Prof. Dr. Mourad Ykhlef

Bio

Mourad Ykhlef got his MS in Artificial Intelligence and PhD in Computer Science from Paris and Bordeaux, France, respectively. He is a professor in the Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information, Systems, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. His main research interests include artificial intelligence, database, data mining and bio-inspired computing.

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        Contact information (014675188, ykhlef@ksu.edu.sa),
        Office room number: Building 31 Office 2035
        Position: Professor
        Department name: Information Systems

Educational Dossier (Diplomas):
1999    Ph. D in Computer Science, University Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France
            Thesis title: "Querying semi-structured data"
1995   M Sc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Paris 13, Paris, France
            Thesis title: "Query optimization in deductive and object oriented databases"
1994   B Eng (Engineer) in Computer Science, University of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria
One Year Graduation Project: "Urban Spatial Analysis for Digital Cartography"

ACADEMIC RANKS:
June 2017-Up to now: Full Professor in Information System department, College of Computer Science and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
December 2010-June 2017: Associate Professor in Information System department, College of Computer Science and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sept 2003-November 2010: Assistant Professor in Information System department, College of Computer Science and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Research areas:

Data Mining and Big Data Analytics
Social Network, Text Mining and Information Retrieval
Data Mining for Finance and Marketing
Risk analysis
E-Business and E-Commerce
Bio-inspired computing
Collective Intelligence
Natural Language Processing