Yassine Koubaa was born in Sfax, Tunisia in 1961. He received the B.S. and DEA degrees in 84 and 86, respectively, the Doctoral thesis in 1996, the ‘‘Habilitation Universitaire’’ (HDR) from the National Engineering school of Sfax (ENIS) all in electrical engineering. From 1989 to 1996, he was an Assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of ENIS. In september 1997, he has been an Associate Professor. Since September 2005, he becomes a full Professor at the same university. His main research interests cover several aspects related to electrical machines, including systems identification, advanced motion control and diagnostics. He has authored more than 60 papers in international conferences and technical journals in the area as well as many patents. He serves as a member of the Scientific and the Technical Program Committees of several international conferences and technical journals in the motor drives fields.
