Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor

Mohamed-Slim Alouini is Al-Khawarizmi Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Associate Vice President for Research, and holder of the UNESCO Chair on Education to Connect the Unconnected. Born in Tunis, he received his engineering diploma from Telecom Paris in 1993, an MS in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1998. He served on the faculty of the University of Minnesota from 1998 to 2004 and of Texas A&M University at Qatar until 2009, then joined KAUST as a founding faculty member and co-founded its electrical and computer engineering programme. His research covers the modelling, design and performance analysis of wireless, satellite and optical communication systems, including non-terrestrial networks and high-altitude platform stations (HAPS). He co-authored the book Digital Communication over Fading Channels. An IEEE Fellow since 2009 and a Fellow of Optica and SPIE, he received the Kuwait Prize in Applied Sciences in 2020 and the UNESCO TWAS Award in Engineering Sciences in 2022, and was elected an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2026.