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Experience & education

Jan 2026 – now

Associate Professor (tenured)

Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, UAE

Leads research on zero-touch management and AI-native automation for 5G/6G. Coordinator of the MSc in Artificial Intelligence program. PI/co-PI on the DeepORAN and ChatEV UAE national projects.

Sep 2023 – Dec 2025

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, UAE

Established a research line on AI-driven O-RAN and consumer-network security.

Sep 2020 – Aug 2023

Assistant Professor (Maître de conférences)

ISAT, DRIVE Laboratory, Université Bourgogne Europe, France

Sole coordinator of 5G-VIA (OpenAirInterface 5G testbed); contributor to the ANR/FNR 5G-INSIGHT project on V2X slicing security.

Oct 2019 – Aug 2020

Postdoctoral Researcher

Communication Systems Department, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France

H2020 MonB5G, H2020 5G!Drones and InDiD (C-ITS over 5G slicing).

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019

Postdoctoral Researcher (Enseignant-chercheur)

LINEACT, CESI Graduate School of Engineering, France

LOCADYN project: ML-based disruption prediction and dynamic task rescheduling for Industry 4.0.

Oct 2017 – Sep 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher

ERA Team, University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), France

B.A.C project: IoT sensing and ML prediction of indoor thermal comfort for people with disabilities.

Sep 2016 – Jun 2017

Doctoral Fellow / Visiting Researcher

L3i Laboratory, La Rochelle University, France

Service offering and consumption in vehicular clouds.

Sep 2013 – Sep 2016

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Computer Science, University of Laghouat, Algeria

Education

2013 – 2017

PhD in Computer Science

University of Laghouat, Algeria, jointly with La Rochelle University (L3i), France

Thesis: Data collection and aggregation in mobile networks. Supervisors: Prof. Nasreddine Lagraa and Prof. Yacine Ghamri-Doudane. Defended 3 July 2017, Très honorable.

2010 – 2013

MSc (Magister) in Computer Science

University of Laghouat, Algeria

Thesis: Study of data collection protocols in vehicular networks. Defended 25 April 2013, Très honorable.

2005 – 2010

Engineer Degree in Computer Science

University of Laghouat, Algeria

Ranked first in class. Project: road-traffic simulator in Java.