Chokri BEN AMAR received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS) in 1989, the M.S. and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France, in 1990 and 1994, respectively. He spent one year at the University of "Haute Savoie" (France) as a teaching assistant and researcher before joining the higher School of Sciences and Techniques of Tunis as Assistant Professor in 1995. In 1999, he joined the Sfax University (USS), where he is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), and the Vice director of the REsearch Group on Intelligent Machines (REGIM).

His research interests include Computer Vision and Image and video analysis. These research activities are centered on Wavelets and Wavelet networks and their applications to data Classification and approximation, Pattern Recognition and image and video coding, indexing and watermarking. He is a senior member of IEEE, and the chair of the IEEE SPS Tunisia Chapter since 2009. He was the chair of the IEEE NGNS’2011 (IEEE Third International Conference on Next Generation Networks and Services) and the Workshop on Intelligent Machines: Theories & Applications (WIMTA 2008) and the chairman of the organizing committees of the "Traitement et Analyse de l’Information : Méthodes et Applications (TAIMA 2009)" conference, International Conference on Machine Intelligence ACIDCA-ICMI'2005 and International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems SCS’2004.

[1] A. MEKAOUAR, H. T. REDARCE et C. BEN AMAR, Vers l’asservissement visuel de l’embout d’un coloscope, Journal Européen des Systèmes Automatisés, European Journal of Automation, JESA, Vol. 5, N° 4-5-6/2011.

[2] M. ZAIED, S. SAID, Olfa JEMAI, and C. BEN AMAR, A novel approach for face recognition based on fast learning algorithm and wavelet network theory, to appear in the IJWMIP International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing, Vol. 09, N° 6, pp 923-945, 2011.

[3] M. MEJDOUB and C. BEN AMAR, Classification improvement of local feature vectors over the KNN algorithm, International Journal "MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS", MTAP, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 1380-7501, pp. 1-22, Doi: 10.1007/s11042-011-0900-4, 2011.

[4] O. JEMAI, M. ZAIED, C. BEN AMAR and M. A. ALIMI, Faster Learning Algorithm of Wavelet Network Based on Fast Wavelet Transform, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, IJPRAI, Vol. 25, N° 8, pp. 1279-1319, 2011.

[5] M. OTHMANI, W. BELLIL, C. BEN AMAR and M. A. ALIMI, A novel approach for high dimension 3D object representation using Multi-Mother Wavelet Network, International Journal "MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS", MTAP, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 1380-7501, pp. 1-18, 2011.

[1] track chair of the IEEE MELECON'2012 (16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference)

[2] Co-chair of the IEEE NGNS’2011 (IEEE "Third International Conference on Next Generation Networks and Services")

[3] Tutorial chair of of the "Traitement et Analyse de l’Information : Méthodes et Applications (TAIMA 2011)" conference

[4] chairman of the organizing committee of the "Traitement et Analyse de l’Information : Méthodes et Applications (TAIMA 2009)" conference

[5] chair of the 4th workshop on Intelligent Machines and Applications WIMTA 2008