Lilia Sidhom is Associate Professor of Automation and Industrial Computing with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Engineering School of Bizerta, Tunisia  (ENIB) and member of the Laboratory of Energy Applications and Renewable Energy Efficiency (LAPER) of the University of Tunis El Manar.  She received an automation and industrial computing engineering degree from the National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), Tunis, Tunisia, in 2007. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in automation and industrial computing from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon), Villeurbanne, France, in 2011. She obtained a University Habilitation degree from INSAT, Tunisia, in 2019. Current research interests include advanced control of non-linear complex and innovative systems, soft sensors, smart diagnostics and observer/estimator. Her research applications concern smart grids, biomedicine, drill string system and robots.