Wadii Boulila received the B.Eng. degree (1st Class Honours with distinction) in computer science from the Aviation School of Borj El Amri, in 2005, the MSc. degree in computer science from the National School of Computer Science (ENSI), University of Manouba, Tunisia, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science conjointly from the ENSI and Telecom-Bretagne, University of Rennes 1, France, in 2012. He is currently an associate professor of computer science with Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. He is also a senior researcher with the RIOTU Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, a senior researcher with RIADI Laboratory, University of Manouba, and previously a Senior Research Fellow with the ITI Department, University of Rennes 1, France. Wadii received the award of the young researcher in computer science in Tunisia for the year 2021 from Beit El-Hikma and the award of best researcher from the University of Manouba in Tunisia for the year 2021. He participatedin many research and industrial-funded projects. His primary research interests include data science, big data analytics, deep learning, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, uncertainty modeling, and image analysis and interpretation. He has served as the chair, a reviewer, and a TPC member for many leading international conferences and journals. His work has gained global recognition, and he has been nominated as one of the top 2% of scientists in his field by Stanford University. Wadii Boulila is an IEEE Senior member, an ACM member, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), U.K.
Jawad Ahmad is an experienced teacher with 10 years of teaching and research experience in prestigious institutes including Edinburgh Napier University (UK), Glasgow Caledonian University (UK), Hongik University (South Korea) and HITEC University Taxila (Pakistan). During his professional career in the UK, South Korea, and Pakistan, he has taught numerous industry-relevant courses such as Programming for Cyber Security, Cryptography, Operating Systems, Computer Systems and Mathematics for Computing. He has supervised several PhD, MSc and undergraduate students in their dissertations. He has 100+ research papers (3000+ Google Citations), including in leading international journals and peer-reviewed international conference proceedings. In 2020, he was recognised as a Global Talent in the area of Cyber Security by the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK). As per clarivate in 2021 and 2022, he was included in the world’s top 2% scientists. He has received the best paper awards at two international conferences. He earned a gold medal and bronze medal for best performance in MS (Electrical Engineering) and BS (Electronics Engineering), respectively.
Anis Koubaa is a Full Professor in Computer Science, technology innovator, at Prince Sultan University, where he also serves as the Research and Initiatives Center Director and leads the Robotics and Internet-of-Things Lab. With more than 20 years of experience in research and development, he has driven numerous innovative projects in areas such as data science, unmanned systems, deep learning, robotics, and the Internet of Things. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the UK. Prof. Koubaa has received multiple awards, including the AI Leadership Award, the Best AI Product Award, the Winner KAUST Challenge Award, and recognition for his teaching skills. His research interests revolve around developing automated solutions for logistics, using drones and robots for delivery systems. Anis Koubaa has delivered training programs on drones, data science, Python programming, deep learning, and other emerging technologies. Notably, he has authored courses and books on the Robot Operating System (ROS) and the ROSLink protocol, enabling communication between robots, drones, and cloud systems. Koubaa also leads AI projects focusing on real-time face surveillance, vehicle detection, and license plate recognition while developing AI and automation solutions for smart cities and agriculture. His work has gained global recognition, and he has been nominated as one of the top 2% of scientists in his field by Stanford University.
Maha Driss: is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Member of the ACM Professional Chapter. She received her Engineering degree (Hons.) in computer science and her M.Sc. degree from the National School of Computer Science (ENSI) at the University of Manouba, Tunisia, in 2006 and 2007, respectively. In 2011, she received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Rennes 1, France. Dr. Driss has worked in various academic roles throughout her career. From 2012 to 2015, she was an Assistant Professor of computer science at the National Higher Engineering School of Tunis at the University of Tunis, Tunisia. From 2015 to 2021, she worked as an Assistant Professor of computer science at the Information Syste