Dr. Amir BENZAOUI
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering Department, University of Skikda, ALGERIA
Address: University August 20, 1955, BP 26, El Hadaiek, Skikda Road 21000, Algeria
E-Mails: amirbenzaoui@gmail.com / a.benzaoui@univ-bouira.dz
Phone: (Mobile) +213 774 66 60 71
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0437-1143
Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/4273272/amir-benzaoui/
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amir_Benzaoui
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55641995700
dblp: https://dblp.org/pers/b/Benzaoui:Amir.html
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wq22BUcAAAAJ&hl=fr
H-index: 10
#-citations: ~304
Latest News
I am Guest Editor - Special Issue: "Machine and Deep Learning in Sensing and Imaging: Emerging Trends, Challenges and Opportunities", MDPI Sensors (Impact Factor: 3.275), Open until 2 March 2022.
I am member in the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computation (MATCOM 2021), Glasgow, Scotland, August 17-20, 2021.
About Me
Dr. Amir Benzaoui received the Bachelor's degree (June 2009) and Master's degree (June 2011) in Computer Science from Badji Mokhtar - Annaba University, Algeria, the Ph.D. degree (May 2015) in Electronics from May 8th, 1945 - Guelma University, Algeria, and the HDR degree (April 2018) in Electronics from Badji Mokhtar - Annaba University, Algeria. From 2015 to 2020, he has been an associate professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Bouira University, Algeria. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Skikda University, Algeria. His research interests include biometrics, image processing, and machine learning. He has been conducting several research projects with international collaborations on these topics. He has published more than 40 papers in international journals and conferences in the above areas.
Teachnig
C++ Programming.
Matlab Programming.
Web Technology.
Algorithms.
Medical Imaging.
Image Processing & Machine Learning.
Research Interest
Biometrics: Face Recognition, Ear Recognition, Soft Biometrics, Contactless Palm-print & Finger Vein Recognition, Multimodal Biometrics, Facial Age Estimation;
Pattern Recognition: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning;
Computer Vision: Medical Imaging, Image Segmentation, Image Processing.
Publications
Y. Khaldi, A. Benzaoui, A. Ouahabi, S. Jaques, and A. Taleb-Ahmed, "Ear Recognition Based on Deep Unsupervised Active Learning", IEEE Sensors Journal, July 2021, Doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3100151.
I. Adjabi, A. Ouahabi, A. Benzaoui, and S. Jaques "Multi‐Block Color‐Binarized Statistical Images for Single‐Sample Face Recognition", MDPI Sensors, vol.21 (3), pp.728, January 2021, Doi: 10.3390/s21030728.
I. Adjabi, A. Ouahabi, A. Benzaoui, and A. Taleb-Ahmed, "Past, Present, and Future of Face Recognition: A Review", MDPI Electronics, vol.9 (8), pp.1188, July 2020, Doi: 10.3390/electronics9081188.
Y. Khaldi and A. Benzaoui, "A New Framework for Grayscale Ear Images Recognition using Generative Adversarial Networks under Unconstrained Conditions", Springer Evolving Systems, May 2020, Doi: 10.1007/s12530-020-09346-1.
A. Benzaoui, I. Adjabi, and A. Boukrouche "Experiments and improvements of ear recognition based on local texture descriptors", SPIE Optical Engineering, vol.56 (4), pp. 043109, April 2017, Doi: 10.1117/1.OE.56.4.043109.
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche "A Robust Approach to Characterize the Human Ear: Application to Biometric Identification", CESER International Journal of Imaging and Robotics, vol.15 (1), pp.1-11, 2015.
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche "Face Analysis, Description, and Recognition using Improved Local Binary Patterns in One Dimensional Space", Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, vol.16 (4), pp.52-60, December 2014.
A. Benzaoui, A. Hadid, and A. Boukrouche "Ear Biometric Recognition using Local Texture Descriptors", SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol.23 (5), pp. 053008, September 2014, Doi: 10.1117/1.JEI.23.5.053008.
A. Benzaoui and H.F. Merouani "Hybrid System for Robust Faces Detection", Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, vol.10 (2), pp.167-172, June 2012.
Book Chapters
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche, "Ear Recognition in Unconstrained Conditions", Book Chapter, In A. Boyaci, A. Ekti, M. Aydin, and S. Yarkan (eds), International Telecommunications Conference. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 504, Springer, Singapore, 2019. Doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0408-8_22.
Conference Papers
M.L. BOUCENNA, A. Benzaoui, and M. Benslama "Propagation Delay Optimization by Game Theory for Autonomous Vehicles Networks", Proceedings of the 44th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), July 26-28, 2021, Online.
Y. Khaldi and A. Benzaoui "Region of Interest Synthesis using Image-to-Image Translation for ear recognition", Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Aspects of Software Engineering (ICAASE’20), November 28-30, 2020, Constantine (Algeria).
A. Benzaoui "Identity Recognition based on Palmprints", Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IC3E’18), November 12-13, 2018, Bouira (Algeria).
A. Khider, A. Benzaoui, B. Guirouz, and Z. Youbi "Face Recognition from Low-Quality Images based on Deep Learning Autoencoder Model", Proceedings of the 29th International Biometric Conference (IBC’18), July 08-13, 2018, Barcelona (Spain).
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche "Ear Recognition in Unconstrained Conditions", Proceedings of the 1st International Telecommunication Conference (ITELCON’17), December 28-29, 2017, Istanbul (Turkey).
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche "Ear Recognition using Local Color Texture Descriptors from One Sample Image per Person", Proceedings of the 4th International IEEE Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CODIT'17), April 05-07, 2017, Barcelona (Spain).
A. Benzaoui, I. Adjabi, and A. Boukrouche "Person Identification based on Ear Morphology", Proceedings of the International IEEE Conference on Advances Aspects of Software Engineering (ICAASE'16), October 29-30, 2016, Constantine (Algeria).
H. Doghmane, H. Bourouba, A. Boukrouche, and A. Benzaoui "Ear recognition based on local phase quantization and Gabor wavelet ", Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control (ICMIC'15), December 18-20, 2015, Sousse (Tunisia).
A. Benzaoui, N. Hezil, and A. Boukrouche "Identity recognition based on the external shape of the human ear ", Proceedings of the International IEEE Conference on Applied Research in Computer Science and Engineering (ICAR'15), October 08-09, 2015, Beirut (Lebanon).
A. Benzaoui, A. Kheider, and A. Boukrouche "Ear description and recognition using ELBP and wavelets ", Proceeding of the International IEEE Conference on Applied Research in Computer Science and Engineering (ICAR'15), October 08-09, 2015, Beirut (Lebanon).
H. Bourouba, H. Doghmane, A. Benzaoui, and A. Boukrouche “Ear Recognition based on Multi-bags-of-features histogram”. Proceedings of the 3rd International IEEE Conference on Control, Engineering & Information Technology (CEIT’15), May 25-27, 2015, Tlemcen (Algeria).
A. Benzaoui, A. Boukrouche, H. Doghmane, and H. Bourouba “Face Recognition using 1DLBP, DWT, and SVM”. Proceedings of the 3rd International IEEE Conference on Control, Engineering & Information Technology (CEIT’15), May 25-27, 2015, Tlemcen (Algeria).
N. Hezil, A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche “Multimodal Biometric System using Iris and Fingerprint”. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Signal, Image, Vision and their Applications (SIVA’13), November 18-20, 2013, Guelma (Algeria).
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche “Face Recognition Using 1DLBP Texture Analysis”. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications (Future Computing’5), May 27-June 01, 2013, Valencia (Spain).
A. Benzaoui and A. Boukrouche “1DLBP and PCA for Face Recognition”. Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Programming and Systems (ISPS’13), April 22-24, 2013, Algiers (Algeria), (3rd Best Paper Award).
A. Benzaoui, H. Bourouba and A. Boukrouche “System for Automatic Faces Detection”. Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Theory, Tools and Applications (IPTA’3), pp.354-358, October 15-18, 2012, Istanbul (Turkey).
Reviewer (Books, Journals,...)
Handbook of Research on Learner Experience and Usability in Online Education (IGI Global – 2017).
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.
Pattern Recognition Letters (Elsevier).
Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier).
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences (Elsevier).
IET Biometrics (IET).
Journal of Electronic Imaging (SPIE).
Recent Patents on Computer Science (BENTHAM SCIENCE).
Electronics (MDPI).
Sensors (MDPI).
Journal of Imaging (MDPI).
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua.
Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member
Program Committee Member, CECNet 2021, November 18-21, 2021, Beijing, China.
Program Committee Member, MATCOM 2021, August 17-20, 2021, Glasgow, Scotland.
Program Committee Member, IHSH 2020, December 8th, 2020, Boumerdes, Algeria.
Program Committee Member, IC3E 2020, November 16-17, 2020, Bouira, Algeria.
Program Committee Member, SETIT 2019, October 21-23, 2019, Genoa (& Hammamet), Italy (&Tunisia).
Program Committee Member, ICCSRE 2019, July 24-26, 2019, Agadir, Morocco.
Program Committee Member, ICDIPV 2019, May 30-31, 2019, Vancouver, Canada.
Program Committee Member, SIVA 2018, November 26-27, 2018, Guelma, Algeria.
Program Committee Member, IC3E 2018, November 12-13, 2018, Bouira, Algeria.
Program Committee Member, NCEEE 2016, November 14-15, 2016, Bouira, Algeria.
Program Committee Member, SIVA 2015, November 23-25, 2015, Guelma, Algeria.
Program Committee Member, IPTA 2015, November 10-13, 2015, Orleans, France.
Program Committee Member, CompSIC 2015, April 29th, 2015, Souk Ahras, Algeria.
Reviewer, ECCV 2014, September 6-7, 2014, Zurich, Switzerland.
Program Committee Member, SIVA 2013, November 18-20, 2013, Guelma, Algeria.
Visiting Fellowship
I have attended the 1Oth Summer School for Advanced Studies on Biometrics for Secure Authentication: How Biometrics Meets Forensics, Security and the E-Society Challenges for Tomorrow, Alghero, Italy (June 10-15, 2013).