Dr. Marouane Kessentini is an internationally recognized leader in Software Refactoring, Intelligent Software Engineering and AI Engineering with research interest in software engineering, artificial intelligence, big data analytics systems, mobile cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity and beyond. In these areas, he has over 170 papers with over 5,036 citations and an h-index of 45 along with 14 licensed inventions to Fortune 500 companies related to intelligent software bots and 4 patents.
Marouane is the Director of the Oakland site of the newly formed PPI Center, a multi-university partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder, Oregon State University, and Oakland University. The industry-focused research center operates under the supervision of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) using the Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers model.
Marouane is the Director of the OU Department of Energy research center focused on training and research opportunities for energy companies in the state of Michigan in cooperation with Automation Alley.
Marouane was named Oakland University Researcher of the Year and Received Most Active Research Award in fall 2022.
