Youcef Bekakra received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from El Oued University, Algeria in 2007, and M.Sc. degree from El Oued University in 2010. In 2011, he was recruited as Assistant Professor at the University of El Oued, Algeria. In 2014, he received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Biskra University, Algeria. He was promoted to Full Professor in July 2021. His areas of interest are Electrical Drives and Process Control, renewable energy, application of Artificial Intelligence techniques. He is a member of the LEVRES Research Laboratory.