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Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, Ph.D
Computer Science department, College of Computer and Information Sciences,
King Saud University
 
King Saud University
Building 31, Room 2242
PB: 51178, Riyadh 11543,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 		 Office: 0114678557
Email: maher.benismail@gmail.com
            mbenismail@ksu.edu.sa
 
 
Research Interest
 		  
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Spatial/Temporal Data Mining, Information Fusion, Statistical modeling.
 
 
Teaching Interest		  
Programming Languages
Data Structures
Algorithm Analysis and Design
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing and Pattern recognition
Applied machine learning
Database design
Data Mining
Fundamentals of Engineering
Signal Processing
 
 
Honors and Awards
 		  
  1. Graduate Dean’s citation award 2011.
  2. IEEE outstanding CECS student award 2011.
  3. Invited member – Golden Key International Honor Society.
  4. Graduate Research Assistantship – University of Louisville.
  5. Promoted to job grade 12 using the HAY evaluation method within STMicroelectronics on March 2004.

 
 
Education
 		  
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering and Computer Science
University of Louisville, Ky, USA.  May 2011.
Dissertation: “Image annotation and Retrieval based on Multi-modal Feature Clustering and Similarity Propagation”.
Advisor: Prof. Hichem Frigui
 
1 year of Master of Automatic and Signal Processing
National School of Engineering of Tunis, Tunisia, June 2005.
advised by: Dr. Safiya Belghith
 
Electrical Engineer Diploma
National School of Engineering of Tunis, Tunisia, June 2002. Graduation with honors.
Additional advanced math courses covering the areas of topology, measure theory, numerical analysis, convex optimization, theory of probability and operational research.
Additional courses in electronics, telecommunication, Artificial intelligence and game theory.
 
National Exam for admission to national engineering schools in Tunisia, ranked 250/3000, June 1999.
 
Associate degree in Mathematics and Physics
College of Fundamentals of Engineering, June 1999. Graduation with  honors.
 
 
Professional appointments
 		  
Associate Professor at King Saud University
College of Computer and Information Sciences. Computer Science department.
From March 2017 – present.
 
Assistant Professor at King Saud University
College of Computer and Information Sciences. Computer Science department. From September 2011 – March 2017.
 
Graduate Research Assistant
Multimedia Research Lab, CECS, UofL. From August 2006 – May 2011.
Graduate Research Assistant:  Extensive experience with image processing and machine learning techniques. More specifically, I worked on the development and the implementation of Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR) and annotation prototype that takes advantage of the developed algorithms for efficient web image annotation and retrieval. Also, I developed machine learning algorithms that integrate visual features with textual keywords, summarize, and organize data repositories.
 
Design and Development Engineer
STMicroelectronics, Ariana, Tunisia.  From June 2002 - June 2006.
Design and Development engineer involved in the validation of 8-bits ST microcontroller tools. I was leading the design/development team of 8-bits ST microcontroller tools.
 
Design and Development Engineer Intern
STMicroelectronics, Ariana, Tunisia.  From February 2002 - June 2002.
Graduation Project:  Design and Development of validation platform for MDT50 emulator.
 
Electrical Engineer Intern
Poulina Group, Tunis, Tunisia. From July-August 2001.  
Study and empirical comparison of several pressure sensors.
 
 
Refereed Conference/
Journal Papers
 		  
 
 
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, "Automatic Fall Detection using Membership based Histogram Descriptors". Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 356-367, 2017.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, "Endoscopy Video Summarization using Novel Relational Motion Histogram Descriptor and Semi-supervised Clustering". Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 629-653, 2016.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, " Content based Video Categorization using
Relational Clustering with Local Scale Parameter", International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 27-46, 2016.
Ouiem Bchir, Hichem Frigui and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, "Fuzzy clustering with learnable cluster dependent kernels", Pattern Application and Analysis Journal: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 919-937, 2016.
Ouiem Bchir and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, "Generic Evaluation Metrics for Hyperspectral Data Unmixing", The Soft Computing and Automation Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 1-16, 2016.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, Ouiem Bchir and Abdelmonim Artoli, “Optical Flow based Analysis of Leukocyte Dynamics in Microcirculation", International Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Applications (IJAIA) Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 25-34, 2015.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, “Semi-supervised Local Fusion Approach for Mine Detection in Sonar Data", International Journal OF Intelligent Systems, Vol. 30, No. 11, pp. 1161–1183 (DOI 10.1002/int.21739), 2015.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, “CE Video Summarization using Relational Motion Histogram Descriptor", International Conference on Optoelectronics and Image Processing (ICOIP 2015), July 2015, Chicago.
Ahmed Z. Emam, Yasser Ali and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, "Adaptive Features Extraction for Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Video Summarization”, International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Analysis applications (ICCVIA’15), January 2015, Sousse, Tunisia.
Ouiem Bchir and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, "Verbal Offense Detection in Social Network Comments using Novel Fusion Approach", AI Communications, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 765-780, 2015.
Ouiem Bchir and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, "Generalized Relative Spectral Unmixing Evaluation Measure", IEEE-International Conference on Audio, Language and Image Processing (ICALIP), Shanghai, July 2014.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, "Survey on number of endmembers estimation approaches for unmixing hyperspectral data", IEEE-International Conference on Audio, Language and Image Processing (ICALIP), Shanghai, July 2014.
Mohamed Alkaoud, Ibrahim AshShohail, and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, "Automatic Image Annotation Using Fuzzy Cross-Media Relevance Models," Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 59-63,. doi: 10.12720/joig.2.1.59-63, June 2014.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, "Insult Detection in Social
Network Comments Using Possibilistic Based Fusion Approach", Computer
and Information Science, Springer Studies in Computational Intelligence, Vol.
566, pp 15-25, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10509-3_2, , 2014.
Heelah Alraqibah, Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir，"Empirical Comparison of Visual Descriptors for Content based X-ray Image Retrieval", International Conference on Image and Signal Processing (ICISP'14), Cherbourg, June 2014.
Heelah Alraqibah, Ouiem Bchir and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail，"X-Ray Image Retrieval System Based on Visual Feature Discrimination", Proceeding SPIE, vol. 9159, International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP), Athens, April 2014.
Mohamed M. Ben Ismail, Ouiem Bchir, and Ahmed Z. Emam, “Endoscopy Video Summarization based on Multi-modal Descriptors and Possibilistic Unsupervised Learning and Feature Subset Weighting”. The Soft Computing and Automation Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 381-402, 2014. (DOI:10.1080/10798587.2014.890320).
M. Maher Ben Ismail and Hichem Frigui, “Unsupervised Clustering and Feature Weighting based on Generalized Dirichlet Mixture Modeling". Information Sciences. vol. 274, pp. 35-54, DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.02.146, 2014.
Mohamed M. Ben Ismail, Ouiem Bchir, and Ahmed Z. Emam, “Endoscopy Video Summarization based on Unsupervised Learning and Feature Discrimination”, IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing. VCIP 2013. Malaysia 2013.
Ouiem Bchir, Hichem Frigui, and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail. “Semi-supervised fuzzy clustering with learnable cluster dependent kernels". International Journal on Artificial Intelligence. Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 13500. 2013.
Sarah Alotaibi, Sahar Kasim, Ouiem Bchir and Mohamed Ben Ismail. “Empirical comparison of visual descriptors for multiple bleeding spots recognition in wireless capsule endoscopy video”. 15th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. CAIP 2013, pp. 402-407 UK. 2013.
Ouiem Bchir, Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Hichem Frigui. “Mixture Analysis based on Spectral Summarization”, 5th IEEE workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in remote Sensing. WHISPERS 2013. Florida, USA. 2013.
Ouiem Bchir, Hichem Frigui and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail. “Semi-Supervised clustering and Local Scale Learning algorithm”. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. ICAI 2013. Tunisia. 2013.
Ouiem Bchir, Hichem Frigui and Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail. “Semi-Supervised Relational Fuzzy clustering with Local Distance Measure Learning”. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. ICAI 2013. Tunisia. 2013.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Ouiem Bchir, “Automatic Image Annotation based on Semi-supervised Clustering and Membership based Cross Media Relevance Model”. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Vol. 26, No. 6, Dec 2012.
Ben Ismail, M. Maher; Frigui, H. “Image Database Categorization using Robust Modeling of Finite Generalized Dirichlet Mixture”. International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 143-153, July 2012.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail,  “Image Database Categorization based on a Novel Possibilistic Clustering and Feature Weighting Algorithm”.  International Proceedings of Computer Science & Information Technology, vol. 46, pp. 122-127, Singapore, 2012.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, “Possibilistic Clustering and Feature Weighting based on Robust Modeling of Finite Generalized Dirichlet Mixture”. 8th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM). Germany, 2012
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, “Image Annotation and Retrieval Based on Multi-Modal Feature Clustering and Similarity Propagation”. PhD thesis packaged, produced and published by BiblioLabs under license by ProQuest UMI (available online for sale). 2011.
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail and Hichem Frigui, “Image Database Categorization using Robust Unsupervised Learning Of Finite Generalized Dirichlet Mixture Models”. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 2457 - 2460, 2011.   
Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail, Hichem Frigui: “Possibilistic Clustering based on Robust Modeling of Finite Generalized Dirichlet Mixture”. Twentieth conference of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). pp. 573 - 576, ICPR 2010.
M. Maher Ben Ismail, Hichem Frigui: “Image Database Categorization using Robust Modeling of Finite Generalized Dirichlet Mixture” International Workshop on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Application (IPTA). pp. 334-339, 2010
M. Maher Ben Ismail, Hichem Frigui: “Image Annotation based on Constrained Clustering and Semi-naive Bayesian Model”. IEEE symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC). pp. 431-436, 2009.
M. Maher Ben Ismail, Hichem Frigui, Caudill Joshua: “Empirical Comparison of automatic Image Annotation Systems”. International Workshop on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Application (IPTA), pp. 1-8, 2008.
 
 
 
Graduate and undergraduate teaching experience		  
 
 
King Saud University, CCIS, Computer Science Department (ABET accredited program):
  • Fall 2011: Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Selected topics in CS (CSC 489), Bsc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 496).
  • Spring 2012: Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Selected topics in CS (CSC 489), Bsc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 497), Algorithm and analysis design (CSC 512).

 

  • Fall 2012: Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Selected topics in CS (CSC 489), Algorithm and analysis design (CSC 512).
  • Spring 2013: Algorithm and analysis (CSC 311), Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Bsc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 496), Advanced applications in pattern recognition and machine learning (CSC 566), Msc. Graduation project (CSC 597).
  • Fall 2013: Algorithm and analysis (CSC 311), Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Bsc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 496), Bsc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 497), Msc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 597), Msc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 598).
  • Spring 2014: Algorithm and analysis (CSC 311), Bsc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 497), Image processing and pattern recognition (CSC 558), Msc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 598).
  • Fall 2014: Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Digital image processing (CSC 478), Bsc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 496), Advanced applications in pattern recognition and machine learning (CSC 566),
  • Spring 2015: Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Digital image processing (CSC 478), Bsc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 496), Bsc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 497), Msc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 597).
  • Fall 2015: Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Digital image processing (CSC 478), Bsc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 496), Advanced applications in pattern recognition and machine learning (CSC 566),
  • Spring 2016: Database Design (CT1313), Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Human Computer Interaction (CSC 440), Data warehouse & data mining (588), Msc. Graduation project 1 (CSC 597).
  • Fall 2016: Database Design (CT1313), Computer programming 2 (CSC 113), Human Computer Interaction (CSC 440), Data warehouse & data mining (588), Msc. Graduation project 2 (CSC 598).

University of Louisville, Speed School of Engineering, CECS Department:

  • Fall 2005 to Fall 2007: Lab and class instructor of C/C++ and Fundamentals of Engineering.

University of Louisville, Speed School of Engineering, Multimedia Research Lab:  

  • Fall 2006: Content Based Image Retrieval: lecturing weekly on a technical paper.
  • Spring 2008: Multimedia Research Lab Seminar: lecturing on constrained semi-supervised clustering.
  • Fall 2009: Multimedia Research Lab Seminar: lecturing on Automatic Image Annotation.
 
 
Student supervision		   
 
Supervisor of the following Bsc. Graduation projects:
  • Fall 2011 - Spring 2012: “Image Database Categorization based on Low-level Features Clustering”.
  • Spring 2013 – Fall 2013: “Automatic Image Annotation Using Fuzzy Learning Approach”.
  • Fall 2013 – Spring 2014: “Automatic Insult Detection in Social Networks Comments”
  • Fall 2014 – Spring 2015: “Verbal Offense Detection in Social Networks Comments using Global Fusion Approach”.
  • Spring 2015 - Fall 2015: “Video Database Categorization based on Low-level Feature Clustering”.

 Co-Supervisor of the following Msc. Graduation projects:

  • Spring 2013 – Fall 2013: Msc: “X-Ray Image Retrieval System Based on Visual Feature Discrimination and Multiple Instance Learning”.
  • Fall 2013 – Spring 2014: “Hyperspetral mixture analysis with self-Estimation of the Number of Endmembers”.
  • Spring 2015 – Fall 2015: “Multiple Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”.
  • Spring 2015 – Fall 2015: “Empirical comparison of visual descriptors for ulcer recognition in wireless capsule endoscopy video”.
  • Spring 2016 - Fall 2016: “Region based Image Retrieval using Relevance Feature Weights”.
Grants Content based Endoscopy Video Summarization (RC121258), Principal Investigator, Budget: 40,000 Saudi Riyals, Agency: King Saud University, 2012-2013.
Adaptive Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Image Classification (RC121256), Co-Principal Investigator, Budget: 40,000 Saudi Riyals, Agency: King Saud University, 2012-2013.
Verbal Offense Detection in Social Network Comments (RC131013), Principal Investigator, Budget: 40,000 Saudi Riyals, Agency: King Saud University, 2013-2015.
Generalized Relative Spectral Unmixing Evaluation Measure (RC131014), Principal Investigator, Budget: 40,000 Saudi Riyals, Agency: King Saud University, 2013-2015.
 
 
 
Committees Fall 2016 – present: Head of the department EEC-HES accreditation committee.
Fall 2014 –present: Head of QMS (Quality Management System of King Saud University) department committee.
Fall 2015 –present: Head of the college website committee.
Spring 2013 – present: Member of the department committee for ABET accreditation.
Spring 2013 – Spring 2016: Member of the department EEC-HES accreditation committee
Spring 2012 – present: Member of the department curriculum committee.
Spring 2012 – Fall 2015: Member of the department field experience committee.
Spring 2013 – present: Member of the college manpower committee.
Spring 2013 – Spring 2016: Member of the college recruitment committee.
Fall 2011 – Fall 2014: Member of the department capstone committee.
 
Activities and services Reviewer for CCIS Research Center.
Reviewer for Taif University Research Center.
Reviewer for IEEE transactions on Fuzzy Systems..
Reviewer for Recent Patents on Computer Science.
Reviewer for King Saud University journal.
Reviewer for Computers in Human Behavior.
Reviewer for IJAIA Journal.
Reviewer for the journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification.
Reviewer for the several IEEE Conferences.
 
 
Affiliations		  
Member of the “Engage 2010” organized by the Office of the Civic Engagement, Leadership and Service. University of Louisville, Spring 2010.
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Member of the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
 
 
Personal Information		  
Languages:  Arabic:  native
                     French: fluent in reading/writing/speaking
                     English: fluent in reading/writing/speaking
                     Italian: basic
 
 
Doctoral
Coursework		  
  1. Combinatorial Optimization
  2. Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
  3. Content Based Image Retrieval
  4. Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence
  5. Data Mining
  6. Artificial Intelligence
  7. Multimedia and Hypertext
  8. Content Based Video Retrieval
  9. Computer Algorithms
  10. Fuzzy theory

 
 
References		  
Dr. Hichem Frigui
Professor
Director of Multimedia Research Lab
Computer Engineering & Computer Science, JB School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY, USA.
Duthie Center for Engineering 204
(502) 852-2009
h0frig01@louisville.edu
 
 
Dr. Adel Elmaghraby
Professor and CECS Department Chair
Director of  Innovative and Emerging Technologies Lab
Computer Engineering & Computer Science, JB School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY, USA.
Duthie Center for Engineering, 211
(502) 852 0470
adel@louisville.edu
 
 
Dr. Olfa Nasraoui
Associate professor
Chair of e-commerce and the founding director of the Knowledge Discovery and Web Mining Lab
Computer Engineering & Computer Science, JB School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY, USA.
Duthie Center for Engineering, 206
(502) 852-0191
o0nasr01@louisville.edu