Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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 the Al-Khwarizmi Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the holder of the UNESCO Chair in Education to Connect the Unconnected at the 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.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

He was born in Tunis, Tunisia. In 1993, he obtained the Diplôme d'Ingénieur from École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (Télécom Paris) and the Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) in Electronics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université), both in Paris, France.[3] In 1995, he received the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.[3] In 1998, he completed his PhD in electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, under the supervision of Andrea Goldsmith.[4] In 2003, he obtained the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.[5]

Career

Alouini began his academic career as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he served from 1998 to 2004.[3] He subsequently joined Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, Doha, where he was based from 2004 to 2009.[3] In 2009, he joined the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as a founding faculty member, where he currently holds the Al-Khwarizmi Distinguished Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the UNESCO Chair on Education to Connect the Unconnected.[3]

His research focuses on the modeling, design, and performance analysis of wireless communication systems, with particular emphasis on addressing the uneven global distribution of and access to information and communication technologies, developing aerial and space-based networks to provide connectivity to rural, low-income, and hard-to-reach areas.[6]

He is the co-author, with Marvin K. Simon, of the textbook Digital Communication over Fading Channels, published by Wiley-IEEE Press (first edition 2000, second edition 2005).[7] He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and has been the Founding Editor-in-Chief of npj Wireless Technology since 2025.[3]

Throughout his career he has served as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communication Society (2016–2017), the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2018–2022), the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (2023–2024), the IEEE Photonics Society (2025), and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (2026–present).[3]

Fellowship and Membership

Alouini was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2009 for his contributions to the design and performance analysis of wireless communication systems.[8] He was elected a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly the Optical Society of America) in 2021 for outstanding contributions to optical wireless communications.[8] In 2025, he was named a Fellow of SPIE (the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers).[9]

He is a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea (2019) and a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2019).[10] He was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2018.[11] He became a Fellow of the UNESCO World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2022[11] and a Fellow of the International Science Council (ISC) in 2023.[12]

He is also a Fellow of the World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF) (2022)[10] and a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA, now the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences) (2021).[13]

Awards

He received the 2024 IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee on Space and Satellite Communication (SSC) Distinguished Service Award[14] and the 2022 UNESCO TWAS Award in Engineering Sciences.[15]

In 2021, he received the IEEE Communications Society Education Award.[16] In the same year, he was awarded the TAKREEM Foundation Award in the "Scientific and Technological Achievement" category,[17][18] and the Obada Prize.[19]

In 2020, he received the Kuwait Prize in Applied Sciences[20][10] and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society James Evans Avant Garde Award.[21] In 2019, he received the IEEE Communication Society Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) Technical Achievement Award.[22]

He has also received the following awards and recognition:

References

  1. ^ "Alouini, Mohamed-Slim". TWAS. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  2. ^ "Alouini Mohamed-Slim | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "About the Editors | npj Wireless Technology". www.nature.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  4. ^ Alouini, Mohamed-Slim (1998). Adaptive and Diversity Techniques for Wireless Digital Communications Over Fading Channels (PhD thesis). California Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Academy of Europe: Alouini Mohamed-Slim". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  6. ^ Alouini, Mohamed-Slim (2025). "Wireless without limits: A new home for ubiquitous technology". npj Wireless Technology. 1 (1). doi:10.1038/s44459-025-00009-8. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  7. ^ Simon, Marvin K.; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim (2005). Digital Communication over Fading Channels (2nd ed.). Wiley-IEEE Press. ISBN 978-0-471-64953-3.
  8. ^ a b "Mohamed-Slim Alouini". research.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  9. ^ "SPIE announces its 2025 Fellows". spie.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  10. ^ a b c "Mohamed Slim Alouini | IEEE AESS". ieee-aess.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  11. ^ a b "Alouini, Mohamed-Slim | TWAS". twas.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  12. ^ "Mohamed-Slim Alouini – International Science Council". council.science. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  13. ^ "Fellows | International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences". aaia-ai.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  14. ^ "SSC Distinguished Service Award". ssc.committees.comsoc.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  15. ^ Sciences (TWAS), The World Academy of (December 4, 2020). "TWAS announces new slate of award winners". TWAS. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  16. ^ "IEEE Communications Society Education Award | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  17. ^ "Takreem Awards celebrate Arab excellence and honour crisis-hit Beirut". The National. December 4, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  18. ^ "Mohamed Slim Alouini – Takreem Foundation". www.takreem.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  19. ^ "Distinguished Scientists – Obada Prize". obadaprize.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  20. ^ "Laureates". www.kfas.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  21. ^ "IEEE James Evans Avant Garde Award | IEEE Vehicular Technology Society". vtsociety.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  22. ^ "Technical Achievement Award – IEEE Communications Society Communication Theory Technical Committee". comt.committees.comsoc.org. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  23. ^ "Mohamed-Slim Alouini | IEEE Vehicular Technology Society". vtsociety.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  24. ^ "Awardees – IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee". wtc.committees.comsoc.org. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  25. ^ "Charles Wilts Prize". www.ee.caltech.edu. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
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