Afef Mdhaffar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

February 2024
Our paper titled "LIDL4Oliv: A Lightweight Incremental Deep Learning Model for Classifying Olive Diseases in Images" has received the Best Industrial Paper Award at the prestigious ICAART 2024 Conference! This accomplishment is a testament to the collaborative effort of our incredible team: Emna Guermazi, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben.
February 2024
We are excited to announce that our paper titled "MulKD: Multi-layer Knowledge Distillation via Collaborative Learning" by Emna Guermazi, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben has been published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 133, 108170, 2024 (Q1 Journal / Impact factor = 8).
February 2024
We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper titled "Leveraging Statistical Shape Priors in GAN-based ECG Synthesis" by Nour Neifar, Achraf Ben-Hamadou, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben in IEEE Access 12, 36002-36015 (Q1 Journal / Impact factor = 3.9).
July 2023
I am proud to announce that I have obtained my habilitation degree (HDR) from ENIS. This achievement marks a significant milestone in my academic career.
March 2023
Exciting news! Our project AirFit has been accepted and received funding for three years (2023-2025) from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). This funding will support our efforts to analyze air quality and provide personalized health recommendations.