Jekyll2026-10-27T14:30:07+01:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/feed.xmlAddi Ait-MloukAddi 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.Addi Ait-MloukPostdoc position in the ProcTwin project2026-10-21T10:00:00+02:002026-10-21T10:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2026/postdoc-proctwinWe are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher within the EU Horizon project ProcTwin (2025–2028) at the University of Skövde. The project develops integrated modelling for sustainable and optimized steel manufacturing, combining numerical simulation, soft sensors and distributed machine learning.

Interested? See the open research topics or get in touch.

]]>Addi Ait-MloukDecentrai: a hierarchical federated learning framework, coming soon2026-10-21T09:00:00+02:002026-10-21T09:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2026/decentrai-coming-soonDecentrai is an open-source framework for hierarchical federated learning, to be released soon. Clients train on their own data, regional coordinators aggregate their clients’ updates, and a global orchestrator combines the coordinators’ results into the next global model. Raw data never leaves the clients.

It includes 18 aggregation algorithms (FedAvg, FedProx, SCAFFOLD, Krum and others), differential privacy, and LoRA fine-tuning of language models across sites.

]]>Addi Ait-Mloukmcdakit 0.2.0 released: multi-criteria decision analysis for Python2026-10-06T09:00:00+02:002026-10-06T09:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2026/mcdakit-releasedmcdakit is an open-source Python library for multi-criteria decision analysis. It offers 17 ranking methods, including TOPSIS, VIKOR, PROMETHEE, ELECTRE, AHP and SPOTIS, rankings that hold under rank reversal, and weight sensitivity analysis solved to a threshold. Its only dependency is numpy.

Documentation: aitmlouk.github.io/mcdakit · Source: github.com/aitmlouk/mcdakit

]]>Addi Ait-MloukOrganizing and teaching at the International Summer School on Generative AI2026-06-26T00:00:00+02:002026-06-26T00:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2026/gai-summer-schoolI was an organizer of and speaker at GAI 2026, the International Summer School on Generative AI (22–26 June 2026, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy). I gave the hands-on session From Tokens to Transformers: A Hands-On NLP Journey and the presentation of project ideas for participants.

]]>Addi Ait-MloukTwo papers and chair roles at FLICS 2026 and HAXD 20262026-06-12T00:00:00+02:002026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2026/flics-haxd-2026At 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:

  • FedRecall: Gradient History Replay for Cold-Start Clients in Federated Learning (FLICS 2026)
  • LLM-Simulated Users for Rapid Usability Evaluation of Decision Support Tools (HAXD 2026)

I served as Publication Chair of FLICS 2026 and Program Chair of HAXD 2026.

]]>Addi Ait-MloukNew funded EU project: ProcTwin (2025–2028)2025-06-09T00:00:00+02:002025-06-09T00:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2025/proctwin-fundedI 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.

]]>Addi Ait-MloukPhD position in the ProcTwin project2024-11-08T00:00:00+01:002024-11-08T00:00:00+01:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2024/phd-position-proctwinI 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.

]]>Addi Ait-MloukPromotion to Associate Professor (Docent)2024-06-22T00:00:00+02:002024-06-22T00:00:00+02:00https://aitmloukaddi.com/news/2024/promotion-to-docentI’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.

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