Today on Monday 24 October 2022 I defended my CS Ph.D. Proposal and I have achieved the Status of a Ph.D. candidacy.

It is a great pleasure for me to obtain a status of Ph.D. candidacy in KAUST after defending my CS Ph.D. Proposal. The event occurred physically and online on Monday, 24 Oct, 13:30 - 15:00 (UTC+3) in Building 9, Room 3370, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Dissertation Title

Optimization Methods and Software for Federated Learning.

Committee members

Prof. Eric Feron

Prof. Marco Canini

Prof. Peter Richtarik

Thanks to

• Committee members Prof. Peter Richtarik, Prof. Eric Feron, Prof.Marco Canini
• Prof. Markus Hadwiger and Prof. David R. Pugh who is also Director of SDAIA-KAUST.
• Members of the labs and centers led by mentioned Professors who have found time to join my CS Ph.D. Proposal Defense.
• My collaborators with whom we continue to construct a future for Federated Learning, but who did not have a chance to connect to the event.
• External participants.

Thanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for supporting CEMSE Division in particular and KAUST in general.

Thanks to the Committee for the personal feedback about how I can improve myself in the future!