Abderrezak RACHEDI (S'05, M'08, SM'15) is currently working as full professor (Professeur des Universités) at the university Gustave Eiffel since Sep. 2018. He was associate professor (maître de confèrences) between 2009 and 2018 at University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM). He is a member of the Gaspard Monge Computer Science laboratory (LIGM CNRS UMR 8049) since september 2008. He received his Habilitation to Direct Researsh (HDR: habilitation à diriger des recherches) from Paris-Est University in Dec. 2015, and his PhD degree in computer science from the university of Avignon in France.

His research interests lie in the field of algorithms and models for wireless networking ;  wireless multi-hop networks - wireless sensor networks (WSNs), Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), Machine-Type Communication (LTE-A) ; Internet of Things (IoT) ; distributed algorithms ; quality of services (QoS) with security ; Trust models design ; Applied cryptography; Blockchain.