Talks Archives - Hatem Zehir

How I Used AI to Teach Book Summarization

Posted on May 18, 2025April 1, 2026 by Hatem Zehir

On 18 May 2025, I gave a presentation at Badji Mokhtar – Annaba University as part of the AI Masters Challenge, an event organized by the House of AI on the occasion of Students’ Day. The challenge brought together student teams competing to determine who could best use AI tools for bibliographical research, finding, analysing,…

Using AI and ECG to Identify Patients: My Talk at the House of AI

Posted on May 16, 2023March 22, 2026 by Hatem Zehir

On 16 May 2023, I presented “Exploring the Possibilities of Using Artificial Intelligence and ECG for Identifying Patients” at the AI in the Medical Field event, organized by the House of AI at Badji Mokhtar – Annaba University. The event was held on the occasion of Students’ Day and brought together professors, researchers, PhD candidates,…

Hatem Zehir is a researcher with a PhD in Biometrics. His research sits at the intersection of deep learning, signal and image processing, and biometric systems, with a focus on ECG-based person identification, multimodal fusion, and the deployment of AI on embedded and edge platforms using TinyML.

His work addresses real-world challenges across biomedical and healthcare systems, security and identity verification, and edge intelligence, and has been published in Q1/Q2 journals including Multimedia Tools and Applications, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, and Evolving Systems, as well as IEEE conferences. He also serves as a peer reviewer for Scientific Reports and BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.

Alongside his research, he held a temporary teaching position at Badji Mokhtar University, where he lectured and instructed courses in image processing, artificial intelligence, signal processing, and programming.

He is currently seeking a postdoctoral position in biometrics, AI, or related fields.