KAUST Center of Excellence for Generative AI 1 min read · Thu, Sep 12 2024 News Clip News KAUST has established the Center of Excellence for Generative AI to position Saudi Arabia as a leader in this transformative technology, aligning with Vision 2030's goals for human capital development and economic diversification while focusing on research and applications that span health, sustainability, energy, and future economies, ultimately aiming to cultivate talent and foster innovative solutions tailored to the Kingdom’s needs.
KAUST Visual Computing Ph.D. Student wins 2020 Facebook Fellowship Award 1 min read · Wed, Mar 4 2020 News Spotlight Facebook fellowship award Anna Fruehstueck, a Ph.D. student in the KAUST Visual Computing Center (VCC) under the supervision of Professor Peter Wonka, recently won a 2020 Facebook Fellowship award and a two-year fellowship from Facebook Research.
KAUST Researchers Are the First to Generate Images of Realistic and Highly Detailed Texture Maps of Gigapixel in Size Using Deep Neural Networks 1 min read · Tue, Jul 2 2019 News Deep learning artificial intelligence machine learning KAUST researchers Anna Fruehstueck, Dr. Ibraheem Alhashim, and Prof. Peter Wonka have developed a novel technique to generate images of realistic and highly detailed texture maps using deep neural networks. The texture images synthesized by their system TileGAN can be of gigapixel size and are created by seamlessly merging smaller texture blocks into a single large image. The underlying neural networks are trained using high-resolution images such as detailed satellite imagery, maps and famous paintings.
Streamlining space structures 1 min read · Sun, Oct 22 2017 News Computer science A new computational framework marries ideas from computer graphics with civil engineering to reduce times and costs of constructing frame-based structures.
Filling in the blanks of virtual cities 1 min read · Sat, Aug 27 2016 News Computer science computational science applied mathematics planning machine learning New software generates three-dimensional models of buildings, with applications for disaster relief support.
Peter Wonka's new query tool, called a relation-augmented image descriptor will change forever querying images online. 1 min read · Thu, Aug 18 2016 News visual computing 3D reconstruction urban modeling Today, querying the massive amounts of images available in online databases such as Instagram can be a time-consuming experience. Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the University College London, have developed a new tool that generates image queries based on a geometric description of objects in spatial relationships with potential applications in computer graphics, computer vision and automated object classification.
Technology search for relationships 1 min read · Sat, Aug 6 2016 News Computer science computational science images A sketch-based query for searching for relationships among objects in images could enhance the power and utility of image search tools.
