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Biography
Dr Malika Bendechache is a Lecturer Above the Bar in the School of Computer Science, at the University of Galway and an SFI Funded Investigator at the ADAPT and Lero research centres. Malika has a strong background in Big data Analytics, Machine Learning and its applications to Healthcare, AI and Data Governance, . She designs novel Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning techniques to enhance the capability and efficiency of complex systems, and she also leverages complex systems to improve the effectiveness, privacy and trustworthiness of Analytics Machine Learning techniques. Previously, Malika held the position of LecturerAssistant Professor in the School of Computing at Dublin City University (DCU). She has also occupied the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Irish Institute of Digital Business (IIDB, dotLab), School of Business, Dublin City University (DCU) and at the CONSUS research centre, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, in collaboration with Origin Entreprises PLC. Malika obtained her PhD thesis in Computer Science in Insight Centre for Data Analytics, UCD. Her PhD topic was Study of Distributed Dynamic Clustering Framework for Spatial Data Mining.
Research Interests
Big Data AnalyticsMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data amp; AI GovernanceData Value amp; RiskTrustworthy AISecurity and Privacy
Education/Academic qualification
B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD
External positions
Lecturer Above the Bar/Assist.Prof, School of Computer Science, University of Galway
1 Sep 2022 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Advances in disease detection through retinal imaging: A systematic review
Bilal, H., Keles, A. & Bendechache, M., Aug 2025, In: Computers in Biology and Medicine.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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ALL diagnosis: can efficiency and transparency coexist? An explainble deep learning approach
Muhammad, D., Salman, M., Keles, A. & Bendechache, M., 14 Apr 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, p. 12812Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Ethical Compliance Framework for Blockchain-Enabled Tissue and Organ Transportation Systems
Calik, E. & Bendechache, M., 1 May 2025, In: The Journal of The British Blockchain Association.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Explainable attention based breast tumor segmentation using a combination of UNet, ResNet, DenseNet, and EfficientNet models
Anari, S., Sadeghi, S., Sheikhi, G., Ranjbarzadeh, R. & Bendechache, M., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 1027.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
Open Access45 Citations (Scopus) -
Facesaliencyaug: mitigating geographic, gender and stereotypical biases via saliency-based data augmentation
Kumar, T., Mileo, A. & Bendechache, M., Jan 2025, In: Signal, Image and Video Processing. 19, 1, 129.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
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49th IEEE International Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC 2025)
Keles, A. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson), Bendechache, M. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson), Ranjbarzadeh, R. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson) & Anari, S. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
8 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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SFI Centre for Research Training in Artificial Intelligence (CRT-AI) (External organisation)
Bendechache, M. (Member)
3 Mar 2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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ADAPT, SFI Global Centre of Excellence for Digital Content Technology (External organisation)
Bendechache, M. (Member)
1 Jan 2015 → 2 Jan 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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Prizes
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Best Researcher Award in Computer vision
Bendechache, M. (Recipient) & Ranjbarzadeh, R. (Recipient), 20 Oct 2023
Prize
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Inaugural Lero research award for the 10 outstanding researcher in Ireland in 2024
Bendechache, M. (Recipient), 10 Apr 2024
Prize: Honorary award
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