
About the Authors
Nabil Nassif received a Diplˆome d’Ing´enieur from the Ecole Centrale de Paris
and earned a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard Univer-
sity, followed by a PhD under the supervision of Professor Garrett Birkhoff.
Since his graduation, Dr. Nassif has been affiliated with the Mathematics
Department at the American University of Beirut, where he teaches and con-
ducts research in the areas of mathematical modeling, numerical analysis and
scientific computing. Professor Nassif has authored or co-authored about 50
publications in refereed journals and directed 12 PhD theses with an equal
number of Master’s theses. During his ...