Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering Division

Research Overview

Research at KAUST brings students, faculty, and researchers together to push the frontiers of science through collaborative inquiry into issues of regional and global significance. The University focuses on energy, water, food, the environment, and computational science and engineering - five challenges to the planet with great potential to advance quality of life in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf region, and the world.

The Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering (MCSE) Division is associated with two of KAUST’s Research Centers, the University’s primary research units:

  • Computational Bioscience Research Center – Researchers in this Center focus on developing innovative computational technologies to accelerate scientific discovery within the life sciences and expedite new biomedical breakthroughs.
  • Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Research Center – This Center is a hub of fundamental and application-orientated research at the University. Researchers are pursuing new developments at the forefront of visual computing, including petascale computing, modeling, visualization, and immersive environments.  The Center possesses top expertise in geometry processing and modeling, high-performance visualization, rendering methodology, simulation, topology, and imaging science.

 

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Vorticity isosurfaces, velocity streamlines, and vorticity contours. Detail of a single vortical structure. An example of emergence image synthesized for human detection. Packing circles and spheres on surfaces. Simulation of formation of solitary waves in a 2-dimensional periodic non-dispersive medium. Ultra-fast optical-switched networks infrastructure for computing.