Bassel NASR

Instructor

School of Engineering of Beirut – Chargé de Cours

Faculty of Humanities – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 bassel.nasr1@usj.edu.lb

was born on April 2, 1981 in Ras-Baalbek,
Lebanon. He received the Master degree in data Science
from Saint joseph University of Beirut, ESIB and his PhD
in computer and communication engineering from the
same University where he is conducting as lecturer many
courses like “Web Mining, NLP, Intro to Data Sciences,
Data Viz...”.
His research interest includes NLP using AI and Voice Processing
fields specially in Arabic language.


Education

Degree University Country Year
Computer and Communication(AI) Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2023
Data Science Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2019
Computer Science Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 2009

Teaching at USJ

div>Web Mining, NLP, Intro to Data Sciences,
Visualization des données, Generative AI, low code AI Development .

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Data Analysis Instructor Lebanon ISF Academie 01/02/2019 20/06/2024

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience Organisation Start date End date
Member of the Permanent Committee on Criminal Statistics within the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior 01/01/2020 01/01/2024
Member of the core group for the development of the 'Toolkit for Responsible AI Innovation for Law Enforcement' Interpol 01/01/2020 20/06/2024
Founder of the Analysis Unit at the Police of Beirut and product owner of the Digitization system ISF 02/02/2015 20/06/2024
Head of the Anti-Drugs Bureau ISF 02/02/2013 01/02/2015

Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

His research interest includes NLP using AI and Voice Processing
fields specially in Arabic language

Publications and communications

 - Two accepted papers presented during IEEEconferences:

-         First paper was during “ONCON22” conference in2022 and published. Titled; “Optimizing the process of Police hotlines”. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10126601/.  

       Second paper was during” Acemp-Optim23”conference in September 2023 and published. Titled; “Voice Processing forPolice hotlines”.  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10287051/.

      - Online Presenter at the “Third INTERPOL-UNICRI Global Meeting” regarding AI uses for Law Enforcement. 2020

      - Panel speaker during the “Media UniversitiesConference” regarding the topic of “AI use in Media sector” in MaarefUniversity. 2022

      -  Speaker at the First forum of AI for lawenforcement use in Naïf University for security sciences in Saudi Arabia -Riyadh regarding NLP for Arabic language. 2023