Fatima-Zahrae Sotor

Fatima-Zahrae Sotor is a doctoral researcher at the École Normale Supérieure of Abdelmalek Essaadi University, specialising in computer science and applied artificial intelligence. Her thesis focuses on the integration of machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) for real-time detection of vacant parking spaces — a pioneering contribution to the field of smart urban systems.

During the 2025-2026 academic year, she achieved significant milestones: publishing a paper in a Scopus-indexed international journal, presenting at three scientific conferences (two oral presentations), and winning the Best Poster Award at an international conference, earning broad recognition from the global scientific community.

Alongside her research, she teaches at prestigious university programmes (Licence d'excellence and Master d'excellence), reflecting her deep commitment to knowledge transfer and the education of future engineers and researchers.

Within IIEG's Academic Pole, Fatima-Zahrae Sotor bridges cutting-edge technological research and contemporary geopolitical challenges surrounding digitalisation and smart cities.