Best 2016 Paper in the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 1 min read · Mon, Jan 15 2018 Spotlight News statistics spatial statistics Spatial extremes Professor Huser will present the work in a special invited session (JABES showcase) at the International Biometric Conference taking place in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2018.
Modeling where the wind blows 1 min read · Sun, Jan 7 2018 News statistics wind A new statistical technique could be used to more accurately locate global wind resources.
One bad apple can spoil a robot swarm 1 min read · Mon, Jan 1 2018 News computing statistics engineering Coordinated robot swarms can achieve amazing feats, but even a single faulty unit can have serious consequences.
KAUST Discovery - Unleashing ultraviolet brings visible improvement 1 min read · Sun, Dec 10 2017 News Secure optical communication UV Communications High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are now in sight.
PhD student Sabrina Vettori selected for an ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award. Congrats! 1 min read · Tue, Dec 5 2017 News Spotlight statistics air pollution PhD student Sabrina Vettori has been selected by the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region (ENAR) to receive a Distinguished Student Paper Award at the 2018 ENAR Spring Meeting in Atlanta ( https://www.enar.org/meetings/spring2018/index.cfm ) for her manuscript entitled " Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling of Air Pollution Extremes Using Multivariate Max-Stable Processes ". She will present her work at an oral contributed paper session, be invited to attend the ENAR President’s reception and publicly receive their award at the beginning of the ENAR President’s Invited
Diagnosing the impacts of health policy 1 min read · Sun, Nov 19 2017 News statistics earth science and engineering nursing Study design allows more rigorous evaluation of complex healthcare interventions.
2017 Workshop Modern Statistics for Complex Data Structures 1 min read · Sun, Nov 12 2017 Spotlight News statistics 2017 Workshop Modern Statistics for Complex Data Structures
Facebook AI new language explained by KAUST Professor Xiangliang Zhang 1 min read · Tue, Oct 24 2017 News machine learning big data cloud computing That is not a Messenger troll, but the actual conversation between two chatbots by the Facebook AI Research (FAIR). The two robots, Bob and Alice, were thought the art of negotiation apples and books. They had been instructed to work out how to negotiate between themselves and improve their bartering as they went along. But, after leaving the pair alone, they start talking in this uncompressible but yet effective vocabulary.
Announcement for Internship Opportunities 1 min read · Thu, Oct 12 2017 News SSI The Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) is pleased to announce the Saudi Summer Internship 2018 (SSI2018). The CEMSE Saudi Summer Internship is an 8-12 week research program designed to introduce in-kingdom students to topics of research in our Division.
Dataset size counts for better predictions 1 min read · Sun, Oct 8 2017 News statistics data A statistical technique for modeling large datasets improves interpretation of climate and environmental data.
Assistant Professor Ying Sun wins American Statistical Association award 1 min read · Mon, Oct 2 2017 News statistics award Ying Sun, KAUST assistant professor of applied mathematics and computational science, won the 2017 Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) Early Investigator Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA). Sun received her award at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held from July 29 to August 3 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Sun's award recognizes her important contributions to the field of environmental statistics that help to address major problems like climate change and environmental pollution. At KAUST, Sun leads the Environmental Statistics Group in the
KAUST Ph.D. student wins American Statistical Association paper competition 1 min read · Thu, Sep 14 2017 Awards News Spotlight student award Sabrina Vettori, a Ph.D. student co-supervised by KAUST Distinguished Professor Marc Genton, who leads the Spatio-Temporal Statistics & Data Science group, and KAUST Assistant Professor Raphaël Huser, who leads the Extreme Statistics Research Group, won the 2017 Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Eligible papers focused on environmental statistics, and the four competition winners presented their papers at an ENVR-sponsored session at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held from
Visualization helps science to see the unexpected 1 min read · Sun, Sep 10 2017 News visual computing image Advances in how science is presented means that visual tools can inspire research, as well as make its results accessible to the world.
Letting the data speak for itself 1 min read · Sun, Sep 3 2017 News statistics climate science extreme events A new statistical approach for environmental measurements lets the data determine how to model extreme events.
Professor Sun receives the Environment Early Investigator Award 2017 1 min read · Sun, Aug 13 2017 News award Environmental Statistics statistics Ying Sun, Professor of Statistics in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering Division (CEMSE) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded the 2017 Early Investigator Award by the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR).
Professor Sun receives the Environment Early Investigator Award 2017 for her outstanding contribution in environmental statistics 1 min read · Sun, Aug 13 2017 News spatio-temporal statistics environmental applications computational methods Ying Sun, Professor of Statistics in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering Division (CEMSE) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded the 2017 Early Investigator Award by the American Statistical Associationâs Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR).
The awesome scope of big data 1 min read · Sun, Aug 6 2017 News big data artificial intelligence computational methods health protein structures biology Sifting through huge amounts of data may bring a better understanding of whale shark social structures, protein targets for drug therapies and disease-causing genes.
More rain for the Red Sea if El Niño breezes in 1 min read · Sun, Jul 30 2017 News earth science and engineering climatology Red Sea modeling Modeling leads to a better understanding of the role El Niño plays in increasing rainfall along the coast of the Red Sea.
Going to extremes to predict natural disasters 1 min read · Sat, Jul 8 2017 News simulation statistics A systematic approach to selecting and configuring statistical models improves predictions of extreme events.
Winds and waves winding down 1 min read · Sat, Jun 17 2017 News earth science and engineering climatology Red Sea Wind intensities and wave heights in the Red Sea are decreasing over time—potential for a significant impact on its ecosystem.
Sharing expert experimental knowledge to expedite design 1 min read · Thu, May 25 2017 News synthetic biology bioscience Computer science A repository of metabolic information provides a quick reference tool for designing useful synthetic biological systems.
Getting a visual on complex data 1 min read · Thu, May 18 2017 News applied mathematics data A new method for visually presenting complex data distributions provides a much-needed tool for management, analysis and interpretation.
A talk with PhD student Sabrina Vettori: Catastrophic events are forecastable, after all! 1 min read · Mon, May 15 2017 News Statistics of extremes Environmental Statistics spatial statistics Environmental disasters occur daily and hit almost every country around the world, taking a heavy toll on lives and economies. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, every year there are around 350 reported disasters causing more than 20,000 deaths and affecting the life of almost 100 million people with an overall economic damage of 66.5 billion US$. But this can change.
The crest of waveforms for next-gen radar 1 min read · Sat, May 6 2017 News electrical engineering Computer science radar A new method for shaping the waveform generated by multi-antenna radar systems is inexpensive and practical.
Smart healthcare uses stats to spot a stumble 1 min read · Sat, Apr 15 2017 News statistics healthcare Statistical monitoring technology can detect serious falls and immediately warn healthcare providers.
Professors discuss big data and human health in latest Sci-Café 1 min read · Mon, Mar 13 2017 News machine learning big data artificial intelligence comparative genomics biomedical data human health Professors Takashi Gojobori, Xin Gao and Robert Hoehndorf spoke about big data and human health at the Sci-Café event held on February 27. Their talk, which was moderated by James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, aimed to answer the question, "Can Big Data Solve My Health Problems?" This event was open to all members of the KAUST community.
Signaling success for 5th gen communications 1 min read · Sat, Mar 4 2017 News applied mathematics mobile An efficient wireless signal optimization scheme achieves peak performance for next-generation mobile communications.
Improving connections for spatial analysis 1 min read · Sat, Mar 4 2017 News statistics computing applied mathematics A statistical model that accounts for common dependencies in spatial data yields more realistic results for studies of temperature, wind and pollution levels.
A safe sweep of weather data 1 min read · Sat, Feb 25 2017 News weather statistics applied mathematics A statistical technique for automatically cleaning erroneous data from weather-balloon observations will improve the accuracy of weather forecasting.
Giving power to demand-driven electricity 1 min read · Sat, Feb 4 2017 News applied mathematics computational science computing Computer science A new approach to analyzing household electricity: smart-meter data could improve the performance and efficiency of national power grids.
Keeping antennas at peak performance 1 min read · Sat, Jan 28 2017 News applied mathematics statistics Sensitive detection of partial faults in antenna systems could prevent performance degradation in wireless networks.
PhD student Sabrina Vettori selected for an ENVR Student Paper Award. Congrats! 1 min read · Sun, Dec 18 2016 News Spotlight Spatial extremes extreme-value theory PhD student Sabrina Vettori has been selected to receive a Best Student Paper Award from the Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) for her manuscript entitled "Bayesian clustering and dimension reduction in air pollutant multivariate extremes".
Assessing Red Sea potential for alternative energy 1 min read · Sun, Dec 11 2016 News applied mathematics marine science numerical earth science and engineering Advanced numerical models are helping researchers identify potential sites to exploit offshore wind and wave energy in the Red Sea region.
CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 1 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016.
Reconstructing the Red Sea's climate patterns 1 min read · Sat, Dec 3 2016 News earth science and engineering An advanced numerical model is helping researchers better understand the variability of the Red Sea’s climate patterns.
Getting the jump on industrial failures 1 min read · Sat, Nov 26 2016 News applied mathematics statistics industry A statistics-driven method for the early detection of emerging problems in industrial processes could improve industrial safety, reliability and productivity.
Prof. Benjamin Shaby (Penn State University, USA) visits extSTAT 1 min read · Sun, Nov 20 2016 Spotlight News Spatial extremes extreme-value theory Statistics of extremes Prof. Ben Shaby is an Assistant Professor in the Statistics Department and the Institute for CyberScience at Penn State, where he started in 2013. Before that, he was a postdoc with Cari Kaufman at UC Berkeley. Previous stop was in Durham at the Statistics and Applied Mathematical Institute (SAMSI) and Duke University. He did his Ph.D. work in Statistics at Cornell University with David Ruppert and Marty Wells. Before starting at Cornell, he spent his undergrad years at Stanford (go Cardinal!). He then spent two great years working for Chris Field at the Carnegie Institution's Department of
Keeping pollution under control 1 min read · Sat, Nov 5 2016 News monitoring sensors Sophisticated statistical methods can detect ozone pollution hot spots and monitor instrument failure.
2016 Workshop Statistics for High-Dimensional & Complex Data 1 min read · Mon, Oct 31 2016 News statistics Workshop on Statistics for High-Dimensional and Complex Data, Nov. 6-9, 2016 Organizers : Prof. Marc G. Genton, Chair of Spatio-Temporal Statistics and Data Science Group Prof. Raphael Huser, Chair of Extreme Statistics Group Prof. Ying Sun, Chair of Environmental Statistics Group Confirmed speakers: Prof. David Bolin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Prof. Probal Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, India Prof. Dan Cooley, Colorado State University, USA Prof. Subhajit Dutta, IIT Kanpur, India Prof. Amanda Hering, Baylor University, USA Dr. Anna Kiriliouk, Université
Professor Marc Genton named Distinguished Professor of Statistics at KAUST 1 min read · Wed, Oct 26 2016 News computational predictions mathematical modelling visualization Marc G.Genton, Professor of Statistics in the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE), has been appointed by KAUST President Jean-Lou Chameau to Distinguished Professor of Statistics.
Helping computers to see who we really are 1 min read · Sat, Oct 8 2016 News algorithm machine learning algorithm Algorithms that train computers to automatically detect human activity in videos can improve online searches and real-world surveillance systems.
Making space for climate simulations 1 min read · Sat, Jul 23 2016 News statistics applied mathematics climatology A statistics-based data compression scheme cuts data storage requirements for large-scale climate simulations by as much as 98 percent.
Ying Sun wins Young Researcher Award 1 min read · Thu, Jul 21 2016 News award KAUST Assistant Professor of Statistics Ying Sun won the 2016 Abdel El-Shaarawi Young Researcher (AEYR) Award from the International Environmetrics Society (TIES) in June. The society was founded by El-Shaarawi, an Egyptian-born and Canadian-trained statistician, and the award was established by the board of TIES in 2002 to honor young statisticians who have made excellent contributions to the development of statistical and/or quantitative methods for environmental science research. Sun received the award on July 18 at the 26th Annual Conference of the International Environmetrics Society in
Exploring artificial biosynthesis 1 min read · Sat, Jul 16 2016 News Computer science bioscience biosynthesis Metabolic route explorer helps to optimize the pathways for artificial biosynthesis of valuable products.
Whale shark populations are young and transient 1 min read · Sat, Jul 16 2016 News marine science marine A population study of whale sharks in the Red Sea reveals unique group dynamics.
Prof. Miguel de Carvalho and Rodrigo Rubio (PUC, Chile) visit extSTAT 1 min read · Fri, Jul 15 2016 News Statistics of extremes Prof. Miguel Carvalho holds a research and teaching positions at PUC Chile, EPFL, Banco de Portugal, and UNL. He is an applied mathematical statistician with a variety of research interests including, inter alia, statistical inferences for small-probability events, geometrical statistics, methods for data visualization and graphical learning, econometrics, and medical diagnostic assessment.
Faster prediction of wireless downtime 1 min read · Sat, Jul 2 2016 News applied mathematics computational science signal processing Computer science An efficient simulation scheme that hones in on the rarest elements in a dataset can help predict capacity exceedances in wireless networks.
Exploring protein form to find function 1 min read · Sat, Jun 25 2016 News Computer science genomics proteins Existing systems for predicting protein structure are outperformed by a newly developed method.
Getting a handle on extremes 1 min read · Sat, Jun 18 2016 News statistics applied mathematics By tapping into the power of extreme value theory, an international team of researchers including Raphaël Huser from the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division has developed a statistical model that overcomes the shortcomings of previous schemes to provide a reliable basis for climate research and the prediction of drought and flood. The model can accurately describe observed rainfall data and reliably predict the likelihood of future extreme events. The analysis of hourly or daily rainfall data presents many challenges for researchers and
Sharing movement aids learning 1 min read · Sat, Jun 4 2016 News Computer science learning computational science Automated learning of an individual’s movement patterns shared over mobile and social networks could help us to connect better.
