SMARTTECH 2022

Conference Schedule

Monday, May 9, 2022

Registration

8:00-8:30

Quran Reciter

By Noureddin Farahat

8:30-8:35

Opening Words

By Dr. Ahmed Yamani, President of PSU

8:35-8:45

Opening Words from General Chairs

By Anis Koubaa and Ahmad Azar

8:45-8:50

Opening Word from Program Chairs

By Mohamed Abdelkader and Wadii Boulila

8:50-9:00

Keynote Speaker: Why does Deep Learning still use the traditional neuron model from the 1940s?

Prof. Moncef Gabbouj

9:00-10:00

Break

10:00-10:15

Session 1: Emerging Technologies, AI for Healthcare | 10:15-11:15

Chair: Dr. Zahid Khan

Automated Grading of Diabetic Macular Edema Using Color Retinal
Photographs

By Muhammad Zubair, Jawad Ahmad, Fehaid Alqahtani, Fawad Khan, Syed Aziz
Shah, Qammer Hussain Abbasi and Sana Ullah Jan

10:15-10:30

Medical Image Fusion Based On Hybrid Intelligence and Local Energy In
The Nonsubsampled Shearlet Domain

By Haithem Hermessi, Olfa Mourali and Ezzeddine Zagrouba

10:30:10:45

POSTER: Diagnosis of COVID-19 through Transfer Learning Techniques on
CT Scans: A Comparison of Deep Learning Models

By Aeyan Ashraf, Asad Malik and Zahid Khan

10:45-11:00

Ensemble-based Effective Diagnosis of Thyroid Disorder with Various
Feature Selection Techniques

By Tehseen Akhtar, Zohaib Mushtaq and Saad Arif

11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-11:30

Session 2: Emerging Technologies, E-Learning | 11:30-12:15

Chair: Dr. Tanzila Saba

Performance Evaluation of JSON2RDF TransLRS Semantic Solution in SMART
EDUCATION by Using CMI-5 Specification

By Abdellah Bakhouyi, Amine Dehbi and Said Broumi

11:30:11:45

Assessment of Students Performance and E-learning Experience using
Online Social Networks

By Rabiaa Mejbri, Alaeddine Mihoub, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Fathi Essalmi,
Moez Krichen, Mohamed Abid and Habib Hamam

11:45-12:00

Predicting At-Risk Students Using the Deep Learning BLSTM Approach

By Wiem Souai, Alaeddine Mihoub, Mounira Tarhouni, Salah Zidi, Moez
Krichen and Sami Mahfoudhi

12:00-12:15

Break

12:00-13:00

Keynote Speaker: Integrated Visual Perception, Learning, and Control for Super Autonomous Drones

Prof. Giuseppe Loianno

13:00-14:00

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Applications | 14:00-14:45

Chair: Dr. Bilel Benjdira

Managing Temporal Uncertainty–A short review

By Manel Chehibi, Ahlem Ferchichi, Imed Riadh Farah and Hadjali Allel

14:00-14:15

Towards a spatio-temporal query language for the interrogation of
graph-based satellite image time series models

By Boulmedais Zaid, Farah Mohamed and Farah Imed Riadh

14:15-14:30

Are Formal Methods Applicable To Machine Learning And Artificial
Intelligence?

By Moez Krichen, Alaeddine Mihoub, Mohammed Y. Alzahrani, Wilfried Yves
Hamilton Adoni and Nahhal Tarik

14:30-14:45

Break

14:45-15:00

Session 4: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Applications | 15:00-15:45

Chair: Dr. Rehman Khan

Fabric Weave Pattern Recognition and Classification by Machine
Learning

By Muhamamd Arslan Rauf, Muhammad Jehanzeb, Ubaid Ullah, Usman Ali,
Muhammad Kashif and Muhammad Abdullah

15:00-15:15

A comprehensive assistive solution for visually impaired persons

By Azhar Iqbal, Faraz Akram, Muhammad Ihtaram Ul Haq and Iftikhar Ahmad

15:15-15:30

Rahhal: A Tourist Arabic Chatbot

By Sarah Alhumoud, Dana Aldukhail, Amjad Alshalhoub, Reema Alabdullatif,
Amna Diab, Dalal Alqahtany, Maram Alalyani and Fai Bin-Aqeel

15:30-15:45

Break

15:45

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Data assimilation for flood real time estimation: challenges and methods

Prof. Christian Claudel

8:30-9:30

Break

9:30-9:45

Session 5: Cyber Security, Cybersecurity | 10:00-11:00

Chair: Dr. Walid El-Shafai

A User Behavior Analytics (UBA)- based solution using LSTM Neural
Network to mitigate DDoS Attack in Fog and Cloud Environment

By Francesco Nocera, Simone Demilito, Piergiorgio Ladisa, Marina
Mongiello, Awais Aziz Shah, Jawad Ahmad and Eugenio Di Sciascio

9:45:10:00

A Spoofing Proof Stateless Session Architecture

By Engr. Fozia Sultana Soomro, Dr. Qasim Ali Arain, Engr.Permanand
Soothar, Dr. Imran Ali Jokhio and Asma Zubedi

10:00-10:15

Hiding Privacy Data in Visual Surveillance Video based on Wavelet and
Flexible Function

By Ahmed Elhadad, Okba Tibermacine and Safwat Hamad

10:15-10:30

A Lightweight and User-centric Two-factor Authentication Mechanism for
IoT Based on Blockchain and Smart Contract

By Mwrwan Abubakar, Zakwan Jaroucheh, Ahmed Al-Dubai and Xiaodong Liu

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-11:00

Session 6: Internet of Things, IoT Applications | 11:00-12:15

Chair: Dr. Tanzila Saba

Energy-aware EEG-based Scheme for Early-age Autism Detection

By Sarah Alhassan and Adel Soudani

11:00-11:15

Web Application and sensors for a sustainable forest

By Dous Rim and Imed Riadh Farah

11:15-11:30

A big spatiotemporal streaming data architecture for smart city crisis
monitoring using VGI

By Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem, Mouna Selmi, Imed Riadh Farah and Amel
Bouzeghoub

11:30-11:45

Design and Implementation of a an IoT-based Kids Tracking System

By Souad Mekni

11:45-12:00

Use of Wavelet Transform to Analyze Leakage Current of Silicone Rubber
Insulators Under Polluted Conditions

By Shahtaj Shaukat, Arshad Arshad, Wahab Ali Shah

12:00-12:15

Break

12:15-13:15

Discussion Panel: Leveraging Unmanned Aerial Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Panel Coordinator: Dr. Lahouari Ghouti

Dr. Mokhles Mezghani, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Sami Elferik, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Bilal Siddiqui, Woot Tech Company, Karachi, Pakistan

Prof. Anis Koubaa, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

13:15-14:00

Break

14:00-14:10

Session 7: Artificial Intelligence, AI for Healthcare | 14:00-15:00

Chair: Dr. Bilel Benjdira

COVIBOT: A Smart Chatbot for Assistance and E-Awareness during
COVID-19 Pandemic

By Maha Driss, Iman Almomani, Leen Al-Ahmadi, Linah Alhajjam, Raghad
Alharbi and Shahad Alanazi

14:10-14:25

Reduction of Healthcare Resources by Classifying Patient’s Data

By Swathi Priya Choppala, Shobika Gaddam Venkat, Hemachandran K and
Dr.Umashankar Subramanian

14:25-14:40

UWB Radar Sensing for Respiratory Monitoring Exploiting Time-Frequency
Spectrograms

By Syed Salman Badshah, Umer Saeed, Asadullah Momand, Syed Yaseen Shah,
Syed Ikram Shah, Jawad Ahmad, Qammer H. Abbasi and Syed Aziz Shah

14:40-14:55

Towards a better multivariate time-series detection of epileptic
seizures in electroencephalogram (EEG) using machine learning
algorithms

By Salim Klibi, Marine Vernet, Denis Schwartz and Imed Riadh Farah

14:55:15:10

Break

15:10-15:25

Session 8: Unmanned Systems, Control of Electric Systems | 15:10-15:40

Chair: Dr. Mohamed Abdelkader

Sliding Mode Control Based on Observation of line side PWM Rectifier
Voltage

By Arezki Fekik, Ahmad Taher Azar, Mohamed Lamine Hamida and Nashwa Ahmad
Kamal

15:25-15:40

Fuzzy Logic Cyclic Reports Modulation Control For a Five-Cell Inverter

By Mohamed Lamine Hamida, Arezki Fekik, Ahmad Taher Azar, Nashwa Ahmad
Kamal, Aghiles Ardjal and Hakim Denoun

15:40-15:55

Break

15:55

Dinner

(TBA)

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Do we need the Next Generation of Communication Systems? - A case for 6G and concomitant technologies

Prof. Muhammad Ali Imran

8:30-9:30

Break

9:30-9:45

Session 9: Unmanned Systems, Unmanned Systems | 9:45-11:00

Chair: Dr. Ahmad Azar

Vehicle Adaptive Cruise Controller Based on an Optimal Super-twisting
Sliding Mode Control

By Lhoussain El Hajjami, El Mehdi Mellouli, Vidas Žuraulis and Mohammed
Berrada

9:45-10:00

Adaptive Backstepping based Linear Parameter Varying Model Predictive
Control Multi-rotor UAVs

By Muhammad Kazim, Ahmad Taher Azar, Mohamed Abdelkader and Anis Koubaa

10:00-10:15

Deep Neural Network based Secured Control of Flying Vehicle in Urban
Environment

By Adeel Zaidi, Muhammad Kazim, Lixian Zhang, Ahmad Taher Azar, Anis
Koubaa, Mohamed Abdelkader, Bilel Benjdira and Adel Ammar

10:15-10:30

Robust Dynamic Surface Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with
Constrained inputs and Unmodelled Dynamics

By Fernando E. Serrano, Ahmad Taher Azar, Nashwa Ahmad Kamal, Anis Koubaa
and Mohammad Abdelkader

10:30:10:45

Security Challenges for Drone Communications: Possible Threats,
Attacks & Countermeasures

By Moez Krichen, Wilfried Yves Hamilton Adoni, Alaeddine Mihoub, Mohammed
Alzahrani and Nahhal Tarik

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-11:15

Session 10: Cyber Security, AI for Transportation | 11:15-12:00

Chair: Dr. Adel Ammar

Vehicle Recognition using Multi-Layer Perceptron and Smote Technique

By Afaq Ahmad, Arshid Ali, Fadia Ali Khan, Zeeshan Habib, Zia Ud Din,
Muhammad Zulfiqar Ali and Muhammad Faizan

11:15-11:30

Efficient Future Prediction using Neural Network in Vehicular Ad hoc
Networks

By Sidra Rashid, Muazzam Ali Khan, Usman Akram and Ali Saeed

11:30-11:45

Parking Analytics Framework using Deep Learning

By Bilel Benjdira, Anis Koubaa, Wadii Boulila and Adel Ammar

11:45:12:00

Break

12:00-13:00

Session 11: Cyber Security, Cybersecurity | 13:00-14:00

Chair: Dr. Iman AlMomani

On the Feasibility of using Machine Learning for an Enhanced Physical
Security of Embedded Devices

By Basel Halak, Christian Hall, Nelson Chow Wai Kit, Ruwaydah Widaad
Raymonde, Abdul Fathir, Hugo Vincent

13:00-13:15

Applications of Machine Learning in Hardware Security

By Basel Halak and Mohd Syafiq Mispan

13:15-13:30

DefOff: Defensive/Offensive System based on Hiding Technologies

By Iman Almomani, Mohanned Ahmed and Walid El-Shafai

13:30-13:45

Securing the Classification of COVID-19 in Chest X-ray Images: A
Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Approach

By Wadii Boulila, Adel Ammar, Bilel Benjdira and Anis Koubaa

13:45-14:00

Break

14:00-14:15

Session 12: Communication and Networking, Communication | 15:30-16:15

Chair: Dr. Zahid Khan

The Multi Band Ku Antenna Design for Space Applications.

By Wahiba Belgacem, Belgacem Nassima, Oukil Souad and Rabah Mohammed Amin

14:15-14:30

Software-Defined Networking for Flying Ad-hoc Network Security: A
Survey

By Maroua Abdelhafidh, Nadia Charef, Adel Ben Mnaouer and Lamia Chaari
Fourati

14:30-14:45

Demystifying Wireless Technologies for Best Uses in IoT Echo Systems

By Wafaa Anani and Abdelkader Ouda

14:45-15:00

Closing Remarks

15:00

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Conference Schedule

Monday, May 9, 2022

Registration

Quran Reciter

Opening Words

Opening Words from General Chairs

Opening Word from Program Chairs

Keynote Speaker: Why does Deep Learning still use the traditional neuron model from the 1940s?

Break

Session 1: Emerging Technologies, AI for Healthcare | 10:15-11:15

Chair: Dr. Zahid Khan

Automated Grading of Diabetic Macular Edema Using Color Retinal Photographs

Medical Image Fusion Based On Hybrid Intelligence and Local Energy In The Nonsubsampled Shearlet Domain

POSTER: Diagnosis of COVID-19 through Transfer Learning Techniques on CT Scans: A Comparison of Deep Learning Models

Ensemble-based Effective Diagnosis of Thyroid Disorder with Various Feature Selection Techniques

Break

Session 2: Emerging Technologies, E-Learning | 11:30-12:15

Chair: Dr. Tanzila Saba

Performance Evaluation of JSON2RDF TransLRS Semantic Solution in SMART EDUCATION by Using CMI-5 Specification

Assessment of Students Performance and E-learning Experience using Online Social Networks

Predicting At-Risk Students Using the Deep Learning BLSTM Approach

Break

Keynote Speaker: Integrated Visual Perception, Learning, and Control for Super Autonomous Drones

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Applications | 14:00-14:45

Chair: Dr. Bilel Benjdira

Managing Temporal Uncertainty–A short review

Towards a spatio-temporal query language for the interrogation of graph-based satellite image time series models

Are Formal Methods Applicable To Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence?

Break

Session 4: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Applications | 15:00-15:45

Chair: Dr. Rehman Khan

Fabric Weave Pattern Recognition and Classification by Machine Learning

A comprehensive assistive solution for visually impaired persons

Rahhal: A Tourist Arabic Chatbot

Break

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Data assimilation for flood real time estimation: challenges and methods

Break

Session 5: Cyber Security, Cybersecurity | 10:00-11:00

Chair: Dr. Walid El-Shafai

A User Behavior Analytics (UBA)- based solution using LSTM Neural Network to mitigate DDoS Attack in Fog and Cloud Environment

A Spoofing Proof Stateless Session Architecture

Hiding Privacy Data in Visual Surveillance Video based on Wavelet and Flexible Function

A Lightweight and User-centric Two-factor Authentication Mechanism for IoT Based on Blockchain and Smart Contract

Break

Session 6: Internet of Things, IoT Applications | 11:00-12:15

Chair: Dr. Tanzila Saba

Energy-aware EEG-based Scheme for Early-age Autism Detection

Web Application and sensors for a sustainable forest

A big spatiotemporal streaming data architecture for smart city crisis monitoring using VGI

Design and Implementation of a an IoT-based Kids Tracking System

Use of Wavelet Transform to Analyze Leakage Current of Silicone Rubber Insulators Under Polluted Conditions

Break

Discussion Panel: Leveraging Unmanned Aerial Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Panel Coordinator: Dr. Lahouari Ghouti

Break

Session 7: Artificial Intelligence, AI for Healthcare | 14:00-15:00

Chair: Dr. Bilel Benjdira

COVIBOT: A Smart Chatbot for Assistance and E-Awareness during COVID-19 Pandemic

Reduction of Healthcare Resources by Classifying Patient’s Data

UWB Radar Sensing for Respiratory Monitoring Exploiting Time-Frequency Spectrograms

Towards a better multivariate time-series detection of epileptic seizures in electroencephalogram (EEG) using machine learning algorithms

Break

Automated Grading of Diabetic Macular Edema Using Color Retinal
Photographs

Medical Image Fusion Based On Hybrid Intelligence and Local Energy In
The Nonsubsampled Shearlet Domain

POSTER: Diagnosis of COVID-19 through Transfer Learning Techniques on
CT Scans: A Comparison of Deep Learning Models

Ensemble-based Effective Diagnosis of Thyroid Disorder with Various
Feature Selection Techniques

Performance Evaluation of JSON2RDF TransLRS Semantic Solution in SMART
EDUCATION by Using CMI-5 Specification

Assessment of Students Performance and E-learning Experience using
Online Social Networks

Towards a spatio-temporal query language for the interrogation of
graph-based satellite image time series models

Are Formal Methods Applicable To Machine Learning And Artificial
Intelligence?

Fabric Weave Pattern Recognition and Classification by Machine
Learning

A User Behavior Analytics (UBA)- based solution using LSTM Neural
Network to mitigate DDoS Attack in Fog and Cloud Environment

Hiding Privacy Data in Visual Surveillance Video based on Wavelet and
Flexible Function

A Lightweight and User-centric Two-factor Authentication Mechanism for
IoT Based on Blockchain and Smart Contract

A big spatiotemporal streaming data architecture for smart city crisis
monitoring using VGI

Use of Wavelet Transform to Analyze Leakage Current of Silicone Rubber
Insulators Under Polluted Conditions

COVIBOT: A Smart Chatbot for Assistance and E-Awareness during
COVID-19 Pandemic

UWB Radar Sensing for Respiratory Monitoring Exploiting Time-Frequency
Spectrograms

Towards a better multivariate time-series detection of epileptic
seizures in electroencephalogram (EEG) using machine learning
algorithms

Sliding Mode Control Based on Observation of line side PWM Rectifier
Voltage

Vehicle Adaptive Cruise Controller Based on an Optimal Super-twisting
Sliding Mode Control

Adaptive Backstepping based Linear Parameter Varying Model Predictive
Control Multi-rotor UAVs

Deep Neural Network based Secured Control of Flying Vehicle in Urban
Environment

Robust Dynamic Surface Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with
Constrained inputs and Unmodelled Dynamics

Security Challenges for Drone Communications: Possible Threats,
Attacks & Countermeasures

Efficient Future Prediction using Neural Network in Vehicular Ad hoc
Networks

On the Feasibility of using Machine Learning for an Enhanced Physical
Security of Embedded Devices

Securing the Classification of COVID-19 in Chest X-ray Images: A
Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Approach

Software-Defined Networking for Flying Ad-hoc Network Security: A
Survey