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October 2024

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  New pattern for underwater resonators

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 10 2024

  News Clip News

  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

  News Clip News

  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

  News Clip News

  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

  News Clip News

  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

  News Clip News

  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

  News Clip News

  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

  News Clip Awards

  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 achievement has led an interdisciplinary research team from KAUST to be named 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

  News Clip News

  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

  News

  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

  Awards News

  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

  Awards News

  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

  News

  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.
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  Deep neural networks that “get” spatial dependence

  1 min read · Mon, Nov 7 2022

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  A deep-learning technique could offer accurate large-scale predictions in the field of geospatial statistics.

August 2022

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  A model for millions of locations

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 23 2022

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  climate change Environmental Statistics modeling statistics

  CEMSE statisticians developed a framework which enables modeling of a range of meteorological and environmental datasets from up to 2 million locations globally.
• Watching viscous flow, but faster

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 23 2022

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  modeling Computer science

  A state-of-the-art method for modeling the behavior of liquids described by the Computational Sciences Group represents a breakthrough in computational speed for viscous liquids.

July 2022

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  Professor Markowich elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

  1 min read · Thu, Jul 21 2022

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  Applied Partial Differential Equations diffusive phenomena generalized Sobolev inequalities inverse problems quantum mechanical kinetic theory mean-field games

  KAUST Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Dr. Peter Markowich has been named a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). He will officially be inducted as a member at the organization's annual inauguration ceremony in early 2023.

June 2022

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  Extreme analysis of seizures

  1 min read · Mon, Jun 27 2022

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  neuroscience machine learning human health statistics

  CEMSE researchers Matheus Guerrero, Raphaël Huser and Hernando Ombao developed a new approach for analyzing seizures in epilepsy patients by applying extreme value theory to real EEG seizure data.
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  Workshop Stochastic Numerics and Statistical Learning: Theory and Applications - May 2022

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 22 2022

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  Between the 15th and 29th of May 2022, KAUST hosted the Workshop Stochastic Numerics and Statistical Learning: Theory and Application s, organized by Prof. Raul F. Tempone (Stochastic Numerics Research Group) and Prof. Ajay Jasra (Computational Probability Research Group). During these two weeks, 28 talks, two mini-courses, and two poster sessions were held, with the participation of renowned professors, researchers, and students. Over the two weeks, more than 150 people from many universities and research institutes participated, on-site or remotely. The first mini-course was Deep Neural

May 2022

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  Professor Athanasios Tzavaras elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)

  1 min read · Sun, May 29 2022

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  applied mathematics Applied Partial Differential Equations

  Athanasios (Thanos) Tzavaras has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc). He was nominated for his contributions to the interface of nonlinear partial differential equations and applied mathematics in the physical sciences.
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  Code of collaboration

  1 min read · Thu, May 26 2022

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  seismic imaging big data

  David Keyes's and Matteo Ravasi's cross-disciplinary project results in improved efficiency for seismic processing, with promising applications for the energy industry.
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  Professor Bolin earns American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment Early Investigator Award

  1 min read · Thu, May 26 2022

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  award statistics environment

  Prof. David Bolin has been selected for the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment Early Investigator (ENVR) Award for his outstanding contributions to environmental statistics.

April 2022

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  Finding Terra Incognita

  1 min read · Thu, Apr 28 2022

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  extreme weather modeling modeling climate science statistics

  A new study addresses the difficulty in modeling atmospheric turbulence at sub-kilometer resolution, which is challenging due to atmospheric variability, meteorology and changeable terrain such as mountains and cities.
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  Can machine learning help predict disease spread?

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 17 2022

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  human health machine learning statistics

  Machine learning techniques can provide accurate forecasting of the spread of viruses during pandemics. Under the supervision of Ying Sun and Fouzi Harrou, Yasminah Alali developed an approach that removes human bias and assumptions, predicting pandemic evolution more accurately.
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  Getting the tail straight

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 3 2022

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  Environmental Statistics big data modeling statistics

  KAUST’s Extreme Statistics Group has developed an improved statistical model for analyzing environmental data of extreme events, such as heavy rainfall or strong wind data.

March 2022

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  Professor Markowich named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

  1 min read · Sun, Mar 20 2022

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  Applied Partial Differential Equations diffusive phenomena inverse problems

  Prof. Peter Markowich has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). IMA Fellowships are awarded to individuals who have shown demonstrable achievement and competence in the development or application of mathematics.
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  SRSI student success story at Ibdaa 2022

  1 min read · Sun, Mar 20 2022

  Awards News

  environmental applications data analysis computational methods

  Faisal Fadi Hasan Almulla, who worked last year under the mentorship of Dr. Fouzi Harrou and Professor Ying Sun as part of the annual KAUST Saudi Research Science Institute (SRSI) summer program, won two awards at the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity — Ibdaa 2022.