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Houda Harkat. Completed the Doctor in Engineering Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science in 2018/08/01 by Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Master in Telecom and Network Engineering, in 2013/06/01 by Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Fès and Licence in mathematics, Informatics, and physics in 2010/06/01 by Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès. Is Researcher in Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Assistant Professor in Universidade Lusófona Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Cognição e Computação Centrado nas Pessoas and Invited Auxiliary Researcher in UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias. Published 11 articles in journals. Has 4 section(s) of books. Organized 3 event(s). Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s) and Post-doc Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics with emphasis on Telecommunications. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; linear antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; permittivity; printed circuits; ultra wideband antennas; WiMax; wireless LAN; optimization parameter; ultra wideband linear microstrip array antenna; wireless communication; end-fire characteristic; secondary lobe; wideband frequency operation; square radiating patch; ground plane; FR4 printed circuit board; dielectric constant; microstrip feedline technique; radiation pattern; WiMAX; WLAN; Ansoft high frequency structure simulator; HFSS; computer simulation tool sooftware; CST; bandwidth 4 GHz; Wireless LAN; Antennas; Rectangular patch; UWB; End-Fire; return loss; VSWR; gain; ground radar; machine learning; deep learning; data inversion; Unmanned Aerial Systems; Airborne Fire Detection ; Firefront Forecast; Decision Support Information Systems; Wildfire; Segmentation; Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling; Dilated Convolution; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Houda Harkat

Citation names

  • Harkat, Houda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
991F-2F5C-2433
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7827-1527
Researcher Id
A-9436-2019
Scopus Author Id
56736693300

Email addresses

  • houda.harkat@usmba.ac.ma (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Arab (Mother tongue)
French (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/08/01
Concluded
 Engineering Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science (Doctor)
Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco
2013/06/01
Concluded
 Telecom and Network Engineering, (Master)
Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Fès, Morocco
 4
2010/06/01
Concluded
 mathematics, Informatics, and physics (Licence)
Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/16 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) CTS-COPELABS, Portugal
UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
2013/12/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco
2022/03/16 - 2023/08/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
2020/03/16 - 2022/03/16 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2019/05/06 - 2020/03/15 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal
2016/09/26 - 2018/08/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Cognição e Computação Centrado nas Pessoas, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Cognição e Computação Centrado nas Pessoas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/05 - 2020/03/31 SOCA (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000010)
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000010
Post-doc Fellow
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000010
Ongoing
2014/06 - 2017/06 PBER : Édition 2014
026USMBA2014
 Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes
LA/P/0104/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0104/2020
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Engenharia Eletrónica e Informática de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas Computacionais Embebidos e de Tempo-Real, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Matemática, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28 Real-Time Forest Fire Mapping and Spread Forecast Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
PCIF/SSI/0096/2017
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Força Aérea Portuguesa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/11 - 2018/07 ICM Ualg/Marrocos: marenostrum2017
KA107-022660/(034)001/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Erasmus Plus, Belgium
Concluded
2016/09 - 2017/07 ICM Ualg/Marrocos
2015-01-PT01-KA107-04276
 Erasmus
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ricardo Ribeiro; Alexandre Bernardino; Gonçalo Cruz; Diogo Silva; Luis Félix; Joao Vieira Caetano; Duarte Folgado; et al. "Towards the Automation of Wildfire Monitoring with Aerial Vehicles: The FIREFRONT Project". 183–193-183–193. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-37742-6_15
  2. Jabeur, Reda; Ouaaline, Najat; Soufiane, Abouzaid; Abderrazak, Lakrim; Harkat, Houda. "The Use of IoT to Improve the Energy Efficiency of the Fez Meknes Exhibition Hall". In The Proceedings of the International Conference on Electrical Systems & Automation, 133-143. Springer Singapore, 2022.
    10.1007/978-981-19-0035-8_11
  3. Houda Harkat; Jose Nascimento; Alexandre Bernardino; Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed. "Fire images classification using high order statistical features". 192-197. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_31
  4. Harkat, Houda. "Comparative Study of the Radiation Performance between Uniform and Non-uniform Excitation of Linear Patch Antenna Array for UWB Radar Applications". In Wseas Books: Mathematical and Computational Methods in Electrical Engineering, 89-95. WSEAS, 2015.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Harkat, H.; Nascimento, J.; Bernardino, A.; Ahmed, H. Farhana Thariq. "Fire image detection based on clustering data mining techniques". 2022.
    10.1117/12.2636268
  2. Harkat, Houda. "Fire segmentation using a SqueezeSegv2". 2021.
    10.1117/12.2598566
  3. Harkat, Houda. "Wi-Fi CSI Based Human Sign Language Recognition using LSTM Network". 2021.
    10.1109/iaict52856.2021.9532548
  4. Harkat, Houda. "Fire Detection using Deeplabv3+ with Mobilenetv2". 2021.
    10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9553141
  5. Houda Harkat; Jose M.P. Nascimento; Alexandre Bernardino; Harkat, Houda. "Fire Detection using Residual Deeplabv3+ Model". 2021.
    10.1109/CONFTELE50222.2021.9435459
  6. Harkat, Houda. "Fire segmentation using a DeepLabv3+ architecture". 2020.
    10.1117/12.2573902
  7. Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed; Hafisoh Ahmad; Swee King Phang; Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam; Harkat, Houda; Narasingamurthi, Kulasekharan. "Sign Language Gesture Recognition with Bispectrum Features Using SVM". Paper presented in 13th Eureca, Tay-lor’s University, Lakeside Campus. Subang Jaya, Malaysia, 2019.
    Submitted • 10.1063/5.0002344
  8. Harkat, Houda. "GPR hyperbolas classification using a multi-objective genetic approach". Paper presented in 9th European Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Mathematics At: Faro (Portugal), October 4th-7th, 2017, 2017.
  9. Houda Harkat; Saad Dosse Bennani; Anas Mansouri; Abdellatif Slimani; Harkat, H.; Bennani, S.D.; Mansouri, A.; Slimani, A.. "Inversion of GPR data: 2D forms reconstruction for cavities based on born approximation, TSVD regularization and image processing algorithms". 2016.
    10.1109/it4od.2016.7479317
  10. Slimani, A.; Bennani, S.D.; El Alami, A.; Harkat, H.; A. Slimani; S. D. Bennani; A. El Alami; H. Harkat. "Conception and optimization of a bidirectional ultra wide band planar array antennas for C-Band weather radar applications". 2016.
    10.1109/IT4OD.2016.7479269
  11. Harkat, H.; Elfakir, Y.; Bennani, S.D.; Khaissidi, G.; Mrabti, M.; Houda Harkat; Youssef Elfakir; et al. "Ground penetrating radar hyperbola detection using Scale-Invariant Feature Transform". 2016.
    10.1109/EITech.2016.7519626
  12. Harkat, Houda; A. Slimani; S.D. Bennani; A. El Alami; H. Harkat. "Optimization parameters of ultra wideband microstrip array antenna for wireless communication usign beam steering". 2015.
    10.1109/RAWSN.2015.7173271
  13. Harkat, Houda. "Time-Frequency Analysis of GPR Signal Using a Modified Hilbert Huang Approach". Paper presented in International Conference on Wireless Technologies, Embedded and In-telligent Systems 2015,, Fez, 2015.
    Published
  14. Cristian, Raicu Vasile; Ioan, Nicolaescu. "Contribution to the Optimization of the Radiation Performance of Patch Array Antenna for WiMAX Applications". Paper presented in International Conference on Wireless Technologies, Embedded and In-telligent Systems 2015, Fez, 2015.
    Published • 10.1109/iccomm.2018.8484829
  15. Houda Harkat; Saad Dosse Bennani; Jamal Belkadid. "A Modified Approach Based On The Hough transform For Target Localization In GPR B-Scans". 2014.
    10.13140/rg.2.1.5032.7442
Conference poster
  1. Harkat Houda; Saad Dosse Bennani. "Inversion des Données GPR par Algorithmes Génétiques : Cas d'une Couche Dispersive". 2015.
    10.13140/rg.2.2.21135.64167/1
Journal article
  1. Houda Harkat; Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed; José M.P. Nascimento; Alexandre Bernardino. "Early fire detection using wavelet based features". Measurement (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.115881.
    10.1016/j.measurement.2024.115881
  2. Houda Harkat; Luis M. Camarinha-Matos; João Goes; Hasmath F.T. Ahmed. "Cyber-physical systems security: A systematic review". Computers & Industrial Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.109891.
    10.1016/j.cie.2024.109891
  3. Harkat, Houda; Nascimento, Jose M. P.; Bernardino, Alexandre; Ahmed, Hasmath Farhana Thariq. "Fire images classification based on a handcraft approach". Expert Systems with Applications (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52485417/.
    10.1016/J.ESWA.2022.118594
  4. Houda Harkat; Paulo Monteiro; Atilio Gameiro; Fernando Guiomar; Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed. "A Survey on MIMO-OFDM Systems: Review of Recent Trends". Signals (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6120/3/2/23.
    10.3390/signals3020023
  5. Harkat, Houda; Nascimento, José M. P.; Bernardino, Alexandre; Thariq Ahmed, Hasmath Farhana. "Assessing the Impact of the Loss Function and Encoder Architecture for Fire Aerial Images Segmentation Using Deeplabv3+". Remote Sensing 14 9 (2022): 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14092023.
    10.3390/rs14092023
  6. Harkat, Houda; Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed; Hafisoh Ahmad; Swee King Phang; Houda Harkat; Kulasekharan Narasingamurthi. "DF-WiSLR: Device-Free Wi-Fi-based Sign Language Recognition". Pervasive and Mobile Computing 69 Journal P (2020): 101289-101289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2020.101289.
  7. Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed; Hafisoh Ahmad; Swee King Phang; Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam; Houda Harkat; Kulasekharan Narasingamurthi. "Higher Order Feature Extraction and Selection for Robust Human Gesture Recognition using CSI of COTS Wi-Fi Devices". Sensors 19 13 (2019): 2959-2959. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fs19132959.
    10.3390/s19132959
  8. Harkat, H.; Ruano, A.E.; Ruano, M.G.; Bennani, S.D.. "GPR target detection using a neural network classifier designed by a multi-objective genetic algorithm". Applied Soft Computing Journal 79 (2019): 310-325. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064080885&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.asoc.2019.03.030
  9. H. Harkat; A. Ruano; M.G. Ruano; S.D. Bennani. "Classifier Design by a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Approach for GPR Automatic Target Detection". IFAC-PapersOnLine 51 10 (2018): 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ifacol.2018.06.260.
    10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.06.260
  10. Ghizlane Khaissidi; Mostafa Mrabti; Saad Dosse Bennani; Youssef Elfakir; Houda Harkat. "Ground Penetrating Radar Hyperbola Detection Using Scale-Invariant Feature Transform". International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies (ICEIT) (2016): https://publons.com/publon/17917923/.
    10.1109/EITECH.2016.7519626
  11. Houda Harkat; Saad Dosse Bennani. "Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging for Buried Cavities in a Dispersive Medium: Profile Reconstruction Using a Modified Hough Transform Approach and a Time-Frequency Analysis". International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation (IRECAP) 5 2 (2015): 78-78. https://doi.org/10.15866%2Firecap.v5i2.4978.
    10.15866/irecap.v5i2.4978
  12. Abdellatif Slimani; Saad Dosse Bennani; Ali El Alami; Houda Harkat. "Conception and Optimization of Patch Array Antenna for WiMAX Applications Using Stubs and Slots Techniques Matching". International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation (IRECAP) 5 1 (2015): 39-39. https://doi.org/10.15866%2Firecap.v5i1.5179.
    10.15866/irecap.v5i1.5179

Other

Other output
  1. Time-Frequency Analysis of GPR Signal for Cavities Detection Application. 2016. Houda Harkat; Saad Bennani Dosse; Abdellatif Slimani. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-30301-7_12.
    10.1007/978-3-319-30301-7_12
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2015/03/21 Application des méthodes géophysiques pour la détection et la cartographie des cavités souterraines 1st edition of doctoral day of LERSI laboratory under the theme « Gathering, Sharing and fruitful exchange in favor of Scientific Research ».
sidi mohammed Ben abdellah University, Faculty of Sciences and techniques (Fez, Morocco)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016 Member of the Congress Front Committee « IT4OD 2016 : international conference on Information Technology for Organisations Development ». (2016 - 2016)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Fès, Morocco

Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco
2015 - 2015 Member of the organizing committee of the 1st edition of doctoral day of LERSI laboratory under the theme « Gathering, Sharing and fruitful exchange in favor of Scientific Research ». (2015 - 2015)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco
2015 - 2015 Member of the Congress Front Committee « The International Conference on WIreless Technologies, Embedded Systems and intelligent WITS-2015 ». (2015 - 2015)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Fès, Morocco

Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020 - 2020 The 6th International Conference On Wireless Technologies, Embedded And Intelligent Systems (Wits-2020). Fez, Morocco

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2014 - 2016 Teaching Signal Processing and Electronics Labs (Master) Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Fès, Morocco

Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Morocco

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01/01 - Current Fire (2571-6255) Mdpi