Driss Kettani
School - School of Science and Engineering Employment Status - Full-Time Office - Building 9, Office No. 102 Office hours - TBA Office extension - (+212) 535-862-178Dr. Driss Kettani holds a Master's and PhD in Computer Science from Laval University, Canada, along with certificates in Business Administration and GIS from ESRI.
He pioneered commercial fleet tracking systems in North America during his tenure at OCTOPUS from 1994 to 1996. Later, as a Defence Scientist for the Canadian Department of Defence, he enhanced the Search and Rescue Platform with advanced spatiotemporal intelligence.
Joining Al-Akhawayn University in 2000, Dr. Kettani teaches Software Engineering, Programming, and Artificial Intelligence at both graduate and undergraduate levels. He heads international research labs funded by North American and European grants, focusing on AI for Development, particularly "eGovernment for Good Governance." Dr. Kettani's research spans GIS, E-Government, Big Data, AI, and Software Engineering, reflected in numerous publications and supervised thesis projects.
Dr. Kettani contributes to the UN's e-Government Survey as a member of the Experts Group and advises UNESCO, ESCWA, CAFRAD, and UNECA. He has received prestigious awards, including the eMtiaz’2006 and TIGA’2007 prizes.
Pr. Kettani supervised a number of Master/PhD Projects/Thesis both in Laval and Al Akhawayn Universities. He published several books and chapters and many research papers addressing a wide range of Computer Science including, GIS, E-Government, Bigdata, AI, Software Engineering, etc.