Ahmed Bentajer is an associate professor of Computer Science at the National School of Applied Sciences of Safi (ENSA Safi) and a member of the MISCOM Laboratory in Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech, Morocco. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering (2010), an Engineering degree in Computer Science and Networks (2012), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2019) with a specialization in systems and cloud security. His research focuses on cryptographic key management, cloud security, AI for cybersecurity, and IoT security. Dr. Bentajer supervises several Ph.D. students, contributes to national and international research projects (including ERASMUS+), and has served and continues to serve as an international program committee member in many international and peer-reviewed conferences as a reviewer and program committee member for international journals and conferences.
Said El Kafhali is a full professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Hassan First University of Settat, Morocco. He received the B.S. degree in Computer Sciences from Faculty of Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco, in 2005, the M.S. degree in Mathematical and Computer Engineering from Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Hassan First University of Settat, Morocco, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the same institution in 2013. He joined Faculty of Sciences and Technologies in January 2018. Prior to joining Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Dr. Said El Kafhali worked for four years at National School of Applied Sciences of Khouribga, Morocco, and is teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of cloud computing, computer and network security, computer networks, object-oriented design, object-oriented programming, and performance modelling and analysis.
Adarsh Kumar have been working in research and academics, computer science, and information technology for more than nineteen years. Presently, he is working as a visiting professor (full time) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. He is on sabbatical from professor position at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Software Research Institute (SRI) at Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco, where he was actively involved in Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, and the European Union H2020-funded multi-million euro research project to develop new methods to detect and combat cybersecurity attacks. This project involves ten partners from eight European countries, including universities such as the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany), the University of Oxford (UK), the Polish Academy of Sciences, etc.
Mustapha Hedabou is a cryptography and cybersecurity expert with over two decades of experience in academia and research. He is currently an associate professor at the College of Computing at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco and serves as the Scientific Director of the Cybersecurity Center for Africa (CySA). He holds a Ph.D. in Cryptography from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France, and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from EC-Council University in the USA. His research spans elliptic curve and post-quantum cryptography, blockchain security, cloud and IoT protection, AI for cybersecurity, and side-channel attack mitigation. Dr. Hedabou has secured multiple international research grants from organizations such as OCP, Deloitte, and the Hassan II Academy and has supervised several Ph.D. candidates in collaboration with global universities.
Mohammed Madiafi is a senior lecturer and researcher at the National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA) in Safi, Morocco, within the Department of Computer Science, Networks, and Telecommunications. He holds a habilitation (2023) focused on developing neural network–based algorithms for multi-object classification. Since 2021, he has coordinated the Computer Engineering and Artificial Intelligence program and leads the Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Water Resources research team. His work centers on machine learning, neural and hybrid architectures, fuzzy systems, and AI applications in precision agriculture and robotics. Dr. Madiafi has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, including IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing and Applied Sciences. He currently supervises multiple Ph.D. theses in AI-driven modeling, deep learning for misinformation detection, and robotics control.
Youssef Saadi received an MST degree in “Computer Engineering” in 2005, a Master’s degree in “Networks and Systems” and a Ph.D. in computer science from the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies (FST), Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco, in 2008 and 2016, respectively. Youssef Saadi is currently an associate professor in Computer Science at Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal, Morocco. He joined Faculty of Sciences and Technologies in September 2018. He is teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of object-oriented design, object-oriented programming, performance modeling and analysis, Cloud Computing and Project Management. His current research interests managing cloud resources for green IT, scheduling tasks for resource usage optimization and wireless multi hop networks performance improvement and evaluation. He serves also as scientific committee member in many international and peer-reviewed conferences.
