Fellow Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2025

Distinguished Service Award of the IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee on Space and Satellite Communication (SSC), 2024

Fellow of the International Science Council (ISC), 2023

UNESCO Chair on “Education for Connecting the Unconnected”, 2023

Fellow of the World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF), 2022

Fellow of the UNESCO The World Academy of Science (TWAS), 2022

UNESCO The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Award in Engineering Sciences, 2022

TAKREEM Foundation Award in the “Scientific & Technological Achievement” Category, 2021

IEEE Communication Society Education Award, 2021

NSP Obada Prize (Supported by the African Academy of Sciences), 2021

Fellow of OPTICA (formerly known as the Optical Society of America (OSA)), 2021

Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) Distinguished Scholars Program, 2021

Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), 2021

Kuwait Prize in Applied Sciences, 2020

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society James Evans Avant Garde Award, 2020

Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE Communication Society Communication Theory Technical Committee, 2019

Member of the Academia Europaea (AE), 2019

Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA), 2019

Fellow of the African Academy and Science (AAS), 2018

Inaugural Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Science & Technology Achievement Award in Engineering Sciences, 2017

Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, 2016

Recognition Award of the IEEE Communication Society Wireless Technical Committee, 2016

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009

US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 1999

Charles Wilts Prize for outstanding independent research leading to a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Caltech, 1999

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communication Society, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, and the IEEE Photonics Society, 2016 - 2025

Y. Qin, M. Kishk, and M. -S. Alouini, "Coverage analysis and trajectory optimization for aerial users with dedicated cellular infrastructure", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 3042-3056, April 2024.

B. Y. Belmekki, A. Aljohani, S. Thubaity, A. Harthi, K. Bean, A. Aijaz, and M. -S. Alouini, "Cellular network from the sky: Toward people-centered smart communities", IEEE Open Journal of Communication Society, Vol. 5, pp. 1916-1936, April 2024.

M. Khamassi, A. Kammoun, and M. -S. Alouini, "Precoding for high throughput satellite communication systems: A survey", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2024.

R. Priyadarshani and M. -S. Alouini, "Earth-to-HAPS FSO communication with spatial diversity and channel correlation", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 304-319, February 2024.

P. Le Ngoc and M. -S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of RIS-aided THz wireless systems over alpha-mu fading: An approximate closed-form approach", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 11 , No. 1, pp. 1328-1343, January 2024.

Y. Zhang, M. Kishk, and M. -S. Alouini, " Computation offloading and service caching in heterogeneous MEC wireless networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 22, No. 9, pp. 5330-5345, September 2023.

H. -J. Moon, C. -B. Chae, and M. -S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of passive retro-reflector based tracking in free-space optical communications with pointing errors", IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 72, No. 8, pp. 10982-10987, August 2023.

A. El Falou and M. -S. Alouini, "Enhancement of rural connectivity by recycling TV towers with massive MIMO techniques", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 61 , No. 4, pp. 78-83, April 2023.

H. Dahrouj, S. Liu, and M. -S. Alouini, "Machine learning-based user scheduling in integrated satellite-HAPS-ground networks", IEEE Networks Magazine, No. 3, pp. 102-109, March/April 2023

Y. Ata and M. -S. Alouini, "Performance of integrated ground-air-space FSO links over various turbulent environments," IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1-16, December 2022.

D. Na, K. -H. Park, Y. -C. Ko, and M. -S. Alouini, "Beamforming and band allocation for satellite and high-altitude platforms cognitive systems", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 2330-2334, November 2022

R. Wang, A. Talgat, M. Kishk, and M. -S. Alouini, "Conditional contact angle distribution in LEO satellite-relayed transmission ", IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 26, No. 11, pp. 2735-2739, November 2022.

A. Kafizov, A. Elzenaty, and M. -S. Alouini, "Probabilistic shaping based spatial modulation for spectral-efficient VLC", IEEE Transaction on Communications, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 8259-8275, October 2022.

E. Yaacoub and M. -S. Alouini, "Efficient fronthaul and backhaul connectivity for IoT traffic in rural area", IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 60-66, March 2021.

E. Yaacoub and M. -S. Alouini, "A key 6G challenge and opportunity - Connecting the base of the pyramid: A survey on rural connectivity", Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 108, No. 4, pp. 549-582, April 2020.