AIM Faculty
Toufik Marir
Professor
Computer science professor, director of the ReLa(CS)² laboratory
Biography
Toufik Marir is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oum El Bouaghi and Research Director within the Distributed-Intelligent Systems Engineering (DISE) team of the ReLa(CS)² research laboratory on complex systems, which he has headed since 2020. He holds a PhD in Science (Artificial Intelligence option) from the University of Annaba, focusing on a quality assurance approach for multi-agent systems, as well as a university Habilitation (2019), and previously earned a Magister in software engineering and artificial intelligence and an engineering degree in distributed and parallel systems. His research addresses multi-agent systems, software engineering, software quality assurance and intelligent embedded systems. He has held numerous teaching and research responsibilities, chaired several international and national conferences, edited proceedings with Springer, and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology. Author of many publications in leading journals and conferences, he supervises several doctoral projects and a PRFU research project on the engineering of normative multi-agent systems.
Academic training
- University Habilitation (HDR), University of Oum El Bouaghi (2019)
- PhD in Science, Artificial Intelligence option, University of Annaba (2015)
- Magister in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, University of Khenchela (2009)
- Computer Engineering degree, Distributed and Parallel Systems option, University of Oum El Bouaghi (2006)
- Baccalaureate in Natural and Life Sciences, Boughdiri Mokhtar Secondary School, Aïn Touila (2001)
Expertise and specialties
Experience
- Full Professor of Computer Science, University of Oum El Bouaghi (since Feb. 2026)
- Research Director, DISE team, ReLa(CS)² laboratory
- Head of the ReLa(CS)² research laboratory (since Aug. 2020)
- Head of the scientific committee of the Mathematics and Computer Science department (2019-2022)
- Head of the pedagogical team of computer science specialties (2017-2021)
- Assistant Director of the ReLa(CS)² laboratory (2017-2020)
- Principal Investigator, PRFU project "Engineering of normative multi-agent systems" (since 2023)
- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology (Inderscience)
