Dr Omar Khadir received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from theUniversity of Rouen, France (1994). Co-founder of the Laboratory of Mathematics, Cryptography and Mechanics at the University of Hassan II Mohammedia, Morocco, where he is now the head of the Department of Mathematics. He teaches cryptography for graduate students preparing a degree in computer science.

His current research interests include public key cryptography, digital signature, primality, factorisation of large integers and more generally, all subjects connected to the information technology.