New Book "Decision and Inhibitory Trees and Rules for Decision Tables with Many-valued Decisions" of Professor Moshkov and His Former Students is Published by Springer 1 min read · Tue, Jul 9 2019 News decision trees New book "Decision and Inhibitory Trees and Rules for Decision Tables with Many-valued Decisions" by Fawaz Alsolami, Mohammad Azad, Igor Chikalov, and Mikhail Moshkov is published by Springer
Teamwork pays off at startup Insyab 1 min read · Mon, Jul 8 2019 News robot drones wireless connectivity algorithm Energy-efficient wireless multihop networks Cross-layer protocol design Insyab, a technology startup specializing in smart solutions allowing robots and drones to collaborate on the execution of common tasks, resulted from three years of its founders' dedicated research at KAUST.
Red Sea temperatures to cool in coming decades 1 min read · Sun, Jul 7 2019 News geophysical fluid systems Bayesian Estimation uncertainty quantification Exploring the links between natural climate cycles and the sea-surface temperature of the Red Sea reveals a cooling trend during the next few decades.
Accelerating the grapevine effect 1 min read · Sun, Jul 7 2019 News optimization machine learning big data By looking at classical gossip algorithms from a novel perspective, KAUST Professor Peter Richtarik has found a way to significantly speed up gossip-based information sharing, and in the process, he discovered new applications for this efficient mathematical approach. Gossip involves the sharing of information between individuals in a network and can be applied mathematically in both human social networks and data networks, such as distributed sensors. “A network is a collection of nodes, each connected to other nodes via links,” explains Richtarik. “In social networks, for instance
Simulating Red Sea water exchanges 1 min read · Sun, Jun 23 2019 News oceanography Red Sea earth science and engineering Powerful computer simulations are revealing new insights into water exchanges between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Changing how we predict coral bleaching 1 min read · Tue, Jun 18 2019 News algorithm coral bleaching climate science earth science and engineering A remote sensing algorithm offers better predictions of Red Sea coral bleaching and can be fine tuned for use in other tropical marine ecosystems.
Remote sensing of toxic algal blooms 1 min read · Thu, Jun 13 2019 News Red Sea environment marine science earth science and engineering Algal blooms in the Red Sea can be detected with a new method that accounts for dust storms and aerosols.
Study finds Red Sea may be cooling rather than warming 1 min read · Thu, May 30 2019 News Bayesian Estimation Geophysical Fluid Modeling uncertainty quantification A recent study by a team including KAUST Earth scientists and oceanographers revealed that surface temperatures in the Red Sea may be cooling rather than rising. Analysis of long-term data sets shows that the current high warming rates of the Red Sea appear to be a combined effect of global warming and natural long-duration changes in sea surface temperature. "Our study has revealed a sequence of alternating positive and negative trends in Red Sea surface temperatures. Over the next decades, the trends indicate a cooling phase that may counter the effects of global warming," stated Ibrahim
KAUST Professor David Keyes to chair International Supercomputing Conference 2020 1 min read · Mon, May 20 2019 Spotlight News supercomputing conference David Keyes, KAUST professor of applied mathematics and computational science; director of the University's Extreme Computing Research Center; and senior associate to the President of KAUST, will chair the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) 2020. He will be the first program chair from a Middle Eastern institution, as announced by ISC 2020.
Better racing car design through an industry partnership 1 min read · Sun, May 19 2019 News applied mathematics computational science fluid dynamics aerodynamics The Formula 1 race track is the ultimate testbed for a KAUST researcher's latest work.
Cutting datasets down to size 1 min read · Thu, May 16 2019 News applied mathematics computational science statistics environment A powerful statistical tool could significantly reduce the burden of analyzing very large datasets.
West Africa warms but airborne dust keeps the Red Sea cool 1 min read · Wed, May 15 2019 News climate science climate projections supercomputing earth science and engineering World-class computing facilities at KAUST enable researchers to tackle complex questions in climate science and oceanography.
Taking aim at outliers 1 min read · Sun, May 5 2019 News statistics Environmental Statistics Automatic detection of uncharacteristic data sequences could change the way data is processed and analyzed.
Eddy currents affect flux of salt more than heat 1 min read · Thu, May 2 2019 News earth science and engineering marine science ocean circulation Red Sea Modeling the 3D structure of Red Sea eddies shows how transport of energy and biochemical materials influences circulation patterns in the Red Sea.
Electronics conference gives a positive charge 1 min read · Thu, May 2 2019 News Electronic devices piezoelectric nanosystem Highlighting sustainability and the work of female researchers was a strong focus of the international KAUST-US NSF electronics conference.
Simple statistics can be good enough 1 min read · Tue, Apr 30 2019 News Computer science statistics environment Study of the mismatch between spatial environmental data and a commonly used statistical analysis suggests simpler statistics are sufficient in many cases.
KAUST alumna’s paper recognized by American Statistical Association 1 min read · Tue, Apr 30 2019 Awards News Spotlight data transformations wind emulation and forecasting depth for functional data KAUST alumna Yuan Yan recently received an honorable mention from the American Statistical Association (ASA) for her paper entitled "Vector Autoregressive Models with Spatially Structured Coefficients for Time Series on a Spatial Grid." Yan, who participated in the ASA student paper competition last year, will be officially recognized for her contribution later this year at the association's 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado, U.S., from July 27 to August 1.
KAUST Ph.D. student wins best paper award from American Statistical Association 1 min read · Thu, Apr 25 2019 Awards News Spotlight Statistical computing High Performance Computing KAUST Ph.D. statistics student Jian Cao was recently selected as a best paper award winner by the American Statistical Association (ASA) for his paper entitled "Computing High-Dimensional Normal and Student-t Probabilities with Tile-Low-Rank Quasi-Monte Carlo and Block Reordering." Cao's paper was chosen in an ASA student paper competition under the section on Statistical Computing.
Tiny, fast, accurate technology on the radar 1 min read · Wed, Apr 17 2019 News communications electrical engineering sensors A tiny, portable radar device could allow visually impaired people, or unmanned moving devices, to detect objects in real time.
Clustering helps unlock secrets of the human brain 1 min read · Sun, Mar 31 2019 News statistics brain science environmental science The latest statistical methods from research on complex high-dimensional environmental data also yield powerful tools for interpreting brain activity.
A race against time 1 min read · Thu, Mar 7 2019 News Spotlight Formula 1 algorithm aerodynamics The theme of the University's 2019 Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) was "time." It represented an opportune moment for KAUST to welcome members of the McLaren Group to campus to discuss the recently signed extreme performance research partnership between KAUST and McLaren.
AAAS honors KAUST Professor David Keyes as elected Fellow 1 min read · Thu, Feb 28 2019 Awards Spotlight award KAUST Professor David Keyes has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Keyes was honored for fundamental research contributions at the interface of parallel computing and numerical analysis and his service to the mathematical sciences profession. The Fellows, announced on November 27, 2018, were recognized during the week of February 18 at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where they received an official certificate and the AAAS Fellows' gold and blue rosette pin, the colors of which
Professor Helmut Pottmann Returns to Visual Computing Center 1 min read · Tue, Feb 12 2019 Spotlight News The Visual Computing Center would like to welcome back Professor Helmut Pottmann who recently rejoined the center in October 2018. Helmut Pottmann is a professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS) at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Principal Investigator of the Geometry and Computational Design group (GCD). He was the Founding Director of the Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Center, which is now the Visual Computing Center, from April 2009 to December 2013. Professor Pottmann shared these words on returning back to KAUST: "After
KAUST Associate Professor Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati finalist at Leadership Excellence for Women Awards & Symposium 1 min read · Wed, Jan 30 2019 Spotlight News modeling numerical analysis Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati, KAUST associate professor of electrical engineering in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division, was selected as one of three finalists in the academic of distinction category at the recent Leadership Excellence for Women Awards & Symposium (LEWAS) in Bahrain.
Lighting the way to the underwater Internet of things 1 min read · Wed, Jan 2 2019 News underwater sensor platform electrical engineering communications An optical system for monitoring underwater sensor positions could enable large networks of devices to be deployed for ocean measurements.
Chasing spatial patterns 1 min read · Sun, Dec 2 2018 News climate science A more accurate way of resolving spatial patterns in weather could lead to better predictions of climate change.
Nanovisualization Research Group is hiring 1 min read · Wed, Nov 21 2018 News visual computing visualization Nanovisualization Research Group is hiring scientific staff on the levels of Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Graduate Student. Follow the links to apply for the respective position: Research Scientist position Postdoctoral Fellow Graduate Student
Next generation algorithm advances machine learning of powerful supercomputers 1 min read · Tue, Nov 13 2018 News supercomputing A multi-disciplinary team of international researchers from KAUST and Japan's National Institute of Informatics (NII) in collaboration with U.S. supercomputer company Cray Inc. successfully implemented a new algorithm to efficiently harness the computational power of the fastest supercomputers in the world. "Software integration is ultimately the icing on the cake for advanced computational projects. Thanks to Cray's support, our algorithms are now deployed on all Cray supercomputers, including KAUST's Shaheen II supercomputer, as well as half of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world
The Indian summer monsoon keeps the Arabian Peninsula hot and dry 1 min read · Wed, Nov 7 2018 News climate science modeling Modeling shows that the Indian summer monsoon can trigger heatwaves and sandstorms on the Arabian Peninsula.
New stats apps show a virtual reality 1 min read · Mon, Nov 5 2018 News virtual reality statistics Harnessing the power of virtual reality will help to visualize data and improve statistical models.
Making collective sense of brainwaves 1 min read · Wed, Oct 31 2018 News neuroscience data A new statistical tool for collectively analyzing large sets of brainwaves promises to accelerate neurofunctional research.
Solving the grandest of challenges 1 min read · Tue, Oct 30 2018 News energy nuclear fission ITER KAUST Around the world, scientists, researchers and engineers seek to develop sustainable alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels. Some explore the kinetic energy of wind, gravity or water. Others capture excited electrons using photosensitive materials. William Tang, a principal research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University, wants to power the world using the chemical reaction that stars run on—nuclear fusion—and he believes deep learning is a key.
KAUST team finds solution to staff transfers at the Saudi Ministry of Health 1 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.
Stimulating deeper insights into brain function 1 min read · Thu, Oct 18 2018 News neuroscience statistics Modeling changes in brain activity over time provides deeper insights into learning and behavioral responses.
Award-winning algorithm takes search for habitable planets to the next level 1 min read · Tue, Oct 16 2018 News telescope astronomy NVIDIA PASC singular-value-decomposition-MOAO An international team of scientists, including KAUST high performance computing experts and astronomers from the Paris Observatory and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), in collaboration with NVIDIA, is taking the search for habitable planets and observation of first epoch galaxies to the next level.
Ph.D. student Michał Mańkowski wins poster award at the 18th Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons Symposium 1 min read · Mon, Oct 15 2018 News student award ASTS simulation Michał Mańkowski, a Ph.D. student in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) division, won the Poster of Distinction Award at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) 18th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium. The event, which was held in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., from January 11 to 14, also voted Mańkowski's soapbox presentation as the symposium's best solution on how more lives can be saved through transplantation. Mańkowski presented on behalf of Professor Sommer Gentry, his supervisor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
KAUST master’s degree student wins best poster award at Data Science Summer School 1 min read · Thu, Oct 11 2018 Awards News student award Samuel Horváth, a master's degree student in the University's statistics and optimization M.S./Ph.D. program, recently won a best poster award at the second edition of the Data Science Summer School (DS3). The event took place in Paris from June 25 to 29, and is one of the largest global data science summer schools. It was co-organized by the Data Science Initiative of École Polytechnique and DATAIA Institute. The primary goal of DS3 was to provide a series of courses and practical sessions covering the latest advances in the field of data science. Five hundred students, postdoctoral fellows
National Infectious Disease Initiative Workshop brings researchers to KAUST 1 min read · Mon, Oct 8 2018 News infectious disease Representatives from the KAUST Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), King Saud University (KSU), Taibah University, National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) and the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) met on October 1 to iron out details of a national initiative to fight infectious diseases.
KAUST Ph.D. students win best paper awards at mean-field games conferences 1 min read · Mon, Oct 8 2018 News Dynamic games mean-field games student award By Sonia Turosienski KAUST Ph.D. students David Evangelista and Xianjin Yang, who are supervised by Diogo Gomes, professor of applied mathematics and computational science, won best paper awards at conferences this summer for their work in mean-field game (MFG) theory. Mean-field games model and seek to explain the behavior of rational agents in a competitive environment and have been used in diverse areas of research, including studies on non-renewable resources and mining models; opinion dynamics; price impact and order book modeling; and networks and energy management. Evangelista was
KAUST gets ready for SC18 1 min read · Mon, Oct 8 2018 News supercomputing High Performance Computing For the past 10 years, KAUST has made a strong presence at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC) that takes place in different cities around the U.S. every year. 2018 will mark a special year for KAUST at SC, which will take place in Dallas, Texas, in November, with around 13,000 supercomputing professionals in attendance. The University will have an engaging presence on the exhibition floor and in the seminars, and the technical program of SC18 will be chaired by the Director of the KAUST Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC)
Reining in computational complexity 1 min read · Tue, Oct 2 2018 News statistics extreme weather A more efficient approach to modeling spatial data involving thousands of variables keeps computation time in check.
Solving real-world problems 1 min read · Wed, Sep 19 2018 News statistics Bayesian computational statistics healthcare ecology A tool developed by Håvard Rue has transformed data analysis, interpretation and communication. It has been applied broadly: from modeling the spread of infectious diseases to mapping fish stocks.
KAUST Ph.D. student wins best paper award at EMBC ‘18 1 min read · Mon, Sep 17 2018 Awards viscoelastic models Mohamed Abdelwaheb Bahloul, a first-year Ph.D. student in KAUST Associate Professor Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati's Estimation Modeling and Analysis (EMAN) research group, received the best paper award for the Africa and Middle East region at the recent 40th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC '18). Bahloul was one of five finalists selected from each of the EMBS geographical areas (North America, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East and Asia-Pacific). EMBC '18, which was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from July 17 to 21, is one of the world's
Award-winning algorithm aids observation 1 min read · Mon, Aug 27 2018 News astronomy telescope extreme computing Researchers at the Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC) at KAUST have developed a new algorithm that uses supervised machine learning to control a small high-speed deformable mirror inside the exoplanet imaging camera to compensate for atmospheric turbulence in the Subaru Telescope, which has an 8.2 meter diameter.
Red Sea flushes faster from far-flung volcanoes 1 min read · Sun, Jul 22 2018 News earth science and engineering marine science oceanography Red Sea Volcanic eruptions in Mexico and the Philippines can lead to atmospheric changes that favor the ventilation of deep water in the Red Sea.
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships in Photonics @ CEMSE – call 4 - 2018 1 min read · Tue, Jul 17 2018 News FD-MIMO communications cognitive radio systems MOVPE laser solar hydrogen biophotonics bioimaging 3D printing A group of professors working in the area of photonics at KAUST, most of them with CEMSE Division, offer hosting of outgoing Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships in their research groups within the EU H2020 COFUND Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme MULTIPLY.
Searching for wind for the future 1 min read · Sun, Jul 15 2018 News statistics energy security The first quantification of wind energy in Saudi Arabia points to high wind power potential for many decades to come.
New Book "Extensions of Dynamic Programming for Combinatorial Optimization and Data Mining" of Professor Moshkov and His Former Students is Published by Springer 1 min read · Mon, Jul 9 2018 News machine learning knowledge discovery data mining combinatorial optimization A new book - "Extensions of Dynamic Programming for Combinatorial Optimization and Data Mining" by Hassan AbouEisha, Talha Amin, Igor Chikalov, Shahid Hussain, and Mikhail Moshkov - was recently published by Springer.
Mysterious gentle giants gather off Saudi coast 1 min read · Sun, Jul 8 2018 News marine science whale sharks Investigations of prey patterns fail to explain why whale sharks aggregate off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
Superior seismic imaging for better drilling 1 min read · Sun, Jul 8 2018 News seismic imaging fossil fuels extreme computing data analysis Software could transform underground imaging of fossil fuel reserves by providing unprecedented detail in record time.
