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Salah

Salah Abdeljabar

When it comes to Communication Systems and Networks, there are always newer technologies to explore and many mysteries to solve. Indeed, it is an interesting field to pursue with promising research opportunities. KAUST combines outstanding professors and elite students on one hand, well-established labs and facilities on the other hand, which made it an excellent research environment.

Victor Escorcia

Research Scientist committed to innovating AI agents to empower creativity and increase productivity. Passionate about developing cutting-edge AI applications involving video understanding and creative storytelling. I have a wide range of research and engineering interests from on-device AI to General AI. Reach out!
Biography

Research Scientist based in Cambridge (UK). Victor works at the Samsung AI Center, focusing on enhancing AI applications in creative and productivity domains. I earned my BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Universidad del Norte, studying under the supervision of Ph.D Juan Carlos Niebles. Victor completed his PhD at KAUST under the mentorship of Prof. Bernard Ghanem, with a research focus on computer vision. My early career was marked by pioneering developments in efficient video and action understanding models. Once I joined industry, I am committed to developing advanced AI applications that empower human creativity and scale General AI, particularly in edge computing environments.

Research Interests

My research spans a wide array of AI disciplines, with a special focus on computer vision, efficient video understanding, and the development of AI agents with a strong interest for edge deployment. I am particularly passionate about build AI Agents to enhance human creativity and productivity. My ongoing projects aim to seamlessly integrate AI capabilities into user-centric applications, pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve in real-world scenarios.

Education
Doctoral
Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2019
Master
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Colombia, 2014
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Colombia, 2012

Yingquan Li

Biography

Yingquan Li is an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Communication Theory Lab under the supervision of Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini. Before joining KAUST, Yingquan earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

Research Interests

Yingquan's research interests include advanced signal detecting and processing, hardware implementation of key communication technology and underwater optical wireless communication. Li is focusing in the area of digital signal processing, wireless optical communication and circuit design.

Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China, 2020

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