About

Chaouki ben Issaid obtained a Ph.D. degree in Statistics under the supervision of Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) September 2015-December 2019 and joined University of Oulu, Finland, as a Postdoctoral Fellow after graduation.

Education and Early Career

Chaouki obtained his engineering degree with majors in Economics and Scientific management from Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie (EPT) in 2013. Later on, he obtained his Master in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS) from KAUST in 2015.

Research Interest

Chaouki's research focus lies in the area of rare event simulations with applications to wireless communication systems performance.

Education Profile

  • Doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2019
  • Master degree in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2015
  • Engineering degree, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie, Tunisia, 2013

Awards and Distinctions

  • EPT Scholarship, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie, Tunisia (2010-2013)
  • KAUST Fellowship, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia (2013-2015)
     

Professional Memberships

  • Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

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KAUST provides a good environment for doing research. Statistics is a discipline that fascinates me and gives me great joy.