Dr. Djihed Berkouk is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at Dar Al-Hekma University in Saudi Arabia. His research interests revolve around the study of the relationship between the physical environment and space occupancy, human comfort, soundscape, noise pollution, and urban morphology. He has significantly contributed to multiple research articles published in reputable international journals such as Sustainability and Acoustics Australia. He is actively engaging with the international academic community, as a reviewer for multiple esteemed journals indexed in Scopus. His dedication to upholding the standards of scholarly research is evident in his role as a guest editor for a special issue titled Soundscape Perspectives and Noise Pollution Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach Towards Sustainable Environmental Solutions.
Dr. Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Bhatter College, Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India and an Applied Geographer with a Doctoral Degree in Applied Geography at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India. His areas of research interest cover Urban Planning, Social and Human geography, Applied Geomorphology, Hazards & Disasters, and Environmental Issues. Currently, Dr. Uday Chatterjee has completed the Special Issue (S.I) of Urbanism, Smart Cities and Modelling, Geojournal, Springer as a Lead Editor, Special issue in Global Social Welfare, Springer and Frontiers journal, Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). His extensive research and editorial contributions highlight his commitment to advancing geographical knowledge and its applications.
Dr. Tallal Abdel Karim Bouzir is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Blida in Algeria, and his area of expertise is the analysis of urban and architectural atmospheres. Specifically, he concentrates on examining how the sound, visual, and thermal environment interacts with human perception, comfort, and public health. His research aims to deepen our understanding of how the urban and architectural environment impacts the quality of life of individuals.
Prof. Imed Ben Dhaou is a Full Professor and Docent in Embedded Systems for IoT at the Department of Computer Science, Dar Al-Hekma University, since 2021. He has authored and coauthored over 120 journal and conference papers, and received numerous awards, including the Best Paper Award from the 1997 Finnish Symposium on Signal Processing, travel grants from the Ph.D. Forum at DAC, Los Angeles in 2000, a publication award from Qassim University, and the Dr. Hussein Mohammed Al-Sayyed award for research. Since September 2014, Dr. Ben Dhaou has served as an editor to the Microelectronics Journal, Elsevier, and was the Guest Editor for four special issues in ISI journals. He has also served as TPC chair or TPC member for several conferences in his primary fields of expertise.
