communications

Dr. Basem Shihada and Dr. Sajid Ahmed promoted to Senior Member of IEEE

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Dr. Basem Shihada and Dr. Sajid Ahmed have been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered a significant honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.

KAUST's Prof. Basem Shihada's work on Buffer Sizing for Multi-Hop Networks, granted US Patent 8,638,686

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Prof. Basem Shihada and his previous research scientist Kamran Jamshaid obtained a US Patent for their technology on optimizing buffer sizing for multi-hop networks.

Prof. Osama Amin Elevated To Senior Member Of IEEE

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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.

No strings attached for underwater video system

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An underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high-quality, live video.

A clearer future for underwater exploration

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An optical communication system could revolutionize underwater exploration and discovery.

Angling for underwater WiFi

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Scuba divers could send sea life shots in real time using an aquatic internet service.

Basem Shihada

Professor, Computer Science
Professor Shihada research philosophy is to bridge the gap between theory and practice in a working system. Having intensively worked in computer networks from both theoretical and systems aspects, Shihada has acquired both a solid mathematical background and an acute sense of applying these results to build practical systems.