Atef Gharbi received his B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from the National School of Computer Sciences (ENSI), Manouba, Tunisia,  in 2005; the M.Sc. degree in computer sciences from National institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Tunis, Tunisia, in 2007; and the Ph.D. degree in computer sciences - artificial intelligence -in 2013 from the same institute (the University of Carthage, Tunisia). In 2011, he was an assistant professor at   the Department of Computer Engineering at National High School of Engineers,  Tunis, Tunisia. In September 2015, he joined the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at Rafha, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia, where he served as an Assistant Professor. In 2024, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.