Sofien Mhatli is currently a Senior Researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique de Tunis, La Marsa, Tunisia, and a Telecommunications Engineer at the Ministry of National Defense, Tunis, Tunisia. His expertise is focused on designing and optimizing optical and microwave devices for applications in wireless telecom, sensing systems, and optical communication systems (SDH, WDM, PON, CO-OFDM, IM-DD...). His research interests include digital signal processing, algorithmic design (e.g., machine learning), and optical devices (e.g., MZM) for optical communications. The outcome of his research resulted in prestigious peer-reviewed journal papers and top conference presentations (e.g., OSA Optics Letters, OFC, IEEE Photonics Journal, ECOC)