<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" /><updated>2026-10-19T20:31:25+02:00</updated><id>https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Addi Ait-Mlouk</title><subtitle>Addi Ait-Mlouk, Associate Professor (Docent) of AI and Data Science at the University of Skövde. Research on federated and decentralized machine learning, deep learning and NLP, with applications in privacy-preserving healthcare, industrial manufacturing and knowledge graphs.</subtitle><author><name>Addi Ait-Mlouk</name></author><entry><title type="html">Teaching at the International Summer School on Generative AI</title><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2026/gai-summer-school.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Teaching at the International Summer School on Generative AI" /><published>2026-06-26T00:00:00+02:00</published><updated>2026-06-26T00:00:00+02:00</updated><id>https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2026/gai-summer-school</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2026/gai-summer-school.html"><![CDATA[<p>I took part in GAI 2026, the International Summer School on Generative AI (22–26 June 2026, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), with the hands-on session <strong>From Tokens to Transformers: A Hands-On NLP Journey</strong> and the presentation of project ideas for participants.</p>]]></content><author><name>Addi Ait-Mlouk</name></author><category term="Teaching" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I gave the hands-on session From Tokens to Transformers at GAI 2026, the International Summer School on Generative AI at Sapienza University of Rome.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Two papers and chair roles at FLICS 2026 and HAXD 2026</title><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2026/flics-haxd-2026.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Two papers and chair roles at FLICS 2026 and HAXD 2026" /><published>2026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00</published><updated>2026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00</updated><id>https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2026/flics-haxd-2026</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2026/flics-haxd-2026.html"><![CDATA[<p>At the 2nd International Conference on Federated Learning and Intelligent Computing Systems (FLICS 2026) and the 2nd International Conference on Human-AI Interaction and Experience Design (HAXD 2026), held 9–12 June 2026 in Valencia, Spain, we presented two papers:</p>

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  <li><strong>FedRecall: Gradient History Replay for Cold-Start Clients in Federated Learning</strong> (FLICS 2026)</li>
  <li><strong>LLM-Simulated Users for Rapid Usability Evaluation of Decision Support Tools</strong> (HAXD 2026)</li>
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<p>I served as Publication Chair of FLICS 2026 and Program Chair of HAXD 2026.</p>]]></content><author><name>Addi Ait-Mlouk</name></author><category term="Papers" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[We presented FedRecall at FLICS 2026 and LLM-simulated users for usability evaluation at HAXD 2026 in Valencia, where I served as Publication Chair (FLICS) and Program Chair (HAXD).]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">New funded EU project: ProcTwin (2025–2028)</title><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2025/proctwin-funded.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="New funded EU project: ProcTwin (2025–2028)" /><published>2025-06-09T00:00:00+02:00</published><updated>2025-06-09T00:00:00+02:00</updated><id>https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2025/proctwin-funded</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2025/proctwin-funded.html"><![CDATA[<p>I am excited to announce that I am part of the newly funded EU project ProcTwin, with a total budget of €4,825,924. Running from 2025 to 2028, the project focuses on digital twin technologies and AI to optimise industrial processes in steel manufacturing.</p>]]></content><author><name>Addi Ait-Mlouk</name></author><category term="Funding" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[ProcTwin, an EU Clean Steel Partnership project with a total budget of €4,825,924, focuses on digital twins and AI to optimise industrial processes.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">PhD position in the ProcTwin project</title><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2024/phd-position-proctwin.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="PhD position in the ProcTwin project" /><published>2024-11-08T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2024-11-08T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2024/phd-position-proctwin</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2024/phd-position-proctwin.html"><![CDATA[<p>I am recruiting a PhD student for the new ProcTwin research project, which focuses on AI and federated learning solutions for digital twins of industrial processes.</p>]]></content><author><name>Addi Ait-Mlouk</name></author><category term="Position" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Recruiting a PhD student for a new project on AI and federated learning for digital twins.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Promotion to Associate Professor (Docent)</title><link href="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2024/promotion-to-docent.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Promotion to Associate Professor (Docent)" /><published>2024-06-22T00:00:00+02:00</published><updated>2024-06-22T00:00:00+02:00</updated><id>https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2024/promotion-to-docent</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://aitmlouk.github.io/news/2024/promotion-to-docent.html"><![CDATA[<p>I’m honoured to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor (Docent) at the University of Skövde. This milestone reflects years of work in research, teaching and innovation.</p>]]></content><author><name>Addi Ait-Mlouk</name></author><category term="Career" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I have been promoted to Associate Professor (Docent) at the University of Skövde.]]></summary></entry></feed>