Nabil Kahouadji

Nabil Kahouadji

College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics

Professor, Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Professor

Office:  Room BBH 225B
Phone:  (773) 442-5760
Email:  n-kahouadji@neiu.edu
Office Hours:  Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Tuesdays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., and by appointment
CV:  Kahouadji-CV.pdf
Country:  United States

MATH 112: Statistics in Daily Life (F16, S17 & F17).
MATH 149: Mathematics For Elementary Teachers I (S17).
MATH 275: Applied and Computational Statistics (F16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, & 26).
MATH 305: Probability and Statistics (F19 & S26)
MATH 334: Mathematical Statistics I (F17).
MATH 336: Statistical Inference (S18).
MATH 347: Probability for Actuaries with Actuarial Exam Preparation (S19, 21 & 22)
MATH 357: Financial Mathematics for Actuaries with Actuarial Exam Preparation (F19, 20 & 21)
MATH 406: Linear Programming: Theory and Practice (F18)
MATH 421: Modern Geometry (S18, F19 & 22).
MATH 441: Multivariate Statistical Analysis (S17, 20, 22 & 26).
MATH 472: Simulation Modeling and Analysis (F16 & 20).
MATH 474: Mathematical Modeling (F20)

Research Interests

Time series forecasting; Machine learning; Actuarial Sciences; Mathematical/Statistical ModelingDifferential Geometry; .

Education

2009, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Université Paris Diderot - Paris VII, France.

2006, Master in Mathematics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, France. 

2004, Licence (Bachelor of Science) in Mathematics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, France. 

Selected Publications

[13] N. Kahouadji, Variations on two-parameter families of forecasting functions: seasonal/nonseasonal Models, comparison to the exponential smoothing and ARIMA models, and applications to stock market data, . (Preprint)

[12] N. Kahouadji, A comprehensive comparison of the Wald, Wilson and adjusted Wilson confidence intervals for proportions. (Submitted)

[11] B. Reinke, C. Byrne, and N. Kahouadji, Righting response does not predict survival in adult painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). (Submitted)

[10] N. Kahouadji, S. Alairys, E. Chen, L. H. Diaz-Flores, J.E. Ngwe, and J. Brinkman, Chicago Cancer HealthEquityCollaborative: Outcomes from an intensive and mixed curricular summer program on cancer health disparities, J. Cancer Education.

2024 [9] A. Hamm, E. Karayeva, M. Lima Oliveira, N. Kahouadji, P. Grippo, P. G. Wolf, E. Mutlu, L. Tussing-Humphreys, and S. J. Kim, Neighborhood homicide rate and odds of colorectal adenoma among adult patients seeking colonoscopy, JNCI Cancer Spectrum, Vol 8, Issue 6, December 2024, pkae110, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkae110

[8] N. Kahouadji, On the Generalizability of Machine Learning Classification Algorithms and Their Application to the Framingham Heart Study, Information 2024, 15, 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/info15050252

[7] N. Kahouadji, N. Kamran, and K. Tenenblat,  Local Isometric Immersions of Pseudo-spherical Surfaces and k-th Order Evolution Equations, Commun. Contemp. Math. 21 (2019), no. 4, 1850025, 21 pp.

[6] N. Kahouadji, N. Kamran, and K. Tenenblat,  Second-order equations and local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces, Comm. Anal. Geom., 24 (2016), no. 3, pp. 605-643.

[5] N. Kahouadji, N. Kamran, and Keti Tenenblat,  Local Isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces and evolution equations, Fields Inst. Commun., 75 (2015), pp. 369-381.

[4] N. Kahouadji,  Construction of local conservation laws by generalized isometric embedding of vector bundles,  Asian J. Math., 15, no. 4 (2011), pp.521-538.

[3] N. Kahouadji, Conservation laws and generalized isometric embeddings, October 2009, Thèse en Ligne (T.E.L):  .

[2] N. Kahouadji, Energy-Momentum’s local conservation laws and generalized isometric embeddings of vector bundles, Geometry, Topology, QFT and Cosmology, Travaux en cours en Physique-Mathématiques, Hermann (2009), no. 76, pp.  45-70

[1] N. Kahouadji,  Cartan--Kähler theory and application to local isometric and conformal embeddings, Systèmes Intégrables et Théorie Quantique des Champs, Travaux en cours en Physique-Mathématiques, Herman (2008), no. 75, pp. 295-316. 

Additional Information

Recent Invited Talks

Jan 9, 2025: Society of Historical Archaeology 2025 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Poster

Presentation.

 

Oct 17, 2023: The 22nd Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Complex Systems Workshop, Warsaw School of

Economics (SGH), Poland.

 

Jun 22, 2023: Chicago CHEC Fellows Program, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

Nov. 4, 2022: Applied Mathematics Seminar, ڰ, Chicago, IL, USA. 

Sept. 30, 2022: Statistics and Data Science Seminar, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

Sept. 21, 2022: Statistics and Data Science Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

July 13, 2022: The 42th International Symposium on Forecasting, Oxford, England.

May 19, 2022: The 19th Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Complex Systems Workshop, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Poland.

Jan. 17, 2020: Joint Mathematical Meetings, AMS Special Session on Geometry of Differential Equations, Denver, Colorado, USA.

June 27, 2019: Seminari Geometria, Centre de Recerca Mathematica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.

June 26, 2019: Barcelona Analysis Conference 2019, Poster Presentation, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.

June 10-14, 2019:  A celebration of Analysis, Geometry and Physics, Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Montreal, QC, Canada. 

Aug. 14, 2018: Seminario de Geometria, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. 

Aug. 7, 2018: International Congress of Mathematicians 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

June 7, 2018: Symmetry and Perturbation Theory Conference, Pula, Sardinia, Italy.  

March 14, 2018: When Nature Surprises our Geometric Intuition, Northside College Preparatory School, Chicago, USA.

Nov. 17, 2017: NEIU 8th Faculty Research and Creative Activities Symposium, Chicago, USA.

July 25, 2017: Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Special Session “Geometry of Differential Equations, Real and Complex”, Montreal, QC, Canada.

June 12, 2017: Séminaire de Géométrie et Dynamique, Institut de Mathématique de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France.

June 5, 2017: Geometry and Algebra of PDEs 2017UiT the Arctic University of Norway - Tromso, Norway.  

June 2, 2017: Séminaire de Géométrie et Physique Mathématiques, Institut de Mathématique de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France. 

Jan. 27, 2017: On the geometry of pseudo-spherical surfaces, Deerfield High School, District 113, Illinois, USA. 

Nov. 18, 2016: NEIU 7th Faculty Research and Creative Activities Symposium, Chicago, USA.