Conference papers 

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn and J. Zerubia. A theoretical and numerical study of a phase field higher-order active contour model of directed networks. The Tenth Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV). Queenstown, New Zealand, November 8-12, 2010.

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn and J. Zerubia. Segmentation of networks from VHR remote sensing images using a directed phase field HOAC model.. ISPRS Technical Commission III Symposium on Photogrammetry Computer Vision and Image Analysis. Paris, September 1-3, 2010.

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn and J. Zerubia. A phase field higher-order active contour model of directed networks. NORDIA, IEEE Workshop on Non-Rigid Shape Analysis and Deformable Image Alignment, at ICCV. Kyoto, Japan, September 27- October 4, 2009.

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn and J. Zerubia. Inflection point model under phase field higher-order active contours for network extraction from VHR satellite images. EUSIPCO, European Signal Processing Conference. Glasgow, Scotland, August 24-28, 2009.

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn and J. Zerubia. Phase diagram of a long bar under a higher-order active contour energy: application to hydrographic network extraction from VHR satellite images. ICPR, International Conference on Pattern Recognition. Tampa, Florida, USA, December 2008.

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn and J. Zerubia. Diagramme de phase d’une énergie de type contour actif d’ordre supérieur : le cas d’une barre longue. RFIA, Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle. Amiens, France, January 2008.

A. El Ghoul and Z. Belhadj. Multispectral Remote Sensing Image Classification Using Adaptive Wavelet Packet. ISIVC, International Symposium On Image/Video Communications over fixed and mobile networks. Hammamet, Tunisia, 2006.

Visits, seminars and workshops

Phase fields for network extraction from images. 24 August 2010, Tunis (Tunisia). Invited by Professor Amel Benazza at URISA (Sup'Com).

Phase fields for network extraction from images. May 19, 2010, Sophia Antipolis (France). SHAPE Working Group meeting at INRIA Sophia Antipolis.

A phase field higher-order active contour model of directed networks. 22 April 2010, Sophia Antipolis (France). ADSTIC Seminar at I3S.

Shape modelling via phase field higher-order active contours. May 29, 2009, INRIA Rocquencourt Paris. ERCIM MUSCLE WG Meeting.

Shape modelling via Higher-Order Active Contours and Phase Fields: Application to hydrographic network extraction. 6 April 2009, Tunis (Tunisia). Invited by Professor Amel Benazza at URISA (Sup'Com).

Shape modelling via Higher-Order Active Contours and Phase Fields. 9 January 2009, Tunis (Tunisia). Invited by Professor Ali Saada at LAMSIN (ENIT).

Shape modelling via Phase Field Higher-Order Active Contours: Stability analysis for hydrographic network extraction. 15-19 December 2008, Tallahassee (Florida, USA). Invited by Professor Anuj Srivastava at FSU.

Shape modelling via Phase Field Higher-Order Active Contours: Stability analysis for hydrographic network extraction. 3-5 December 2008, Orlando (Florida, USA). Invited by Professor Hassan Foroosh at UCF.

Shape modelling via Phase Field Higher-Order Active Contours: Stability analysis for hydrographic network extraction. October 15-17, 2008, Toulouse. 8th DLR-CNES Workshop on Information Extraction and Scene Understanding for Meter Resolution Images.

Phase diagram of a higher-order active contour energy. 11 March 2008, Sophia Antipolis (France). ADSTIC Seminar at I3S.

Phase Field Higher-Order Active Contours For Object Extraction from Remote Sensing Images. March 4-6, 2008, ESRIN, Frascati (Rome). ESA-EUSC 2008: Image Information Mining: pursuing automation of geospatial intelligence for environment and security.

Tree detection and road network extraction using higher order active contours. January 10-11, 2008, CNES Paris. Meeting of ORFEO Methodology.

Phase diagram of a higher-order active contour energy. 23-30 July 2007, Beijing (China). Invited by Professor Veronique Prinet, scientific director of RSIU team at LIAMA.