Prof. Jaafar Gaber

Prof. Jaafar Gaber is a Full Professor at the Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) and a senior researcher at the FEMTO-ST Institute (CNRS UMR 6174), France. He currently serves as Head of International Affairs at FEMTO-ST, coordinating the institute’s global partnerships and strategic research collaborations.

His research bridges artificial intelligence, physics-based computation, and programmable matter, focusing on distributed intelligent systems (DiMEMS), post-quantum security, and adaptive smart materials. Through an interdisciplinary approach, he aims to design autonomous, energy-efficient, and reconfigurable systems where matter itself can sense, compute, and adapt. His work contributes to the advancement of 6G networks, IoT infrastructures, and quantum-resilient AI architectures.

Research Interests:

• Data Science and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
• Programmable Matter and Distributed Intelligent MEMS (DiMEMS)
• Network Architectures, IoT, and Signal Processing
• Physics-Inspired and Multi-Physics Computation
• Quantum and Post-Quantum Computing and Security

Prof. Jaafar Gaber's contribution to the Chair and other Chair members will gain new studies about Explainable Artificial Intelligence applications in intelligent wearable systems, manufacturing, and healthcare areas. His studies and studies at the International Chair perfectly align to reach Industry 5.0 in the future.