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# WAISS 2024
Euro-Mediterranean Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems 2024

### Proceedings of the 1st Euro-Mediterranean Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems (WAISS 2024)
co-located with the 17th International Conference on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems (VECoS 2024)

### Djerba, Tunisia, October 15-18, 2024.

Edited by

### Mohamed Ghazel 1
Belgacem Ben Hedia 2

1 University Gustave Eiffel, Lille Campus, COSYS/ESTAS, 59666 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
2 CEA-LIST, Centre CEA Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

## Table of Contents

- Preface
  Summary: There were 16 papers submitted for peer-review to this workshop. Out of these, 8 papers were accepted for this volume, all of them are regular papers.

### Session 1: Artificial intelligence

- Customized Convolutional Neural Networks for Plant Disease Detection on Leaf Images 12 pages
  Walid Ben Mesmia, Ghazala Hcini, Omar Mansouri, Kamel Barkaoui, Imen Jdey
- Deep Learning Methods for Arabic Sign Language Recognition and Translation 12 pages
  Zaid Saad Bilal, Amir Gargouri, Hanaa F Mahmood, Hassene Mnif

### Session 2: Antenna Design

- A Filter-Antenna with Reflector Based on Metamaterials for Railway Applications 12 pages
  Wyssem Fathallah, Taoufik Aguili
- Development and Enhancement of a Four-Port MIMO Antenna Optimized for 5G with Increased Isolation 9 pages
  Linda Chouikhi, Chaker Essid, Bassem Ben Salah
- Design and Measurement Dug-Hex Antenna for V2V Communications 12 pages
  Ikram Troudi, Chokri Baccouch, Mohamed-Ali Boujemaa, Belgacem Chibani

### Session 3: Image Processing

- Accurate Segmentation of Thyroid Regions in Ultrasound Images: an Innovative Approach Using Deep Learning Architectures 10 pages
  Wyssem Fathallah, Haifa Gharbi, Mohamed Hamroun, Hedia Bellali, Hedi Sakli
- XG-ViT: Explainable and Generalizable Vision Transformer for Benchmark Image classification 13 pages
  Sonia Bouzidi, Imen Jdey, Fadoua Drira
- Automated Classification of Fetal and Maternal Structures in Ultrasound Using a Deep Learning Approach 9 pages
  Haifa Ghabri, Mohamed Hamroun, Hedia Bellali, Hedi Sakli

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