Habib M. Kammoun - IEEE Tunisia section

Candidate for 2021-2022 Tunisia section Chair-Elect:

E-mail: habib.kammoun@ieee.org

Organization: University of Sfax, Tunisia

IEEE Membership: Senior Member, active for 15 years

Biography (without IEEE activities): Habib M. Kammoun (IEEE Senior Member’15) received a PhD degree in computer science from the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Tunisia. He is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences – University of Sfax, Tunisia. Habib is currently the head of the Virtual Education UVT Department at the University of Sfax. Habib is member of the REGIM-Lab. (Research Groups in Intelligent Machines, University of Sfax, Tunisia) and member of the MIR Labs (Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA). His research interests include soft computing, computational intelligence, intelligent transportation systems, and smart cities. Habib is a program committee member within IEEE conferences and journals.

Position Statement:

The position statement is very important to the Nominations and Appointments Committee in reviewing candidate nomination packages. When answering, please consider… If selected for the position, what would you do as a member of this committee / in this liaison position? Why do you want this position? 300 word limit.

If selected for the position, it will be a great opportunity to continue the great progress of the Tunisia section activities, to offer more and more benefits for IEEE members in Tunisia, to help establishing new IEEE units in Tunisia (chapters, student branches, etc.), and to help students and young professionals to succeed their careers. Since the establishment of the Tunisia section in June 2008, I volunteered in different committees at several IEEE levels (society, region, section, chapters, affinity groups, student branches, and student chapters). As always, I will be able to listen, analyze, think clearly and creatively, work well with professional members and students individually and in groups, and to better satisfy the Tunisian IEEE members’ needs. During my term, I will continue my focus on the following 3 priorities: – Increasing section members’ benefits and satisfactions; – Enhancing collaboration between all IEEE units in Tunisia and increasing their visibility worldwide; – Helping section members in their national and international activities. I’m applying for the position because I believe that I can continue serving the needs and interests of IEEE members in Tunisia during the next years. This will help me to accomplish some programs developed in my previous term.

Major IEEE Accomplishments: I contributed to the organization of the following major recent IEEE events: Sept. 28, 20 6th IEEE International Energy Conference, Gammarth-Tunisia (organizing chair) Aug. 21-23, 20 IEEE Sections Congress (program track chair) Jun. 22-24, 20 7th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), Tunis-Tunisia (general co-chair) Feb. 6, 20 Blockchain workshop, ANSI, Tunis-Tunisia (program co-chair) Nov. 28, 19 AI, Big Data, and Cybersecurity workshop, ANSI, Tunis-Tunisia (program co-chair) Oct. 14-17, 19 5th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, Casablanca-Morocco (co-chair) Sept. 8, 19 World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) Tunisian Qualifications, Sfax-Tunisia (general chair) Jul. 3, 19 3D Design Innovation Challenge, Sfax-Tunisia (general co-chair) Jun. 28, 18 IEEE Future Innovations Summit, Ariana-Tunisia (chair) Mar. 28-30, 18 4th IEEE Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME), Tunis-Tunisia (organizing chair) Mar.12-14, 18 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Arabic and derived Script Analysis and Recognition (ASAR 2018), London-UK (organizing chair) in addition to the invitation of several IEEE Distinguished Lectures

Past IEEE positions and Awards:

IEEE International & Regional level

2019-2020 IEEE MGA Nominations and Appointment committee, Member
2019-2020 IEEE Region8 Nominations and Appointment committee, Member
2017-2018 IEEE MGA Training committee, Member
2018-2019 IEEE Africa council, Secretary
2016-2017 IEEE Africa area committee, Member
2015-2016 IEEE Region8 (Europe-Africa-MiddleEast) Strategic Planning Subcommittee, Member
2015-2016 Gaining Global Perspectives on Conferences and Events Ad hoc Committee, Member
2014-2015 IEEE Region8 Professional Activities SubCommittee, Member

IEEE Society level

2015-2019 IEEE IA Society Student Branch Chapters Area (Africa and Europe), Chair
2015-2017 IEEE CI Society chapters committee, Member
2013-2018 IEEE CI Society Student Activities Committee, Member
2011-2012 IEEE CI Society Social Media Committee, Member
2010-2011 IEEE SMCS Student Activities Committee, Member

IEEE Section level

2019-2020 IEEE Tunisia Section, Past Chair
Jul.2015-2018 IEEE Tunisia Section, Chair

Awards

2018 IEEE Region 8 Volunteer Award
2017 IEEE MGA Outstanding Large Section Award
2016 IEEE Region 8 Outstanding Large Section Award
2015 IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor Award
2015 IEEE IAS Outstanding Chapter Chair Award
2014 IEEE R8 Young Professionals Exceptional Volunteer Recognition certificate
2014 IEEEXtreme Programming Competition, Certificate of Appreciation
2014 IEEE Darrel Chong Student Activity Award
2013 IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) graduate Award
2013 IEEE Student Enterprise Award
2013 IEEE GOLD / Young Professionals certificate of Appreciation
2013 IEEE GOLD Hall of Fame Award
2011 IEEE Computer Society Certificate of Completion
2011 IEEE Best Student Branch Award by Tunisia section
2011 IEEE Best Tunisia chapter Award
2010 and 2011 IEEE Day Photo Contest Award
2010 IEEE R8 Exemplary Student Branch Award
2010 IEEE Outstanding SMC Student Branch Chapter Award

Qualifications:

Since the creation of the IEEE Tunisia section, and through my volunteering experience in different IEEE units, and thanks to my participation to the IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) program, and thanks to my experience as IEEE volunteer:
– I developed several soft skills, mainly leadership, communication, management, etc.
– I developed good networking list of contacts at the national and international levels;
– I acquired the values of discipline, efficiency, passion, ethic, openness, team spirit, and quest for excellence;
– I was involved in IEEE MGA and IEEE Region 8 subcommittees’ decision making through my participation to several IEEE Region 8 meetings;
– I received several IEEE awards at the international level through my IEEE volunteering experience.