Omar Sami Oubbati

Ph.D. in Computer Science
Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences - HDR)
IEEE Member
University Gustave Eiffel

Associate Editor:
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
Vehicular Communications - Elsevier

Address: LIGM - CNRS Laboratory
5, Boulevard Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne
77454 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France.
Office: 4B181

Email 1: oubbatisami AT gmail DOT com
Email 2: omar-sami.oubbati AT univ-eiffel DOT fr
Email 3: oubbatisami AT ieee DOT org

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Short Bio

Omar Sami Oubbati is an Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences, HDR) at University Gustave Eiffel, France, and a member of the Gaspard Monge Computer Science Laboratory (LIGM, CNRS UMR 8049), in the LRT team (Software, Networks, Real-Time). He received his Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) from University Gustave Eiffel in June 2025, with a thesis entitled "Contributions to UAV-Assisted Vehicular and Terrestrial Networks".

His research focuses on next-generation mobile networks (5G/6G, IoT) assisted by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): coverage extension, wireless energy transfer, energy efficiency, and reinforcement learning for autonomous networks. He currently co-supervises four PhD students and leads the MOSAÏC project on resilient multi-radio mesh communication for smart cities and critical environments.

He teaches networks, cybersecurity and programming from the first year of the BUT to the Master level, and has been Director of Studies of the 3rd year of the BUT Computer Science at the IUT de Champs-sur-Marne since 2023.

He holds an Engineer degree (2010), two Master degrees (2011, 2014) and a PhD in Computer Science (2018), all from the University of Laghouat, Algeria, and was a visiting PhD student at the University of Avignon (2016-2017). He joined University Gustave Eiffel in September 2021 after teaching at the University of Laghouat.

Awards: Best Survey Paper Award, Vehicular Communications (2019) · Top Reviewer Award, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2021).

Recent News:

10.10.2026: Our paper Bounding-Box-Supervised Spatial Attention with Temporal Modeling for Early Wildfire Smoke Detection from Surveillance Cameras, has been presented in the 22nd International Conference on Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems 2026.
30.09.2026: Our paper Digital Twin Empowered Zero-Touch 6G: Open Issues and Future Research Directions, has been published in IEEE Communications Magazine 2026.
21.09.2026: I'm featured in Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% scientists for the year 2025. See reference.
03.07.2026: Our paper A Comprehensive Analysis of RIS and Movable Antenna Placement in Future Wireless Networks has been published in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society 2026.
10.11.2025: Nominated as an Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
22.10.2025: Our paper Intelligent UAV Caching and Energy Management in 6 G Networks has been published in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering 2025.
21.09.2025: I'm featured in Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% scientists for the year 2024. See reference.
20.09.2025: Nominated as an Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
19.06.2025: HDR thesis defense entitled Contributions to UAV-Assisted Vehicular and Terrestrial Networks at University Gustave Eiffel, France.
22.05.2025: Our paper Optimizing disaster response with UAV-mounted RIS and HAP-enabled edge computing in 6G networks has been published in Journal of Network and Computer Applications 2025.
18.04.2025: Our paper A UAV-UGV Cooperative System: Patrolling and Energy Management for Urban Monitoring has been published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2025.
25.10.2024: I have been recognized as a highly valued editorial board member of Vehicular Communications-Elsevier

08.10.2024: I'm featured in Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% scientists for the year 2024. See reference.
13.06.2024: Our paper Efficient Vehicular Data Sharing using Aerial P2P Backbone has been published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 2024.
30.04.2024: Our paper UGV Charging Stations for UAV-Assisted AoI-Aware Data Collection has been published in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking 2024.
21.04.2024: Our paper Energy Efficiency Relaying Election Mechanism for 5G Internet of Things: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Technique has been published in the proceedings of IEEE WCNC 2024.
08.11.2023: I'm featured in Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% scientists for the year 2023. See reference.
28.05.2023: Our paper UAV-UGV-Based System for AoI minimization in IoT Networks has been published in the proceedings of IEEE ICC 2023.
16.05.2023: Our paper A survey of UAV-based data collection: Challenges, solutions and future perspectives has been published in Journal of Network and Computer Applications 2023.
17.03.2023: Our paper Multi-UAV Assisted Network Coverage Optimization for Rescue Operations using Reinforcement Learning has been published in the proceedings of IEEE CCNC 2023.
17.12.2022: Our paper 5G network slicing with unmanned aerial vehicles: Taxonomy, survey, and future directions has been accepted in Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies.
08.11.2022: I'm featured in Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% scientists for the year 2022. See reference.
18.05.2022: Special issue on Vehicular-to-Everything Communication in IoT - MDPI-Information
01.04.2022: Our paper Synchronizing UAV Teams for Timely Data Collection and Energy Transfer by Deep Reinforcement Learning has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
25.03.2022: Special issue on 5G Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X): Latest Advances and Prospects - MDPI-Applied Sciences
10.02.2022: Our paper Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Wireless-Powered UAV Networks has been accepted in IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
25.01.2022: Our paper Peer-to-peer overlay techniques for vehicular ad hoc networks: Survey and challenges has been accepted in Elsevier Vehicular Communications.
21.01.2022: I got the IEEE transactions on Vehicular Technology Top Reviewer Award for the year 2021.

19.10.2021: I'm featured in Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% scientists for the year 2021. See reference.
11.10.2021: Our paper Dispatch of UAVs for Urban Vehicular Networks: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
01.09.2021: I joined University Gustave EIffel as an Associate Professor (Maître de Conférence).
19.07.2021: Our paper entitled "Multi-UAV-enabled AoI-aware WPCN: A Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Strategy" has been published in the proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2021 Workshops.
18.06.2021: Special issue on Wireless Power Transfer in UAV-assisted Networks - Wiley Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT)
12.03.2021: Special issue on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Assisted Cooperative Air and Ground Communications - MDPI Drones
09.02.2021: Special issue on Securing UAV Communication Networks over 5G and Beyond - IET Networks
02.02.2021: Our paper entitled "An Efficient and Secure Certificate-Based Access Control and Key Agreement Scheme for Flying Ad hoc Networks" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
27.01.2021: Special Session on UAV Assistance to Terrestrial Networks
08.12.2020: Our paper on SDN-based Vehicle Path-Planning has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
11.11.2020: Special issue on Multiple Access Techniques in Emerging Wireless Systems: Performance, Applications and Challenges - MDPI Sensors.
28.07.2020: 2019 Best Survey Paper Award (A survey on position-based routing protocols for FANETs) - Elsevier Vehicular Communications

04.06.2020: Nominated as a Review Editor in Frontiersin in Communications and Networks journal (June 4th, 2020).
26.05.2020: Our paper UAV assistance paradigm: State-of-the-art in applications and challenges has been accepted in Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA-Elsevier).
14.05.2020: Our paper Softwarization of UAV Networks: A Survey of Applications and Future Trends has been accepted in IEEE ACCESS.
20.04.2020: Nominated as an Associate Editor in Elsevier Vehicular Communications Journal.
08.02.2020: Defence of my HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches-in english Accreditation to Supervise Research) at University of Laghouat, Algeria.
12.09.2019: Our paper BRT: Bus-Based Routing Technique in Urban Vehicular Networks has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
21.08.2019: Our paper ECaD: Energy-efficient routing in flying ad hoc networks has been accepted in International Journal of Communication Systems-Wiley.
05.08.2019: Our paper U2RV: UAV-assisted reactive routing protocol for VANETs has been accepted in International Journal of Communication Systems-Wiley.
25.07.2019: Our paper Leveraging Communicating UAVs for Emergency Vehicle Guidance in Urban Areas has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing.
19.06.2019: Our paper Routing in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Survey, Constraints, and Future Challenge Perspectives has been accepted in IEEE ACCESS.
11.02.2019: Our paper UAV-Assisted Supporting Services Connectivity in Urban VANETs has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
31.10.2018: Our paper On-Demand Routing for Urban VANETs using Cooperating UAVs has been published in the proceedings of IEEE SACONET 2018.
27.02.2018: I joined the department of Electronics at University of Laghouat as an Associate Professor (Maître de Conférence).
26.02.2018: Defence of Ph.D. thesis entitled Intelligent routing protocols in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks at University of Laghouat, Algeria.

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