Events

Jul 20 - Jul 26, 2025

Hardware Centric Quantized Convolutional Neural Network and Algorithms

Li Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 24, 09:00 - 10:00

B3 L5 R5209

machine learning accelerators FPGA

This thesis addresses the challenges of deploying quantized convolutional neural networks (QCNNs) on resource-constrained edge devices by proposing two novel hardware-software co-design frameworks: one for deriving lightweight, hardware-friendly models validated on FPGA, and another for hardware-aware mixed-precision quantization on compute-in-memory accelerators.

Jun 29 - Jul 5, 2025

Towards Efficient AI Hardware: Software-Hardware Co-Design for In-Memory Computing Accelerators

Olga Krestinskaya, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jun 29, 08:00 - 10:00

Zoom Meeting 980 9796 2723; B4 L5 R5220

This dissertation addresses two key challenges in software–hardware co-design for IMC-based neural network accelerators: (1) the need to develop generalized IMC hardware that can efficiently support multiple neural network models, and (2) the need for automated frameworks that jointly optimize model parameters, quantization schemes, and IMC hardware configurations for workload-specific deployments.

Feb 4 - Feb 10, 2024

Harnessing Liquid Metal for Next-Generation Soft Sensors, Actuators, and Reconfigurable Systems

Wedyan Babatain, Postdoc, MIT

Feb 6, 10:30 - 11:30

B9 L4 R4225

Liquid metal(LM)-based electronics have the potential to shape the future of intelligent systems, soft robotics, and wearable technologies by leveraging their sensing, actuation, and computational capabilities. This talk will discuss methods to harness the unique properties of liquid metal for applications in wearable sensors, soft actuators, and reconfigurable electronic platforms.

Oct 1 - Oct 7, 2023

Recent Progress at KAUST's Sensors Lab

Khaled Salama, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Oct 1, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 L2 H2

In this talk, we will go over the various projects in the lab and discuss the challenges faced by lab members and the opportunities that exist.

Jul 16 - Jul 22, 2023

Solutions for Perishables Shelf-life Extension and Spoilage Detection Towards Food Waste Reduction

Asrar Damdam, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 16, 16:00 - 18:00

B2 L5 R5220

Food loss and waste present a significant challenge to global sustainability, with approximately 1.3 million tonnes of food being lost or wasted each year. This not only leads to the depletion of resources but also contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. This dissertation focuses on the development and implementation of non-invasive solutions to extend the shelf life and monitor the quality of fresh foods, with the ultimate goal of reducing food loss and waste.

Jul 2 - Jul 8, 2023

Low-Power Edge-Enabled Sensor Platforms

Jose Ilton De Oliveira Filho, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jul 6, 15:00 - 17:00

B4 L5 R5220

On-site sensing systems provide fast and timely information about a myriad of applications ranging from chemical and biological to physical phenomena in the environment or the human body. Such systems are embedded in our daily life for detecting pollutants, monitoring health, and diagnosing diseases. This dissertation focuses on the design, development, and implementation of miniaturized PoC devices for achieving high sensitivity, selectivity, and reliability through a combination of hardware and software strategies at the edge.

Oct 23 - Oct 29, 2022

BioChips: Leveraging Integrated Electronics for Sensing, Medicine, and Science

Pamela Abshire, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park

Oct 23, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 L2 R2322

biomedical electronics Biosensors

This talk will provide a brief overview of LoCMOS systems, the technologies used to construct them, and their application to novel applications in biosensing, medical diagnostics, and neuroscience. The integration of integrated circuits into LoCMOS devices poses a number of distinct and vexing challenges, increasing complexity while reducing the need for external instrumentation.

Sep 25 - Oct 1, 2022

Integrated Sensors: The synergistic combination of materials and microelectronics - 2022

Khaled Salama, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sep 25, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 L2 R2322 H1

Integrated Sensors

In this talk we will present the design and implementation of hybrid integrated sensors using integrated circuits. We will discuss the advantages and shortcomings of sensors built in silicon-based fabrication processes and examine, in detail, their integrated circuit topologies. We will conclude with examples of solutions that worked in the field which we domnetarted at KAUST.

Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2022

Fully-integrated systems and self-powered gas sensors for sustainable environment monitoring

Mani Teja Vijjapu, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 3, 13:30 - 15:00

B3 L5 R5209

Mobile devices for the personalized detection of health and environmental hazards are becoming the basis for futuristic sensing technologies. In recent decades, air and environmental pollution levels have risen globally. Therefore, environmental protection must be strengthened by developing sensors that detect pollutants. The monitoring of these pollutants with high spatial coverage requires inexpensive electronic gas sensors and self-sustainable sensing systems that can be deployed everywhere. This dissertation reports on technological developments to provide solutions for inexpensive, compact, power-efficient, and easily deployable toxic gas sensors and integrated systems using semiconducting metal-oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs).

Mar 28 - Apr 3, 2021

Wireless Magnetic Sensors to Empower the Next Technological Revolution

Abdullah Almansouri, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST

Apr 1, 16:00 - 17:00

KAUST

The next technological revolution, Industry 4.0, is envisioned as a digitally connected ecosystem where machines and gadgets are driven by artificial intelligence. By 2025, more than 75 billion devices are projected to serve this revolution. Many of which are to be integrated into the fabrics of everyday life in the form of smart wireless sensors. Still, two major challenges should be addressed to realize truly wireless and wearable sensors. First, the sensors should be flexible and stretchable, allowing for comfortable wearing. Second, the electronics should scavenge the energy it requires entirely from the environment, thus, eliminating the need for batteries, which are bulky, create ecological problems, etc. By addressing these two challenges, this dissertation paves the way for truly wearable sensors.

Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2019

Implantable and Wearable Microelectronic Devices to Improve Quality of Life for People with Disabilities

Maysam Ghovanloo, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Mar 31, 09:00 - 10:00

B3 L5 R5209

Georgia Tech microelectronics sensors RF communications

Implantable medical devices (IMD) and neuroprostheses are finding applications in new therapies thanks to advancements in microelectronics, sensors, RF communications, and medicine, which have resulted in embedding more functions in IMDs that occupy smaller spaces down to millimeters and consume less power, while offering therapies for more complex diseases and disabilities. I will address the latest developments in key building blocks for state-of-the-art IMDs.

Feb 24 - Mar 2, 2019

KAUST Research Conference 2019: New Trends in Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Khaled Salama, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feb 25, 07:00 - Feb 27, 23:00

KAUST

bioelectronics Biosensors nanoelectronics

The “KAUST Research Conference on New Trends in Biosensors and Bioelectronics” aims to give an overview of the most recent efforts in bioelectronics that tackle the “interface” problem and overcome the limits of the current technologies by generating new materials/architectures/device components. With its truly interdisciplinary nature, this conference will bring scientists from different disciplines together.