Professor Youcef Baghdadi received a HDR degree in computer science from University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and a PhD degree from University of Toulouse 1, France. His is currently a Professor of computer science with the Department of Computer Science at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. His research aims at developing artefacts such as frameworks, architectures, methods, models, and processes to bridge the gap between business and information technology (IT), namely in the areas of cooperative information systems, service-oriented computing, method engineering for service oriented architecture, e-business, web technologies, social commerce, and ontology for enterprise interactions. He published many articles in journals such as Information Systems (IS), Information Systems Frontiers (ISF), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (ECRA), E-Business and Information Systems (e-B&IS), Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (ECRA), Business Information Systems (IJBIS), Web Grids and Services (IJWGS), and others.
