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Acknowledgements & Academic Support

Sincere gratitude and academic recognition to the host universities, funding frameworks, research laboratories, and supervising professors who supported Abdelkader Haddag during his Ph.D. journey, enabling him to establish this deep learning project template and achieve high-standard research thinking, software architecture, and scientific coding skills.

🏛️ Supported Academic Institutions & Laboratories

  • University of Science and Technology of Oran - Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB) --- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science — Oran, Algeria

    Home Ph.D. degree-granting institution. Provided foundational research environment, academic mentorship, and computational facilities.

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  • Universidad de Cádiz (UCA) --- Department of Computer Engineering & TIC-145 Research Group — Cádiz, Spain

    Erasmus+ international mobility host institution. Provided advanced training in intelligent computing systems, model selection, and computer vision.

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  • Université Lumière Lyon 2 & LIRIS Laboratory --- Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d'information (UMR CNRS 5205) — Lyon, France

    Short-term Ph.D. research internship host institution. Provided advanced research collaboration in video analysis, multimodal deep learning, and computer vision.

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👨‍🏫 Doctoral Supervisors & Academic Mentors

Special thanks to the supervising professors for their academic guidance, scientific rigor, continuous encouragement, and mentorship throughout doctoral research and software development:

🇩🇿 Ph.D. Doctoral Supervision (USTO-MB)

  • Dr. Hayat Yedjour
    • Role: Ph.D. Doctoral Supervisor
    • Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology of Oran - Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), Algeria.
    • Research Focus: Computational Neuroscience, Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision.
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🇪🇸 Erasmus+ Academic Supervision (Universidad de Cádiz)

  • Pr. Elisa Guerrero Vázquez

    • Role: Erasmus+ Receiving Professor & Mobility Supervisor
    • Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering & TIC-145 Research Group, Universidad de Cádiz (UCA), Spain.
    • Research Focus: Machine Learning, Model Selection, Metaheuristics, Intelligent Systems.
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  • Dr. María de la Paz Guerrero Lebrero

    • Role: Erasmus+ Co-receiving Professor & Mobility Supervisor
    • Affiliation: Tenured Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Universidad de Cádiz (UCA), Spain.
    • Research Focus: Computational Learning, Image Processing, Electron Microscopy, Intelligent Systems.
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🇫🇷 Research Internship Supervision (Université Lumière Lyon 2 / LIRIS CNRS 5205)

  • Pr. Laure Tougne Rodet

    • Role: Short-Term Ph.D. Research Internship Supervisor
    • Affiliation: Full Professor, Université Lumière Lyon 2 & LIRIS Laboratory (UMR CNRS 5205), Lyon, France.
    • Research Focus: Computer Vision, Image & Video Analysis, Discrete Geometry, Deep Learning.
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  • Pr. Carlos Crispim-Junior

    • Role: Short-Term Ph.D. Research Internship Co-supervisor
    • Affiliation: Associate Professor (HDR), Université Lumière Lyon 2 & LIRIS Laboratory (UMR CNRS 5205), Lyon, France.
    • Research Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal Deep Learning, Video Surveillance, Anomaly Detection.
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📜 Scientific Deontology & Gratitude

This deep learning project template stands as a tribute to open science, international academic collaboration, and rigorous engineering practices fostered through the support of these institutions and professors.