Education
Institut National de Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
Laval University, Quebec City
University of Tunis, Tunisia
About Mehdi
Dr. Mehdi Mekni started his academic pursuits at the University of Tunis in Tunisia with a degree in Computer Engineering (1995 - 2000). He continued his academic career: MSc (2006) and Ph.D (2010) degrees in computer science and software engineering at Laval University (Quebec-City, QC, Canada) (2010), Post-doctoral Fellow (2010-2012) at the INRS (Quebec, Canada) after which he held various R&D and management leading positions while working with Vermeg, Ubisoft and later with Futjitsu.
His professional career includes further highlights as professor of computer science and game development at the University of Minnesota and later at St. Cloud State University serving as the director of the BS in software engineering and the Professional Science Master of Software Engineering (2015-2020). His main research interests include game development, mixed reality and application of AI techniques on software development.