Program - ICACTCE 2026

5th Edition · Conference Program

ICACTCE’26 Program

Two days of keynotes and technical sessions in Marrakech and online. All times are GMT.

22–23 October 2026 · Marrakech, Morocco · Hybrid

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4

Keynote talks

8

Technical sessions

61

Paper presentations

2

Days · physical & online

Schedule

Programme at a glance

Day 1 · Physical · Marrakech

Thursday 22 October

  • 08:30–09:00Registration
  • 09:00–09:30Opening speech
  • 09:30–10:30Keynote 1Prof. Dr. Hanane LamaaziChair: Prof. Nawal Ait Aali
  • 10:30–11:00Coffee break
  • 11:00–12:30Physical Session IAI for Intelligent Applications and Digital InnovationChairs: Prof. Nourane Laaffat · Prof. Ilyass Ouazzani Taybi
  • 12:30–14:00Lunch break
  • 14:00–15:00Keynote 2Dr. Mohamed BassiChair: Prof. Nawal Ait Aali
  • 15:00–17:00Physical Session IISecure and Resilient Smart SystemsChairs: Prof. Abdellah Nabou · Prof. Mohammed Aftatah
  • 17:00–18:00Closing ceremony

Day 2 · Online

Friday 23 October

  • 09:00–09:45Keynote 3Prof. Dr. Yassine MalehChair: Prof. Safaa Laqtib
  • 09:45–10:00Break
  • 10:00–12:003 parallel sessionsOnline Sessions I · II · IIICybersecurity · Healthcare & Education · Networks, Cloud & IoT
  • 12:00–14:00Break
  • 14:00–14:45Keynote 4Prof. Dr. Hajar MoudoudChair: Prof. Meriem Houmer
  • 14:45–15:00Break
  • 15:00–17:003 parallel sessionsOnline Sessions IV · V · VITrustworthy AI & Vision · ML for Prediction · Robust AI & Smart Applications
  • 17:00–17:30Closing ceremony

KeynotePhysical sessionOnline sessionCeremony / break

Invited speakers

Keynote talks

Prof. Dr. Hanane Lamaazi

Keynote 1 · Thu 22 Oct · 09:30–10:30

Prof. Dr. Hanane Lamaazi

UAE University, UAE

Trusted Intelligence: Securing AI, Preserving Privacy, and Building Cyber Resilience

Chair: Prof. Nawal Ait Aali

Dr. Mohamed Bassi

Keynote 2 · Thu 22 Oct · 14:00–15:00

Dr. Mohamed Bassi

Arias Tech Solutions, Marrakech, Morocco

From SAR Imagery to Operational Response: An AI System for Oil Spill Detection and Trajectory Forecasting

Chair: Prof. Nawal Ait Aali

Prof. Dr. Yassine Maleh

Keynote 3 · Fri 23 Oct · 09:00–09:45 · Online

Prof. Dr. Yassine Maleh

Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco

Securing Healthcare in the AI Era: The Double-Edged Sword

Chair: Prof. Safaa Laqtib

Prof. Dr. Hajar Moudoud

Keynote 4 · Fri 23 Oct · 14:00–14:45 · Online

Prof. Dr. Hajar Moudoud

Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada

Large Language Models as Both Weapon and Shield in Modern Cybersecurity

Chair: Prof. Meriem Houmer

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Technical sessions

Sessions and papers

Click a session header to collapse or expand it. Paper numbers are the CMT submission IDs.

Day 1 · Thursday 22 October · Physical

IPhysicalThu 22 Oct · 11:00–12:30 GMTAI for Intelligent Applications and Digital InnovationChairs: Prof. Nourane Laaffat · Prof. Ilyass Ouazzani Taybi · 6 papers
  • 39Privacy-Preserving AI Across Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of Federated Learning in EducationMahmoud Bidry, Mohamed Hanine, Abdellah Ouaguid
  • 41Constraining, Measuring, and Supervising a Parental AI Assistant with Parent Effectiveness Training: Prototype Design and Comparative EvaluationMohammed Boukoutaya, Fatimazahra Ammor, Houda Anoun, Rachida Ait Haddouch
  • 53PACE: A Multidimensional Evaluation Framework for Agents in Drug DiscoveryLeila Mekiani, Mohammed Ameksa, Mohamed-Amine Chadi, Hajar Mousannif
  • 113A Predictive Model for Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast CancerRomaissae Loukili, Chaïmâa Kissi, Tarik Boujiha, Azeddine Ibrahimi
  • 137Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous DrivingImad Akarzabi, Zakaria Boulouard, Moez Krichen
  • 138BOLAR: A Dataset and Benchmark for Arabic Land-Registration Extraction from the Moroccan Official GazetteAbdelkrim Aarab, Ahmed Oussous, Mohammed Saddoune
IIPhysicalThu 22 Oct · 15:00–17:00 GMTSecure and Resilient Smart SystemsChairs: Prof. Abdellah Nabou · Prof. Mohammed Aftatah · 8 papers
  • 2Threat Modeling and Cyber Resilience Enhancement for Smart Agriculture IoT SystemsZineb Nadifi, Mariyam Ouaissa, Mariya Ouaissa, Mohamed Alhyan, Ali Kartit
  • 8Distributed AI-driven SD-WAN Architecture for Critical Applications and Services: Network and Cybersecurity PerspectivesMoussa Malqui, Mariyam Ouaissa, Mariya Ouaissa, Mohamed Hanine
  • 22Energy-Aware WiFi/LoRa Failover and Buffer Management for Autonomous Automatic Weather StationsNabil Belachqar, Lahcen Hassine, Rida Benslimane, Hasna Chaibi, Abderrahmane El Mettiti, Rachid Saadane
  • 38PrivHealth: A Permissioned Blockchain-Governed Framework for Privacy-Verified Clinical Data ReleaseKhaoula Chafik, Mohamed Hanine, Abdellah Ouaguid
  • 134PrivTrack: An Automated Framework for Privacy Risk Assessment and Compliance Indicators AvailabilityHanane Lamaazi, Noura Alshamsi, Nayla Alnuaimi, Alyazia Alkaabi, Hind Alefari, Iman Alsayadi, Abdulmalik Alwarafy
  • 136Inclusive Digital Transformation: A Case Study on Digital Literacy and Agricultural Supply Management for UAE SeniorsAlyazia Alketbi, Shamma Alameri, Wadha Alketbi, Salma Alkhyeli, Hanane Lamaazi
  • 139Security Challenges and Resilience Strategies in Layered Medical Cyber-Physical SystemsNassima Ouardine, Mariyam Ouaissa, Mariya Ouaissa, Sanae El Hassani
  • 140Reliable and Secure V2X Architectures in 5G/6G Networks: Enabling Technologies and ChallengesMeryem Rhesdaoui, Mariya Ouaissa, Mariyam Ouaissa, My Ahmed El Kiram

Day 2 · Friday 23 October · Online · 10:00–12:00

IOnlineFri 23 Oct · 10:00–12:00 GMT · parallel with II, IIIAI-Driven Cybersecurity and Threat DetectionChairs: Prof. Hemant Kumar Saini · Prof. Zahra Oughannou · 8 papers
  • 6Blockchain-Based Consensus for Multi-Agent AI Penetration Testing: A Decentralized Security Validation FrameworkHamza Sahsah, Sallami Chougdali, Soufiane Mounir, Yassine Maleh
  • 24From Code-Level Evaluation to Pull-Request Gate Claims: An Evidence Audit of AI Vulnerability DetectorsFadwa Lamia, Mohammed Errais
  • 82Automated Defect Detection of Bridges and their Cables using Image RecognitionLohitha Sadhu, Charitha Reddy Kontham, Nishanth Kappala, Ch. Amarender Reddy, M. A. Jabbar
  • 108An Intelligent Docker-Based Multi-Service Honeypot for LLM-Driven Cyberattack Detection and Log AnalysisAbir Bouarfa, Mohammed Errais
  • 111Do Synthetic Minority Gains Survive Leakage Control? A Split-Sensitive Study of Network Intrusion DetectionZiad Charafi, Anass Rharif, Mounir Soufyane, Mounia Zaydi, Yassine Maleh
  • 122Conditional Leakage-Aware Feature Selection for IoT Botnet Detection with Reduced Device InferenceAnass Rharif, Ziad Charafi, Mounia Zaydi, Sofia Belkhala, Yassine Maleh
  • 131DeepFakeGuard-Video: Multimodal Deepfake Detection via EfficientNet-B0 and MFCC-CNN FusionFarah Abu Al-Soud, Marya Sabeha, Mais Alashqar, Bayan Alfarrayeh, Qasem Abu Al-Haija
  • 135Securing Cloud-Based LLM Services: A Threat-Driven Comparative Analysis of Prompt-Injection DefensesQasem Abu Al-Haija
IIOnlineFri 23 Oct · 10:00–12:00 GMT · parallel with I, IIITrustworthy AI for Healthcare and Education ApplicationsChairs: Prof. P R Anisha · Dr. Fatima Zahra Ouariach · 7 papers
  • 7Toward Trustworthy Clinical Decision Support Systems: Integrating Multimodal AI, Clinical Reasoning and ExplainabilityKaoutar Miftah, Abdessamad Belangour
  • 54Calibrated Annotation Budgets: A Robust Lower-Bound Criterion for Estimating the Minimal Labeling Effort in Biomedical Image SegmentationMostafa Essaddouki, Meryam Kechbal, Sidi Mohamed Douiri, Ahmed Bir-Jmel
  • 84Evaluating Fine-Tuning Methods of Pre-trained Language Models for Rare Diseases Mentions ExtractionEd-drissiya El-allaly, Ali Oubelkacem
  • 91Use and Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence for Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Care Navigation Among Sub-Saharan African Migrant Women in Morocco: An Exploratory Qualitative StudyAbdelkader Yacoubi, Mohcine Kodad, Mohammed Amine Lafraxo, Naima Abda
  • 93Saarthi: Within-Session Adaptive Tutoring Using Large Language Models Through Real-Time Confusion and Mastery DetectionVyshvika Kotagiri, SriVardhan Reddy Gangidi, Archusma Chillamacharla, Ishverya Tonta, M. A. Jabbar
  • 115Explainable AI for Early Multimodal Medical Diagnosis: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends (2019–2026)Basma Tlarhi, Oussama Hamal, Mohammed Benkhalifa
  • 130Ethical AI Governance in Higher Education: A Stakeholder–Life-cycle Framework for Intelligent Tutoring SystemsMohamed Lafham, Essaid El Bachari
IIIOnlineFri 23 Oct · 10:00–12:00 GMT · parallel with I, IISecure Networks, Cloud and IoT SystemsChairs: Prof. Kishor Kumar Reddy C · Dr. Ghita Lazrek · 8 papers
  • 40On the Complexity of Prediction Preservation and Faithfulness in TransformersSara Khader, Arafat Awajan
  • 56EC-MDS: An Edge-to-Cloud Reference Architecture for the Modern Data Stack in 5G/IoT Network TelemetryChayma Tlemcani, Abou Zakaria Faroukhi, Youssef Gahi
  • 86CloudGuard: A Secure Cloud File-Sharing Framework Using AES-GCM, Attribute-Based Key Protection, and Hybrid Access ControlAbdullah Abushpap, Osama Abushpap, Odai Al-Momani, Zaid Bolbol, Qasem Abu Al-Haija
  • 87Policy-Protected Key Management and Auditable Access Control for Secure Cloud CollaborationAbdullah Abushpap, Osama Abushpap, Odai Al-Momani, Zaid Bolbol, Qasem Abu Al-Haija
  • 97An Enhanced IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System for Obese AdultsLahcen Atti, Mohamed Saber, Nacer Boubkraoui, Mouhamed Dib, Hassan Ouahi
  • 99Federated Learning for the Internet of Things: Architectures and ChallengesLamyaa Moulad, Laila Moussaid, Noura El Mekadem, Chaimaa Watik
  • 112A Compact Quadruple-Fed SIW Self-Quadruplexing Slot Antenna for Quad-Band mmWave CommunicationsSujatha S, Mohammad Junaid Khan, Rusan Kumar Barik
  • 118Adaptive Multi-Feature Analysis for Robust GNSS Anomaly Detection Using Statistical and Spectral Signal CharacteristicsJasmine Sindhu, Abhishek Jain, Aditya Yadav

Day 2 · Friday 23 October · Online · 15:00–17:00

IVOnlineFri 23 Oct · 15:00–17:00 GMT · parallel with V, VIAdvances in Trustworthy AI, Computer Vision and Intelligent SystemsChairs: Prof. Inam Ullah Khan · Dr. Hajar Fares · 8 papers
  • 23A Comparative Benchmark of ML Classifiers for Learner Performance Prediction: Accuracy and EfficiencyIsmail Menyani, Ahmed Oussous, Ayoub Ait Lahcen
  • 25Forensic-RAGBench: Evaluating the Reliability and Integrity of Investigative RAG SystemsSivalingam Thangavel
  • 37Contour-First Drawing via Hybrid Imitation and Reinforcement Learning with Multi-Method Edge DecompositionYosra Moumtaz, Mohamed-Amine Chadi, Samar Mouchawrab
  • 55A Multi-Diagnostic Framework for Detecting Hidden Batch Leakage in Cross-Cohort ASD Transcriptomic ClassificationMahmoud Lham, Hicham Sadiki, Aicha Majda
  • 57Clinically Plausible Adversarial Attacks Against Early Sepsis Prediction: Robustness, Detection, and Safe AbstentionYassine Chahid, Anas Chahid, Ismail Chahid, Aissa Kerkour Elmiad
  • 70Back-Transliteration as Data Augmentation: A Controllable Arabic-to-Arabizi Generation Framework for Moroccan DarijaSoufiane Hajbi, Omayma Amezian, Loubna Salaheddine, Rabiaa Cheikh Maoulainine, Yassine Ziyad, Younes Chihab
  • 102Beyond LLM Alignment: A Failure Taxonomy and TrustOps-Driven Runtime Governance Framework for Multi-Agent SystemsHouda Boulerbah, Abou Zakaria Faroukhi, Youssef Gahi
  • 123Sensor-Risk Associations and Pareto Trade-offs in Literature-Derived Sensing Configurations for Blind and Low-Vision NavigationHamza Er-Rahmouny, Jihad Zahir, Mohamed Ait Babram
VOnlineFri 23 Oct · 15:00–17:00 GMT · parallel with IV, VIMachine Learning for Prediction, Forecasting and Decision SupportChairs: Prof. Hicham Boudlal · Prof. Khalid Qbouche · 8 papers
  • 5Benchmarking Machine-Learning Models against Persistence for Soil-Moisture Forecasting and Day-Ahead Irrigation DecisionsKhadija Lechqar, Mohammed Errais
  • 21A Novel Hybrid Approach for Stock Price Prediction by Combining VAE, Informer, and LSTMHouria Laaroussi, Fatima Guerouate, Asmaa Ez-Zaidi
  • 28Concept Drift Detection in Federated Ensemble Learning using SHAP ValuesBatool Armouti, Rawan Ghnemat
  • 52Multi-Dataset Evaluation of Lexical and Semantic Models for Recruitment ApplicationsAsmae Melliani, Mohammed Rziza
  • 73Digital Exclusion Bias in ML-Based Macroeconomic Indicators: Taxonomy, Formalization, and Audit ProtocolRihab Fannouch, Saïd Tounsi
  • 119Explanation Multiplicity under Automated Pipeline Search in Volatile Financial MarketsMariam Ait Al, Said Achchab, Younes Lahrichi
  • 125The Regime-Robustness Probe: A Four-Test Falsification Protocol for Affective-Text Stock-Movement PredictionAbdelkhaleq El Haddad, Said Achchab, Younès Lahrichi
  • 141Artificial Intelligence-Assisted SWAT Modeling for Climate Change Adaptation: A Bibliometric Analysis of an Emerging Research FieldAbdoul-Aziz Mamane Moussa, Zakaria Boulouard, Abdessalam Ouallali
VIOnlineFri 23 Oct · 15:00–17:00 GMT · parallel with IV, VRobust AI, Intelligent Systems and Smart ApplicationsChairs: Dr. Sarah El Himer · Dr. Firyal Latrache · 8 papers
  • 26Effect of Ambient and Cell Temperature on the State of Health and the State of Charge of Lithium-ion BatteryKhadija Akaabour, Salma Garmoum, Meryam El Mahri, Tarik Jarou
  • 61A Decomposition-Based Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Framework for the Two-Echelon Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time WindowsChaymaa Beneich, Sidi Mohamed Douiri
  • 66Decision Tree Gated Homogeneous and Heterogenous Machine Learning Mixture of Experts for Credit Card Fraud DetectionAdil Mazid, Soufiane Aouichaty, Yassine Maleh, Soufyane Mounir
  • 92Permutation Set Reduction Through Redundancy Analysis for Light Permutation Decoding of Short Binary Systematic QR CodesHamza Boualame, Mostafa Belkasmi, Idriss Chana
  • 114From Requirements to Planning Readiness: A Traceable Method for Smart ManufacturingInass Saidni, Jihane Gharib
  • 132Reference-Condition Performance Is Not Sufficient to Characterize Transmission Robustness in Frozen SSL Audio Deepfake DetectionKhadija Chakir, Youssef Gahi
  • 133Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control with Neural Network Disturbance Estimation for Electric Vehicle MotorsElmehdi Nasri, Tarik Jarou, Wissam Jenkal, Younes Elkoudia, Meryam Elmahri
  • 142Sensor Fusion-based Detection of Perception Attacks in Connected Autonomous VehiclesMohamed Alhyan, Mariya Ouaissa, Mariyam Ouaissa, Zineb Nadifi, Ali Kartit