Prof. Ahmed Bendahmane received the PhD degree in Computer Sciences from Abdelmalek Essaadi Tetuan, Morocco in 2013. He has been a professor of Computer Sciences in Abdelmalek Essaadi University since 2016 and past head of IT service at Faculty of Letters of Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan, Morocco (2003-2016). His main research interests include distributed systems, IoT, security of grid and cloud computing systems, Intrusion Detection and Tolerance, Blockchain and Smart Systems. He is the author and co-author of several papers covering these and other topics which appeared in refereed specialized journals and international conference. He is a member of the IEEE.