Kamel SRAIRI received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1992; and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the University of Nantes, France, in 1996. After graduation, he joined the University of Biskra, Algeria, where he is Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department that he headed for seven years and then has been elected by his pairs as president of the scientific council of the faculty for three years. He is co-founder of the laboratory of energy systems modeling where he is leading a research team. His research interests include analysis, design, modeling, optimization and control of electric systems. He is an author and co-author of numerous scientific journal articles in the field of energy, electrical and computer engineering.