OKBA TAOUALI received an Engineer degree in electrical engineering (computer Engineering) from the National Engineering School of Monastir (ENIM), Monastir University, Tunisia in 2005, his PhD degree from ENIM, Tunisia in 2010, his HDR degree from Monastir university in 2016 He worked as a Professor at the Faculty of Computers and Information Technology, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia His research interests include machine learning, kernel methods, fault diagnosis, process modelling and monitoring, multivariate statistical approaches, pattern recognition and image processing