Prof. Abdelghani Harrag

Keynote Speaker Talk:

Energy Transition in Algeria: Status and Perspectives

Biography:

Prof. Abdelghani Harrag was born in Setif, Algeria. He received BSc, Magister and PhD Degrees in Electronics from Ferhat Abbas University (UFAS), Setif, Algeria, in 1995, 1998 and 2011, respectively. In 1998, he was awarded the best Magister thesis prize in Electronics by UFAS. He worked as Project Manager during more than 10 years in France with French and American Societies. He is the creator of the standard Arabic language on all mobile and intelligent systems sold by Alcatel Lucent all over the world including Arab countries from Atlantic ocean to Arabic gulf. He taught at University Pierre Mendes France and Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, at Mohamed Boudiaf University, Msila, Algeria and Ferhat Abbas University Setif 1, Algeria where he works currently as Full Professor. He supervised many BSc , Master and PhD students. His research interests mainly concerned renewable energy,intelligent control, heuristic and evolutionary optimization, embedded systems and signal processing. He is the head of the Mechatronics Laboratory and the leader of the renewable energy team.