Faculty

Dr. Mohamed El Idrissi earned his doctorate in Linguistics in 2017, where he focused on Dialectology, Phonetics, and Phonology. He also holds a Master's degree in Phonetics and Phonology, a Master's degree in Linguistics with a focus on Berber studies, and a Diploma in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. This rare combination is what shapes how he does his research and how he teaches.

His research focuses on two interconnected domains, Linguistics, i.e., Phonology, Morphosyntax, and the documentation of Endangered Languages, and Computing, i.e., Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and Information Systems and the Semantic Web. He has undertaken many funded research projects, including his postdoctoral projects on Artificial Intelligence and research on the intersection of Digital Musicology and Digital Heritage. He has published his research in many peer-reviewed journals and presented his work in many conferences in Europe and in other places.

Dr. El Idrissi has a wide-ranging teaching portfolio. He teaches everything from Theoretical Linguistics and Natural Language Processing to Machine Learning, Data Science, and Python and Databases. He teaches at the Bachelor's and Master's levels in both French and English. He is a native speaker of Berber and French. He is fluent in English and has a working proficiency in Arabic. His 2015 award for research in the field of Berber studies shows his commitment to endangered language studies and linguistic diversity.

At EIIET, Dr. El Idrissi adds this interdisciplinary plurality to the French campus. He contributes to the Institute's academic programmes from an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates the humanities, data science, and artificial intelligence, and helps students develop skills that are not only analytically rigorous, but also practically grounded.