Abdelhafid DAHHANI will defend his thesis on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 2.30 pm at Polyetch Annecy-Chambéry in auditorium A-B014.
Title : « Exploiting graph isomorphism and ontology alignment to enrich software objects with semantic knowledge – Application to wise objects »
Keywords : monitoring systems; adaptive systems and control; knowledge-based systems; discrete-event systems; graph systems; graph matching; semantics; ontology; smart home.
Abstract :
My thesis work focuses on the issue of communication between humans and machines. I have explored this problem from both directions, through the following two questions: How can a machine effectively communicate with humans? How can humans effectively communicate with machines? Regarding the first question, I have leveraged the concept of ‘wise objects’ introduced within
the LISTIC laboratory. These objects have the ability to autonomously learn their functionality and the behaviour of their users. However, they lack the ability to communicate with users using human semantics. As for the second question, I established a collaboration with the DOMUS laboratory, which is developing a solution to support aging in place. This solution involves a connected
home and the definition of scenario specifications to enhance the lives of the residents. My work has entailed defining the actions that the home should execute based on orally dictated scenarios. I have thus addressed the challenges of semantic augmentation to enable clear communication from a machine to a human and the extraction of high-level semantic actions to facilitate human communication with a machine.
Composition of the thesis jury :
| Jury member | Title | Place of practice | Role in the jury |
| Sophie Ebersold | Professor | Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès / IRIT | Reporter |
| Jérôme Euzenat | INRIA Research Director | Université Grenoble Alpes / LIG | Reporter |
| Sylvie Despres | Professor | Université Sorbonne Paris Nord / LIMICS | Examiner |
| Sylvain Giroux | Professor | Université de Sherbrooke / DOMUS | Examiner |
| Alexandre Benoit | Professor | Université Savoie Mont Blanc / LISTIC | Examiner |
| Ilham Alloui | Associate Professor | Université Savoie Mont Blanc / LISTIC | Thesis supervisor |
| Sébastien Monnet | Professor | Université Savoie Mont Blanc / LISTIC | Thesis supervisor |
| Flavien Vernier | Professor | Université Savoie Mont Blanc / LISTIC | Thesis supervisor |