95088144914

PhD Dissertation Defense

Lagrangian Spatio-Temporal Covariance Functions for Multivariate Nonstationary Random Fields

Mary Lai O. Salvana

Monday, June 07, 17:00

- 19:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/4140228838

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Soumya Das

Tuesday, June 01, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/96960741449

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Ghulam A. Qadir

Monday, May 31, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/93176117006

PhD Dissertation Defense

Computational Wavefront Sensing: Theory, Practice, and Applications

Congli Wang

Wednesday, May 26, 18:00

- 19:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/93887554721

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Houssem Sifaou

Thursday, April 08, 11:00

- 13:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99702752439

PhD Dissertation Defense

Wireless Magnetic Sensors to Empower the Next Technological Revolution

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

Thursday, April 01, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94736907194

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

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

Wednesday, March 31, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/7665815153

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

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

Wednesday, March 31, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97237199129

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Edgars Stegenburgs

Wednesday, March 10, 12:00

- 14:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/93212598025

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Ayed M. Alrashdi

Sunday, February 21, 17:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/96952307833

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Mohammed M. Alrashed

Wednesday, November 11, 20:00

- 21:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/7906468541?pwd=RDBNZnFXcjZTbVQ2dmJkSUd5OXFqUT09

PhD Dissertation Defense

Exploring Entity Relationship in Pairwise Ranking: Adaptive Sampler and Beyond

Lu Yu

Wednesday, November 11, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/9777029647

PhD Dissertation Defense

The equations of polyconvex thermoelasticity

Myrto Galanopoulou

Monday, November 09, 17:00

- 19:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98175362000

PhD Dissertation Defense

Quantile Function Modeling and Analysis for Multivariate Functional Data

Gaurav Agarwal

Monday, November 09, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97656050988

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Osama Bushnaq

Monday, November 09, 11:00

- 13:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/7245526297

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Yuxiao Li

Monday, November 02, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/4019459654

PhD Dissertation Defense

Design and topological optimization of nanophotonic devices

Ronghui Lin

Monday, November 02, 10:30

- 12:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95073404140

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Wanfang Chen

Monday, October 26, 15:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/5053292472

PhD Dissertation Defense

3D Near Isotropic Antenna in Package for IoT Applications

SU Zhen

Wednesday, October 14, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/92772662132?pwd=bm81eFdEeW83cFd6Y0p4QUsrOG5CZz09

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Abderrazak Chahid

Wednesday, October 14, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99212056184

PhD Dissertation Defense

Efficient Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecasting of the Red Sea Circulation

Habib Toye Mahamadou Kele

Tuesday, October 13, 16:15

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/my/phddissertation

PhD Dissertation Defense

Dynamic Programming Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization

Michal A. Mankowski

Tuesday, October 13, 15:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91353826539

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma

Thursday, September 17, 09:30

- 11:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/95965631707

PhD Dissertation Defense

Learning from Scholarly Attributed Graphs for Scientific Discovery

Uchenna Akujuobi

Monday, September 14, 11:30

- 12:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/2916342953

PhD Dissertation Defense

Machine Learning Models for Biomedical Ontology Integration and Analysis

Fatima Zohra Smaili

Thursday, September 03, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99861683622

PhD Dissertation Defense

Low Power Micro-electromechanical Resonator-Based Logic Circuits

Sally Ahmed

Monday, August 31, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91515195700

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Shuai Yang

Thursday, July 30, 18:00

- 20:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/91824151108

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Filip Hanzely

Thursday, July 30, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94115666384

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Tariq Alturkestani

Thursday, July 09, 16:00

- 17:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94054511362

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Sohail Faizan Shaikh

Thursday, July 09, 15:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94675922617

PhD Dissertation Defense

Hierarchical Approximation Methods for Option Pricing and Stochastic Reaction Networks

Chiheb Ben Hammouda

Thursday, July 02, 14:00

- 16:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/7625776125

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Xianjin Yang

Wednesday, July 01, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/97077508273

mean-field games

PhD Dissertation Defense

Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Stochastic Optimization Approach

Sunday, June 07, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99434336745

optimization

PhD Dissertation Defense

Indoor 3D Scene Understanding Using Depth Sensors

Jean Lahoud

Thursday, May 28, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/99582916945

PhD Dissertation Defense

Predicting Single Gene Loss of Function Phenotypes

Maxat Kulmanov

Monday, April 06, 19:30

- 21:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/858990591

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Jian Cao

Monday, April 06, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/3520039297

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Abdullah A. Alatawi

Thursday, April 02, 16:00

- 18:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/4396782350

PhD Dissertation Defense

Efficient and Accurate Numerical Techniques for Sparse Electromagnetic Imaging

Ali Imran Sandhu

Wednesday, April 01, 15:30

- 17:30

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/966326183

PhD Dissertation Defense

Ultraviolet band based underwater wireless optical communication

Xiaobin Sun

Wednesday, April 01, 10:00

- 12:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/552120381

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Adel Bibi

Monday, March 30, 18:00

- 20:00

https://kaust.zoom.us/j/279877360

PhD Dissertation Defense

Novel computational methods for promoter identification and analysis

Ramzan Umarov

Sunday, February 16, 16:00

- 18:00

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Space-Time Tomographic Reconstruction of Deforming Objects

Guangming Zang

Monday, January 27, 17:00

- 18:30

Building 1, Level 2, Room 2202

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Sherjeel Khan

Tuesday, November 12, 16:30

- 18:00

Building 9, Level 3, Room 3125

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Nasir Alfaraj

Monday, November 11, 18:00

- 20:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Additively Manufactured Conformal Microwave Sensors for Applications in Oil Industry

Muhammad Akram Karimi

Thursday, November 07, 16:30

- 19:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Interactive High-Quality Visualization of Large-Scale Particle Data

Mohamed Ibrahim

Tuesday, November 05, 14:00

- 15:00

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Machine Learning Models for Context Aware Recommendation Systems

Basmah Altaf

Monday, November 04, 10:00

- 11:00

Building 3, Level 5 , Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Magnetic Polymer Composite Transducers for Integrated Systems

Mohammed Asadullah Khan

Monday, October 21, 14:30

- 15:30

B3 L5 Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

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

Thursday, September 12, 09:30

- 11:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Compliant Electronics for Unusual Environments

Amani Almuslem

Sunday, August 25, 17:00

- 18:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Study of ultraviolet AlGaN nanowires light-emitting diodes

Davide Priante

Tuesday, July 30, 16:00

- 17:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Traffic Monitoring and MAC-Layer Design for Future IoT Systems

Enas M. Odat

Sunday, July 28, 14:00

- 16:00

Building 1, Level 4, Room 4214

PhD Dissertation Defense

Computational Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation after Single and Multiple Drug Administration.

Trisevgeni Rapakoulia

Wednesday, July 17, 10:00

- 12:00

Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Spectrum Management for Future Generations of Cellular Networks

Itsikiantsoa Randrianantenaina

Monday, July 08, 08:30

- 10:30

Building 1, Level 2, Room 2202

PhD Dissertation Defense

Analysis and Optimization of Massive MIMO Systems via Random Matrix Theory Approaches

Ikram Boukhedimi

Monday, June 24, 12:00

- 14:00

Building 1, Level 3, Room 3119

PhD Dissertation Defense

Random Matrix Theory: Selected Applications from Statistical Signal Processing and Machine Learning

Khalil Elkhalil

Monday, June 24, 09:00

- 10:00

Building 1, Level 4, Room 4214

PhD Dissertation Defense

Efficient Localization of Human Actions and Moments in Videos

Victor Escorcia

Tuesday, June 11, 15:00

- 16:00

B3, L5, 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Stationary Mean-Field Games with Congestion

David Evangelista

Tuesday, May 28, 14:00

- 15:00

Building 2, Level 5, Room 5220

mean-field games

PhD Dissertation Defense

High Precision Comb-Assisted Molecular Spectroscopy in the Mid-Infrared

Bidoor AlSaif

Monday, May 27, 10:00

- 11:00

B2 L5 Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Sim-to-Real Transfer for Autonomous Navigation

Matthias Mueller

Tuesday, May 14, 16:00

- 17:00

B2 L5 Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Advanced MTJ Sensory Devices for Industrial and Healthcare Applications

Yousof A. Mashraei

Thursday, April 25, 15:00

- 16:00

B3 L5 Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Unstructured Computations on Emerging Architectures

Mohammed AlFarhan

Tuesday, April 23, 13:00

- 14:00

B3, L5, Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Paving the Way for Next Generation Wireless Data Center Networks

Amer AlGhadhban

Sunday, April 21, 13:00

- 14:00

B1 L4 Room 4214

PhD Dissertation Defense

Characterization of Red Sea Cyanobacteria Aimed for Cell Factory Applications in Saudi Arabia: Synechococcus sp. RSCCF101.

Thursday, April 04, 14:00

- 16:00

Buildng 3 Level 5 Room 5220

PhD Dissertation Defense

Characterization of microbiologically influenced corrosion in pipelines by using metagenomics

Badoor Nasser

Sunday, March 31, 14:00

- 16:00

B3 Level 5 Room 5209

PhD Dissertation Defense

Promoters identification and analysis

Ramzan Umarov

Thursday, March 07, 16:00

- 18:00

Buildng 1 Level 2 Room2202

PhD Dissertation Defense

KAUST CEMSE CS PhD Defense Imene Boudellioua

Semantic Prioritization of Novel Causative Genomic Variants in Mendelian and Oligogenic Diseases

Imane Boudellioua

Tuesday, February 05, 14:00

- 17:00

Building 9, Room 4223

PhD Dissertation Defense