OUCHANI Samir

Research team

Engineering and Numerical Tools

Research themes

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Educational activities

• Responsability : Cyber security - Data Science
• Lecturing : Cyber security - Data Science - Artificial Intelligence - Advanced Algortihms

Current research activities

Research Area: Secure and Resilient Smart Cyber-Physical Systems.
1. Overview: My focus is emphasizing the development and implementation of security and
resilience measures within smart systems that integrate computing, communication, and
physical processes.
2. Security Measures: Investigating and implementing cutting-edge security protocols, en-
cryption techniques, and intrusion detection systems to safeguard CPS from potential
threats, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and pro-
cesses.
3. Resilience Strategies: Developing resilient architectures and methodologies to enhance
the system’s ability to adapt and recover from disruptions or unexpected events. This
includes fault-tolerant mechanisms, redundancy strategies, and dynamic reconfiguration
approaches.
4. Integration of Emerging Technologies: Exploring the integration of emerging technolo-
gies such as formal methods, blockchain, and artificial intelligence to assure and fortify
the security and resilience of CPS while addressing related challenges.
5. Application Domains: Leveraging the developed solutions to various application do-
mains, including but not limited to industrial automation, smart cities, healthcare sys-
tems, and autonomous vehicles, to provide practical solutions to real-world challenges.

Selected Publications

Statistics

Since 2018: 18 Journal ACL (16 Q1, 2 Q2)  – 47 Conference C-ACTI – 1 Editorship – 3 Keynotes – 5 Tutorials.

Proceeding

• Advances in Model and Data Engineering in the Digitalization Era – MEDI 2021 International Workshops: DETECT, SIAS, CSMML, BIOC, HEDA, Tallinn, Estonia, June 21-23, 2021, Proceedings, volume 1481 of Springer CCIS, 2021.

Invited Keynotes & Tutorials

• Samir Ouchani: “Securing Autonomous Vehicles: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Perspective.” Invited Keynote speaker, CRISIS 2023.

• Samir Ouchani: “Security in Smart Cyber-Physical Systems.” SS-CPS&IoT 2022: 3rd Summer School on Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things.
• Samir Ouchani: “Formalizing and Evaluating Security in Socio-Technical Systems”. The 7th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences, 24-25 November 2018, ICIBSoS 2018, Batam, Indonesia.

Papiers journaux

• Walid Miloud Dahmane, Samir Ouchani, and Hafida Bouarfa. Guaranteeing information integrity and access control in smart cities through blockchain. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, pages 1–10, 2022.
• Fahem Zerrouki, Samir Ouchani, and Hafida Bouarfa. A survey on silicon pufs. Journal of Systems Architecture, page 102514, 2022. ISSN 1383-7621.
• Abdelhakim Baouya, Salim Chehida, Samir Ouchani, Saddek Bensalem, and Marius Bozga. Generation and verification of learned stochastic automata using k-nn and statistical model checking. Applied Intelligence, Nov 2021. ISSN 1573-7497.
• Samir Ouchani. A security policy hardening framework for socio-cyber-physical systems. Journal of Systems Architecture, 119:102259, 2021.
• Walid Miloud Dahmane, Samir Ouchani, and Hafida Bouarfa. Towards a reliable smart city through formal verification and network analysis. Computer Communications, 180:171–187, 2021b.

Papiers conférences

• Abdelhakim Baouya, Samir Ouchani, and Saddek Bensalem: Formal modeling and security analysis of inter-operable systems, The 35th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2022, Springer.
• Walid Miloud Dahmane, Samir Ouchani, and Hafida Bouarfa. Guaranteeing information integrity through blockchains for smart cities. In International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, pages 199–212. Springer, 2021a.
• Fahem Zerrouki, Samir Ouchani, and Hafida Bouarfa. A low-cost authentication protocol using arbiter-puf. In International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, pages 101–116. Springer, 2021b.
•  Nicolas Dimeglio, Sébastien Romano, Alexandre Vesseron, Vincent Pelegrin, and Samir Ouchani. Covid-detect: A deep learning based approach to accelerate covid-19 detection. SIAS 2021, Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems, pages 166–178. Springer, 2021.
• Fahem Zerrouki, Samir Ouchani, and Hafida Bouarfa. A generation and recovery framework for silicon pufs based cryptographic key. In International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, pages 121–137. Springer, 2021a.
•  Mohamed Anis Aguida, Samir Ouchani, and Mourad Benmalek. An IoT-based Framework for an Optimal Monitoring and Control of Cyber-Physical Systems: Application on Biogas Production System. In 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things, 143-149

PhD Co-Supervision

• Fahem Zerrouki, A Robust Security Communication through a Mobile and IoT Physical
  Unclonable Function, Blida U., Algeria.
  Co-Supervision: Pr. Hafida Bouarfa, Blida U., Algeria
  Defended on: 16/02/2023.
• Dahmane Walid Miloud, Security by Construction through Formal Methods and Blockchain:
  Application on IoT Networks in Smart Cities, Blida U., Algeria.
  Co-Supervision: Pr. Hafida Bouarfa (Blida U.)
  Defended on: 15/02/2023
• Souhila Bedra Guendouzi, A Robust, Smart, and Sound Decentralized Decision Support System for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, HESAM U.
  Co-direction: Dr. Madlène Al-Zaher (CESI Lineact) and Dr. Hiba Al Assad (CESI Lineact).
  Started on: Octobre 2022