Papers by Fawzi Benmessaoud

Through this work, we have proposed a deep CNN architecture based Unet model, to automatically se... more Through this work, we have proposed a deep CNN architecture based Unet model, to automatically segment thoracic CT scans images. At first, the database has been augmented using preprocessing algorithms such as rotations and filtering. The second step, we have proposed a deep CNN architecture based two models: Unet and Segnet . High performance scores including accuracy, F1-score have been reached. Moreover, the Unet proved to be efficient to segment different regions such as normal lungs, glass representing Covid-19 and background regions. Results quantification have been reached to 97.98% for the train and 95.49% for the validation. The segmented tested images represent an error too close to zero, in comparison to the ground truth. The proposed segmentor system shows to be reliable, achieving an IOU value equal to 92% and 87%, an MSE equal to 0.08 and 0.13 for the validation and test processing respectively. Thus, our proposed system could be a good candidate to help doctors for fast covid-19 diagnosis.
FazBoard: An AI-Educational Hybrid Teaching and Learning System
Lecture notes in networks and systems, Dec 31, 2022

Author eBooks, 2019
Personal Branding is a way to elevate oneself in new marketing concept. For many, building and ma... more Personal Branding is a way to elevate oneself in new marketing concept. For many, building and managing a personal brand is about value, mission, image, and vision. However, with the shift in the marketspace and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), Personal Branding has become a data function and a summation of all one's digital footprints, and how we are seen by Databots and not just from one's own spectacles or as perceived by others. We are witnessing an upsurge in the use of deep machine learning and predictive analytics to profile and select talents using their personal brand as a data function of their web presence and digital citizenry. We conducted a survey and we observed how many students are not fully aware of their web presence/digital citizenry and how all their digital footprints from their social and professional networks can and will be used to profile them. After identifying this problem, we examined the idea of building and managing a personal brand-with high value by exploring the depths of "Digital Citizenship" concept. To solve this problem, we developed a Personal Branding tool that allows students to develop and promote their own Personal Brand using a Digital Passport. This Digital Citizenry application will also allow students to become fully aware of their Web Presence and manage, facilitate and monitor their Social and Professional Networks with a built-in Digital Footprint Analyzer and their very own Social Media Manager.

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2019
Personal Branding is a way to elevate oneself in a new marketing concept. For many, building and ... more Personal Branding is a way to elevate oneself in a new marketing concept. For many, building and managing a Personal Brand is about value, mission, image, and vision. However, with the shift in the marketplace and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), Personal Branding has become a data function and summation of one's Digital Footprint, which includes how people are seen by Databots and not just how they see themselves or others observe them. Subsequently, there has been an upsurge in the utilization of deep machine learning and predictive analytics to profile as well as select talents using their Personal Brand as a data function of their Web Presence/Digital Citizenry. To find a solution, a survey was conducted to examine the number of students who are not fully aware of their Web Presence/Digital Citizenry and how their social and professional networks can and will be used to profile them. After identifying this problem, the idea of building and managing a Personal Brand was explored. To solve this problem, a Personal Branding tool that allows students to develop and promote their Personal Brand using a Digital Passport to express, share, and manage a multidimensional presentation of all their academic and non-academic achievements.

Personal Branding and Digital Citizenry: Harnessing the Power of Data and IOT
Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018, 2018
With all that the internet has to offer, it is easy to get lost in the myriad of resources availa... more With all that the internet has to offer, it is easy to get lost in the myriad of resources available to us both academically and socially. We have so many ways to learn, connect, and promote ourselves that in trying to stay current in today’s digital world, we can quickly find ourselves overwhelmed. To be successful, we need a way to conveniently organize educational materials and references while also ensuring that only our very best self is on display. According to a study we conducted on this subject, the idea of personal online management is something which many value highly, but are unsure how to fully realize. We feel like this is problematic for any modern user, but this can be resolved. Using multiple data collection methods in our research, we explored the concept of “Digital Citizenship”. Digital Citizenship is defined as a way of expressing the online presence and personal brand that users have curated in a digital space; as well as a simpler, more efficient way to store ...

E-Learning has evolved rapidly in the last few years enabled by significant growth and remarkable... more E-Learning has evolved rapidly in the last few years enabled by significant growth and remarkable advancement in instructional technology, learning course management systems and virtual learning platforms methodologies of both learning and teaching. To many in this domain e-learning is now defined by the use of digital tools and electronically assisted instructions to offer course content via computers and the Internet. This technologically mediated learning is hastily gaining popularity and acceptance throughout the academic world in support of nimble learning for anyone, anytime, and from virtually anywhere. However, the success and vitality of e-learning remains the measure of true transfer of information and knowledge between learners and the facilitators. This paper offers an e-learning model that integrates the essence of learning and education into the fundamental design, development, and delivery of electronically assisted instruction that would apply in any e-learning envir...
KDKA a 21st Century e-learning Model
Integrating Business Intelligence Tools to Manage Campus Operations and Improve Performance and Learning Outcomes
Building Sustainable Online Content
Measuring Learning Outcomes and Faculty Performance with Interactive Performance-Based Assessments
Measuring Learning Outcomes and the Quality of Instructions with Interactive Performance-based Assessments

E-Learning has evolved rapidly in the last few years enabled by significant growth and remarkable... more E-Learning has evolved rapidly in the last few years enabled by significant growth and remarkable advancement in instructional technology, learning course management systems and virtual learning platforms methodologies of both learning and teaching. To many in this domain e-learning is now defined by the use of digital tools and electronically assisted instructions to offer course content via computers and the Internet. This technologically mediated learning is hastily gaining popularity and acceptance throughout the academic world in support of nimble learning for anyone, anytime, and from virtually anywhere. However, the success and vitality of e-learning remains the measure of true transfer of information and knowledge between learners and the facilitators. This paper offers an e-learning model that integrates the essence of learning and education into the fundamental design, development, and delivery of electronically assisted instruction that would apply in any e-learning environment or platform.

Rise of Intelligent Organizations : Using BI Tools to Build Intelligent Knowledge Capital
6th Annual International Conference on ICT: Big Data, Cloud and Security (ICT-BDCS 2015), 2015
With the domains of big data, knowledge management (KM), and knowledge capital (KC) gaining treme... more With the domains of big data, knowledge management (KM), and knowledge capital (KC) gaining tremendous interest from practitioners and academics, this paper examines creating intelligent knowledge and the assimilation of both tacit and explicit knowledge to build intelligent organizations. The paper focuses on the transformation of traditional organizations into intelligent organizations by converting their participants' real-world experiences and skills that reside in their tacit knowledge into articulated, transformed data and codified knowledge. This process is aimed at building KC brought to higher level of intelligence with the integration of business intelligence (BI) and the use of BI tools. The paper proposes the use of a concern-issue-problem opportunity (CIPO) model integrated with BI to outline a knowledge management process designed for the capture of heuristics and expert knowledge that can be applied to optimize the factors of time and money.
Exploring Virtual Worlds as a Method for Delivering Online Education
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, …
Abstract: This focus of this paper is to consider potential uses of Virtual World technology for ... more Abstract: This focus of this paper is to consider potential uses of Virtual World technology for academic purposes. Research is needed on the use of Virtual Worlds in order to identify and describe possible classroom applications. This paper discusses what virtual ...
Technology in Interactive Learning and Teaching
Faculty Development for the 21st century: How do your faculty members engage digital learners?
Learning in the 21st Century brings about an opportunity for teaching and learning that we have y... more Learning in the 21st Century brings about an opportunity for teaching and learning that we have yet to address and embrace fully in our higher education programs. This is mainly due to lack of training of our teachers in the most cutting edge pedagogical practices as well as a general phobia of technology.

This article analyzes the ideological representations in the discourse of contemporary superhero ... more This article analyzes the ideological representations in the discourse of contemporary superhero films. In recent years, there has been a tendency in the genre: The characters have become more self-conscious of their roles, even questioning the 'greater good' that they are trying to achieve. Thus, the ideological representations of two recent superhero films are studied. For the corpus of analysis, Iron Man (2008) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) would be selected to be examined based on a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, and using two categories: plot and characters (the second with two subcategories: biographic origin and objectives). The main results point out political contradictions at the discursive level and suggest a relation with current political issues of the contemporary capitalism. This work discusses how a text unfolds an ideology harbored in the meanings and values of an American-based production and political culture.
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