Samir Brahim Belhaouari received a Master’s degree in Telecommunications from the National Polytechnic Institute (ENSEEIHT) of Toulouse, France, in 2000 and a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL) in 2006. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Division of Information and Communication Technologies, College of Science and Engineering, HBKU. He also holds and leads several academic and administrative positions: Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the College of Science and General Studies and University Preparatory Program at ALFAISAL University (KSA), University of Sharjah (UAE), Innopolis University (Russia), Petronas University (Malaysia), and EPFL Federal Swiss school (Switzerland). His primary research interests include stochastic processes, machine learning, and number theory. He is now actively working on developing algorithms for machine learning applied to visual surveillance and biomedical data, with the support of several international funds for research in Russia, Malaysia, and the GCC.