The École Supérieure en Informatique de Sidi Bel Abbès (ESI-SBA) is proud to announce the participation of its students Amina Tassenime Boulanouar, Chaima Slimane, Marwa Nassane, and Mohammed Achraf Larbi in the 5th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Embedded & Distributed Systems (EDiS’2026), held from November 2 to 5, 2026, in Oran, Algeria.

On this occasion, our PhD candidates and students contributed to the presentation of four scientific papers addressing current and high-impact research topics, particularly cybersecurity, natural language processing, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence applied to healthcare.

1. Amina Tassenime Boulanouar, in collaboration with Sidi Mohammed Benslimane and Sid Ahmed Benabderrahmane, presented the paper entitled: “Cross-Platform Gender Bias and Trust Analysis in Online Advisory Platforms Using Transformer-Based NLP Models.” This research was conducted in collaboration with New York University (NYU).

2. Chaima Slimane, in collaboration with Laaziz Lahlou, Anes Abdennebi, Nadjia Kara, and Sidi Mohammed Benslimane, presented the paper entitled: “Comparative Evaluation of Network Data Analysis Frameworks for Machine Learning-based Intrusion Detection.” This work was carried out in collaboration with École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, Canada.

3. Marwa Nassane, in collaboration with Nassima Dif and Sidi Mohammed Benslimane, presented the paper entitled: “Hybrid Quantum–Classical Architectures for Medical Image Analysis: A Review of Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions.” This study explores the opportunities offered by hybrid quantum-classical architectures in the field of medical image analysis.

4. Mohammed Achraf Larbi, in collaboration with Samiha Mezrar, Badia Klouche, Olivier Pons, and Elena Kornyshova, presented the paper entitled: “Benchmarking Twelve Prompting Strategies for LLM-Based Rare Disease Diagnosis.” This research was conducted in collaboration with Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), France.

These contributions highlight the diversity and quality of the research conducted at ESI-SBA, as well as its commitment to fostering national and international scientific collaborations with leading academic and healthcare institutions.

They also reflect our students’ dedication to scientific research and innovation, and their commitment to disseminating and promoting their research findings through international scientific events.

Congratulations to our students, their supervisors, and all their collaborators on these outstanding scientific contributions!