Fractional calculus

Lilia Ghaffour

Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Fractional calculus Control Theory Inverse problem

Research Interests Lilia Ghaffour is a Ph.D. candidate in the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) at KAUST. She has a master degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Mostaganem (Mathematics and Computer Science), Algeria. She joined the Ph.D. degree program in Appl. Math. and Computational Sc. at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in fall 2016. She is interested in the study of control and inverse problem for fractional partial differential equations. Education Profile August 2016: PhD candidate in the Division

Asem Al Alwan

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Control Theory inverse problems Controller design Fractional calculus

Asem Alalwan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Estimation, Modeling, and Analysis group (EMAN) supervised by Prof. Meriem Laleg at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Asem has graduated with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals KFUPM) in 2014. He joined KAUST in 2014 and earned his Master degree in 2016. Research Interests Asem's research is focused in the area of control and design of Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems. FSO has emerged as a viable technology that offers a large capacity usage (data