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Mehdi Mekni

Software Engineering (SE) Game Development Mixed Reality Application Of AI In Software Development

About

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.

Research Performance Summary

73
Total Papers
1237
Total Citations
13
H-Index
2006-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Évaluation de performance de la méthode d'accès radio 1xEV-DO

Year: 2006

Citations: 4

Venue: N/A

Latest Recorded Paper

Context-Adaptive Gait Biometrics for Real-Time Continuous Authentication

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: 2025 International Conference on Advanced Machine Learning and Data Science

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
4
2024
5
2023
5
2022
6
2021
2
2020
2
2019
1
2018
1
2017
2
2016
1
2015
1

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 44
Journal 14
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Mekni Moulin Nassar

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 4
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 20
Citations 350
Avg. Citations / Paper 17.5
H-Index 8

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 52
Avg. Citations / Paper 8.7
H-Index 4

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 27
Citations 707
Avg. Citations / Paper 26.2
H-Index 8

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 128
Avg. Citations / Paper 8
H-Index 6

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

MMekni@newhaven.edu
2034794874

Detected Research Keywords

Virtual Geographic Environments Informed Virtual Geographic Agent Geo Simulation Intelligent Sensor Web Sensor Web Management Simulation Informed Virtual Hierarchical Path Planning Intelligent Image Processing Image Processing Parking Reinforcement Learning Toolkits