Majed Bouchahma

Accomplished academic leader with 15+ years of experience driving research excellence in AI, healthcare technology, and environmental informatics. Proven track record in securing competitive grants, building collaborative research ecosystems, and mentoring faculty to achieve impactful outcomes. Skilled at bridging academic research with industry applications to deliver innovative solutions with real-world impact.

• Azure AI Fundamental, 2025
• Azure Data Fundamental, 2025
• Blackboard Certified Associate Digital Teaching and Learning, 2023
• Apple Certified Trainer (Mobile Application Development Using Swift), 2021
• Huawei HCIA- AI Certification, 2021
• Microsoft Certified Educator, 2021
• IBM Blockchain Developer Mastery Award, 2020
• Environmental Innovator, 2012

Journal Papers

• Ben Hammouda, S. , Maoua, M., Bouchahma, M. , et al. (2025). The Effectiveness of VR Human Anatomy Simulation Training for Undergraduate Medical Students in Tunisia. PREPRINT. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5444784/v1
• Abd Al Rahman, E. , Ruhaiyem, N. I. R., Bouchahma, M. (2024). A multioutput classifier model for breast cancer treatment prediction. *Intelligence-Based Medicine, 10*, 00158.
• Abd Al Rahman, E. , Ruhaiyem, N. I. R., Bouchahma, M. , Musa, K. I. (2023). Framework for a Computer-Aided Treatment Prediction (CATP) System for Breast Cancer. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing.
• Bouchahma, M. , Al Balushi, M. J., Al-Housni, S. N. K., AlWardi, H. (2019). A Decision Aid System for Omani medical herb leaves recognition using computer vision and artificial intelligence. International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, 11(2), 129-140.
• Bouchahma, M. , Yan, W. (2014). Monitoring shoreline change on Djerba Island using GIS and multi-temporal satellite data. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7(9), 3705-3713.
• Bouchahma, M. , Yan, W., Ouessar, M. (2012). Island coastline change detection based on image processing and remote sensing. Computer and Information Science, 5(5), 27-36.
• Bouchahma, M. , Yan, W. (2012). Automatic measurement of shoreline change on Djerba Island of Tunisia. Computer and Information Science, 5(3), 17-24.

Conference Proceedings

• Alkouz, A. , Al-Saleh, M. I., Alarabeyyat, A., Bouchahma, M. (2025). UKRAG: A Unified Knowledge Graph to Enhance Retrieval Augmented Generation Performance. In Intelligent Computing Systems (ISICS 2024), Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2381. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-82931-4_1
• Ben Hammouda, S. , Maoua, M., Bouchahma, M. (2024). A Metaverse platform for medical students training and assessment on human anatomy. 2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse and Cybersecurity (ICAMAC), Dubai, UAE, 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/ICAMAC62387.2024.10828956
• Al-Saleh, M. I. , Alkouz, A., Alarabeyyat, A., Bouchahma, M. (2023). Towards Classifying File Segments in Memory Using Machine-Learning. 2023 9th International Conference on Information Technology Trends (ITT), Dubai, UAE, 44-49. DOI: 10.1109/ITT59889.2023.10184243
• Bouchahma, M. , Takefuji, Y., Ben Hammouda, S., Kouki, S., Ghorbel, A., Guerdelli, F. (2022). *Measure and scoring Arabic countries policies to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic based on deaths*. 2022 8th International Conference on Information Technology Trends (ITT), 142-144. DOI: 10.1109/ITT56123.2022.9863964
• Bouchahma, M. , Ben Hammouda, S., Al Shemaili, M., Kouki, S., Abdel Rahman, E., Al Hafeet, M. (2022). *An IoT and AI enabled Cold box for a secure transportation of COVID-19 vaccines using Sigfox Network*. 2022 International Conference on Electric Vehicle, Smart Grid, and Information Technology (ICESI), Korea.
• Ghorbel, A. , Lodhi, S., Chitkara, S., Kukreja, V., Bouchahma, M. , Guerdelli, F. (2022). A Novel Approach to Detect Mathematical Expressions: Recognition Based Convex Hulls. 2022 8th International Conference on Information Technology Trends (ITT), 109-114. DOI: 10.1109/ITT56123.2022.9863958
• Bouchahma, M. , Ben Hammouda, S., Kouki, S., Alshemaili, M., Samara, K. (2019). An automatic dental decay treatment prediction using a deep convolutional neural network on X-Ray images. *16th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA)*.
• Bouchahma, M. , Barhoumi, W., Yan, W., Al-Wardi, H. (2017). Optical-flow based approach for the detection of shoreline changes using remote sensing data. *14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA)*.
• Bouchahma, M. , Al Balushi, M. J., Al-Housni, S. N. K., AlWardi, H. (2016). A Decision Aid System for Omani medical herb leaves recognition using computer vision and artificial intelligence. 2016 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA), Hammamet, Tunisia.
• Bouchahma, M. , Yan, W. (2012). Long-term coastal changes detection system based on remote sensing and image processing around an island. IEEE 20th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Hong Kong, 1-5.
• Bouchahma, M. (2010). Coast line changes monitoring based on remote sensing and computer vision techniques in the Island of Djerba, Tunisia. GeoTunis 2010 (Oral Presentation).

• Head of the IT Department, 07/01/18, 01/01/19, Managing a department of 16 faculties and 120 students.
• Head of The Software Development Major, IT Department, College of Applied Sciences Rustaq, 06/01/14, 01/01/19, Reviewing the course materials and assessments.
• System Course Team Leader for Advanced Application Development, HCT, 08/01/21, Present
• DCA Moderator -IT Major, HCT, 08/01/23, Present
• Head of the quality assurance subcommittee in charge of industry and community relationship, University of Applied Sciences, Oman, 01/01/17, 01/01/19
• Reviewer in the Final Exam committee, University of Applied Sciences, MoHE Oman
• Member of the recruitment committee, University of Applied Sciences, Oman
• Computer Graphics course Coordinator, University of Applied Sciences, MoHE Oman
• Member of the IT degree development, University of Applied Sciences, MoHE Oman

• 2025
  UKRAG: A Unified Knowledge Graph to Enhance Retrieval Augmented Generation Performance (Conference: ISICS 2024, publ. 2025).
• 2024
  A Metaverse Platform for Medical Students Training on Human Anatomy (ICAMAC 2024, Dubai).
• 2023
  Sandouq Al Watan Swift Accelerator – Coached students in iOS app development and publishing.
  Classifying File Segments in Memory Using ML (ITT 2023, Dubai).
• 2022
  *IoT/AI Cold Box for COVID-19 Vaccine Transport* (ICESI 2022, Korea).
  *Scoring Arab Countries' COVID-19 Policies* (ITT 2022).
  Workshop on AI & IoT – Dept. of Residency & Foreigners Affairs, Ras Al Khaimah.
• 2021
  *3-Day Workshop: SpringBoot & Angular App Development* (HCT).
• 2020
  *3-Day Workshop: Cross-Platform Apps with Angular/Ionic* (HCT).
• 2019
  *2-Day PD: Artificial Neural Networks & Deep Learning* (HCT Faculty).
  Community Workshop: Joomla CMS for Web Dev (Rustaq, Oman).
  Dental Decay Prediction Using CNN (AICCSA 2019).
• 2018
  Coached Students:
  Startup conversion of Final Year Projects (Upgrade Program, Winning Team ).
  Software Apps with Arduino Shield (Oman Competitions).
• 2016–2017
  Decision Aid System for Omani Herbs (DASA 2016, AICCSA 2017).
• 2012–2014
  Shoreline Change Detection (IEEE Geoinformatics 2012, Arabian J. Geosciences 2014).
• 2010
  Coastal Monitoring in Djerba (GeoTunis 2010, Oral Presentation).

• 2019, Organizing Committee (Scientific Committee) ITT 2019.
• 2015, Organizing Committee (Scientific Committee) of the 1st National Symposium on Frontiers in Information Technology: Business Intelligence and Analytics.

• 2025, HCT Seed Grant, UAE
• 2025, Academic Heath Challenge Award, Abu Dhabi Health Department, UAE.
• 2015, Grant from The Research Council Oman, A web based framework for medical herb recognition.
• 2012, Certificate of Senior Environmental Innovator, SFC Keio University Japan.
• 2009, MEXT Scholarship Grant for Ph.D (2 Years and 6 Months), Japan.

• A VR Application for security lab simulation
• An IoT Application for Smart Farming Using Sigfox Network and Platform
• An IoT Application for Smart Water Meter Using Sigfox Network and Platform
• An IoT Application to Manage Bins, Parking and Rooms Temperature Using Sigfox Network, Arduino and Carriots IoT platform.
• Claims Management System for the public authority of consumer protection Rustaq Oman
• College Smart Control System Using Arduino Microcontroller
• Content Management System for Android Application
• Android Application for Oman News Papers
• University Of Nizwa Android Application

• USM Malaysia,Co-Supervisor, PhD Subject :Breast Cancer Treatment Prediction.
• Medicine Faculty, university of Sousse, Tunisia. Co-supervisor, PhD Subject: Metaverse platform to enhance medical clinical skills delivery in
  Tunisian universities.

• Yan Lab (EcoGIS), Keio University, Japan
• SIIVA (Intelligent System for machine vision), Tunis El-Manar University, Tunisia

• Advanced Mobile Application Development
• Advanced Database Technologies
• Information Security Management
• Ethical Hacking and Network Defense
• Data and Information Management
• E Business Apps Development
• Fundamentals of Programming
• Introduction to web development
• Web Development
• Advanced Web Development
• Application Software Development
• Advanced Database Development Using Oracle
• Artificial Intelligence
• Image Processing