Hicham Hage is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, Notre Dame University – Louaize. He holds a Ph.D. in computer Science from the University of Montréal. Dr. Hage conducts multidisciplinary studies in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, education and knowledge management. Specifically, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Recommender Systems, and Online Security and Privacy constitute his principal research interests, and he has many publications on these topics in leading journals and conferences. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Hage has several years of professional experience in software design and development, and in IT management.