Team members

Leila Benarous

Leila Benarous is a distinguished researcher and educator in computer science, specializing in networks and distributed systems. She earned her Doctorate from Abou Bekr Belkaid University, focusing on security and privacy in vehicular networks. Prior, she completed her Master’s at Amar TELIDJI University, exploring steganography and steganalysis tools. Leila’s academic journey began with a Bachelor’s in IT systems and networks. Currently affiliated with University of Paris-Est Creteil and the University of Amar Telidji-Laghouat, she teaches diverse courses and contributes significantly to research, notably in Deep Learning applications and network security. Her commitment to advancing knowledge extends to various professional activities and dissemination through open-access platforms.

Education

2020 – Phd : Networks and Distributed Systems, Abou Bekr Belkaid University, Tlemcen, Algeria
- Thesis title: Security and privacy in vehicular network.
2015 – Master: Networks, Distributed Systems and Applications, Amar TELIDJI University, Laghouat, Algeria
- Thesis title: comparative study of steganography and steganalysis tools: Application to images and videos
2013 – Licence: IT systems and networks; Amar TELIDJI University, Laghouat, Algeria
- Thesis title: concurrent processes and parallel systems practical aspects.
2010 – Baccalaureate: Experimental Sciences, Sadek TALBI high school, Laghouat, Algeria

Affiliation

Associate Researcher since December 2021 at University of Paris-Est Creteil, LISSI-TincNET, F-94400, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Researcher since April 2021 at Laboratoire d’Informatique et de Mathématique – Computer Science and Mathematics (LIM Lab). Team: Networks MANETs, VANETs protocols, applications and performances, University of Amar Telidji-Laghouat, Algeria

Teaching experience

(2024-2025) Network Security, audience: 2nd year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2024-2025) Advanced Computer Architectures, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2023-2024) Academic English, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2023-2024) Administration of Local Area Networks, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2023-2024) Introduction to AI/ML, audience: ITS-ING 2, EPISEN, UPEC, Créteil, France.
(2023-2024) Deployment of Health Security Systems, audience: ITS-ING 3, EPISEN, UPEC, Créteil, France.
(2023-2024) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), audience: newly hired Teachers, University of Amar Telidji.
(2023-2024) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), Researcher’s Needs, audience: PhD students, University of Amar Telidji.
(2023-2024) Network Security, audience: 2nd year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2023-2024) Advanced Computer Architectures, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2022-2023) Information Security Tutorials, audience: 3rd year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2022-2023) Academic English, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2022-2023) General English, audience: 2nd year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2022-2023) Advanced Computer Architectures, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), Researcher’s Needs, audience: PhD students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), Researcher’s Needs, audience: PhD students, Mathematic Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), Researcher’s Needs, audience: PhD students, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), Researcher’s Needs, audience: PhD students, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), Researcher’s Needs, audience: PhD students, Arabic and Literature Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) TIC (Technologies of Information and Communication), audience: newly hired Teachers, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) Academic English, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) General English, audience: 2nd year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) Algorithms and C++ Programming Practical Training, audience: 1st year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2021-2022) Advanced Computer Architectures, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2020-2021) Networking Practical Training, audience: 2nd year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2020-2021) Algorithms and C++ Programming Practical Training, audience: 1st year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2020-2021) Advanced Computer Architectures, audience: 1st year Master students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2018) Microsoft Office Tools Practical Training, audience: 1st year Bachelor students, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, University of Amar Telidji.
(2018) Practical Training on Network Administration, audience: 2nd year Master students, Telecommunication Department, Faculty of Technology, University of Amar Telidji.

Professional Activities

February 2023~ till now, CISCO CCNA Instructor TEC ICT Academy, South Africa
13 -17 – November 2023 – Invited Professor UPEC, France
16 April 2022 ~ till now Associate Professor “B” + Responsible of Visioconferencing and eLearning Services Amar Telidji University, Laghouat, Algeria
15 April 2021 ~ 15 April 2022 Assistant Professor “B” + Head of Visioconferencing and eLearning Cell Amar Telidji University, Laghouat, Algeria
07 October 2020 ~ 14 April 2021 Attached to university laboratories+ Head of Tele-Teaching and eLearning Cell The Center for Information and Communication Systems, Networks and Tele-Teaching and eLearning, Amar Telidji University, Laghouat, Algeria

Scientific Activities

(2024) Participating member in the awareness campaign “Together to Raise Awareness of the Dangers of Bad Use of Social Media,” organized by the Directorate of Post and Telecommunications, Laghouat, Algeria (May 4-10, 2024).
(2023) Organizing Committee member for the 1st National Conference titled “The Algerian University and Distance Education in the Digital Age: Current Situation, Challenges, and Perspectives,” held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (January 23, 2023).
(2022) Organizing Committee member for the 2nd National Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics (NCPAM’2022), held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (December 18-19, 2022).
(2022) Organizing Committee member for the evaluation of ICT tool mastery during E-learning week for newly hired teachers, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat.
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the 1st National Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics (NC-PAM’2021), held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (December 11-12, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the evaluation of ICT tool mastery during E-learning week for newly hired teachers, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (November 30, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the Second International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE’2021), held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (November 24, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the 1st National Seminar on “Urbanism & Architecture in Saharan Cities,” held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (November 3, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the Second National Webinar on Biodiversity, Biochemistry & Environmental Microbiology, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (October 17, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the evaluation of ICT tool mastery during E-learning week for newly hired teachers, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (September 30, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for the 1st National Seminar on Vegetal Production and Protection (SNPPV1), held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (June 19-20, 2021).
(2021) Organizing Committee member for NCNC’2021: The 1st National Conference on Recent Advances in Networking and Computing, held at Aflou University Center, Laghouat (May 29-30, 2021).
(2020) Organizing Committee member for the evaluation of ICT tool mastery during E-learning week for newly hired teachers, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (October 5-6, 2020).
(2019) Organizing Committee member for the evaluation of ICT tool mastery during E-learning week for newly hired teachers, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (September 15-17, 2019).
(2018) Organizing Committee member for the evaluation of ICT tool mastery during E-learning week for newly hired teachers, held at Amar Telidji University, Laghouat (September 13, 2018).
(2018) Organizing member of the 5th International Symposium on Modelling and Implementation of Complex Systems (MISC’2018), held at Laghouat University in collaboration with Constantine2 University (December 16-18, 2018).

Books

Journals

- (2022) BENAROUS, Leila, BENAROUS, Khedidja, MUHAMMAD, Ghulam, et al. Deep learning application detecting SARS-CoV-2 key enzymes inhibitors. Cluster Computing, p. 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s10586-022-03656-6
- (2021) BENAROUS Leila, Kadri Benamar, Obfuscation-based location privacy-preserving scheme in cloud-enabled internet of vehicles. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications. DOI: 10.1007/s12083-021-01233-z
- (2021) BENAROUS Leila, Kadri Benamar, Boudjit Saadi. Camouflage-based location privacy preserving scheme in vehicular ad hoc networks. International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems. (In press): https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijvics
- (2021) BENAROUS Leila, Bitam Salim and Mellouk Abdelhamid. CSLPPS: Concerted Silence-based Location Privacy Preserving Scheme for Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3088762.
- (2021) Benarous, Leila, Benamar Kadri, Ahmed Bouridane, and Elhadj Benkhelifa. Blockchain‐based forgery resilient vehicle registration system. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies: e4237.
- (2020) BENAROUS Leila, Kadri Benamar. Hybrid pseudonym change strategy for location privacy in VANET: protecting location privacy in VANET. Int. J. Information Privacy, Security and Integrity, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp.153–169. DOI: 10.1504/IJIPSI.2020.111455
- (2020) Benarous Leila, Kadri Benamar & Bouridane Ahmed. Blockchain-Based Privacy-Aware Pseudonym Management Framework for Vehicular Networks. Arab J Sci Eng (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04448-z
- (2020) BENAROUS Leila, Kadri Benamar. The quest of privacy in public key infrastructure. Int. J. of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies.
- (2016) Benarous L., Djoudi M., Bouridane. A, A comparatives study of steganography and steganalysis tools. Algerian Journal of Signals and Systems. ISSN: 2543-3792. vol. 1; issue 2. Page range: 92-98
- (2016) Benarous L., Djoudi M., Bouridane. A, Describing the steganalysis tool: BBD15 “OurSecret detector”. Algerian Journal of Signals and Systems. ISSN: 2543-3792. vol. 1; issue 2. Page range: 88-91
- (2014) Benarous L., Djoudi M., Specification, Simulation and Validation of Kerberos Protocol against replay attack using SPIN. International Journal of Enhanced Research in Management & Computer Applications Vol. 3 Issue 3, March-2014, pp: (34-41).

Conferences

(2024) Abderrazak Benarous, Leila Benarous, Salim Bitam, Abdelhamid Mellouk. Using Deep Learning to Translate Algerian Sign Language to Spoken and Written Words. 4’th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Pattern Recognition “ISPR’2024”, Istanbul, Turkey, June 26-28, 2024. (Accepted)
(2023) Fatima Zahra Rabahi, Saadi Boudjit, Leila Benarous. UAV-assisted Mesh Network for Emergency Communication in Disaster Areas. The 10th International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC’23). Doha, Qatar, October 23 – 26, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ISNCC58260.2023.10323653
(2022) BENAROUS Leila, Boudjit Saadi. Location Privacy in Vehicular Networks Analytical Review of Existing Solutions. IFIP/IEEE 11th International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks (IFIP/IEEE PEMWN 2022). DOI:10.23919/PEMWN56085.2022.9963891
(2022) BENAROUS Leila, Boudjit Saadi. Security and Privacy Evaluation Methods and Metrics in Vehicular Networks. CCNC 2022 WKSHPS: 2nd International Workshop on Next Generation Road Weather and Air Pollution Services, January 8-11th, 2022.
(2020) BENAROUS Leila, Kadri Benamar, Boudjit Saadi. Alloyed Pseudonym Change Strategy for Location Privacy in VANETs. 2020 IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC).
(2019) BENAROUS Leila, Kadri Benamar, Bitam Salim and Mellouk Abdelhamid. Privacy Preserving Authentication Scheme for On-road OnDemand Refilling of Pseudonym in VANET. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. International Journal of Communication Systems. DOI:10.1002/dac.4087.
(2018) Benarous L., Kadri B. Privacy Preserving Scheme for pseudonym refilling in VANET. 2018 7th IEEE International Conference on Smart Communications in Network Technologies (Saconet), P: 114-119. 27-31 oct, 2018. EL Oued- Algeria. (Best Paper Award)
(2017) Benarous L., Kadri B. Ensuring Privacy and Authentication for V2V Resource Sharing. 2017 Seventh International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST), 6-8 September, 2017. Canterbury, UK. ISBN: 978-1-5386-4017-3.
(2015) Benarous L., Djoudi M., Bouridane. A, Investigating the use of social media networks and mailing services as steganography communication. 3rd International Conference on Signal, Image, Vision and their Applications, November 23-25, 2015, Guelma– Algeria.