Dr. Mahmoud El Hamlaoui holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France. Currently, Mahmoud is a professor at the National School of Computer Science and Systems Analysis (ENSIAS) in Rabat, Morocco, where he teaches various topics related to Software Engineering. He specializes in Model Driven (Software) Engineering, MLOps, Cloud Computing, Reverse-Engineering, Agile Methods, and Design Patterns. He is a co-organizer of several events around technology watch and multidisciplinary coach of teams in national and international hackathons with several awards to his credit. He participated between 2019 and 2022 to the NASA Space Apps challenges as a mentor and the NASA Space Apps COVID-19 challenge as a coach. Mahmoud is a research scientist within the IMS@ADMIR team at the Rabat IT Center of Mohammed V University in Rabat and the SM@RT team at the CNRS Research Institute of Computer Science in Toulouse (IRIT). His research focuses on Model-Driven (Software) Engineering techniques and their applications to enhance the development of various fields such as agriculture, health, and industry. He actively participates in many collaborative projects, either directly with industry or in funded projects.