Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Born
Tunis, Tunisia
Academic background
Education
ThesisAdaptive and Diversity Techniques for Wireless Digital Communications Over Fading Channels (1998)
Doctoral advisorAndrea Goldsmith
Academic work
Institutions

Mohamed-Slim Alouini is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include the modeling, design, and performance analysis of wireless, satellite, and optical communication systems. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and OPTICA (formerly known as the Optical Society of America (OSA).[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

He was born in Tunis, Tunisia. In 1993, he obtained the Diplome d'Ingenieur, École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications and Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Electronics in Télécom Paris and Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France respectively. In 1995, he receive the Masters of Sciences in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in United States and in 1998 he obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, United States.[3][4][5]

Career

He joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2009 as a founding professor. He had served as a faculty member from 1998 to 2004 in the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. He also worked in the Texas A & M University at Qatar, Education City, Doha between 2004 and 2009.[5][6][7]

Fellowship and membership

He is a 2022 Fellow of the World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF),[8] The World Academy of Science (TWAS), 2021 Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), OPTICA (formerly known as the Optical Society of America (OSA), 2019 Member of the Academia Europaea (AE), the European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA), 2018 Fellow of the African Academy and Science (AAS), and 2009 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).[4][5][3][9]

Awards

He received the UNESCO TWAS Award in Engineering Sciences in 2022,[10] in 2021 he received IEEE Communications Society Education Award,[11] In the same year, he was awarded the TAKREEM Foundation Award in the “Scientific and Technological Achievement” Category, and Obada Prize.[12][13] In 2020, he won the Kuwait Prize in Applied Sciences and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society James Evans Avant Garde Award in.,[14][15] IEEE Communication Society Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) Achievement Award in 2019, Inaugural Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Science, Technology, & Innovation Achievement Award in Engineering Sciences, Astana, Kazakhstan in 2017, Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, Amman, Jordan in 2016, IEEE Communication Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee (WTC) Recognition Award in 2016. He is also co-recipient of best paper/poster/video awards/prizes in 22 journals/conferences/challenges. He received university-level awards at the University of Minnesota (McKnight Land-Grant Professorship - 2001), Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMU-Q Faculty Excellence Award - 2009) , and KAUST (CEMSE Faculty Service Award - 2016). He received in 1999 (i) National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and (ii) Charles Wilts Prize for outstanding independent research leading to a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

References

  1. ↑ "Alouini, Mohamed-Slim". TWAS. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Alouini Mohamed-Slim | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mohamed-Slim Alouini". www.kaust.edu.sa. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mohamed-Slim Alouini | CTL | Communication Theory Lab". cemse.kaust.edu.sa. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Academy of Europe: CV". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  6. ↑ "AIDRC Seminar Series – Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini". www.tii.ae. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Mohamed-Slim Alouini – 6G Wireless Summit 2020". Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ "WWRF – Wireless World Research Forum". Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  9. ↑ ieeexplore.ieee.org https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37274291900. Retrieved November 20, 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ Sciences (TWAS), The World Academy of (December 4, 2020). "TWAS announces new slate of award winners". TWAS. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ "IEEE Communications Society Education Award | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ Webneoo. "Takreem | A better image of the Arab world". www.takreem.net. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Distinguished Scientists – Obada Prize". Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  14. ↑ "IEEE James Evans Avant Garde Award | IEEE Vehicular Technology Society". vtsociety.org. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Laureates". www.kfas.org. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
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