Nizar FAKHFAKH
PhD. Student in Computer Sciences
Nizar FAKHFAKH was born in 1984. He received a Bachelor in computer science at the University of Sfax, Tunisia in 2006, and a Master’s Degree on Computer, Systems and Information Engineering, specialty Computer Vision at University of Science and Technology of Rouen, France in 2007. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD thesis on Automatic, Information Engineering, Image and signal processing in the French national institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS-French) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL-Switzerland). His research interests include Multi-cameras Merger for detection and recognition of potentially hazardous situations: Application at Level Crossings. Contact him at nizar.fakhfakh@gmail.com
Articles
[1] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, E.M., Jacot, J., and Dufaux, A.: A Video-Based Object Detection System for Improving Safety at
Level Crossings. To appear in Open Transportation Journal, 2010.
[2] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, Bruyelle, J.-L, E.M., Dufaux, A. and Jacot, J.: 3D Objects Localization using Fuzzy Approach
and Hierarchical Belief Propagation: Application at Level Crossings. To appear in EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing,
2010.
[3] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, Bruyelle, J.-L, E.M., Dufaux, A. and Jacot, J.: Robust Independent Component Analysis and
Spatio-Temporal Belief Propagation for Background Subtraction in Complex Environment. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Image
Processing, 2010.
International Conferences
[1] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, E.M., Jacot, J., and Dufaux, A.: A New Selective Confidence Measure-Based Approach for
Stereo Matching. 13th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Springer-
erlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 5711, pp. 184--191, Santiago, Chile, 2009.
[2] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, E.M., Jacot, J., and Dufaux, A.: Mise en Correspondance Stereoscopique d'Images Couleur
pour la Detection d'Objets Obstruant la Voie aux Passages a Niveau. TELECOM'09 and 6th JFMMA., pp. 206--209, Agadir, Maroc,
2009.
[3] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, Bruyelle, J.L., Dufaux, A., Jacot, J.: Robust 3D Objects Localization using Hierarchical Belief
Propagation in Real World Environment. International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition
(IPCV'10), Las Vegas, USA, 2010, To appear.
[4] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, Bruyelle, J.L., Dufaux, A., Jacot, J.: Background Subtraction and 3D Localization of Moving and
Stationary Obstacles at Level Crossings. International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications (IPTA'10),
Paris, France, 2010. To appear.
[5] Fakhfakh, N., Khoudour, L., El-Koursi, Bruyelle, J.L., Dufaux, A., Jacot, J.: Dense Stereo Matching by Hierarchical Belief Propagation
based on Fuzzy Confidence Approach. 14th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering
Systems (KES'10), Cardiff, Wales, UK, 2010. To appear.
Awards
[1] Fakhfakh, N. : A Video-Based Obstacles Localization System for Safety at Level Crossings. Finalist in the competition of the Young
European Arena of Research, Bruxelles, 2010.
[2] Fakhfakh, N. : Chairman of the session entitled " Motion and Orientation Estimation + Target and Object Tracking + Extraction +
Video Editing" of the International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'10). The 2010
World Congres in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing. In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA July 12-15, 2010.