Highlights
Tuition fee
Free
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Tuition fee
Free
Free
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Duration
3 months
Duration
3 months
Apply date
Anytime
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Start date
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Start date
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Campus location
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Campus location
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Taught in
English
Taught in
English

About

The Egocentric Video Understanding (Internship) project at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) refers to videos recorded from the first-person point of view, with the camera mounted on the head (e.g., GoPro) or smart glasses worn alongside the eyes (e.g., Google glasses), and they are what you actually see in your eyes.

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Overview

Have you ever imagined having a robot that cooks every meal for you? Have you ever dreamt about experiencing a different world in the Metaverse? Have you ever expected to have your glasses tell you where you left your keys and how to navigate to your favorite restaurant step by step? If yes, this Egocentric Video Understanding (Internship) project at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is what can lead you there. 

Key Facts

The Egocentric Video Understanding (Internship) project is offered at King Abdullah University Of Science and Technology (KAUST)

People need the AI system to automatically analyze and understand this type of videos to achieve the goals mentioned above. There are two key aspects in this problem:

  • large egocentric video data to fuel AI solutions;
  • effective techniques to generate correct predictions.

Programme Structure

  • Effective feature representations of egocentric videos that benefit downstream tasks of egocentric videos, such as episodic memory, future anticipation; 
  • Novel techniques to transfer/translate between egocentric videos and exocentric videos;
  • Improvement to retrieve ‘moments’ from past videos using a category, sentence or an object;
  • Improvement to identify speaking faces in an egocentric video and summarize the speech.

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 3 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
  • Application deadline: All year around

Language

English
TOEFL® IBT
81
PTE Academic
62
IELTS
6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

  • Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

What students do after studying

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Academic requirements

GPA admission requirements GPA
3.5

English requirements

TOEFL® IBT
81
PTE Academic
62
IELTS
6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

  • Undergraduate students in 3rd year or above and master’s students.
    • Minimum GPA: 3.5/4
    • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
    • Statement of purpose
    • Contact details of 3 referees
    • Official English language test score

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
  • International

    Non-residents
    Free
  • Domestic

    Citizens or residents
    Free

Additional Details

  • This is a fully-funded internship; it includes tuition, airfare, housing, medical insurance, visa reimbursement and a monthly stipend of $1,000. 

Living costs

Thuwal

Saudi Arabia
2270 - 3445 SAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

The KAUST Fellowship includes:

  • Full coverage of tuition and bench fees (worth USD $35,000 per year)
  • A monthly stipend (worth USD $20,000 per year for PG Diploma and M.S. students, and USD $25,000 to $30,000 for Ph.D. students depending on qualifications and academic progress)
  • On-campus housing (worth USD $7,000 per year and covering utilities such as electricity and wifi)
  • Health insurance (worth USD $1,450 per year)
  • Relocation support (visa, relocation and travel costs)
In total, depending on where you travel from and what level you are studying at, the Fellowship is calculated to be worth between $70k and $80k per year.

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