IEEE Day 2026 and New Students Orientaion
The AUST-IEEE Student Branch, in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering (FOE), will organize IEEE Day 2026 and New Students Orientation on October 16, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at AUST Ashrafieh Campus.
The event aims to welcome new students, introduce IEEE and its opportunities for professional development, connect students with alumni, and encourage collaboration across engineering and computing disciplines.
The opening ceremony will feature a welcome by Ms. Cirine Radwan, Vice-Chair of the AUST-IEEE Student Branch, followed by remarks from Mr. Michel Owayjan, Assistant Dean and Student Branch Counselor, the Dean, and the University President.
Professor Imad H. Elhajj from the American University of Beirut will deliver the keynote, “AI: For or Against Privacy?”, exploring AI’s potential to preserve visual privacy or reveal private information, alongside applications in disaster risk management.
An alumni panel will discuss career pathways, practical skills, internships, and ways alumni can support current students. Department chairs will then lead orientations for Mechatronics Engineering, Computer and Communications Engineering, Computer Science, and Information and Communications Technology. Biomedical Engineering students will join the CCE orientation.
The program will conclude with refreshments, networking, group photographs, an IEEE photo session featuring student formations spelling “AUST” and “IEEE,” and board games and team activities. Appreciation trophies will recognize the keynote speaker and alumni panelists.
New students, returning students, faculty, university leadership, and administrative staff are invited to participate in this celebration of technology, professional responsibility, and the AUST community.
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- AUST, Ashrafieh
- Alfred Naccash Avenue
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Lebanon
- Building: Block B
- Room Number: 7th Floor, Conference Room
Speakers
Imad Elhajj of American University of Beirut
AI: For or Against Privacy?
AI For or Against Privacy?
We will try to answer the question by reviewing our work on the use of AI for preserving visual privacy and on the possible use of AI for reveling the private information. We will highlight how technology can have dual use, the good and the bad. We will also briefly present our recent work on the use of AI for disaster risk management.
Biography:
Imad H. Elhajj is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is the Associate Dean for Academic Transformation at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut. In 2014, he co-founded SAUGO 360, the first startup to be incubated at AUB, and in 2017 he co-founded the Humanitarian Engineering Initiative at AUB. Dr. Elhajj is the past chair of IEEE Lebanon Section. He has served as an ABET program evaluator since 2013. His research interests are at the intersection of robotics, networking, and human machine interfacing with applications in health and environment. Dr. Elhajj is recipient of the IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award (2019), the Teaching Excellence Award at the American University of Beirut (2011), the Kamal Salibi Academic Freedom Award (2014), and the most Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University (2001).
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Agenda
General Agenda
10:00–10:20 a.m. — Opening Ceremony
10:20–11:00 a.m. — Keynote
11:00–11:45 a.m. — Alumni Panel Discussion
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Department Orientations
12:30–1:00 p.m. — Coffee Break and Group Photograph
1:00–2:00 p.m. — IEEE Photo Session
2:00–3:00 p.m. — Board Games and Team Activities