Events
In this page, we list events and activities that are open to CCIS faculty and staff. All events are scheduled 12-1 pm in the CCIS Building. The location will be announced accordingly.
Fall & Spring 2022
| Date | Event Type | Speaker | Topic | Description |
| Tuesday 1 Feb 2022 | All committee members | Introducing SKERG | An introductory session about the goal and main activities of SKERG and the SCC | |
| Tuesday 8 Feb 2022 | SCC | Noura AlSulayfih,Norah AlSalem | Integrating sensors with Arduino | The speaker presented their SWE444 project that incorporates impact/position sensors into its functions. The idea of the project, the sensors used, the set up and the results |
| Tuesday 15 Feb 2022 | SKERG Seminar | Manal Alhammad | Integrating UX into Agile | |
| Tuesday 1 Mar 2022 | SKERG Seminar | Dr Achraf Gazdar | Collaborative Filtering Recommender System | |
| Tuesday 8 Mar 2022 | SCC | Norah Saud Alshahrani | Drupal 9 | |
| Tuesday 22 Mar 2022 | Journal Club | Interactive - All participants | Article: Why AI is Harder Than We Think | This paper describes four fallacies in common assumptions made by AI researchers, which can lead to overconfident predictions about the field, and discuss some open questions about the field |
Spring 2017
| Date | Event | Title | Speaker(s) |
| Feb 14 | Seminar | Ms. Sadeem Alsudais | |
| Feb 28 | Seminar |
Collective-decision Making in Social Networks and its Resistance to Bribery |
Ms. Bayan Alarifi |
| Mar 7 | Seminar | Dr. Ghada Al-Hudhud and Ms. Layla Alqahtani | |
| Mar 14 | Seminar | Ms. Nora Alarfaj | |
| Mar 28 | Seminar | Predictive Situation Aware Architectural Model for Decision Making in C4I Systems | Ms. Ahlam Alkhaibari |
Fall 2016-2017
| Date | Event | Title | Speaker(s) |
| Nov 29 | Seminar | Tensors and thier Applications in Machine Learning and Computer Vision | Ms. Asma Almotairi |
| Dec 6 | Seminar | Investigating the User Experience of Simulation Training for Surgeons Using Eye Tracking | Ms. Nada Almohaimeed |
| Dec 13 | Seminar | Designing and Developing a Visual Framework Integrating an RNA Mapping Algorithm and a Genome Rearrangement Algorithm in Bioinformatics | Ms. Asma Rikli |
| Dec 27 | Seminar | Biometric Usability Research Platform | Ms. Hessah Alotaibi |
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Jan 3
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Seminar | Six Sigma Quality Evaluation of Telegraph Messaging System | Dr. Ghada Alhudhud, Muneera Alawad, Basma Alhazmi, Mona Alshahrani |
| Jan 10 | Seminar | Evaluating the Quality of Data Mining Systems | Dr. Ghada Al-Hudhud/Lama Tatwany, Eman Alnkhailan, Sara Alshehri |
| Jan 17 | Workshop |
Eye Tracking for Improving the UX of Information Visualization |
Ms. Jumana Almahmoud, CCES, KACST and MIT |
| Jan 17 | Seminar | Ms. Rawan Alabdulrahman | |
| Jan 18 | Workshop | Brain-Computer Interaction Research and Development |
Dr. Areej Al-Wabil, CCES, KACST and MIT Ms. Abeer Alnafjan, CCIS, KSU |
| Jan 24 | Seminar | Understanding STEM E-mentoring for Girls in a Saudi Context | Ms. Aseel Alhadlaq |
Academic Year 2015-2016
Academic Year 2014-2015
| Date | Event | Title | Speaker(s) |
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Sep 9
12pm
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Seminar | Arabic Sign-Language App for People wit Hearing Impairments: The Tawasol Project (تطبيق تواصل للغة الإشارة العربية) |
Abeer Alnafjan,
PhD Candidate in CCIS
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Sep 9
1pm
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Workshop
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Rapid Prototypig with Arduino in the HCI_Lab
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Arwa Aabdulkarim, KACST
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Sep 16
12pm
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Seminar |
Usability Engineering of Brain-Computer Interfaces BCI for
NeuroRehabilitation of Attention Deficit Disorders (ADHD and ADD)
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Layla Alsalhei
-KFSHRC
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Sep 16
1pm
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Journal Club |
- Exploring the Acceptability of Google Glass as an Everyday Assistive Device for People with Parkinsons Disease
- Demo of GoogleGlass by Dr Rabia Jafri
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Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
Dr Rabia Jafri (demo)
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| Oct 14 | Seminar | Brain-Computer Interfaces for Predicting Epileptic Seizures in Children: Electroencephalography EEG, Functional MRI, Magnetoencephalography MEG | Dr. Areej Al-Wabil |
| Oct 21 |
Seminar |
Affective Computing in Gaming: Comparative analysis of measuring excitement using sensors, direct observations and self-reported data | Sarah Alkoblan, Weaam Alrashed |
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Oct 21
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Workshop @1pm
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Brain-Computer Interaction: SDK
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Arwa Alrubaian, BCI Developer
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| Oct 28 | Seminar | GPS-based Personalized Pedestrian Route Recording Smartphone Application for the Blind | Dr Rabia Jafri |
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Oct 28
12:30
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Theses Proposals | SWE MSc Students Present their MSc Theses' proposals for 2014-2015 | #KSU_SWE MSc Cohort 2 |
| Nov 4 |
Workshop
8am-4pm
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IBM Bluemix | IBMers w/ Susan Malaika |
| Nov 5 | Worksop | Measuring the User Experience UX with Morae - Workshop for IT534 students (Instructor Dr Rabia Jafri) | Ms Nouf Almobarak |
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Nov 11
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Journal Club
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Design & Implementation of Smart House Control Using LabVIEW
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Dr Ghada Alhudhud (faculty)
Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
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Nov 18 |
Seminar 12pm Workshop 1pm
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Brain Signals for Smart Offices (BSSO) Morae Training Workshop |
Dr. Ghada Alhudhud
Ms. Nora Alarfaj
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| Nov 25 | Seminar | Agile Development in Gamification-Oriented Software (MSc Thesis in Univ of Southampton 2014) | Noura Alomar, MSc |
| Dec 2 | Seminar | Applying Distributional Semantics for the Classification of Emotions in Arabic Tweets (MSc Thesis Supervised by Dr Mathew Purver at QMUL) | Shahad Alharbi, MSc |
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Dec 2
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Demo | Assistive Technology Projects for ADHD in the HCI Lab for Collaborators |
Dr Areej Al-Wabil
Sarah Alkoblan, SWE
Layla AlSalhei, KFSHRC
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| Dec 9 | Seminar | Agent-Based Software Engineering: Exploring Trading Strategies and their Effects in the Agent-Based FX Market | Dr. Monira Aloud |
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Dec 9
1pm
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Journal Club | Ubiquitous Smart Home Systems |
Dr Ghada Alhudhud
Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
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| Dec 16 | Seminar | Software Design of an e-Tutor |
Ashwaq Alenzi
Elham Alzahrani Dr. Ghada Alhudhud
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| Dec 23 |
Seminar |
Simulating Wireless Networks using NS2 PSU Campus 12-1pm |
Dr Sarah Alhmoud |
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Dec 23
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Seminar |
SWE501 Object-Oriented Software Engineering Projects KSU Campus 12-1pm |
Dr Abir Benabid SWE501 Students |
| Dec 30 | Seminar |
Usability Engineering of Pharmaceutical Apps in Arabic:: “See Medication” Arabic Mobile Applications For Asthmatic Visually Impaired Patients A collaborative project between SKERG and KSU's College of Pharmacy |
Afnan Alsadhan, IS Dep Sarah Bin Mahfoudh, SWE Dep Hend bin Ajlan, IT Dep College of Pharmacy: Nada Alsuhebany, Rafeef Aqel, Hana Alashaikh, Asma Alzahrani |
| Jan 6 | Seminar | Dry Run for SWE MSc Defense for Cohort 1 | SWE MSc Students |
| Jan 13 | Thesis Defense | Usability Engineering of NeuroRehabilitation Systems for sustained Attention Assesment using Brain-computer Interfaces (Thesis Defense) |
Layla Alsalhei, KFSHRC Software Engineering Dep |
| Jan27 | Seminar | iNavi: Indoor Navigation for the Visually Impaired |
Dr. Abir Benabid
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| Feb 3 | Seminar | Tangible Collaborative Decision Support Systems for Urban Planning | Dr. Areej Al-Wabil |
| Feb 9 | Workshop | Skething with Arduino:: Physical Computing at TIS Schools | Arwa Alabdulkarim |
| Feb10 | Seminar | Ambient Assisted Living | TBD |
| Feb17 | Seminar | Testing The Mutual Effect of Virtualization and Parallelism in the Cloud | Dr. Soha Mekki |
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Feb17
1pm
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Journal Club | Recent Advances in Augmented Reality |
Ms Asma Alhussayen
Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
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| Feb 24 | Seminar | Usabiliy Engineering of Interactive Learning Portals in Arabic: The Mawhiba Case Study |
Ms. Asma Alhussayen Ms. Weaam Alrashed |
| Mar 3 | Workshop | Brain-Computer Interaction | SKERG Developers |
| Mar 10 | Seminar | Multimedia Surveillance in Cloud Computing | Dr. Anwar Hussain |
| Mar 10 | Journal Club | Beyond Power: Making Bioinformatics tools User-Centered |
Ms.Naelah AlAgeel, KACST Weaam Alrashed (moderator) |
| Mar 17 | Meeting 12pm | PIs of SKERG Projects | Principal Investigators |
| Mar 17 | Workshop 1pm | LabView (SKERG Training Program for Members) | SKERG Members |
| Mar 24 | Journal Club | Experiencing BCI Control in a Popular Computer Game |
Ms. Nora Aldahash Weaam Alrashed (moderator) |
| Mar 31 | Seminar | Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artifical Systems | Dr. Manar Hosny |
| Apr 7 | Seminar | Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) | Dr. Shady Aly |
| Apr 14 | Seminar | Harnessing Scientific Advances for the Benefit of Society: Technology Transfer, Licensing, and IP | Dr Areej Al-Wabil |
| Apr 28 | Seminar |
Brain Signals for Smart Offices (Student CapStone Project: Noha alrajhi, Latifa Almazrou, Nouf Alonaizy, Aysha Almahmoud, Dala bin Muribah) |
Dr. Ghada Alhudhud |
| May 5 | Seminar | Usability Engineering of Bioinformatics Tools | Naelah Alaqeel, KACST |
| May 12 | Seminar | Indoor Naviigation Mobile Apps for the Visually Impaired |
Dr. Abir Benabid and Dr. Manar Fawzi Shaden Alzeer, Rawan Alsarrani, Mona Alzuhair |
Spring 2014
| Date | Event | Title | Speaker(s) |
| Mar 4 | Dry Run | Paper presentations for the 8th International Technology, Education, and Development Conference INTED in Spain | Arwa Alabdulkarim, Hailah Almazrou (Papers 1, 2, 3, 4) |
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Mar 11
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Meeting |
Progress Reports on Funded Research Projects in SKERG
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PIs of SKERG-Funded projects in 2013-2014 |
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Apr 8
12pm
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Seminar | Private Chaotic Biometric Template Protection | Dr Sanaa Ghouzali |
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Apr 8
1pm
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Workshop | Measuring the UX with NeuroHeadsets in Brain-Computer Interaction | Dr. Areej Al-Wabil |
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Apr 15
12pm
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Seminar |
Dr. Soha Mekki
Ebtessam Al-Harbi
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Apr 15
1pm
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Computer Vision without Sight
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Ms. Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
Dr Rabia Jafri
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| Apr 17 |
Workshop
9am-3pm
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Sketching with Arduino || Physical Computing
(Skerg members only | workshop methodology published in Mar 2014)
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Ms. Arwa Alabdulkarim |
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Apr 22
12pm
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Seminar | Dr Souad Larabi Mariesainte | |
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Apr 22
1pm
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Journal Club |
Palm Vein Technology Security |
Ms. Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
Dr Sahar Bayoumi
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Apr 28
12pm
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Dry Run | SKERG students participating in PSU's 2014 Advances in Software Engineering Conference; Zayed University's URC, and HCI International's 2014 Conference | SKERG Mentors |
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Apr 29
12pm
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Seminar | Frequent Pattern Mining for Association Rule Generation | Dr Ghada Badr |
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Apr 29
1pm
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Journal Club | Technologies for Brain Hacking |
Dr Ghada Alhudhud
Ms Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
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May 6
12pm
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Seminar | Dr Ghada Al-Hudhud | |
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May 6
12:45pm
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Seminar |
Fearless Interaction with Technology: ICT for Development ICT4D Projects in Asia & Africa |
Ms. Mai Alzamel
Ms. Hailah Almazrou
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| May 11 | Keynote |
Conceptual Foundations of Software Engineering in Embodied Interaction Design
[Keynote in PSU's Conference on Advances in Software Engineering]
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Dr Areej Al-Wabil |
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May 13
12pm
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Seminar | Neurophysiology and Brain-Computer Interaction | Dr Fawziah Alrouq, Clinical Physiology, KKUH, KSU |
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May 13
12:30pm
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Seminar | Embodied Interaction Design: Brain, Body, and Bytes | Dr Areej Al-Wabil |
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May 13
1pm
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Journal Club |
Genetic-Based Nutrition Recommendation Model |
Weaam Alrashed (moderator)
Dr. Manar Fawzi
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May 20
12pm
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Seminar | Computer Vision-Based Object Recognition for the Visually-Impaired in an Indoors Environment: An Overview |
Dr Rabia Jafri |
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May 20
1pm
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Journal Club | Signs of the singularity with Ms.Meznah Al-Dosary | Meznah Al-Dosary |
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May 27
12:30pm
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Dry Run | 10 Paper Presentations for HCI International 2014 in Greece | Presenters of the 10 research papers |
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Jun 3
12pm
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Seminar
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Dr Abir Benabid and Mona Alzhuair
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Jun 3
12:30pm
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Seminar |
Unleashing the Potential of Big Data: Experience Report on the World Summit on Big Data and Organization Design
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Dr Nesrine Zemirli |
| Jun 10 | Event | Members End-of-Year Roundup | SKERG Members |
Autumn Semester of 2013-2014
| Date | Event | Title | Speaker(s) |
| Sep 17 | Seminar | Longitudinal Study of Fearless Interaction: The ICT4D Project Spanning the Middle East and Africa |
Dr Areej Al-Wabil, SWE Dep Mai Alzamel, CS Dep Majdah Alshehry, IT Dep Hailah AlMazrou, SWE Dep Atheer Alkubayyer, KACST |
| Sep 24 | Seminar | Toward an Optimized Arabic Keyboard Design for Single-Pointer Applications | Dr Abir Benabid, SWE Dep Nourah Alswaidan, CS Dep |
| Oct 1 | Dry Run |
The SAI Conference Presentations for 3 projects: 1. Trials and Tribulations of BCI Interaction: Najwa Alghamdi, Dr Ghada Alhudhud, Mai alzamel, Areej Al-Wabil 2. Monitoring the progressive Decline of Memory for Alzheimer's Patients 3. Emotion Detection with Eyetracking: Sharifa Alghowainem, Majdah Alshehry |
1. Dr Ghada Alhudhud, IT Dep; Mai alzamel, CS Dep 2. Ms Hailah Almazrou, Hala Almuhanna, Rawan Alwabil, Noura Alzamel 3. Sharifa Alghowainem and Majdah Alshehry |
| Oct 8 | Seminar | Transfer of Technology: The Sawty Experience | Arwa AlRubaian, Ghada Alofaisan, Bayan Alarifi, Nora Alromi |
| Oct 22 | Seminar |
The Mutual Effect of Parallelism and Virtualization in a Cloud Environment A Technique for Load-Balanced Management of Security Tasks in Grids |
Dr Soha Zaghloul Makki, CS Dep Najla Alhowaishel, CS Dep
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| Oct 27-28 |
Workshop 12-3pm |
Sketching:: The Arduino Way | Arwa Alabdulkarim |
| Oct 29 | Seminar | Personalized B2B CMS for Retailers | Dr. Nesrine Zemirli |
| Oct 29 |
Workshop 1-3pm |
Image Processing with Matlab |
Sulaf Almagoshy |
| Nov 5 | Seminar | Language Transformation Patterns in Computer Mediated Communication of Saudi Youth | Dr. Areej Al-Wabil |
| Nov 12 | Seminar 12-1 | Partitioned Services Layer Autonomous System for Cloud Computing | Dr Soha Zaghloul |
| Nov 19 |
Meeting 12-1pm |
Interaction Design Projects in PNU's Digital Media Department | Participants: Skerg Members and Ms. Haifa and Eman Alwahby |
| Nov 26 | Seminar | An agent Based Approach for Modelling the High-Frequency FX Market | Dr. Monira Aloud, MIS Department, KSU |
| Nov 26 |
Workshop 1-4pm |
Get Started with Android Development | Modhi Bin Kulaib |
| Dec 3 |
Seminar 1-2pm |
Dry Run for CTIT Presentations | Eman Al-Bilali, Amjad alghani, Shaden Alzeer |
| Dec 10 | Seminar 12-1pm | Real-time fire detection and notification system based on computer vision |
Dr Sahar Bayoumi |
| Dec 10 |
Workshop 1-3pm |
*members only* Visual Experimental Reporting: a Photography Primer |
Meznah Aldosary |
| Dec 17 |
Seminar 12-1pm |
The Bees' Inspiration in Solving Hard Optimaztion Problems |
Dr. Manar Hosny |
| Dec 24 | Seminar | Object-Oriented Software Engineering Projects | SWE 501 Teams with Dr. Abir Benabid and Dr. Ghada Alhudhud |
| Jan 5 |
Seminar 1-2pm |
Navigation and Optimization of BCI-Controlled Wheelchairs |
Wafa AlRajhi MSc project Supervised by Dr. Manar Hosny and Dr. Areej Al-Wabil |
| Jan 7 | Seminar | Welcome to the Knowledge Management World! | PhD Students in the Inofrmation Systems Dep - Dr Nesrine Zemirli |
| Jan 12 | Seminar | Design of an Emotion Elicitation Framework for Arabic Cultures: Multimodal Fusion of Biosensors | Sharifa Alghowinem, Nawal Almutairi, Nada Alharbi, Arwa Al-Edaily, Sara Alghowinem, Eman Al-Safi, Eman Al-Maari |
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Jan 14 |
Workshop | Sketching:: The Arduino Way (Workshop for Skerg members-only 9am-3pm in Lab 56) | Arwa Alabdulkarim |
Archives of SKERG Event Calendars:
Spring Semester of 2012: Seminars and Workshops
Autumn Semester of 2012: Seminars and Workshops
Spring Semester of 2013: Seminars and Workshops
Autumn Semester of 2013: Seminars and Workshops
