KAUST Workshop on AI-Enabled Microwave Sensing and Communication Schedule
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PROGRAMME
Workshop Schedule
| Time | Session / Item | Details | Speaker / Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Coffee | Conference Center lobby | — |
| 9:00 – 9:20 a.m. | Opening Remarks and Welcome | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | KAUST Leadership |
| 9:20 – 10:00 a.m. | Establishing the Foundations of Physics-Integrated AI for Biomedical Electromagnetic Sensing | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Amin Abbosh |
| 10:00 – 10:40 a.m. | Inverse Design of Metasurface Antennas | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Stefano Maci |
| 10:40 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | Conference Center lobby | — |
| 10:40 – 11:40 a.m. | KAUST Campus Tour | Optional · Parallel activity | — |
| 11:00 – 11:40 a.m. | EM Digital Twins for Head-Brain Medium: Dosimetry, Imaging, Diagnostics | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Francesco Andriulli |
| 11:40 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch, Poster Setup and Networking | — | — |
| 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Lab Tour | Optional | — |
| 1:40 – 2:20 p.m. | AI-Assisted RFIC Design — State-of-the-Art and Challenges | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Hua Wang |
| 2:20 – 3:00 p.m. | Next Generation of AI-Enabled Terahertz Radars | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Ehsan Afshari |
| 3:00 – 3:20 p.m. | Coffee Break | Conference Center lobby | — |
| 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | KAUST Campus Tour | Optional · Parallel activity | — |
| 3:20 – 4:00 p.m. | On the Role and the Exploitation of the ‘Information’ in Inverse Scattering Problems for Microwave Imaging | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Andrea Massa |
| 4:00 – 4:40 p.m. | High-Frequency Frontiers: MTT Technologies and Space Innovation in the AI Era | Auditorium between Buildings 4 and 5 | Goutam Chattopadhyay |
| 4:40 – 5:50 p.m. | Student-Led Poster Session | Building 9 lobby | — |
| 5:50 – 6:30 p.m. | Reception, Best Poster Award Ceremony and Dinner | Building 9 lobby | — |
| 6:45 p.m. | Return Bus to Jeddah for IMAS Attendees | Optional | — |
LOCATION
Workshop Venue
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
KAUST, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Workshop location: Auditorium between Building 4 and 5
The KAUST Workshop is held on Sunday, 18 October 2026, as part of the IEEE International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS 2026), taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 19–22 October 2026.