No strings attached for underwater video system 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 News electrical engineering communications marine science underwater sensor underwater camera An underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high-quality, live video.
The awesome scope of big data 1 min read · Sun, Aug 6 2017 News big data artificial intelligence computational methods health protein structures biology Sifting through huge amounts of data may bring a better understanding of whale shark social structures, protein targets for drug therapies and disease-causing genes.
Hosted the 2nd annual ActivityNet challenge in CVPR 2017 1 min read · Wed, Jul 26 2017 News Action Recognition Challenge untrimmed classification temporal localization dense captioning CVPR IVUL hosted the 2nd annual ActivityNet Large Scale Action Recognition Challenge during CVPR 2017.
BORG at ISMB/ECCB 1 min read · Tue, May 30 2017 News Meet members of the BORG at ISMB/ECCB this year in Prague. We will present one tutorial on ontologies in biology and biomedicine, one poster presentation at the Bio-Ontologies SIG, one flash talk at the Function SIG, and one oral presentation in the Variant Interpretation SIG.
Cocoon finally out: Professor Marco Canini together with VMware, Samsung, and Microsoft craft the ultimate SDN ally 1 min read · Mon, May 29 2017 News distributed systems machine learning artificial intelligence With the recent emergence of software-defined networking, which brings programmability and lowers the barrier for new functionalities into networks, the academic and industry communities have become very interested in the problem of network verification.
Sharing expert experimental knowledge to expedite design 1 min read · Thu, May 25 2017 News synthetic biology bioscience Computer science A repository of metabolic information provides a quick reference tool for designing useful synthetic biological systems.
One size does not fit all: an innovative analytical tool will help pave the way for tailor made health care 1 min read · Wed, May 24 2017 News genetic mutation drug effects genomeFit It is estimated that each year, around eight million children worldwide are born with a serious genetic condition that is either life-threatening or debilitating. These disorders are caused by underlying mutations affecting the genetic makeup contained in our cells, and according to experts, half of the variations responsible for these diseases are still unknown. Because of the lack of information on these disorders, physicians are often unable to pinpoint the exact molecular cause of the disease or opt for the most appropriate treatment.
Student life: studying and working at the Computational Bioscience Research Center (KAUST) 1 min read · Thu, May 4 2017 News machine learning graph mining genomics pathway design computational methods data mining data analysis bioinformatics For Ph.D. students Arturo Magana Mora, Haitham Ashoor and Olaa Motwalli, April 2017 was a particularly nerve-wracking month. After years of hard work and sleepless nights, they finally defended their thesis, bringing them one step closer to graduation.
Adel Bibi and Matthias Mueller going to ICVSS 2017 1 min read · Mon, May 1 2017 News Italy Summer School Computer Vision ICVSS Adel Bibi and Matthias Mueller have been accepted to participate in the ICVSS (International Computer Vision Summer Schoole) 2017 in Italy. Admission into this summer school is quite competitive in the vision community.
Algorithm scours datasets to diagnose medical mysteries 1 min read · Sat, Apr 29 2017 News bioscience Computer science algorithm A new tool uses genetic and clinical information to find the root cause of unexplained illnesses.
Building SANDS at KAUST 1 min read · Sat, Apr 15 2017 News SDN machine learning We live in a connected world where networked systems play an increasingly important role. These systems, which are the foundational pillars of our modern digital lives, are the result of some remarkable technological advancements and progress in computer science over the past three decades.
PhD Student positions available 1 min read · Mon, Mar 27 2017 News We have two openings for Ph.D. student positions available on the interface between Linked Data, ontologies, and machine learning.
Professors discuss big data and human health in latest Sci-Café 1 min read · Mon, Mar 13 2017 News machine learning big data artificial intelligence comparative genomics biomedical data human health Professors Takashi Gojobori, Xin Gao and Robert Hoehndorf spoke about big data and human health at the Sci-Café event held on February 27. Their talk, which was moderated by James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, aimed to answer the question, "Can Big Data Solve My Health Problems?" This event was open to all members of the KAUST community.
Signaling success for 5th gen communications 1 min read · Sat, Mar 4 2017 News applied mathematics mobile An efficient wireless signal optimization scheme achieves peak performance for next-generation mobile communications.
New Data Mining approach makes recurring patterns easier to be spotted 1 min read · Wed, Jan 18 2017 News supercomputing infoclouds Frequent subgraph mining algorithm The ultimate answer is ScaleMine, cost-effective and agile scalable parallel frequent subgraph mining in a single large graph. Panagiotis Kalnis, Professor of Computer Science (CS), and the team from the KAUST Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC), under the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division signed this novel approach.
New cost-effective GPUs solver redesigns the computational game 1 min read · Thu, Jan 12 2017 News exascale High Performance Computing parallel computing Prof. David Keyes and his team proposed a GPUs light architecture to solve systems of multiple equations involving a large amount of data. Broadly used in computer gaming, mobile, and PC graphics - GPUs allow customizing an effective result-driven support to create a computational framework for increasing the number of processors while reducing the memory required to temporarily store the data.
Taking graphics cards beyond gaming 1 min read · Mon, Jan 9 2017 News graphic card computing applied mathematics computational science A highly efficient mathematical solver designed to run on graphics processors gives scientists and engineers a powerful new tool for a common computational problem.
Divide and conquer pattern searching 1 min read · Tue, Dec 27 2016 News Computer science computing Searching for recurring patterns in network systems has become a fundamental part of research and discovery in fields as diverse as biology and social media. KAUST researchers have developed a pattern or graph-mining framework that promises to significantly speed up searches on massive network data sets. “A graph is a data structure that models complex relationships among objects,” explained Panagiotis Kalnis, leader of the research team from the KAUST Extreme Computing Research Center. “Graphs are widely used in many modern applications, including social networks, biological networks like
BORG Ph.D. Student wins 3rd Prize at CBRC Student Poster Competition 1 min read · Wed, Dec 14 2016 News BORG member and Ph.D. Student Imene Boudellioua won 3rd Prize in the CBRC Student Poster Competition of the recently-held KAUST Research Conference: Computational Systems Biology in Biomedicine. Her winning poster is titled "Semantic Prioritization of Novel Causative Genomic Variants". She received a certificate and a PHOTO CUBE Compact Photo Printer.
CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 1 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016.
Driven to diffraction 1 min read · Wed, Nov 9 2016 News electrical engineering bioscience light Optical elements that diffract light could lead to smaller and more powerful cameras.
PhenomeNET method wins at Ontology matching workshop 1 min read · Tue, Oct 25 2016 News ontology phenotype ontologies PhenomeNET CBRC congratulates Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Postdoctoral Fellow Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia for being one of the winners of the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative challenge sponsored by Pistoia Alliance, presented in the Ontology Matching Workshop that is co-located with ISWC 2016 in Kobe, Japan.
Professor Robert Hoehndorf's PhenomeNET method wins at Ontology matching workshop 1 min read · Sun, Oct 23 2016 News artificial intelligence bioinformatics biomedical data PhenomeNET Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Postdoctoral Fellow Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia are the winners of the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative Challenge sponsored by Pistoia Alliance.
CS Graduate Seminar: Symbolic AI in Bioinformatics 1 min read · Tue, Sep 20 2016 News Professor Robert Hoehndorf recently held a seminar on Symbolic AI in Bioinformatics on September 19, 2016.
Filling in the blanks of virtual cities 1 min read · Sat, Aug 27 2016 News Computer science computational science applied mathematics planning machine learning New software generates three-dimensional models of buildings, with applications for disaster relief support.
Peter Wonka's new query tool, called a relation-augmented image descriptor will change forever querying images online. 1 min read · Thu, Aug 18 2016 News visual computing 3D reconstruction urban modeling Today, querying the massive amounts of images available in online databases such as Instagram can be a time-consuming experience. Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the University College London, have developed a new tool that generates image queries based on a geometric description of objects in spatial relationships with potential applications in computer graphics, computer vision and automated object classification.
Amin Allam (CEMSE PhD) wins the second prize in the DREAM Challenge 1B 1 min read · Mon, Aug 15 2016 News Spotlight algorithm artificial intelligence Computational biology Amin Allam (CEMSE PhD student in the InfoCloud group) supervised by Prof Panos Kalnis has won the second prize in the AstraZeneca-Sanger Drug Combination Prediction DREAM Challenge 1B. Amin Allam utilized Bayesian inference to achieve the 2nd place.
Enhancing understanding of genetic regulation 1 min read · Sat, Aug 13 2016 News applied mathematics computational science genomics genes Researchers round up clues to track down enhancers.
Victor participates in the Deep Learning Summer School 1 min read · Mon, Aug 8 2016 News An IVUL Ph.D. student (Victor Escorcia) participated in the Deep Learning Summer School. He was selected among many students/researchers worldwide to attend this event, where he had the opportunity to interact with and learn from leaders in the field of deep learning.
Technology search for relationships 1 min read · Sat, Aug 6 2016 News Computer science computational science images A sketch-based query for searching for relationships among objects in images could enhance the power and utility of image search tools.
Fabian participates in the Computer Vision Summer School 1 min read · Sun, Jul 24 2016 News ICVSS PhD student participated IVUL international event An IVUL Ph.D. student (Fabian Caba) participates in the Computer Vision Summer School.
Exploring artificial biosynthesis 1 min read · Sat, Jul 16 2016 News Computer science bioscience biosynthesis Metabolic route explorer helps to optimize the pathways for artificial biosynthesis of valuable products.
Fabian and Victor participate in the annual MSR Summer School! 1 min read · Fri, Jul 8 2016 News PhD Summer School 2016 Computer Vision Deep learning Two IVUL Ph.D. students (Fabian Caba and Victor Escorcia) participate in the annual MSR Summer School.
Best Business Plan at VIEW 2016 1 min read · Sun, Jun 26 2016 News CVPR high-tech startup Computer Vision robotics Hachid won the award for the Venture pitch with the best business plan at the Fifth Annual Vision Industry and Entrepreneur Workshop (VIEW) 2016.
Exploring protein form to find function 1 min read · Sat, Jun 25 2016 News Computer science genomics proteins Existing systems for predicting protein structure are outperformed by a newly developed method.
Sharing movement aids learning 1 min read · Sat, Jun 4 2016 News Computer science learning computational science Automated learning of an individual’s movement patterns shared over mobile and social networks could help us to connect better.
Noisy cells produce bursts of protein 1 min read · Sat, Feb 20 2016 News Computer science bioscience genetics A new mathematical model explains how random factors affect the production of proteins within the cells.
First Annual ActivityNet Challenge to be held at CVPR2016! 1 min read · Fri, Dec 18 2015 News Our workshop proposal on large-scale human activity understanding was accepted to CVPR2016. We will be releasing the results of the 1st annual ActivityNet challenge during the workshop. This venue allows researchers in the field to evaluate their activity classification and detection techniques on a large-scale benchmark of in-the-wild video sequences.
Smart technology shows where we're at 1 min read · Sat, Nov 7 2015 News marine science electrical engineering fauna A combination of state-of-the-art sensors and standardized data analysis will transform research for tracking animals and humans.
Unlocking complex interactions 1 min read · Sat, Sep 19 2015 News Computer science bioscience Functions of interacting molecular complexes are uncovered through a novel method of aligning the interaction interface of each complex.
Honey bee behavior is in the genes 1 min read · Sat, Aug 22 2015 News applied mathematics Computer science genomics genetics An integrated set of genetic mechanisms controls whether bees behave as foragers or nurses.
Choosing the right scheme for green communications 1 min read · Sat, Aug 22 2015 News Computer science wireless computational science engineering Performance analysis reveals how different resource allocation schemes may impact the energy efficiency of a cognitive radio system.
Disease researchers have a way with words 1 min read · Sat, Jul 25 2015 News Computer science bioscience computing biology biomedicine Specialized word search method sheds light on phenotypic similarity of diseases.
Prof. Osama Amin Elevated To Senior Member Of IEEE 1 min read · Mon, Jul 13 2015 News communications wireless networks energy harvesting Dr. Osama Amin has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered an important honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.
Peak performance for proteins 1 min read · Sat, Jun 13 2015 News bioscience biology proteins NMR An improved peak fitting procedure enables a better determination of protein structures.
Finding the Face in the Crowd 1 min read · Sat, May 30 2015 News Computer science statistics applied mathematics computational science An algorithm that maximizes the difference between data categories achieves high accuracy in classifying faces.
Computer vision: Teaching computers how to see the world 1 min read · Wed, May 27 2015 News semantic analysis artificial intelligence UAV Ghanem works in the Visual Computing Center (VCC) and is interested in computer vision, image processing, and machine learning.
Taking computing to the next level 1 min read · Sat, Apr 25 2015 News supercomputing data wrap applied mathematics computational science KAUST’s new supercomputer will enable ground-breaking scientific modeling and analysis in Saudi Arabia and worldwide.
A breeding ground for successful start-ups 1 min read · Fri, Feb 6 2015 News visualization quadcopter State-of-the-art facilities and world-class research projects give rise to thriving start-up companies based at KAUST.
Making the silent genes speak 1 min read · Sat, Dec 13 2014 News applied mathematics computational science genomics coding gene Regulating an overlooked set of genes may help biologists manipulate cells to find new therapy options.
