PhD Dissertation Defense

Jul 5 - Jul 11, 2020

Maximizing I/O Bandwidth for Out-of-Core HPC Applications on Heterogeneous Large-Scale Systems

Tariq Alturkestani, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Jul 9, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

Apr 5 - Apr 11, 2020

Predicting Single Gene Loss of Function Phenotypes

Maxat Kulmanov, Research Scientist, Bio-Ontology Research Group

Apr 6, 19:30 - 21:30

KAUST

Feb 16 - Feb 22, 2020

Novel computational methods for promoter identification and analysis

Ramzan Umarov, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Feb 16, 16:00 - 18:00

B2 L5 R5209

machine learning promoters protein coding RNA genes TSS prediction tools

Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2020

Space-Time Tomographic Reconstruction of Deforming Objects

Guangming Zang, Research Engineer, Computer Science

Jan 27, 17:00 - 18:30

B1 L2 R2202

inverse problems computational imaging Deep learning optimization computed tomography space-time tomography

Nov 3 - Nov 9, 2019

Interactive High-Quality Visualization of Large-Scale Particle Data

Mohamed Ibrahim, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science

Nov 5, 14:00 - 15:00

B2 L5 R5209

visualization high-quality rendering large-scale simulation particle data aliasing artifact sampling visible particles

Machine Learning Models for Context Aware Recommendation Systems

Basmah Altaf, Ph.D., Computer Science

Nov 4, 10:00 - 11:00

B3 L5 R5209

recommender systems machine learning Deep learning contextual constraints popularity bias effect modeling quality recommendation

Jul 14 - Jul 20, 2019

Computational Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation after Single and Multiple Drug Administration.

Trisevgeni Rapakoulia, Ph.D., Computer Science

Jul 17, 10:00 - 12:00

B3 L5 R5209

Transcriptomics RNA genes drug effects breast cancer cell conversion

Apr 21 - Apr 27, 2019

Unstructured Computations on Emerging Architectures

Mohammed AlFarhan

Apr 23, 13:00 - 14:00

B3 L5 R5209

Mar 3 - Mar 9, 2019

Promoters identification and analysis

Ramzan Umarov, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science

Mar 7, 16:00 - 18:00

B1 L2 R2202

promoters protein coding RNA genes TSS prediction tools

Feb 3 - Feb 9, 2019

Semantic Prioritization of Novel Causative Genomic Variants in Mendelian and Oligogenic Diseases

Imane Boudellioua, Ph.D., Computer Science

Feb 5, 14:00 - 17:00

B9 R4223

functional prediction machine learning genetic variation variant prioritization

Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2018

Contributions to Computational Methods for Association Extraction from Biomedical Data: Applications to Text Mining and In Silico Toxicology

Arwa Bin Raies, Ph.D., Computer Science

Nov 1, 11:00 - 13:00

B2 L5 R5220

artificial intelligence High Performance Computing machine learning bioinformatics

Oct 21 - Oct 27, 2018

Towards rational design of biosynthesis pathways

Meshari Alazmi, Ph.D., Computer Science

Oct 24, 17:00 - 18:30

B3 R5209

machine learning bioinformatics structural biology systems biology

Jul 29 - Aug 4, 2018

Similarity Algorithms by Anas Ismail

Aug 2, 09:00 - 11:00

B3 R5209

Dec 10 - Dec 16, 2017

Novel Computational Methods to Predict Drug–target Interactions Using Graph Mining and Machine Learning Approaches

Rawan Olayan, Ph.D., Computer Science

Dec 11, 10:00 - 12:00

B3 L5 R5220

bioinformatics data integration data mining graph mining machine learning

Nov 5 - Nov 11, 2017

Contributions to In Silico Genome Annotation

Manal Kalkatawi, Ph.D., Computer Science

Nov 9, 10:00 - 13:00

B3 L5 R5209

bioinformatics data mining machine learning Deep learning genomics

May 14 - May 20, 2017

Mining Genome-Scale Growth Phenotype Data through Constant-Column Biclustering

Majed Alzahrani, Ph.D., Computer Science

May 17, 15:00 - 17:00

B3 L5 R5209

data mining machine learning Computational biology

Apr 9 - Apr 15, 2017

Computational Methods for ChIP-seq Data Analysis and Applications

Haitham M. Ashoor, Ph.D., Computer Science

Apr 10, 16:00 - 17:30

B3 L5 5209

computation techniques machine learning bioinformatics data analysis

Genetic Algorithms for Optimization of Machine-learning Models and their Applications in Bioinformatics

Arturo Magana Mora, Ph.D., Computer Science

Apr 10, 13:00 - 15:00

B3 L5 R5209

machine learning data mining biology genetics bioinformatics

Novel Computational Methods that Facilitate Development of Cyanofactories for Free Fatty Acid Production by Olaa Motwalli

Olaa A. Motwalli, Ph.D., Computer Science

Apr 9, 16:00 - 17:00

B3 L5 R5209

machine learning bioinformatics graph mining genomics

Nov 13 - Nov 19, 2016

Novel Data Mining Methods for Virtual Screening of Biological Active Chemical Compounds by Othman Soufan

Othman Soufan, Ph.D., Computer Science

Nov 16, 14:00 - 15:00

H2 B9

machine learning data mining Computational biology biomedical applications Chemical compounds visualization