Zakaria Abou El Houda

Zakaria Abou El Houda (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France, in 2021. He is currently a Professor with the Energy, Materials, and Telecommunications Center, National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada. He is also a member of the INRS-UQO Joint Research Unit in Cybersecurity. Prior to joining INRS, he was a Research Scientist in various institutions, contributing to significant research projects on the application of machine learning for intrusion detection systems, and studying the explainability and robustness of these systems. His current research interests include applied AI for intrusion detection systems, security in distributed/federated machine learning, and blockchain for network security.