Leila MERGHEM-BOULAHIA

Leila MERGHEM-BOULAHIA is a Full Professor at the University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), serving as Director of the ISIFT institute and leading the Networks Axis within the LIST3N research unit. She holds a prominent role in UTT’s academic governance as an elected member of the Scientific Council and former member of the Board of the ICD laboratory. Her expertise spans distributed artificial intelligence, smart grids, IoT, and multi-agent systems.

Research Focus: Her work emphasizes decentralized resource management in communication networks and smart grids using multi-agent systems and AI. Key areas include fog computing for IoT, energy-efficient mechanisms in smart buildings, and federated learning for thermal comfort analysis. Recent projects include the CIFRE thesis with Orange Labs and industrial collaborations with EMO SAS.

Publications & Awards: Over 100 publications, including 36 journal articles and 71 conference papers, with two Best Paper Awards. Notable contributions include energy scheduling in smart grids and thermal comfort management using federated learning. Her students have won prestigious awards, including the regional thesis prize and public recognition at MT 180.

Teaching & Leadership: Responsible for courses like RE15 (Quality of Service Networking), IF34 (IT Systems Mastery), and smart grid capsules. Supervised 11 PhD defenses and 4 ongoing theses, with 5 post-docs. Active in conference program committees (IEEE Globecom, ICC) and expert roles for ANR and ANRT.

Labs & Teams: Key contributor to the ISIFT institute (focusing on IoT and smart services) and the LIST3N unit, advancing research in distributed networks and energy systems.