Youcef Derbalمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Dr. Youcef Derbal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology Management at Toronto Metropolitan University's Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management. With a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Queen's University, he brings extensive industry experience from robotics, telecommunications, and software sectors to his academic work. His research focuses on Complex Adaptive Systems, particularly in modeling cancer dynamics through agent-based simulations, machine learning applications for oncology, and computational frameworks for biological processes. Key research areas include tumor dynamics, cell signaling pathways, and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte recruitment. Dr. Derbal teaches undergraduate courses in business information systems, programming, system analysis, database design, and client-server applications, along with graduate-level advanced project management. His publication record shows consistent output in computational biology, cancer modeling, and grid computing since 2006. Professional affiliations include: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Administrative contributions include service on University Senate, chairing multiple departmental committees, leading the Business Technology Management curriculum development (2009-2014), and serving as School Director during 2013/2014.



