Nizar Messai

Nizar Messai is a Researcher at the University of Tours, affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Technology and Polytechnic School of the University of Tours (EPU). He works within the Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Computer Science (LIFAT, UR 6300), focusing on semantic technologies and distributed systems.

Research Interests:

• Semantic Web Services Composition
• Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) for Data Mining
• Blockchain Applications in Trustworthy Systems
• Context-Aware IoT Mashups
• Linked Open Data Integration

Scientific Contributions:

• Developed semantic similarity measures for service discovery
• Created the LDS Java library for LOD-based similarity
• Explored blockchain for decentralized choreography execution
• Integrated attention mechanisms in travel mashup systems
• Applied FCA to clinical decision support systems

Collaborations & Labs:
Active member of the LIFAT (UR 6300) laboratory, contributing to projects at the intersection of computer science, semantic technologies, and biomedical informatics.