(abderrahim.guerna@univmsila.dz) is a professor of computer science at the University of M’sila (Algeria), as well as a member of LIAM Laboratory at the University of M'sila . He received an Engineering degree and a Magister in computer science from the University of M’sila (Algeria), and his Master’s and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Biskra. His main research interests are vehicular ad hoc networks, IoV, and metaheuristics in combinatorial optimization.