healthcare

Babar Khan

Ph.D. (former), Bioscience
Ph.D. degree in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Ahsan Mehmood

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

Deep Predictive Models for Mining Electronic Health Records

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There is an increasing growth in the amount of electronic health records (EHRs) being collected by healthcare facilities. Data mining techniques hold great potential to systematically use such data for identifying not only inefficiencies but also best practices that improve care and reduce costs. However, due to the complexity of EHR data, directly applying traditional machine learning techniques may yield unsatisfactory predictive performance. Recent advances in deep learning-based methods provide unprecedented ability to predict patients’ future health status, but they still suffer from the sparsity issue of EHR data.

Talented KAUST Ph.D. student aims to revolutionize healthcare with machine learning

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KAUST Ph.D. student, Yu Li, is a talented young computer scientist with an interest in developing novel computational methods and algorithms to solve and understand the principles behind the “bio-world.”

First joint publication between KAUST and MBSC seeks to improve treatment options for chronic kidney disease in Saudi Arabia

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is among the most common causes of death in Saudi Arabia. According to the 2018 edition of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s annual Financing Global Health report, the prevalence of CKD among the Kingdom’s general population stands at 5.44% and accounts for a 4.04% mortality rate.

Safeguarding the right to be forgotten

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An open-source software can help align artificial intelligence applications in healthcare with data privacy regulations.

Sarah Alghamdi

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Sarah Alghamdi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Professor Robert Hoehndorf. Research Interests Sarah's research interests include applications of artificial intelligence and using statistical methods to genomics and healthcare. Professional Profile Program Committee for the International Conference of Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2022) Program Committee for the International Society of Molecular Biology (ISMB 2022) - Bio-Ontology track 2018-2021: Teaching Assistant positions: CS

Adeeb Noor

Visiting Professor, Bio-Ontology Research Group
Adeeb Noor is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), where he is the founder of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital patients portal (SHIFAA). He is also a visiting professor and part of the Bio-Ontology Research Group in KAUST. Research Interests Dr. Noor areas of research include but are not limited to data and business governance, healthcare digital transformation, drug-drug interactions, and personalized medicine. Selected Publications​ Agent-enabled task offloading in UAV-aided mobile edge computing, R Wang, Y Cao, A Noor, TA Alamoudi, R Nour -