Noureddine Bouhmala

Dr. Noureddine Bouhmala received his PhD thesis from The University of Neuchâtel, department of computer science, Switzerland in 1998. In 2001, He  joined the department of computer science at the  University College of Southeast Norway (USN), Norway. Today he is working at the department of maritime technology and innovation (USN). Since  2007,  he has  been   affiliated with University of Agder in a 20% position at the department of Information and Communication. His research interests include  combinatorial optimization, data mining, algorithms, maritime logistics. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding, design, and performance of  large scale optimization algorithms. He is the author of more than 60 refereed journal and conference publications.