Dr. Chaouki Kasmi
Dr. Chaouki Kasmi is the Chief Innovation Officer at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based scientific research center. In his role, Dr. Kasmi spearheads the development and implementation of productization and industrialization strategies while overseeing the innovation pipeline, and forges key partnerships to harness new technologies and ideas.
Previously Chief Researcher of the Directed Energy Research Center, Dr. Kasmi was responsible for building advanced research capabilities in the domains of high energy physics, electromagnetic technologies, innovative radar and sensing systems, laser technologies, and acoustic devices – from fundamental physics and theoretical problems to experimental physics. Under his leadership, the center has delivered strategic technologies to partners and clients.
Specializing in unintentional and intentional electromagnetic interference, detection systems, device testing, statistical electromagnetics, computational electromagnetics, and signal processing, Dr. Kasmi has published more than 120 scientific papers. He also is an Associate Electromagnetics Scientist and Researcher at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the German Federal Armed Forces. As part of his international scientific activities, he is Vice Chair for the Commission E – French Section and Early Career Representative (ECR) of the International Commission E of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI).
Prior to joining TII, Dr. Kasmi worked as Director of the Mobile and Telecommunication Lab at DarkMatter, a cyber-security leader based in the UAE. He built DarkMatter’s entire telecommunication security function from the ground up. Before that, he was Deputy Head of the Wireless Security Lab at the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI). His earlier positions with the Agency included Head of Research and Electromagnetic Security Researcher. Among his responsibilities were research coordination, project advisory services, and team management.
Dr. Kasmi has been recognized as a High-Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) Life Fellow by the SUMMA Foundation and has received two Young Scientist Awards from URSI. He also features in the Samsung and Sony Hall of Fame for reporting security flaws in smart TVs and smartphones.
Dr. Kasmi holds a PhD in Electronics from Pierre and Marie Curie University, a Master of Science in Engineering in Embedded Systems from Grandes Ecoles d’Ingénieurs (ESEO), and an MSc in Microelectronics from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) de Rennes, all based in France.