Computer Vision

Karen Sanchez

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Karen Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the IVUL lab at KAUST, specializing in deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare applications. Her research focuses on video understanding, domain adaptation, generative AI, and methods for preserving patient privacy.

Aznaur Aliev

M.S. Student

Hani A. Al Majed

M.S. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering Master's student at KAUST under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem, with expertise in machine learning workflow automation, physics-informed neural operators, and AI for Science, particularly in chemistry applications. Passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex scientific problems.

Ahmad Sait

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Ahmad Sait is a Master's student in the Computer Science program at KAUST. Before joining KAUST, Ahmad obtained his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Ahmad is also a KAUST Academy graduate from the AI track, having been under the supervision of Prof. Naeemullah Khan. The Academy provided him with seven opportunities to assist in teaching students enrolled in subsequent cohorts.

Stylistic and spatial disentanglement in GANs

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KAUST

This dissertation tackles the problem of entanglement in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). The key insight is that disentanglement in GANs can be improved by differentiating between the content, and the operations performed on that content. For example, the identity of a generated face can be thought of as the content, while the lighting conditions can be thought of as the operations.

Yipeng Qin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Yipeng Qin was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Professor Peter Wonka at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, he is a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Informatics in Cardiff University (CU), United Kingdom. Education and Early Career In 2013, Yipeng Qin graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Later during 2017, he obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University in

Yazeed Alharbi

Yazeed Alharbi is a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Peter Wonka at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career In 2015, Yazeed obtained his bachelor degree from Purdue University in the computer graphics and visualization track, with a minor in philosophy. In 2018, he received his master degree from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He mainly learned about computer vision and the process of publication in that field. Research Interest Currently, Alharbi research is focused

Shariq Farooq Bhat

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Shariq Farooq Bhat is an MS/PhD student under the supervision of Professor Peter Wonka at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Shariq Farooq Bhat obtained his bachelor of technology degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India in 2018. During bachelor’s degree, he was an intern at Texas Instruments (TI) Center for Embedded Product Design at NSIT in New Delhi. Then, in 2016, he worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as a computer vision and deep learning research Intern and

Rameen Abdal

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Rameen Abdal is a Master student under the supervision of Professor Peter Wonka at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He has graduated in 2023. Education and Early Career Rameen Abdal obtained his bachelor of technology degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar, India in 2018. After that, he joined KAUST for the MS/PhD program in computer science to continue his studies. Before joining KAUST, Rameen was an intern at Texas Instruments (TI) Center for Embedded Product Design at Netaji Subhas University of

Peter Wonka

Professor, Computer Science
Professor Peter Wonka is a computer scientist with a research focus in computer vision, computer graphics, remote sensing, and machine learning.

Peihao Zhu

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Peihao Zhu is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Professor Peter Wonka in his research group. He has completed his Ph.D and graduated in 2023. Education and Early Career Peihao Zhu obtained his bachelor of engineering in Automation from Northeastern University in China in 2016. After that, he continued his studies in Computer Science and received his master's degree from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia in 2019. Research Interest

Ivan Skorokhodov

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Ivan Skorokhodov is a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Science Program under the supervision of Professor Peter Wonka at Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). His research interests include such areas of deep learning as generative models, hypernetworks and neural rendering. Ivan Skorokhodov has obtained his Ph.D degree and graduated in March 2023. Education and Early Career Ivan obtained his bachelor's degree in Management from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 2014. He continued his studies there and received his master's degree