Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
Convergence of communications and artifical intelligence, Quantum Computing and Machine Learning, Quantum Communications, Frugal edge intelligence and applications (e.g., autonomous vehicles, smart grid, IoT, industrial IoT).
- 2508 Communications networks
- 2800 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Computer Vision, use 2603)
- 2700 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Publications
Biography
Pr. Soumaya Cherkaoui is a full professor in the Computer and Software Engineering departement at Polytechnique Montréal, where she leads a research group that conducts government and industry-funded research. The research and teaching interests of Prof. Soumaya Cherkaoui focus on the convergence of artificial intelligence and communications, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, quantum communications, and frugal intelligence at the network edge for verticals such as connected and autonomous cars, IoT and industrial IoT.
Prior to joining Polytechnique Montréal, Pr. Cherkaoui she held the position of Full Professor at Université de Sherbrooke. Before joining academia as a professor in 1999, she worked in industry as an aerospace project manager. Prof. Cherkaoui has held several invited visiting positions including at the University of California at Berkeley. Bell Laboratories, Monash University, and the University of Toronto, as well as an adjunct position at Lulea University, in Sweden.
Prof. Cherkaoui has published over 200 research articles in reputed journals and conferences, and her research has led to transfers to industry and patented technologies. She has served on numerous national and international scientific committees and pannels. She was appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence Auto21, member of the MITACS Research Council (2017-2022), and member emeritus of the MITACS Scientific Advisory Board (2023-). She has been associate editor of several IEEE, Wiley and Elsevier journals, including IET Quantum Communication, IEEE Systems, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, and IEEE Network where she has also been Column Editor.
Pr. Cherkaoui has chaired prestigious conferences such as IEEE LCN 2019, and has chaired or co-chaired technical committees for major conferences such as IEEE ICC2025 , as well as symposia for renowned conferences such as IEEE ICC 2021, IEEE ICC 2018, IEEE Globecom 2018, IEEE Globecom 2015, IEEE ICC 2014, and IEEE PIMRC 2011. She was the Chair of the IEEE Communications Society IoT-Ad hoc and Sensor Networks Technical Committe 2020-2022, and is Advisor for the IEEE Communications Society SIG- IoT Tactile Internet.
The work Pr. Cherkaoui has been recognized with honors and best paper awards, including at IEEE ICC 2017, IEEE LCN 2021 and ICCSPA 2024.
Pr. Cherkaoui was awareded the title of IEEE Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2020. She is the recipient of the ACM Mirela Notare Award (2023), as well as the IEEE Bio-Inspired Computing STC Leadership Award (2023). She was named Star by the N2Women: Stars in Networking and Communications in 2023.
Prof. Cherkaoui is an engineer in Quebec, Canada.
Teaching
Supervision at Polytechnique
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Master's Thesis (2)
- Hamhoum, W. (2024). Détection d'anomalies dans les réseaux véhiculaires en utilisant un LLM [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Kalfon, B. (2024). Réalisation d'un GAN quantique adapté à la détection d'anomalies pour les séries temporelles issues de données réseau [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
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