Research Interest

• Machine Learning Security and Privacy

• Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Bio-inspired Architectures

• Hardware Security

• Approximate Computing

Publications

[c] Amira Guesmi, Ihsen Alouani, Khaled Khasawneh, Mouna Baklouti, Tarek Frikha, Mohamed Abid, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh "Defensive Approximation: Enhancing CNNs Security through Approximate Computing" https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3445814.3446747

[C] V. Venceslai, A. Marchisio, I. Alouani, M. Martina and M. Shafique "NeuroAttack: Undermining Spiking Neural Networks Security through Externally Triggered Bit-Flips" in The International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN 2020 (arXiv link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08041 )

[J] Mimouna, A., Alouani, I., Ben Khalifa, A., El Hillali, Y., Taleb-Ahmed, A., Menhaj, A., Ouahabi, A., Ben Amara, N.E. (2020). "OLIMP: A heterogeneous multimodal dataset for advanced environment perception." Electronics, 9(4): 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9040560

[C] Md S Islam, I. Alouani, K. Khasawneh "Approx-HMDs: Approximating Hardware MalwareDetectors to Defend Against Adversarial Attacks", Accepted WiP in Design Automation Conference 2020, DAC2020 San Francisco.

[C] K. Ali, I. Alouani, A. A. El Cadi, H. Ouarnoughi and S. Niar, “Cross-Layer CNN Approximations for Hardware Implementation", accepted in the 16th International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing, ARC2020 Toledo, Spain

[J] A. Ben Khalifa, I. JEGHAM, I. Alouani, M. A. Mahjoub, “Vision-based Human Action Recognition: An overview and Real World challenges”, in Digital Investigation, The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2019.200901

[J] A. Ben Khalifa, I. Alouani, Mohamed Ali Mahjoub, Najoua Essoukri Ben Amara, “Pedestrian Detection Using a Moving Camera: A Novel Framework For Foreground Detection”, in Cognitive Systems Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2019.12.003

[J] M. A. Neggaz, I. Alouani, S. Niar, and F. Kurdahi, “Are CNNs Reliable Enough for Critical Applications? An Exploratory Study”, in IEEE Design & Test, DOI: 10.1109/MDAT.2019.2952336

[J] I. Alouani, Hamzeh Ahangari, Ozcan Ozturk, Smaïl Niar: “Power-Efficient Reliable Register File for Aggressive-Environment Applications”. IET Computers & Digital Techniques.

[J] I. Alouani, Hamzeh Ahangari, Ozcan Ozturk, Smaïl Niar: “A Novel Heterogeneous Approximate Multiplier for Low Power and High Performance”. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters 10(2): 45-48 (2018).doi: 10.1109/LES.2017.2778341

[J] I. Alouani, W. M. Elsharkasy, A. M. Eltawil, F. J. Kurdahi and S. Niar, "AS8-static random access memory (SRAM): asymmetric SRAM architecture for soft error hardening enhancement," in IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 89-94, 1 2017. doi: 10.1049/iet-cds.2015.0318

[C] Imen Jegham, Anouar Ben Khalifa, Ihsen Alouani and Mohamed Ali Mahjoub, “MDAD: A Multimodal and multiview in-vehicle Driver Action Dataset” in the 18th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns SALERNO, 2-6 SEPTEMBER, 2019

[C] A. Chabot, I. Alouani, S. Niar, and R. Nouacer. 2019. “A new memory reliability technique for multiple bit upsets mitigation”. In Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers (CF '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 145-152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3310273.3321564

[C] I. JEGHAM, A. BEN KHALIFA, I. ALOUANI and M. A. MAHJOUB, "Safe Driving : Driver Action Recognition using SURF Keypoints," 2018 30th International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM), Sousse, Tunisia, 2018, pp. 60-63. doi: 10.1109/ICM.2018.8704009

[C] M. A. Neggaz, I. Alouani, P. R. Lorenzo and S. Niar, "A Reliability Study on CNNs for Critical Embedded Systems," 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Orlando, FL, USA, 2018, pp. 476-479. doi:10.1109/ICCD.2018.00077. URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8615727&isnumber=8615630

[C] A. Chabot, I. Alouani, S. Niar and R. Nouacer, "A Comprehensive Fault Injection Strategy for Embedded Systems Reliability Assessment," 2018 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP), Torino, Italy, 2018, pp. 22-28. doi: 10.1109/RSP.2018.8631986

[C] I. Alouani, T. Wild, A. Herkersdorf and S. Niar, "Adaptive Reliability for Fault Tolerant Multicore Systems," 2017 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Vienna, 2017, pp. 538-542. doi: 10.1109/DSD.2017.78

[C] H. Ahangari, I. Alouani, O. Ozturk and S. Niar, "Reconfigurable Hardened Latch and Flip-Flop for FPGAs," 2017 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Bochum, 2017, pp. 433-438. doi: 10.1109/ISVLSI.2017.82

[C] I. Alouani, H. Ahangari, O. Ozturk and S. Niar, "NS-SRAM: Neighborhood Solidarity SRAM for Reliability Enhancement of SRAM Memories," 2016 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Limassol, 2016, pp. 154-159. doi: 10.1109/DSD.2016.12

[C] H. Ahangari, I. Alouani, O. Ozturk, S. Niar and A. Rivenq, "Register file reliability enhancement through adjacent narrow-width exploitation," 2016 International Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (DTIS), Istanbul, 2016, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/DTIS.2016.7483882

[C] I. Alouani, S. Niar, Y. El-Hillali and A. Rivenq-Menhaj, "Modeling transistor level masking of soft errors in combinational circuits," 2015 IEEE East-West Design & Test Symposium (EWDTS), Batumi, 2015, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/EWDTS.2015.7493140

[C] I. Alouani, B. L. Mediouni and S. Niar, "A multi-objective approach for software/hardware partitioning in a multi-target tracking system," 2015 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP), Amsterdam, 2015, pp. 119-125. doi: 10.1109/RSP.2015.7416556