Program

08h00 – 10h00

Registration

10h00 – 10h30

Opening Session

10h30 – 11h00

Welcome Cocktail

11h00 – 11h45

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Olfa KANOUN
Title: From Biosignals to Camera-Free Gesture Recognition at the Edge: Opportunities, Challenges and Perspectives
Chair: Prof. Lamia Hadrich Belguith

11h45 – 12h45

Session 1A: Affective Computing and Generative AI for Language Processing

Chairs: Prof. Faiez Gargouri, Prof. Walid Mahdi, Prof. Mohamed Jmaiel

Session 1B: AI for Sustainable Development and Economic Analytics

Chairs: Prof. Yosra Makni, Prof. Soulef Ben Amar, Prof. Souhir Neifar, Prof. Mohamed Ben Amar

11h45

1A.1 Assessing Generative and Discriminative Models for Emotion Recognition in the Tunisian Dialect
Latifa Iben Nasr, Abir Masmoudi, Ismail Badache, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

1B.1 Carbon Intensity and ESG Performance: A Systematic Literature Review
Oumaima Chkimi Yousfi and Souhir Neifar

12h05

1A.2 A Quality Management-Oriented Extension of BPMN 2.0
Zohra Alyani, Mohamed Turki, Karima Dhouib, Faiez Gargouri

1B.2 Domain-Specific NLP: Overcoming Challenges and Opportunities in Specialized Sectors: Medical, Legal, and Financial Applications
Marwa Khairallah

12h25

1A.3 Semantic Embeddings for Code-Switched Academic Tunisian Arabic RAG
Fatma Zahra Besdouri, Inès Zribi, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

1B.3 Machine Learning and Econometric Analysis of Energy Consumption and CO₂ Emissions: Evidence from China and France
Nesrine Bourogaa

12h45 – 15h00

Lunch

15h00 – 16h40

Session 2A: ML for Signal Language and Cognitive Analysis

Chairs: Prof. Chokri Ben Amar, Prof. Ahmed Fakhfakh, Prof. Nedia Bouacida

Session 2B: AI for Governance, Decision Support, and Societal Impact

Chairs: Prof. Ines Abdelkafi, Prof. Diala Dhouib, Prof. Souhir Neifar

15h00

2A.1 A Deep Learning Model for Harmful Brain Activities Prediction from EEG Data
Roua Hamdaoui, Maryam Elamine, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

2B.1 Enhancing VAT Non-Compliance Detection in Tunisia
Chema Dhouib, Rahma Boujelbene, Lamia Hadrich Belguith, Silke Hüsing

15h20

2A.2 Arabic Independent Speaker Recognition System Using MFCC and Neural Networks
Rihem Souissi, Rania Chakroun, Kais Haddar

2B.2 Integrating Green Innovation, ESG Reporting, and SDG Impact Measurement
Marwa Khairallah

15h40

2A.3 Beyond one-shot generation: A validated LLM pipeline for models generation
Houwayda Messaoudi, Asma Maalej, Hatem Hadj Kacem

2B.3 DWXUNet: A Depth-Width eXpanded UNet for Automatic Oil Spills Identification
Sameur Jouini, Zied Lachiri, Hedia Chakroun, Sonia Kammoun

16h00

2A.4 Multilingual Transformer-Based Hybrid Models for Sexism Detection
Nawres Medimagh, Saoussen Ben Chaabane, Omar Trigui, and Maher Jaoua

2B.4 A Hybrid approach combining Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS
Imen Belhajali, Younes Boujelbene

16h20

2A.5 Unsupervised Labelling of Psychological Crisis
Sonda Rekik, Mourad Ellouze, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

2B.5 Consumer Trust in AI-Driven Marketing Personalization
Marwa Khairallah

16h40 – 17h10

Coffee Break

Poster Session

Green Technologies, Energy Governance, and Sustainability: Rethinking Development in the Arab Maghreb
Soulaima Ayedi, Ines Abdelkafi

Energy Transition and Technological Innovation in Tunisia: Determinants, Challenges, and Perspectives
Khawla Affes, Ines Abdelkafi

Exogenous Shocks and Financial Development
Massara Trabelsi, Ines Abdelkafi

Global Trends and Research Frontiers in ESG and Climate Change: Evidence from a Bibliometric Analysis
Drahem Smari, Souhir Neifar

Machine Learning Based Polynomial Regression for Moody's Government Financial Strength
Amina Mseddi, Ines Boujelben, Mohamed Ayman Boujelben, Habib Chabchoub

08h00 – 09h00

Registration

09h00 – 09h45

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Firas BEN HASSAN
Title: From Generative AI to Agentic AI: Shaping the Next Frontier of Intelligent Systems
Chair: Prof. Lamia Hadrich Belguith

09h45 – 10h15

Coffee Break

Poster Session

Urban Sustainability in Action: What Drives CO₂ Reduction in Nordic Countries?
Chaima Arous, Ines Abdelkafi

A Multimodal Intelligent Approach for Dyslexia Detection and Reading Support
Mehdi Belguith, Latifa Iben Nasr, Wafa Khabou

Digitalization and Corporate Governance: A Bibliometric Review and Research Agenda
Chaima Trigui, Yosra Makni Fourati

Explaining Crude Oil Price Dynamics under Iran-Related Geopolitical Tensions: Evidence from Gold, Natural Gas, U.S. and Chinese Equity Markets
Olfa El Aoun

A Methodological Approach for Modeling and Formal Verification of IoT Architectures
Abdessamad Saidi, Mohamed Lehsaini, Mohamed Hadj Kacem, Imen Tounsi

Time Series Modeling for Revenue Forecasting with Limited Data
Ines Boujelben, Iskandar Keskes

10h15 – 12h15

Session 3A: Multimodal AI and Language Models

Chairs: Prof. Mariem Ellouze, Prof. Ismail Badache, Dr. Inès Zribi

Session 3B: Natural Language Processing & Speech Processing

Chairs: Prof. Chafik Aloulou, Prof. Achraf Mtibaa, Dr. Abir Masmoudi

10h15

3A.1 Machine Translation from Tunisian Arabic Dialect (Derja) into English
Khaoula Elghoul, Iskandar Keskes, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

3B.1 Explainable AI for Obesity Risk Prediction
Samar Akremi, Rahma Boujelben, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

10h35

3A.2 Toward Intelligent Social Annotation via Seq2Seq Models
Fatma Rtimi, Mehdi Ellouze, Maher Jaoua

3B.2 Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Clinical Diagnosis in Pulmonology
Rima Jemni, Rahma Boujelben, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

10h55

3A.3 A Mini Multimodal Chatbot for Cyberbullying Detection in Tunisian Dialect
Sahar Ben Bechir, Asma Mekki, Mariem Ellouze, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

3B.3 A Hierarchical Framework for Arabic Subjectivity Classification Using MARBERT and Zero-Shot Learning
Yasmine El Abed, Omar Trigui, and Fatma Kallel Jaoua

11h15

3A.4 SAFE-MVQA: A Multimodal Framework for Medical and Dialectal VideoQA
Amal Mezghani, Rahma Boujelbane, Mariem Ellouze

3B.4 Cross-Lingual Subjectivity Classification with XLM-RoBERTa: Analysis on English and Arabic News Data
Mariem Ben Arbia, Houssem Safi, and Omar Trigui

11h35

3A.5 Impact of Negative Words on AI-Based Detection of Depression Symptoms
Manel Ben Amira, Nabil Khoufi, Chafik Aloulou

3B.5 Revisiting Basis Change–Based Relevance Feedback under Sparse Supervision
Rabeb Mbarek, Hawete Hattab

11h55

3B.6 A Hybrid NLP and LLM Approach for LMS
Amira Abbes, Héla Fehri, Leila Ghorbel, Corinne Amel Zayani, et al.

12h15 – 13h30

Lunch

14h00 – 17h00

Special Program

09h00 – 09h45

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Houda BOUAMOR
Title: Inclusive Arabic NLP: Bridging Gaps in Dialectal Processing, Automatic Essay Scoring, and Assistive Technologies for Dyslexia
Chair: Prof. Lamia Hadrich Belguith

09h45 – 10h15

Coffee Break

Poster Session

TunisianMMLU: Evaluating Large Language Models on Tunisian Arabic
Wajdi Ghezaiel, Jean-Pierre Lorré

Toward an Intelligent Obstetric Triage System: A Predictive Approach Using Machine Learning
Monia Bouzaiene, Manel Kammoun Soulef Smaoui

Digitalization and Informal Ecosystems in Tunisia: A Cointegration Analysis
Haythem Ghali, Mohamed Ben Amar

Bias Aware Narrative Framing in Retrieval Augmented LLM Dialogue
Imene Ouali, Youssef Hadj Sassi, Siem Aynealem Weldeyohannes, et al.

A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach for Anomaly Detection in Bitcoin Markets
Amal Ben Abdallah, Maryam Elamine

10h15 – 11h35

Session 4A: AI for Real-World Applications: Health, Education, and Multimedia

Chairs: Prof. Chafik Aloulou, Dr. Rahma Boujelben, Dr. Asma Mekki

Session 4B: Advances in AI: Large Language Models and Intelligent Systems

Chairs: Prof. Maher Jaoua, Dr. Iskandar Keskes, Dr. Maryam Elamine

10h15

4A.1 Machine Learning for Healthcare: A Bibliometric Study of Contributions from Africa
Houcemeddine Turki, Houda Sekkal, Anastassios Pouris, Francis-Alfred Michaelangelo Ifeanyichukwu, et al.

4B.1 Exploring Agentic AI for Gamified Learning Engagement
Amamah Jamil and Fatma Ben Mesmia Chaabouni

10h35

4A.2 Disfluency Detection in Spontaneous Speech: An Overview with Emphasis on Low-Resource and Dialectal Languages
Emna Boughariou, Younes Bahou, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

4B.2 Step-by-Step Reasoning vs. Zero-Shot Inference in Large Language Models
Jaafer Klila, Rahma Boujelbane, Nasredine Semmar, Sondes Bannour Souihi, Lamia Hadrich Belguith

10h55

4A.3 Comments-Based Video Summarization Approach Using Clustering Technique
Mohamed Camara, Mehdi Ellouze, Maher Jaoua, Samira Ellouze

4B.3 Constructing Knowledge Graphs with Large Language Models
Amani Braham, Li Kaiyan, Vincent Ventresque, Ahmad Fliti

11h15

4A.4 Learning Difficulties and Digital Support Needs in STEM
Ousmane Ndiaye, Fatoumata Baldé, Adrien Basse

4B.4 Artificial Intelligence Methods for Early Detection of Oral Cavity Cancer: A Global Survey
Mathias Pascal Mbaga, Idy Diop

11h35

4A.5 Assessing the Effectiveness of Retrieval-Augmented Generation in Educational QA Systems
Sarah Nouali, Ismail Badache, Patrice Bellot

4B.5 A Transparent and Verifiable Injury Detection System Using Next-Generation AI
Imen Chebbi, Sarra Abidi, Leila Ben Ayed

Closing Session