Youssef Harrath
Youssef Harrath
Associate Professor
Department
The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science, Franche-Comté University, Besancon-France, 2003
M.Sc., Operational Research, Optimization and Combinatorial from Polytechnic National Institute, Grenoble – France, 2000
B.Sc., Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Science University, Monastir-Tunisia, 1998
Biography
Youssef Harrath came to Dakota State University (DSU) in July 2023. Before joining DSU, he was Associate/Assistant Professor at University of Bahrain for 13 years, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, for five years, High Institute of Applied Computer Sciences of Lorraine, Nancy-France for one year, and National Institute of Applied Science, Rouen-France for one year.
Dr. Harrath served as a secretary of the Execution Committee of IEEE Bahrain Computer Society between 2018 and 2020 and became an IEEE Senior member in July 2019.
Dr. Harrath speaks three languages: Arabic (native language), French, and English. He has visited 18 countries in 4 different continents.
He is actively involved in social activities and community services such as organizing soccer tournaments over the last 20 years, gathering parties for international faculty members and their families, and social media discussion groups.
Contact
Office Location: East Hall
Phone: (605) 256-5838
Email
- design of algorithms and optimization
- C/C++/Java programming languages
- research methodology, discrete mathematics
- and professional issues
- computing ethics
established a research team “Intelligent Systems and Optimization solutions” at University of Bahrain involving many faculty members and postgraduate students
led six research projects supported by academic and government grants
His nearly 50 publications in both international journals and conferences are getting an increased number of yearly citations.