FACULTY BIO

Ph.D., Computer Science, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Riadh Ksantini received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. From 2001 to 2007, he was a graduate research associate with Bell Canada Laboratories and the research center MOIVRE (MOdElisationen Imagerie, Vision et REseaux de neurones). Presently, he is Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, College of IT, University of Bahrain, Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science, within the Faculty of Science of the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Prior to that, he was Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Ecole de Technologie Superieure, University du Quebec, Montreal, Canada. He has also served as Visiting Fellow Research Scientist at the Canadian Space agency, and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Computer Science, within the Faculty of Science of the University of Windsor. In 2008, he was awarded a fellowship (of excellence) for postdoctoral research from the granting agency ¨Fonds quebecois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies ¨ (FQRNT). His PhD was evaluated and ranked third Ph.D. in Quebec for 2007 by the committee of Information Technology and Communications. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine/Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision. His research work on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science has always involved collaboration between academia and industry. More than 70 Articles stemming from his research work have been published in several prestigious journals and conferences.