Souhail Dhouib

- Souhail DHOUIB is acting as Full Professor at the University of Sfax (Tunisia),

- Listed as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists in the main field of Information & Communication Technologies, the first subfield of Artificial Intelligence and the second subfield of Operations Research (by Stanford University and Elsevier)

- Ranked 21st worldwide among the most cited authors in the field of Metaheuristic (by Google Scholar),

- Introduced to the Top1000 Scholar (2026 edition by Scholarly Index) according to 10 research topics:
1) Optimization and Packing Problems (World Rank #36, Top 2.8%, Tunisia(TN) Rank #1)
2) Optimization and Mathematical Programming (World Rank #135, Top 6.9%, TN Rank #1)
3) Optimization and Search Problems (World Rank #188, Top 8.8%, TN Rank #1)
4) Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (World Rank #258, Top 7%, TN Rank #3)
5) Urban Transport Systems Analysis (World Rank #320, Top 10.2%, TN Rank #1)
6) Data Management and Algorithms (World Rank #358, Top 11.1%, TN Rank #1)
7) Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (World Rank #411, Top 9.9%, TN Rank #2)
8) Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (World Rank #551, Top 9.9%, TN Rank #3)
9) Multi-Criteria Decision Making (World Rank #691, Top 12.3%, TN Rank #1)
10) Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (World Rank #988, Top 7%, TN Rank #3)

- Ranked 30th world's best researcher in the discipline of Metaheuristic (by ScholarGPS, prior to five years),

- Ranked 32th world's best researcher in the discipline of Mobile Robot (by ScholarGPS, prior to five years),

- Ranked 45st world's best researcher in the discipline of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (by ScholarGPS, prior to five years),

- Inventor of a new Artificial Intelligence optimization concept, namely the "Dhouib-Matrix",

- Taking part at the Frontiers Planet Prize as contact point, coordinator and nominator,

- Taking part at the African Planet Prize as contact point, coordinator and nominator,

- Judge for the Saudi Environmental, Social, and Governance Awards (SESGA),

- Expert evaluator for international science foundations,

- Member of editorial board in several international journals,

- Keynote speaker and workshop holder for several international conferences,

- For more details: https://thesciencematters.org/a-new-age-for-robotics-and-decision-science/.