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  • Kaïs Ouni

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  • Drone Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Review

    Ahmad Taher Azar, Anis Koubâa, Nada Ali Mohamed, Habiba A. Ibrahim, Zahra Fathy Ibrahim, Muhammad Zafarullah Kazim, Adel Ammar, Bilel Benjdira, +3 more

    Electronics · 2021

    The state of the art of one subset of these algorithms: the deep reinforcement learning (DRL) techniques, designed to ensure stable and smooth UAV navigation by training computer-simulated environments are described.

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  • Car Detection using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Comparison between Faster R-CNN and YOLOv3

    Bilel Benjdira, Taha Khursheed, Anis Koubâa, Adel Ammar, Kaïs Ouni

    2019 1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Oman (UVS) · 2019

    This paper investigates the performance of two state-of-the art CNN algorithms, namely Faster R-CNN and YOLOv3, in the context of car detection from aerial images, and demonstrates in this paper that Yolov3 outperforms FasterR-CNN in sensitivity and processing time, although they are comparable in the precision metric.

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  • Deep Learning Approach for Car Detection in UAV Imagery

    Nassim Ammour, Haikel Salem Alhichri, Yakoub Bazi, Bilel Benjdira, Naif Alajlan, Mansour Zuair

    Remote Sensing · 2017

    An automatic solution to the problem of detecting and counting cars in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images that outperforms the state-of-the-art methods, both in terms of accuracy and computational time.

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  • Vision Transformers in Image Restoration: A Survey

    Anas M. Ali, Bilel Benjdira, Anis Koubâa, Walid El‐Shafai, Zahid Khan, Wadii Boulila

    Sensors · 2023

    It is noted that incorporating ViT in the new architectures for image restoration is becoming a rule, due to some advantages compared to CNN, such as better efficiency, especially when more data are fed to the network, robustness in feature extraction, and a better feature learning approach that sees better the variances and characteristics of the input.

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  • Convolutional Neural Networks for Electrocardiogram Classification

    Mohamad M. Al Rahhal, Yakoub Bazi, Mansour Zuair, Esam Mohammed Asem Othman, Bilel Benjdira

    Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering · 2018

    This approach relies on a deep convolutional neural network pretrained on an auxiliary domain with very large labelled images coupled with an additional network composed of fully connected layers to achieve better results for the detection of ventricular ectopic beats and supraventricular ectopy beats compared to state-of-the-art methods.

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  • Vehicle Detection from Aerial Images Using Deep Learning: A Comparative Study

    Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Mohanned Ahmed, Abdulrahman Saad, Bilel Benjdira

    Electronics · 2021

    This paper assesses the performance of three state-of-the-art CNN algorithms, namely Faster R-CNN, which is the most popular region-based algorithm, as well as Y OLOv3 and YOLOv4, which are known to be the fastest detection algorithms.

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  • A Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Classification for the Detection of Bruxism Patients Using Physiological Signals

    Md Belal Bin Heyat, Faijan Akhtar, Asif R. Khan, Alam Noor, Bilel Benjdira, Yumna Qamar, Syed Jafar Abbas, Dakun Lai

    Applied Sciences · 2020

    The results show that more accurate bruxism detection is achieved by exploiting the electroencephalogram signal (C4-P4) and the present work can be applied for home monitoring systems for bruXism detection.

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  • A Multi-Stage Deep-Learning-Based Vehicle and License Plate Recognition System with Real-Time Edge Inference

    Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Wadii Boulila, Bilel Benjdira, Yasser Alhabashi

    Sensors · 2023

    A novel multi-stage, real-time, deep learning-based vehicle identification and license plate recognition system based on a set of algorithms that efficiently integrate two object detectors, an image classifier, and a multi-object tracker to recognize car models and license plates.

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  • Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Using Generative Adversarial Networks for Semantic Segmentation of Aerial Images

    Bilel Benjdira, Yakoub Bazi, Anis Koubâa, Kaïs Ouni

    Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) · 2019

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  • TAU: A framework for video-based traffic analytics leveraging artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial systems

    Bilel Benjdira, Anis Koubâa, Ahmad Taher Azar, Zahid Khan, Adel Ammar, Wadii Boulila

    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence · 2022

    This paper uses the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to develop an AI-integrated video analytics framework, called TAU (Traffic Analysis from UAVs), for automated traffic analytics and understanding.

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  • TESR: Two-Stage Approach for Enhancement and Super-Resolution of Remote Sensing Images

    Anas M. Ali, Bilel Benjdira, Anis Koubâa, Wadii Boulila, Walid El‐Shafai

    Remote Sensing · 2023

    A new architecture called TESR (Two-stage approach for Enhancement and super-resolution), leveraging the power of Vision Transformers and the Diffusion Model to increase the resolution of RS images artificially, which outperforms state-of-the-art architectures on super- Resolution of remote sensing images on the UCMerced benchmark dataset.

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  • COVID-19 Diagnosis in Chest X-rays Using Deep Learning and Majority Voting

    Marwa Ben Jabra, Anis Koubâa, Bilel Benjdira, Adel Ammar, Habib Hamam

    Applied Sciences · 2021

    This paper finds that using the Majority Voting approach is an adequate strategy to adopt in general cases for this task and may achieve an average accuracy up to 99.314%.

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  • Data-Efficient Domain Adaptation for Semantic Segmentation of Aerial Imagery Using Generative Adversarial Networks

    Bilel Benjdira, Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Kaïs Ouni

    Applied Sciences · 2020

    This paper proposed a new algorithm that uses Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) architecture to minimize the domain shift and increase the ability of the model to work on new targeted domains, and proposed a methodology to use these labeled data efficiently.

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  • A Machine Learning Approach Involving Functional Connectivity Features to Classify Rest-EEG Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures from Healthy Controls

    Giuseppe Varone, Wadii Boulila, Michele Lo Giudice, Bilel Benjdira, Nadia Mammone, Cosimo Ieracitano, Kia K. Dashtipour, Sabrina Neri, +4 more

    Sensors · 2021

    An intrinsic organization of functional brain networks that reflects a dysfunctional level of integration across brain regions, which can provide new insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms of PNES is hypothesized.

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  • NTIRE 2024 Image Shadow Removal Challenge Report

    Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu, Tim Seizinger, Zhuyun Zhou, Zongwei Wu, Cailian Chen, Radu Timofte, Wei Dong, Han Zhou, +22 more

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 2024

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  • Early detection of red palm weevil infestations using deep learning classification of acoustic signals

    Wadii Boulila, Ayyub Alzahem, Anis Koubâa, Bilel Benjdira, Adel Ammar

    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture · 2023

    The proposed approach is based on RPW sound activities being recorded and analyzed and outperformed existing techniques for public datasets for early detection of RPW.

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  • A Hybrid Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Approach for Object Classification in Very High-Resolution Satellite Images

    Wadii Boulila, Manel Khazri Khlifi, Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Bilel Benjdira, Imed Riadh Farah

    Remote Sensing · 2022

    A hybrid PPDL approach for object classification for very-high-resolution satellite images that combines Paillier homomorphic encryption (PHE) and somewhat homomorphicryption (SHE) while ensuring a good runtime and high object classification accuracy is proposed.

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  • Helping the Visually Impaired See via Image Multi-labeling Based on SqueezeNet CNN

    Haikel Salem Alhichri, Yakoub Bazi, Naif Alajlan, Bilel Benjdira

    Applied Sciences · 2019

    The proposed deep CNN is an effective solution for predicting the presence of objects in a scene and can be successfully used as a module within BlindSys, a larger system that assists the visually impaired in an indoor environment.

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  • The Tenth NTIRE 2025 Image Denoising Challenge Report

    Lei Sun, Hang Guo, Bin Ren, Luc Van Gool, Radu Timofte, Yawei Li, Xiangyu Kong, Hyunhee Park, +22 more

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 2025

    An overview of the NTIRE 2025 Image Denoising Challenge is presented, highlighting the proposed methodologies and corresponding results, providing insights into the current state-of-the-art in image denoising.

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  • NTIRE 2025 Challenge on Single Image Reflection Removal in the Wild: Datasets, Methods and Results

    Kangning Yang, Jie Cai, Ling Ouyang, Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu, Radu Timofte, Jiaming Ding, Huiming Sun, Lan Fu, +22 more

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 2025

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  • Activity Monitoring of Islamic Prayer (Salat) Postures using Deep Learning

    Anis Koubâa, Adel Ammar, Bilel Benjdira, Abdullatif Al-Hadid, Belal Kawaf, Saleh Ali Al-Yahri, Abdelrahman Babiker, Koutaiba Assaf, +1 more

    2020 6th Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning Applications (CDMA) · 2020

    This work addresses the problem of the recognition of the basic gestures of Islamic prayer using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), and is the first work that addresses human activity recognition of Salat using deep learning.

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  • NTIRE 2026 Challenge on Robust AI-Generated Image Detection in the Wild

    Aleksandr Gushchin, Khaled Abud, Ekaterina Shumitskaya, Artem Filippov, Georgii Bychkov, Sergey Lavrushkin, Mikhail Erofeev, Anastasia Antsiferova, +22 more

    arXiv · 2026

    This report provides a comprehensive overview of the NTIRE 2026 Challenge on Robust AI-Generated Image Detection in the Wild, describes the proposed solutions, and can be used as a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners in increasing the robustness of the detection models to real-world transformations.

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  • NTIRE 2025 Challenge on Low Light Image Enhancement: Methods and Results

    Xiaoning Liu, Zongwei Wu, Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu, Hailong Yan, Bin W. Ren, Yulun Zhang, Shuhang Gu, Le Zhang, +22 more

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 2025

    This paper thoroughly evaluates the state-of-the-art advancements in LLIE, showcasing the significant progress.

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  • NTIRE 2023 HR NonHomogeneous Dehazing Challenge Report

    Codruta Orniana Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuți, Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu, Radu Timofte, Han Zhou, Wei Fu Dong, Yangyi Liu, Jun Chen, +22 more

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 2023

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  • NTIRE 2025 Ambient Lighting Normalization Challenge Report

    Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu, Tim Seizinger, Zhuyun Zhou, Zongwei Wu, Radu Timofte, Yuanfei Bao, Xingbo Wang, Xin Lu, +22 more

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 2025

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