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Biography

Abdelrahman Fatouh is an electrical and computer engineering master’s student at KAUST started in 2025, specializing in embedded systems, AI, and IoT. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from King Saud University (2024) and has industry experience developing robotics and intelligent systems at multiple technology start-ups. His recent work includes EEG-based humanoid robot control for disabled people.

Research Interests
  • Embedded systems
  • AI
  • TinyMl,
  • IoT
  • Digital hardware design
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Computer Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 2024
Biography

Abdullah Alquwayzani is a Ph.D. student at the Photonics Lab in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST.) He received his M.S. degree from KAUST in 2022 with a thesis in characterizing the power consumption of a flexible system-on-chip. He recieved his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2020.

Research Interests

Optoelectronics

Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, United States, 2020
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 2022
Biography

Abdullah Alshehri is a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at the Integrated Circuit and System (ICS) Research Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). 

Alshehri received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom in 2014. In 2016, he earned his master's degree in Electrical Engineering (Electro-physics) from KAUST in Saudi Arabia.

Alshehri's research focuses on designing low-power, high-speed CMOS interface circuits for sensors. He has published over 10 papers and obtained a patent. Throughout his academic and professional journey, Alshehri has gained valuable experience from positions at companies such as STC, Digital Network, ARAMCO, SEMC, Umm Al Qura University, and KAUST.

Research Interests

Abdullah's research interests focus on the design of low-power, high-performance interface circuits for advanced applications. Specific areas of focus include:

  1. Low-power, high-speed CMOS interface circuit design:
    • Developing energy-efficient amplifiers, filters, and other analog building blocks
    • Optimizing circuit topologies and techniques to improve power, speed, and linearity
  2. High-performance analog comparators:
    • Designing low-offset, low-noise comparator circuits
    • Enhancing comparator speed and resolution for precision applications
  3. Energy-efficient digital logic circuits:
    • Implementing compact, low-power digital logic blocks and controllers
    • Exploring circuit techniques to minimize dynamic and static power consumption
  4. High-speed, low-power analog-to-digital converters (ADCs):
    • Advancing ADC architectures and circuit designs to improve power consumption and conversion rates
    • Reducing the design complexity of high-performance ADC
Education
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2016
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, 2014
Biography

AbdulRahman Mohammad Alharbi is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Mathematics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working under the supervision of Professor Diogo Gomes. His primary area of research focuses on first-order mean-field games on bounded domains, with an emphasis on entry-exit flow constraints, contact-set conditions, and the analytical challenges posed by nonstandard boundary behavior.

AbdulRahman received his M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from KAUST in 2019, with a thesis exploring the Lp-integrability of Green’s functions for elliptic differential operators. Prior to that, he received his BA in Mathematics from Rutgers University with a minor in Physics in 2017.

In addition to his research, AbdulRahman has held teaching roles at KAUST and the Islamic University of Madinah, assisting in courses on calculus, linear algebra, and partial differential equations at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has also participated in and presented his research at international and local conferences, including the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS ) Conference on Dynamical Systems, the conference of the S ITE center hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi, and the CMSA conference hosted by the Saudi Association of Mathematics (SAM).

His most recent work examines the well-posedness of MFG systems with nonstandard mixed boundary conditions, variational formulations of MFGs, the local regularity of weak solutions, and the monotone operator structure underlying such systems. These topics lie at the interface of partial differential equations, variational analysis, and optimal control.

Research Interests

First-order mean-field games, linear and quasi-linear elliptic equations, the transport equation, and free boundary problems.  

Research Interests
  • Developing Biosensors to detect biomarkers for cancer and other ailments.
  • Studying electrochemical characteristics of various materials, polymers and films.
  • Designing wearable, point-of-care, biotech medical devices.
  • Utilizing machine learning to aid in sensing and data interpretation.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, Dalhousie University , Canada, 2018
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , Saudi Arabia, 2020
Research Interests
  • Digital signal.
  • Image processing.
  • Machine learning
  • Wireless communications
Education
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Saudi Arabia, 2023
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2020
Biography

Abeer Alamoudi received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2019. She received the M.Sc. degree from KAUST in 2021 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with the Communications and Computing Systems Laboratory (CCSL).

Research Interests

Abeer’s research focuses on Human Body Communication (HBC) and energy-efficient Internet of Bodies (IoB) networks, including capacitive access schemes and deep reinforcement learning enabled networks.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2021
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2019
Biography

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from the International University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and am pursuing an M.Eng. in AI at the University of Cincinnati. My early career combined machine learning engineering and software development, leading projects in computer vision, NLP, and robotics. I have contributed to AI solutions in retail, UAV systems, and edge devices, and authored professional courses on neural networks and computer vision.

Research Interests

My research interests include computer vision, deep learning, and AI for robotics. I focus on developing perception and reasoning systems for real-world applications, such as retail analytics, UAV navigation, and edge computing. I am also interested in reinforcement learning and multimodal AI systems that combine visual, thermal, and language data.

Education
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
Artificial Intelligence, University of Cincinnati, United States, 2025
Master of Science (M.S.)
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, International University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Mechatronic Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2020
Biography

Ahmed Abdali graduated from the University of Bahrain with a BSc in Mathematics in 2022.

Research Interests

Nonlinear PDEs and applications.

Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Mathematics, University of Bahrain, Bahrain, 2022
Biography

Ahmed Hussain received his B.E. degree in Avionics Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2014. He earned his M.S. degree in Avionics Engineering from the Aerospace and Aviation Campus, Kamra, Pakistan. During his undergraduate studies, he was awarded the President’s Gold Medal for achieving the highest GPA and the Rector’s Gold Medal for the best project. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests

His research interests include deep learning-enabled near-field communication, digital array signal processing, and wireless communications.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Avionics Engineering, Aerospace and Aviation Campus, Kamra, Pakistan, 2020
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Avionics Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2014
Biography

Alejandro Pardo is a final-year Ph.D. student at KAUST, advised by Prof. Bernard Ghanem. His research explores the intersection of computer vision and creativity, with a focus on automating video editing using generative models. He previously earned his M.Sc. under Pablo Arbeláez and has interned at Intel's Embodied AI Lab and Adobe Research. Alejandro is passionate about bridging technology and storytelling.

Research Interests

He is specialized in Image processing and analysis, and interested in topics related to the investigation in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision. Besides that, he’s knowledgeable in machine learning and deep learning.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Biomedical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Colombia, 2018
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Artificial Intelligence in Electronics Engineering, University of Los Andes, Colombia, 2017
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Colombia, 2017
Biography

Aleksandar Cvejic obtained his bachelor with honors in electrical and computer engineering from University of Novi Sad in 2019. After which, he continued to pursue master’s degree at the same university while specializing in artificial intelligence and obtaining the degree in 2021. During his master studies, he also worked as a TA for several courses, including Algorithms and data structures, Fundamental of information systems and software engineering, Xml and Web Services, Numerical algorithms and numerical software, basics of computing.

Research Interests

Aleksandar Cvejic is interested in topics related to deep learning, machine learning and computer vision.

Biography

Amr N. Abdelrahman received his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, Zewail City, Egypt, in 2021, and his M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, in 2023. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at KAUST. In 2024, he was a visiting scholar at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada.

His research focuses on the development of ultra-low-power transceivers for next-generation wearable devices using human body communication (HBC). His work aims to enable wire-free connectivity between low-power wearable sensor nodes without relying on traditional RF or wired links.

Research Interests

Amr's research interests include human body communication, analog and mixed-signal circuit design, and low-power electronics for biomedical applications.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City, Egypt, 2021