Keynotes

 Mohammed Mestari

Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices: Graph Neural Network

Bibliography: Professor of Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at ENSETMohammed Mestarireceived the M.A. degree fromthe École Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique (ENSET), Mestari is Co-founder of the International Neural Network Society Morocco Chapter (INNS Morocco Chapter), Co-founder of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Morocco Chapter, and Member of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Network and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS).

His current research interests include neural networks for image classification, data-driven approach, neural networks hardware implementation, high-speed and/or low-power techniques and systems for neural networks, and theoretical issues directly related to hardware implementation of techniques based on the principle of decomposition coordination for optimal control and trajectory planning for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a robot. 

Sara IBN EL AHRACHE

Title: Keeping data safe in the Cloud

Bibliography: Dr. Sara IBN EL AHRACHE got her PhD in Computer Science from ENSAT School in Morocco(Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Tanger) and both her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Science in Computer Networks from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco (AUI).

Her research fields include but are not limited to the following: Cloud Computing, Data Security, PervasiveComputing, Ubiquitous Computing, Data Mining, etc. She has served as a chair, organizing committee member, and technical program committee member in numerous international conferences/workshops.

Title: From machine to deep learning…an AI evolution

Bibliography: Hakim EL Boustani is a professor of computer engineering at the Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées (ENSA) Safi, Morocco. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He was a researcher at Telecommunication Research Laboratories (TRLABS), Winnipeg, Canada. Dr. EL Boustani has been an Assistant Professor at the University College of  Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada. He was also an Associated Professor with many French Universities, including Marne-la vallée University and the French National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC). His current research interests include deep learning for image classification and Alzheimer detection, E-learning Environment, 3D vascular network segmentation, Behaviouralclassification and multifractal analysis for Radar image feature extraction, and Wavelets for raw Synthetic Aperature Radar (SAR) data compression. He was the Chair of many International Conferences including the Canadian conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Image Processing. He was the recipient of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the University of Manitoba Fellowship.