4th Vice Chair
Pr. Dr. Ing. Khaled Ghedira
25, rue de la Re publique Carthage Hannibal, 2016, Tunis, Tunisia
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Biography
Pr. Dr. Ing. Khaled Ghedira
Dr. Khaled GHEDIRA is an engineer in hydraulics (ENSEEIHT-France) and computer science (ENSIMAG-France), doctor in artificial intelligence (ENSAE-France), and holds a university habilitation in computer science (ENSI-Tunisia). He is a professor of universities in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
He is the founder of the science village of Tataouine, the first Tunisian research laboratory in AI, and the Tunisian Association of Artificial Intelligence (ATIA since 2005), of which he is currently the honorary president.
He worked at the AI Institute of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) as a research director and at British Telecom (UK) as an expert consultant. He has been the General Director of the National School of Computer Science, of the City of Sciences in Tunis, and of the Tunisian National Agency for the Promotion of Scientific Research. He has also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Francophonie for Knowledge Engineering and Distance Learning (IFIC - Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie), Financial authorising officer of the Tunisian national ERASMUS+ office, rector of the Central University of Tunis, and scientific director at the engineering school ESPRIT, where he was the founder of the UNESCO chair “Project-Based Learning in an Engineering Education Context using AI as a Tool for Pedagogical Innovation.” He is currently a permanent member of the Tunsian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Beit-Al-Hikma and vice-president of the African Commission for Scientific Research and Innovation in charge of mobilization.
His multidisciplinary academic and professional background, as well as his research focusing on AI, logistics and optimization, have enabled him to participate at various levels in several scientific committees and consultancy expertises, both nationally and internationally. He has also been guest lecturer/AI-expert in Algeria, France, Libya, Morocco, Poland, Senegal, Switzerland, Tunisia, the UK and the USA.
Khaled GHEDIRA has over 500 publications, including conference papers, journals, and books, as well as 130 doctoral theses he has supervised/co-supervised.