Work place: Laboratory of Modelling and Simulation of Intelligent Industrial Systems, ENSET of Mohammedia, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco
E-mail: chahidabdelillah@gmail.com
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Biography
Abdelilah Chahid was Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Abdelilah Chahid holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems Governance from ENSET Mohammedia. His research focused on the integration of information systems governance within higher education, with a particular emphasis on pedagogical innovation and the use of digital technologies. His doctoral work incorporated advanced concepts in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and network security, aiming to enhance the resilience and efficiency of university digital infrastructures. In 2011, he obtained a Master’s degree in Computer Networks from Hassan II University of Casablanca. Over the years, he has built solid expertise in securing network architectures, designing AI-driven threat detection systems, and implementing governance frameworks for information systems.
By Abdelilah Chahid Youssef El Marzak Ossama Aouane Khalifa Mansouri
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2026.03.06, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2026
This study examines AI-related technological proficiency among undergraduate students at the University of Casablanca and identifies the most informative indicators for prediction. Using a validated 30-item instrument covering AI applications, AI-related skills, and improvement strategies, data were collected from 600 students drawn from science and humanities programs. Overall proficiency was moderate: 63.3% of respondents met the predefined threshold, and significant group differences were observed by gender and academic specialization. For predictive modeling, correlation-based feature selection retained 17 high-value items. Two classifiers were then trained and evaluated using a 75/25 hold-out split, complemented by repeated stratified 10-fold cross-validation to assess stability. The Support Vector Classifier achieved 96.7% test accuracy with AUROC = 0.9666, while Gaussian Naïve Bayes reached 94.7% accuracy with AUROC = 0.9560; cross-validated estimates remained consistent with these results, supporting robustness. These findings indicate that a reduced set of questionnaire items can provide reliable estimates of students’ AI-related technological proficiency and can support scalable assessment and targeted interventions in higher education.
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