Dr. Hakim Hacid

Dr. Hakim Hacid is The Executive Director and the Acting Chief Researcher of the AI Cross-Center Unit in the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based scientific research center. He is also an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University, Australia. Prior to joining TII, he was an Associate Professor at Zayed University and contributed to research in the areas of data analytics, information retrieval, and security. He was also the Chair of the Computing and Applied Technologies Department. Dr. Hacid is a published author of many research articles in top journals and conferences and holds several industrial patents to his credit. His research specialization includes databases, data mining and analytics, programming, web information systems, natural language processing, and security. Dr. Hakim Hacid obtained his PhD in Data Mining/Databases from the University of Lyon, France. He also earned a double master’s in Computer Science (Master by Research and Professional Master) from the same university.