Current PhD Students

Sahar Tahir

MOBILAÎNÉS: Co-creation by and for seniors of a transport system adapted to their needs and preferences

Supervisors: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Véronique Provencher

Fall 2020 – Present

Innocent Tujyinama

Enhancing Sleep Health Analysis: Automated Detection of Sleep Stages and Disorders Patterns in Older Adults Using the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial intelligence Approaches

Supervisors: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Rachid Hedjam

April 2022 – Present

Mohammed Abdelnaby

Unobtrusive Detection of Health Changes toward Better Adaptation of Services for Seniors using vital signs

Supervisors: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Guillaume Blanchet

September 2022 – Present

Edouard Niyongabo

Development of an Intelligent System for the Unobtrusive Detection of Stress in Older Adults

Supervisors: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Rachid Hedjam

Winter 2023 – Present

Laura Zapata-Aspiazu

Extended Ontology based platform to Promote Quality of Life for Older Adults

Supervisors: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Hamdi Aloulou

November 2024 – Present

Mohammed Nechba

Federated and distributed learning adapted to digital health

Supervisors: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Abdellatif El Afia

November 2024 – Present

Afef Slimani

Cybersecurity of IoT and Edge Computing using Intelligent Approaches

Supervisors: Pr. Kamel Karoui and Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

September 2023 – Present

Lulia-Elena Teodorescu

Age-Friendly Routes Path-Planner based on a Multi-objective Evolutionary Approach

Supervisors: Pr. Maria-Iuliana Dascalu, Pr. Alexandros Tzanetos and Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

November 2024 – Present

Graduated PhDs

Hassan Mostafa

Mathematical Modeling, Data Analysis, and Pattern Recognition

Supervisor: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak & Pr. Guillaume Blanchet

January 2021 – November 2024

Houssem Aloulou

A Personalized, Contextualized, and Adaptable Persuasive Approach for Promoting Older Adults’ Physical Activity

Supervisor: Pr. Ahmed Hadj Kacem, Pr. Hamdi Aloulou and Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak,

Victor Ponce

Development of a Service-Oriented Framework for End-User Engineering in Open Smart Environments

Supervisor: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

September 2013 – September 2015

Firas Kaddachi

Detection of Behavioral Changes through a Technological Approach to Improve the Adaptation of Services for Seniors in Smart Cities

Supervisors: Pr. Mounir Mokhtari, Pr. Philippe Fraisse, Pr. Hamdi Aloulou, and Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

2015 – 2018

Hector Daniel Szabo

3D Sound Effects for an Immersive User Interface

Supervisors: Pr. Philippe Mabilleau and Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

Spring 2008 – Fall 2017

Yasir Malik

Evaluation System for Smart Environments

Supervisor: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

Fall 2009 – Fall 2013

Patrice Roy

A Possibilistic Model for Activity Recognition: Smart Home

Supervisor: Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak and Pr. Yacine Belala

Charles Gouin-Vallerand

Context-Aware Dynamic Assistance in Ambient Intelligent Environments

Supervisors: Pr. Sylvain Giroux and Pr. Bessam Abdulrazak

Spring 2008 – Summer 2011

Doctoral Interns

Shahram Nourizadeh

Middleware for Context-Aware QoS for Healthcare

PhD thesis at the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine – LORIA

Spring 2011

Yazid Benazzouz

Machine Learning for Context-Aware Service Adaptation

PhD thesis at École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France

Summer 2009 – Fall 2009