**About the Editors**

#### **Abdelmadjid Recioui**

Abdelmadjid Recioui (Professor) is a Professor at the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics University of Boumerdes, Algeria. He obtained a PhD degree in electrical and electronic engineering option telecommunications from the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Boumerdes in 2011. He holds also a Master's (Magister) degree in Electronic System Engineering which he achieved at the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Boumerdes in 2006. In June 2002, he finished his engineering studies at the institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Boumerdes. He is a research assistant at the laboratory signals and systems from January 2008 to oresent in Laboratory: Signals and Systems, Inst. of Electrical Engineering and electronics, University of Boumerdes. His research interests include: antennas, wireless communication systems, antenna array synthesis and design, capacity enhancement, system optimization, smart antennas, power system protection, power system optimization, power system communications.

#### **Hamid Bentarzi**

Hamid Bentarzi (Professor) has been a faculty member in the Institute (IGEE), University M'hamed Bougara, Boumerdes, Algeria, since 1998. He received M. Phil degrees in applied electronics from INELEC, Boumerdes, in 1992 and PhD degree from the ENP, Algiers, in 2004. His research activities are centered upon control and protection systems in the smart grid as well as their reliability enhancement using the recent technologies such as PMU and μPMU. He has been an author and co-author in more than hundred papers and three books.

#### **Fatma Zohra Dekhandji**

Fatma Zohra Dekhandji (Dr.) is a faculty member at the institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University M'hamed Bougara of Boumerdes. She obtained her PhD in 2016. Her research interests include: power quality, smart grids, optimization and renewable energies. She authored and co-authored more than 40 research papers and contributed to two books.
