Ladjel Bellatreche

Ladjel Bellatreche is a Full Professor of Data Engineering at the National Engineering School for Mechanics and Aerotechnics (ENSMA) in Poitiers, France, where he has been a faculty member since September 2010. He leads the Data and Model Engineering Team at the Laboratory of Computer Science and Automatic Control for Systems (LIAS).

His educational background includes an Engineering degree in Computer Science obtained in 1992 from the Department of Computer Science at Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. He later held positions as Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Poitiers, France, and served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Québec in Outaouais, Canada, and a Visiting Researcher at Purdue University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

His research interests span a wide range of topics in data engineering, including semantic data integration, ontology-based database design, big data and cloud computing, green computing, and database deployment. He has made significant contributions to the design and optimization of data warehouses, particularly in the context of large-scale and distributed systems.

Bellatreche has an extensive publication record, including over 60 journal articles and numerous conference proceedings. His recent work focuses on scalable RDF query processing, green query optimization, and leveraging linked open data for enhancing traditional data warehouses. He has also co-authored several books and book chapters on data warehousing and big data analytics.

He actively participates in the research community by serving as a reviewer for top-tier journals such as IEEE TKDE and DKE, and as an editorial board member for various international journals. He has organized and co-organized numerous conferences and workshops, including DAWAK, DASFAA, and MEDI, and has served on the program committees of over 40 international conferences.

Bellatreche is deeply involved in promoting research in Africa and Asia, where he co-supervises several PhD and Master's students and organizes conferences and workshops to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.