PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni is a computer scientist whose work spans multi-agent systems, distributed knowledge, and hybrid radar design. Her 1991 thesis focused on distributed knowledge for Petri-net analysis; she later became a professor at Paris Nanterre and Sorbonne, where she created the MAS team. She held the Thales-SCAI chair, served as General Chair of AAMAS 2020, and helped establish AI Movement at UM6P. She served as Morocco’s minister delegate for digital transition from October 2024 through October 2026, announced the Jazari Institutes and Jazari Root in January 2026, and received the Africa Next award in September 2026. As of October 2026, she is a former minister delegate for digital transition and administrative reform.

Now at
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Works
392
Citations
2,835
h-index
22
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1991

    A thesis on Petri nets

    She defends a computer-science thesis on a distributed knowledge base for analysis and validation of Petri nets in 1991.

  2. 2000–2011

    Leading the AI association

    She earns a research habilitation in 2000 and chairs the French Association for Artificial Intelligence’s multi-agent systems college until 2011.

  3. 2002–2006

    Professorships at two universities

    She joins Paris Nanterre as a professor in 2002 and moves to Sorbonne in 2006, where she creates the MAS team.

  4. 2020

    A chair and AAMAS leadership

    In January 2020, she takes the Thales-SCAI Abu-Dhabi industrial chair, which applies hybrid AI to intelligent radar design. She serves as General Chair of AAMAS 2020 in Auckland.

  5. September 2020

    Creating AI Movement

    She asks Sorbonne for a part-time delegation to Morocco in September 2020 to create an AI excellence center called AI Movement at UM6P.

  6. October 2024–January 2026

    Morocco’s digital transition

    She becomes Morocco’s minister delegate for digital transition and administrative reform in October 2024. At the AI Made in Morocco event in January 2026, she announces the Jazari Institutes and Jazari Root.

  7. September 2026

    An Africa Next award

    She receives the Africa Next Awards 2026 African Excellence Prize for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Sovereignty and Public Innovation in September 2026.

  8. October 2026

    A new AI ministry

    In October 2026, Morocco appoints Ahmed Rahhou minister of artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and administrative reform. The portfolio continues the digital-transition role entrusted to her in October 2024.

A language model matched the links in this timeline to people, organizations and papers (provisional, model-judged).

Career

  1. 2024–2026Government of MoroccoMinister Delegate for Digital Transition and Administrative Reform
  2. 2021–2026Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
  3. From 2020Mohammed VI Polytechnic UniversityFounder
  4. 2006–2026Sorbonne UniversityProfessor
  5. 2004–2007Université Paris Cité
  6. 2004–2019Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
  7. 2002–2006Paris Nanterre UniversityProfessor
  8. 2000–2011French Association for Artificial IntelligenceChair
  9. 2000–2026CNRS
  10. 1996–2026Institut des Sciences de l'Information et de leurs Interactions

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Multi-Agent Programming2005 · Multiagent systems, artificial societies, and simulated organizations · 472 citations
  2. Open protocol design for complex interactions in multi-agent systems2002 · Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems · 109 citations
  3. Programming Multi-Agent Systems2007 · Lecture notes in computer science · 102 citations
  4. Learning in BDI Multi-agent Systems2004 · Lecture notes in computer science · 98 citations
  5. Les systèmes multi-agents2006 · 89 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes CNRS. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  2. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 112 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Sorbonne University. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 112 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Sorbonne University. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Sorbonne University. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni | Sorbonne Université sorbonne-universite.fr. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. La Ministre | Ministère de la Transition Numérique et de la Réforme de l’Administration mmsp.gov.ma. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Madame Amal EL Fallah Seghrouchni a affirmé que l’intelligence artificielle constitue un choix stratégique pour le Maroc mmsp.gov.ma. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Mme Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni reçoit le Prix d’Excellence Africain aux Africa Next Awards 2026 mmsp.gov.ma. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Ahmed Rahhou, ancien patron du CIH et président du Conseil de la concurrence, aux commandes de l’IA fr.le360.ma. Checked 18 October 2026.