Profiles

Former Members

Janet van Niekerk

Biography

Janet van Niekerk is a Research Scientist in the Bayesian Computational Statistics and Modeling group. She works on Bayesian methods including prior construction and computational framework development for various applications, with a focus on Biostatistics.

Research Interests

Efficient Bayesian methods for practical implementation, statistics for medical applications, complex survival analysis, INLA.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2014
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2017

Juan Manuel Marin Mosquera

Early stage researcher focused on laying the foundations for the emerging field of Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC). His work aims to incorporate smart sensing solutions leveraging machine learning-aided Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) into the next generation of fiber-based telecommunication networks, as well as their integration into the realm of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Biography

Juan M. Marin is a Doctoral Candidate in Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Colombia in 2021. He is currently a postgraduate researcher with KAUST Photonics Laboratory.

His research focuses on the development of Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) as a fundamental asset for the next generation of fiber-based telecommunication networks, endowing optical fibers with multi-parameter sensing and pattern recognition capabilities enabled by machine learning algorithms. In addition to this, his work envisions incorporating fiber optics into the Internet of Things (IoT) by enabling simultaneous power delivery and energy harvesting in fiber-optic networks.

Research Interests

Fiber-optic sensors; Optical Networks; Applied Machine learning; Signal Processing

Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National University of Colombia, Colombia, 2021
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2023