Research Interests

Daniya is mostly passionate about scientific visualization, human computer interaction, and computer graphics. She specializes in applying AI with VR and AR applications and carry on with their implementations in the health domain as part of the smart health initiative in Saudi Arabia.

Education Profile

• M.Sc. Software Design and Development, National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland).
• B.Sc. Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University (KSA).

Professional Profile

• 2021 - present: CTO, IntraVides Co. Turin, Italy.
• 2020 - 2021: Data Scientist, Petromin Inc. KSA.
• 2013 - 2020: Computer Science Researcher: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (BESE), KSA.
• 2013 - 2013: Systems Engineer: Dental College, Medina KSA.
• 2011 - 2012: Co-op Engineer, Ericsson Software Campus, Athlone, Ireland.
• 2007 - 2010: Software Developer, Caterpillar Inc. heavy equipment & Micheinery (Al-Zahid group), KSA.

Selected Publications

• Virtual reality framework for editing and exploring medial axis representations of nanometric scale neural structures
  Boges DJ, Calì C, Magistretti PJ, Hadwiger M, Sicat R, and Agus M. Journal of Computers & Graphics Elsevier, (2020)
• Immersive environment for creating, proofreading, and exploring skeletons of nanometric scale neural structures
  Boges DJ, Calì C, Magistretti PJ, Hadwiger M, Sicat R, and Agus M STAG: Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics (2019)
• GLAM: Glycogen-derived Lactate Absorption Modelling for visual analysis of dense and sparse surface reconstructions of rodent brain structures on desktop systems and virtual environments
  Agus M, Cali C, Boges DJ, Nicolas Gagnon, Magistretti PJ, and Hadwiger M. Computers & Graphics, August 2018, Pages 85-98
• Three-dimensional immersive virtual reality for studying cellular compartments in 3D models from EM preparations of neural tissues
  Calì, C., Baghabra, J., Boges, D. J., Holst, G. R., Kreshuk, A., Hamprecht, F. A., et al. (2016) J. Comp. Neurol. 524, 23–38
• Ultrastructural analysis of glycogen in hippocampal astrocytic processes using 3D virtual reality.
  Calì C, Boges DJ, Holst GR, Kreshuk A, Hamprecht FA, Srinivasan M, Lehvaslaiho H and Magistretti PJ (2015) Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: 11th National Congress of the Belgian Society for Neuroscience.

KAUST Affiliations

• ​Visual Computing Center (VCC)
• Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE)