Dr. Asma Cherif received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Lorraine University, France in 2008 and 2012, respectively. During her doctoral studies, she conducted extensive research with the prestigious French Research Laboratory, Inria Nancy Grand Est, focusing on distributed systems and network communications. Currently, Dr. Cherif serves as a Professor at the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Since 2022, she has been leading the IoT Ecosystems Research Team at the Center of Excellence in Smart Environment Research (CESER), where she directs cutting-edge research initiatives. Her primary research interests encompass distributed systems and communication networks, cybersecurity protocols, cloud/edge computing architectures, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things ecosystems. Through her work, Dr. Cherif has contributed significantly to advancing technological solutions for complex distributed computing challenges.