Research Groups

AI in Digital Health: Led by Prof. Murugappan  

Email: m.murugappan@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972853

Office location: Second Floor Block G-224

 Google Scholar: (https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=5StwdjgAAAAJ&hl=en),

  Examples of activities:

o   Emotional Impairment Detection in Neurological Disorder Patients using Wireless EEG Signals

o   Thermal Imaging based Child Obesity Assessment using Artificial Intelligence Methods

o   Early Sepsis and Heart Disease Prediction from Electronic Health Records using Deep Neural Networks

o   Deep Learning Framework for Automatic Prostate Cancer Grade Assessment using Classification and Segmentation

 

 

Renewable Energies Integration, Electric Vehicles, and Smart Grids: Led by Prof. Trabelsi 

The co-director is Prof. Mohamed Trabelsi

Email: m.trabelsi@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972946

Office location: Second Floor Block G-211

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t_h-IOYAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Examples of activities:

o   Rate Splitting Multiple Access Technique for 6G

o   LEO Satellite Constellation Networks

o   Integrated Sensing and Communication

o   Heterogeneous Telecom Networks Using High Altitude Platform Systems.

 

Future Communications and Networking: Led by Dr. Basem Abdelaziz Al-Halawany

Email: b.abdelaziz@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972942

Office location: Second Floor Block G-213

Google Scholar:  (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=tc_P2GsAAAAJ&hl=en)

Examples of activities:

o   Rate Splitting Multiple Access Technique for 6G

o   LEO Satellite Constellation Networks

o   Integrated Sensing and Communication

o   Heterogeneous Telecom Networks Using High Altitude Platform Systems.

 

Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Robotics: Led by Dr. Ehtesham Hassan

Email: e.hassan@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972865

Office location: Second Floor, Block D-213

Google Scholar: (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ex0GS0sAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)

Examples of activities:

o   Time-series modelling problems related to healthcare and power system applications.

o   Vision-based Activity Monitoring for Human Behaviour Modelling.

o   Deep Learning-based Techniques for Text Recognition in Augmented Reality Applications.

o   Deep Learning-Based Multi-Switch Open-Circuit Fault Diagnosis for Active Front-End Rectifiers.

o   Epileptic Seizure Detection using deep learning.

AI in Robotics: Led by Dr. Abdullatif BABA

Email: a.baba@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972602

Office location: Second Floor Block D-212

Google Scholar: (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JKR3U94AAAAJ&hl=en)

Examples of activities:

o   Cyber-physical systems are now significantly more intelligent and automated with the aid of advances in Machine Learning.

o   Hybrid underwater target tracking.

o   Flying robots.

o   Energy harvesting in flying robots.

o   Self-managing flying robots.

 

Edge Resource Management for Next Generation Networks: Led by Dr. Ismaeel Al Ridhawi

Email: i.alridhawi@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972965 

Office location: Second Floor, Block D-209

GoogleScholar:(https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5vW8GVwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)

Examples of activities:

o   Interactive immersive applications require the exchange of massive amounts of data with minimal delay to achieve optimal synchronization, precision, and accuracy.

o   Use of Federated Learning (FL) to dynamically fine-tune the allocation and monitoring of network resources.

o   Adapt AI near the end-user for prompt application-specific resource allocation, data caching, and mobility management.

o   Use of UAVs to support core network.

o   Use of federated learning to support UAV and edge resources.

o   Use of zero trust and blockchain to maintain high levels of security, authenticity, and cooperativity in the network.

o   Use of digital twin to support scenario simulation prior to deployment.

 

AI in Medical Applications: Led by Led by Dr. Abdullatif BABA

Email: a.baba@kcst.edu.kw

Phone: 24972602

Office location: Second Floor Block D-212

Google Scholar: (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JKR3U94AAAAJ&hl=en)

Examples of activities:

o   Enhancing neural rehabilitation insights.

o   Adaptive neurofeedback therapy

o   Neural networks for biological to artificial and vice versa.

o   Predictive platform for disease management.

 

Computational Mathematics and Physics Group: Led by Prof. Carlos Fonseca

Email: c.dafonseca@kcst.edu.kw

 Phone: 24972878

 Office location: First Floor Block G-122

(https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=JkKMOqMAAAAJ ),

 

Other participants:

Dr. Rabih Ghostine https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KSH-MhIAAAAJ

 Email: r.ghostine@kcst.edu.kw

 Phone: 24972839

 Office location: First Floor Block G-125

 

Dr. Ikram Al-Attar

 Email: i.alattar@kcst.edu.kw

 Phone: 24972866

Office location: First Floor Block G-120

  

Examples of activities:

o   Simulation of disasters predictions such as flood.

o   Material science simulations.

o   Fluid flow through porous media.

o   Fluid rheology.

o   Heat transfer in fluids and solids, and applications of machine learning.

o   Mathematical Modelling of Water Quality & Contaminant Transport.

o   Advection-Diffusion Equations for Contaminant Transport.

o   Mathematical Optimization of Pollution Control Strategies.

o   GIS and Remote Sensing for Hydrodynamic & Water Quality Modelling.

o   Numerical Approximation of Hydrodynamic Equations using GIS Data.

o   Satellite-Based Inversion Models for Water Quality Estimation.

o   Mathematical Techniques for GIS-RS Data Processing and Analysis.

o   Number sequences.

o   Spectral graph theory.

o   Combinatorial graph theory.