Dr. Lahouari Ghouti
			 
			 
			Dr. Lahouari Ghouti is an Associate Professor of the Information and 
			Computer Science Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and 
			Minerals (KFUPM). He received his BSc (First Honors) from the 
			Algerian Institute of Telecommunications (AIT), Oran, Algeria in 
			1992, his MSc in Electrical Engineering Department at KFUPM 
			University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Queen’s 
			University of Belfast (QUB), Belfast, UK in 2005.
			He has several publications in the areas of Multimedia Security, 
			Biometrics, Forensics and Homeland Security that appeared in 
			International refereed Journals and Proceedings. He holds 24 US patents. Dr. Ghouti has been acting as a 
			Chair of several technical sessions on Multimedia Security, 
			Biometrics, Forensics and Machine Learning. Also, Dr. Ghouti 
			continues to provide consulting services to several Saudi private 
			academic institutions on the development of computing-related 
			academic programs. Also, he contributed to the development of two new 
			Graduate Programs in Forensics, Computer Security and Assurance at 
			QUB and KFUPM universities. Dr. Ghouti is an active member of the 
			IEEE and IEE Institutes. The research interests of Dr. Ghouti 
			include watermarking technologies, information hiding, content 
			identification, multimedia security, biometrics, and signal/image 
			processing applications for forensic and homeland security.
			Dr. Ghouti's interest into the field of information security, 
			biometrics and forensics began with his dissertation on the 
			copyright protection of multimedia content.
 
			Dr. Ghouti has been the PI/Co-PI of projects funded by Government, 
			industry and academia in the last 10 years. 
			Dr. Ghouti has given several invited talks in Saudi Arabia, Europe 
			(UK and France), and Canada. He has co-supervised 4 PhD 
			students and 15 MSc students at QUB and KFUPM universities. He serves as a 
			reviewer of several IEEE and IEE  journals in his area and 
			has chaired two technical sessions in the IEE Visual Information 
			Engineering (VIE) Conference.
			Dr. Ghouti has won the Best paper award at the First IEEE/AHS 
			Conference on Adaptive Hardware and System (AHS 2006) in Istanbul, 
			Turkey and the Bronze Medal for the Best Applied Research at King 
			Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in October 2005.
			
			Dr. Ghouti uses a lot of artificial intelligence and machine 
			learning tools for teaching and research purposes:
			
			1- GMDH Shell Forecasting Software
			2- Python 
			and Scikit
			3- Turi 
			Graphlab Create
			
			Dr. Ghouti has given several invited talks in Saudi Arabia, Europe 
			(UK and France), and Canada. He has co-supervised 4 PhD 
			students and 15 MSc students at QUB and KFUPM universities. He serves as a 
			reviewer of several IEEE and IEE  journals in his area and 
			has chaired two technical sessions in the IEE Visual Information 
			Engineering (VIE) Conference.
			Dr. Ghouti has won the Best paper award at the First IEEE/AHS 
			Conference on Adaptive Hardware and System (AHS 2006) in Istanbul, 
			Turkey and the Bronze Medal for the Best Applied Research at King 
			Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in October 2005.