Akka Zemmari received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Bordeaux 1, France, in 2000. He is an associate professor in computer science since 2001 at University of Bordeaux, France. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Distributed algorithms and systems, Graphs, Randomized Algorithms, and Security. He is head of Distributed algorithms team at the University of Bordeaux. He has participated in national research projects, European research projects, and Europe-India projects. He has written one book and achieved more than 80 research papers published in international journals and conference proceedings and he is involved in program committees and organization committees of international conferences.