Dr. Jaouad Dabounou is a Professor of Higher Education at Hassan 1st University (FST Settat), he has been a teacher-researcher there since 1994. He holds a PhD in Solid and Structural Modelling from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC, France), obtained in 1994 with highest honours and the congratulations of the jury, and later turned his research towards artificial intelligence and territorial intelligence.
He directs the AIRA laboratory (Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications) and the CODE212 Centre, and chairs the Association for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Africa (AAIDA). Since 2008 and 2009 respectively, he has been head of the Master’s programmes in multimedia/web technologies and in economic intelligence at Hassan 1st University. He supervises around ten doctoral students and regularly acts as an expert for Moroccan and international institutions (IAIS, GIZ, ArcelorMittal, Oneup, local authorities, notably the cities of Settat, Kenitra and Marrakech).
Author of some twenty scientific publications, he frequently chairs or speaks at international conferences on artificial intelligence (AIATSI, IEEE World Technology Summit Rabat 2026, IANLP 2026, among others). He is a founding member and Vice-President of the UTC Alumni Association in Morocco, and a member of the Institut de l’Iconomie de Paris.
