Dr. Belkacem is one of the recipients of the prestigious international award "MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 MENA" and brings over 10 years of experience in Brain Computer Interface. One of his work was adopted on a cover page of IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, Vol 26-6, 2018.

Dr. Belkacem got his Ph.D. degree in Information Processing from Tokyo Tech., Japan, under the supervision of Prof. Yasuharu Koike in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor at the UAEU. Prior to joining the UAEU, Dr. Belkacem was a specially appointed researcher at the department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, and an assistant Professor at the Endowed Research Department of Clinical Neuroengineering, Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, in Japan from 2015 to 2019. He has been working with outstanding researchers and experts such as Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro and Prof. Masayuki Hirata.

Dr. Belkacem is a reviewer in: Science Advances, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, IEEE Access, PLOS ONE,... Etc. He has contributed to many international Technical Program Committees such as IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (since SMC2018). He is a Lead Editor of a special issue on journal of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.