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Efficient Large-Scale Scientific Data Transfers for Research In-Person

Discover how to move massive datasets quickly, reliably, and efficiently. This in-person, hands-on session introduces modern tools, protocols, and best practices that go beyond traditional file...  More
Date:
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Building 9 (Room 2220), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Library Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 18 seats left
Efficient Large-Scale Scientific Data Transfers for Research

Effective Scientific Literature Search Online

This session will help you improve the efficiency of your literature searches in scientific databases and library websites. You will learn basic search techniques, including the use of Boolean...  More
Date:
Monday, September 29, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
KAUST
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 20 seats left
Effective Scientific Literature Search

Publication Ethics and Authorship In-Person

Publication is essential to the research process because it is the primary mechanism for sharing findings and contributes to the body of knowledge. Authorship plays a critical role in researchers’...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Building 2 (Ibn Al-Haytham), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 26 seats left
Publication Ethics and Authorship

Using KAUST Repository & More: Using your ORCID, Code Archiving and Citation , Research Data Archiving In-Person / Online

In this session you'll discover: KAUST Research Repository: (https://repository.kaust.edu.sa/), home to KAUST research outputs of all kinds. You will learn how to search the repository effectively,...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
KAUST
Categories:
  Trainings     Workshops  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 40 seats left
Using KAUST Repository & More: Using your ORCID, Code Archiving and Citation , Research Data Archiving

Making Your Research Matter: Exploring Policy Engagement with Overton Online

This session will introduce you to the Overton's database of policy documents, and demonstrate how to use it to explore policy engagement and impact, as well as how to use it to find policy documents...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 98 seats left

Open Access Publishing in KAUST Online

Discover how Open Access (OA) publishing empowers KAUST researchers to share their work widely and increase global visibility. This training session introduces the essentials of OA, including its...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 79 seats left

Research Tools Overview (Including Generative AI Tools) In-Person

In this interactive session, we will give you an overview of the research tools in all the phases of the research cycle (from discovery to research assessment) and help you to have a more...  More
Date:
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Building 9 (Room 2220), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Researchers     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 16 seats left
Research Tools Overview (Including Generative AI Tools)

World Academic Summit 2025 – WAS In-Person

From:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
To:
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Location:
Building 12, Lobby, KAUST

Using KAUST Repository & More: Using your ORCID, Code Archiving and Citation , Research Data Archiving In-Person

In this session you'll discover: KAUST Research Repository: (https://repository.kaust.edu.sa/), home to KAUST research outputs of all kinds. You will learn how to search the repository effectively,...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Building 9 (Room 2220), KAUST
Categories:
  Trainings     Workshops  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 20 seats left
Using KAUST Repository & More: Using your ORCID, Code Archiving and Citation , Research Data Archiving

Researching Predatory Journals In-Person

This workshop will guide KAUST researchers and students through the process of evaluating a journal for its quality and provide some guidance on how to avoid predatory journals.
Date:
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Building 9 (Room 2220)
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Researchers     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 18 seats left
Researching Predatory Journals

From Ideas to Impact: Tools of Scopus Every Researcher Should Know Online

Discover how Scopus, Elsevier’s leading abstract and citation database, can elevate your research journey. This KAUST Library Session will showcase how Scopus connects you to global scientific...  More
Date:
Monday, October 13, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 96 seats left
From Ideas to Impact: Tools of Scopus Every Researcher Should Know

Exploring the World of Scholarly Knowledge: ScienceDirect that Every Researcher Should Know Online

ScienceDirect, developed by Elsevier, is one of the world’s leading platforms for scholarly content, offering access to over 19 million publications from more than 4000 journals and 40000 books...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Community     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 98 seats left

Building Resilience in Ethical Decision-making In-Person

The purpose of this course is two-fold to (i) promote responsible conduct of research at KAUST; and (ii) enable the KAUST research community to build resilience in ethical decision-making throughout...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Building 2 (Ibn Al-Haytham), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 26 seats left
Building Resilience in Ethical Decision-making

FAIR data and Research Data Management: the future of data sharing In-Person

Researchers and students entering the academic world are landing in an environment unlike any we have seen before. The generalized publish-or-perish policy has generated a data reproducibility crisis...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Building 9 (Room 2220), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 29 seats left
FAIR data and Research Data Management: the future of data sharing

Efficient Large-Scale Scientific Data Transfers for Research In-Person

Discover how to move massive datasets quickly, reliably, and efficiently. This in-person, hands-on session introduces modern tools, protocols, and best practices that go beyond traditional file...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Building 9 (Room 2220), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Library Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Categories:
  Trainings  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 18 seats left
Efficient Large-Scale Scientific Data Transfers for Research

Introduction to Research Ethics and Integrity In-Person

Research ethics and integrity is an integral part of the research ecosystem at KAUST. It is therefore paramount that our research community is familiar with institutional policies and procedures...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Building 4 (Al-Jazri), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 28 seats left
Introduction to Research Ethics and Integrity

Responsible and Ethical Use of AI in Research at KAUST In-Person

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, etc. have taken over the world of higher education in the past few months. While these tools are helpful aids to teaching, learning, and research, others...  More
Date:
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Building 2 (Ibn Al-Haytham), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 29 seats left
Responsible and Ethical Use of AI in Research at KAUST

Publication Ethics and Authorship In-Person

Publication is essential to the research process because it is the primary mechanism for sharing findings and contributes to the body of knowledge. Authorship plays a critical role in researchers’...  More
Date:
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Building 2 (Ibn Al-Haytham), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 29 seats left
Publication Ethics and Authorship

Building Resilience in Ethical Decision-making In-Person

The purpose of this course is two-fold to (i) promote responsible conduct of research at KAUST; and (ii) enable the KAUST research community to build resilience in ethical decision-making throughout...  More
Date:
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Building 2 (Ibn Al-Haytham), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 30 seats left
Building Resilience in Ethical Decision-making

Introduction to Research Ethics and Integrity In-Person

Research ethics and integrity is an integral part of the research ecosystem at KAUST. It is therefore paramount that our research community is familiar with institutional policies and procedures...  More
Date:
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Building 4 (Al-Jazri), KAUST
Audience:
  KAUST Students     KAUST Faculty     KAUST Researchers     KAUST Staff     Visiting Students     PhD Students     M.Sc. Students     Post Docs  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 29 seats left
Introduction to Research Ethics and Integrity

KAUST Research Conference on Energy Storage Technologies In-Person

From:
Sunday, February 1, 2026
To:
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Location:
Building 12, Lobby, KAUST

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