Afef Mdhaffar, Ph.D.

Publications

Journal Papers

  • MulKD: Multi-layer Knowledge Distillation via Collaborative Learning

    Emna Guermazi, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 133:108170, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2024.108170, SJR (Scimago) 2022 Rank: Q1

  • Leveraging Statistical Shape Priors in GAN-based ECG Synthesis

    Nour Neifar, Achraf Ben-Hamadou, Afef Mdhaffar, and Mohamed Jmaiel

    IEEE Access, 12:36002–36015, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3373724, SJR (Scimago) 2022 Rank: Q1

  • Personalized Attention-based EEG Channel Selection for Epileptic Seizure Prediction

    Abir Affes, Afef Mdhaffar, Chahnez Triki, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    Expert Systems with Applications, 206:117733, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117733, SJR (Scimago) 2022 Rank: Q1

  • Q-Rank: Reinforcement Learning for Recommending Algorithms to Predict Drug Sensitivity to Cancer Therapy

    Salma Daoud, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 24(11):3154–3161, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2020.3004663, SJR (Scimago) 2020 Rank: Q1

  • CEP4HFP: Complex Event Processing for Heart Failure Prediction

    Afef Mdhaffar, Ismael Bouassida Rodriguez, Khalil Charfi, Leila Abid, and Bernd Freisleben

    IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 16(8):708–717, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2017.27696714, SJR (Scimago) 2017 Rank: Q2

  • Reactive Performance Monitoring of Cloud Computing Environments

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    Cluster Computing, 20(3):2465–2477, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s10586-016-0676-4, SJR (Scimago) 2017 Rank: Q2

  • D-CEP4CMA: A Dynamic Architecture for Cloud Performance Monitoring and Analysis via Complex Event Processing

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    The International Journal of Big Data Intelligence, 20(3):89–102, 2014. DOI: 10.1504/IJBDI.2014.063842

Conference Papers

  • LIDL4Oliv: A Lightweight Incremental Deep Learning Model for Classifying Olive Diseases in Images

    Emna Guermazi, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), volume 2, pages 583–594, Rome, Italy, 2024. SCITEPRESS. DOI: 10.5220/0012466900003636, CORE 2023 Rank: B. Best Industrial Paper Award.

  • A Review of Usable EEG-based Solutions for Epileptic Seizure Prediction

    Abir Affes, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the Tunisian-Algerian Joint Conference on Applied Computing (TACC), volume 3642 of CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pages 194–206, Sousse, Tunisia, 2023. CEUR-WS. DOI: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3642/paper17.pdf

  • InsectDSOT: A Neural Network for Insect Detection in Olive Trees

    Lotfi Souifi, Afef Mdhaffar, Ismael Bouassida Rodriguez, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), volume 2, pages 334–342, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023. SCITEPRESS. DOI: 10.5220/0011789600003393, CORE 2023 Rank: B

  • A Comparative Study of GAN Methods for Physiological Signal Generation

    Nour Neifar, Achraf Ben-Hamadou, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM), pages 707–714, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023. SCITEPRESS. DOI: 10.5220/0011794200003411, CORE 2023 Rank: C

  • A Smart Trap for Counting Olive Moths Based on the Internet of Things and Deep Learning

    Afef Mdhaffar, Bechir Zalila, Racem Moalla, Ayoub Kharrat, Omar Rebai, Mohamed Melek Hsairi, Ahmed Sallemi, Hsouna Kobbi, Amel Kolsi, Dorsaf Chatti, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), pages 1–8, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2022. IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/AICCSA56895.2022.10017905, CORE 2021/2023 Rank: C

  • A Systematic Literature Review on Insect Detection in Images

    Lotfi Souifi, Afef Mdhaffar, Ismael Bouassida Rodriguez, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Signal, Image Processing and Embedded Systems (SIGEM), pages 41–56, Zurich, Switzerland, 2022. AIRCC Publishing Corporation. DOI: 10.5121/csit.2022.122003

  • Disentangling Temporal and Amplitude Variations in ECG Synthesis using Anchored GANs

    Nour Neifar, Afef Mdhaffar, Achraf Ben-Hamadou, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 37th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), pages 645–652, Virtual Event, 2022. ACM. DOI: 10.1145/3477314.3507300

  • DL4DED: Deep Learning for Depressive Episode Detection on Mobile Devices

    Afef Mdhaffar, Fedi Cherif, Yousri Kessentini, Manel Maalej, Jihen Ben Thabet, Mohamed Maalej, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics: How AI Impacts Urban Living and Public Health (ICOST), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 109–121, New York City, NY, USA, 2019. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32785-9_10, CORE 2018-2020 Rank: C

  • A Convolutional Gated Recurrent Neural Network for Epileptic Seizure Prediction

    Abir Affes, Afef Mdhaffar, Chahnez Triki, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics: How AI Impacts Urban Living and Public Health (ICOST), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 85–96, New York City, NY, USA, 2019. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32785-9_8, CORE 2018-2020 Rank: C

  • A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach for Predicting Cancer Cell Sensitivity to Drugs

    Salma Daoud, Afef Mdhaffar, Bernd Freisleben, and Mohamed Jmaiel

    In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC), pages 47–53, Pau, France, 2018. DOI: 10.1145/3167132.3167134, CORE 2018 Rank: B

  • An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Improving Data Quality in Disease Registries

    Hatem Bellaaj, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, Sondes Hdiji Mseddi, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC), pages 30–33, Pau, France, 2018. DOI: 10.1145/3167132.3167376, CORE 2018 Rank: B

  • IoT-based Health Monitoring via LoRaWAN

    Afef Mdhaffar, Tarak Chaari, Kaouthar Larbi, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies, pages 519–524, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2017. IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/EUROCON.2017.8011165

  • An Adaptive Scrum Model for Developing Disease Registries

    Hatem Bellaaj, Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (HEALTHINF), pages 484–491, Porto, Portugal, 2017. DOI: 10.5220/0006297804840491, CORE 2017 Rank: C

  • CEP4Cloud: Complex Event Processing for Self-Healing Clouds

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE 2014), pages 62–67, Parma, Italy, 2014. IEEE Computer Society Press. DOI: 10.1109/WETICE.2014.56, CORE 2014 Rank: B. Best Paper Award.

  • CEP4CMA: Multi-layer Cloud Performance Monitoring and Analysis via Complex Event Processing

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on NETworked sYStems (NETYS), pages 138–152, Marrakech, Morocco, 2014. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09581-3_10

  • A Dynamic Complex Event Processing Architecture for Cloud Monitoring and Analysis

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), pages 270–275, Bristol, UK, 2013. IEEE Computer Society Press. DOI: 10.1109/CloudCom.2013.146, (Selection rate < 18%), CORE 2013 Rank: C

  • A Comparative Study of the Current Cloud Computing Technologies and Offers

    Mariem Mahjoub, Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, and Mohamed Jmaiel

    In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Network Cloud Computing and Applications, pages 131–134, Toulouse, France, 2011. IEEE Computer Society Press. DOI: 10.1109/NCCA.2011.28

  • AOP4CSM: An Aspect-Oriented Programming Approach for Cloud Service Monitoring

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Ernst Juhnke, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT), pages 363–370, Paphos, Cyprus, 2011. IEEE Computer Society Press. DOI: 10.1109/CIT.2011.67, CORE 2010-2013 Rank: C

  • A Runtime Performance Analysis for Web Service-Based Applications

    Afef Mdhaffar, Soumaya Marzouk, Riadh Ben Halima, and Mohamed Jmaiel

    In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Engineering SOA and the Web (ESW) Held in conjunction With the 10th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), volume 6385 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 313–324, Vienna, Austria, 2010. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16985-4_28, ERA 2010 Rank: C

Book Chapters

  • A Software Architecture for Developing Disease Registries

    Hatem Bellaaj, Afef Mdhaffar, Sondes Mseddi, Moez Elloumi, Hajer Aloulou, Mongia Hachicha, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    Springer International Publishing, Cham, pages 205–228, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81982-8_10

Academic Dissertations

  • Investigation of Data Analysis Techniques in Real-world Scenarios: Challenges and Solutions

    Afef Mdhaffar

    École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, HU Thesis, pages 1–118, 2023.

  • Cross-Layer Cloud Performance Monitoring, Analysis and Recovery

    Afef Mdhaffar

    University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, PhD Thesis, pages 1–157, 2014. DOI: 10.17192/z2014.0484

  • Définition et validation d’une approche d’analyse des services web mobiles

    Afef Mdhaffar

    École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, Master Thesis, pages 1–74, 2023.

Invited Talks (International Events)

  • AirFit’s Journey: Milestones and Innovations in Progress

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Joint DAAD AirFit & LOEWE emergenCITY Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany, 2023.

  • Presentation of the AirFit’s project

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In AirFit Project KickOff: Ready for Departure! Sfax, Tunisia, 2023.

  • AirFit: Air Quality Analytics for Personalized Health Recommendations

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Séminaire NETTUNIT: Net de l’Environnement Transfrontalière TUNisie–Italie, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2023.

  • A Smart Trap for Prayes Oleae Detection and Counting

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Second DAAD OLIVIA Workshop, Frankfurt, Germany, 2022.

  • OLIVIA: Intelligent Data Analytics for Optimizing Water Supply of Olive Trees

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Premier DAAD Workshop sur l’Agriculture Intelligente, Sfax, Tunisia, 2021.

  • Smart E-health Services for Treating Patients in Tunisia

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Workshop on Non-Invasive Health Monitoring, Sfax, Tunisia, 2019.

  • A Top-down Approach for Driver Well Being and Safety

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Fourth DAAD Workshop on E-health, Darmstadt, Germany, 2018.

  • Theralytics: Smart E-health Services for Treating patients in Tunisia

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In DAAD COSIMENA Health Cluster, Cairo, Egypt, 2017.

  • A Self-Healing Approach for Cloud Computing Environments

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In The Third DAAD Workshop on Service-oriented Distributed Software Architectures, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2011.

  • A Self-Repairing Architecture for Cloud Computing Environments

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In The Second DAAD Workshop on Service-Oriented Distributed Software Architectures, Marrakech, Morroco, 2010.

Invited Talks (National Events)

  • ICT for Health

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In Journées de l’École Doctorale Sciences et Technologies: JEDST 3.0, Sfax, Tunisia, 2022.

  • E-Health @CRNS

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In 4ème Forum de la Santé Numérique, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2019.

  • A Cross-Layer Self-Repairing Architecture for Cloud Computing Environments

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In METHODICA-I’2013, Sfax, Tunisia, 2013.

  • A Self-Healing Approach for Cloud Computing Environments

    Afef Mdhaffar

    In METHODICA-I’2011, Sfax, Tunisia, 2011.

Posters

  • AirFit: Air Quality Analytics for Personalized Health Recommendations

    Afef Mdhaffar, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In Strengthening Regional Cooperation in Higher Education. DAAD Ta’ziz Kick-Off Meeting, Amman, Jordan, 2023.

  • Toward A Dynamic Architecture for Cloud Monitoring and Analysis based on Complex Event Processing

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In METHODICA-I’2013. ACM Tunisia Chapter, Sfax, Tunisia, 2013.

  • Design and Experimentation of a Self-Healing Architecture for Cloud Computing

    Afef Mdhaffar, Riadh Ben Halima, Mohamed Jmaiel, and Bernd Freisleben

    In The Fourth Edition of the International Spring School on Distributed Systems, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011.