My work focuses on the modeling of complex systems from the Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis (PSA) and Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) perspective. I develop methodologies to efficiently characterize input-output relationships in computationally expensive simulators, enabling both qualitative understanding (which factors matter most?) and quantitative assessment (how much does each factor contribute to output uncertainty?).
Biography
Nabila Bounceur received the Dipl. Eng. degree in Automatic from the National Polytechnic School in Algeria in 2005, the M.Sc. degree in didactical teaching of mathematics from the University of Namur in Belgium in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in sciences from the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium in 2015. She started her academic career in 2016 as a postdoc at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in Saudi Arabia, where she is currently a Research Scientist at the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE), in the Stochastic Numerics Research Group (StochNum). In academia, she worked extensively on the application of Bayesian modeling approaches and developing frameworks for understanding complex systems.
Research Interests
Nabila’s research interests include Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis, Uncertainty Quantification, Gaussian Process Emulation, Bayesian Modeling, Computer Experiments and Space-Filling Designs, Data Reduction and Feature Extraction, and applications to Climate, Environment, and Energy systems.
Qualifications
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Statistics and Data Science, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium, 2015
- Master
- Mathematics, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium, 2008
- Diplôme d'Ingénieur
- Control Systems and Automation, École Nationale Polytechnique d’Alger (ENP), Algeria, 2005
- Kabyle
- Native or bilingual proficiency
- French
- Native or bilingual proficiency
- English
- Full professional proficiency
- Arabic
- Professional working proficiency
- Swedish
- Elementary proficiency
- Spanish
- Elementary proficiency