About Omar Knio Omar Knio Dean, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering uncertainty quantification bayesian inference computational fluids mechanics combustion High Performance Computing Professor Knio focuses on developing state-of-the-art methods and algorithms for simulating complex multiscale systems, and their implementation to the analysis and optimization of renewable energy systems. Articles Related News April 2026 Resilient renewable energy networks designed for the desert 1 min read · Thu, Apr 23 2026 News Clip News renewable energy systems energy systems optimization climate data extreme weather Accounting for weather extremes is essential for designing reliable renewable energy systems in hot, arid regions. February 2026 ‘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 As artificial intelligence grows more capable and more closely scrutinized, questions of reasoning, reliability, and impact are taking center stage. At its fifth Rising Stars in AI Symposium, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) convened 25 exceptional early-career researchers selected from more than 430 applicants to explore how the next generation of AI will be built and how it can be trusted. For Dr. Sahar Abdelnabi, a principal investigator at ELLIS Institute Tübingen, whose research examines how AI models alter their behavior when they know they are being evaluated January 2026 The right path: New dean Professor Omar Knio focuses on people, purpose, and impact 1 min read · Wed, Jan 28 2026 News Clip News Professor Omar Knio appointed dean of the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division at KAUST. January 2025 Accounting for extreme weather to boost energy system reliability 1 min read · Mon, Jan 13 2025 News Clip News extreme weather renewable energy solar power NEOM energy storage A computer model that factors in extreme weather events offers insights to improve the design of NEOM’s integrated renewable power, water and heating sectors. June 2023 Balancing renewable energy systems in Saudi buildings 3 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2023 News Weather variability and extreme events affect the optimal design and operation of renewable energy systems, particularly for striking a trade off between life cycle cost and carbon dioxide emissions. March 2022 Juman AlAbdullatif: Master's Thesis Defense 1 min read · Tue, Mar 29 2022 News MASTER'S THESIS DEFENSE Thursday, March 29, 2022, at 2:00 PM Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209 "A Decentralized Approach for Human-Robot Object Transportation Through the Control of a Catenary Cable." Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, and Prof. Omar Knio Abstract An important challenge for human-robot interaction is for both the human and the robot to agree on a model of motion. However, most applications require machine learning and heavy communication for the robot to be an active member in executing a joint task and adapt to human behavior. In this work, we develop a December 2020 Professor Ghanem wins 2020 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers 3 min read · Wed, Dec 2 2020 Awards Spotlight News machine learning big data Bernard Ghanem, KAUST associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, recently received the 2020 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers for ''Machine Learning and Big Data.'' September 2020 Professor Knio named Interim Dean of the KAUST CEMSE Division 3 min read · Mon, Sep 14 2020 News Omar Knio, KAUST professor of applied mathematics and computational science, has assumed the role of Interim Dean of the Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division. Professor Knio succeeds former CEMSE Dean Professor Mootaz Elnozahy, who will now assume the role of Special Advisor to the KAUST President in the areas of open online learning and cybersecurity. October 2019 KAUST professors receive Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers 2 min read · Sun, Oct 6 2019 Awards Spotlight News uncertainty quantification bayesian inference computational fluids mechanics Mohamed Eddaoudi, KAUST distinguished professor of chemical science and director of the University's Advanced Membrane & Porous Materials Center, recently received the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers for Renewable Energy, an award presented annually by the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation. Omar Knio, KAUST professor of applied mathematics and computational science, was also honored by the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation this year as a joint recipient of the Shoman Award for Mathematical Modeling with Dr. Shaher Mohammed Ahmad Momani. October 2018 KAUST team finds solution to staff transfers at the Saudi Ministry of Health 2 min read · Thu, Oct 18 2018 News company employee transfer system A team of KAUST scientists from the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) division worked to design an enhanced transfer system for the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) to help find solutions for employee localization. April 2018 Powering the bottom line 1 min read · Mon, Apr 9 2018 News energy chemical science optimization A risk-based optimization scheme boosts confidence and profitability for future mixed-technology power plants. December 2016 Assessing Red Sea potential for alternative energy 1 min read · Sun, Dec 11 2016 News applied mathematics marine science numerical earth science and engineering Advanced numerical models are helping researchers identify potential sites to exploit offshore wind and wave energy in the Red Sea region. CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 4 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016. January 2016 SRI UQ Annual Workshop 2016 1 min read · Tue, Jan 5 2016 News Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithms, and Applications (UQAW 2016). May 2015 Chiheb Ben Hammouda successfully defended his MS Thesis 2 min read · Mon, May 4 2015 News On April 30th, 2015, Chiheb Ben Hammouda successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled "Drift-Implicit Multi-Level Monte Carlo Tau-Leap Methods for Stochastic Reaction Networks". January 2015 Alvaro Moraes successfully defended his PhD thesis 1 min read · Tue, Jan 27 2015 News On Jan 26th, 2015, Alvaro Moraes successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Simulation and Statistical Inference of Stochastic Reaction Networks with Applications to Epidemic Models”. July 2014 International Agenda for KAUST's SRI-UQ 1 min read · Thu, Jul 24 2014 News uncertainty quantification stochastic differential equations numerical methods SIAM News published a piece on Professor Raul Tempone's Center for Uncertainty Quantification. January 2014 SRI UQ Annual Workshop 2014 1 min read · Mon, Jan 6 2014 News Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithms, and Applications (UQAW 2014) SRI UQ Annual Meeting 6-10 January 2014. For more information please visit: Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithms and Applications (UQAW 2014)
Resilient renewable energy networks designed for the desert 1 min read · Thu, Apr 23 2026 News Clip News renewable energy systems energy systems optimization climate data extreme weather Accounting for weather extremes is essential for designing reliable renewable energy systems in hot, arid regions.
‘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 As artificial intelligence grows more capable and more closely scrutinized, questions of reasoning, reliability, and impact are taking center stage. At its fifth Rising Stars in AI Symposium, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) convened 25 exceptional early-career researchers selected from more than 430 applicants to explore how the next generation of AI will be built and how it can be trusted. For Dr. Sahar Abdelnabi, a principal investigator at ELLIS Institute Tübingen, whose research examines how AI models alter their behavior when they know they are being evaluated
The right path: New dean Professor Omar Knio focuses on people, purpose, and impact 1 min read · Wed, Jan 28 2026 News Clip News Professor Omar Knio appointed dean of the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division at KAUST.
Accounting for extreme weather to boost energy system reliability 1 min read · Mon, Jan 13 2025 News Clip News extreme weather renewable energy solar power NEOM energy storage A computer model that factors in extreme weather events offers insights to improve the design of NEOM’s integrated renewable power, water and heating sectors.
Balancing renewable energy systems in Saudi buildings 3 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2023 News Weather variability and extreme events affect the optimal design and operation of renewable energy systems, particularly for striking a trade off between life cycle cost and carbon dioxide emissions.
Juman AlAbdullatif: Master's Thesis Defense 1 min read · Tue, Mar 29 2022 News MASTER'S THESIS DEFENSE Thursday, March 29, 2022, at 2:00 PM Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209 "A Decentralized Approach for Human-Robot Object Transportation Through the Control of a Catenary Cable." Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, and Prof. Omar Knio Abstract An important challenge for human-robot interaction is for both the human and the robot to agree on a model of motion. However, most applications require machine learning and heavy communication for the robot to be an active member in executing a joint task and adapt to human behavior. In this work, we develop a
Professor Ghanem wins 2020 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers 3 min read · Wed, Dec 2 2020 Awards Spotlight News machine learning big data Bernard Ghanem, KAUST associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, recently received the 2020 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers for ''Machine Learning and Big Data.''
Professor Knio named Interim Dean of the KAUST CEMSE Division 3 min read · Mon, Sep 14 2020 News Omar Knio, KAUST professor of applied mathematics and computational science, has assumed the role of Interim Dean of the Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division. Professor Knio succeeds former CEMSE Dean Professor Mootaz Elnozahy, who will now assume the role of Special Advisor to the KAUST President in the areas of open online learning and cybersecurity.
KAUST professors receive Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers 2 min read · Sun, Oct 6 2019 Awards Spotlight News uncertainty quantification bayesian inference computational fluids mechanics Mohamed Eddaoudi, KAUST distinguished professor of chemical science and director of the University's Advanced Membrane & Porous Materials Center, recently received the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers for Renewable Energy, an award presented annually by the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation. Omar Knio, KAUST professor of applied mathematics and computational science, was also honored by the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation this year as a joint recipient of the Shoman Award for Mathematical Modeling with Dr. Shaher Mohammed Ahmad Momani.
KAUST team finds solution to staff transfers at the Saudi Ministry of Health 2 min read · Thu, Oct 18 2018 News company employee transfer system A team of KAUST scientists from the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) division worked to design an enhanced transfer system for the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) to help find solutions for employee localization.
Powering the bottom line 1 min read · Mon, Apr 9 2018 News energy chemical science optimization A risk-based optimization scheme boosts confidence and profitability for future mixed-technology power plants.
Assessing Red Sea potential for alternative energy 1 min read · Sun, Dec 11 2016 News applied mathematics marine science numerical earth science and engineering Advanced numerical models are helping researchers identify potential sites to exploit offshore wind and wave energy in the Red Sea region.
CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 4 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016.
SRI UQ Annual Workshop 2016 1 min read · Tue, Jan 5 2016 News Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithms, and Applications (UQAW 2016).
Chiheb Ben Hammouda successfully defended his MS Thesis 2 min read · Mon, May 4 2015 News On April 30th, 2015, Chiheb Ben Hammouda successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled "Drift-Implicit Multi-Level Monte Carlo Tau-Leap Methods for Stochastic Reaction Networks".
Alvaro Moraes successfully defended his PhD thesis 1 min read · Tue, Jan 27 2015 News On Jan 26th, 2015, Alvaro Moraes successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Simulation and Statistical Inference of Stochastic Reaction Networks with Applications to Epidemic Models”.
International Agenda for KAUST's SRI-UQ 1 min read · Thu, Jul 24 2014 News uncertainty quantification stochastic differential equations numerical methods SIAM News published a piece on Professor Raul Tempone's Center for Uncertainty Quantification.
SRI UQ Annual Workshop 2014 1 min read · Mon, Jan 6 2014 News Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithms, and Applications (UQAW 2014) SRI UQ Annual Meeting 6-10 January 2014. For more information please visit: Advances in Uncertainty Quantification Methods, Algorithms and Applications (UQAW 2014)
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