Talha Ariff
PhD Student
talha.ariff@kaust.edu.sa | View CV
Introduction
Talha Ariff was awarded his BEng/MEng degree in Biomedical Engineering from City, University of London in 2022, where he focused on optoelectronic devices for use in medical and chemical sensing.
He is now a Ph.D. student in the Photonics Lab at KAUST, researching further applications for optoelectronic sensors in desert agriculture and undersea communication cables.
Research Interests
Plant biology & Desert agriculture, Sensors, Photonics & Optoelectronics, Marine ecology and Bioacoustics
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 2023 - present
MEng. in Biomedical Engineering at City, University of London (CUL), London, United Kingdom, Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2022
Internship in Photonics and Instrumentation Research Centre, CUL, London, UK, Jul. 2022 - Aug. 2022
Internship in Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering (RCBE), CUL, London, UK, Jul. 2021 - Jan. 2022
Selected Publications
Chun Hong Kang, Islam Ashry, Juan M. Marin, Talha Ariff, Alaaeddine Rjeb, Wahyu Hendra Gunawan, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi, “On the Large-Scale Field Experiment of Machine Learning-Aided Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Early Detection of Red Palm Weevils”. In CLEO: Science and Innovations 2024, Charlotte, North Carolina United States, 5–10 May 2024, ISBN: 978-1-957171-39-5
KAUST Affiliations
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Electrical and Computer Engineering