Team and Projects

Current PhD students

• Fares Zaidi (since 2026): Coordination and communication of UAV swarms via digital twins and RIS. With Prof. A. Rachedi, University Gustave Eiffel.

• Tony Psaila (since 2026): Hybrid beamforming for RIS-assisted cell-free ISAC MIMO systems with digital twins. With Prof. A. Rachedi, EFREI / University Gustave Eiffel.

• Yasser Brahmi (since 2026): Resilient solutions for decarbonized and connected logistics (digital twins, 5G/D2D mesh). With Prof. A. Rachedi, University Gustave Eiffel.

• Mourad Harima (since 2025): Intelligent and adaptive 5G networks for emergency management by drones. With Prof. A. Rachedi, Université Paris-Est Créteil / University Gustave Eiffel.

Former PhD students

• Clément Dutriez (defended 23 June 2026): Energy efficiency for 5G and 6G applied to IoT. With Prof. A. Rachedi, University Gustave Eiffel.

• Kaddour Messaoudi (defended February 2025): UAV-based data collection. With Prof. T. Bendouma, University of Laghouat.

• Abdelkader Ilyes Ameur (defended February 2025): Information sharing and dissemination in vehicular networks. With Prof. A. Lakas, University of Laghouat.

Master students

• Phuong Le and Sami Mokeddem (2024, University Gustave Eiffel): Deployment of Crazyflie drone fleets and autonomous navigation with TurtleBot.

• M2 SSIO tutored projects (Institut Gaspard-Monge): Drone and ground-robot synchronization, 3D mapping (Python, ROS).

Projects

• MOSAÏC (Erganeo / University Gustave Eiffel, 2026), principal investigator: demonstrator of resilient object-to-object communication over a multi-radio mesh network for smart cities and critical environments.

• SobrIoT (INS2I, CNRS, 2024): resilient digital platform for sober IoT services.

• Aerial network for rescue assistance (University Gustave Eiffel, 2024), principal investigator: deployment of an aerial assistance network for rescue operations.

• Food Track (H2020): member of the LIGM consortium.

• TECH HONEY (PRIMA, 2022-2025): member of the LIGM consortium.

Join the team

I regularly supervise PhD students, Master interns and visiting researchers on UAV-assisted networks, 5G/6G and AI. Contact me with your CV and a short research statement.