Farida Kherissi is an Associate Professor in Computer Science. She obtained her Magister degree in Computer Science from the University of Badji Mokhtar – Annaba, Algeria, in 2002 and her PhD degree in Computer Science from the the same University in 2015. She is a member of the Laboratory of Complex Systems Engineering (LISCO) since its creation. Her research interests include software development, agile methodologies, Service oriented Architecture (SOA) and Cloud Computing.