Elie Bou Assi is an assistant professor for the Department of neuroscience of the Montreal University's Faculty of Medicine. He is also an assistant professor for IVADO and main researcher of the Montreal's University Hospital Centre (CHUM).

His main research interests cover the application of AI technologies and the Internet of objects to improve the management of neurological and psychiatric conditions.

The excellence of his work has made him win one of the three prize of excellence of the CRCHUM (2019) and the excellence price in publishing of the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance (2019).