CURRICULUM VITÆ (July2013)

Dr. JELEL EZZINE

Prof. of Systems Theory and Control,

Electrical Engineering Department,
Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis,
BP 37, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia.

email: jelel.ezzine@enit.rnu.tn

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

• Habilitation Universitaire, 2000, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia.
  
• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1989, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1985, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA.
  
• B.S., Electromechanical Engineering, 1982, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia.
  

RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE

• Theory and Application of Nonlinear Control and Neuro-fuzzy Systems,
  
• Almost-Sure Stabilization of Random Dynamical Systems,
  
• Application of Systems Theory and Control to Socioeconomic Systems,
  
• National Innovation Systems and Evience-based Science, Technology and innovation Policy,
  
• Cybernetics as applied to Governance and Politics.
  

HONORS AND AWARDS

• The German Academic Eschange Service (DAAD)/Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment of the German Bundestag, Berlin, Certificate, May 3rd, 2013,
  
• South Korean Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI/KOICA) Certificate, April 3rd, 2009,
  
• Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA/SIDA) Certificate, April 4, 2008,
  
• Presidential National Education and Science Medal of Merit (Fourth Type), July 27th, 2007
  
• Ministerial Certificate of Appreciation & Recognition, Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, November 2007,
  
• Who's Who in the World, the Millennium Edition. (http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/index.asp),
  
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering, (http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/index.asp),
  
• IEEE Senior Member,
  
• IEEE Certificate of Appreciation & Recognition, IEEE Region 8 Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, (Oct. 2000),
  
• ICTP Senior Associate Member, until 31/12/2010, (http://assoc.ictp.it/),
  
• Member of Eta Kappa Nu,
  
• Member of Pi Mu Epsilon,
  
• Member of Gamma Beta Phi,
  
• Distinguished to excellent academic performances during 1989-94 academic years (Saudi Arabia),
  
• Tunisian Government scholarship for graduate education (1982-84 and 1985-89).
  

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DISTINCTIONS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Invited Expert to IAEA's "Technical Meeting to Review the IAEA's Methodologies and Analytical Tools for Sustainable Energy Development," The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarter, Vienna, Austria (June 2009)
  
• Acting President of the "Commission des Thèses et d'Habilitation de Genie Electrique de l'ENIT" (2003-2005),
  
• Elected Member of "ENIT's Scientific Council" (2002-2004),
  
• Member of the "Comité National Sectoriel d'Equivalence des Sciences et Techniques de l'Ingénieur," (2002-2005),
  
• Member of the "Comité d'Orientation Scientifique de LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) Afrique Francophone", www.lead.org, (since 2004)
  
• Invited Expert/Speaker to IAEA's Technical Meeting: "Review of Methodologies and Tools Suitable for the Analysis of Issues Related to Sustainable Energy Development," The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarter, Vienna, Austria (May 2003)
  
• Founder and Board Member of the "Global Community Initiatives, Inc." (GCI), Plainfield, Vermont, USA, (Januar 2003),
  
• Member of the "Earth Charter Local Community Advisory Committee," The Earth Charter Initiative, Costa-Rica (January 2003)
  
• Board Member of "The International Network of Resource Information Centers," (INRIC), Cornish, New Hampshire, USA, (September 2001),
  
• Invited paper, IEEE Int. Conf. on Communication, Computer, and Power (IEEE-ICCCP'01), Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, (February 2001).
  
• Invited speaker, Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systemes (LAAS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse, France, (January 2000).
  
• Invited speaker, Hirota Laboratory, Dept. of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, T.I.T., Tokyo, Japan, (July 1999).
  
• Invited speaker, The Institute of Systems Science, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (July 1999).
  
• Invited distinguished speaker at the Advanced Controls Group, Distinguished Lecturer Program, the Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), UTA, Texas, USA, (April, 1998).
  
• Invited speaker at the Ingenieria Electrica, Control Automatico, of the Centro de Investigacion y de Destudios Avanzados del I.P.N. (CINVESTAV), Mexico City, Mexico, (June, 1998).
  
• Visiting Research Professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA, July 1998-June 1999.
  
• Visiting Research Professor, Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), UTA, Arlington, Texas, USA, March 1998-June 1998.
  
• Jemison Institute Fellow, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA, July 1998-August 1998.
  
• Technology Transfer Program Fellow, Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education, March 1998-June 1998.
  
• Invited Visiting Scholar, School of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, July 1994.
  

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

• Editor of the Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII), (http://www.fujipress.jp/JACIII/JACIII_editors.html)
  
• Associate Editor, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, published by Óbuda University.
  
• IEEE CEB Associate Editor. (http://www.ieeecss.org/about/rosteradd.pdf)
  
• Consulting Editor of "The Contemporary Who's Who".
  
• Peer Reviewer for:
  
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
    
  • The French Academy of Science.
    
  • International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.
    
  • International Joutnal of Control.
    
  • International Journal of Systems Science.
    
  • Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII)
    
  • The ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.
    
  • Asian Journal of Automatic Control.
    
  • Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS).
    
  • Complexity International.
    
  • The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering.
    
  • ACC, CDC, ECC, MED, etc.
    

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• "Monitoring Committee for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in RTD (MoCo)," 2009-2012, Official National Delegate,
  
• "Common EU-MPC Research and Innovation Agenda, (CRIA)," 2012, Expert member
  
• "Dialogue with Southern Mediterranean Countries: on higher education policies and programmes," July 2012, Head of Tunisian Delegation, European commission-DG Education and Culture, Brussels, Belgium,
  
• "6ème réunion du Sous-comité Recherche et Innovation et à la 5ème réunion du Comité Paritaire Sciences et Technologie entre la Tunisie et la Commission Européenne," December 2011, Head of Tunisian Delegation, Tunis, Tunisia,
  
• "Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation in Tunisia," December 2011, Head of Tunisian Delegation, Tunisian-Indian S&T Joint Committee, New Delhi, India,
  
• "The (in)Visibility of the Tunisian National Innovation System," October 2011, Speaker, Séminaire de lancement, Projet d'Appui au Système de Recherche et Innovation, ANPR, Gammarth, Tunisia,
  
• "The U.S.-Tunisia Joint Political and Economic Partnership (JPEP)," September 2011, Economic Commission Co-Chair, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC, USA,
  
• "Offshore Ready S&E Talents: Tunisia's Competitive Advantage," October 2010, Speaker, Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA-Tunisia), Berlin, Germany,
  
• "5ème réunion du Sous-comité Recherche et Innovation et à la 4ème réunion du Comité Paritaire Sciences et Technologie entre la Tunisie et la Commission Européenne," June 2010, Head of Tunisian Delegation, EC, Brussels, Belgium,
  
• "Tunisia's S&E Human Resources: a Catch-up Competitive Advantage Ready to be Deployed," June 2010, Speaker, Carthage Forum, Tunis, Tunisia,
  
• "Euro-Med Innovation Ecosystem: Institutions Free, Harmonizing and Approximating Policy Framework," March 2010, Speaker, 7th FEMIP conf in Tunis, Tunisia,
  
• "Les Ecoles Doctorales: Acquis et Défis," February 2008, Speaker, Les Ecoles Doctorales, Université de Sousse et Université Euro-Méditerranéenne (Tethys) Sousse, Tunisie,
  
• "Scientific Research and Technological Innovation In Tunisia: The Project of a Nation," November 2007, Rapporteur (Workshop 1. Research Policy: Objectives, Priorities and Strategy,) Gammarth, Tunisia,
  
• "The Tunisian Experience in Developping its National Research and Technological Innovation System: from Present to Future," February 2007, National Representative Speaker, ISESCO, Tripoly, Lybia.
  
• Research Quality Peer Evaluator for South Africa's National research Foundation, 2009,
  
• Evaluation Expert for the "National Higher Education Institutions Evaluation Commission," since 2007,
  
• National Higher Education Quality Expert "Programme d'Appui à la Qualité," since 2006,
  
• "Formation d'ingénieurs à l'ENIT: Tentative d'inventaire, actions correctives et positionnement international," December 2004, Invited Speaker, ENITFORUM'04, ENIT, Tunis, Tunisia.
  
• TEMPUS-MEDA Initiative Between Politecnico di Milano (CEFRIEL) and ENIT, Milan, Italy, June 16, 2004,
  
• "Universités, instruments de développement du capital humain, du système économique et des PME," World Bank, Milan, Italy, June 16, 2004,
  
• EVQUAMED 30092-2002, Projet TEMPUS-MEDA, Evaluation Interne de l'Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis 2002-2004
  
• LABELENIT: Evaluation Interne des Etablissements de Formation d'Ingénieurs, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis 2003-2004
  
• Tennessee State University (TSU)/University Tunis el Manar (UTM) Partnership under the USA Educational Partnership Program 2004-2006
  

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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• The Association of Commonwealth Universities, Research Management Network
  
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
  
• IEEE Control Systems Society
  
• IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
  
• IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society
  
• IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
  
• IEEE Education Society
  
• The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
  
• L'Association des Spécialistes Electriciens de Tunisie (ASET).
  

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. "Higher Education and Sciences Policy," The German Academic Eschange Service (DAAD)/Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment of the German Bundestag, Berlin, Germany (2013),
   
2. "Science, Technology, Innovation and Policy," STEPI/KOICA, Seoul, S. Korea, (2009),
   
3. "Strategies for Innovation-led Sustainable Growth," VINNOVA/SIDA, Stockholm, Sweden, (2007),
   
4. "Quality in Higher Education, From Assurance to Enhancement," British Council, York et Glasgow, (2005),
   
5. "Journées de Formation pour la Culture Brevet," MRSTDC, (2005),
   
6. "Good Evaluation: A Critical Part of Good Teaching," (1991),
   
7. "The Dynamics of Teaching Excellence," (1992).
   

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent), French (Fluent), and Arabic (Fluent).

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

• Founding President of the Tunisian Association for the Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation (TAASTI)
  
• Founder and General secretary of IEEE Tunisia Section,
  
• Founder and Counselor (since 2004) of ENIT-IEEE Student Branch (ENIT-IEEE SB).
  
• Founder and Vice-President (since 2004) of Association Scientifique de l'ENIT (ASENIT).
  
• General Secretary (1996-99) of the Association des Spécialistes Electriciens de Tunisie (ASET).
  
• Founding Member (1996-06) of Nabeul-21.
  
• Founder and President (1983-85), of the International Student Organization at the Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville.
  
• Founder and General Secretary (1979-82), then President (1996-98) of the Tunisian Young Scientists Club in Nabeul.
  
• Represented the Tunisian Young Scientists Association in two international conferences for young scientists and two international astronomical camps for amateur astronomers.
  

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APPOINTMENTS

Mai 2009-March 2013

• Director General of International Cooperation DGIC, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
  

November 2008-Present

• Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, ENIT
  

February 2006-April 2009

• Director of Doctoral Schools and Research Valorization, DGRSRT, Ministry of Higher Education
  

March 2005-January 2006

• Deputy Director of Laboratories, Research Units and Graduate Schools, DGRSRT, Ministry of Higher Education
  

March 2003-March 2005

• Deputy Director/Director of Studies, ENIT
  

November 2001-October 2008

• Maître de Conferences (Associate Professor) at the Electrical Engineering Department, ENIT
  

September 1995-November 2001

• Maître Assistant (Assistant Professor) at the Electrical Engineering Department, ENIT
  

July 1998-June 1999

• Visiting Research Professor at Dartmouth College. Hanover, USA.
  

July 1998-August 1998

• Fellow at the Jemison Institute, Dartmouth College, USA. Initiated a Systems Theoretic research work concerning Indicators of Sustainable Development.
  

March 1998-June 1998

• Visiting Research Professor at the Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA. Developed new disturbance accommodating controllers using Neural Nets.
  

September 1989-September 1995

• Assistant Professor at the Systems Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
  
• Invited Visiting Scholar, July 1994, EPRI Research Project, School of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
  
• Acting Chairman, Summer 1991, KFUPM.
  

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Modèles de prévision de la puissance de pointe annuelle à la STEG: Effet de la climatisation, VRR, (2004-2006) ($ 120,000)
   
2. Communication Networks Flow Control, Research Project within the Tunisian Maroccan Research Cooperation Program (2002-2003), code 02/TM/05.
   
3. Full Automation of the Phosphoric Acid Production System of the GCT ($ 350,000 + equipment).
   
4. Interior Point Optimization Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Programming ($ 46,720).
   
5. On Singularly Perturbed Jump Linear Control Systems ($ 30,072).
   
6. Disturbance Accommodating Control using Neural Nets ($ 16,200).
   
7. A Systems Theoretic Approach to Indicators of Sustainable Development ($ 11,000).
   

PATENTS

• Disturbance-Accommodating Neurocontroller (DANC), Submitted to the U.S. Patent and Tradematk Office, Ref.: jc541 U.S. PTO 60/141345,
  

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Seminars

1. "The Changing Landscape in North Africa:The Future of Scientific Cooperation," May 2013, Invited Speaker, AAAS, Casablanca, Morocco,
   
2. "Africa Wide Consultations on Post 2015 Development Agenda," March 2013, Work Group Moderator (Promote education and technological innovation,) AfDB et al, Hammamet, Tunisia,
   
3. "Partners in Transformation -- Science as a catalyst for democratic change," November 2012, Expert Panalist, DAAD, Cairo, Egypt,
   
4. "Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education," High-level general conference, September 2012, Panalist in "How can higher education maintain and improve quality?" Planary, OECD's Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE), Paris, France Note_1 ,
   
5. "Arab Higher Education in times of change - a new passage to transformation" Expert Panalist in "Higher education cooperation in times of change: Political framework and future perspectives," September 2012, DAAD, Berlin, Germany,
   
6. "MENA Policy Forum," September 2012, YAANI Mentor, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House/British Council, London, U.K.,
   
7. "The Arab Spring one year later, Italy and the Countries of the Mediterranean Southern shore: A Multiparty Discussion on Culture, Society and Policy-Making," June, 2012, Panalist, Faculty of Political Science, University Frederico IIn Naples, Italy,
   
8. "Technical Meeting to Review IAEA's Methodologies and Analytical Tools for Sustainable Energy Development," June 2012, IAEA Expert, IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
   
9. "ICTs for Post-Conflict Reconstruction," May 2012, Speaker, WSIS Forum, InfoDev/ICT4Peace Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland,
   
10. "Towards the Community of Lifelong and Lifewide Learning University System," 2nd EMUNI think tank meeting, April 2012, Panalist, EMUNI University/University of Naples "L'Orientale," Naples, Italy,,
    
11. "Jobs of the Future: Advancing Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, SME Development in Africa," December 2011, Discussant, AfDB, Tunis, Tunisia,
    
12. "Towards a Tunisian Sustainable Knowledge Society: Away from piecemeal actions and further coordination with development institutions," November 2011, Invited Speaker, World Bank (CMI) Marseille, France,
    
13. "Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Sector in Developing Countries Under Climate Change Control Regimes," October 2009, Lecturer, Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Alternative Response Actions to Climate Change and Energy Options, ICTP, Trieste, Italy,
    
14. "Strategic Long Term Energy Demand Assessment Using IAEA's MAED Model," May 2007, IAEA Expert, Regional Training Course for French Speaking Countries, IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
    
15. "La Pensée Systémique pour un Développement Durable: Renforcement des Aptitudes," February 2005, Invited Speaker, LEAD Afrique Francophone, Hammamet, Tunisie.
    
16. "Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development (ISED): The Orientors Paradigm," May 2003, Invited Speaker, Planning and Economic Studies Division, IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
    
17. "La Pensée Systémique pour un Développement Durable: Renforcement des Aptitudes," February 2002, Invited Speaker, LEAD Afrique Francophone, Rabat, Marocco.
    
18. "My Ongoing Research: Many Questions and Few Answers!" January 2000, Invited Speaker, Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systems (LAAS), CNRS, Toulouse, France.
    
19. "On Lyapunov Exponents and their Furstenberg-Kesten Bounds," July 1999, Invited Speaker, Hirota Laboratory, Dept. of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
    
20. "On Almost Sure Stability of Hybrid Systems," July 1999, Invited Speaker, The Institute of Systems Science, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
    
21. "On Almost-Sure Stabilization of Discrete-Time Jump Parameter Systems: An LMI Approach," 1998, Invited distinguished speaker at the Advanced Controls Group, Distinguished Lecturer Program, the Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), UTA, Texas, U.S.A.
    
22. "On Lyapunov Spectrum Assignment for Hybrid Systems," 1998, Invited speaker at the Ingenieria Electrica, Control Automatico, of the Centro de Investigacion y de Destudios Avanzados del I.P.N. (CINVESTAV), Mexico City, Mexico.
    
23. "Stabilization of Hybrid Systems via Averaging," 1990, Systems Engineering Graduate Seminar, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
    
24. "Almost-Sure Stability of Random Dynamical Systems," 1990, Invited lecture to the Mathematics Colloquium, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
    
25. "Singularly Perturbed Nonlinear ODE's and Interior Point Optimization Algorithms," 1994, Invited lecture to the Mathematics Optimization Seminars, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
    
26. "On Singularly Perturbed Jump Linear Control Systems," 1995, Systems Engineering Funded Research Project Presentation, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
    

Conferences: As Scientific/Chairman and/or Organizing Member

1. Symposium on Tunisian Higher education and U.S. Institutional Engagement, Ministry of Higher Education ans Scientific Research/AMIDEAST, Tunis, Tunisia, 7-8 November, 2012 (Co-Chair),
   
2. Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Research and Innovation, An Agenda of a Renewed Partnership, European Commission, DG for Research and Innovation, 2-3 April 2012, (Rapporteur for Parallel Session 9: Building Competence for Resaerch and Innovation: governance, human capital and research infrastructure),
   
3. Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Research and Innovation, An Agenda of a Renewed Partnership, European Commission, DG for Research and Innovation, 2-3 April 2012, (Steering Committee ember),
   
4. The tenth session of the Ministerial Maghreb Council for Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education ans Scientific Research/UMA, Tunis, Tunisia, 28-30 December, 2010 (Organizing Committee Chair),
   
5. 7th Biennial International Conference on University, Industry & Government Linkages, TRIPLE HELIX VII, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 17-19 June 2009 (IPC member)
   
6. IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, IEEE SSCI 2009, Nashville, TN, USA, March-April 2009 (IPC member)
   
7. International Conference on Communication, Computer and Power, ICCCP'09, Muscut, Oman, february 2009 (IPC member)
   
8. Assises Nationales de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation Technologique, Tunis, Tunisia, 19-20 Nivember 2007 (OC and Reporter)
   
9. 5th IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics, IEEE-ICCC'07, Tunis, October 2007, (IPC member, http://www.trivent.hu/ICCC2007/index.html)
   
10. 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications, IEEE-SOFA'07, Gyula, Hungary and Oradea, Romanea, August 2007, (IPC member, http://www.ieee-sofa2007.org/index.html)
    
11. 4th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, 19-22 March 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia (IPC member)
    
12. 3rd International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, ISCIII'07, Agadir, Morocco, 28-30 March 2007, (General Co-Chair, http://www.trivent.hu/ISCIII2007/-Committees.html)
    
13. L'Avenir des Terres Sèches, Conférence Internationale sur la Désertification et la Recherche sur les Terres Sèches, Tunis, 19-21 Juin 2006 (National OC member)
    
14. Research Collaboration at the Past, Present and Future of Science in the Information Society (http://worldsci.net), a WSIS Pre-Summit Event, Tunis, 13-15 Nov. 2005, (Invited Tunisian Panel Member)
    
15. 2nd International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, ISCIII'05, Tunis, October 2005, (General Chair, http://www.isciii.net/committees.html)
    
16. Third IEEE International Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), Sousse, Tunisia, March 2005 (IPC member.)
    
17. FUZZ-IEEE2004, Budapest, Hungary, July 2004 (IPC member.)
    
18. IEEE-MELECON2004, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 2004 (IPC member.)
    
19. Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems, (SCIS 2004), Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 2004, (IPC member.)
    
20. 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, Hawai, USA, Dec. 2003, (IPC member.)
    
21. International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'03), Tunis, Tunisia, July 2003, (IPC memmber, http://www.medianet-tunisie.com/aiccsa/committees.htm)
    
22. 11th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED'03, Rhodes, Greece, June 2003, (Registration Chair, http://med03.rasip.fer.hr/committees.html)
    
23. 1st International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, ISCIII'03, Nabeul/Hammamet, May 2003, (General Chair, http://www.isciii.net/committees.html)
    
24. SSD 2003, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2003.
    
25. IFAC Symposium on System Structure and Control, SSSC'01, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2001.
    
26. 9th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED'01, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2001.
    
27. SSD 2001, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2001.
    
28. Computational Engineering in Systems Application, IMACS/IEEE Multiconference, Tuni-sia, April 1998,
    
29. IEEE TechCom'98, Fort Worth, TX, USA, April 1998,
    
30. Les Deuxiémes Journées Francophones de Recherche Opérationnelle, FRANCORO II, Tunisia, April 1998,
    
31. La Méthodologie Bon Graph pour l'Etude des Systèmes Physiques, ASET/ISET, Tunisia, Mars 1997,
    
32. The 3rd Arab Aerospace Education Organisation Conference, Tunisia, July 1997,
    
33. L'Aide á la Décision en Environnement Incertain, ASET/ISET, Tunisia, Dec. 1996,
    
34. Le Traitement du Signal et de l'Image et ses Applications, ASET/CNRS, Tunisia, Mars 1996,
    
35. Le Deuxiéme Seminaire sur La Commande Robuste et ses Applications, SCRA'95, ASET, Dec. 1995.
    

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TEACHING, COURSE DEVELOPMENT & ADVISING

Courses Taught

• Innovation Management and Technology Transfer (EPT/TU)
  
• Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (Grad/TU)
  
• Théorie de la Commande (Grad/TU)
  
• Systems Theory and Control (Grad/TU)
  
• Analyse des Systèmes Dynamiques (Grad/TU),
  
• Contrôle des Systèmes et Procédés (Grad/TU),
  
• Systèmes Complexes (Grad/TU),
  
• Diagnostic des Systèmes (Grad/TU),
  
• Optimal Control (Grad/KSA),
  
• Industrial Automation (Grad/KSA & TU),
  
• Operational Methods in Engineering (USA),
  
• Introduction to Systems Engineering (KSA),
  
• Advanced Computer Programming (KSA),
  
• Numerical Methods (KSA),
  
• Control System Design (plus Lab.) (KSA),
  
• Linear Control Systems (plus Lab.) (KSA),
  
• Computer Control Systems (plus Lab.) (KSA),
  
• Nonlinear Control (plus Lab.) (KSA),
  
• Large Scale Control Systems (plus Lab.) (TU),
  
• Simulation (TU),
  
• Control Systems Design using Matlab (TU),
  
• Modeling, Identification, and Estimation (TU),
  
• Senior Electronics Laboratory (USA).
  

Courses Offered to the Industry

• Design, Analysis and Simulation of Industrial Control Systems (1990), (Instructor).
  
• Computer Aided Industrial Control System Design (1991), (Coordinator & Instructor).
  
• Applied Industrial Process Identification and Control: A Case Study (1992), (Coordinator & Instructor).
  
• Industrial Process Control Design and Tuning (1993), (Coordinator & Instructor).
  
• Advanced Distributed Process Control Concepts & Implementation (1994), (Coordinator & Instructor).
  
• Process Control: Basics & Applications (1995), (Instructor).
  

Habilitation, Ph.D. and M.Sc. Theses

• As Advisor or Co-advisor:
  
  1. "Sur le Chiffrement Chaotique: Application à la Transmission des Données," Slim Ben Abdelbari, (Ph.D., G.E. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  2. "Adéquation Entre Formation des Formateurs et le Marché de l'Emploi: Elaboration d'un Modèle Dynamique," Mariem Akrout, (Ph.D., G.I. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  3. "Etude du Rôle de la Désinhibition dans la Synchronisation Neuronale et le Codage de l'Information Olfactive," Hana Bel Mabrouk (Master, G.E. ENIT/INRIA, TU/FR), Co-Advisor,
     
  4. "Sur les Systèmes Dynamiques Couplés: Vers l'Application a la Sécurité des Systèmes de Communication," Raja Oueslati, 2007 (Master, G.I. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  5. "On the Stabilization and Control of Large Scale Jump Parameter Systems," Yousr Ben Cheikh, 2004 (Ph.D., G.E. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  6. "Chaotic Disturbance Accommodating Fuzzy Controllers," Selim Abdekarim, 2004 (Master, G.E. Dept., INSAT, TU), Advisor,
     
  7. "On Switching Queues: Towards Flow Control in Manufacturing/Communication Systems," Olfa Helal, 2004 (Master, G.I. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  8. "Disturbance Accommodation Control: Application to Production and Inventory Control Problem" Mohamed Amine Mellouli, 2004, (Master, G.I. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  9. "Approximation de l'Exposant de Lyapunov Supérieur: Exploitation de l'Extrapolation Numérique," Fahmi Hachicha, 2004, (DEA, G.I. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
     
  10. "Elaboration d'un Modèle Nord/Sud: Contexte Energétique," Ines Dridi, 2003 (DEA, G.I. Dept., ENIT, TU), Advisor,
      
  11. "On Adaptive Filters in a Finite Alphabet Context," Hichem Besbes, 1999 (Ph.D., G.E. Dept., ENIT, TU), Co-advisor,
      
  12. "Codage Fractal des Representations Linéaires pour la Génération Cartographique des Cartes," Mourad Mnif, 1998, (DEA, GE Dept., ENIT, TU), Co-advisor,
      
  13. "Interpolation Fractale Appliquée a la Synthese de la Parole," Farah Cherif, 1997 (DEA, GE Dept., ENIT, TU), Co-advisor,
      
  14. "On a Neural Network-Based Fault Detection Algorithm," Mufeed Al-Ghumgham, 1992 (M.Sc., SE Dept., KFUPM, KSA), Advisor,
      
• As President, Reviewer and/or Committee Member:
  
  1. "Analyse de la Variabilité à Moyen Terme de la Puissance de Pointe Electrique: cas de la Tunisie," Med Ould Med Mahmoud, 2009 (Ph.D., ENIT, TU), President,
     
  2. "Modélisation, Analyse et Commande des Systèmes Critiques," Nejib Ben Hadj-Alouane, 2007 (H.U., Informatique, ENIS, TU), Reviewer,
     
  3. "Stabilité et Détection d'Etat des Systèmes Non Autonomes en Cascade," Ines Ellouze Elloumi, 2008, (Ph.D.,FSS, TU), Reviewer,
     
  4. "Approches Algèbriques et Géométriques d'Observation d'Etat des Systèmes Non Linéaires: Application à la Détection et l'Isolation des Défauts," Zied Tmar, 2005, (Ph.D., GE, ENIT, TU), Reviewer,
     
  5. "Conception d'un Modèle de Management de la Qualité dans une Ecole d'Ingénieurs," Mariem Elkhechine-Zkrout, 2004, (M.Sc., GI, ENIT, TU), Reviewer,
     
  6. "Formulation Intégrées et Méthodologies de Résolution d'un Problème de Tournées de Véhicules Multiproduit avec Inventaire et Flotte Hétérogène," Najla Aissaoui, 2004 (M.Sc., GI, ENIT, TU), President,
     
  7. "Modélisation et Résolution du Problème d'Affectation Bidimentionnelle," Tarek Ben M'Barek, 2003, (DEA, GI, ENIT, TU), President,
     
  8. "Identification et Commande d'une Serre: Application de l'Approche Multimodèle," Elyes Feki, 2003, (Ph.D., G.E. Dept., ENIT, TU), Reviewer,
     
  9. "Diagnostic des Implementations des Systèmes Distribués Modèlisées par des Automates à Etats Finis Communicants Non-Deterministes," Rim Belhassine-Cherif, 2002, (Ph.D., G.E. Dept., ENIT, TU), Reviewer,
     
  10. "Commandes Non Stationnaires des Véhicules," Rajia Slim, 2002, (DEA, Mathematiques Appliquées, EPT, TU), Reviewer,
      
  11. "Mémorisation d'Information dans des Récurrences Unidimentionnelles et Multidimentinnelles," Samir Rouabhi 2000 (Ph.D., Systemes Automatiques, INSA, FR.) Reviewer with Prof. M. Leon O. Chua and Prof. F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue.
      
  12. "A Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Objective Knapsack Problems," Jouhaina Chaouachi, 1997 (M.Sc., ISG, TU), Reviewer,
      
  13. "Self Tuning Control of Nonlinear Systems: A Neural Nets Based Approach," F. Anjum, 1994 (M.Sc., SE Dept., KFUPM, KSA), Reviewer,
      
  14. "Modelisation d'un Signal Stationnaire par Modele ARMA Reduit Adaptatif: Prevision a Court-Terme de la Courbe de Charge Tunisienne," Monia Tourki, 1991 (M.Sc., GE Dept., ENIT, TU), Reviewer,
      
  15. "Design and Simulation of Digital Controllers Using Pipelined Architecture," Samir H. Al-Amer, 1990 (M.Sc., SE Dept., KFUPM, KSA), Reviewer,
      

Senior Projects (PFE):

• As Advisor or Co-advisor:
  
  1. "Conception d'un Contrôleur à base d'un Réseau de Neurones Impulsionnels pour le Guidage d'un Robot," Amine Nouisri, 2008 (G.E., ENIT, TU)
     
  2. "Event-Driven Simulator of a Network of Quadratic Integrate and Fire Neurones," Hana Bel Mabrouk, 2006 (G.E., ENIT/CORTEX/INRIA, TU/France)
     
  3. "Elaboration d'un Système d'Aide à la Décision et de Suivi de Qualité des U.R.," Mehdi Mahmoudi, 2006 (G.I., ENIT/MES, TU)
     
  4. "Conception et Déploiment d'un Portail Dynamique pour la Gestion des U.R. (SIRUS)," Med Makni et Hichem Ali, 2006 (ISI/MES, TU)
     
  5. "Réalisation d'un Systéme de Vision pour le Contrôle Qualité des Barrettes des Feux de Friens," Hamadi Henchiri, 2005 (G.I., ENIT, TU)
     
  6. "A Step-in-Place Locomotion System for Immersive Virtual Enviroment," Dalel Maghrebi , 2002 (G.I., ENIT/TIT, TU/Japan),
     
  7. "Mise en Oeuvre d'un Système d'aide à la Décision Stratégique en Energie: Cas de la Tunisie Horizon 2020," Ines Dridi, et Walid Dhouibi, 2001 (G.I., ENIT/Millinium Inst., TU/USA),
     
  8. "Mise en Oeuvre d'un Système d'aide à la Décision Stratégique en Energie Eolienne: Cas de la Tunisie Horizon 2020," Imen Safi, 2001 (G.I., ENIT/STEG, TU),
     
  9. "Mise en Oeuvre d'un Système d'aide à la Décision Stratégique en Energie Electrique: Cas de la Tunisie Horizon 2020," Rim Kalai, 1999 (G.I., ENIT/STEG/RIVM, TU/Netherlan), (Prix du meilleur PFE.),
     
  10. "Optimisation et Simulation de la Gestion d'un Barrage: Cas du Barrage Oued Souani," Draouil Nidhal, 1997 (G.I., ENIT, TU),
      
  11. "Codage Fractal des Représentations Linéaires pour la Génération Cartographique des Cartes à Différentes Echelles," Mourad Menif, 1997 (G.E., ENIT, TU),
      
  12. Interpolation Fractale Appliquée à la Synthèse de la Parole," Farah Cherif, 1996 (G.E., ENIT, TU),
      
  13. "Diagnostic des Pannes Des Moteurs à Courant Continu," Mediha Ajabi, et Razgallah Sonia, (G.E., ENIT, TU), 1995.
      

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PUBLICATIONS

Theses

1. "On the Stabilization and Control of Hybrid Systems," Ph.D. Thesis, School of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, June 1989.
   
2. "Parameter-Perturbations in Digital Control Systems," M.S. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, June 1985.
   
3. ''Identification des Caractéristiques d'une Cellule Photovoltaique,'' Undergraduate Thesis, Dé-partement Génie Electrique, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, May 1982.
   
4. "Réalisation d'une Rampe de Puissance Ajustable," Memoire, Département Génie Electrique, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, May 1981.
   

Reports

1. "Science, Technology and Innovation: Tunisia's Lifeboat!" Author, ITB infoservice newsletter, "Higher Education and Research & Innovation in the MENA region." May 2013,
   
2. "EU-MPC Societal Challenges: Structural Issues," Jelel Ezzine and Juliane Brach, June 2012,
   
3. "Report on the Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Research and Innovation," Co-author, April 2012,
   
4. "Building competence for research and innovation: governance, human capital and research infrastructure," Author, December 2011,
   
5. "Choix de Données Climatiques Explicatives dans les Modèles de Prévision à Moyen-Terme de la Puissance de Pointe et de l'Energie," 1er rapport dans le cadre du projet VRR Modèles de Prévision de la Puissance de Pointe Annuelle à la STEG: Effet de la Climatisation, Février 2005.
   
6. "Evaluation Interne de l'Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis," EVQUAMED 30092-2002, Projet TEMPUS-MEDA, 2002-2004
   
7. "Evaluation Interne des Etablissements de Formation d'Ingénieurs," LABELENIT, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis 2003-2004
   
8. "Rapport sur les Activités Scientifiques et Pédagogiques: Théorie des Systèmes et Contrôle," ICCS/ACS/GE/ENIT, June 2001.
   
9. "Rapport R&D: Théorie des Systèmes et Contrôle," ICCS/ACS/GE/ENIT, June 2001.
   
10. "Publications 1985-1995: Théorie des Systèmes et Contrôle," Vol. I/III, ICCS/ACS/GE/ENIT, June 2001.
    
11. "Publications 1996-1999: Théorie des Systèmes et Contrôle," Vol. II/III, ICCS/ACS/GE/ENIT, June 2001.
    
12. "Publications 2000-2001: Théorie des Systèmes et Contrôle," Vol. III/III, ICCS/ACS/GE/ENIT, June 2001.
    
13. "Le Système de Production de l'Acide Phosphorique dans les Usines de Gabes du Groupe Chimique Tunisien," Rapport de Synthèse, IRSIT, TN, 1997.
    
14. "Interior Point Optimization Methods for Linear and Non-linear Program-ming," Progress Reports 1 (1991), 2 (1992), 3 (1993), & Final Report SE/LINPROG/138 (1993).
    
15. "On Almost-Sure Exponential Stability of Discrete-Time Hybrid Systems," CCSE Technical report-CCSE-010 (1991).
    
16. "On the Numerical Computation of the Lyapunov Spectrum: A Stopping Rule,"CCSE Technical report-CCSE-016 (1994).
    
17. "Stabilizability of Linear Time-Varying Systems," Qualifying Examination Report, GT, USA, 1987.
    
18. "Etude et Réalisation d'un Microprocessor Micro-program-mable," Training Report, Dépar-tement Génie Electrique, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, September 1981.
    
19. "Conception Assistée par Ordinateur des Moules d'Injection," Training Report, Dépar-tement Génie Mécanique, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, September 1980.
    

Book Chapters, Theme Issues and Proceedings

1. Editor of ISCIII'05 Proceedings
   
2. Editor of ISCIII'03 Proceedings
   
3. Editor of the theme issue "Control Theory and Its Applications, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 4, October 1993.
   
4. A chapter Titled : "Convergence in distribution and generalized stability of random dynamical systems, " with J. Elton, in "Diffusion Processes, and Related Problems in Analysis: Stochastic Flows," Vol. II, Eds. M. Minsky, and V. Wihstutz, Birkauser Boston, Inc., 1990.
   

Translation Works

1. "Indicateurs énergétiques du développement durable: lignes directrices et méthodologies," ISBN 978-92-0-209408-6, French, Date of Issue: 23 September 2008,
   http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PubDetails.asp?pubId=8013
   
2. "Energie Nuclèaire et Développement durable," (French version), April 2008,
   http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/ST/NE/Pess/publications.shtml
   

Journal Papers

1. Ezzine, J., "Mending Tunisia's Achilles' heel!" Invited Contribution, to appear EMA's magazine Mediterranes.
   
2. Ezzine, J., Dridi Kammoun, I., and Champetier, C., "Les Impacts a Long Terme de la Raréfication de l'Energie Fossile sur le Développement du Nord et du Sud," to appear, The International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainability.
   
3. Abdelbari, S. B., and Ezzine, J., "Nonlinear Disturbance Accommodation Fuzzy Control," Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 165-17, 2008.
   
4. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "Performance Analysis of Adaptive Volterra Filters in the Finite Alphabet Input case," EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Issue 17, pp. 2715-2722, 2004.
   
5. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "On Exact Convergence Results of Adaptif Filters: The Finite Alphabet Case," Int. EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Vol.80, Issue 70, pp. 1373-1384, 2000.
   
6. Ezzine, J., and D. Karvanoğlyu, "On Almost-Sure Stabilization of Discrete-Time Jump Parameter Systems: an LMI Approach," Int. J. Cont., Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 1129-1146, 1997.
   
7. Ezzine, J. "An Asymptotically Exact Stopping Rule for the Numerical Computation of the Lyapunov Spectrum," Chaos, Solitons, & Fractals, Vol. 7, No. 8, pp. 1213-1225, August 1996.
   
8. Ezzine, J., Al-Sunni F., and Ksouri, M., "The Arab World," IEEE Control Systems, Special Issue: A World View of Control Education. Vol. 16, No. 2, pp.11-15, April 1996.
   
9. Ezzine, J., "Robust Stability Bounds for Sampled-Data Systems," International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 26, No. 10, pp. 1951-1966, 1995.
   
10. Ezzine, J., and Haddad, A. H., "Error Bounds in the Averaging of Hybrid Systems," IEEE Trans. Aut. Cont., Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 1188-1191, November 1989.
    
11. Ezzine, J., and Haddad, A. H., "On the Controllability and Observability of Hybrid Systems," Int. J. Cont., Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 2045-2055, 1989.
    

Conference Papers

1. Ezzine, J., "Integrated Capabilities Accumulation: a Gerschenkronian Catching-up Strategy," 7th Triple Helix International conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 17-19 June 2009.
   
2. Bel Mabrouk, H., Rospars J. P., Ezzine, J., and Martinez D., "Rôle de l'Inhibition Intra et Inter Glomélaire dans la Synchronisation Neuronale et le Codage Phéromonal chez Maduca Sexta," Deuxième Conférence Française de Neurosciences Computationnelles, NEUROCOMP08, Marseille, France, 8-11 October 2008.
   
3. Abdelbari, S. B., Ben Cheikh, Y;, and Ezzine, J., "Large Scale IFS and Cryptography: Design Through Almost Sure Approach," 5th European Conference on Intelligent Systems and Technologies, Iasi, Romania, 10-12 July 2008.
   
4. Ould Mohamed M. Mohamed, M. Jaidane-Saidane, J. Ezzine, J. Souissi, and N. Hizaoui, "Variability of Predictability of Daily Peak Load Using Lyapunov Exponent Approache: Case of Tunisian Power System," Proc. Power Tech'07, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1-5 July 2007.
   
5. Abdelbari, S. B., and Ezzine, J., "Secure Communication Using IFS: Almost Sure and Mean Square Stability Approache," Proc. ISCIII'07, Agadir, Morocco, 28-30 March 2007.
   
6. Abdelbari, S. B., and Ezzine, J., "Nonlinear Disturbance Accommodation Fuzzy Control," Proc. ISCIII'05, Carthage, Tunisia, 14-16 Oct. 2005.
   
7. Ghozi R., and Ezzine, J., "Algebraic Characterization of Non-Gaussian Markov Random Fields," Proc. ISCIII'05, Carthage, Tunisia, 14-16 Oct. 2005.
   
8. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "On Largest Lyapunov Exponent Assignment: A Genetic/Poles Placement Approach," Proc. MED'03, Rhodes, Greece, 18-20 June 2003.
   
9. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., " Largest Lyapunov Exponent Assignment of Large Scale Discrete-Time Jump Parameters Systems: A Genetic/Poles Placement Approach, " Proc. ISCIII'03, Nabeul, Tunisia, 19-23 Mai 2003.
   
10. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "Almost Sure Stability of Jump Parameter Systems: A Homotopy Versus LMI-Based Algorithms, " Proc. SSD'03, Sousse, Tunisia, 27-30 March 2003.
    
11. Dalel Maghrebi et al., "A New Step-In-Place Locomotion Interface for Virtual Environment with Large Display System," Proc. SIGGRAPH, San Antonio, USA, 21-26 July 2002.
    
12. Makoto Sato et al., "A Step-In-Place Locomotion System for Immersive Virtual Environments," Proc. SSD'03, Sousse, Tunisia, 27-30 March 2003.
    
13. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "Genetic Algorithm-Based Computation of the Lyapunov Exponent for Jump Parameter Systems," Proc. SSSC'01, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2001.
    
14. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "Hybrid LMI/Genetic Algorithms for the Stabilization of Discrete-Time Linear Jump Parameter Systems Using the Lyapunov Exponent," Proc. MED'01, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2001.
    
15. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "Upper Lyapunov Exponent Assignment of Randomly Samoled Coupled Inverted Pendulums, " Proc. SSD'01, Hammamet, Tunisia, 27-30 March 2001.
    
16. Ezzine, J., "Products of Random Matrices in Control and Signal Processin," Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Communication, Computer, and Power (IEEE-ICCCP'01), Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 12-14 February 2001 (INVITED PAPER).
    
17. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "On Exact Performances of Adaptive Volterra Filters: the Finite Alphabet Case," acepted, 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2000), Emerging Technologies for the 21st Century, Geneva, Switzerland, 28-31 May, 2000.
    
18. Besbes, H, J. Ezzine, and M. Jaidane, "Exact Tracking Performance Analysis of Land Mobile Satellite Channels," Proc. IEEE/Globecom'99, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5-9 Dec., 1999.
    
19. Ezzine J. and F. L. Lewis, "Disturbance-Accommodating Neurocontrol (DANC)," Proc. 1999 IFAC World Congress, Beijing, P. R. China, July 1999.
    
20. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "On Exact Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Volterra Filters: The Finite Alphabet Case," Proc. IEEE-EURASIP, Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing (NSIP'99), Antalya, Turkey, June 1999.
    
21. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "Analyse de la Convergence de l'Algorithme du Signe LMS," Proc. 6 Colloque Magrebin sur les Modèles Numeriques de l'Ingénieur, Tunis, Tunisia, Nov. 1998.
    
22. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "On Tracking Time-Varying Channels: Large Step Analysis," Proc. IEEE-SMC CESA'98, Nabeul-Hammamet, Tunisia, Nov. 1998
    
23. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "On Almost-Sure Stabilization of Large-Scale Discrete-Time Jump Parameter Systems: A Pole Placement Approach," Proc. IEEE-SMC CESA'98, Nabeul-Hammamet, Tunisia, Nov 1998.
    
24. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "Exact Analysis of the Tracking Capability of Time-Varying Channels: The Finite Alphabet Input Case," Proc. 5th IEEE Int. Conf. on Elec. Circ. and Systems (ICECS'98), Lisboa, Portugal, Sept. 1998.
    
25. Ben Cheikh, Y., and Ezzine, J., "On Almost-Sure Stabilization of Large-Scale Discrete-Time Jump Parameter Systems," accepted, Proc.IFAC-LSS'98, Patras, Greece, July 1998.
    
26. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "Convergence des Filtres Adaptatifs dans le Context Alphabet Fini," Proc. GRETSI, Grenoble, France, 1997.
    
27. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "Almost Sure and Mean Square Convergence of Adaptive Filters: The Finite Alphabet Case," Proc. Workshop, COST 254 on Emerging Techniques for Communication Terminals, Toulouse, France, 1997.
    
28. Ezzine, J., "On the Brockett-Blankenship Embedding of Two-Form Jump Linear Systems and their Riccati Transformation, Proc. IFAC'96, San Francisco, California, 1996.
    
29. Besbes, H., Jaidane, M., and Ezzine, J., "Convergence des Filtres Adaptatifs en Transmission Numerique: Context de l'Alphabet Fini," Proc. 16 émes journées tunisiennes d'electrotech-nique et d'automatique, Nabeul, Tunisia, Nov. 1996.
    
30. Aghali, E., and Ezzine, J., "Bornes de Stabilite Robuste pour les Systèmes Echantillonnés a Parametres Incertains Structurés," Proc. 16 émes journées tunisiennes d'electrotechnique et d'automatique, Nabeul, Tunisia, Nov. 1996.
    
31. Ezzine, J., "Robust Stability Bounds for Sampled-Data Systems: The Unstructured Perturbations Case," Proc. IEEE 15th ACC, Seattle, Washington, June 1995.
    
32. Ezzine, J., and Ben-Daya, M., "Singularly Perturbed Nonlinear ODE's and Interior Point Optimization Algorithms," Proc. IEEE 15th ACC, Seattle, Washington, June 1995.
    
33. Ezzine, J., "On Robust Stability Bounds for Sampled-Data Systems in Terms of the Matrix Exponential Condition Number," Proc. 15 émes journées tunisiennes d'electrotechnique et d'automatique, Nabeul, Tunisia, Nov. 1995.
    
34. Ezzine, J., and D. Karvanoğlyu, "On Almost-Sure Stabilization of Discrete-Time Jump Parameter Systems: an LMI Approach," Proc. 2éme Seminaire sur la commande robuste et ses applications, SCRA'95, Nabeul, Tunisia, Dec. 1995.
    
35. Ezzine, J., "An Entropic Approach to the Numerical Computation of the Lyapunov Spectrum," Proc. 14th IMACS World Congress, Georgia Tech., Atlanta, Georgia, July 1994.
    
36. Ezzine, J., "On a Practical Stopping Rule for the Numerical Computation of the Lyapunov Spectrum," Proc. IEEE 11th ACC, pp. 1057-1059, Chicago, IL, June 1992.
    
37. Ezzine, J., "A New Failure Detection and Isolation Algorithm for Linear Systems," Proc. SIAM Conf. on Control and its Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1992.
    
38. Ezzine, J., and Alghumgham, M., "On a Hybrid Neural-Net/Observer Failure Detection and Isolation Algorithm," Proc. 2nd IASTED International Conf.: Computer Applications in Industry, Alexandria, Egypt, May 1992.
    
39. Alghumgham, M., and Ezzine, J., "On Robust Observers Sensitivity Analysis Via Perturbation Theory," Proc. 2nd IASTED International Conf.: Computer Applications in Industry, Alexandria, Egypt, May 1992.
    
40. Browning, D. W., and Ezzine, J., "A disturbance Accommodation Model for the Virtual Circuit Flow Control," Proc. 23d Annual Conf. on Information Sciences and Systems, pp. 7-12, The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Maryland, March 1989.
    
41. Ezzine, J., and Haddad, A. H., "On Largest Lyapunov Exponent Assignment and Almost Sure Stabilization of Hybrid Systems," Proc. IEEE 8th ACC, pp. 805-810, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June 1989.
    
42. Ezzine, J., and Haddad, A. H., "Error Bounds in the Averaging of Hybrid Systems," Proc. 27th IEEE CDC, pp. 1787-1791, Austin,Texas, December 1988.
    
43. Ezzine, J., and Haddad, A. H., "On the Controllability and Observability of Hybrid Systems," Proc. IEEE 7th ACC, pp. 41-46, Atlanta, GA, June 1988 (cited more than 40 times.)
    
44. Ezzine, J., and Haddad, A. H., "On the Stabilization of Two-Form Hybrid Systems Via Averaging," Proc. 22nd Annual Conf. on Information Sciences and Systems, pp. 579-584, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, March 1988.
    
45. Ezzine, J., and Johnson, C. D., "Analysis of continuous/discrete model parameter sensitivity via a perturbation technique," Proc. 18th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 545-550, The Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 1986.
    

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