Brief Bio

Wadii Boulila received his B.Sc. degree (First-Class Honours with Distinction) in Computer Science from the Aviation School of Borj El Amri in 2005, his M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the National School of Computer Science (ENSI) at the University of Manouba, Tunisia, in 2007, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science through a joint program between ENSI and Télécom Bretagne, University of Rennes 1, France, in 2012. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science and the leader of the RIOTU Laboratory at Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. In addition, he serves as a Senior Researcher with the RIADI Laboratory at the University of Manouba and previously held the position of Senior Research Fellow with the ITI Department at the University of Rennes 1, France. Prof. Boulila has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Best Young Researcher in Computer Science Award in 2021 from Beit El-Hikma, the Best Researcher Award from the University of Manouba in 2021, the Most Cited Researcher Award from the University of Manouba in 2022, and the Research Excellence Award as well as the Best Faculty Member for Most Impactful Research Output Award from Prince Sultan University. He has actively contributed to numerous research and industrial projects, with primary research interests spanning data science, computer vision, big data analytics, deep learning, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and uncertainty modeling. Prof. Boulila has served as a chair, reviewer, and technical program committee (TPC) member for many leading international conferences and journals. His work has garnered global recognition, and he has been named among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in his field by Stanford University. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of ACM and AAAI, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in the U.K.