Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

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INTEREST AREAS
Dr. Alouini's research interests include the design and performance analysis of wireless communication systems. He has received several awards for both his research and teaching work.

• Statistical characterization and modeling of fading channels
• Performance analysis of diversity combining techniques, MIMO, multi-hop, and cooperative communications systems
• Capacity and outage analysis of multiuser wireless systems subject to interference and/or jamming
• Design and performance evaluation of multi-resolution, hierarchical, and adaptive modulation schemes

EDUCATION

• Habilitation a Diriger des Recherches, University of Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2003
• Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1998
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995
• Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies, Electronics, University of Pierre & Marie Currie, Paris, France, 1993
• Diplome d'Ingenieur, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (TELECOM), Paris, France,1993

EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2009-present
• Senior Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2008-2009
• Visiting Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2005-2008.
• Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2003-2005.
• Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1998-2003.
• Fellow, IEEE
• Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications (Modulation & Diversity Systems) and for Wiley Journal on Wireless Systems and Mobile Computing
• Co-author of textbook, Digital Communication over Fading Channels, San Francisco: Wiley InterScience

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Tourki K., M. -S. Alouini, and M. Hasna, "Wireless transmission with cooperation on demand for slow and fast fading environments" in Proceedings IEEE Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication Conference (PIMRC"2008), Cannes, France, September 2008.

Nam H., Y. -C. Ko, M. -S. Alouini, "Spectral efficiency enhancement in multi-channel systems using redundant transmission and diversity reception", IEEE Transaction Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 2143-2153, June 2008.

Digham F. F., M. -S. Alouini, and M. K. Simon, ''On the energy detection of unknown signals over fading channels," Accepted for publication in IEEE
Transactions on Communications, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 21-24, January 2007.