Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem

Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem (IEEE Senior Member) received the Ph.D. degree in information processing from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor with United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and the Director of Cognitive AI Robotics lab. Prior to joining the UAEU, he was a Specially Appointed Researcher with the Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, and an Assistant Professor with the Endowed Research Department of Clinical Neuroengineering, Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Japan, from 2015 to 2019. His research interests include brain-computer/ machine interface using human magneto- and electro-encephalography (MEG/EEG), human-machine interaction, artificial intelligence, robotics, and neuroscience. He was one of the recipients of the prestigious international award “MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 MENA” and brings over ten years of experience in brain-machine interface (BMI). One of his works was adopted on a cover page of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Volume 26–6, 2018. He has been a Vice Chair of the IEEE P2725.1 Working Group, since 2021. He has contributed to many international technical program committees, such as IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2018/20/21) as the Co-Chair of BMI workshops. He is a Guest Associate Editor of BMI on journal of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.