Ph.D (1987) from North Carolina State University .

Major in Operations research .

Thesis title ; “ Information Theory And Queuing Theory via Generalized Geometric Programming “ .

[ Under the supervision of Prof. Elmor L. Peterson, one of the inventors

of geometric programming and the current authority in the field .]

Minor in statistics; the stress has been in probability and the theory of

measure .[ Took almost all courses required for the Ph.D. degree in

statistics and passed the basic exam instead of the minor exam]

M.Sc.(1977) from the university of Khartoum ; in applied statistics .

Thesis title ; “ Prediction of Success of Preliminary Year Students in

the University of Khartoum – To be used as a criteria for admission .

  B.Sc.(Honors) (1974) from the university of Khartoum . A combination

of pure and applied mathematics .