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Bushra Bin Hemid

M.S. Student
MSc/PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at KAUST. Expertise in AI and information security. Research focuses on AI for infrared imaging, transforming sensing technologies for healthcare, agriculture, and smart infrastructure

Echo Ziyi Yang

Ph.D. Student

Ting Li

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Science and Engineering
Ting Li is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing her research on bridging the gap between complex data and real-world agricultural impact.

Yanda Meng

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Yanda Meng designs AI models to improve medical imaging and clinical decision-making.

Anwar Alshaibani

Anwar Alshaibani > Appointments, Roles and Affiliations
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Racha Zayni

Visiting Researcher, Information Science Lab
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Yimeng Chen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Yimeng Chen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber's research group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Nanbo Li

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Nanbo Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow working in Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber research group at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Center of Excellence for Generative AI.

Omar Ahmed

M.S. Student, Bioengineering
Omar Ahmed is an MS student in the Bioengineering department at KAUST. His research explores the mechanisms that enable brain signal generalisability across individuals, addressing how neural activity patterns can be reliably interpreted despite significant inter-subject and temporal variability. A major challenge in neuroscience is that brain activity varies substantially between people and even within the same person over time, which limits the development of universal diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Towards this goal, Omar is developing deep learning models that can identify consistent
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Dalal E. Aldossary

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Dalal Aldossary is a Master’s student in Computer Science at KAUST. She is part of the VISION-CAIR and the Neuroscience & AI Lab (NAIL), where she works on developing machine learning models that interpret and learn EEG representations and behavior.

Zakaria El Kassimi

KAUST offers a unique environment where applied mathematics and data science meet real-world impact, with exceptional resources and a supportive community for ambitious research.

Jonathan Klein

Research Scientist, Computer Science
My fields of research interests include computational simulation, plant simulation and modeling, synthetic training data, machine learning architectures, none-line-of-sight imaging, and computational photography.

Yibin Wang

Keep Moving forward

Andrea Vanessa Rocha

Research Specialist, Statistics
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Chengjie Zhao

Visiting Researcher, Information Science Lab
Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Mohamed Ads

Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Hayssam Dahrouj

Senior Research Scientist at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

Karen Sanchez

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Karen Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the IVUL lab at KAUST, specializing in deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare applications. Her research focuses on video understanding, domain adaptation, generative AI, and methods for preserving patient privacy.

Hani A. Al Majed

M.S. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering Master's student at KAUST under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem, with expertise in machine learning workflow automation, physics-informed neural operators, and AI for Science, particularly in chemistry applications. Passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex scientific problems.

Ahmad Sait

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Ahmad Sait is a Master's student in the Computer Science program at KAUST. Before joining KAUST, Ahmad obtained his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Ahmad is also a KAUST Academy graduate from the AI track, having been under the supervision of Prof. Naeemullah Khan. The Academy provided him with seven opportunities to assist in teaching students enrolled in subsequent cohorts.

Saleh AlJazzar

Research Fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) .

Muhammad Esmat

Visiting student at, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Yasser Jaber

Visiting Student Researcher ,Machine Learning Engineer at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology).
Syed Abidullah Fareed

Syed Abidullah Fareed

Visiting Student (former), Information Science Lab

Ahsan Mehmood

Intern (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Abdulkarem Badiea Alshaibani

MS Student at the Information Science Lab at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
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Reem Alzahrani

Ph.D. Student
Reem Alzahrani is an MS/PhD student at KAUST, working on Large Language Models and Vision-Language Models. Her research focuses on identifying and addressing the limitations of AI systems to improve their robustness and reliability.

Ansar Khangeldin

M.S. Student
Ms/PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering student. Have a background in Applied Mathematics, Control Theory, Machine Learning Research and Development, Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. Main research interests are application and enhancement of CV methods in autonomous systems (AVs, Robotics, UAVs).

Drishya Karki

Intern
Research Intern working under the supervision of Dr. Silvio Giancola as a part of KAUST-FIFA Research Institute.

Nanbo Li

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Nanbo Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow working in Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber research group at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Center of Excellence for Generative AI.

Omar Ahmed

M.S. Student, Bioengineering
Omar Ahmed is an MS student in the Bioengineering department at KAUST. His research explores the mechanisms that enable brain signal generalisability across individuals, addressing how neural activity patterns can be reliably interpreted despite significant inter-subject and temporal variability. A major challenge in neuroscience is that brain activity varies substantially between people and even within the same person over time, which limits the development of universal diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Towards this goal, Omar is developing deep learning models that can identify consistent
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Dalal E. Aldossary

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Dalal Aldossary is a Master’s student in Computer Science at KAUST. She is part of the VISION-CAIR and the Neuroscience & AI Lab (NAIL), where she works on developing machine learning models that interpret and learn EEG representations and behavior.

Adonai Vera

Machine Learning Engineer with 6+ years of experience specializing in computer vision, deep learning, and robotics. Led AI solutions for retail analytics, UAV systems, and edge devices. Author, educator, and TensorFlow Google Developer Expert.

Abdelrahman Eldesokey

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Abdelrahman Eldesokey is a Postdoctoral Fellow at KAUST, working on Generative AI and Computer Vision. His research focuses on diffusion models, multimodal large language models, and vision foundation models, aiming to make generative systems more controllable, interpretable, and reliable.
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Najmeddine Dhieb

Karen Sanchez

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Karen Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the IVUL lab at KAUST, specializing in deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare applications. Her research focuses on video understanding, domain adaptation, generative AI, and methods for preserving patient privacy.

Aznaur Aliev

M.S. Student

Hani A. Al Majed

M.S. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering Master's student at KAUST under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem, with expertise in machine learning workflow automation, physics-informed neural operators, and AI for Science, particularly in chemistry applications. Passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex scientific problems.

Ahmad Sait

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Ahmad Sait is a Master's student in the Computer Science program at KAUST. Before joining KAUST, Ahmad obtained his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Ahmad is also a KAUST Academy graduate from the AI track, having been under the supervision of Prof. Naeemullah Khan. The Academy provided him with seven opportunities to assist in teaching students enrolled in subsequent cohorts.
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Anwar Alshaibani

Anwar Alshaibani > Appointments, Roles and Affiliations
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Yimeng Chen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Yimeng Chen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber's research group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Zakaria El Kassimi

KAUST offers a unique environment where applied mathematics and data science meet real-world impact, with exceptional resources and a supportive community for ambitious research.

Adonai Vera

Machine Learning Engineer with 6+ years of experience specializing in computer vision, deep learning, and robotics. Led AI solutions for retail analytics, UAV systems, and edge devices. Author, educator, and TensorFlow Google Developer Expert.

Juan Pablo Muñoz Díaz

Karen Sanchez

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Karen Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the IVUL lab at KAUST, specializing in deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare applications. Her research focuses on video understanding, domain adaptation, generative AI, and methods for preserving patient privacy.

Mhd. Emad Alolaby

Sixiu Liu

Ph.D. degree in Earth science and engineering with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Ahmed Youssef Ragab Radwan

Visiting Student (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting student at the Information Science Lab, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Bushra Bin Hemid

M.S. Student
MSc/PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at KAUST. Expertise in AI and information security. Research focuses on AI for infrared imaging, transforming sensing technologies for healthcare, agriculture, and smart infrastructure

Yanda Meng

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Yanda Meng designs AI models to improve medical imaging and clinical decision-making.

Omar Ahmed

M.S. Student, Bioengineering
Omar Ahmed is an MS student in the Bioengineering department at KAUST. His research explores the mechanisms that enable brain signal generalisability across individuals, addressing how neural activity patterns can be reliably interpreted despite significant inter-subject and temporal variability. A major challenge in neuroscience is that brain activity varies substantially between people and even within the same person over time, which limits the development of universal diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Towards this goal, Omar is developing deep learning models that can identify consistent
Salem Alsaqaf

Salem Al-saqaf

Salem Al-Saqaf is an Electrical and Computer Engineer specializing in semiconductors, electronics and AI. He combines strong academic training with practical industry experience in AI-driven solutions, data science, and system optimization. His work spans applied research and real-world innovation, aiming to advance intelligent systems, enhance semiconductor applications, and develop technologies that bridge academic discovery with industrial impact.

AI for Chips and Chips for AI

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B9 L2 R2325

This seminar presents a unified "AI for Chips & Chips for AI" approach, demonstrating how AI enhances semiconductor design while specialized silicon accelerates AI computation, creating a rapid innovation cycle.
Najmeddine Dhieb

Najmeddine Dhieb

Mohamed Ads

Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Yasmeen Alsaedy

M.S. Student, Computer Science
She is an AI researcher specializing in generative AI and deep learning. With a strong academic foundation and hands-on experience in machine learning, data science and artificial intelligence, she is passionate about advancing AI applications in real-world scenarios. She has contributed to cutting-edge projects, published research, and collaborated on innovative solutions that bridge the gap between AI theory and practice. Her expertise includes designing and implementing advanced data models, AI-driven visual/text computing, and deep learning architectures.

Yasser Jaber

Visiting Student Researcher ,Machine Learning Engineer at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology).
Syed Abidullah Fareed

Syed Abidullah Fareed

Visiting Student (former), Information Science Lab

Ahmed Youssef Ragab Radwan

Visiting Student (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting student at the Information Science Lab, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Solution Processable Carbon Nanotubes Based Sensors: Towards 4D Printed Electronics

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B2 L5 R5209

In this thesis, we focus on the design and development of 4D printed sensors. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used as the active sensing medium as they have proven to be ideal for application in sensors due to their high electric conductivity, stability, and mechanical flexibility. The effect of a heat-shrinkable substrate on the electronic and structural properties of CNTs is analyzed in depth, followed by the application in temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors. The results show that the 4D effect results in a more porous yet more conductive film due to an increase in the charge carrier concentration, enabling an improved sensitivity of the devices and allowing us to tune the selectivity based on the shrinking percentage. The developed device was fabricated using a rapid, cost-effective technique that is independent of advanced fabrication facilities to expand its applications to low-resource settings and environments.

Wojoud Almubadal

Shicheng Su

Shicheng Su is currently an MSc/Ph.D. at the SAMA lab. He received his BSc from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, in 2022 His research interests include smart memory devices, neuromorphic and in-memory computing.

Serhii Tytov

Meshal Binmitaab

Lana Joharji

Lana Joharji completed her master’s degree at the SAMA Labs in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at KAUST. She received her bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), KSA, in 2021. Her research interests include sensors, actuators, flexible and soft electronics for environmental applications. She received the KAUST Graduate Fellowship for her MS/Ph.D. program. She is a student member of the IEEE and Saudi Council of Engineers. After graduating from the SAMA labs, she joined Tufts University, USA, as a PhD student.

Lama Alshammari

Lama Alshammari is currently a Visiting Student at SAMA lab. she received her BSc from AL Faisal University in Electrical Engineering, Riyadh, in 2023. She worked as a visiting student at Electronics and Photonics lab, KACST, Riyadh, in 2021. She has previously received AL Faisal Boeing award. Her research interests include 3D printing smart memory devices.

Fhad Al-Modaf

Fahad Alam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Fahad Alam is currently a postdoc at SAMA lab. He received his MSc and MTech from AMU Aligarh, India, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and PhD from IIT Kanpur, India in 2017. He worked as a Postdoc, in Khalifa University Abu Dhabi from April 2018 to March 2022. He has previously received N-PDF, India, and EU-India (IITK-University of Groningen) exchange fellowship. His research interests include 3D/4D printing and shape memory polymers.

Aljawharah Alsharif

Aljawharah Alsharif is a Ph.D. student in ECE at KAUST developing bioinspired wearable electronics using flexible devices and 3D/4D printing. Forbes 30 Under 30.
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Racha Zayni

Visiting Researcher, Information Science Lab
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Reem Arnaout

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Serine Medjber

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Mr. Tareq Al-Naffouri

Mohammed Amine Labbas

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Mr. Tareq Al-Naffouri
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Chengjie Zhao

Visiting Researcher, Information Science Lab
Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Almutasem Bellah Enad

Almutasem Bellah Enad

Visiting Researcher (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Present M.Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Ahmad Dkhan

Ahmad Dkhan

Visiting Scholar (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Present -Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Saleh AlJazzar

Research Fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) .

Alaa Alameer Ahmad

Research visit to communication theory lab in computer, electrical and mathematical sciences and engineering. KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) ,Worked with research groups supervised by Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini and Prof. Tareq AL-Naffouri.

Abdullatif Al-Rabah

MS Degree, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
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Salem Alsaqaf

Salem Al-saqaf

Salem Al-Saqaf is an Electrical and Computer Engineer specializing in semiconductors, electronics and AI. He combines strong academic training with practical industry experience in AI-driven solutions, data science, and system optimization. His work spans applied research and real-world innovation, aiming to advance intelligent systems, enhance semiconductor applications, and develop technologies that bridge academic discovery with industrial impact.

Serine Medjber

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Mr. Tareq Al-Naffouri

Mohammed Amine Labbas

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Mr. Tareq Al-Naffouri
Ruochen Zhu

Ruochen Zhu

Mohamed Ads

Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Syed Abidullah Fareed

Syed Abidullah Fareed

Visiting Student (former), Information Science Lab

Ahsan Mehmood

Intern (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Nazek El-Atab appointed IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

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Nazek El-Atab, KAUST assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the principal investigator of the Smart, Advanced Memory Devices and Applications (SAMA) Lab, has been recently selected to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) for the IEEE Electron Devices Society.
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Anwar Alshaibani

Anwar Alshaibani > Appointments, Roles and Affiliations
Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Nanbo Li

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Nanbo Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow working in Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber research group at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Center of Excellence for Generative AI.

AI for Chips and Chips for AI

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B9 L2 R2325

This seminar presents a unified "AI for Chips & Chips for AI" approach, demonstrating how AI enhances semiconductor design while specialized silicon accelerates AI computation, creating a rapid innovation cycle.
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Artificial neurons enable neuromorphic computing with light

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An adaptive capacitor that can sense and learn through optical stimuli enables learning and recognition tasks.

Aznaur Aliev

M.S. Student

Mhd. Emad Alolaby

Mohammed A Shukri

Technical Consultant at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology).
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Device-Level Intelligence for Adaptive Sensing and Bio-Integrated Systems

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Inspired by biological sensory systems, this talk presents our efforts toward neuromorphic sensing, where these functions are integrated within the same device using multifunctional memory technologies.

Smart in-memory light sensors perform image recognition

1 min read ·
Light-sensitive memory elements that can be programmed optically offer promise for more efficient real-time image analysis.

Shicheng Su

Shicheng Su is currently an MSc/Ph.D. at the SAMA lab. He received his BSc from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, in 2022 His research interests include smart memory devices, neuromorphic and in-memory computing.

Nazek El-Atab

Professor El-Atab's research focuses on enhancing an increasingly digitized world by utilizing multifunctional memory devices for emerging applications such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and augmented reality.

Hanrui Li

Hanrui Li is currently a MS/PhD student at SAMA lab. He received his bachelor degree from Changchun University of Science and Technology, China in 2022. During June 2021 to April 2022, he worked as a visiting research student at Mohamad Sawan's lab, Westlake University. His research interests include smart memory devices and neuromorphic computing.

Dayanand Kumar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dayanand Kumar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing his research on smart multifunctional optoelectronic synaptic devices.

Abdul Momin Syed

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Polina Morozova

M.S. Student, Photonics Laboratory
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Md Al Shahriar Shakil

M.S. Student, Photonics Laboratory
Md Al Shahriar Shakil was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), where his undergraduate research focused on quantum computing and quantum photonics. After completing his bachelor’s degree, he worked as a Research Assistant at BUET, where he gained experience in spin-based quantum qubits for quantum computing. He is currently an MS/PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), where his research focuses on
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Hanqi Li

M.S. Student, Photonics Laboratory
Hanqi Li received her Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing, China, in 2025. She was an intern student at the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, during 2024 and 2025, where she worked on topics related to optoelectronics and silicon photonics. Hanqi is currently an MS/PhD student in Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and a member of the Photonics Laboratory.
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Mohammed Obidallah Alotaibi

Ph.D. Student, Photonics Laboratory
I am Mohammed Obidallah Alotaibi, joining the KAUST Photonics Lab. I hold an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida and a B.S. from Umm Al-Qura University. Previously, I served as an Instrument Engineer at Aramco and currently lecture at Taibah University. I am passionate about advancing photonic technologies in energy and sustainability applications, and I look forward to contributing to the lab’s research in optoelectronics and integrated photonic systems. Previous Work Experience: Instrument Engineer, Saudi Aramco (2010–2012) Teaching Assistant & Lecturer

Yan Wang

Ph.D. Student, Photonics Laboratory
M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2024- present BEng. in Communication Engineering at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, Sept. 2019 - Jun. 2024​
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Jiahao Wei

M.S. Student, Photonics Laboratory
Education Jan 2025 - present, M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Sep 2020 - Jun 2024, B.S. in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China.
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Zinan Xiao

Ph.D. Student, Photonics Laboratory
Education Aug 2024 - present, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Oct 2020 - Oct 2021, M.S. in Optics and photonics at Imperial College London, London, UK. Sep 2016 - Jun 2020, B.S. in Optoelectronic information engineering at Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
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Zinan Xiao

Ph.D. Student, Photonics Laboratory
Education Aug 2024 - present, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Oct 2020 - Oct 2021, M.S. in Optics and photonics at Imperial College London, London, UK. Sep 2016 - Jun 2020, B.S. in Optoelectronic information engineering at Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.

Smart memory devices that can sense

1 min read ·
In-memory sensing technology will facilitate electronic systems that are faster, smaller and consume less energy.

Wojoud Almubadal

Lana Joharji

Lana Joharji completed her master’s degree at the SAMA Labs in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at KAUST. She received her bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), KSA, in 2021. Her research interests include sensors, actuators, flexible and soft electronics for environmental applications. She received the KAUST Graduate Fellowship for her MS/Ph.D. program. She is a student member of the IEEE and Saudi Council of Engineers. After graduating from the SAMA labs, she joined Tufts University, USA, as a PhD student.

Fhad Al-Modaf

Fahad Alam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Fahad Alam is currently a postdoc at SAMA lab. He received his MSc and MTech from AMU Aligarh, India, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and PhD from IIT Kanpur, India in 2017. He worked as a Postdoc, in Khalifa University Abu Dhabi from April 2018 to March 2022. He has previously received N-PDF, India, and EU-India (IITK-University of Groningen) exchange fellowship. His research interests include 3D/4D printing and shape memory polymers.

Bashayr Alqahtani

Bashayr Alqahtani is an Electrical and Computer Engineering master’s student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and a student at the KAUST Smart, Advanced Memory devices and Applications (SAMA) Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Nazek El-Atab. Her research interests include the fabrication of physics devices such as sensors for industrial and in-memory sensing applications.
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Thomas Trigo Trindade

Abdul-Lateef Haji-Ali

Shyam Mohan Subbiah Pillai

Nabila Bounceur

My work focuses on the modeling of complex systems from the Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis (PSA) and Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) perspective. I develop methodologies to efficiently characterize input-output relationships in computationally expensive simulators, enabling both qualitative understanding (which factors matter most?) and quantitative assessment (how much does each factor contribute to output uncertainty?).

Abderrahmene Ben Romdhane

Arved Bartuska

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stochastic Numerics Research Group

Amal Alghamdi

<> 4D printing (6)

Solution Processable Carbon Nanotubes Based Sensors: Towards 4D Printed Electronics

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B2 L5 R5209

In this thesis, we focus on the design and development of 4D printed sensors. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used as the active sensing medium as they have proven to be ideal for application in sensors due to their high electric conductivity, stability, and mechanical flexibility. The effect of a heat-shrinkable substrate on the electronic and structural properties of CNTs is analyzed in depth, followed by the application in temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors. The results show that the 4D effect results in a more porous yet more conductive film due to an increase in the charge carrier concentration, enabling an improved sensitivity of the devices and allowing us to tune the selectivity based on the shrinking percentage. The developed device was fabricated using a rapid, cost-effective technique that is independent of advanced fabrication facilities to expand its applications to low-resource settings and environments.

Serhii Tytov

Lana Joharji

Lana Joharji completed her master’s degree at the SAMA Labs in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at KAUST. She received her bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), KSA, in 2021. Her research interests include sensors, actuators, flexible and soft electronics for environmental applications. She received the KAUST Graduate Fellowship for her MS/Ph.D. program. She is a student member of the IEEE and Saudi Council of Engineers. After graduating from the SAMA labs, she joined Tufts University, USA, as a PhD student.

Fhad Al-Modaf

Fahad Alam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Fahad Alam is currently a postdoc at SAMA lab. He received his MSc and MTech from AMU Aligarh, India, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and PhD from IIT Kanpur, India in 2017. He worked as a Postdoc, in Khalifa University Abu Dhabi from April 2018 to March 2022. He has previously received N-PDF, India, and EU-India (IITK-University of Groningen) exchange fellowship. His research interests include 3D/4D printing and shape memory polymers.

Aljawharah Alsharif

Aljawharah Alsharif is a Ph.D. student in ECE at KAUST developing bioinspired wearable electronics using flexible devices and 3D/4D printing. Forbes 30 Under 30.
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Device-Level Intelligence for Adaptive Sensing and Bio-Integrated Systems

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Inspired by biological sensory systems, this talk presents our efforts toward neuromorphic sensing, where these functions are integrated within the same device using multifunctional memory technologies.

Smart memory devices that can sense

1 min read ·
In-memory sensing technology will facilitate electronic systems that are faster, smaller and consume less energy.

Smart in-memory light sensors perform image recognition

1 min read ·
Light-sensitive memory elements that can be programmed optically offer promise for more efficient real-time image analysis.

Nazek El-Atab

Professor El-Atab's research focuses on enhancing an increasingly digitized world by utilizing multifunctional memory devices for emerging applications such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and augmented reality.

Hanrui Li

Hanrui Li is currently a MS/PhD student at SAMA lab. He received his bachelor degree from Changchun University of Science and Technology, China in 2022. During June 2021 to April 2022, he worked as a visiting research student at Mohamad Sawan's lab, Westlake University. His research interests include smart memory devices and neuromorphic computing.

Dayanand Kumar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dayanand Kumar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing his research on smart multifunctional optoelectronic synaptic devices.
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Yang Xiao

Ph.D. Student, Statistics
Yang Xaio research specializes in the development of advanced spatio-temporal models and Bayesian frameworks.

David De Jesus

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
David's research focuses on the regularity of solutions to degenerate elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations as well as free boundary problems.

Yimeng Chen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Yimeng Chen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber's research group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Amal Alghamdi

Almutasem Bellah Enad

Almutasem Bellah Enad

Visiting Researcher (former), Information Science Lab
Visiting Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Present M.Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Mohammed A Shukri

Technical Consultant at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology).
<> Cyber Security (5) <> ISAC (5)
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Changhao He

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Yousef Awad

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Bumin Kagan Yildirim

Bang Huang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bang Huang works as a postdoctoral fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Bang Huang received the M.S. degree (with honors) in electrical engineering and Ph.D degree in information and communication engineering from the School of Information and Communication Engineering (SICE), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in

Xiaowei Pang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xiaowei Pang is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Xiaowei Pang received her B.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, in 2018, and her Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, in 2024. From 2021 to 2022
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Ansar Khangeldin

M.S. Student
Ms/PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering student. Have a background in Applied Mathematics, Control Theory, Machine Learning Research and Development, Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. Main research interests are application and enhancement of CV methods in autonomous systems (AVs, Robotics, UAVs).

Echo Ziyi Yang

Ph.D. Student

Kaiqiang Lin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kaiqiang Lin is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Kaiqiang Lin received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, in 2018, and his Ph.D. degree with the College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2024. From 2021 to

Mohammed Alwagait

Mohammed is a PhD Student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program (ECE) at KAUST. He focuses on Reinforcement Learning Based Energy Saving Path Planning and Control for UAVs.

Aznaur Aliev

M.S. Student
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Nikita Kondratyev

Mikhail Mishevskii

Mikhail received the B.S. degree in applied mathematics and physics from Novosibirsk State, Novosibirsk, Russia and received a master's degree with honors from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech). His research interests include: nonlinear optics, integrated photonics, ultrafast lasers, frequency comb generation. During his time at Skoltech participated in the Skoltech Translational Research and Innovation Program industrial project to create a pulsed submicron laser for pumping a single-photon quantum light source. Mikhail awarded with Scholarship of the President of

Aleksandr Movsisian

Aleksandr received his bachelor’s degree in 2023 in Physics from Moscow State University (MSU, ranked first in Russia) and completed a master’s degree in Physics with honors at the same institution. He has over two years of research experience in quantum optics, optomechanics, and quantum measurement theory as part of the LIGO group at MSU. His work has focused on squeezed states of light, measurement topologies, and methods to overcome the Standard Quantum Limit, resulting in two first-author publications in JOSA B and Optics Letters. Aleksandr also gained hands-on experimental experience at

Aram Mkrtchyan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Bang Huang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bang Huang works as a postdoctoral fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Bang Huang received the M.S. degree (with honors) in electrical engineering and Ph.D degree in information and communication engineering from the School of Information and Communication Engineering (SICE), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in

Xiaowei Pang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xiaowei Pang is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Xiaowei Pang received her B.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, in 2018, and her Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, in 2024. From 2021 to 2022
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Hussein Al-Shatri

I chose KAUST because of its reputation for excellence in research and its recent emphasis on applied research. With my extensive background in both academic research and industrial development, I am excited to contribute my experience and ambition. My goal is to foster new ideas and develop innovative prototypes in the field of wireless communications, which will undoubtedly enhance people's lives.
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