Faiza LOUKIL

Research topics.

• Protecting the privacy of sensitive data
• Federated learning
• AI and LLMs for HR data processing (Human Resources)

Thesis co-supervision

• Pierre DARDOUILLET. Director: Kavé Salamatian. Co-supervisor: Hervé Verjus. Co-supervisors: Faiza Loukil and David Telisson. Application of process mining for the discovery and improvement of HRM software usage processes. CIFRE thesis with Cegedim SRH. Start date: April 2021.
• Karima BOUTALBI. Director: Kavé Salamatian. Co-supervisor: David Telisson. Co-supervisors: Faiza Loukil and Hervé Verjus. Detecting anomalies in SRH databases. CIFRE thesis with Cegedim SRH. Start date: April 2021.

Co-supervision of internships

• May-August 2024: 4ᵉ year internship at Polytech Annecy-Chambéry. Sarah Cadereau. Implementation and evaluation of an automated invoice processing process within Cegedim. Supervision: Hervé Verjus (LISTIC, USMB), Kavé Salamatian (LISTIC, USMB), Faiza Loukil (LISTIC, USMB), Olivier Le Van (Cegedim) and David Telisson (LISTIC, USMB).
• March-July 2024: M2 Web Intelligence and Data Science (WISD) internship at the Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz Fès, Morocco. Nouhaila Mraikh. Heterogeneous data processing for the prediction of precipitation conditions favorable to avalanche triggering: application to the Savoyard alpine massifs. Supervisors: Frédéric Pourraz (LISTIC, USMB), Faiza Loukil (LISTIC, USMB), Hervé Verjus (LISTIC, USMB) and Khalid Satori (Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz Fès, Morocco).
• March-July 2023: M2 Business Intelligence and Intelligent Vision (MIDVI) internship at the Dhar El Mahraz Faculty of Science in Fez, Morocco. Youssef Elkouch. Wind energy forecasting using Federated Learning. Supervisors: Faiza Loukil (LISTIC, USMB), Hervé Verjus (LISTIC, USMB) and Flavien Vernier (LISTIC, USMB).
• February-July 2022: M2 internship at the Faculty of Economics and Management in Sfax, Tunisia. Emna Feki. Implementation and evaluation of a blockchain-based platform for financing donations and social projects. Supervision: Faiza Loukil (LISTIC, USMB), Khouloud Boukadi (Multimedia, InfoRmation systems and Advanced Computing Laboratory - MIRACL, Université de Sfax - Tunisia) and Mourad Abed (Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique Industrielles et Humaines - LAMIH, Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France).

Main research projects.

• ANR Programme Jeunes Chercheuses et Jeunes Chercheurs (JCJC): PriFeDAP (Privacy-preserving federated learning integrating domain adaptation without compromising performance). Scientific coordinator: Faiza Loukil. Consortium: Prof. Kavé Salamatian (LISTIC, USMB), Prof. Alexandre Benoit (LISTIC, USMB) and Dr. Khouloud Boukadi (MIRACL, University of Sfax - Tunisia). Duration: 48 months (December 2024 - November 2028).
• AAP Recherche USMB (Volet Projet Interdisciplinaire): AI4DHN (Artificial Intelligence for District Heating Networks) - Comparative study of the contribution of AI to the management of district heating networks. Project coordinators: Julien Ramousse (LOCIE, USMB) - Faiza Loukil (LISTIC, USMB). Duration: 36 months (January 2024 - December 2026).

Publications.

The list of my publications is here.