User profiles for Safa Messaoud
Safa MessaoudScientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) Verified email at hbku.edu.qa Cited by 131 |
SAC: Energy-Based Reinforcement Learning with Stein Soft Actor Critic
Learning expressive stochastic policies instead of deterministic ones has been proposed to
achieve better stability, sample complexity, and robustness. Notably, in Maximum Entropy …
achieve better stability, sample complexity, and robustness. Notably, in Maximum Entropy …
Structural consistency and controllability for diverse colorization
S Messaoud, D Forsyth… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Colorizing a given gray-level image is an important task in the media and advertising industry.
Due to the ambiguity inherent to colorization (many shades are often plausible), recent …
Due to the ambiguity inherent to colorization (many shades are often plausible), recent …
DeepQAMVS: Query-aware hierarchical pointer networks for multi-video summarization
The recent growth of web video sharing platforms has increased the demand for systems
that can efficiently browse, retrieve and summarize video content. Query-aware multi-video …
that can efficiently browse, retrieve and summarize video content. Query-aware multi-video …
Impact of adversarial training on robustness and generalizability of language models
Adversarial training is widely acknowledged as the most effective defense against
adversarial attacks. However, it is also well established that achieving both robustness and …
adversarial attacks. However, it is also well established that achieving both robustness and …
[PDF][PDF] Optimal architecture synthesis for aircraft electrical power systems
S Messaoud - Master's thesis, TU Munich--UC Berkeley, 2013 - researchgate.net
The fast development in power electronics and embedded processors has allowed an
increasing electrification of embedded systems during the last decade [5]. The vehicle industry …
increasing electrification of embedded systems during the last decade [5]. The vehicle industry …
A3T: accuracy aware adversarial training
Adversarial training has been empirically shown to be more prone to overfitting than standard
training. The exact underlying reasons are still not fully understood. In this paper, we …
training. The exact underlying reasons are still not fully understood. In this paper, we …
Exploiting the Layered Intrinsic Dimensionality of Deep Models for Practical Adversarial Training
Despite being a heavily researched topic, Adversarial Training (AT) is rarely, if ever, deployed
in practical AI systems for two primary reasons: (i) the gained robustness is frequently …
in practical AI systems for two primary reasons: (i) the gained robustness is frequently …
Toward more scalable structured models
S Messaoud - 2021 - ideals.illinois.edu
While deep learning has achieved huge success across different disciplines from computer
vision and natural language processing to computational biology and physical sciences, …
vision and natural language processing to computational biology and physical sciences, …
Accelerating genomic data parsing on field programmable gate arrays
S Messaoud, T Ogasawara - US Patent 10,522,241, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT Methods and systems for accelerated input data conversion include partially
parsing an input data set to convert the data set from a first format to a second format in an …
parsing an input data set to convert the data set from a first format to a second format in an …
[PDF][PDF] Validation study of a finite element model for reaction and diffusion using electro-chemical and mathematical methods
S Messaoud - Heinz-Nixdorf Lehstuhl für …, 2011 - safamessaoud.web.illinois.edu
Computational models are valuable tools for micro-metabolic studies on cellular specimens.
For example, they can be used for the approximation of absolute cell metabolic rates (given …
For example, they can be used for the approximation of absolute cell metabolic rates (given …