Full ISNCC 2023 Technical Program

The live sessions of the conference will be held in Doha, Qatar -  Time Zone (GMT/UTC+03:00)

Day 1 – Monday, October 23, 2023

09:00 – 11:00

Tutorial

Link for online participation:

https://hbku.webex.com/meet/madh28916

Session Chair: Marwan Dhuheir (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

Title:  Mobile Edge Computing for Massive IoT (MIoT) Systems

Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar

Dr. Emna Baccour, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Prof. Ridha Hamila, Qatar University, Qatar

Prof. Aiman Erbad, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

11:15 – 13:00

Tutorial 2

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

Title:  An Overview of Signal Processing for Massive MIMO and Localization with non-ideal transceivers

Prof. Salama S. Ikki, Lakehead University, Canada

Dr. Ayse E. Canbilen, Lakehead University, Canada

Deeb Tubail, Lakehead University, Canada

11:15 – 13:00

Session V1- IoT Networks and Mobile Communications

   Session Chair: Dr. Mohammed Abegaz  (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 20

1570935190   Linear Complexity For k-Coverage Sensor Redundancy Determination in IoT

Chenait Manel (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediane (USTHB), Algeria); Chafika Benzaid (University of Oulu, Finland & University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediane (USTHB), Algeria); Bahia Zebbane (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Algeria)

1570906673   Performance Analysis of LoRa for Rice Fading Channels          

Takoua Mahjoub (SUPCOM, Tunisia); Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian University Dubai & Faculty of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates); Hatem Boujemaa (SupCom, Tunisia); Maymouna Ben Said (Ecole Supérieure des Communications, Tunisia)

1570906815   Latest generation technologies for network coverage in infrastructure-less areas

Daouda Ahmat (University of N'Djamena & Virtual University of Chad, Chad)

1570933459   On Temperature-Dependent Small-Signal Behavioral Modelling of GaN HEMT using GWO-PSO and WOA       

Saddam Husain, Kashif Khan, Galymzhan Nauryzbayev and Mohammad Hashmi (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)

1570895109 (Poster) Routing in Intermittently Powered IoT Networks        

Sara Alsodairi, Geoff V Merrett, Alex S Weddell and Nawfal Al Hashimy (University of Southampton, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

 Session V2- Advances in Communications and Networking I

   Session Chair: Marwan Dhuhair (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 21

1570922015   A Nested Genetic Algorithm-based Optimized Topology and Routing Scheme for WSN

Isaac Owusu Ampratwum and Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1570906675   Delay Analysis of Routing Protocols for WSN

Rahil Bensaid (National School of Engineers of Gabes & SUP'COM, Tunisia); Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian University Dubai & Faculty of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates); Hatem Boujemaa (SupCom, Tunisia)

1570937773   Energy-Efficient Routing Using LSTM-Based Deep Learning for Sink Mobility Prediction to Enhance Lifetime and Stability of Wireless Sensor Networks     

Mohammed F Suleiman (Teesside University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Usman Adeel (Teesside University & Intel UK, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570923748   Resilient Model-Based Mobile Location Estimators Incorporating Measured Target Speed for Maneuver Tracking

Tan-Jan Ho and Bo-Han Huang (Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan)

1570922905   Data collection using NWDAF Network Function in a 5G Core Network with real traffic

Francesco Zampognaro (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Lorenzo Serranti (NITEL, Italy); Cesare Roseti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Mattia Quadrini (RomARS, Italy)

1570906613   A Genetic Algorithm-based Improved Availability Framework for Controller Placement in SDN      

Emmanuel Asamoah, Isaac Owusu Ampratwum and Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1570905616   Differentially Private All-Pairs Shortest Distances for Low Tree-Width Graphs          

Javad B. Ebrahimi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran & IPM Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran); Alireza Tofighi Mohammadi and Fatemeh Kermani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)

Session V3- QoS provisioning & Communication Systems

  Session Chair:  Hayla Nahom (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 26

1570937606   A Multi-agent Multi-armed Bandit Approach for User Pairing in UAV-assisted NOMA-Networks

Boniface Uwizeyimana (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt); Ahmed Hassan Abd El-Malek (Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt); Osamu Muta (Kyushu University, Japan); Mohamed Abozahhad (Ejust, Egypt); Maha Elsabrouty (Egypt Japan University for Science and Technology, Egypt)

1570924352   New Resource Allocation Schemes in Multi-Cell Environment Based on Non Orthogonal Multiple Access for Beyond 5G Systems  

Marie-Rita Hojeij (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK, Lebanon); Joseph Assad (USEK, Lebanon)

1570902191   A Reasoning System Architecture for Spectrum Decision Making       

Udayan Das (Saint Mary's College of California & Illinois Institute of Technology, USA); Vaishali Nagpure and Cynthia Hood (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)

1570934214   Estimating 5G Cell Utilization by Passive Measurement: A Machine Learning Approach

Dominik Krah and Stefan Farthofer-Oster (Salzburg Research, Austria); Peter Dorfinger (Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m. b. H., Austria)

1570934725   Generalized Probabilistic Clustering Projection Models for Discrete Data          

Sahar Salmanzade Yazdi, Nizar Bouguila and Fatma Najar (Concordia University, Canada)

1570896375   Spectral Efficiency Performance of OTFS Based Multi-Cell Systems    

Amit Kumar Pathak, Venkatesh Khammammetti and Saif Khan Mohammed (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India)

1570896857   Optimal MMSE Processing for Limited-Capacity Radio Stripes  

Ioannis Chiotis and Aris L. Moustakas (University of Athens, Greece)

 Session V4- Trust, Privacy and Security I

   Session Chair: Dr. Abdullatif Albaseer  (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 28

1570905109   A Demonstrable Break of PCBC Mode  

Bhaskar Ghosh (Arkansas Tech University, USA); Albert H Carlson (Austin Community College, USA); Indira K Dutta (Arkansas Tech University, USA)

1570906873   Still Computers Networking is Less Secure Than it Should Be, Causes and Solution

Yazan Aref and Abdelkader Ouda (University of Western Ontario, Canada)

1570924162   Bluetooth Just Works: Security and Vulnerability       

Mohamed Yanis Sadaoui, Sirine Hamza and Osman Salem (University of Paris Cité, France); Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris City, France)

1570906913   Network Vulnerability Assessment Using Critical Nodes Identification 

Mohammed Lalou (University of Burgundy, France), Hamamache Kheddouci (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France) 

1570924144   An Efficient Blockchain and Smart Contracts based Approach for Document Verification

D V N. Siva Kumar and Saptarsi Saha (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India); Gupta Himanshu and Nama Ravi Teja (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India); Soumya Kothari (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)

1570896836   On DDoS Attacks as an Expression of Digital Protest in the Russo-Ukrainian War 2022

Thomas Hupperich (University of Münster, Germany & European Research Center for Information Systems, Germany)

1570955996   Malware Detection Issues, Future Trends and Challenges: A Survey  

Anas AliAhmad (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Derar Eleyan (Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Mohamad Fadli Zolkipli (University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia); Mohammed Al-Khalidi (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Session V5- Trust, Privacy and Security II

   Session Chair: Dr. Hamada Al-Absi  (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 31

1570934956   A Comparison of Authentication Protocols for Unified Client Applications

Mohammed Ibrahim El-hajj (Twente University, The Netherlands); Florian Hahn and Floris Breggeman (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

1570935213   Secure Electric Vehicle Dynamic Charging based on Smart Contracts 

Karima Massmi (LRSI, Canada); Khaled Hamouid (Université Gustave Eiffel, France); Kamel Adi (University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada)

1570912374   Multimodal cyber-harassment detection       

Mohamed El Hadi Haouari and Abdelkader Tounsi (Université Paris Cité, France); Osman Salem (University of Paris Cité, France); Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris City, France)

1570871457   Major CyberSecurity Threats in Healthcare During Covid-19 Pandemic

Viet Minh Nguyen and Abdullah Yasin Nur (University of New Orleans, USA)

1570934300   New In-air Signature Datasets  

AbdulAzeez R. Alobaidi (REsearch Groups in Intelligent Machines, Tunisia); Thameur Dhieb (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Zeina N. Nuimi (University of Misan, Iraq); Tarek M. Hamdani (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Ali Wali (REGIM-Lab., Tunisia); Adel M. Alimi (REGIM, University of Sfax, National School of Engineers, Tunisia)

1570942527   Effectiveness of Trust-Based Authentication in Vehicular Cloud Computing          

Puya Ghazizadeh, Rudy Etzel and Omar S Narine (St. John's University, USA); Konstantinos Georgiou and Thomas Diakogeorgios (USA); Jaden J Usman (St. John's University, USA)

1570923648   Performance Evaluation of Machine Learning-Based Misbehavior Detection Systems in VANETs: A Comprehensive Study

Hela Marouane (ESME, France); Abdulhalim Dandoush (University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST), Qatar & ESME & L2TI Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France); Lamine Amour (ESME Sudria, France); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Session V6- Satellite Communications and Antenna System

   Session Chair: Dr. Muhammed Ibrar  (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 48

1570934010   Rapid CNN-Assisted Iterative RIS Element Configuration        

Samed Kesir (Bogazici University & TUBITAK Bilgem, Turkey); M. Yaser Yağan (Bogazici University & HISAR Lab., Turkey); Ibrahim Hokelek (TUBITAK BILGEM, Turkey); Ali E. Pusane (Bogazici University, Turkey); Ali Gorcin (Istanbul Techical University, Turkey)

1570933293   Fabry-Perot Cavity Based Decagonal Shape Patch Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Band Applications

Jawad Ahmad (Nazarbayev University & SEDS, Kazakhstan); Mohammad Hashmi and Galymzhan Nauryzbayev (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)

1570939548   Utilizing 1D Convolutional Neural Networks for Enhanced Design and Optimization of Rectangular Patch Antenna Parameters         

Chaima Ferchichi and Dorsaf Omri (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia); Taoufik Aguili (Laboratoire des Systèmes de Communications, Tunisia)

1570923784   Novel Mathematical Formulation in Time and Space domains of Transient Scattering Problem Applied to a Parabolic Antenna   

Auns Khaled (ENIT, Tunisia); Dorsaf Omri (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia); Taoufik Aguili (Laboratoire des Systèmes de Communications, Tunisia)

1570897129   Absolute Added Correlative Coding using APDs for LEO-LEO OISLs     

Amrita Gill (University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia); Gnanam Gnanagurunathan (The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia); Nafizah Khan (University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia); Amin MalekMohammadi (California State University, USA)

1570922939   Architectures for Non-Terrestrial RAN: Integrated Satellite Access and Backhaul

Mattia Quadrini (RomARS, Italy); Cesare Roseti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Session V7- Security and AI/ML for IoT & Apps

   Session Chair: Dr. Khaled Althelaya  (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 49

1570923639   Privacy Protection Smart Agriculture Based on Functional Encryption  

Miaomiao Shen (Hainan University, China)

1570924114   Examining Generative Adversarial Network for Smart Home DDoS Traffic Generation

Md Rashed Iqbal Nekvi (Brandon University, Canada); Sajal Saha (University of Western Onatrio, Canada); Yaser Al Mtawa (The University of Winnipeg, Canada); Anwar Haque (Western Ontario, Canada)

1570922619   Artificial intelligence for anomaly detection in IoMTs

Mickael Mohammed and Osman Salem (University of Paris Cité, France); Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris City, France)

1570897143   IoT-based local setup for Interfacing Resource Constrained Devices: A Survey

Chandra Shekar, RK (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India); Shubhangi Gawali (BITS PILANI GOA CAMPUS, INDIA, India); Lucy Gudino (BITS Pilani, India); Neena Goveas (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, India); Yashovardhan Bapat, Shreya Aiyer and Akhil A Binu (BITS Pilani Goa Campus, India)

1570956146   Autonomous Micro-Grids: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Energy Management Model in Smart Cities  

Erol Özkan (Hacettepe University); İbrahim Kök (Pamukkale University, Turkey); Suat Ozdemir (Hacettepe University, Turkey)

1570894449   A Representation Learning Approach Incorporating Entity Descriptions and Types

Weibang Li (Southwest Minzu University, China); Ling Li and Lidong Zhu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

Session V8- Advances in Vehicular Networking Technologies II

   Session Chair: Dr. Amjad Ali  (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Seminar Room 24

1570942079   Road Traffic Density Estimation For Adaptive Beam Allocation in an ISAC Setup

Wesam Al Amiri (Tennessee Technological University, USA); Terry Guo (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Allen B. MacKenzie (Tennessee Tech, USA)

1570894815   An HLA and OPNET Based Co-Simulation System for Internet of Vehicles

Yantao Liu and Na Qin (Jiaying University, China)

1570921898   Use of MQTT-SN in Sending Distress Signals in Vehicular Communication

Hemant Gupta and Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1570923335   Data Protection and Data Recovery Plan for IoT Transportation Domain          

Syed Rizvi, Hans Esteban, Anthony Hammill and Mark Ihnat (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

1570930671   Signals of Opportunity for Car Density Estimation with Limited Training Data

Wesam Al Amiri (Tennessee Technological University, USA); Omar Abdelsalam (Tennessee Tech University, USA); James T. Jones (Tennessee Technological University, USA); Terry Guo (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Allen B. MacKenzie (Tennessee Tech, USA)

1570922859   Connectivity Probability Analysis for VANETs with Big Vehicle Shadowing

Kenneth Okello (Pan African University of Science, Technology and Innovation & Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya); Elijah Mwangi (University of Nairobi, Kenya); Ahmed Hassan Abd El-Malek (Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt)

Day 2 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023

09:00 – 10:00

Welcome & Opening Ceremony

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019 

Prof.  Mounir Hamdi, Founding Dean College of Sc. and Engineering HBKU (Honorary General Chair)

Mrs. Eman Al-Kuwari, Director of Digital Innovation Department, MCIT

 Dr. Ali H. Alaboudy, RDI Senior Scientific Expert, QNRF Program Office

Prof. Aiman Erbad (General Chair)

Prof. Tarek Bejaoui (Steering Committee Member and Technical Program Chair)

10:00 - 11:00

Keynote Speaker 1: Dr. Mohamed Abid (Mars 2020 Deputy Chief Engineer – NASA, USA)

Session Chair: Dr. Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Minaretein Auditorium 00.019 

11:15 – 13:00

Session A1- Artificial Intelligence & Metaverse

Session Chair: Dr. Emna Baccour (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 20

1570942356   Exploration of Document-oriented Stores' Capacities for Managing Community e-Mailing Lists: Elastic Stack as a Case Study       

Rim Moussa (LaTICE & ENI-Carthage, Tunisia); Tarek Bejaoui and Riadh Ouechtatti (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

1570935169   AI Generated Content in the Metaverse: Risks and Mitigation Strategies          

Lamiaa Basyoni and Junaid Qadir (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570923691   ChatGPT, Let us Chat Sign Language: Experiments, Architectural Elements, Challenges, and Research Directions 

Nada Shahin and Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates)

1570923455   ChatGPT backend: A comprehensive analysis

Ali Belgacem (University of Boumerdes, Algeria), Abbas Bradai (University of Cöte d'Azur, France)

1570935214   Pathway to Prosocial AI-XR Metaverses: A Synergy of Technical and Regulatory Approaches

Aliya Tabassum, Ezieddin Elmahjub and Junaid Qadir (Qatar University, Qatar)

Session A2- Data Analytics and Smart Apps

   Session Chair: Dr. Khaled Althelaya (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 21

1570935316   U-Net Based Disaster Damage Detection Through Semantic Segmentation          

Nishat Ara Nipa and Sachin Shetty (Old Dominion University, USA)

1570948039   A Data-Driven Approach to Assessing Digital Transformation Maturity Factors in Government Institutes       

Muna Salem Alfadhli (Ministry of Education and Higher Education & Qatar University, Qatar); Somaya Ali Al-maadeed (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570920543   Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Delays and Assessing Contractor Performance in Roadworks Projects          

Saraa Kadhim Alasadi (University of Baghdad & University of Bahrain, Bahrain); Oula M. H. Fatla (Gulf University, Bahrain)

1570935271   A Novel Optimal Wireless Thermal Sensor Placement Approach for Large Commercial Buildings

Mahdi Houchati (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar); Aymen Omri (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar); Hussam Kanaan (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar); Aiman Erbad and Muhammad Ibrar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Juan M. Corchado (BISITE Research Group University of Salamanca & Air Institute, Spain); Sergio Marquez Sanchez (University of Salamanca, Spain)

1570934983   Data Driven DRL Model For Home-Energy Control     

Mariem Fliss (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar); Mahdi Houchati (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar); Arantxa Ortiz Marina (Iberrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar); Santiago Bañales Lopez (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar)

1570934958   A hybrid approach for food name recognition in restaurant reviews 

Ali Haider (Comsats University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan); Sana Saeed (Comsats University Islamabad, Abbottabad & Higher Education KP, Pakistan); Kashif Bilal (Comsats University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Session A3- AI/ML Techniques for Smart Cities Apps

   Session Chair: Dr. Hamada Al-Absi (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:   Classroom 26    

1570934351   Detection of plant diseases in an industrial greenhouse: Development, Validation & Exploitation

Yassine Lakhdari (ESIEE Paris, France); Enric Soldevila (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada); Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada); Eric Renault (LIGM, Université Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, ESIEE Paris, France)

1570933794   Adaptive Ratio-Based-Threshold Gradient Sparsification Scheme for Federated Learning   

Jeong Min Kong and Elvino Silveira Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada)

1570921045   Link analysis and Shortest Path Algorithm for Money Laundry Detection          

Mansoor Al-Thani and Dena Al-Thani (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

1570941467   Vending Machine Product Demand Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms

Umair Mehmood (Broderick Group Limited & Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Khaled M. Rabie and Ali Kashif Bashir (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Simon Davies and John Broderick (Broderick Group Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570930579   SmartyBin: A Tangible AI-based Waste Classification Prototype          

Sarah Al-Shareeda (Istanbul Techincal University, Turkey); Hamza Jaafar Hasan and Ali Abdulhadi Alkhayyat (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)

1570926540   Arabic Sentiment Analysis of Food Delivery Services Reviews

Dheya Mustafa (Hashemite University, Jordan); Safaa M. Khabour (Yarmouk University, Jordan); Ahmed Shatnawi (Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan); Eyad Taqieddin (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan)

Session A4- Advances in Communications and Networking II

   Session Chair: Hayla Nahom (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 28  

1570896086   ICST chaotic mapping for anti-prediction frequency hopping sequence generation

He Yutong, Lidong Zhu and Cheng Sixi (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1570922473   THz vs. FSO: An Outage Probability and Channel Capacity Performance Comparison Study    

Mohammad Taghi Dabiri, Mazen Omar Hasna and Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570923760   NOMA BER and BLER Performance Evaluation Under the Received \(E_b/N_0\)

Hamad Mohamad Ali Yahya (University of Manchester, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Emad Alsusa (Manchester University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Arafat Al-Dweik (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates)

1570933514   Joint Backhaul Pairing and Resource Allocation of Moving Small Cells Using NOMA

Myra Khalid (National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan); Aamina Akbar (Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad & National University of Science and Technology, (NUST), Pakistan); Hassaan Khaliq Qureshi (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan); Sobia Jangsher (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland)

1570887207   Network Coding to Reduce Congestion and Improve Memory Buffer in Smart Switch

Souryendu Das and Stavros Kalafatis (Texas A&M University, USA)

1570935259   LSTM-Based Algorithm For Cooperative Communication in Impulse Noise Impaired PLC Channel

Fatma Rouissi (Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, University of Carthage, Tunisia); Wided BelHadj Sghaier (SUP'COM, Tunisia); Fethi Tlili (Ecole Supérieure de Communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Héla Gassara (Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia)

1570922837   Optimization of Behavioral Model of VO2 Switches using Slime Mould Algorithm

Saddam Husain, Miras Akhmetov, Damir Kanymkulov, Galymzhan Nauryzbayev and Mohammad Hashmi (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)

Session A5- Satellite Communication Systems

   Session Chair: Dr. Mohammed Abegaz (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:   Classroom 31 

1570922907   Implementation and testing of MP-TCP ATSSS in a 5G multi-access configuration

Francesco Zampognaro (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Domenico Verde (University of Rome Tor Vergata - Dip. Ing. Elettronica, Italy); Mattia Quadrini (RomARS, Italy); Michele Luglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata - Dip. Ing. Elettronica, Italy); Cesare Roseti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

1570896726   High-Throughput Satellite Resource Allocation Strategy Based on OFDM

Xintong Li, Lidong Zhu, Ke Chu and Wenjun Shi (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1570918817   Acquisition of satellite telemtry using a low-cost FPGA board  

Elhabib Bensikaddour, Boualem Nasri and Abdelhak Benikhlef (Satellite Development Center, Algeria)

1570922583   Comparative approach in the gain study for two popular shapes of S-band microstrip patch antenna for CubeSats

Amine Bab, Saïah Bekkar-Djelloul-Saïah and Djamel Eddine Baba Hamed (Satellites Development Center, Algeria); Boualem Nasri and Abdelhak Benikhlef (Satellite Development Center, Algeria)

1570935437   A DOA Estimation Method with High Resolution in the Presence of Satellite Array Error

Wenjun Shi, Lidong Zhu and Yimai Shi (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1570966720   Leveraging Unsupervised Machine Learning for New Traffic Types Classification in Hybrid Satellite Terrestrial Network 

Nawel Zangar (ESIEE PARIS, France); Saloua Hendaoui (Sup'com, Tunisia)

Session A6- Advances in AI and IoT Research & Security

   Session Chair: Shawqi Almuliki (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 48

1570943481   Leveraging blockchain for a robust and scalable device identification in LoRaWAN

Lounès Meddahi (ENS Rennes, France); Ahmed Meddahi and Patrick Sondi (IMT Nord Europe, France); Fen Zhou (University of Avignon, France)

1570923327   Context-Aware Security in the Internet of Things: What We Know and Where We Are Going

Asma Ibrahim Alotaibi and Alma Oracevic (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570896911   ERITA: Ensuring the Reliability of Internet of Things-based Applications          

Anestis Papakotoulas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece); Anastasios Terzidis (Hellenic Open University, Greece); Stathes Hadjiefthymiades (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)

1570906919   Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection System: A Deep Learning Approach          

Sourou Tossou, Miftahul Qorabil and Thabet Kacem (University of the District of Columbia, USA)

1570906785   Inception based Deep Learning: Biometric Identification using Electroencephalography (EEG) 

Jan Herbst, Jan Petershans, Matthias Rüb and Christoph Lipps (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany); Ann-Kathrin Beck (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Joana C. Carmo (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal); Thomas Lachmann (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Hans Dieter Schotten (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, Germany)

1570935283   Cross-Platform Compatibility and Power Optimization for the SAWBRID System

Ahmad Salman and Hsuan-Yun Chang (James Madison University, USA)

1570896923   New Heuristics method for Malicious URLs Detection Using Machine Learning        

Jawad Khalife (Community College of Qatar & Lebanese University, Qatar); Fatima Fatima Tariq Hussain M Nassar and Maryam M KH Al Marri (Community College of Qatar, Qatar)

Session A7- Trust, Privacy and Security III

   Session Chair: Muhammet Hevesli (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 49

1570896925   Simple Heuristics For Fast DDoS Detection    

Jawad Khalife (Community College of Qatar & Lebanese University, Qatar); Almaha M R Albuainain and Eman H S Al-Ejji (Community College of Qatar, Qatar)

1570935250   Multimedia fingerprinting codes resistant to linear attacks and adversarial noise

Grigory Kabatiansky (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia); Marcel Fernandez (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Ying Miao (University of Tsukuba, Japan); Ibrahim Kamel (University of Sharjah & Concordia University, United Arab Emirates); Tamer Rabie (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

1570923610   The Closure of The Entropy Region is Not Closed Under Polymatroid Duality for Four Discrete Random Variables  

Jiahong Wu, Nan Liu and Wei Kang (Southeast University, China)

1570923698   A Novel Integrity Protocol Based on Physical Unclonable Functions  

Abdulaziz Al-Meer and Saif Al-Kuwari (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

1570959125   Detecting Conventional and Adversarial Attacks Using Deep Learning Techniques: A Systematic Review       

Tarek Ali (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Session A8- Communication Systems and Security

   Session Chair: Dr. Amjad Ali (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Seminar Room 24

1570906439   Digital forensic analysis of AGPTEK smartwatch application on Android OS          

Claire Rightley and Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA)

1570923536   OpenPLC and lib61850 Smart Grid Testbed: Performance Evaluation and Analysis of GOOSE Communication  

Ahmed Elmasry and Abdullatif Albaseer (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Mohamed M. Abdallah (Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar)

1570923573   Mitigating IEC-60870-5-104 Vulnerabilities: Anomaly Detection in Smart Grid based on LSTM Autoencoder

Sajath Ponpuram Sathar, Saif Al-Kuwari, Abdullatif Albaseer and Marwa Qaraqe (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Mohamed M. Abdallah (Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar)

1570922611   Jamming Detection in Power Line Communications Leveraging Deep Learning Techniques 

Muhammad Irfan (Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha Qatar, Qatar); Aymen Omri (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar); Javier Hernandez Fernandez (Iberdrola, Spain); Savio Sciancalepore (Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands); Gabriele Oligeri (HBKU - CSE - ICT Division, Qatar)

1570933271   A Novel Intrusion Detection Scheme using Variational Autoencoders

Abia Amin, Ayalvadi Ganesh and Robert J Piechocki (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570917089   Secure and Successful Transmission Probability Analysis for PLC Networks

Aymen Omri (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar); Javier Hernandez Fernandez (Iberdrola, Spain); Roberto Di Pietro (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia)

1570906850   No Filters: A Deep Dive into Photo Sharing Apps on Android and iOS

Mohammad Meraj Mirza (Purdue University, USA & Taif University, Saudi Arabia); Shinelle Hutchinson, Rebecca A Gee and Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA)

Session A9- Advances in Communications and Networking III

   Session Chair: Dr. Muhammed Ibrar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Seminar Room 25

1570923336   UAV-assisted Mesh Network for Emergency Communication in Disaster Areas

Fatima Zahra Rabahi (L2TI Laboratory, France & Smart Structures Laboratory (SSL), France); Saadi Boudjit (University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France); Leila Benarous (University of Amar Telidji, Laghouat, Algeria)

1570935353   Underwater Localization: a Pragmatic Approach        

Anisur Rahman (East West University, Bangladesh)

1570935342   Performance study in HetNets Using Dual connectivity and Deep Reinforcement Learning         

Arwa Amaira, Hend Koubaa, Faouzi Zarai (University of Sousse, Tunisia)

1570906933   Internet Evolution with IPswen: Towards the Next Generation TCP/IPv4 Internet Architecture

Bing Swen Sun (Peking University, China)

1570923813   Slicenet: a Simple and Scalable Flow-Level Simulator for Network Slice Provisioning and Management

Viswanath Kumar Skand Priya (Esme Research Lab, France); Abdulhalim Dandoush (University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST), Qatar & ESME & L2TI Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France); Gladys Diaz (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France & Laboratoire L2TI, France)

1570923780   Location Estimation of Moving Targets by Passive Sonobuoy and Recurrent Deep Neural Network

Ghazal Najafi (Yadegar-e-Imam Islamic Azad University, Iran)

14:00 - 15:00

Keynote Speaker 2: Prof. Slim Alouini  (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology -KAUST- KSA)

Title:   Towards Extreme Band Communications to Super-Connect the Connected and to Connect the Unconnected 

Session Chair: Prof. Mohamed Abdallah (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019 

Day 3 – Wednesday, October 25, 2023

09:00 – 10:00

Industry Session 

Panel Moderator: Prof. Aiman Erbad, (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

Hamid Menouar, Principal R&D and Innovation Lead, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC)

Mohammed Sabri H. H. Al-Zaidan, Senior Director Active & Core, Ooredoo

Javier Hernandez Fernandez, Technical Director, Iberdrola Innovation Middle East

Qammer Abbasi, Professor, University of Glasgow 

10:00 - 11:00

Keynote Speaker 3: Prof. Mérouane Debbah (Director 6G Center, Khalifa University – UAE)

Title:  Large Language Models for Wireless: The Next Revolution

Session Chair: Prof. Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019 

11:15 – 13:00

Session B1- Signal Processing & Communication Systems

   Session Chair: Dr. Mohammed Ibrar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 20

1570935170   Small-Signal Modeling of GaN-on-Diamond HEMT Using ANFIS Method          

Saddam Husain, Bagylan Kadirbay and Mohammad Hashmi (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)

1570923791   Face Anti-Spoofing Detection using Structure-Texture Decomposition  

Omar Elharrouss, Somaya Ali Al-maadeed, Dareen Douglas, Asmae Aslam and Nada Ben Hassen (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570935215   Coded Caching in Request-robust D2D Communication Networks      

Wuqu Wang, Nan Liu and Wei Kang (Southeast University, China)

1570937798   Resource Allocation in Large Intelligent Surfaces/Antennas Using Genetic Algorithm Approach

Aizhan Ayapbergenova (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan); Mahyar Nemati (Deakin University, Australia); Behrouz Maham (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)

1570940370   Design of OvTDM Toward Enhanced Physical Layer Security 

Chongda Huang, Kaiyuan Huang, Xiaoyuan Li and Yue Xiao (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1570934278   Automatic First Arrival Picking for Seismic Data using Kalman Filter  

Muhammad Esmat Othman, Bo Liu and Ali A. Al-Shaikhi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Mohamed Mohandes (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Faramarz Fekri (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Sherif Mahmoud (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

1570917133   Piezoelectric Beam Path Modulation for Visible Light Communication 

Matthias Rüb, Jan Herbst and Christoph Lipps (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany); Hans D. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Session B2- Industry 4.0, Communication Systems and Networks

   Session Chair: Dr. Abdullatif Albaseer (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 21 

1570937506   Transmission Power Control for Interference Reduction in Cellular D2D Networks

Mehrdad Sadehvand, Neda Moghim and Behrouz Shahgholi Ghahfarokhi (University of Isfahan, Iran); Sachin Shetty (Old Dominion University, USA)

1570923623   Importance of Realistic Considerations of Time Synchronization for TAS in TSN Networks  

Aviroop Ghosh and Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, Canada); Saleh Yousefi (Urmia University, Iran)

1570934601   A Study of a Networked Control System under Time Delay    

Hana Mejdi (National Engineers School of Tunis, Tunisia); Sami ELmadssia (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia & ENIT Engineers National School of Tunis, Tunisia); Tahar Ezzedine (Enit, Tunisia)

1570935266   DI-ESN: Dual Input-Echo State Network for time series forecasting    

Chafika Ouni, ouni and Emna Benmohamed (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Hela Ltifi (REGIM - University of Sfax - Tunisia, Tunisia)

1570934218   Latency and Cost-Aware Deployment of Dynamic Service Function Chains in 5G Networks 

Amrin Karim, Jannatul Ema, Tasnia Yasmin and Palash Roy (Green University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh); Md. Abdur Razzaque (University of Dhaka & Bangladesh, Bangladesh)

1570896207   An Interference Null Widening Algorithm Based on U-V Domain Expansion of Steering Vector     

Yimai Shi, Lidong Zhu, Ean He and Wenjun Shi (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1570934593   Influence of Interference and Sampling Period in the Performance of Networked Control Systems

Hana Mejdi (National Engineers School of Tunis, Tunisia); Sami ELmadssia (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia & ENIT Engineers National School of Tunis, Tunisia); Tahar Ezzedine (Enit, Tunisia)

Session B3- Advances in Vehicular Networking Technologies

   Session Chair: Dr. Mohammed Abegaz (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 26         

1570920218   LRIMa city: a Fog-Computing-Based Smart City with Integrated Self-Driving Cars

Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada); Enric Soldevila (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada); Abderrazak Mokraoui (Collège de Maisonneuve (LRIMa), Canada)

1570924112   Smart System for a Self-Driving Scooter Prototype    

Somaya Ali Al-maadeed and Naveed Nawaz (Qatar University, Qatar); Mohamed zied Chaari (Qatar University & Qatar, Qatar)

1570929260   Contactless Privacy-Preserving Head Movement Recognition Using Deep Learning for Driver Fatigue Detection

Hira Hameed (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Lubna Lubna (UET, Pakistan); Muhammad Usman (Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Hasan Abbas and Ahsen Tahir (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Kamran Arshad (Ajman University, United Arab Emirates); Khaled Assaleh (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Ahmed Alkhayyat (The Islamic University, Malaysia); Muhammad Ali Imran and Qammer H Abbasi (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570923370   Predictive Analysis of Jordan Road Accidents Severity Using Machine Learning        

Dheya Mustafa (Hashemite University, Jordan); Layan Sawaged (The Hashemite University, Jordan); Safaa M. Khabour (Yarmouk University, Jordan)

1570935145   Achieving Quality of Service and Traffic Equilibrium in Software-Defined IoT Networks

Samra Zafar (Dalian University of Technology, China); Muhammad Hanan Abdul Ibrar and Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Bakhtawar Zafar (Dalian University of Technology Dalian, China); Xiaopeng Hu (Dalian University of Technology, China)

1570923676   Secure Automated Delivery of Critical Goods with RFID-based Tracking and Authentication

Chaza Araji, Hala Aburajouh, Maryam Al Hail and Elias Yaacoub (Qatar University, Qatar)

Session B4- Advances in Communications and Antenna Systems

   Session Chair: Dr. Emna Baccour (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 28          

1570905683   Powering HTC thermometers and LED lamps with microwave energy

Mohamed zied Chaari (Qatar University & Qatar, Qatar); Mohamed Abdelfatah (QSC, Qatar); Gilroy Philbert Pereira (Qatar Scientific Club, Qatar); Rabab Sedrati and Mouad El moudden (Sigl Lab Ensa University of Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco); Otman Aghzout (Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco)

1570906838   Multi-Band Electromagnetic Metasurface Absorber Design using Concentric Split-Ring Resonators

Haitham Al-Ajmi and Mohammed Bait-Suwailam (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

1570934814   Frequency Domain UWB Receiver instead of Low Complexity Rake Receiver          

Tufik M. Buzid (Algabel Algharbi University, Tripoli, Libya); Hisham Sager (Colorado School of Mines, USA); Abdeljawad E. Ramadan (School of Applied Sciences and Engineering Libyan Academy, Libya)

1570921951   Topology of 32x32 Butler Matrix        

Mehri Borhani Kakhki (Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Canada); Ahmed Shehata Abdellatif and Hari Krishna Pothula (Huawei Technologies Canada, Canada); David Wessel (Huawei, Canada)

1570923680   Highly efficient Pure Sine Wave inverter Using Microcontroller for Photovoltaic Applications      

Ahmed Samir Badawi and Hassan Ali (UDST, Qatar); Mario I Elzein (University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar); Alhareth Mohammed Zyoud (Birzeit University, Palestine); Ammar Abu-Hudrouss (Islamic University-Gaza, Palestine)

1570895416   Microstrip Patch Rectenna for Electromagnetic Wireless Power Transfer at 2.45 GHz

Mohamed zied Chaari (Qatar University & Qatar, Qatar); Oleg Serov (Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics Spintronics and Photonics, Russia)

1570940009   Study of an improved rectenna for RF energy harvesting in the ISM band for energy-autonomous IoT healthcare devices  

Yosra Bouchoucha (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia); Dorsaf Omri (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia); Taoufik Aguili (ENIT, Tunisia)

Session B5- AI/ML Techniques for Healthcare I

   Session Chair: Dr. Khaled Althelaya (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:   Classroom 31              

1570935264   HealthGlasses project: WBAN based communication for health monitoring through smart glasses

Hend Fourati (ESPRIT, Tunisia); Leila Azouz Saidane (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia)

1570922936   Dynamic and Flexible Access Control for IoT-enabled Smart Healthcare          

Khaled Hamouid (Université Gustave Eiffel, France); Mohamed Mohammedi (University of Bejaia, Algeria)

1570933021   VisualAid+: Assistive System for Visually Impaired with TinyML Enhanced Object Detection and Scene Narration 

Mahdi Alkaeed, Jayakanth Kunhoth, Adeel Ehsan and Junaid Qadir (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570935272   Real-time Translation of American Sign Language into Text Using Machine Learning

Rajaa Alqudah, Aya Abugharbieh, Malak Khasawneh and Rasha Harahsheh (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan)

1570935373   Sentiment Analysis With Lipschitz Recurrent Neural Networks 

Mahmudul Hasan and Sachin Shetty (Old Dominion University, USA)

Session B6- AI/ML Techniques for Healthcare II

   Session Chair: Dr. Hamada Al-Absi (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 48

1570949393   ECG Classifiction based on Federated Unlearning       

Khaoula El Bedoui (LIMTIC, Tunisia)

1570924130   Intelligent Brain Tumor Detector        

Somaya Ali Al-maadeed, Omar El Harrouss, Mohammed Alhato, Ali Elmancy and Mostafa Abdelhamid (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570947535   Asthma Assessment Device for Pediatric Patients: A Proof of Concept 

Muneera Al-Ghafran, Fatemeh Ahmadizadeh, Asma Al-Naimi, Khalid Abualsaud and Elias Yaacoub (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570935155   Enhancing Global Model Accuracy: Federated Learning for Imbalanced Medical Image Datasets

Khalid Mahmoud Mohammad Dolaat, Muhammad Hanan Abdul Ibrar and Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

1570919439   Detecting Human Gait Phases and Conditions with Deep Learning    

Sarah Al-Shareeda (Istanbul Techincal University, Turkey); Jaafar Al-Jadahsa (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)

Session B7- Data Analytics and System Engineering

   Session Chair: Muhammet Hevesli (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Classroom 49

1570956000   Social Engineering in Social Network: A Systematic Literature Review  

Ali Adnan Abubaker (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Derar Eleyan (Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Norliza Katuk (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia); Mohammed Al-Khalidi (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570923525   An Improved Distributed Computing Time-Series Short-term Load Forecasting Pipeline for MV Transmission Planning   

Hussam Kanaan, Mahdi Houchati and Santiago Bañales Lopez (Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, Qatar); Maria Sainz-Ezkerra Galarraga, Javier Ontañon Ruiz and Miguel Rodriguez Asensio (Iberdrola Global Analytics Group, Bilbao, Spain)

1570905799   Programmer performance prediction with cognitive tests: A granular approach

Ayman Aboulmagd Farghaly (Nile University, Egypt); Passent Elkafrawy (ITCS, Nile University & Menofia University Faculty of Science, Egypt)

1570923651   Measuring Engagement Through Remote Interactions of Customers: Introducing METRIC

Jinan Y Azem III and Soon-gyo Jung (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Joni Salminen (University of Vaasa, Qatar); Bernard J Jansen (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar)

1570934241   User Quality of Experience and Profit Aware Task Allocation in Mobile Device Cloud

Zeneya Sharmin and Palash Roy (Green University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh); Md. Abdur Razzaque (University of Dhaka & Bangladesh, Bangladesh)

Session B8- Vehicular Networking and Security

   Session Chair: Hayla Nahom (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Seminar Room 24

1570906884   VANET-Sec: A Framework to Secure Vechicular Ad-hoc Networks using a Permissioned Blockchain

Thabet Kacem (University of the District of Columbia, USA)

1570917364   Hybrid PLS-ML Authentication Scheme for V2I Communication Networks          

Hala Amin, Jawaher Kaldari and Nora Mohamed (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Waqas Aman (HBKU, Qatar); Saif Al-Kuwari (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

1570935347   Malicious Encrypted Network Traffic Detection using Deep Auto-Encoder With A Custom Reconstruction Loss  

Ahmed Ramzi Bahlali (University of Toulon, France & University of Biskra, Algeria); Abdelmalik Bachir (The National School of Artificial Intelligence & Biskra University, Algeria); Abdelhakim Cheriet (University of Ouargla, Algeria)

1570906807   Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Navigation on Duckietown Platform: Evaluation of Adversarial Robustness          

Abdullah Habib Hoseiny, Junaid Qadir and Saeid Ali Houti (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570923749   Zero Trust Security Strategy for Collaboration Systems 

Kouadio Rodrigue N'goran (IMT Atlantique & INP-HB, France); Aguié Pacôme Bertrand Brou and Ghislain Koffi Pandry (ESATIC, Cote d'Ivoire); Jean-Louis Tetchueng (Universite Rennes 1, France); Yvon Kermarrec (IMT-Atlantique, France); Olivier Asseu (INP-HB, Cote d'Ivoire)

1570918717   Online Learning Approach for Jammer Detection in UAV Swarms using Multi-Armed Bandits

Noor Khial, Nema Ahmed, Reem Tluli, Elias Yaacoub and Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar)

Session B9- Image Processing and Networking

   Session Chair:  Dr. Amjad Ali (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room:  Seminar Room 25 

1570935156   Exploring Classification Models for Video Source Device Identification: A Study of CNN-SVM and Softmax classifier      

Najmath Ottakath, Younes Akbari and Somaya Ali Al-maadeed (Qatar University, Qatar); Ahmed Bouridane (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Fouad Khelifi (Northumbria University at NewCastle, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570920440   Noise2Seg: Automatic Few-Shot Selection from Noisy Web Data for Underwater Tropical Fishes Segmentation    

Nauman Ullah Gilal (HBKU, Qatar); Fahad Majeed and Khaled Al-Thelaya (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Mehak Khan (OsloMet, Norway); Jens Schneider and Marco Agus (HBKU, Qatar)

1570923774   Multi-scale-based network for Image Dehazing          

Omar Elharrouss, Somaya Ali Al-maadeed, Leen Alinsari, Aya Zahra and Chaza Araji (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570933315   IPattern: Islamic-Inspired Pattern Generation Using Generative Adversarial Networks

Moutaz Saleh Saleh, Roudha Al-Rumaihi, Slafa Al-Dulaimi and Alaa Abashar (Qatar University, Qatar)

1570932249   Indoor multi-lingual scene text database with different views  

Younes Akbari, Jayakanth Kunhoth, Omar Elharrouss, Somaya Ali Al-maadeed, Khalid Abualsaud, Amr Mohamed and Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar)

14:00 - 15:00

Keynote Speaker 4: Eng. David Fernandez Piñas (European Space Agency))

Title:  Towards a Seamless Integration of Satellites in Future Path Aware, QoS Enabled, Multiple Access Networking for Multimedia Applications

Session Chair: Prof. Michele Luglio (University of Tor Vergata, Italy)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

15:30 – 17:00

Industry/Sponsors' Session 

Chair: Prof. Aiman Erbad, (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

Session Title: Empowering Innovation & entrepreneur ecosystem

Presenters: 

Shah Kamaly and Waddah Hassan (Digital Incubation Center – Ministry of Communications and Information Technology)

The session organized by the Digital Incubation Center at Qatar Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The session aims to explain the role of the digital incubation center and shed light on the current incubations’ programs such as IdeaCamp. The session also will feature some starts-ups that will share their experience with the audience (opportunities and challenges).

Proposed agenda

a.      Introduction to Digital Innovation Enablement & Success stories: 10-15min  

b.      IdeaCamp: 10min

c.      Success stories – hear first-hand from our start up

i.      Startup 1: 10min

ii.     Startup 2: 10min

iii.    Startup 3: 10min

d.      Q&A

Location:  Auditorium, Minaretein, Education City, Doha – Qatar. Its location link is: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QuPKYuofvEewuUzf9

Day 4 – Thursday, October 26, 2023

09:00 - 10:00

Link for online participation:

https://hbku.webex.com/meet/aerbad

Keynote Speaker 5: Prof. Shichao Jin (Space Star Technology Co.,Ltd., China)

Title:   Space-Ground Converged Intelligent Networking Technology

Session Chair: Prof. Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA) 

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

10:00 - 11:00

Link for online participation:

https://hbku.webex.com/meet/aerbad

Keynote Speaker 6: Eng. Giancarlo Varacalli (Italian Space Agency – ASI, Italy)

Title:   Recent trends in space communications towards global connectivity – an ASI perspective  

Session Chair: Prof. Michele Luglio (University of Tor Vergata, Italy)

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019

11:15 – 13:00

Session V9- AI/ML for Healthcare and Apps

   Session Chair: Dr. Hamada Al-Absi (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 20

1570923065   Monitoring Medicine Quality Conservation: an IoT-based platform design          

Josep Genovard-Oliver, Maria Frontera-Bergas, Miguel Vinaixa-Fernandez and Bartomeu Oliver-Riera (University of the Balearic Islands & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Spain); Jaume Ramis-Bibiloni (Universitat de les Illes Balears & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Spain); Eugenio Isern (University of the Balearic Islands & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Spain); Miquel Roca (University of Balearic Islands & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Spain); Bartomeu Alorda-Ladaria (University of the Balearic Islands & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Spain)

1570935256   AssureAIDoctor- A Bias-Free AI Bot   

Yulia Kumar, Justin Delgado, Ethan Kupershtein, Brendan Hannon, Jenny Li and Patricia Morreale (Kean University, USA)

1570917950   A Deep Learning Approach for the Classification of Tuberculosis and Pneumonia using NIH Dataset

Bharti Moryani (California State University Fullerton, USA); Kanika Sood (California State University, Fullerton, USA); Kirti Chaudhary (California State University Fullerton, USA)

1570918221   Human Activity Recognition Using Ambient Sensors 

Kunal Chhatrapati (California State University Fullerton, USA); Kanika Sood (California State University, Fullerton, USA); Purva Surve (California State University Fullerton, USA)

1570941942   Retinal Diseases Classification System using OCT Images Combined with CNNs Models

Amira Zrelli (Enit, Tunisia); Fatma Dhaoui (ISIMG, Tunisia)

1570933680   Three-Dimensional Numerical Demonstrating of Blood Light Absorption across Multilayered Biological Tissues  

Mouna Dhmiri (ENIT, Tunisia); Yassine Manai (National Schools of Engineers of Tunis, Tunisia); Tahar Ezzedine (Enit, Tunisia)

1570935293   Explainability of Artificial Intelligence Systems: A Survey

Mazharul Hossain (University of Memphis, USA); Saikat Das (Utah Valley University, USA); Bhargavi Krishnamurthy (Siddaganga Institute of Technology, India); Sajjan Shiva (University of Memphis, USA)

Session V10- Cybersecurity and IoT

   Session Chair: Saeif Alhazbi (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 21:

1570925076   Packet Filtering and Sampling for Efficient Slow Denial of Service Detection in Resource Scarce IoT Networks        

Andy Reed, Laurence Dooley and Soraya Kouadri (The Open University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570932296   Enhancing IoT Security: Design and Evaluation of a Raspberry Pi-Based Intrusion Detection System   

Mohammed Ibrahim El-hajj (Twente University, The Netherlands); Toghrul Garalov (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

1570933336   Addressing IoT Security Challenges: A Framework for Determining Security Requirements of Smart Locks leveraging MQTT-SN   

Hemant Gupta and Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1570921378   Dual Autoencoders for Network-based Detection of BaIoT Attacks    

Rym Moussaoui and Djihane Oum Keltoum Harouni (Université Paris Cité, France); Osman Salem (University of Paris Cité, France); Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris City, France)

1570927856   An IoT Security Risk Assessment Framework for Healthcare Environment

Mofareh Waqdan (University of Regina, Canada); Habib Louafi (TELUQ University & University of Regina, Canada); Malek Mouhoub (University of Regina, Canada)

Session V11- AI/ML in Linguistic and Human Behavior

   Session Chair: Dr. Mohammed Abegaz (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 26

1570895049   Arabic sign language Datasets review and improvement        

Alaa Jalal Tamimi (Palestine Polytechnic University & PPU, Palestine); Iyad Hashlamon (Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine)

1570918229   Interpreting Live Video Sign Language and Translate into Text  

Steven Rico (California State University Fullerton, USA); Kanika Sood (California State University, Fullerton, USA); Kevin Hsu and Ethan Trinh (California State University Fullerton, USA)

1570906904   On the Linguistic Limitations of ChatGPT: An Experimental Case Study

Mohammed Baziyad (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Ibrahim Kamel (University of Sharjah & Concordia University, United Arab Emirates); Tamer Rabie (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

1570937224   AIComprehend: An Adaptive Reading Comprehension Learning Platform using Machine Learning

Dominic John Mondia, Kyle Nathan Naranjo and Stephen Tristan Galamay (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines); Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of Maryland, USA)

1570912507   Cyberbullying Detection through Acoustic and Linguistic Analysis      

Sara Zekri (Université Paris Cité, France); Osman Salem (University of Paris Cité, France); Aimen Silakhal (Université Paris Cité, France); Ahmed Mehaoua (University of Paris City, France)

1570906916   Toward Detection of Arabic Cyberbullying on Online Social Networks using Arabic BERT Models

Meshari Alfarah (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Ibrahim Kamel (University of Sharjah & Concordia University, United Arab Emirates); Zaher Al Aghbari (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

1570923789   A Combinatorial Approach to Cardinality Constraint Sampling Using Branch-and-Bound Technique

Sakshi Pandey and Amit Banerjee (South Asian University, India)

Session V12- AI/ML for Business and Financial Services

   Session Chair: Dr. Khaled Althelaya (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 28

1570904379   Hybrid Machine Learning Model for predicting NASDAQ Composite Index          

Zakia Zouaghia (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia & University of Tunis, Tunisia); Zahra Kodia Aouina (University of Tunis - Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia); Lamjed Ben Said (Université de Tunis, Tunisia)

1570935230   A Federated Learning Approach to Banking Loan Decisions   

Farag Ahmed Azzedin, Mustafa Ghaleb, Yasser El-Alfy, Raed Katib and Md. Kamrul Hossain (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

1570931499   Performance Analysis of Credit Card Fraud Analysis and Detection Machine Learning Algorithms

Kevin Coello, Kaiyue Zhou, Harsha Nutalapati and Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of Maryland, USA)

1570924168   Evaluation of Machine Learning Models to Forecast Inflation: Bangladesh as a Case Study

Labiba Binte Ismail, Mahira Ibnath Joytu, Tasnim Islam Plabon and Muhammad Shafayat Oshman (North South University, Bangladesh)

1570902691   Customer Satisfaction Toward Commercial E-Services in Saudi Arabia: A Sentiment Analysis    

Dina Banjabi and Nora Almezeini (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

Session V13- Advances in Engineering for Smart Cities and Apps

   Session Chair: Hayla Nahom (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Room: Classroom 31

1570909727   Smart Environment Monitoring Systems For PM_2.5 Prediction Using Deep Learning Models In Smart City 

Marwa Faydi ; Amira Zrelli; Tahar Ezzedine (ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

1570923822   Stock movement prediction based on technical indicators applying hybrid machine learning models      

Zakia Zouaghia (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia & University of Tunis, Tunisia); Zahra Kodia Aouina (University of Tunis - Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia); Lamjed Ben Said (Université de Tunis, Tunisia)

1570926437   Blockchain, NFT, Federated Learning and Model Cards enabled UAV Surveillance System for 5G/6G Network Sliced Environment 

Eranga Bandara and Peter Foytik (Old Dominion University, USA)

1570923730   Deep Neural Network based Automatic Litter Detection in Desert Areas Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery        

Guoxu Wang (Loughborough University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Andrew Leonce (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Hakim Hacid (Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates); Eran Edirisinghe (Keele University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1570895985   Deep Neural Networks based Multiclass Animal Detection and Classification in Drone Imagery

Changrong Chen (Loughborough University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Eran Edirisinghe (Keele University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Andrew Leonce (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Gregory Simkins (Shaybah Wildlife Sanctuary, Saudi Arabia); Tamer Khafaga and Moayyed Sher Shah (King Salman Royal Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia); Umar Yahya (Islamic University in Uganda, Uganda)

1570906523   Ghaf Tree Detection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery Using Convolutional Neural Networks          

Guoxu Wang (Loughborough University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Andrew Leonce (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Eran Edirisinghe (Keele University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tamer Khafaga (King Salman Royal Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia); Gregory Simkins (Shaybah Wildlife Sanctuary, Saudi Arabia); Umar Yahya (Islamic University in Uganda, Uganda); Moayyed Sher Shah (King Salman Royal Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia)

1570931100   MC-YOLOv5: A small target detection model based on YOLOv5

Yiming Li (Beijing-Dublin International College at BJUT, China); Yanxiu Jin (Beijing University of Technology & University College Dublin, China)

13:00 - 13:15

Closing Ceremony

Room: Minaretein Auditorium 00.019