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The mission of Advanced Materials and Building Efficiency Research Laboratory (AMBER Lab) is to tackle pressing societal issues through fundamental and practical research in innovative and new construction materials. Our research interests encompass a wide range from materials characterization, mechanical and durability assessment to building applications and development of sustainable urban infrastructure.
Keywords: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, Green Materials, Energy Efficiency, Construction Materials
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AMMLab is currently working with diverse facets of miniaturization and integration in biology, life sciences, and medicine, which includes the conception, engineering, and utilization of novel micro and nanotechnologies to manipulate, stimulate and study biological entities.
Keywords: Bioengineering, Microtechnology, Microfluidics, MEMS, Biosensors
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Akkasah explores the histories and contemporary practices of photography in the Arab world from comparative perspectives: it fosters the scholarly study of these histories and practices in dialogue with other photographic cultures and traditions from around the world.
Keywords: Photography, Middle East, Arab, UAE, Vernacular
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AIM Lab research interests include the conception, engineering, and utilization of novel haptic interfaces as a new media in Human-Computer Interaction.
Keywords: Haptics, Medical Simulation, Neurohaptics, Affective Haptics, Vibrotactile Stimulation
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An interdisciplinary, UAE-based research center on climate change and the environment. ACCESS is developing an environmental monitoring network and innovative instruments based on intelligent drones to realize it. ACCESS is developing regional climate and environmental models to help understand the observed data and make future scenarios.
Keywords: Arabian Gulf, Climate Change, Drones, Marine Environment, Coral Reefs
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Established in 2013, the Astroparticle Physics Lab at NYU Abu Dhabi focuses on the intersection between astrophysics and particle physics.
Keywords: Dark Matter, Detector Development, Space, Cosmic Rays, Radioactivity
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CAIR advances fundamental research and applications in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Research faculty from NYUAD and NYUNY collaborate in five projects spanning areas from the collaboration of multi-agent systems, perception and navigation, deep learning, brain-robot interface, and other applications. The participating labs in NYUAD include the: Robotics and Intelligent Systems Control, Multimedia and Visual Computing, Applied Interactive Multimedia, Computer-Human Intelligence, Clinical Artificial Intelligence, Social Machines and RoboTics, and Volcic.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Robotics
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The Center for Astro, Particle, and Planetary Physics at NYU Abu Dhabi is an alliance of faculty and scholars actively involved in research in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary, and particle physics. The goal of the Center will be to work toward providing answers to a series of fundamental questions related to the composition and evolution of our universe.
Keywords: Planets, Galaxies, Cosmology, Dark Matter, Astro Particles
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The Initiative aims to use insights from behavioral economics to design smart and welfare-enhancing behavioral public policies that consider the specific socio-economic context in which they are embedded. A central aim is to create robust links with the local community and help build capacity in behavioral social science both at NYU Abu Dhabi as well as in the Abu Dhabi and UAE government.
Keywords: Behavioral Economics, Nudges
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The Center for Cyber Security aims to establish a world class cyber security center by partnering with key local universities, industry and government agencies in order to facilitate cyber security research, education and practice in the United Arab Emirates and more generally in the GCC region.
Keywords: Security, Cyber Security, Cryptography, Hardware Security, Forensics Security, Information Security, Communication Security
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The Center for Genomics and Systems Biology was established to provide a nexus for cutting-edge life sciences research in the United Arab Emirates, with world-class facilities and resources to promote innovative advances in genomics and systems biology.
Keywords: Neural Diversity, Drosophila, Patterning, Mouse, Visual System, Interneurons, Single-cell mRNA Sequencing, Mangrove, Adaptation, Population Genetics, Environment
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The Center for Sea Level Change combines observations and computer models to understand past, and project future, sea-level rise.
- Principal Investigator:
David Holland
- Program:
Natural Science
- Division:
Science
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Research Institute Center
Keywords: Sea level, Glaciers, Melting Ice, Greenland, Antarctica
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The United Nations estimates over 60 percent of the population will live in urban areas by 2030. This rapid rate of urbanization is putting strain on urban systems and posing new challenges across a multitude of sectors. The Center for the Interacting Urban Networks has been established at NYU Abu Dhabi to develop fundamental research that can be translated into pragmatic ideas for increasing the livability of our cities.
Keywords: CITIES, Urban Networks, Urban Science, Sustainable Future
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The primary mission of the Center for Prototype Climate Modeling is to bridge the gap between climate theory, modeling, and observation, with the goal of better understanding fundamental processes in the earth system, and improving our ability to predict future climate.
Keywords: Climate, Climate Change, Weather, Oceanography, Environment
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A nucleation point for cross-disciplinary expertise in theory and application of quantum and topological systems, with an emphasis towards the unifying goal of robust quantum computation – combining all questions from theoretical foundations (quantum error-correction) over hardware (topological quantum materials and novel quantum chips), architecture (parameterized quantum circuits), and software (quantum programming languages and hardware-aware software optimization) to applications (quantum machine learning and quantum cryptography).
- Principal Investigator:
Hisham Sati
- Program:
Mathematics
Computer Science
Physics
Electrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
- Division:
Science
Engineering
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Research Institute Center
Keywords: Quantum Materials, Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning, Applied Topology, Topological Data Analysis
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The NYUAD Center for Smart Engineering Materials (NYUAD-CSEM) is an institutional research platform for research and development of smart materials and technologies that are relevant to the key sectors of the UAE's economy. By using an integrated, multidisciplinary, and synergistic approach to basic research, characterization, optimization, and implementation, NYUAD-CSEM aims to provide smart and sustainable solutions for sensing and diagnostics in the oil/gas and civil engineering sectors.
Keywords: Materials, Devices, Oil and Gas, Sensors, Smart Technologies
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The Center for Space Science is primarily focused on the study of the internal structure of the Sun and stars through stellar seismology and modeling. A particularly important scientific question the Center seeks to address is the role of rotating convection and large-scale flows in the generation and maintenance of magnetic fields in the Sun and stars.
Keywords: Space Science, Helioseismology, Mars, Exoplanet, Atmosphere
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Instability of dynamics flows and their transition to turbulence are widespread phenomena in engineering, computer science, geophysics, biophysics, and the natural environment. Stability, Instability, and Weak Turbulence research center will develop novel enabling technology to deal with this phenomena.
Keywords: Hydrodynamic Stability, Turbulence, Population Dynamics, Singularity Formation, Couette Flow
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In the Clinical Artificial Intelligence (CAI) Lab, we are interested in supporting clinical decision-making using AI, data science, and machine learning driven
tools. The tools rely on the analysis of large-scale electronic health
records data or medical imaging. To ensure our solutions are feasible and clinically useful, we extensively collaborate with domain experts.
Keywords: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Healthcare
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The Communication Networks lab (ComNets) focuses on bridging the digital divide between the developed and developing regions.
Keywords: Network Science, Network Analysis, Relational Processes, Diffusion, Computational Methods
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The Computational Approaches to Modeling Language (CAMeL) Lab is a research lab at New York University Abu Dhabi established in September 2014. CAMeL's mission is research and education in artificial intelligence, specifically focusing on natural language processing, computational linguistics, and data science. The main lab research areas are Arabic natural language processing, machine translation, text analytics, and dialogue systems.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Arabic, Dialects
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Geometry is everywhere and our brains have evolved to have a strong geometric intuition. We exploit this to design better algorithms for problems that are geometric in nature and even for those that are not by transforming them into geometric problems.
Keywords: Computational Geometry, Approximation Algorithms, Epsilon Nets, Local Search
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The CSM research is focused on advancing the mechanics theory and numerical algorithms to better predict the time-dependent, nonlinear, multiscale, and fracture behavior of manmade and natural materials; including concrete, steel, polymers, ice, rock, and biomaterials.
Keywords: Computational Methods, Fracture Mechanics, Finite Elements, Multiphysics, Material Modeling
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The Rhythm Project will help to better understand the similarities and differences between rhythms of different cultures and ultimately provide a deeper insight into the musical behavior of humans as a species.
Keywords: Music, Digital Humanities, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Ethnomusicology, Music Information Retrieval
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The Cyber Security and Privacy Lab researches the security and privacy of current and future IT and communication systems. Specific interests include the security of wireless systems and applications, such as secure localization and jamming-resistant communication, mobile-, protocol- and system-level security as well as other aspects of privacy.
Keywords: Cyber Security, Information Security, Communication Security, Computer Security, Information/Data Privacy
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The Data Science and AI Lab is interested in modeling, simulating, and analyzing social phenomena using computational methods.
Keywords: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Social Science, Graph Theory, Human-Machine Interaction
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Electronic chips manufactured today exhibit a higher defect rate, fail more often during their mission-mode operation, die quicker in the field, and thanks to globalization and outsourcing, are more prone to security threats such as counterfeiting, IP piracy, and hardware trojans. Our mission is to design these electronic chips with built-in defense mechanisms.
Keywords: Hardware Security, Design for Trust, Logic Locking , Information Security, Communication Security
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The Development Laboratory for Research Methods in Economic Development (DevLab) is a laboratory supported by the Division of Social Science at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to assist faculty and students in their research work in Development. The DevLab serves as a focal point at NYUAD to create knowledge and training for faculty and students to pursue fieldwork in Development.
Keywords: Development Economics, Experimental Economics, Human Capital and Labor Markets, Political Economy, Social Networks
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Dhakira works in close cooperation with scholars, heritage communities, heritage authorities, and UNESCO to address the many regional and global challenges of the relatively young discipline of heritage studies.
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To increase our understanding of biology and medicine, the scientific community requires the continued development of new technologies for studying and manipulating cell physiology. The research interests of the Dore Laboratory lie at the interface of chemistry and biology, creating new tools to study complex biological systems and discover potential therapeutic targets and drug candidates.
Keywords: Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Neuroscience, Structure-Based Drug Design, Light-Activated Biological Probes
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Evolutionary Genomics Lab uses the tools and concepts of population genetics and molecular evolution to address two main questions: (1) Why do vertebrate genomes differ so much in size and structure? and (2) What are the genetic bases of adaptation to extreme environments?
- Principal Investigator:
Stephane Boissinot
- Program:
Biology
- Division:
Science
Keywords: genomics, evolution, population genetics, transposable elements, adaptation
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In the Middle East and North Africa, it is estimated that more than 80 percent of businesses are family-owned and run. This project brings together scholars from across the disciplines to compile, document and analyze the history of selected regional family businesses to better understand past challenges and decision-making, as well as commercial legacies.
Keywords: Family Business, Histories, MENA, MENASA
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FieldLab DRC aims to strengthen research capacities in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and help researchers in the Congo conduct research.
- Principal Investigator:
Peter van der Windt
- Program:
Political Science
- Division:
Social Science
Keywords: Congo, Research, Experiments, Surveys, Governance
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Despite our sophisticated brains with immense processing capacity there are strong capacity limits in what we can perceive, attend to, and remember about the world. The Fougnie Lab attempts to characterize and understand the nature of these limits.
Keywords: Memory, Attention, Visual, Working, Capacity
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Cell Death Signaling Laboratory
This research group focuses on unraveling the mechanisms that control different modes of programmed cell death with special emphasis on its clinical relevance to anticancer therapeutics.
Keywords: Cancer, Cell Death, Cell Signaling, Tumor Suppression, Anticancer Drug
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NYU Abu Dhabi's Galaxy Formation Group uses state of the art numerical cosmological simulations to study galaxy formation and evolution during cosmic times with the aim to use the visible part of the Universe to unveil its dark side.
Keywords: Galaxies, Cosmology, Numerical Simulations, Astrophysics, Universe
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Gazelien Records was founded in 2018 by students of the Recording and Production Techniques (RPT) class as a platform to provide academic and Music Industry based experience to meet the growing interest of the NYU Abu Dhabi Music Program Students in order to provide them with real-world opportunities.
Keywords: Music Technology, Audio Signal Processing, Sound Engineering, Sound Design
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The Genetic Heritage Group is a collaborative research group dedicated to studying human heritage using genomics. For all projects in the lab, we conduct field expeditions and analyze our own data both in collaboration with local researchers. Using a loose definition of heritage as the attributes signifying a human population or a society that are inherited from previous generations, we categorize human heritage under four broad umbrellas: genomic, microbial, cultural, and natural.
Keywords: Population Genetics, Human Adaptations, Microbiome, Gut Microbiome, Indigenous People
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Global Asia is an interdisciplinary network of faculty working on Asia in the broadest sense.
Keywords: Global Asia, Asian Studies, Himalaya, Environmental Studies
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Global TIES designs, evaluates, and advises on programs and policies to improve the lives of children and youth in the most vulnerable regions across the globe.
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The Healy lab started in 2019 with the goal of developing an automated assembly line synthesis of bioactive polyketides and related natural products. Our mission is to harness the tools of bioinformatics, automated synthesis and high-throughput screening to streamline the process from natural product gene cluster to preclinical drug candidate.
Keywords: Chemical Biology, Natural Product Synthesis, Automated Synthesis, Drug Discovery
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Our research aims to observe, quantify and explain high dimensional phenomenon occurring in random matrices and free probability, random graphs, Markov chains, convex geometry, and data science. Tools such as concentration/functional inequalities play a central role in these topics. The interconnection between the above
topics are at the heart of our work.
Keywords: Random Matrices Random Graphs, Free Probability, Markov Chains, Convex Geometry, Concentration Inequalities
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The goal of the Human Data Interaction Lab (HuDa) is to research methods at the intersection of data management, data science, and interactive systems to enable the derivation of insights from data and to support data-driven decision-making.
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The NYUAD Institute has embarked on a multi-year research fellowship
program in the Humanities. This program aims to help create an
energetic, multi-faceted research environment for the Humanities and the
study of the Arab world at NYUAD's campus.
Keywords: Humanities, Arab World, Heritage Studies, Anthropology, History
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We are interested in studying the role genetic and environmental factors
play in shaping health-related phenotypes and how interactions between
these effects trigger disease and modulate its outcome.
- Principal Investigator:
Youssef Idaghdour
- Program:
Biology
- Division:
Science
Keywords: genomics, genetics, public health, environment, human genetics
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Ideas of India seeks to further the study of modern Indian political thought by drawing attention to the vibrant public sphere that took shape in the century prior to independence.
Keywords: India, History, Ideas, Politics
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The identity and politics workgroup is multidisciplinary and open
a forum where researchers from fields in the social and natural sciences
as well as humanities meet to discuss ongoing work and its significance
for how we think of who people are at different scales - from the
cellular to the complex society level.
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The Integrated BioElectronics Lab aims at advancing the engineering and applications of silicon integrated technology interfacing with biology in a variety of forms ranging from implantable biomedical devices to unobtrusive wearable sensors.
- Principal Investigator:
Sohmyung Ha
- Program:
Electrical Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Keywords: integrated circuits, biomedical sensors, neural interface, wireless power transmission, implantable, wearable
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The lab uses Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations, one of the powerful
theoretical approaches to study the structure, molecular interactions,
and resulted dynamics in a unified framework.
Keywords: Computational Chemistry, RNA, DNA, Material Science
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The Ramadi Lab for Advanced Neuroengineering and Translational Medicine develops innovative approaches for the modulation of neural activity throughout the body. We combine mechanical, electrical, materials, and bio-engineering toolkits towards designing minimally invasive technologies for neuromodulation. Our goal is to develop novel therapies for neurologic, metabolic, and immune disorders.
Keywords: Neuroengineering, Translational Medicine, Medical Devices, Drug Delivery
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The lab operates at the interface of computer and human intelligence; developing systems that quantify how humans make decisions and humans express their thoughts through everyday human signals (speech, language, movement, etc.).
Keywords: Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Decision-Making
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Deciphering the role of mechanical factors on immune cells through
basic research, to unveil new insights into immune homeostasis and
dysregulation for innovative translational applications. Our team
achieve this overall goal through the use of model systems that
integrates Immuno-mechanobiology, Microenvironment Mimicry, and
Video-omics.
- Principal Investigator:
Jeremy Teo
- Program:
General Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Keywords: Mechanobiology, Biomaterials, Quantitative Biology, Immunology, Bioengineering
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Our research aims to explore fundamental questions on evolution, phenotype-genotype relations, and metabolism of algae.
Keywords: Algal research, Phenotype-genotype Relations, Metabolism of Algae, Algal Genome Sequencing, Microalgae, Microalgae
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Laboratory of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics (L.A.N.D.) focuses on understanding various nonlinear phenomena and applying this understanding to resolve issues related to power generation, manufacturing, microelectromechanical systems, and origami structures.
Keywords: Nonlinear Dynamics, Origami, Energy Harvesting, Wave Energy, Fluid-Structure Interactions
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The Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology is primarily interested in
how the genome is organized and maintained in the eukaryotic cell
nucleus.
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Our research focuses on bridging the worlds of science and film by challenging and expanding the role of science in the current cultural discourse.
Keywords: Science Filmmaking, Art and Science, Curation, Science Visualization
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Patients suffering from depression are known to exhibit aberrations in circadian rhythms and sleep/wake cycle. The increase in reported cases of global depression is thought, in part, to be due to the modern lifestyle where an increasing number of people are exposed to situations that may affect circadian and sleep/wake rhythms such as extended nighttime exposure to bright lights and prolonged shift work.
- Principal Investigator:
Dipesh Chaudhury
- Program:
Biology
- Division:
Science
Keywords: Neuroscience, Stress, Mood Disorders, Circadian Rhythms, Sleep-Wake Cycle
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Language is a complex mental faculty, recruiting and integrating several
interacting representational and computational architectures in the
mind. We investigate the nature of the cognitive and neural architecture
that supports the human language system and how it interfaces with
other cognitive faculties.
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The Library of Arabic Literature offers Arabic editions and English translations of significant works of Arabic literature, with an emphasis on the 7th to 19th centuries.
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Keywords: Drug Delivery Strategies, Amyloid Diseases, Cancer Therapeutics
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Our research uses the Arabian Gulf as a natural laboratory to study
coral reef ecology in extreme environments and to understand how these
may serve as a model for the possible impacts of future climate change
on reefs elsewhere.
- Principal Investigator:
John Burt
- Program:
Biology
Natural Science
- Division:
Science
Keywords: marine biology, coral reef, mangrove, fishes, coastal management
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Research in the Amin Lab is focused on studying how seawater organisms interact with each other and how these interactions influence their ecosystem, from coral health to algal blooms to bioprospecting.
- Principal Investigator:
Shady Amin
- Program:
Biology
- Division:
Science
Keywords: Marine Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Coral Ecology, Drug Discovery
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Our research areas include liquid biopsy on microfluidic biochips and high throughput drug screening using whole model organisms such C. elegans.
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The Modern Microprocessors Architectures (MoMA) Lab focuses on the security and privacy of modern high-performance and embedded microprocessors. Research topics include privacy-preserving architectures, encrypted computation, industrial control systems security, and hardware security.
- Principal Investigator:
Michail Maniatakos
- Program:
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Science
Keywords: Cybersecurity, Privacy, Homomorphic Encryption, Industrial Control Systems, Hardware Security
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The lab serves as an intellectual hub for faculty, researchers, and students from both the New York and Abu Dhabi campuses to study and address the key challenges in multimedia and visual data processing.
- Principal Investigator:
Yi Fang
- Program:
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
General Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Science
Keywords: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Multimedia, Visual Computing
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Keywords: Bronze Age Boat, Zayed National Museum, Boat Replica Experimental Archaeology, Maritime Heritage, Dhakira
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Research activities headed by Rino Esposito focus on the application of high resolution NMR methods to proteins.
- Principal Investigator:
Gennaro Esposito
- Program:
Chemistry
- Division:
Science
Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular NMR, Protein Biophysics, Structure and Function of Biopolymers
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The Annual NYUAD International Hackathon is a three-day programming
marathon, during which renowned international computer science
professors, founders of successful startups, technology professionals,
and venture capitalists come together at NYUAD to lead teams of talented
computer science students from all over the world (the majority of the
students will be from the Arab world), to create mobile and web
applications.
Keywords: Hackathon, Quantum Computing, Worshop, Technology, Social Good
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Our research is focused on the development of supercritical CO2-based processes to create nanoscale building blocks and their self-assembly into novel materials.
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We focus on problems or questions in the realm of information, communication, and electronic systems.
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Blending theory with experiments, we focus on the behavior of networks with particular emphasis on synthetic biology applications.
- Principal Investigator:
Andras Gyorgy
- Program:
General Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Keywords: synthetic biology, networks, control and dynamical systems, quantitative biology, complex systems
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The NEUROSCIENCE OF LANGUAGE LAB (NeLLab) brings together complementary research programs in the cognitive neuroscience of language. We aim to integrate linguistics and neurobiology in an effort to uncover the neural bases of language comprehension and production. Our interdisciplinary research group addresses this complex problem starting from the processing of sounds and words all the way to combinatory sentence interpretation. Our team members are among the pioneers of the field on both a theoretical and an experimental level. Research is conducted at the KIT/NYU MEG Joint Research Lab at NYU, and at its sister facility at NYU Abu Dhabi.
- Principal Investigator:
Alec Marantz
Liina Pylkkanen
- Program:
Psychology
- Division:
Science
Social Science
Keywords: Language, Brain, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Magnetoencephalography
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The general research goal of the lab is to understand how the human
brain perceives the visual world, and how such processes are influenced
by experience and learning.
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Operator theory, spectra of Toeplitz and Wiener-Hopf operators in particular. Factorization of matrix functions and its applications.
Numerical ranges of structured matrices and Hilbert space operators. Boundary value problems for analytic functions
Keywords: Wiener-Hopf Factorization, Numerical Range, Riemann-Hilbert Problem
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The main question driving work in the lab is how the brain constructs our subjective experience of the world as we actively engage with our surroundings. A basic challenge for the brain is to parse continuous and dynamic sensory input into discrete and stable percepts, in order to guide cognition and action.
Keywords: Cognitive Neuroscience, Perception, Time Perception, Eye movements
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We are working to develop novel photonic/optoelectronic components for next-generation optical and data communication networks.
- Principal Investigator:
Mahmoud Rasras
- Program:
Electrical Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Keywords: Photonics Integrated Circuits, Silicon Photonics, Optoelectronics, Cybersecurity, Opto-MEMS
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The center addresses critical topics for Abu Dhabi in public health science, including diabetes and obesity.
- Principal Investigator:
Raghib Ali
Youssef Idaghdour
Scott Sherman
- Division:
Science
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Research Institute Center
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This project presents numerical information about the Middle East in the past including data on population, imports, exports, the cost of travelling and shipping goods overland and across the oceans, and more.
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This research group explores the causal mechanisms and processes
involved in migrant labor recruitment, particularly in migrant-sending
countries.
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This research group of social scientists has breadth in terms of
substantive areas, ranging from neighborhood segregation to boundary
conditions of diffusion, to trust and betrayal, to firm networks.
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The NYUAD Research Kitchens are thematic hubs for building communities of researchers across disciplinary boundaries. They seek to provide spaces for new conversations and to support exploratory, innovative research and creative collaborations.
Keywords: Anthropocene, Rights, Heritage, Global Pedagogy, Writing
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The Robotics and Intelligent Systems Control Laboratory (RISC Lab) at New York University Abu Dhabi focuses on perception, control, and planning in primarily autonomous robots. Our vision is to realize fully capable aerial workers, delivery systems, and collaborative autonomous agents as well as focus on medical applications.
- Principal Investigator:
Anthony Tzes
- Program:
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
General Engineering
- Division:
Engineering
Keywords: Aerial Robotics, Control Systems, Robot Perception, Autonomous and Collaborative Robots, Medical Applications
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We live in a three-dimensional world, but each of our eyes only receives a two-dimensional image. How does our brain combine these images? Research in our laboratory focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception, with an emphasis on motion and depth perception. Signals from the two eyes need to be combined in visual cortex in order to inform us of the position and movement of objects. The study of motion and depth perception helps uncover the function and underlying architecture of the brain's visual system and provides us with a model by which to understand visual processing in general. To do so we use complementary behavioral, neuroimaging and computational approaches. Our research improves the understanding and treatment of visual impairments with a cortical basis, such as amblyopia (lazy eye) and motion blindness, ultimately leading to the recovery of lost visual function.
- Principal Investigator:
Bas Rokers
- Program:
Psychology
- Division:
Science
Keywords: Visual perception, Neuroimaging, Perceptual Disorders, Virtual Reality, Sensory Processing
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Our goal is to generate high-impact scholarly work while ensuring a pragmatic viewpoint to guarantee a successful integration in the way we manage the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance, inspection, retrofit, and repair of the infrastructure and communities of the future. We do that by having as a backbone the digitalization and automation of the construction industry coupled with the application of artificial intelligence and the integration of new technologies.
Sustainable and resilient construction
Modularization and lean construction
Artificial intelligence
Robotic systems and automation
Technology integration and information modeling
Keywords: Construction Automation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Cybersecurity, Lean and Agile Construction
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Despite the remarkable regenerative capacity of the liver, it is not
always able to undergo efficient repair. Thus, diseases of the liver are
common and a long-term goal of our research is to identify targets to
treat them. We use zebrafish as a model system to accomplish these
goals.
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In response to the severe dearth of graded reader fiction in Arabic and
the absence of any scale of simplification, the main objective of the
project is to create a standard for the simplification of modern fiction
in Arabic to school-age learners and to use this standard to simplify a number of Arabic fiction masterpieces.
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The Naumov research group is the leading team with regards to chemistry research in the UAE, with research output that, according to the Nature Index, accounts for an impressive 63 percent in 2015 and 67 percent in 2016 of the total chemistry publications from groups within the country, both in the fractional count and weighted fractional count.
Keywords: Materials, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics
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The Social Machines and Robotics labs (SMART) focuses on building socially and emotionally intelligent machines and robots that are capable of interacting and communicating in a natural way with humans, expressing through their figure a high degree of social intelligence.
Keywords: Social Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Affective Computing, Human–Robot Interaction (HRI), Human-Machine Interface (HMI)
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The Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) at NYU Abu Dhabi is an interdisciplinary center where experimental research in the social sciences is conducted. Our aim is to create mutually beneficial relationships with local universities, organizations, and the wider community by offering their members a useful opportunity to participate in social science research activities.
- Principal Investigator:
John Wooders
- Program:
Economics
Political Science
Social Research and Public Policy
- Division:
Social Science
Keywords: Experiments, Economics Research , Social Science, Research in Abu Dhabi, Research Participation
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The Social Science History Lab is an interdisciplinary initiative promoting the application of social science methods to the study of the past.
Keywords: Economic History, Historical , Sociology , Political Science , Political Economy
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Carlos Guedes, associate arts professor, takes his classes to Sir Bani Yas Island to record free-roaming animals and birds. The recordings are then uploaded onto an interactive website.
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The Sport and Wellness Science Lab offers a platform for multi-disciplinary research projects that integrate cutting edge technologies (e.g., MRI) to explore exercise-induced effects on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of students and the general population.
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Our primary focus is the neurobiological basis of working memory, which
is the process that allows us to actively hold onto information over
brief periods.
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We study enzyme structure and functions to characterize a disease mechanism or biology function using X-ray crystallography and a variety of different biophysical and biochemical techniques.
Keywords: Enzymology, Protein Structures
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Our research includes all aspects of planning and management of surface transportation infrastructure.
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3D Printing and Bioprinting for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug testing, and medical devices
Keywords: 3D Printing, Bioprinting, Additive Manufacturing, Stem Cells, Biomaterials
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Our group uses concepts of molecular/ionic recognition coupled to self-assembly for the fabrication of multi-functional materials.
- Program:
Chemistry
- Division:
Science
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Transition Investment (TI) is the broad class of financial transactions aimed at enabling such a paradigm shift. TI is thus a different (albeit related) investment philosophy with respect to the conventional ESG practice, with a more substantive focus on intentional, incremental efforts and strategic shift to achieve impact.
Keywords: Sustainable Finance, Long-term investment, ESG, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Impact investment
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Our research includes all aspects of the planning and management of surface transportation infrastructure.
Keywords: Transportation Infrastructure, Planning, Management, Optimization, Econometrics
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The Volcic Lab studies the mechanisms underlying multisensory perception and motor behavior to understand how sensory information is used to guide our actions and how our interactions with the surrounding environment shape our perception.
- Principal Investigator:
Robert Volcic
- Program:
Psychology
- Division:
Science
Keywords: Perception, Vision, Haptics, Motor Control, Sensorimotor Integration
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The Water Research Center (NYUAD-WRC) aims to promote innovative research in water desalination, wastewater treatment, environmental policy, and social issues. The center serves as an interdisciplinary innovation hub for water research where scientific knowledge is transformed into practical solutions.
Keywords: Water Treatment, Desalination, Sustainability
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Working Group in African Political Economy is an international forum
for academic researchers who combine deep field research experience in
Africa with training in political economy methods.
- Principal Investigator:
Jonathan Andrew Harris
Melina Platas
Morgan Lillian Hardy
Peter van der Windt
- Program:
Economics
Political Science
Social Research and Public Policy
- Division:
Social Science
Keywords: Africa, Economics, Politics, Experiments, Development
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al Mawrid, the Arab Center for the Study of Art undertakes research in the visual art and photography of Western Asia and North Africa through a variety of disciplinary approaches. The Center aims to move research and pedagogy beyond the established canons of Art History by investigating the histories and theories of art that are particular to the region from regional perspectives. It does so in collaborative dialogue with the methods and debates of a global Art History and with the widening cultural horizons in both the Humanities and the Social Sciences.
Keywords: Arab, Art, Photography, Art History, Archive
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NYUAD eARThumanities Research Initiative is emphasizing the significance of the arts in this wider conversation, while also drawing on the social sciences and the physical sciences and engineering to foster interdisciplinary dialogue. The Near East and Northern and Eastern Africa are seriously under-researched in major aspects of their human and environmental relations. The research and study of their past and present challenges is of crucial importance as we move forward into a period of increased demographic pressure and global climate change.
Keywords: Environment , Sustainability, Interdisciplinary, Himalaya, Urban Environments
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