PhD Defense

PhD Defense of Tariq AlTurkestani

1 min read · Sun, Jul 5 2020

PhD Defense HPC scientific computing parallel simulations Parallel and Distributed Computing

Maximizing I/O Bandwidth for Out-of-Core HPC Applications on Heterogeneous Large-Scale Systems PhD Dissertation Defense by Tariq Alturkestani PhD Student, Computer Science Thursday, July 9, 16:00 - 17:00, https://kaust.zoom.us/j/94054511362 Contact Person: Tariq Alturkestani The execution rate of floating-point operations has typically increased by an order of magnitude every four years during the last 30 years of modern comput ing. This exponential growth in terms of computational power has benefited from the hardware technology scaling. However, memory and storage systems have not maintained

Congratulations to Alexis for successfully defending his PhD thesis

1 min read · Sun, Feb 26 2023

Alexis is a Ph.D. candidate at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology supervised by Professor Shehab Ahmed in the Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering program. His research focuses on drilling mechanics and investigates the value of in-cutter sensing at the rock-cutter interface. He holds a master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Leoben and an Integrated master’s degree in Mineral Resources Engineering from Technical University of Crete. Phd Thesis abstract: Drilling Mechanics: In-Cutter Sensing and Physics-Based Modelling for Drilling Optimization