2023 IEEE Afro-Mediterranean Conference on Artificial Intelligence
2023 IEEE AMCAI
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Hammamet, Tunisia, December 13-15, 2023
http://amcai.atia.org.tn

Organized by ATIA (Association Tunisienne pour l'Intelligence Artificielle)
with the Financial Co-Sponsorship of IEEE Africa Council, and the Technical Co-Sponsorship of IEEE Tunisia Section, IEEE SPS Tunisia Chapter, IEEE CIS Tunisia Chapter, IEEE SMC Tunisia Chapter
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Keynote Speakers:
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· Prof. Nozha BOUJEMAA, Global Vice President, Digital Ethics and Responsible AI - IKEA Retail (Ingka Group), Co-Chair of the OECD.AI Risk and Accountability expert group, Ex-Vice Chair of the AI-HLEG (EC), TEDx Speaker.

· Prof. Pascal YIM, Digital Innovation Advisor, Professor, Ecole Centrale Lille, France.

· Prof. Timothy JUNG, Chair Professor of XR, Director of AR & VR Hub, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.

Conference Scope:
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2023 IEEE AMCAI is the premier Afro-Mediterranean meeting in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Its purpose is to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners from both Mediterranean and African countries (not only – and also from all countries of the world) to discuss and present their research results around Artificial Intelligence and its applications.

The conference emphasizes applied and theoretical researches in Artificial Intelligence to solve real problems in all fields, including engineering, science, education, agriculture, industry, automation and robotics, transportation, business and finance, design, medicine and biomedicine, bioinformatics, human-computer interactions, cyberspace, security, image and video recognition, agriculture, etc.

Scientists, engineers, and decision-makers from government, industry, and academia are invited to contribute in order to make successful this first edition of IEEE AMCAI. The aim of the IEEE AMCAI 2023 is to attract high-quality papers on a variety of topics. For more details, please check https://easychair.org/cfp/AMCAI-2023 or visit the website http://amcai.atia.org.tn

Topics:
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The topics addressed by the conference include, but are not limited to:

- Artificial Intelligence Programming

- Multi-Agent Systems

- Cognitive Computing

- Computational intelligence

- Computer Vision, Image and video recognition

- Fuzzy Logic

- Machine Learning

- Neural Networks

- Natural Language Processing

- Robotics, automation and Control Systems

- Planning & Scheduling

- Blockchains

- Big Data

- Cloud & Fog computing

- Intelligent networks

- Augmented Reality, XR and Metaverse

- Optimization & Multi-objective optimization

- Recommender systems

- Data mining, Ontologies and semantic web

- Generative AI

- AI Ethics

- Artificial Intelligence Applications:

§ AI in Industry 4.0 & 5.0 – IoT & IoE

§ AI in Energy Industry

§ AI in Learning and education

§ AI in Logistics and Transportation

§ AI in Cybersecurity

§ AI in Medicine

§ AI in Business and Finance

§ AI in Food, Water and Agriculture

§ AI in Smart Cities …


Paper Submission:
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Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column conference format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=amcai2023

Papers must be written in English, between 6 to 8 pages (including all figures, tables, and references). Submitted papers should be original and not published elsewhere or intended to be published during the review period. The contributions should address research questions that relate to one of the topics listed above. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also, submissions received after the due date, exceeding the length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered.

To ensure high quality, all submissions are blind peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers.

Call for Special Sessions:
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The 2023 IEEE AMCAI invites proposals for Special Sessions/Tracks to be held during the conference as a set of oral and poster presentations that are highly specialized in some particular theme applied in/to Artificial Intelligence.

Special Session proposals have to be submitted electronically through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=amcai2023 before June 20, 2023 (Extended). You can download the Special Session template through http://amcai.atia.org.tn/callForSpecialSession

Paper Publication:
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All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors who must register for the conference and pay the fees. All accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion.

Important Dates:
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Regular Papers

- Paper Submission deadline: August 15 (Extended), 2023

- Authors Notification: September 15, 2023

- Camera Ready and Registration: September 30, 2023

- Conference date: December 13-15, 2023

Special Sessions

- Proposals Deadline for Special Sessions: June 20, 2023

- Authors Notification for Special Sessions: June 27, 2023

- Camera Ready and Registration: September 15, 2023

Doctoral Consortium

- Paper Submission deadline: August 15, 2023

- Authors Notification: September 15, 2023

- Camera Ready and Registration: September 30, 2023

Demo Track

- Demo Proposal deadline: June 15, 2023

- Authors Notification: July 15, 2023

Industrial Panel

- Panel Proposal deadline: June 15, 2023

- Authors Notification: July 15, 2023

Competitions & Challenges

- Proposal deadline: June 15, 2023

- Authors Notification: July 15, 2023

Honorary Chair:
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Khaled Ghedira, Académie Tunisienne des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts Beit Al-Hikma, UIK, Tunisia

General Chairs:
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Olfa Belkahla Driss, ESCT, University of Manouba, LARIA-ENSI, Tunisia

Farah Barika Ktata, ISSATS, University of Sousse, MIRACL, Tunisia

Program Committee Chairs

Tarek M. Hamdani, IEEE Africa Council, ISIMa, University of Monastir, REGIM Lab, ENIS, Tunisia

Ahmed Guessoum, The National Higher School of Artificial Intelligence, Algeria

Mourad Abed, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France Valenciennes, France

Hanen Idoudi, ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Boudour Ammar, IEEE Tunisia Section CIS Chapter, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Special Sessions Chair

Ouajdi Korbaa, ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Special Session Co-Chairs

Farah Jemili, ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Khaled Jouini, ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Najiba Mrabet Bellaaj, ISI, QEHNA-LSE, University of Tunis-Manar, Tunisia

Adel M. Alimi, IEEE Africa Council, REGIM Lab, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia


Industrial Panel Chairs
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Chokri Souani, ISSATS, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Mounir Frija, ISSATS, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Imed Romdhani, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Maha Charfeddine, IEEE Tunisia Section SP Chapter, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Demo Track Chairs
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Imed Romdhani, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Mohamed Ould-Elhassen Aoueileyine, Supcom, University of Carthage, Tunisia

Competitions & Challenges Chairs
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Bilel Marzouki, ESB, LARIA-ENSI-University of Manouba, Tunisia

Rahma Fourati, IEEE Tunisia Section CIS Chapter, University of Jendouba, Tunisia

Khaled Khnissi, IEEE Tunisia Section CIS Chapter, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Steering Committee
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Adel M. Alimi, IEEE Africa Council, REGIM Lab, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Najoua Essoukri Ben Amara, ENISo, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Najiba Mrabet Bellaaj, ISI, QEHNA-LSE, University of Tunis-Manar, Tunisia

Habib M. Kammoun, IEEE Tunisia Section, REGIM Lab, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Chaker Essid, FST, University of Tunis-Manar, Tunisia

Lilia Cheniti, ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Olfa Jemai, ISIMG, University of Gabes, Tunisia

Local Organizing Committee

Fatma Siala Kallel, ISAMM, LARIA-ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Bilel Marzouki, ESB, LARIA-ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Rabii Razgallah, DACIMA Consulting, Tunisia

Ahmed Ben Taleb, ITBS, Tunisia

Radhwane Ben Rhouma, ENSIT, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Amel Laabidi, BH, ATIA, Tunisia

Houssem Eddine Nouri, ISGG, University of Gabes, LARIA-ENSI, Tunisia

Tasnim Mraihi, LARIA-ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Farah Farjallah, LARIA-ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Aloulou Naycen, ISIMM, University of Monastir, ATIA, Tunisia

Sirine Abdallah, ISIMM, University of Monastir, ATIA, Tunisia

Ahmed Kharrat, ISIMS, REGIM-Lab, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Publication Chair

Ilhem Kallel, IEEE Tunisia Section SMC Chapter, IEEE Region 8, ISIMS, REGIM-Lab, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Finance & Registration Chairs

Amel Laabidi, BH, ATIA, Tunisia

Chaker Essid, FST, University of Tunis-Manar, Tunisia

Publicity Chairs

Fatma Siala Kallel, ISAMM, LARIA-ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Amal Tarifa, LARIA-ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Program Committee

Adel M. Alimi, REGIM Lab, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Khaled Ghedira, UIK, Tunisia

Najoua Essoukri Ben Amara, ENISo, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Olfa Jemai, ISIMG, University of Gabes, Tunisia

Ouajdi Korbaa, ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Tarek M. Hamdani, ISIMa, University of Monastir, REGIM Lab, Tunisia

Ghassane Aniba, Mohammadia School of Engineers (EMI) - Universite Mohamed V Agdal (UM5A), Morocco

Belkacem Fergani, LISIC, USTHB, Algeria

Seydina Moussa Ndiaye, Virtual University of Senegal, Senegal

Sami Zhioua, INRIA, LIX, École Polytechnique, Paris, France

Jose M. Molina, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Moulay Driss El Ouadghiri, Moulay Ismail University, Morocco

Ahmed Guessoum, The National Higher School of Artificial Intelligence, Algeria

Kamel Barkaoui, Cedric-Le Cnam, Paris, France

Mohamed Bakhouya, International University of Rabat, Morocco

Chokri Souani, ISSATS, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Imed Romdhani, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Mohamed Ould-Elhassen Aoueileyine, Supcom, University of Carthage, Tunisia

Hind Bril El Haouzi, ENSTIB-CRAN, France

Bilal Said, Arts, Sciences and Technology University, Lebanon

Slimane Larabi, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria

Rodrique Kafando, INRAE, France

Kirmene Marzouki, ISI-University of Tunis-Manar, Tunisia