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Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Dr. Naoufel Werghi Khalifa University,

POBOX 127788, Abu-Dhabi, UAE.

[email protected] Nationality: UK

https://sites.google.com/site/drnaoufelwerghi/home

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Education

1996: PhD in Computer Vision, University of Strasbourg, France.

1993: Master in Instrumentation and Control, University of Rouen, France.

1992: Eng. Diploma Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Ingenieurs Monastir, Tunisia.

Employment Experience

2012-Present : Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Khalifa University, UAE.

2009-2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khalifa

University, UAE

2003-2008 Assistant Professor, College of Information Technology, University of Dubai UAE.

2000-2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Computing Sciences, University of Glasgow,

1997-1999: Research Fellow, Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK.

1996 Lecturer, National college of physics, University of Strasbourg, France.

Research Interests

2D/3D image data analysis , interpretation and modelling with application to smart systems,

medicine, biometry and security.

Teaching Experience

Multimedia Technology Computer graphics Java programming C++ programming

Software engineering Artificial intelligence Data structure & algorithms Image processing

Discrete maths Math for Engineers

Professional certificates Collaborative institutional training initiative (CITI) certificates in

Conflicts of Interest

Researchers (IPS)

Responsible Conduct of Research for Engineers

Students/Instructors (IPS)

mailto:[email protected]

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Technical Skills

Programming languages and libraries: Java, Java3D, C++, JavaScript, OpenGL, OpenCV

Web graphics languages VRML, X3D, WebGL

IDE NetBeans, Eclipse, VB.net

Operating Systems MS-Windows, Unix, Linux

Languages: English, French, Arabic

Research Grants

Year Title Fund Source Role Affiliation

2016 Automatic polyp detection in endoscopy videos 152571 AJF PI Khalifa University

2015 Hamama: context-aware cloud-based robot assistance for informal care

195000 KU Co-PI Khalifa University

2015 Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Early and Automated Detection of Infantile Dysmorphic Syndromes in the UAE

1674000 DHS KU PI Khalifa University

2014 Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Early Detection of Cervix Cancer from Pap Smear images.

75 900 DHS TFF PI Khalifa University

2014 People identification from Partially Hidden 3D Facial Images

160 000 DHS NRF* PI Khalifa University

2014 Detecting Down Syndrome in Infants Using Facial 2D and 3D Images

190 000 DHS KU PI Khalifa University

2013-2014

Defining the Ancestral Lineages of Arabian Tribes using Mitochondrial DNA towards defining Arab Haplotypes for Fine Mapping of Disease Gene

195 000 DHS KU Co-PI Khalifa University

2013 3D face matching for incomplete 3D facial images 195 000 DHS KU PI Khalifa University

2013 Engineering Personalized Medicine in the United Arab Emirates

2400 000 DHS KU Co-PI Khalifa University

2012 A Grading System for Assessing Posterior Capsule Opacifiaction using Medical Images

194 500 DHS NRF PI Khalifa University

2012 Algorithms for Watermarking Dubai-Sate1 Images 196 000 DHS KU Co-PI Khalifa University

2009 People Recognition and Identification Based on 3D Facial Images

181 000 DHS EF PI Khalifa University

2001 Automatic segmentation and fitting of Human Body Shapes from 3D Images

55 000 GBP ESPRC (UK)

PI University of Glasgow

2000 Automatic segmentation of 3D images 3 000 GPB CTF (UK)

PI University of Glasgow

1999 Reconstruction of Built Environments for Virtual Reality Applications Using Architectural knowledge

75 000 GPB ESPRC (UK)

Co-PI University of Edinburgh

Visiting Professorships

June 2016 Institut Mines-Telecom, University Lille1, France

June-2015 Sheikh Zayed Institute for for the Paediatric Surgical Innovation, Washington DC

April-2015 Faculty of Sciences Monastir, University of Centre, Tunisia

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

April-2013 Faculty of Sciences Monastir, University of Centre, Tunisia

May-2013 Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korean Advanced

Institute of Sciences and Technology, South Korea.

June-2012 Media Integration Communication Center, University of Florence, Italy.

April-2012 Department of Informatics, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Tunisia.

March-2002 Institute of Computer Sciences and Telecommunication, Hammam Sousse,

Tunisia.

March-2001 Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, University of Louisville,

Kentucky.

Awards and Scholarships

2014 NRF University-Industry Research Collaboration Award, UAE.

2012 NRF University-Industry Research Collaboration Award, UAE.

2011 BEST PAPER AWARD in Int. Conference Computer Vision Theory and Applications,

Portugal.

2011 DAAD Internship Award for the project “Early Detection of Lung Cancer Based on

Sputum Color Images Analysis.

Patents

A Low-Cost Range Finder using a Visually Located, Structured Light Source(Link). Europe

9822410.8 C. Robertson, A. Ashbrook, Bob Fisher, N. Werghi.

Publications

Refereed Journals

32. N. Werghi, C. Tortorici, S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, ‘’ Boosting 3D LBP-based Face Recognition by

Fusing Shape and Texture Descriptors on the Mesh’’, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics &

Security, Vol*, No*, pp.*, 2016.

31. N Medimegh, S Belaid, N Werghi, “A Survey of the 3D Triangular Mesh Watermarking

Techniques”, International Journal of Multimedia.

30. F. Taher, N. Werghi, H. Al-Ahmad, “: Computer Aided Diagnosis System For Early Lung

Cancer Detection”, Algorithms, Journal, 2015.

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29. N. Werghi, S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, “The mesh-LBP: a Framework for Extracting Local

Binary Patterns from Discrete Manifolds”, IEEE transactions on image processing, Vol. 24, No. 1,

pp. 220-235, 2015. *spotlighted on research gate*

28. N. Werghi, C. Tortorici, S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, “Local Binary Patterns on Triangular

Meshes: Concept and Applications”, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, pp.**, 2015.

27- S. Berretti, N. Werghi, A.D. Bimbo P. Pala, “Selecting stable keypoints and local descriptors

for person identification using 3D face scans”, The Visual Computer, springer, 2014, pp. 31-41.

26- A. Vivekanand, N. Werghi, H. Al-Ahmad, “Multi-scale Roughness Approach for Assessing

Posterior Capsule Opacification”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol.18,

No.6, pp. 1923 – 1931, 2014.

25- N. Werghi, N. Medimegh, S. Gazzah, “Watermarking of 3D Triangular Mesh Models using

Ordered Ring Facets, Transactions on Systems, Signals & Devices, Issues on Communication &

Signal Processing, vol. 9, No. 3, 2014.

24-F Taher, N Werghi, H. Al-Ahmad, C Donner, “Extraction and Segmentation of Sputum Cells

for Lung Cancer Early Diagnosis”, Algorithms 6 (3), 512-531, 2013.

23-F. Taher, N. Werghi, Hussain Al-Ahmad, C.Donner , "Automatic Sputum Color Image

Segmentation for Lung Cancer Diagnosis”, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems,

(TIIS) 7 (1), 68-80 2012

22- S. Berretti, N. Werghi, A.D. Bimbo P. Pala, Matching 3D Face Scans using Interest Points

and Local Histogram Descriptors”, Computers & Graphics, Elsevier. 2013.

21-N. Werghi, M. Rahayem, J. Kjellander. “An ordered topological representation of 3D

triangular mesh facial surface: Concept and applications”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in

Signal Processing, pp.144, 2012.

20-Fatma Taher, Naoufel Werghi, Hussain Al-Ahmad and Rachid Sammouda, “Lung Cancer

Detection by Using Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Clustering Methods”, American Journal

of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 3, June 2012.

19-M Rahayem, N Werghi, J Kjellander, “Best ellipse and cylinder parameters estimation from

laser profile scan sections”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering , 50 (9), 1242-1259, 2012.

18-N. Werghi, “Extracting Ordered Patterns from a Triangular Mesh Surface: Approach and

Potential Applications”, IEEE Potentials, Vol. 30, No.6, pp.34-43, November 2011.

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17-N.Werghi, “Assessing the Regularity of 3D Triangular Mesh Tessellation Using a Topological

Structured Pattern”, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, Vol. 8, No.5, pp.633-648, 2011.

16-F. Kamoun, N. Werghi, M. Al Blushi, “On the Appropriateness of Incident Management

Systems in Developing Countries: A Case from the UAE”, Journal of Technology Management

& Innovation, Vol. 5(4), pp.57-69, 2011.

15-N. Werghi, H. Boukadida and Y. Meguebli, “The spiral facets: A unified framework for the

analysis and description of 3D facial mesh surface”, 3D Research, Springer, Vol.1, No.3, p.1-11,

2010.

14-N. Werghi, R. Sammouda, F. Alkirbi, “An unsupervised learning approach based on a

Hopfield-like network for assessing Posterior Capsule Opacification from digital images”,

Pattern Analysis and Applications, Springer, Vol. 13, No. 4, November 2010

13-F. Kamoun, N. Werghi, M. AlBlushi, “GENIMS- A User-Centric and GIS-Enabled Incident

Management System”, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology,

Inderscience, Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.167-185., 2010

12-N. Werghi, F.Kamoum, “A Decision-Tree based System for Student Academic Advising and

Planning in Information Systems Program”, International Journal of Business Information

Systems, Vol.5, No.1, pp.1-18, 2010 Inderscience.

11-N. Werghi, “Robust 3D Object Registration Based on a Pairwise Matching of Geometric

Distribution”, International Journal of Computers and Applications, ACTA press, Vol. 31, No.1,

pp.1-8 2009.

10-N. Werghi, Y. Xiao, P. Siebert , “A Functional-Based Segmentation of Human Body Scans in

Arbitrary Postures,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 36, No.1, pp.

153-165, February 2006.

9-N. Werghi, “A Robust Approach for Constructing a Graph Representation of Articulated and

Tubular-like Objects from 3D Scattered Data”, Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier, Volume 27,

No.6, pp. 643-651, April 2006.

8-N. Werghi, “A Discriminative 3D Wavelet-based Descriptors: Application to the Recognition of

Human Body Postures”, Pattern recognition letters, Elsevier, Vol.26, No.5, pp.663-677, 2005.

7-N. Werghi, “Segmentation and Modelling of Full Human Body Shape From 3D Scan Data: A

Survey”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol.37, No.6, pp., November,

2007.

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6-N. Werghi, Y. Xiao, P. Siebert , “Labeling of Three Dimensional Human Body Scans: A

Topological Approach”, International Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 7, No. 2 , pp. 255-272,

2007.

5-N.Werghi, “ A Geometric Distribution Based Approach For Aligning 3D Digital Object Models”,

International Journal of Computers and Their Applications, ISCA press, Vol.14, No.4, pp.223-23,

December 2007.

4-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, C.Robertson, A. Ashbrook, “Shape Reconstruction Incorporating

Multiple Non-Linear Geometric Constraints, Constraints Journal, Kluwer, Vol.7, No.2, pp.

117-149, 2002.

3- N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, C.Robertson, A. Ashbrook. Faithful Recovering of Quadric Surfaces

From 3D Range Data By Global Fitting. International Journal of Shape Modeling, Vol.6, No.1,

pp.65-78, 2000.

2-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, C.Robertson, A. Ashbrook, “Object Modeling by Incorporating

Geometric Constraints”, Computer-Aided Design, Elsevier, Vol.31, No.6, pp.363-399, May 1999.

1- T M Aslam, B Dhillon, N Werghi, A Taguri, A Wadood, “Systems of analysis of posterior

capsule opacification”, British Journal of Ophthalmology. No.86, pp.1181-1186 2002.

Refereed Conferences

74- M.C. El Rai, C. Tortorici, H. Al-Muhairi, M. Linguraru, N. Werghi, ‘’3D Constrained local

model with independent component analysis and non-gaussian shape prior”, IEEE Int. Conf.

Image Processing, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, UAE, pp **

73- I. Reda, A. Shalaby, F. Khalifa, M. Elmogy, A. Aboulfotouh, M. Abou El-Ghar, E. Hosseini-Asl,

N.l Werghi, R. Keynton, A. El-Baz, “Computer-Aided Diagnostic Tool for Early Detection of

Prostate Cancer”, IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, UAE, pp.

72- M.C. El-Rai, C Tortorici, H Al-Muhairi, HA Safar, N Werghi, “Landmarks Detection on 3D Face

Scans Using Local Histogram Descriptors”, IEEE 18TH Mediterranean Electrotechnical

Conference, Melecon 2016, Cyprus, 2016, pp.1-5

71- N. Medimegh, S. Belaid, N. Werghi, “Statistical Robust Watermarking for 3D Mesh Models

Based on Salient Points”, 2nd international Conference on Advanced Technologies for Signal &

Image Processing ATSIP’2016, pp- 52-56

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70-N. Werghi, C. Tortorici, S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo , Representing 3D Texture on Mesh

Manifolds for Retrieval and Recognition Applications, IEEE Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern

Recognition, CVPR2015, pp. p. 2521-2530, Boston, USA, 2015.

69- N. Werghi, C. Tortorici, S. Berretti, “Boosting 3D LBP-based Face Recognition by Fusing

Shape and Texture Descriptors on the Mesh”, IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, 2015, Quebec

city, Canada, 2015.

68-N. Werghi, C. Tortorici, S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo , “Computing Local Binary Patterns on Mesh

Manifolds for 3D Texture Retrieval”, 8th eurographics workshop on 3d object retrieval, pp.**

Zurich, Switzerland, 2015

67- M.C. El-Rai, N Werghi, C Tortorici, H Al-Muhairi, HA Safar, “Landmark Detection from 3D

Mesh Facial Models for Image-based”, IEEE Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,

Milan, Italy, pp.**, 2015

66-A.El Khatib, N. Werghi, H.Al-Ahmad, “Automatic polyp detection: A comparative study” IEEE

Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milan, pp.2669-2672, 2015.

65- M.C. El-Rai, N Werghi, C Tortorici, H Al-Muhairi, HA Safar, “Mesh LBP features for 3D

constrained local model”, Int. Conf, on Information and Communication Technology Research

(ICTRC), pp.144-147, Abu-Dhabi, UAE 2015

64-M. EL-Rai, M Chendeb, N. Werghi, H Al Muhairi, H Alsafar, “Using facial images for the

diagnosis of genetic syndromes: A survey”, IEEE Conf. Communications, Signal Processing, and

their Applications (ICCSPA), Sharjah, UAE, 2015.

63-M. Chendeb, N.Werghi, H. AlMuhairi, H. Alsaffar, “Using facial images for the diagnosis of

genetic syndromes: A survey”, International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing,

and their Applications, pp.1-6, Sharjah, UAE, 2015.

62- N. Medimegh, S. Belaid, N. Werghi, “3D Triangular Mesh Watermarking: A Survey”,

International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications, pp.*,

Sharjah, UAE, 2015.

61- Z. Qian, N.Werghi, et al , “Ensemble Learning for the Detection of Facial Dysmorphology”,

Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Chicago, USA, 2014.

60- N. Werghi, S. Berretti, A.D. Bimbo, “Computing Local Binary Patterns on Discrete

Manifolds”, Proc. Int. Conf. Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2014, Stockholm , Sweden, 2014.

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59-N. Werghi, S. Berretti, A.D. Bimbo P. Pala, “The Mesh-LBP: Computing Local Binary Patterns

on Discrete Manifolds”, Proc. ICCV 2013 workshop on 3D Representation and Recognition ,

2013 (3dRR-13)

58-S. Berretti, N Werghi, A Del Bimbo, P Pala, “Geometric histograms of 3D keypoints for face

identification with missing parts”, Eurographics 2013 Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, 57-64

57-N. Werghi, S. Berretti, A.D. Bimbo P. Pala, “Local Descriptors matching or 3D Face

Recognition”, IEEE Int, Conference on Image Processing , ICIP 2013, Melbourne, Australia,

October 2013.

56-F. Taher, H Al-Ahmad, N Werghi, Early detection of lung cancer based on sputum color image

analysis, IEEE Conf. Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), pp.62-63, AbuDhabi, UAE, Nov. 2013.

55-F. Taher, N Werghi, H Al-Ahmad, “Comparison of Hopfield Neural Network and mean shift algorithm

in segmenting sputum color images for lung Cancer Diagnosis”, AbuDhabi, UAE, pp.649-652 Nov. 2013

54-F Taher, N Werghi, H Al-Ahmad, “Segmentation of sputum color image for lung cancer diagnosis

based on mean shift algorithm”, IEEE Africon, pp.1-6, Mauritus,Sep. 2013

53-N. Werghi, H. Bhaskar, M. K. Naqbi, Y. Meguebli, H. Boukadida, “The Spiral Facets: A

Compact 3D Facial Mesh Surface Representation and Its Applications”, Lecture Notes on

Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol.274,Communications, Springer-

Verlag. 2013

52-N Werghi, N Bnouni, S Gazzah,” Data embedding of 3D triangular mesh models using ordered ring facets”, IEEE Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD), 2013 10th International Multi-

Conference, Tunisia , 2013

51-N Werghi, N Medimegh, S Gazzah, “Data embedding of 3D triangular mesh models using

ordered ring facets”, IEEE Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD), 2013 10th International Multi-

Conference,, Tunisia , 2013

50-N. Werghi, “'Face-Tree: a Compact Discrete 3D Face Shape Representation”, IEEE

International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications

(ICCSPA'13). February 2013, Sharjah, UAE

49-N.Werghi, C.Donner, F.Taher, H.AlAhamad, “Detection and segmentation of sputum cell for

early lung cancer detection” IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Orlando, USA

2012.

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48-N.Werghi, C.Donner, F.Taher, H.AlAhamad, “Segmentation Of Sputum Cell Image For Early

Lung Cancer Detection”, IET Conference on Image Processing,London, UK, 2012.

47-F. Taher, N. Werghi, H. AlAhmad, “A thresholding approach for detection of sputum cell for

lung cancer early diagnosis”, IET Conference on Image Processing, pp.**,London, UK, 2012.

46-N.Werghi, C.Donner, F.Taher, H.AlAhamad, “Cell Extraction from Sputum Images for Early

Lung Cancer Detection”, 16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)

Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2012.

45-F. Taher, N. Werghi and H. Al-Ahmad, “Sputum Image Detection and Extraction for Lung

Cancer Early Diagnosis”, accepted to be appearing in the 11th International Conference on

Information Science, signal processing and their application, 3-5, July, 2012, Montreal, Canada.

44- F. Taher, N. Werghi, H. AlAhmad, “Extraction of Sputum Cells using Thresholding

Techniques for Lung Cancer Detection”, Proc. 8th International Conference on innovation in

Information Technology, Al Ain ,UAE, 2012.

43-N.Werghi, M. Naqbi, “A Novel Surface Pattern for 3D Facial Surface Encoding and

Alignment”, IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2011), Anchorage, Alaska,

USA, 2011.

42-N. Werghi, M.K. Naqbi, "3D Face Matching: An Alignment Approach Using an Ordered Facial

Surface", International Conference and Workshop on Current Trends in Information

Technology, October 2011, Dubai, UAE

41-N. Werghi, H.Bhaskar, Y.Meguebli, H.Boukadia, “The Spiral Facets: A Unified Framework for

the Analysis and Description of 3D Facial Mesh Surfaces”, Proc. Int. Conference Computer

Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP) 2011, pp. 30-39, Algrave Portugal, 2011 BEST PAPER

AWARD.

40-N. Werghi, H.Bhaskar, S. Almansouri, “Rectangular Empty Parking Space Detection Using

Sift Based Classification”, Proc. Int. Conference Computer Vision Theory and Applications

(VISAPP) 2011, pp. 30-39, Algrave Portugal, 2011

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39-F.Kamoun, N.Werghi, A. Belushi, “a framework for guiding towards adopting appropriate

ims solutions in developing countries”, Proc. IADIS Information Systems 2011, Avila, Spain,

2011.

38-N. Werghi, H. Bhaskar, A. Malek, “Extraction and Alignment of Facial Regions for 3D Facial

Image-Based Recognition”, IEEE GCC Conference, Dubai, UAE, February 2011.

37-H.Bhaskar, N.Werghi, “Comparing Hough and Radon Transform based Parallelogram

Detection”, IEEE GCC Conference, Dubai, UAE, February 2011.

36-N. Werghi, “The 3D Facial Kernel: Application to Facial Surface Spherical Mapping and

Alignment”, IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2010) , Istanbul, Turkey,

pp.356-361, October 2010.

35-N.Werghi, H. Boukadida, Y. Meguebli, H. Bhaskar, “Nose Detection and Face Extraction from

3D Raw Facial Surface Based on Mesh Quality Assessment” IEEE IECON 2010 conference,

Phoenix, AZ, USA, pp. 1161 - 1166 ,November 2010.

34-H. Bhaskar, N. Werghi ,Saeed Al. Mansoori “Combined Spatial and Transform Domain

Analysis for Rectangle Detection”, Proc. 13th International Conference on Information Fusion,

Edinburgh, UK, 2010.

33-N. Werghi, “Extracting Topologically Arranged Features From Triangular Mesh Facial

Surface: The Approach and Potential Applications”, Int. Conf. Image Analysis and Recognition,

Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, Halifax, Canada, pp. 491-501, 2009.

32-N.Werghi, Hussein Fakhry, “A Network based Holistic Framework for Learning Outcomes

Assessment in Information Systems Programs”, Proc. IADIS International Conference

Information Systems , Barcelona, Spain February 2009

31-N.Werghi, “The FacePrint:A New Representation for 3D Facial Shape”, Proc . 5th

International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, pp. Al Ain, UAE, 2008.

30-N. Werghi, Faouzi Kamoun, “A Decisions-Tree Based System for Student Academic Advising

and Planning in Information Systems Program” Proc. 13th Asian-Pacific Decision Sciences

Conference, Brisbane, Autralia, July 2008

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29-N. Werghi, “The Discrete Surface kernel, Framework and Applications” Proc. IEEE Int.

Conference on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems, pp.888-892, Chengdu, China 2008.

28- N.Werghi, “An unsupervised learning approach based on Hopefiled-like network for

assessing posterior capsule opacifiaction”, Proc. International Conference on Machine Vision

Applications, pp.416-419, Tokyo, Japan, 2007,

27-N. Werghi, “Segmentation and Modelling of Full Human Body Shape from 3D Scan Data: A

survey”, Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision and Applications, , pp.189-195,

Setubal, Portugal February 2006.

26-Y. Xiao, N.Werghi, P. Siebert, “Topological Segmentation of Discrete Human Body Shapes in

Various Postures Based on Geodesic Distance”, Proc. International Conference on Pattern

Recognition, pp.131-135, Cambridge, UK, August, 2004.

25-Y. Xiao, N.Werghi, P. Siebert, “A Topological approach based on Discrete Reeb-Graph for

the Segmentation of Human Body Scans”. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on 3D Imaging and

modeling, pp. pp. 378- 385, Alberta, Canada, October 2003

24-Y. Xiao, N.Werghi, P. Siebert, “A Topological Approach for Segmenting Human Body

Shape.”, Proc. Int. Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, pp.82- 87. Mantova, Italy,

September 2003.

23-N. Werghi, Y. Xiao, "Wavelet Moments for Recognizing Human Body Posture from 3D scans", Proc. International Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp.123-126, , Quebec City, Canada, September 2002. 22-N.Werghi, Y.Xiao, “Posture Recognition and Segmentation from 3D Human Body Scans", Proc International Conference of 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission. Padova, Italy, pp. 456-570, June, 2002

21-N. Werghi, “Recognition of Human Body Posture from a Cloud of 3D Data Points Using

Wavelet Transform Coefficients”, Proc. International Conference on Automatic Face and

Gesture Recognition Washington ,USA, May 2002

20-N. Werghi, R.B Fisher, C. Robertson, “Cosntrained Object-Reconstruction Incorporating Free-

form Surfaces”, Spanish Symposium on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis. pp.273-280,

Benicasim, Spain, May 2001

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19-C. Robertson, R. B. Fisher, N. Werghi, A. P. Ashbrook. "Fitting of Constrained Feature Models

to Poor 3D Data", Proc. Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture, pp 149-160,

Plymouth, UK, April, 2001

18-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, A. Ashbrook, C.Robertson, “Faithful recovering of quadric surfaces

from 3D range data.”, International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling , pp.280-

289., Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 1999.

17-R.B Fisher, A.P, Ashbrook AP, C. Robertson, N. Werghi . “A low-cost range finder using a

visually located, structured light source”, Proc. International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging

and Modeling, pp.24-33. Los Alamitos, CA, USA 1999

16-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, A. Ashbrook, C.Robertson, "Improving Second-order Surfaces

Estimation", Proc. British Machine Vision Conference, pp 275—284, Nottingham, UK,

September 1999.

15-A. P. Ashbrook, R. B. Fisher, C. Robertson, N. Werghi, "Construction of Articulated Models

from Range Data", Proc. British Machine Vision Conference, Nottingham, UK, pp 183-192,

September 1999.

14-C. Robertson, R. B. Fisher, N. Werghi, A. Ashbrook, "An Improved Algorithm to Extract

Surfaces from Complete Range Descriptions", Proc. World Manuf. Conf, WMC'99, pp 592-598,

ICSC Academic Press, Durham, September. 1999,

13-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, A. Ashbrook, C.Robertson, “Improvement of Quadric Surface

Estimation of Manufactured Objects”, Proc. 2nd World Manufacturing Congress, pp.587-591,

Durham, UK, September, 1999.

12-C.Robertson, R.B. Fisher, N. Werghi, A..P. Ashbrook. An Evolutionary Approach to Fitting

Constrained Degenerate Second Order Surfaces. Proc. European Workshop on Evolutionary

Inage Analysis, Signal Processing and Telecommunications, pp.1-16, Lecture Notes on

Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Goteborg, Sweden, May, 1999.

11-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, A. Ashbrook, C.Robertson, “Modelling Objects Having Quadric

Surfaces Incorporating Geometric Constraints. Proc. European Conference on Computer Vision,

pp.185-201, Friburg, Germany, June 1998.

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~naoufelw/Papers/3dim99.ps

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10-A. P. Ashbrook, R. B. Fisher, C. Robertson, N. Werghi, “Finding Surface Correspondance for

Object Recognition and Registration Using Pairwise Geometric Histograms”, Proc European

Conference on Computer Vision, pp.674-686, Friburg, Germany, June, 1998.

9-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, A. Ashbrook, C.Robertson Towards object modelling by incorporating

geometric constraints. Proc IEEE International Workshop on Model-Based 3D Image Analysis,

pp. 45-53, Bombay, India, January, 1998.

8-A. P. Ashbrook, R. B. Fisher, C. Robertson, N. Werghi, “Segmentation of Range Data into

Rigid Subsets using Planar Surface Patches”, . Proc. Int. Conference on Computer Vision, pp.

201-206, Bombay, India, January, 1998.

7-N. Werghi, R.B. Fisher, A. Ashbrook, C.Robertson, “Improving model shape acquisition by

incorporating geometric constraints” Proc. British Machine Vision Conference, pp. 520-529,

Essex, UK, September, 1997.

6-A. P. Ashbrook, R. B. Fisher, C. Robertson, N. Werghi, "Segmentation of Range Data into Rigid

Subsets using Planar Surface Patches", Proc. British Machine Vision Conference BMVC97, Essex,

pp 530—539, September, 1997.

5-N. Werghi, C.Doignon, G.Abba, “Ellipse Fitting and Three-Dimensional Localization of

Objects Based on Elliptic Features”, Proc. IEEE.International Conference on Image Processing.

Vol.1, pp.57-60, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 1996.

4-N. Werghi, C.Doignon, G.Abba, “Pose Estimation of Objects Based on Circular Patterns in

Monocular Computer Vision”, Proc, SPIE’s Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation

Symposium, Denver Colorado, USA, 1996.

3-C.Doignon, N. Werghi, G.Abba, E.Ostertag, “Localization of Objects by a Monocular Vision

System for Robotic Task”, Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems

(IAS-4); IOS press, pp. 513-520. Karlsruhe, Germany; March 1995.

2-N.Werghi, C,Doignon, “Contour feature extraction withe Wavelet Transform and

Parametrization of Elliptic Curves With an Unbiased Extended Kalman Filter”, Asian Conference

on Computer Vision, Vol.3, Singapore, 1995, pp.186-190.

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

1-C. Doignon, N.Werghi, G.Abba, “Reconnaissance et Localisation d’Objects en Robotique par

un Systeme de Vision Monoculaire”. Proc. Industrial Conference in Industrial Automation, Vol.2,

pp.5111-516, Nancy, France 1995.

Academic activities

PhD supervision

Year Student Title Affiliation

2016-Present

C.Tortoricci Detecting and interpreting 3D facial patterns from multi-modal data

Khalifa University

2014 F. Taher Early Detection of Lung Cancer Based on Sputum Color Images Analysis

Khalifa University

2004 Y. Xiao Automatic segmentation and fitting of whole human body shape

University of Glasgow

PhD Examination


2016 E. Basaeed Remote-sensing Image Segmentationusing Convolutional Neural Network andIts Applications to Pan-sharpening and Detection

Khalifa University, UAE

2010 M.Rehayem Segmentation and fitting for geometric reverse engineering

Orbero University, Sweden

Master thesis supervision


2016-Present

B. Taha Automatic Polyp Detection in Endoscopy Videos Khalifa University

2013 N. Mdimegh 3D triangular mesh watermarking using ordered ring facets

Nat. School of Engineering, Tunisia

2013 N. Bnouni 3D face identification by fusion of spiral facets descriptors

Nat. School of Engineering, Tunisia

2011 H. Boukadida Facial landmark detection and facial surface alignment using 3D images

University of Tunis, Tunisia

2011 Y. Megubli Extraction of facial descriptors from 3D images

University of Tunis, Tunisia

2007 F. Alkirbi PCO Assessment Using Digital Images University of Sharjah

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Research Associate Supervision

Year R.A Project Affiliation

2015 A.Elkahteeb Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Early Detection of Cervix Cancer from Pap Smear images.

Khalifa University

2015 M-Chendeb Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Early and Automated Detection of Infantile Dysmorphic Syndromes

Khalifa University

2015 2014

C. Tortotici People identification from Partially Hidden 3D Facial Images

Khalifa University

2013 M-Chendeb Detecting Down Syndrome in Infants Using Facial 2D and 3D Images

Khalifa University

A. Vivekanand Design and Implementation of a Grading System for Assessing Posterior Capsule Opacifiaction using Medical Digital Images

Khalifa University

2012 S. Khalifa 3D face matching for incomplete 3D facial images Khalifa University

Master thesis examination:


2016 L. Elhiny Load partitioning for matrix-matrix multiplication On a cluster of cpu-gpu nodes using The divisible load paradigm

American University of Sharjah

2016 N, AbuRaed High-ISO Image De-noising and Quantum Imaging

Khalifa University

2015 D. Atia Bio-inspired Self-Organizing Services Khalifa University

2014 E.Salahat Real-Time Extraction of Maximally Stable Extremal Regions on SoC for Visual Surveillance

Khalifa University

2013 A. Elkhatib Learning-Based Space-Time Adaptive Processing

American University of Sharjah

2012 S. Khalifa Acquisition and Tracking of Dynamic 3D Objects Using Kinect Sensors

University of Sharjah

2011 A. AlMuhairi Monitoring Abnormalities in UAE’s Seawater Using Image Processing Algorithms

Khalifa University

2009 F. AlKaabi A Human-Robot Interface for Controlling Urban Search and Rescue Robots

Khalifa University

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

2007 F. Taher Unsupervised learning system for early lung cancer detection.

University of Sharjah

Final Year Project Supervision

Year Title Affiliation

2016 Managing Infant data for Down Syndrome Detection Khalifa University

2015 Image analysis tools for remote sensing applications Khalifa University

2014 A Holistic medical system expert mobile application Khalifa University

2013 Interactive Autonomous Mobile Campus Guide Robot Khalifa University

2013 Cocktail Watermarking of Remote Sensing Satellite Still Images Khalifa University

2012 Image compression techniques for satellite images Khalifa University

2011 Vegetation monitoring using satellite image Khalifa University

2010 Extraction and analysis of facial patterns for the alignment of the 3D facial images

Khalifa University

2009 Extracting and comparing face representation for 3D facial image-based recognition

Khalifa University

2009 Extraction and alignment of facial regions for 3D facial image-based recognition

Khalifa University

2009 Intelligent Parking Allocation System

Khalifa University

2002 Human Body Model Animation Based on Motion Capture University of Glasgow, UK

2001 Gesture tracking University of Glasgow, UK

2001 Human Body Model Animation Based on Motion Capture University of Glasgow, UK

Scholarship activities

Researh Proposal Evaluation -Proposal Title: “Identification of Genetic and Molecular Basis of hearing loss in two UAE

affected Families”, Funding body: University of Sharjah, UAE, 2016.

-Proposal title: “3D Digital Reality Generation Using off-the-shelf Time of Flight Depth

Sensors”, Funding body: University of Sharjah, UAE, 2015.

Faculty Promotion Evaluation

Dr. Dr. Young-Ji Byon, Khalifa University, UAE, 2016.

Dr. Mahmud S. Alkoffash, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan,

2016

Dr. Basel AlMourad Zayed University, UAE, 2014

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Journal referee IEEE transactions image processing

IEEE transaction informaton Forensics and Security

IEEE Trans. Pattern analysis and machine intelligence,

IEEE Trans. Neural Networks and Learning Systems.

IEEE Potenial

Pattern recognition letters,

Computer Aided Design,

3D Research

Mathematics & Computer Science,

International Journal of Computers and Applications,

Journal of Optical Engineering,

International Arab Journal of Information Technology

Conference committees Publicity co-chair 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial

Informatics and Computer System, American University of

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2016

Publication co-chair 15th IEEE International Symposium on Signal

Processing and Information Technology, AbuDhabi, UAE, 2015

ISSPIT 2015

Member of the ICCSPA'13 technical committee (IEEE

International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing,

and their Applications 2013, Sharjah, UAE

Chair of the “Image Processing and Multimedia Systems” track in

the 56th IEEE Midwest symposium on circuits and systems,

Columbus, Ohio, 2013.

Member of the ICCSPA'13 technical committee (IEEE

International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing,

and their Applications 2013, Sharjah, UAE

Member of the SSD 2013 Technical committee (IEEE multi-

conference on Systems, Signals and Devices 2013), Hammet,

Tunisia

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Member of the technical committee of the BCS International IT

Conference 2013

Member of the program committee of the 1st Internation

Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications,

Gwangu, South Korea, 2012

Publication chair 6th International Conference for Internet

Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2011)

Member of the technical committee of the 4th International

Conference of Networked Digital Technologies, April 2012

Conference session chair IEEE GCC conference 2011

IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and

InformationTechnology, 2010

IEEE Conference, Men, Systems and Cybernetics, Shunghu, China

2008

International Conference on Machine Vision Applications, Tokyo,

Japan, 2007

International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and

Applications, Setubal, Portugal, 2006

International Conference of Innovations in Information

Technology, Dubai, UAE. 2006

Seminars and invited presentations

April 2016 Smart Facial Image Analysis for Forensic Investigation, Abu-Dhabi Police,

Forensic Investigation department, April 2016.

March 2016 “2D/3D image analysis: problems, applications, and opportunities for

collaboration”, Department of Applied Math and Sciences , Khalifa

University.

June 2015 “Constructing local binary patterns on triangular mesh manifolds:

Framework and applications”, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Perdiatric

Innovation, Washington DC.

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

March 2015 “The mesh-LBP: A new framework for analyzing and interpreting 3D

images: Concept and applications”, Khalifa University.

Dec-2013 “Medical and Biometrical visual data: Ideas, applications and perspective”

UAE-Sweden Research & Academic Symposium, Dubai.

Jan-2013 “3D face identification by fusion of spiral facets and local face

descriptors”. Department of Electrical Engineering, Korean Advanced

Institute of Sciences and Technology.

“Computational geometry algorithms for the analysis of 3D scanned

human data”, Department of Computer Sciences, Korean Advanced

Institute of Sciences and Technology.

Jun- 2012 “A topologic approach for analyzing and describing 3D facial images”,

National School of Engineering of Sousse.

May -2012 “Towards a novel face signature: A new face representation derived

from 3D facial images”, Khalifa University

Mar- 2012 ‘’Une approche Unifiée pour l’Analyse et la description d’images faciale

3D’’. Departement of Informatics, Faculty of Scienes of Monastir, Tunisia.

Feb -2012 ‘’3D Facial Image-Based Identification: State of the art and perspectives’’.

TECOM Investments, Dubai, UAE.

Sept -2011 Towards 3D face-based identification. opening day of Cyber Operations Centre

of Excellence Abu Dhabi, UAE

Apr – 2011 The Spiral Facets: A Unified Framework for the Analysis And Description Of 3D

Facial Mesh Surfaces, Khalifa University, Sharjah Campus, UAE.

Dec-2010 “Research Grant Application: A case study: The Emirates Foundation”, Khalifa

University, Sharjah Campus, UAE.

Nob-2010 “The 3D facial kernel: application to spherical mapping and facial surface

alignments”, Khalifa University, Abu-Dhabi campus, UAE

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Oct-2010 “The 3D facial kernel: application to spherical mapping and facial surface

alignments”, Khalifa University, Sharjah campus, UAE

Oct-2009 “Representation of 3D Facial Image: A Topological Approach”, Khalifa University,

UAE, October 2009

Jun- 2009 “Extracting topologically ordered features from 3D mesh surface: Framework,

applications, and open issues” Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh,

Feb-2009 “Towards a New Representation of 3D Facial Surface: Framework and

Applications”, 2nd Annual GIM Symposium, University of Sharjah.

Aug-2008 “A Decision Support System for Academic Planning and Advising”, University of

Dubai

Nov-2007 ABET accreditation team visit: lessons to be learnt, University of Dubai.

Mar- 2007 A Methodology for Assessing Posterior Capsule Opacification from Digital

Images, University of Dubai.

Mar-2006 Multimedia Information retrieval: The representation issue, University of Dubai

Apr-2004 Image Processing Application: Biometry applications, University of Dubai

Mar-2003 Recognition of Human Body Postures from 3D sans, University of Sharjah

Jan- 2003 Automatic recognition of HBP from three-dimensional digital images, University

of Dubai

Apr-2002 See Yourself Walking in a Virtual World, department of computing sciences,

University of Glasgow

Feb.-2001 Wavelet-based approach for recognizing Body Postures, Division of Informatics,

University of Edinburgh

Administration Experience and University Services

Khalifa University

2015-Present Member of the of the UAE Science Community in Emirates Mars Mission

Science at Mohamed Bin Rashid Space Centre.

Member of the bidding committee for the IEEE conference on Image

Processing 2020.

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

ECE coordinator for the Thinks Sciences Contest

Academic mentor (for Dr. Fatma Taher).

2011-2014 Deputy Chair of Postgraduate studies.

Chair Research committee in the Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department

Library Liaison coordinator in the Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department

2010-2011 Final year project coordinator the department of computer engineering

Member of the Educational Experience committee

Member of the final year project committee in the college of engineering

University of Dubai: 2003-2008

University level: Member of the General Education committee: 2007-2008

Member of the Undergraduate committee, 2005-2006

Member of the Research Committee, 2004-Present

Member of the e-learning committee, 2005

Member of the faculty recruiting committee, 2005.

IT College level: Chair of the Research committee

Chair of the Undergraduate committee

Chair of the credit-transfer committee

Member of the ABET accreditation committee for Information Systems

Course coordinator of the Internet applications course

Course coordinator of the Object Oriented Programming course

Coach of the University programming club

University of Glasgow: 2000-2002

Department of computing sciences: Course coordinator of the C++ course.

Dr. Naoufel Werghi

Coordinator of the departmental seminars

University of Edinburgh: 1997-1999

Division of Informatics: Seminar coordinator in the Institute of Perception, Action and

Behaviour

Other professional activities

Co-Founder of the Emirati Computer Vision Group, November 2011.

Chairman of the Gulf Programming Contest 2013

Member of the Gulf Programming Contest steering committee

Member of the Gulf Programming Contest Judging committee

IEEE senior member

Member of the IEEE Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Committee.

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