Events
Aug 2024
The academic convocation is an annual event to celebrate the beginning of the new academic year. The new students will be welcomed by KAUST Vice provost, faculty, student, and alumni speakers.
General News
29 August, 2024
KAUST held its 15th annual Convocation on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 welcoming a new cohort of students to the university. The event provided an opportunity for incoming students to connect with KAUST’s leadership, alumni, and current students.
11 August, 2024
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has announced its 2024 Honors and Awards recipients.
Kaust alumni Umair bin Waheed (PhD '15), Associate Professor at KFUPM, is awarded in the category for Outstanding Educator.
28 May, 2024
KAUST Alumni Affairs team hosted a memorable Spring Graduation lunch at Al Marsa Restaurant on May 16, honoring the newly graduated students.
Alumni in the News
KAUST Alumni Samuel Horvath ( MS '18, PhD '22), currently working as Assistant Professor of Machine Learning at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, identifies a paradox that challenges scientists’ efforts to advance machine learning.
MBZUAIThree KAUST alumni - Rawan Al Yahya (MS '20), Jun Chen (MS '19, PhD '23) and Deyao Zhu (PhD '23) together with the KAUST professor Mohamed Elhoseiny, in collaboration with SDAIA prepared a new Saudi AI model to advance rediology diagnosis.
Middle East AI NewsKAUST alumni Abdulelah Habib (MS '11), the owner and CEO of startup company OptimalPV explains for Arab News how is he using AI in solar energy sector.
Arab NewsHanin Ahmed's (PhD '22, MS '18) current research project focuses on sequencing the whole genomes of over 1000 horse samples, comprising both modern and ancient horses from diverse regions across four continents. Through this project, she aims to investigate the genomic structure of horse populations, shedding light on the source and timing of admixture within these populations. As part of her project, she plans to collect samples in the Kingdom as well.
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