Dr. Rym Zalila-Wenkstern

Associate Professor

Degrees:

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Doctorat de Spécialité, Computer Science, University of Tunis, Tunisia
• Engineering degree, Computer Engineering, University of Tunis, Tunisia
• Bachelor’s degree, Math, Physics and Chemistry, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Major Honors and Awards:

• Computer Science Excellence in Teaching Award, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas – Awarded in 2015
• Best Demo Award – DIVAs 4.0: A Large Scale Multi-Agent Based Simulation Framework – from the Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Autonomous Agent and Multi-Agent System (AAMAS’2013)
• Best Paper Award – Agent-Based Intelligent Traffic Systems – from the Proceedings of the Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS’2012) – Awarded in 2012
• Best Overall Paper Award – Agent-Based Intelligent Traffic Systems – from the Proceedings of the Spring Simulation Multi-Conference (SpringSim’2012) – Awarded in 2012

Research Interests:

• Software Engineering
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Autonomic Systems

Research Lab: 

• The Multi-Agent & Visualization Systems Lab (MAVS) at the University of Texas at Dallas.