Simon Pierre DEMBELE is a lecturer in Data management at the Data Systems research group the University of Tartu. He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics & Computer Science and M.Sc. degrees in software engineering and information processing from M'Hamed Bougara University of Boumerdes, Algeria, in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He continued his Ph.D. studies at National Engineering School for Mechanics and Aerotechnics (ISAE-ENSMA), Poitiers, France, advised by Ladjel Bellatreche, focusing mainly on Database system energy efficiency and optimization, getting the Ph.D. in 2021. His research focuses on database optimization, query processing, and energy-aware data management. He is also interested in data modeling, Big Data & Cloud, Green computing, eHealth, and cloud for smart farming.