Hamid Bentarzi was born in Legata, Boumerdes, Algeria. He received both Electrical Engineering and Magister Degrees with honors from “Institut National d'Electricite et d'Electronique” (INELEC), Boumerdes, Algeria, in 1989 and 1992 respectively and Ph.D in Microelectronic systems from “Ecole Nationale Polytechnique” (ENP), Algiers, Algeria, in 2004. Hamid was a lecturer at INELEC, Boumerdes, Algeria, since 1991. After 1999,he has been a faculty member at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Boumerdes, Algeria. Since 2001, he has been head of research team working in developing microelectronic systems applied to power systems in the Signal and System Laboratory, Boumerdes, Algeria. Prof. Bentarzi interests are in the fields of microelectronics, electrical protection systems and systems reliability. He has authored and co-authored over 70 technical papers. Besides, he has been a member of IEEE as well as organizing and technical committee of several conferences including WSEAS group.