Rooms (and online Teams Links) Table:

Room 1:    Al-Thuraya A (Online Teams Link 1)
Room 2:    Nejma (Online Teams Link 2)
Room 3:    Sama (Online Teams Link 3)
Room 4:    Rimal & Sahara (Online Teams Link 4)
Main Hall: Al Thuraya B (Online Teams Link 5)

AICCSA 2025 – Program

Sunday, 19 October

Session 1: AI4GOOD Workshop
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Mahmoud Barhamgi, Qatar University

  • Paper 26 – Enhanced Construction Projects Compliance Prediction with Machine Learning. Adnan Abdelkarim and Uzair Ahmad.
  • Paper 2925 – Exploring the Complexities and Possibilities of Digital Twin Technology. Ziqing Gong and Usama Mir.
  • Paper 5710 – Enhancing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) with Synthetic Data. Usama Mir and Ubaid Abbasi.
  • Paper 7825 – ELENIDS: An EnsembLE Network-based Intrusion Detection System. Mariagrazia Fugini, Virgilio Cusano and Emilio Fattibene.
  • Paper 2679 – A Distributed RAG-based Framework for Automated Extraction of Information from Multiple Types of Resources. Charbel El Gemayel, Joseph El Gemayel and Joseph Constantin.

Session 2: Symposium – AI Applications
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Dimitrios Katsaros, University of Thessaly.

  • Paper 434 – Decoupling Tracking and Segmentation: Introducing VOST for Efficient Video Object Segmentation. Islam Osman and Mohamed Shehata.
  • Paper 4215 – Energy Optimization of 6G V2X Networks through Federated and Deep Reinforcement Learning. Mahdia Slimi, Ibtissem Brahmi and Faouzi Zaraii.
  • Paper 4536 – Beyond the Black Box: A Hybrid SHAP-LIME Approach for Transparent and Explainable Deep Neural Networks. Zina Tayari and Mourad Zaied.
  • Paper 1553 – Predicting Digital Literacy Gains in Rural Contexts Using Multidimensional Data: A Machine Learning Approach. Sameher Ajili, Rym Cheour, Mariem Abid, Mouna Baklouti and Richard Hotte.
  • Paper 3587 – Structured Comprehensive Textual Representations for Medical Vision-Language Pretraining. Youssef Ibrahim, Anabia Sohail, Sajid Javed, Hasan Al Marzouqi and Naoufel Werghi.

Session 3: PhD Forum
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Yannis Manolopoulos, University of Nicosia

  • Paper 588 – Towards a GenAI-Driven Gamified Platform for Supporting Social Turn-Taking in Autistic Children. Kahina Foudad and Dena Al-Thani.
  • Paper 1957 – Towards A Model-Driven Framework Integrating XAI and Formal Methods for Medical CPS Design. Feryel Benina, Zakaria Benzadri, Faiza Belala and Ahmed Hadj Kacem.
  • Paper 5078 – Towards a Driven Specific Modeling Language for Deep Neural Networks. Angham Boukhari, Ahmed Hadj Kacem, Faiza Belala and Aïcha Choutri.
  • Paper 5886 – Building A Comprehensive Ontology for Arabic Islamic Resources. Rana Zayed, Bashar Al-Shboul and Dana Al-Qudah.
  • Paper 5987 – Towards an Explainable Framework for Personalized Treatment Recommendations. Mohamed Ouassim Labraoui, Zakaria Benzadri and Naila Marir.
  • Paper 775 – MAS4D: Advanced Multi-Agent Simulations for Sustainable Urban Air Mobility. Mahshid Sarafraz, Besma Zeddini, Vincent Gauthier and Stephane Serfaty.

Session 4: Symposium – Privacy and Security
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Dr. Hussein Hazimeh, Lebanese University

  • Paper 1830 – ForenSys: Semantic Assistant for Expressive Cyber Forensics in Connected Vehicles. Amani Abou-Rida, Hamza Khemissa, Karam Bou Chaaya and Helmi Rais.
  • Paper 1854 – Privacy Perceptions Among Saudis: Theory and Empirical Insights. Suaad Alarifi.
  • Paper 2360 – Can Diffusion-Based Posterior Smoothing Secure GNNs from Membership Inference Attacks? Abdellah Jnaini.
  • Paper 4560 – EECG: An Efficient and Scalable Blockchain Solution for Securing Two-Way Cryptographic Communications in Smart Grids. Ahmad El-Hajj, Alaa Awad Abdellatif, Mohammed Al-Husseini, Wassim El-Hajj, Hazem Hajj, Khaled Shaban and Rabih A. Jabr.

12:30-14:00 – Lunch

Session 5: AI4GOOD Workshop
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Mahmoud Barhamgi, Qatar University

  • Paper 8548 – Flow and Thermal Prediction in a Lid-Driven Cavity with a Rotating Cylinder Using Machine Learning. Khalil Khanafer.
  • Paper 9358 – Benchmarking Deep Learning Models for Detecting SSRF Vulnerabilities: A Comparative Study. Jema David Ndibwile, Jacqueline Mukamisha, Aline Iradukunda and Elyse Manzi.
  • Paper 6946 – Assessing Public Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles in Saudi Arabia. Asaeyl Alahmadi, Salma Elhag and Maram Meccawy.
  • Paper 7503 – Ethical Implications Regulation of Deep fake: A Business Process Approach. Salma Elhag.
  • Paper 9916 – Building a Large Dataset of Genome Mutations Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jihad Al Akl, Chady Abou Jaoude, Zahi Al Chami, David Laiymani, Christophe Guyeux and Christophe Sola.

Session 6: Symposium – AI Applications
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Dimitrios Katsaros, University of Thessaly.

  • Paper 398 – Support Set-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Multimodal Media Summarization. Ahror Belaid, Katia Bair, Khawla Belgacem, Said Yahiaoui, Djamal Belazzougui and Abdesalam Amrane.
  • Paper 4425 – How Is AI Used for User Representation?: An Analysis of 83 Persona Prompts. Joni Salminen, Danial Amin and Bernard Jansen.
  • Paper 4983 – Weather-Aware Transformer for Real-Time Route Optimization in Drone-as-a-Service Operations. Kamal Mohamed, Lillian Wassim, Ali Hamdi and Khaled Shaban.
  • Paper 7776 – LAMPAS: LLM-driven Adaptive Multi-factor Personalised Learning System. Reda Bendraou, Fatima Gul Zeb, Aziza Mohammed, Warda Irfan, Kalysha Utama, Fatima Anwar Safir and Ali Ahmad.
  • Paper 8778 – MHA-DQN: Personalized Route Planning for Asthma Patients Using Multi-Head Attention and Deep Reinforcement Learning. Nada Ayman, Shaimaa Alaa, Ali Hamdi, Khaled Shaban and Hozaifa Kassab.

Session 7: Symposium – Medical Informatics
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Yannis Manolopoulos, University of Nicosia

  • Paper 765 – Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning for Heart Disease Detection Using Fully Homomorphic Encryption. Mayssa Dziri, Haifa Touati, Mohamed Hadded, Hakim Ghazzai, Omar Kassem Khalil and Anis Laouiti.
  • Paper 4158 – BRAIN-CNet: A Segmentation-guided Framework for Brain Tumor Detection and Classification from MRI Scans. Namya Musthafa, Mohammad Mehedy Masud and Qurban Memon.
  • Paper 7076 – A Mobile Game for Enhancing Diabetes Awareness: A Pilot Study. Amani Al-Ajlan.
  • Paper 9094 – Information Reasoning and Question Answering in Healthcare: A PubMedQA Benchmark Study. Dina Sayed and Heiko Schuldt.
  • Paper 9976 – TextAge: Evaluating Large Language Models for Historical Text Dating. Michael P. Oakes, Azizur Rahman, Rushikesh Hiray, Laraib Hasan, Mohammad Hijjawi, Shubham Srivastava, Paras Nigam and Sayed Javed Ali.

Session 8: AA2S Special Track
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Dr. Richard Chbeir University of Pau

  • Paper 4845 – PRISM-AI: A Dual-Stage Neuro-Symbolic Agentic Framework for Privacy Risk Mitigation in LLMs. Sabrine Amri, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens and Frédéric Cuppens.
  • Paper 3537 – Attack Classification Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Large Language Models. Ivan Kawaminami, Mohammad Wali Ur Rahman, Jin Bai and Salim Hariri.
  • Paper 6952 – ClaimVerAgents: A Multi-Agent Retrieval-Augmented Claim Verification Framework. Dorsaf Sallami, Sabrine Amri and Esma Aïmeur.
  • Paper 2568 – Data-Aware Clustered Federated Learning in WSNs for Natural Disaster Management. Zouheir Belfeki, Moez Krichen, Mondher Bouazizi and Salah Zidi.

Session 9: AI4GOOD Workshop
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Mahmoud Barhamgi, Qatar University

  • Paper 4714 – From Annotation to Detection: Evaluating LLMs for Hate Speech and Stereotype Identification in Italian. Fatemeh Mohammadi, Samira Maghool and Paolo Ceravolo.
  • Paper 5083 – AgriFormer: Advancing 3D LiDAR-based Biomass Prediction through Hierarchical Feature Learning. Malik Shahzaib Khan, Faareh Ahmed, Abdul Wahab, Zuhair Zafar, Karsten Berns and Muhammad Moazam Fraz.
  • Paper 1703 – Analyzing and Designing Complex Systems Using GraphQL. Thomas Gyeera, Diya Ram Mohan, Jayson Urena, Houda Lahrouz and Mark Montels.
  • Paper 5779 – Giving a Voice: A Novel Approach Combining Visual and Product-based Applications to Sign Language Translation. Ibrahim Aldrees, Saad Aldoihi and Khalid Albalaihid.
  • Paper 7365 – Evaluating Arabic Language Embedding Models for Semantic Retrieval in Fatwas. Hassan Ben Ayed, Omar Cheikhrouhou and Habib Hamam.

Monday, 20 October

Conference Opening Ceremony

09:00-09:05 – Welcome Word, Prof. Salim Hariri, Chair of AICCSA Steering Committee.

09:05-09:15 – Welcome Word, Prof. Aiman Erbad, General Chair, VP of Research, Qatar University.

09:15-09:30 – AICCSA 2025 Program, Prof. Yannis Manolopoulos, PC Chair University of Nicosia.

09:30-10:30 – Keynote 1: Prof. Dr. Aziz Mohaisen, “AI in Cybersecurity: Attribution, Inference, and the Attack–Defense Arms Race”

Hall: Al Thuraya B

Session 10: Track 1 – Advanced Computing Applications
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Akram Hakiri, University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour, France

  • Paper 4065 – KoHPCG – High-Performance Conjugate Gradient Benchmark Program on Kokkos Performance Portability Ecosystem. Muhammad Rizwan, Jaeyoung Choi and Yoonhee Kim.
  • Paper 4307 – Swarm-Optimized BiLSTM-Attention Model for Adaptive Irrigation Scheduling in Precision Agriculture. Bassem Sellami, Maher Jabberi, Akram Hakiri and Samira El Yacoubi.
  • Paper 8423 – Learning-Driven Dutch Auction for UAV-assisted Weather Nowcasting Task Offloading. Soumeya Demil, Mohammed Riyadh Abdmeziem and Yacine Challal.
  • Paper 556 – Towards a Uniform Description Language for the Social Integration of Smart Objects. Olfa Dallel, Elhadj Benkhelifa and Nadia Kabachi.
  • Paper 4272 – Conceptual Use Case for Learning Public Health Systems as a Service. Nabil Badr.

Session 11: Track 2 – Technical Aspects of Security
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Rasheed Hussain, University of Bristol

  • Paper 58 – Exploiting ftrace’s function_graph Tracer Features for Machine Learning: A Case Study on Encryption Detection. Kenan Begovic, Abdulaziz Al-Ali and Qutaibah Malluhi.
  • Paper 153 – Decentralized Post-Quantum Authentication Protocol for Drone Communication Networks. Edoukou Berenger Ayebie, Elie Noumon Allini, Karam Bou-Chaaya and Helmi Rais.
  • Paper 408 – A Comprehensive Comparison of LLaMA 3.1 and Traditional ML Approaches in Automated Vulnerability Detection. Ahmed Sajwani, Fatima Alkaabi, Amr Tamer, Mohamed Yaqoob and Panos Liatsis.
  • Paper 2638 – Enhancing Transparency in Android Privacy Policies via LLM-Based Permission Mapping. Ali Alkinoon and David Mohaisen.
  • Paper 7128 – Dual‐Path Phishing Detection: Integrating Transformer‐Based NLP with Structural URL Analysis. Ibrahim Altan, Abdulla Bachir, Yousuf Parbhulkar, Abdul Muksith Rizvi and Moshiur Farazi.
  • Paper 7834 – An Infrastructure for Managing AI Bias in Complex Web Systems. Sebastian Heil, Jannatul Ferdous, Abubaker Gaber and Martin Gaedke.

Session 12: Track 3 – Data Engineering and Ontologies
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Haytham Elghazel, Lyon1 University.

  • Paper 4149 – Ontological Modeling of Kubernetes Clusters Leveraging In-Memory Dependency Graphs. Anouar Jridi, Marouen Kachroudi, Marius Zaharia and Mohamed Farah.
  • Paper 4340 – Representing Religious Practices via AI-Generated Personas: A Case Study of Ramadan Behaviors from Four Predominantly Muslim Countries. Leen Alqadi, Soon-Gyo Jung, Danial Amin, Amani Alabed, Joni Salminen and Bernard Jansen.
  • Paper 7546 – Predicting Stock Trends in Emerging Markets with Multi-Source Data: A Study on the Qatar Stock Exchange. Marwan Sayed, Alhasan Mahmood, Youssef Ahmed, Muhammad Muaz Khan and Saleh Alhazbi.
  • Paper 8834 – Ensemble Hallucination Detection in Arabic Large Language Models: A Multi-Modal Linguistic and Self-Consistency Approach. Abderrahmane Maaradji, Abdelhak Mehadjbia and Oussama Djedidi.
  • Paper 9065 – Bridging Language Models and Formal Methods for Intent-Driven Optical Network Design. Anis Bekri, Amar Abane, Abdella Battou and Saddek Bensalem.
  • Paper 852 – From Incomplete Data to Accurate Aggregation: Exploring the Accuracy-Efficiency Trade-off of Data Imputation Methods. Linda Mohammed, Heba Helal and Mohamed Sharaf.

Session 13: Track 4 – Theoretical Issues
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Belkacem Chikhaoui, TELUQ University

  • Paper 1200 – A Monte-Carlo Method for Designing Compressed Sensing Measurement Matrices, with Applications to Robot Path Planning and Environmental Sensing. Alghalya Al-Hajri, Ejmen Al-Ubejdij, Aiman Erbad and Ali Safa.
  • Paper 3030 – Quantum Long Short-Term Memory for Sequence Prediction. Belkacem Chikhaoui.
  • Paper 3977 – Incremental learning approach using fuzzy logic to mitigate catastrophic forgetting. Livia Alexandre and Cleber Zanchettin.
  • Paper 4686 – Multi-Modal Sentiment Analysis with Dynamic Attention Fusion. Sadia Abdulhalim, Muaz Albaghdadi and Moshiur Farazi.
  • Paper 8487 – Seq2Seq Model Implementation for ADE Prediction Using MedDRa and FAERS Data. Rasha Assaf, Amjad Rattrout, Mohammed Khalilia and Rashid Jayousi.

12:30-14:00 – Lunch

Session 14: Track 1 – Advanced Architectures
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Akram Hakiri, University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour, France.

  • Paper 3900 – A Data-driven Analysis of Code Optimizations. Akram Badreddine Laissaoui and Riyadh Baghdadi.
  • Paper 2976 – A Deep Learning Model for Predicting Transformation Legality. Avani Tiwari, Yacine Hakimi and Riyadh Baghdadi.
  • Paper 6251 – Protocol-Aware Hybrid Clustering for IoT: Adaptive Reconfiguration and Secure Communication with MQTT/CoAP Integration. Osama Dighriri, Priyadarsi Nanda, Manoranjan Mohanty, Bashair Alrashed and Ibrahim Haddadi.
  • Paper 6638 – SimBench-HSS: A Configurable Simulation Framework for Evaluating Hierarchical Storage Architectures in Cloud Systems. Mohammad Akef Habbal and Qutaibah Malluhi.

Session 15: Track 2 – Deep Learning
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Rasheed Hussain, University of Bristol

  • Paper 2605 – Privacy-preserving Back-propagation for Training a Deep Learning Remote Model in Pervasive Health Monitoring Environments with Constrained Client-side. Amine Boulemtafes, Abdelouahid Derhab and Yacine Challal.
  • Paper 3911 – Privacy in Generative AI: Understanding User Concerns, Trust, and Awareness. Hamda Al Breiki, Qusay Mahmoud, Thani Al-Riyami and Khaled Abdulrahim Aljneibi.
  • Paper 4245 – A Distributed Federated Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving ADHD Diagnosis. Okba Ben Atia, Mustafa Al Samara, Ismail Bennis and Aiman Erbad.
  • Paper 4692 – Hybrid Semantic-Structural Learning for URL Multi-Classification Using DistilBERT and Feature Engineering. Noshina Tariq, Khulud Salem Alshudukhi, Muhammad Haroon Wajid, Mamoona Humayun and Hamid Jahankhani.
  • Paper 8704 – Optimizing IoT Botnet Detection: A Comparative Study of Machine Learning and Feature Engineering Strategies. Mustafa Al Lail.

Session 16: Track 3 – Data Science Meets AI
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Haytham Elghazel, Lyon1 University

  • Paper 621 – Anomaly Detection in Automotive CAN Networks Using a Hybrid Approach. Abdelkader Berrouachedi, Rakia Jaziri and Gilles Bernard.
  • Paper 2978 – Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Aware and Time-Efficient Scheduling in Industry 4.0. Houssem Eddine Ounissi, Khaled Benfriha, Abdelhak Belhi and Abdelaziz Bouras.
  • Paper 8631 – A Fuzzy and Multiple-context Approach for Semantic Similarity by Using BabelNet. Anna Formica, Ida Mele and Francesco Taglino.
  • Paper 8675 – Unsupervised Learning for Intelligent Driver Profiling. Ilyes Zeroual, Rakia Jaziri and Gilles Bernard.
  • Paper 9437 – Interpretable At-Risk Student Prediction Using XGBoost and Behavioral Autoencoder on OULAD. Ahlem Makni, Wael Ouarda, Khouloud Boukadi and Mourad Abed.
  • Paper 3023 – Prompt-Based Recommendation with In-Context Learning and Category-Enriched Modeling. Ichrak Ennaceur, Haytham Elghazel, Alexandre Aussem, Guillaume Lefebvre and Matthieu Sonnati.

Session 17: Track 4 – Applied Artificial Intelligence
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Belkacem Chikhaoui, TELUQ University

  • Paper 4269 – Language Models for Disinformation Detection: To be Large or to be Small? Ioannis Kalamakis, Sotiria Liappi, Dimitrios Papakostas and Dimitrios Katsaros.
  • Paper 6076 – Dental Age Estimation From Mandibular Teeth in Jordanian Population. Mohamed Osman, Mohamed Elshrif, Muna Shaweesh, Khaled Shaban, Raidan Ba Hattab, Elham Abu Alhaija and Ridha Hamila.
  • Paper 7441 – Integrating Structural Graphs and Cross-Attention for Drug–Target Interaction Prediction. Khadidja Henni, Leila Hamdad, Lina Abou-Abbas and Neila Mezghani.
  • Paper 7960 – Assessing the Efficiency of One-shot Visual Object Trackers for Underwater Robot Position Locking. Waqas Aman, Ali Al-Zawqari, Farida Mohsen, Saif Al-Kuwari and Ali Safa.
  • Paper 2940 – Intelligent Mobile Learning Application Using Large Model Language. Ahmed Ewais and Sirien Jaradat.

Session 18: Track 1 – Learning-Based Optimized Architectures
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Akram Hakiri, University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour, France

  • Paper 721 – A Modular Framework for Hierarchical Federated Learning with Multi-Key Homomorphic Encryption. Ashika Sameem Abdul Rasheed and Mohammad Mehedy Masud.
  • Paper 3784 – Federated Learning-Based Resource AlRoom in Fog-Cloud Computing for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. Ibtissem Mokni, Sonia Yassa, Stephane Zuckerman, Olivier Romain and Omri Mohamed Nazih.
  • Paper 7683 – Intrusion Detection Systems for IoT Using Federated Learning. Amal Alkabkabi, Asmaa Cherif and Suhair Alshehri.
  • Paper 9826 – AFA-DPD: Adaptive Federated Approach using Data Poisoning Detection. Hanen Hamdani, Emna Benmohamed and Hela Ltifi.

Session 19: Track 2 – Cybersecurity Technicalities
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Rasheed Hussain, University of Bristol

  • Paper 5332 – Multi-Stage Payload Execution with Fragmented Double-Layer Encoding. Arash Mahboubi, Keyvan Ansari and Seyit Camtepe.
  • Paper 5855 – Cryptanalysis and Improvement of an Authentication Scheme for Fog Environments. Pierre Abi-Char.
  • Paper 8418 – Collusion-Resilient Traitor Tracing via 3D Video Provenance Analysis. Karama Abdelhedi, Faten Chaabane, William Puech and Chokri Ben Amar.
  • Paper 8942 – A Comprehensive Evaluation of Tor Path Selections Across Network Scales. Siddique Abubakr Muntaka and Jacques Bou Abdo.
  • Paper 9787 – MultiFuzz: A Dense Retrieval-based Multi-Agent System for Network Protocol Fuzzing. Youssef Maklad, Fares Wael, Ali Hamdi, Wael Elsersy and Khaled Shaban.
  • Paper 3793 – RBFL: Securing Federated Learning against Data Poisoning Using a Reputation-based Approach. Abdul Rehman, Issiaka Ischolla Mazu, Fehmi Jaafar, Darine Ameyed and Hamdi Ben Abdessalem.

Session 20: Track 3 – Data Science Applications
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Haytham Elghazel, Lyon1 University

  • Paper 648 – Two-Stage Quranic QA via Ensemble Retrieval and Instruction-Tuned Answer Extraction. Mohamed Basem, Islam Oshallah, Ali Hamdi, Khaled Shaban and Hozaifa Kassab.
  • Paper 4369 – Data-Driven Optimization of Photovoltaic Maintenance in Hotel Networks. Chedli Damak, Boukthir Haddar, Mohamed Ali Elleuch, Ahmed Frikha and Mohamed Benaouicha.
  • Paper 4517 – Mitigating the Capacity Gap in Knowledge Distillation via Iterative Tutoring. Sara Karam, Ralph Aouad, Joseph Attieh and Joe Tekli.
  • Paper 5061 – Sweet Deception: Detecting Honey Adulteration Using Generative AI and Hyperspectral Imaging. Safa Khaloui, Leila Ben Othman, Akram Hakiri and Hella Kaffel.
  • Paper 9938 – Data-Driven Forecasting of Refugee Displacement Using Machine and Deep Learning Models with XAI. Ibrahim Sani, Umar Hasan, Raihan Sharif, Tahfeem Islam Siam, Md Alamgir Hossain and Riasat Khan.
  • Paper 7121 – The Recommendation Conundrum: A deeper look at transformer models for next basket prediction. Maxime Pegane and Besma Zeddini.
  • Paper 2205 – Computing Semantic Relatedness between Named Entities in DBpedia Fancesco Taglino.
  • Paper 2688 – FastRAG: Retrieval Augmented Generation for Semi-structured Data. Amar Abane, Anis Bekri, Abdella Battou and Saddek Bensalem.

Session 21: Track 4 – Deep Learning
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Dr. Çağatay Çatal, Qatar University.

  • Paper 3631 – A Modular Federated Learning Framework for Privacy-Aware Food Adulteration Detection. Safa Khaloui, Leila Ben Othman, Akram Hakiri and Hella Kaffel.
  • Paper 6507 – Formal Concept Analysis-Guided Federated Learning (FCA-FL) for Personalized 6G Services. Khouloud Affi, Ibtissem Brahmi and Faouzi Zarai.
  • Paper 8549 – Deep Learning for Discriminating Essential Tremor from Parkinson’s Disease via Handwriting Analysis. Mohamed Azlouk, Thameur Dhieb, Islem Jarraya, Mohamed Neji, Nouha Farhat, Sirine Sellami, Tarek M. Hamdani, Mariem Damak, Chokri Mhiri and Adel M. Alimi.
  • Paper 9621 – Explainable Ensemble Learning for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Using SHAP and FSHAP on ADNI Tabular Data. Bayan Al Durgham and Moatsum Alawida.
  • Paper 9926 – A Review on Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for IoT: Techniques and Applications. Fatima-Zohra Bemrah, Samir Ouchani and Azeddine Chikh.

18:00-20:00 – Reception.

 Location: Pool & Terrace

Tuesday, 21 October

Session 22: Track 5 – Arabic Language Processing
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Ali Jaoua, Qatar University

  • Paper 532 – Multilingual Model Enhancement Framework using a Human-Centered Approach for Arabic Spam Detection. Saleh Alqahtani, Raddad Faqihi, Priyadarsi Nanda and Bashair Alrashed.
  • Paper 3392 – SAGE: Semantic Adaptation of Graph Embeddings for Arabic Entity Linking. Fouad Al Tfaily, Hussein Hazimeh, Ali Takach, Hatem El Zein, Hassan Harb, and Ali Jaber.
  • Paper 5510 – An Ensemble Classification Approach in A Multi-Layered Large Language Model Framework for Disease Prediction. Ali Hamdi, Malak Mohamed, Rokaia Emad and Khaled Shaban.
  • Paper 8820 – Mitigating Bias in Arabic NLP: A Framework for Ethical and Inclusive Data Preparation. Eiman Al-Shammari.

Session 23: Track 6 – Multimedia Applications
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Layth Sliman, EFREI Research Lab

  • Paper 7000 – Towards Smart Glasses as Visual Field Compensation for visually impaired patients. Imen Rjab, Layth Sliman and Ines Drira.
  • Paper 1798 – Deep Fusion of Ultra-Low-Resolution Thermal Camera and Gyroscope Data for Lighting-Robust and Compute-Efficient Rotational Odometry. Farida Mohsen and Ali Safa.
  • Paper 2992 – Construction of a Mobile Headset for Automated Pupillary Motor Assessment. Marcel Schepelmann and Hans Georg Krojanski.
  • Paper 3947 – Intelligent Road Anomaly Detection with Real-time Notification System for Enhanced Road Safety. Ali Almakhluk, Uthman Baroudi and Yasser El-Alfy.
  • Paper 3217 – Methodological Framework for Building DENT_VQA: A Dental Panoramic X-ray Dataset for Medical VQA Systems. Hamza Mbarek, Hela Mahersia and Nabil Litayem.
  • Paper 4752 – GMaxViT: Gabor Multi-axis Vision Transformer for Tomato Disease Identification. Hassiba Nemmour, Amine Mezenner, Mohamed Rayane Lakehal, Mohamed Lamine Bouibed, Imene Ammi, Chaima Moghrabi and Youcef Chibani.

Session 24: Track 2 – Cybersecurity and Attacks
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Rasheed Hussain, University of Bristol

  • Paper 36 – Is Attention All Security Domain Needs? A Systematic Review of Self-attention Mechanism in Cybersecurity. Huiyao Dong.
  • Paper 840 – A Scalable Framework for Insider Threat Detection Session Modelling and Class Balancing with XGBoost. Raddad Faqihi, Priyadarsi Nanda, Manoranjan Mohanty, Saleh Alqahtani and Bashair Alrashed.
  • Paper 3368 – AI-Based Predictive Analytics for Cybersecurity Risk Prioritization Using Machine Learning. Ahood Abdullah and Sarah Abu Ghazalah.
  • Paper 6040 – Enhancing the PGD Attack: A Dynamic Step-Size Approach for Robust Evasion on Android Malware Detection. Roshni Nawaz, Mohammed Al-Sada and Mahmoud Barhamgi.
  • Paper 8349 – Lightweight Kerberos-based Messaging Protocol for Secure IoT Communications. Sarah Abu Ghazalah.

Session 25: Track 1 – Parallel and Distributing Computing
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Akram Hakiri, University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour, France

  • Paper 1375 – Smart Routing in IoV Environments: A Evolutionary-based Approach for Emergency Response Optimization. Mohamed Amine Marzouk, Ali El Kamel and Habib Youssef.
  • Paper 1494 – QoS-Aware Routing Optimization in MANETs by an Adapted Deep Reinforcement Learning Network. Maher Jasim Al-Mashhadani and Kamel Karoui.
  • Paper 3916 – Optimized Power Control and Bandwidth Allocation for Multi-UAV Network in Post-Disaster Scenarios. Ayman Zayyan, Ali Selamat, Alaa Abdellatif and Amr Mohamed.
  • Paper 8362 – A Frequency-Based Quality of Service Strategy for Named Data Networks. Salwa Abdelwahed, Fatma Somaa, Haifa Touati and Mohamed Hadded.
  • Paper 8821 – TRACED: Trust-Aware Clustering and Dynamic Role Management for Secure Edge Systems. Luigi Mastromauro, Muslum Ozgur Ozmen, Dhiego Souto Andrade and Michel Kinsy.

11:00-12:00 – Keynote 2 – Dr. Dena Al-Thani

Session Chair: Chirine Ghedira, iaelyon, University of Lyon 3, France

Title: From Sensing to Personalization: The A-Sense Route Toward Inclusive and Human-Centered Technologies.

Hall: Al Thuraya B

12:00-12:30 – Panel: Women in STEM

Moderators: Chirine Ghedira, France & Takoua Abdellatif, University of Carthage, Tunisia

Session 26: Track 5 – Large Language Models
Time: 14:00-15:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Ali Jaoua, Qatar University

  • Paper 25 – Autonomous QA Data Augmentation via Open-Source LLM Agents for Metaverse Applications. Faiza Belbachir, Rémy Chen, Lucas Lorang, Arthur Delfose, Nasredine Semmar, Samia Bouzefrane and Assia Soukane.
  • Paper 38 – Beyond Stars: Bridging the Gap Between Ratings and Review Sentiment with LLM. Najla Zuhir, Amna Mohammad Salim, Parvathy Prem Kumar and Moshiur Farazi.
  • Paper 2824 – CAKD: A Confidence-Aware Knowledge Distillation Approach for Building Compact and Efficient LLMs. Mohammad Basheer Kotit, Omama Hamad, Khaled Shaban, and Ali Hamdi.
  • Paper 5287 – The Prompting Brain: Neurocognitive Markers of Expertise in Guiding Large Language Models. Hend Alkhalifa, Raneem Almansour, Layan Alhuasini, Alanood Alsaleh, Mohamad-Hani Temsah and Ashwag Alruwaili.
  • Paper 9137 – Z-Pruner: Post-Training Pruning of Large Language Models for Efficiency without Retraining. Samiul Basir Bhuiyan, Md. Sazzad Hossain Adib, Mohammed Aman Bhuiyan, Muhammad Rafsan Kabir, Moshiur Farazi, Shafin Rahman and Nabeel Mohammed.

Session 27: Track 6 – Multimedia Applications
Time: 14:00-15:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Layth Sliman, EFREI Research Lab

  • Paper 27 – Robust assessment Fall Detection Architecture: Intra/Inter-Subject and Cross-Dataset Evaluation. Khouloud Guemri, Wael Ouarda, Khouloud Boukadi, Imen Megdiche, Yohan Chasseray and Elyes Lamine.
  • Paper 894 – Efficient Segmentation of Solar Panel Defects Using Knowledge Distillation. Shahd Shaban, Ali Hamdi and Khaled Shaban.
  • Paper 2363 – Assessing the Suitability of Multidimensional Transpose of YUV Sequences for All-Intra Video Coding using Multi-Scale Feature Extraction and Classification. Tamer Shanableh.
  • Paper 7853 – Yaqeen: A Mobile-Based Deep Learning Framework for Prayer Posture Recognition. Ghada Amoudi, Ritaj Albogami, Rahma Alsharif and Bushra Alsulami.
  • Paper 8574 – A Multi-Task Convolutional Neural Network for Gaze Estimation: A From-Scratch Approach. Rawdha Karmi, Ines Rahmany and Nawres Khlifa.

Session 28: Track 2 – Cybersecurity and Attacks
Time: 14:00-15:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Rasheed Hussain, University of Bristol

  • Paper 1953 – Challenges of Attack Automation in AI Models: Toward a Red Teaming Strategy. Hassan Chaitou, Karam Bou-Chaaya, Njaka-Harilala Andriamandratomanana and Helmi Rais.
  • Paper 2276 – A Multi-Phase Resilient Machine Learning Architecture Against Data Poisoning Attacks. Gizem Altintarla and Salim Hariri.
  • Paper 8255 – DoS-based Fake Task Injection for Disrupted Sensing. Mohamad Abdulkadir, Hanane Lamaazi and Ruhul Amin Khalil.
  • Paper 8375 – Actionable Malware Intelligence: LLM-Driven Automation with MITRE ATT&CK. Maher Salem and Abdel-Karim Al-Tamimi.
  • Paper 9335 – What is Cybersecurity in Space? Charbel Mattar, Jacques Bou Abdo, Abdallah Makhoul, Benoît Piranda and Jacques Demerjian.

Session 29: HOPE Workshop
Time: 14:00-15:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Dr. Thomas Lux, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

  • Paper 101 – Evaluating the Potential of Virtual Reality in Healthcare Education: A Quantitative Study Using a “Room of Errors” Delivery Room Scenario. Hana Alwafai, Thomas Lux and Lea Leeser.
  • Paper 6195 – Integrating Gender-Sensitive Data into Clinical AI Systems: A Proof of Concept for Inclusive Healthcare. Lukas Tetz, Lisa Capitaine, Ryoko Kobayashi, Benjamin Jagusch, Thao Nguyen and Thomas Lux.
  • Paper 988 – Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease by AI: A Hybrid Approach Based on U-Net and MobileNetV2. Keita Mahamadou and Olfa Souki.
  • Paper 9347 – Fuzzy Choquet Ensemble Deep Learning Approach for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection. Amani Trad, Olfa Fakhfakh, Ghaith Manita and Ouajdi Korbaa.

16:00-17:30 – Tutorial Session
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara

Session 30: Track 5 – Arabic Language Processing
Time: 16:00-17:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Faiza Belbachir, AGECE Lyrids ECE, Paris, France.

  • Paper 4578 – Exploring the Impact of Large Language Models on Opinion Analysis in Arabic Social Media. Mohammad Alzyadneh, Feriel Benfraj and Chiraz Zribi.
  • Paper 5344 – Scaling Arabic Medical Chatbots Using Synthetic Data: Enhancing Generative AI with Synthetic Patient Records. Abdulrahman Allam, Seif Ahmed, Ali Hamdi and Khaled Shaban.
  • Paper 7933 – Automatic Code-switched Academic Tunisian Arabic Speech Recognition. Fatma Zahra Besdouri, Inès Zribi and Lamia Hadrich Belguith.
  • Paper 9373 – Unlocking Additional Learning Capabilities of Whisper for Arabic Language Via Instruction Fine-tuning. Bassam Mattar, Marwan Torki and Ayman Khalafallah.

Session 31: Track 4 – Medical and Other Applications
Time: 16:00-17:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Nadia Kabachi, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1

  • Paper 2081 – Toward EEG-Free Seizure Detection: Evidence of EEG–ECG Synchronization. Hussein El Amouri, Hassan Tfaily, Khadidja Henni and Lina Abou Abbas.
  • Paper 7327 – The Symbolic Interplay of Korean Pensive Buddha Statue and Colour: A Case Study in Thailand. Lalita Narupiyakul, Hao-An Tseng, Chen-Wei Hsieh, Khusrav Badalov, Patrick C. K. Hung, Vien Cheung, Annie Jiang and Young Yoon.
  • Paper 8709 – Implicit Neural Representations for ECG Synthesis: What is the Potential? Nour Neifar and Achraf Ben-Hamadou.
  • Paper 9913 – Bio-inspired Locomotion of Modular Caterpillar Robots. Joseph Gemayel, Jacques Bou Abdo, Charbel El Gemayel, Jad Bassil, Abdallah Makhoul and Jacques Demerjian.

18:00-22:00 – Gala Dinner.

 Location: INTERCONTINENTAL DOHA BEACH & SPA BY IHG

Wednesday, 22 October

Session 32: Track 2 – Internet of Things
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Dr. Abdelhak Belhi, Joaan Bin Jassim Academy

  • Paper 1065 – Enhancing IoT Cybersecurity and Compliance through BPMN Integration. Youssef Sellami, Salwa Alem, Abderrahmane Yakob and Xavier Scharff.
  • Paper 1278 – WAMflow: a Web-Based Editor for Modelling Web Systems Architecture. Abubaker Gaber, Sebastian Heil, Ahmad Hijazi and Martin Gaedke.
  • Paper 2421 – Hash-based Threshold Group RFID Authentication Protocol for Medical Privacy in IoT. Fatma Merabet, Yacine Challal, Emmanuel Conchon and Damien Sauveron.
  • Paper 3542 – Cryptanalysis and Improvement of an RFID Authentication Protocol for Smart Medical Systems. Pierre Abi-Char.
  • Paper 7595 – Adaptive Chaotic-Neural Ascon Image Encryption with Mish Activation and AI-Driven Key Scheduling for Secure and High-Speed IoT Applications. Zaydon L. Ali, Walid Barhoumi and Houcemeddine Hermassi.
  • Paper 9071 – Enhanced Ascon-Neuro Mish: A Novel Chaotic-Neural Framework with Mish Activation and AI-Based Key Scheduling for Secure IoT Image Encryption. Zaydon L. Ali.

Session 33: Track 6 – Image and Video Processing
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Dr. Moutaz Saleh, Qatar University

  • Paper 3 – Deep Learning-based Multiple Pedestrian Crossing Behavior Analysis Framework. Tudor Barbu and Silviu-Ioan Bejinariu.
  • Paper 1756 – Comparative Study of Residual and Efficient CNN Architectures for Disaster Type Classification in Social Media Images. Ayisha Firoz and Somaya Al-Maadeed.
  • Paper 4365 – A Scalable and Explainable CNN for Mammographic Breast Cancer Detection Using Grad-CAM and EfficientNet-B0. Noora Shifa, Dr. Moutaz Saleh, Dr. Younes Akbari and Dr. Sumaya Al Maadeed.
  • Paper 5925 – Spatiotemporal Transformer-Based Analysis of Social Gaze in Multi-Agent Interaction Videos. Ali Aldhubri, Elizabeth B. Varghese, Dena Al-Thani and Marwa K. Qarage.
  • Paper 4702 – Attentional Language Modeling for Text to 3D Generation. Marena Anis, Ali Hamdi and Khaled Shaban.

Session 34: Track 4 – Classification
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Belkacem Chikhaoui, TELUQ University

  • Paper 1706 – Energy-Efficient UAV Surveillance for Early Wildfire Detection Using AI-Driven Image Analysis. Bennett Akpomedaye, Atef Shalan, Nafeeul Alam Walee and Munshi Rahman.
  • Paper 4779 – Balancing Explainability and Accuracy in Credit Risk Classification Using Neuro-Fuzzy Model. Sirine Ben Ghozzi, Mohamed Aymen Ben Hajkacem and Nadia Essoussi.
  • Paper 6982 – Classification of Skin Lesion Images based on Ensemble Deep Learning. Hiba Chelabi, Tarek Khadir and Belkacem Chikhaoui.
  • Paper 9038 – iESN-SWT: improved Echo State Network with Small World Topology and Dimension Reduction for Time Series Classification. Rana Albelaihi and Emna Benmohamed.

Session 35: Track 5 – Large Language Models
Time: 08:30-10:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Khaled Shaban, Qatar University

  • Paper 6337 – Context-Aware Prompt Engineering and Time-Aware LLM Architecture for Radiology Report Generation. Mariem Medini, Riadh Bouslimi and Kaouthar Nouira.
  • Paper 6917 – A Novel Competency Tagging Method Through Semantic Search Using Fine-Tuned LLM. Imene Jemal, Naoussi Sijou Wilfried Armand and Belkacem Chikhaoui.
  • Paper 9069 – Improving Accuracy in Medical French Transcriptions: A Hybrid Approach Using Whisper and Large Language Models. Gabriela Herrera Altamira and Kalim Moussa.
  • Paper 9589 – Augmented Fine-Tuned LLMs for Enhanced Recruitment Automation. Mohamed Younes, Omar Walid, Khaled Shaban, Ali Hamdi and Mai Hassan.
  • Paper 9941 – MSLEF: Multi-Segment LLM Ensemble Finetuning in Recruitment. Omar Walid, Mohamed Younes, Khaled Shaban, Ali Hamdi and Mai Hassan.

11:00-12:30 – Keynote 3 – Dr. Iyad Rahwan

Title: Science Fiction Science: Facing the challenges of Artificial Intelligence.

Session Chair: Prof. Bashar Nuseibeh, Open University, UK.

Hall: Al Thuraya B

12:30-14:00 – Lunch

14:00-15:00 – Keynote 4: Prof. Athena Vakali,

Title: “Ties-of-Trust in AI: Unravel the Links Between Human Judgment and AI Harms”

Hall: Al Thuraya B

Session 36: Track 2 – Learning and Explainability
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room 1: Al-Thuraya A
Session Chair: Dr. Abdelhak Belhi, Joaan Bin Jassim Academy

  • Paper 4879 – Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection System for Ethernet/Industrial Protocol (ENIP). Clarisa Grijalva Lugo and Salim Hariri.
  • Paper 1715 – A Modular Framework for Anomaly Detection in IoT Networks with Explainability. Amina Lamharzi, Nadia Kabachi, Meriem Zouzou and Elhadj Benkhelifa.
  • Paper 7954 – Explainable AI for Network Threat Detection: Isolation Forests and Synthetic WiFi Traffic. Simona Fioretto, Elio Masciari, Enea Vincenzo Napolitano, Fabio Rendace and Francesco Zumpano.
  • Paper 8085 – A Novel Approach to Secure MANETs: LSTM-Based Intrusion Detection and Multi-Objective QoS Routing Framework. Maher Jasim Al-Mashhadani and Kamel Karoui.
  • Paper 8115 – FLCMed-TAD: An Anomaly-Aware Federated Learning Approach for EV Load Forecasting. Sashank Kumar and Eyhab Al-Masri.

Session 37: Track 6 – Image and Video Processing
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room 2: Nejma
Session Chair: Mahmoud Barhamgi, Qatar University.

  • Paper 268 – A Parallel Island Genetic Algorithm for Triangle-based Image Reconstruction. Jean-Philippe Valois, Thomas Firmin and Nouredine Melab.
  • Paper 2084 – Deep Learning Based Real-Time Hand Detection Using First-Person Egocentric Perspectives. Aminun Nahar, Mehedi Hasan Shuvo, Mahbubul Islam, Rifat Tasnim Anannya, Shahnaj Parvin and Kamruddin Nur.
  • Paper 2119 – STTATrack: Enhancing One-Stream Single Object Tracking via Score Temporal Token Attention. Omar Abdelaziz, Mahmoud Soliman, Ahmed Elgazwy and Mohamed Shehata.
  • Paper 4836 – Facial Emotion Recognition Using Vision Transformers: A Comprehensive Evaluation on Multiple Datasets. Sabrine Brahmi, Ibtissem Brahmi and Faouzi Zerai.
  • Paper 8433 – HTEB: Hybrid Transformer Enhancement Block for Robust Image Flare Suppression. Mohamed Goher, Hicham G. Elmongui and Marwan Torki.

Session 38: Track 4 – Theoretical Issues
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room 3: Sama
Session Chair: Dr. Tewfik Ziadi, University of Doha.

  • Paper 515 – DetectorsForge: A Software Product Line for Transfer-learning in Code Smells Detection. Syrine Wardi, Rania Mzid and Tewfik Ziadi.
  • Paper 2423 – Efficient Graph-Transformer-based Neural Collaborative Filtering for Candidate Preselection. José Quenum and Marthin Thomas.
  • Paper 2919 – Secure Transformer-Guided Chaotic-Neural Encryption Using Swish and GELU-Based Dynamic S-Boxes for Lightweight ASCON in Intelligent IoT Systems. Zaydon L. Ali.
  • Paper 7530 – LLM-Ops and Ensemble Intelligence for Robust LLM Performance: Integrating Fine-Tuning and Majority Voting. Osama Abdellatif, Ahmed Ayman, Abdelrahman Hassan, Ali Hamdi and Khaled Shaban.

Session 39: Track 5 – NLP Issues
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room 4: Rimal & Sahara
Session Chair: Mucahid Kulu, Qatar University

  • Paper 952 – Automating user-feedback driven requirements gathering: A Case Study on Mobile Apps for Diabetes Self-Management. Maroua Loukil, Mariem Haoues and Nedia Bouacida.
  • Paper 1093 – Analyzing the Persuasive Strategies of Influencers and News Media on Social Media. Omran Berjawi, Rida Khatoun and Giuseppe Fenza.
  • Paper 6356 – Benchmarking BERT for Software Requirements Classification Across Diverse Datasets. Nourchène Elleuch Ben Ayed and Muath Alrammal.
  • Paper 8797 – Balancing Factual Consistency and Diversity in Abstractive Summarization via Model-Agnostic Composite Reranking. Mariam Elewa, Ali Hamdi, Hozaifa Kassab and Khaled Shaban.
  • Paper 9687 – Towards Explainable Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis in Agriculture: A Post-hoc Analysis with SHAP. Ameni Chamekh, Mariem Mahfoudh and Khouloud Boukadi.

Posters

  • Paper 1722 – Comparative Analysis of Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Environments: GTAV vs CARLA. Ahmad Jafari Takhtinejad, Mohammad Amaan, Mohammed Alqunaibi, Naser Ahmad, Kazi Ahmed, Fatima Alsulaiti, Abderrahmane Maaradji and Yacine Challal.
  • Paper 4275 – Sub-Range Unspent Transaction Outputs with Succinct Verkle-Tree Proofs for Exact Coin Taint. Nawaf Alsowadi.
  • Paper 5089 – Neuromorphic LIDAR-based Robot Navigation using Spiking Neural Networks. Zainab Ali, Lujayn Al-Amir and Ali Safa.

Closing