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November 2025

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  KAUST master’s student Osama Dabbousi awarded Rhodes Scholarship

  1 min read · Tue, Nov 18 2025

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  HPC GPU Algorithms numerical methods

  KAUST master’s student Osama Dabbousi earns the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, reflecting KAUST’s growing role in developing national research talent.
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  Top-ranked Arab university unveils Middle East’s most powerful supercomputer

  1 min read · Mon, Nov 17 2025

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  supercomputing supercomputers International Supercomputing Conference

  Shaheen III will unlock unparalleled opportunities to deliver impact in Saudi Arabia

October 2025

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  CEMSE Division releases 2024-2025 annual report

  1 min read · Mon, Oct 27 2025

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  Annual Reports

  Explore a year of progress in education, research and innovation across the KAUST CEMSE Division.

September 2025

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  KAUST alumnus Dr. Abdul-Lateef Haji-Ali receives prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

  2 min read · Mon, Sep 29 2025

  Awards News

  uncertainty quantification stochastic differential equations Stochastic Optimal Control

  KAUST alumnus Abdul-Lateef Haji-Ali receives Humboldt Fellowship for advances in stochastic modeling
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  Professor Peter Markowich elected to Italy’s historic Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

  1 min read · Wed, Sep 17 2025

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  KAUST Distinguished Professor Peter Markowich has been elected a Foreign Member of Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, joining the ranks of one of the world’s most historic and prestigious scientific academies

August 2025

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  Professor Mikhail Moshkov’s new book published by Springer

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 26 2025

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  decision trees computation combinatorial optimization computational geometry

  Professor Mikhail Moshkov’s new book, “Computation Trees: A Generalization of Decision Trees,” has been published by Springer. Moshkov’s book is devoted to the study of deterministic and nondeterministic computation trees. Computation trees are a natural generalization of decision trees: in addition to the one-place predicate-type operations (attributes) used in decision trees, computation trees can use multi-place predicate and function operations. These models arise in areas such as combinatorial optimization, computational geometry, and classification or prediction tasks, particularly when

April 2025

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  KAUST and McLaren Racing: A winning formula for innovation and impact

  1 min read · Mon, Apr 21 2025

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  KAUST and McLaren Racing partner to push boundaries in F1 innovation—from smart sensors to advanced aerodynamic research.

February 2025

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  KAUST collaboration to benefit life sciences and nanotechnology research

  1 min read · Mon, Feb 3 2025

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  nanotechnology AI

  KAUST and IIT unite to enhance research in life sciences, AI, robotics and nanotech, driving innovation through collaboration.
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  Bringing an old proof to modern problems

  1 min read · Sun, Feb 2 2025

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  mathematical modelling Biomedical Computer simulations

  A physically consistent and self-adaptive numerical modelling approach opens the door to more accurate and reliable computational simulations of clinical and biological processes.

January 2025

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  New book by KAUST Ph.D. students Kerven Durdymyradov, Azimkhon Ostonov and Professor Mikhail Moshkov published by Springer

  1 min read · Thu, Jan 16 2025

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  decision trees combinatorial optimization Combinatorial machine learning machine learning machine learning algorithm

  New book by Ph.D. students Kerven Durdymyradov, Azimkhon Ostonov, and Professor Mikhail Moshkov explores decision trees and rule systems using rough set theory.
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  Accounting for extreme weather to boost energy system reliability

  1 min read · Mon, Jan 13 2025

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  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.

December 2024

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  Record number of Saudi students graduate from KAUST in 2024

  1 min read · Fri, Dec 13 2024

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  commencement

  The KAUST Class of 2024 represents a milestone with a 13% increase in total Saudi graduates and a 29% rise in Saudi female graduates compared to last year—both the highest in KAUST’s history.
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  CEMSE New Faculty: Katerina Nik, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

  2 min read · Sun, Dec 8 2024

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  New KAUST faculty, Katerina Nik, applies advanced mathematics to study partial differential equations, exploring phenomena in biology, mechanics and fluid dynamics.

November 2024

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  KAUST wins the “Nobel” of high-performance computing for climate modeling

  1 min read · Fri, Nov 22 2024

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  HPC climate projections extreme computing computational simulations uncertainty quantification

  KAUST has been awarded the “Nobel" prize of high-performance computing—the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling—in partnership with the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, U.S. and other partner institutions.

October 2024

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  New pattern for underwater resonators

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 10 2024

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  A resonator that enhances ultrasound waves in water could aid underwater communication.

September 2024

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  A high-resolution boost for global climate modeling

  1 min read · Sun, Sep 15 2024

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  New statistical approach enables fast approximations of global surface temperatures at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution.
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  KAUST Center of Excellence for Generative AI

  1 min read · Thu, Sep 12 2024

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  KAUST has established the Center of Excellence for Generative AI to position Saudi Arabia as a leader in this transformative technology, aligning with Vision 2030's goals for human capital development and economic diversification while focusing on research and applications that span health, sustainability, energy, and future economies, ultimately aiming to cultivate talent and foster innovative solutions tailored to the Kingdom’s needs.
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  Return of Socrates: KAUST Developing AI Education for Personalized Learning

  1 min read · Thu, Sep 12 2024

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  KAUST is advancing AI-driven personalized learning platforms to transform STEM education in Saudi Arabia, aligning with Vision 2030’s goals by creating an intelligent tutoring system that enhances critical thinking and supports students and teachers, particularly in underserved communities, while addressing the Kingdom's significant demand for qualified STEM educators.
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  Octopus suckers inspire sticky medical patch

  1 min read · Wed, Sep 11 2024

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  Hybrid 3D printing helps to create adhesive textures for a highly adhesive and reusable biopatch that monitors health.

August 2024

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  Powering the future of the Internet of Things

  1 min read · Wed, Aug 28 2024

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  A self-powered system that combines high-speed data transfer with continuous energy harvesting is set to revolutionize the Internet of Things.
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  Cyclones meet their mathematical match

  1 min read · Sun, Aug 18 2024

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  An integrated mathematical framework vastly improves the modeling of cyclones and tornadoes.
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  KAUST Researchers Earn Dual Bell Finalist Selections

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 1 2024

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  KAUST has achieved a historic double finalist selection for the ACM Gordon Bell Prize and the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling, recognizing two innovative research projects in collaboration with global partners that demonstrate the power of interdisciplinary teamwork in high-performance computing and climate science.

July 2024

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  Finer forecasting to improve public health planning

  1 min read · Wed, Jul 31 2024

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  A method for forecasting high-dimensional functional time series could improve the accuracy of mortality predictions across multiple populations.
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  KAUST team selected as ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling finalists

  4 min read · Tue, Jul 23 2024

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  A new exascale climate emulator marks a significant advancement as the first to generate, display and evaluate hourly emulations. This breakthrough secured an interdisciplinary research team from KAUST, working alongside the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research in the U.S. and other partner institutions, a spot as a finalist for the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize in Climate Modelling.
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  KAUST pushes Saudi to forefront of 6G technologies

  1 min read · Thu, Jul 18 2024

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  With more than 50 billion devices expected online by 2025, KAUST's partnership with Ericsson is advancing critical telecommunications technologies like free-space optics and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, paving the way for revolutionary improvements in 5G and emerging 6G networks.

May 2024

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  Stochastic Numerics and Statistical Learning: Theory and Applications Workshop 2024

  1 min read · Mon, May 13 2024

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  The Stochastic Numerics and Statistical Learning: Theory and Applications Workshop 2024 is an engaging and insightful event for researchers, faculty members and students interested in stochastic algorithms, statistical learning, optimization and approximation. This year, the workshop focuses on contributions that offer mathematical foundations for algorithmic analysis or highlight relevant applications.
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  Professor Marc Genton receives the prestigious 2024 Don Owen Award

  1 min read · Sun, May 12 2024

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  Environmental Statistics wind energy

  KAUST Professor Marc Genton, a pioneer in environmental statistics, was awarded the prestigious 2024 Don Owen Award for his outstanding contributions to research, consultation, and service to the statistical community.

February 2024

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  KAUST’s Shaheen III confirmed as the Middle East’s most powerful supercomputer

  1 min read · Wed, Feb 7 2024

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  TOP500, the definitive voice of supercomputer statistics, has today confirmed King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) operates the Middle East’s most powerful supercomputer, Shaheen III, with key details about its capabilities revealed at SC23, the international conference for supercomputing. Shaheen III is also ranked 20th in the world rankings. Built by the world’s leading supercomputer provider, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Shaheen III is about six times faster than KAUST’s existing Shaheen II system, with its processing power exceeds that of 500,000 latest
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  KAUST innovators shine in BCG V60 Awards for climate leadership

  1 min read · Wed, Feb 7 2024

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  KAUST shines at the 2024 BCG V60 Awards, with 11 women earning recognition for their groundbreaking work in climate and sustainability across various fields.
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  Matteo Parsani begins cycling journey across Saudi

  1 min read · Mon, Feb 5 2024

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  Six years ago, Dr. Matteo Parsani, associate professor of applied mathematics and computational science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), experienced a life-changing incident that resulted in the loss of movement and sensation in the lower part of his bod
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  Matteo Parsani finishes hand-cycle from east to west coast

  1 min read · Thu, Feb 1 2024

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  Traversing from East to West across 10 cities throughout the Kingdom in 30 days, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Matteo Parsani concludes his journey “Athar: East to West.” Covering a long route that included Dammam, Riyadh, Qassim (Buraydah), Hail, AlUla, Red Sea Global, AlMadinah, Makkah, Jeddah, and concluding at KAUST, Parsani hand-cycled a distance of over 3,000 kilometers, averaging 150 kilometers per day. Six years ago, Parsani faced a life-altering incident that left him with the loss of movement and

November 2023

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  Neural networks give deeper insights

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 22 2023

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  A "deep" many-layered neural network does the heavy lifting in calculating accurate predictions from large complex environmental datasets.
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  Kidney Matchmaking Receives Algorithm Boost

  1 min read · Tue, Nov 14 2023

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  Simulations that match patients with chronic kidney disease to suitable donors will enhance the efficacy of the new Saudi National Kidney Donor Exchange Program.

October 2023

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  Real-time modeling a step closer to reality

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 26 2023

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  An efficiency upgrade for an already fast approximation method enables accurate near-real-time modeling of complex systems and large datasets.
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  KAUST celebrates 5000 days of education and research

  1 min read · Tue, Oct 10 2023

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  KAUST: Pushing the Frontiers of Science and Technology

September 2023

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  Top honors for KAUST extSTAT group at EVA 2023

  1 min read · Wed, Sep 13 2023

  Awards News

  KAUST extSTAT Research Group wins prestigious awards at EVA 2023 Conference in Milan.
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  Penalizing complexity for better stats

  1 min read · Mon, Sep 11 2023

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  Applying a penalty for increasing complexity provides better control over flexible statistical models.

August 2023

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  Top honors for KAUST students at OMOUS-2023

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 29 2023

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  KAUST students Kerven Durdymyradov and Charles Edward Sexton, shine at the Open Mathematical Olympiad for University Students in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, with Sexton receiving a bronze medal in the individual competition and their team securing a silver medal in the team competition.
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  Decision Trees for Fault Diagnosis in Circuits and Switching Networks

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 24 2023

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  A new book titled “Decision Trees for Fault Diagnosis in Circuits and Switching Networks” by Monther Busbait, Mikhail Moshkov, Albina Moshkova and Vladimir Shevtchenko has been published online

June 2023

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  Balancing renewable energy systems in Saudi buildings

  1 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2023

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  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.
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  CEMSE professors Peter Markowich and Jinchao Xu elected to the Academia Europaea

  3 min read · Mon, Jun 12 2023

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  KAUST CEMSE Division professors Peter Markowich and Jinchao Xu have been elected members of the prestigious Academia Europaea.

May 2023

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  AI Takes Technology To The People

  1 min read · Thu, May 25 2023

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  Thousands of people across Saudi Arabia are learning about a range of advanced technologies through the opportunity provided by the KAUST Academy.
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  SRSI Students mentored at RISC Lab excel at Regeneron ISEF 2023

  1 min read · Mon, May 22 2023

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  In a remarkable display of talent and dedication, two high school students, Maria Qumsani and Bandar AlBraheem, started their journey at the KAUST SRSI program last year. The students were mentored by students from the Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control (RISC) Lab under the guidance of Professor Eric Feron. Maria and Bandar participated in the national competition IBDAA, where their outstanding performance granted them a pass to the renowned International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2023 in Dallas, Texas. The world’s largest pre-college STEM serves as a launching pad for
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  Compress to impress with AI hardware

  1 min read · Thu, May 18 2023

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  Scientists can speed up simulations of complex systems by using compression algorithms running on AI hardware.

April 2023

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  KAUST STAT Program graduates secure faculty positions at prominent U.S. universities

  1 min read · Wed, Apr 19 2023

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  KAUST graduates are characterized by the rigor of their Ph.D. programs, the long hours spent in the lab and classroom, juggling professional and personal commitments, achieving a work-life balance and, more recently, the ability to adapt to a global pandemic.

March 2023

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  Professor Marc Genton receives the Royal Statistical Society’s Barnett Award for 2023

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 29 2023

  Spotlight News

  KAUST Distinguished Professor of Statistics Marc Genton has received the Royal Statistical Society’s (RSS) 2023 Barnett Award.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student’s paper recognized by the American Statistical Association

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 27 2023

  News Spotlight

  KAUST Ph.D. statistics student Paolo Victor Redondo was selected as a runner-up in the American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Statistics in Imaging Section 2023 Distinguished Student Paper Award Competition

January 2023

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  Professor Markowich elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics

  1 min read · Wed, Jan 18 2023

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  By David Murphy KAUST Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Dr. Peter Markowich has been elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP). FInstP is the highest membership level attainable within the Institute of Physics (IOP). According to the IOP, the honor is reserved for those “ with a degree in physics or related subject (or equivalent knowledge gained in the workplace) and who have made a significant impact on their sector. ” The IOP is an international society that fosters the advancement of knowledge, community, career development, and

December 2022

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  A new spin on bouncing sound waves

  1 min read · Tue, Dec 13 2022

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  Insight into the spinning-induced scattering of sound could help create next-generation acoustic devices using new phonon modes.

November 2022

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  Decision Trees with Hypotheses

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 20 2022

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  New book Decision Trees with Hypotheses by Mohammad Azad, Igor Chikalov, Shahid Hussain, Mikhail Moshkov, and Beata Zielosko has been published online.