Neila Mezghani, Professor, Université TÉLUQ

Neila Mezghani is interested in the analysis and classification of biomedical engineering data and in the development of tools based on artificial intelligence methods for decision support system development. She is also an associate professor at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) and the Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS-EMT). She is a researcher at the Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence (Institute I2A), a researcher at the CHUM research center, and a member of the Open Innovation Laboratory in Health Technologies (LIO-ÉTS).

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Youssef Ouakrim

Youssef Ouakrim holds a master’s degree in health technology from the École de technologie supérieure. He is currently a research professional at the Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence (Institute I2A) of Université TÉLUQ and at the CHUM Research Center. He is interested in machine learning techniques and their application to the biomedical and road safety fields.

Karim Loulou

Karim Loulou holds a bachelor’s degree in software engineering from Concordia University. Currently, he is a research professional at the Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence (Institute I2A) of Université TÉLUQ and at the CHUM Research Center. He is interested in machine learning techniques and their application to the biomedical and road safety fields.

Johannes Ayena

Johannes Ayena holds a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Currently, he is a research professional at the Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence (Institute I2A) of Université TÉLUQ and at the CHUM Research Center. He is interested in machine learning techniques and their application in embedded systems, particularly for real-time biomedical data analysis and prevention.

Mahault Gerard | 2023 – 2027

École Nationale Vétérinaire Alfort
Development of machine learning techniques to determine asymmetry indices of horses and predict locomotor disorders from inertial sensor data.

Co-director: Neila Mezghani

Alioum Alioum | 2023 – 2027

Faculty of Education, Université de Montréal
Application of AI to the analysis of large-scale standardized assessment data

Co-director: Neila Mezghani

Chloé Hatrisse | 2021 – 2024

Université de Lyon
Quantification of workload, horse locomotion, and rider influence in real training conditions

Co-director: Neila Mezghani

Lucas Mercier | 2022 – 2026

École de Technologie Supérieure
Estimation of gait kinematic parameters from videos

Co-director: Neila Mezghani

Vitor Magalhaes Silva | 2024 – 2026

Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne
Identification of drug-target interactions

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Assaad Chiboub | 2024 – 2026

École de Technologie Supérieure
Cough detection using deep learning techniques with respiratory and acceleration data

Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Aruny Pathammavong | 2024 – 2026

École de Technologie Supérieure
Design and development of a smart garment capable of modeling the spine’s position in 3D

Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Daphnée Lalonde-Larocque | 2023 – 2025

École de Technologie Supérieure
Development of methods to infer kinematic curves from angular velocity and acceleration curves

Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Béchard Josianne | 2023 – 2025

Université TÉLUQ

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Amine Aibout | 2025

Université TÉLUQ
Optimization of Trajectories and Postures for Elite Speed Skating Athletes

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Nidhel Benhacin | 2025

Université TÉLUQ
Optimization of Trajectories and Postures for Elite Speed Skating Athletes

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Mohamed Salah Bounani | 2025

Université TÉLUQ
Optimization of Trajectories and Postures for Elite Speed Skating Athletes

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Sana Ben Mahjouba | 2025

Université TÉLUQ
PainSpy: A Mobile Application for Predicting Episodes of Chronic Pain Using a Smartwatch

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Kim Lefebvre | 2022 – 2024

Master’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Determination of ACL biomarkers

Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Patrick Bellerive | 2021 – 2023

Master’s Degree, Université TÉLUQ
Machine learning to predict the effect of physical rehabilitation on pathological knees

Principal Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Safouène Chamkhi | 2020 – 2022

Master’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Measurement of adherence in cardiac rehabilitation using deep learning techniques

Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Salma Saidani | 2018 – 2022

Doctorat, École supérieure des communications de Tunis
Conception d’une semelle munie de capteurs pour l’aide à la collecte de données de pression plantaire et l’analyse dynamique du mouvement

Co-supervisor : Neila Mezghani

Ferdaous Tlili | 2018 – 2022

Doctorat, École supérieure des communications de Tunis
Conception d’un gilet connecté pour la correction de la posture

Co-supervisor : Neila Mezghani

Imane Jmal | 2018 – 2022

Doctorat, INRS-EMT
Analyse des signaux biomédicaux à l’aide de processus gaussiens

Co-supervisor : Neila Mezghani

Janine Badr | 2018 – 2021

Doctorat, Faculté de médecine à l’Université de Montréal
Acceptabilité de nouvelle technologie médicale

Co-supervisor : Neila Mezghani

Claude Coulombe | 2014 – 2019

Doctorat, Université TÉLUQ
Personnalisation des cours en ligne ouverts et massifs (CLOM) et systèmes conseillers

Co-supervisor : Neila Mezghani

Badreddine Ben Nouma | 2013 – 2019

Doctorat, INRS-EMT
Classification de données multimodales pour l’aide au diagnostic de pathologies aux genoux

Co-supervisor : Neila Mezghani

Hugo Watel | 2017 – 2019

Non-thesis Master’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Automatic classification of physical activity

Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Mohamed El Amine El Foraici | 2018

Bachelor’s Degree, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Recognition of human postures using depth images

Supervisor: Wassim Bouachir
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Ismail Chaaraoui | 2018

Bachelor’s Degree, McGill
Transfer learning for posture recognition in fixed RGB images

Supervisor: Wassim Bouachir
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Samuel Otis | 2017-2019

Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering Department – École de Technologie Supérieure
Classification of cardiorespiratory pathologies using a smart mattress

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Bessam Abdulrazzak

Nour Cherif | 2016-2017

Master’s Degree, Université de Lorraine and Université TÉLUQ / CHUM Research Center
Automatic classification of physical activity using a smart textile

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Khadidja Henni | June 2017 – May 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Université TELUQ
Multivariate data analysis. Application to road safety.

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Charles Gouin

Fatima Ben Slama | 2017-2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Université TELUQ / CHUM Research Center
Multivariate analysis of biomechanical data

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Mariem Abid | 2017-2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Université TÉLUQ / CHUM Research Center
Automatic classification of knee pathologies

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Jacques A. de Guise

Janine Badr | 2017-2020

Doctorate, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Study of the feasibility of implementing smart textiles

Supervisor: Marie-Pascal Pomey
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Badreddine Ben Nouma | 2014-2018

Doctorate, INRS-Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications
Classification of multimodal data for knee pathology diagnostics

Supervisor: Amar Mitiche
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Clarisse Bascan | 2016-2018

Master’s Degree in Engineering, Health Technologies Concentration, École de Technologie Supérieure
Morphofunctional evaluation of the shoulder

Supervisor: Nicola Hagemeister
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Abir Bou Ali | 2016

Bachelor’s Degree, École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis
Segmentation of physiological data from a smart textile

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Amel Ben Azza

Hajer Segni | 2016

Bachelor’s Degree, École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis
Feature extraction of physiological data from a smart textile

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Amel Ben Azza

Mouhamed Moudachirou | 2015-2017

Master’s Degree in IT, Université TÉLUQ
Automatic classification of arthroplasty candidates using random forests

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Farouk Ouenniche | 2015

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Development of an application for automatic fall detection

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Imen Mechmeche | Imen Mechmeche

Master’s Degree, INRS-Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications
Three-dimensional representation of kinematic data for diagnostic assistance

Supervisor: Amar Mitiche
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Imane Mouzoune | 2015-2017

Master’s Degree, Université de Sherbrooke
Clinical validation of a smart textile during maximum physical exertion in an asymptomatic population

Supervisor: Nathaly Gaudreault
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Tariq Abdessaattar | 2015-2017

Master’s Degree in IT, Université TÉLUQ
Automatic classification of physical activity using data from a mobile device

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Claude Coulombe | 2014-2017

Doctorate in Cognitive Computing (DIC), Université TÉLUQ
Personalization of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and recommendation systems

Supervisor: Gilbert Paquette
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Cheng Zhang | 2013-2016

Doctorate, ENSAM Paris
Cross-sectional study comparing workers with rotator cuff tears

Supervisors: Wafa Skalli and Nicola Hagemeister
Co-supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Tariq Chahboun | 2013-2015

Master’s Degree, Université de Sherbrooke
Multivariate correlation analysis of kinematic and clinical data

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Racem Elloumi | 2013

Bachelor’s Degree, École Supérieure des Télécommunications de Tunis
Analysis of clinical and administrative data from eleven healthcare facilities in Quebec

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Mohamed Toumi | 2013

Bachelor’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Analysis of gait patterns from knee kinematics

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Souhila Benmakrelouf | 2012-2014

Master’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Development of a cognitive stimulation tool infrastructure for patients with psychosis

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Oussama Rbati | 2012

Bachelor’s Degree, École Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique et d’Analyse des Systèmes, Morocco
Automatic recognition of clinical evaluation questionnaires in orthopedics

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Mohamed Habli | 2012-2013

Master’s Degree, École Supérieure des Télécommunications de Tunis
Classification of biomechanical data based on the ePKPM pain map

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Amel Ben Azza

Alexandre Fuentes | 2011-2013

Postdoctoral Research, École de Technologie Supérieure
Biomechanical data analysis for objective evaluation of surgical treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Amani Chaker | 2011

Master’s Degree, École Supérieure de Télécommunications de Tunis
Classification of biomedical data to assist in diagnosing knee pathologies

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Amel Ben Azza

Leila Ayoubian | 2011-2013

Postdoctoral Research, École de Technologie Supérieure
Biomechanical analysis of the knee

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Jacques A. de Guise

Stéphane Franiatte | 2010-2012

Bachelor’s Degree (S2 Internship), École de Technologie Supérieure
Development of a tablet interface for representing knee pain

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani

Sonya Sebei | 2011-2012

DESS, École de Technologie Supérieure
Kinematic analysis of adolescent and adult patients with anterior cruciate ligament rupture

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Jacques A. de Guise

Delphine Billard | 2010-2012

Master’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Joint analysis of kinematic data from hip, ankle, and knee joints

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Nicola Hagemeister

Amina Boussema | 2010-2011

Master’s Degree, École Supérieure de Télécommunications de Tunis
Detection of microcalcifications in mammographic images

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Amel Ben Azza

Youssef Ouakrim | 2009-2011

Master’s Degree, École de Technologie Supérieure
Automatic classification of kinematic data from asymptomatic and gonarthrosic subjects. Comparison of a local and global approach

Supervisor: Neila Mezghani
Co-supervisor: Jacques A. de Guise