Mrs. Katia RAYA RAMI

School of Engineering of Beirut
National Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics

Assistant professor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext 5932 katia.raya@usj.edu.lb

PhD graduate from Sorbonne University and Saint Joseph University of Beirut. Assistant professor at the Faculty of Computer engineering in Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. Social Media expert.

Highest degree : PhD in Information and Communication - Sorbonne Université - France

DegreesUniversityCountryYear
Information and CommunicationSorbonne UniversitéFrance2020
Information et communicationSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2013
Sécurité des systèmes et réseauxSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2013
Computer ScienceUniversité Libanaise (UL)Lebanon2011
Religious SciencesSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2006

R language
Social Big data
Introduction to data science
Data Visualization and Communication
Introduction to data mining and Visualization
Social Media management
Social Network Analysis
Social Media

Experience in University Teaching Outside USJCountryInstitutionStart DateEnd Date
Computer science, French and catechism teacherLebanonCollèges des Soeurs des Saints-Coeurs SSCC01/09/200030/06/2013

Professional ExperienceOrganizationStart dateEnd date
Data Science ManagerAlmap BBDO01/05/2022
Anchor of a TV showFuture TV01/09/201401/04/2016
Manager of IT departmentSSCC Adma01/07/201301/04/2014
Anchor of a radio showSawet el Mahabe01/03/200930/04/2012
Manager of communications officeEcole Carmel Saint Joseph01/08/200631/07/2008

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Multidisciplinary covering many fields and sectors among Social Media, Information and Communication, and Data Science (Social Big Data, Data mining and analysis)

  • Raya, K., Chamoun, M., & D’Almeida, N. The role of social media analytics in defence and security. In International Conference AISD 2019.
  • Raya, K., D'Almeida, N., & Chamoun, M. Social big data: A Twitter text mining approach to the communication of universities during the Lebanese protests. In 2020 International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. 2020.
  • Raya, K. Advanced Social Media Strategy Design, Middle East Social Media Festival Conference, May 2017.
  • Raya, K. Advertising on social media: strategies and trends. Middle East Social Media Festival Conference. May 2018.
  • Raya, K. Social Big Data as a new paradigm in Digital Marketing. International conference for digital transformation. April 2019.

• Best Paper Award