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.

In 1993, he obtained the Diplome d'Ingenieur and Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Electronics from École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (Télécom Paris) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université - Campus Pierre et Marie Curie) in Paris, France respectively.

He finally obtained in 2003 the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) degree from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

He received in 1999 (i) the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and (ii) the Charles Wilts Prize for outstanding independent research leading to a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).