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Unit commitment, Renewable integration, Quantum computing for power systems, Stochastic AC Optimal Power Flow, Grid-forming & grid-following inverters, HVDC design, Machine learning for power systems (1)

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Aoun Abbas

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Unit commitment, Renewable integration, Quantum computing for power systems, Stochastic AC Optimal Power Flow, Grid-forming & grid-following inverters, HVDC design, Machine learning for power systems

Aoun is a Ph.D. student in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST working on unit commitment optimization for systems with high renewable penetration. His research spans unit commitment with stability constraints for high integration of renewable sources, stochastic AC optimal power flow, inverter modeling for wind farms, HVDC power transfer design, and exploring quantum computation techniques for unit commitment. He combines power-systems expertise with applied machine learning and practical experience in MATLAB and Python-based toolchains, including quantum frameworks

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Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs (1)

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Yousef Awad

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

ISAC Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs reconfigurable intelligent surfaces applications

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Mukhtiar Ahmad

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

NTN Communication Terrestrial Cellular Networks distributed systems edge computing URLLC Safety-Critical Embedded Systems Applied AI

Mukhtiar Ahmad is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His research interests encompass Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), terrestrial cellular networks, distributed systems, and edge computing, with a primary focus on enabling Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) applications. Education and Early Career Mukhtiar Ahmad received the M.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in Electronics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Lahore University of Management

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V2X (1)

Ahmad Didouh

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

cybersecurity trusted execution environments automotive security V2X blockchain

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Vision Foundation Models (1)

Abdelrahman Eldesokey

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Computer Vision Diffusion Models Vision Foundation Models Multi-Modal Large Language Models

Abdelrahman Eldesokey is a Postdoctoral Fellow at KAUST, working on Generative AI and Computer Vision. His research focuses on diffusion models, multimodal large language models, and vision foundation models, aiming to make generative systems more controllable, interpretable, and reliable.

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vision language models (1)

Reem Alzahrani

Ph.D. Student

Deep learning nlp Computer Vision Large Language Models vision language models Multi-Modal Large Language Models

Reem Alzahrani is an MS/PhD student at KAUST, working on Large Language Models and Vision-Language Models. Her research focuses on identifying and addressing the limitations of AI systems to improve their robustness and reliability.

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Visual Language Models (1)

Andres Villa

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Continual Learning Multimodal learning Visual Language Models AI4Science Action understanding

Andres Villa is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the IVUL lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), focusing on AI for Science, Continual Learning, Visual Language Models, and Action Understanding.

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volume integral equation (1)

Doolos Aibek Uulu

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

computational electromagnetics volume integral equation

Education Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2017-present M.S., Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2015-2017 B.S., Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, 2010-2015 Professional Appointments Research Assistant in Material Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2015-2017 Research Interests Computational

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Web Security (1)

Mehdi Zakroum

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

Cyber Security Web Security Trustworthy AI

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Web Technologies (1)

Nizar Ajeeb

Researcher (former), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Programming language MATLAB data analysis Web Technologies

Full Time Researcher Full at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

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wireless communication networks (1)

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Zhandos Zhakipov

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

5G and beyond wireless communication networks digital twins

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wireless communications. (1)

Mohammed Amine Labbas

Visiting Student (former), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

IoT Signal processing wireless communications. embedded systems

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Mr. Tareq Al-Naffouri

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Wireless Energy Transfer (1)

Kaiqiang Lin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wireless Underground Sensor Networks LoRAWAN Space-Air-Ground-Underground Integrated Networks Wireless Energy Transfer Reinforcement Learning

Kaiqiang Lin is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Kaiqiang Lin received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, in 2018, and his Ph.D. degree with the College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2024. From 2021 to

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wireless transceivers (1)

Abdulrahman Alhamed

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits wireless transceivers system on chip phased-arrays Satellite Communications

Dr. Abdulrahman Alhamed is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST, specializing in RF integrated circuits and systems. His research focuses on advancing wireless technologies for telecommunications and sensing applications

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Wireless Underground Sensor Networks (1)

Kaiqiang Lin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wireless Underground Sensor Networks LoRAWAN Space-Air-Ground-Underground Integrated Networks Wireless Energy Transfer Reinforcement Learning

Kaiqiang Lin is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL). Education and Early Career Kaiqiang Lin received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, in 2018, and his Ph.D. degree with the College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2024. From 2021 to