Katia RAYA RAMI

Assistant Professor

School of Engineering of Beirut
maître de conférences

Faculty of Science
Chargé de Cours

National Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics
maître de conférences

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 3363 katia.raya@usj.edu.lb

PhD graduate from Sorbonne University and Saint Joseph University of Beirut. Assistant professor at the Faculty of Computer engineering in Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. Social Media expert.


Education

Degree University Country Year
Information and Communication Sorbonne Université France 2020
Sécurité des systèmes et réseaux Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2013
Information et communication Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2013
Computer Science Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 2011
Religious Sciences Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2006

Teaching at USJ

R language
Social Big data
Introduction to data science
Data Visualization and Communication
Introduction to data mining and Visualization
Social Media management
Social Network Analysis

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Computer science, French and catechism teacher Lebanon Collèges des Soeurs des Saints-Coeurs SSCC 01/09/2000 30/06/2013

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience Organisation Start date End date
Data Science Manager Almap BBDO 01/05/2022
Anchor of a TV show Future TV 01/09/2014 01/04/2016
Manager of IT department SSCC Adma 01/07/2013 01/04/2014
Anchor of a radio show Sawet el Mahabe 01/03/2009 30/04/2012
Manager of communications office Ecole Carmel Saint Joseph 01/08/2006 31/07/2008

Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

Multidisciplinary covering many fields and sectors among Social Media, Information and Communication, and Data Science (Social Big Data, Data mining and analysis)

Publications and communications

  • Raya, K., Chamoun,M., & D’Almeida, N. The role of social media analytics in defence andsecurity. In International Conference AISD 2019.
  • Raya, K., D'Almeida, N., & Chamoun, M. Social big data: A Twittertext mining approach to the communication of universities during the Lebaneseprotests. In 2020 International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection ofDigital Services (Cyber Security) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. 2020.
  • Raya, K. Advanced Social Media Strategy Design, Middle East Social MediaFestival Conference, May 2017.
  • Raya, K. Advertisingon social media: strategies and trends. MiddleEast Social Media Festival Conference. May 2018.
  • Raya, K.Social Big Data as a new paradigm in Digital Marketing. International conference for digital transformation.April 2019.

Awards and distinctions

Best Paper Award