16th Conference on Research in Computer Science and its Applications (CNRIA 2026) / IEEE

October 15-17, 2026 | École Polytechnique de Thiès (EPT), Senegal

Detailed Program

All times are in Senegal local time (GMT). Rooms A and B run in parallel during parallel sessions.

Thursday, October 15, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
Saturday, October 17, 2026

Thursday, October 15, 2026

8h00 – 9h00 · Registration

Welcome & participant registration

9h00 – 10h00 · Keynote Speech I

Plenary session, Room A.

10h00 – 10h30 · Coffee Break & Networking (Exhibition Hall)

10h30 – 11h30 · Parallel Sessions 1 (Part 1/2)

S1: African Languages, Educational Technologies and Student Success in Higher Education (Part 1/2)

Chair: Prof. Moussa LoRoom A

#67 WORI: Constructing and Linguistically Validating a Wolof Reverse Instruction Dataset for Low-Resource NLP
(Mareme Diop and Mandicou Ba)
#26 Neural Machine Translation from French to the Low-Resource Serer Language
(Cheikh Fall, Cheikh Mouhamadou Bamba Dione, Augustin Ndione and Joel Rostand Nteupe)
#33 Benchmarking Lightweight LLMs on African Anchoring: A Human-Validated Evaluation of French Educational Content Generation on CPU-only Infrastructure
(Daouda Sarr and Pr. Alassane Diop)

Thu 10h30 – 11h30

S2: Sovereign RAG and Secure Access to Institutional Knowledge

Chair: Prof. Bamba GueyeRoom B

#64 Hybrid Multimodal RAG with Two-Level Partitioning for Secure Document Retrieval in a Central Bank
(Mohamed Kaba Keita, Sodanou Clervie Sandrine Some and Boudal Niang)
#82 Civil-RAG: An Applied Retrieval-Augmented Generation System for Senegalese Civil Registration Law
(Keita Mohamed Kaba, Ba Assane and Mbaye Moustapha)

Thu 10h30 – 11h30

11h30 – 12h30 · Official Opening Ceremony

In the presence of institutional and government authorities. Room A.

12h30 – 13h30 · Panel 1: Digital Transformation & Sovereign Digital Infrastructures in Africa

Plenary panel, Room A. Speakers and moderator to be announced.

13h30 – 15h00 · Lunch Break

15h00 – 16h45 · Parallel Sessions 2

S3: Cybersecurity, Cryptography and Resilient Digital Services

Chair: Prof. Djiby Sow (UCAD)Room A

#39 Cluster-AT: A Novel Strategy to Enhance the Robustness of Deep Learning-Based IDS in IoT Networks
(Mohamed Kaba Keita, Gora Gueye, Aly Lama Dia and Cheikh Thiecoumba Gueye)

Thu 15h00 – 16h45

Early Stage Researchers Session 1: Networks & IoT

Chair: Mme Sokhna BESSANERoom A

#96 Real-Time Predictive Monitoring of Mobile Network Coverage in Senegal Using Inference Models
(Assane Gueye)
#99 Deployment of a Portable 5G Standalone Architecture Orchestrated by SDN with Fog/MEC Integration for Rural IoT Connectivity
(Amadou Diallo)
#105 Hybrid ANN–PSO Model for Robust RSSI-Based Wireless Sensor Localization in Noisy IoT Environments
(Sandoumbé Thiam, Ibrahima Diané and Ibrahima Niang)

Thu 15h00 – 16h45

S4: Smart Networks, Smart Cities and Inclusive Digital Infrastructures

Chair: Prof. Marie NdiayeRoom B

#62 Building Inclusive Digital Ecosystems in African Cities: A Low-Cost Heterogeneous Networking Blueprint for Education and Urban Service
(Faly Gaye, Bamba Gueye, Ibrahima Diane and Damien Saucez)
#68 Deep Reinforcement Learning for Population-Aware Cellular 4G/5G Base Station Placement
(Moustapha Mbaye and Diouldé Aminata Dath)
#75 Optimizing Fault Detection in FTTH Optical Fiber Networks Using Deep Learning
(Mangone Fall, Mohamed Kaba Keita, Mouhamadou Mane and Idy Diop)
#66 A comparative Study of Feature Extraction and Transfer Learning for Urban Noise Source Identification in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Dakar
(El Hadji Serigne Mamour Diop and Mamadou Yaya Mané)

Thu 15h00 – 16h45

16h45 – 17h45 · Coffee Break & Demo / Poster Session

Coffee break & networking (Exhibition Hall).

Demo & Interactive Poster Session

Chair: Prof. Mandicou BaRoom B

Posters and demos on display all day. Oral presentations: 10 minutes each.

#20 DeepAerenchyma: A Mobile-Ready Web Interface and Local Application for AI-Assisted Rice Root Anatomy Phenotyping
(Romain Fernandez, Hani Atef, Paula Andrea Lozano-Montaña, Christophe Périn, Sergi Navarro Sanz and Maria Camila Rebolledo)
#47 Massification, educational quality and sustainability of tutoring in distance higher education: design of an integrated system for IA-enhanced pedagogical scenario-based system at UN-CHK
(Rokhaya Diagne and Ndeye Massata Ndiaye)
#89 Reconstruction Volumique 3D et Surveillance Environnementale par Intelligence Artificielle pour les Jumeaux Numériques de Bâtiments Intelligents : Application au Bâtiment BTC de l’EPT
(Nazar Amine Izazi Taha and Aissatou Sow)
#92 A Low-Overhead JupyterHub Testbed on k3s for AI and Networking Education in Low-Resource Settings
(Faly Gaye, Bamba Gueye, Ibrahima Diane, Damien Saucez and Nikos Makris)

Thu 16h45 – 17h45

17h45 – 18h45 · Parallel Sessions 1 (Part 2/2)

S1: African Languages, Educational Technologies and Student Success in Higher Education (Part 2/2)

Chair: Prof. Moussa LoRoom A

#74 Evaluation of Student Orientation Criteria in Higher Education in Senegal: The Case of Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD)
(Mansor Samba, Modou Gueye, Mouhamadou Lamine Ba and Idrissa Sarr)
#16 Profiling Structural and Academic Vulnerabilities in Online Learning: An Exploratory Clustering Analysis of Student Persistence in an African Digital University
(Doudou Coly, El Hadji Bassirou Toure and El Hadji Mamadou Nguer)

Thu 17h45 – 18h45

Early Stage Researchers Session 2: Health & Biomedical AI

Chair: Prof. Ibra DioumRoom B

#86 Application du Deep Learning au Diagnostic Précoce des Dermatoses en Afrique Subsaharienne : Vers un Outil d’Aide à la Décision Clinique Intégré.
(Serigne Mbacke Seck)
#97 Génération de Données Synthétiques pour la Détection de la Malaria : Étude Comparative de l’Augmentation de Données sur Quatre Architectures de Deep Learning
(Aliou Dramé)
#110 Prédiction de l’évolution des consultations d’urgence chez l’enfant drépanocytaire : analyse comparée de quatre algorithmes d’apprentissage supervisé sur la cohorte de l’USAD de Dakar
(Fatimata Kane, Isseu Gueye, Gaoussou Camara, Ayanleh Moustapha Youssouf and Indou Deme)
#111 Classification non supervisée par K-means de patients drépanocytaires : profils cliniques à l’USAD de Dakar
(Isseu Gueye, Fatimata Kane, Gaoussou Camara, Ayanleh Moustapha Youssouf and Indou Dème)

Thu 17h45 – 18h45

Friday, October 16, 2026

8h30 – 9h30 · Keynote Speech II

Plenary session, Room A.

9h30 – 10h30 · Parallel Sessions 4

Tutorial: 3D Gaussian Splatting: Foundations (#72)

Presenter: Abdoullah Ndoye · Moderator: Dr Ibrahima KARoom A

Part I: Background & Motivation

Fri 9h30 – 10h30

Early Stage Researchers Session 3: AI Applications & Data Engineering

Chair: Dr Samba SidibéRoom B

#100 AI-Based Multi-Hazard Modeling Integrating Flood Risks and Road Accidents in Senegal: A Review
(Mouhamadou Djimba Thiam, Ousmane Sall, Oumy Niass, Abdourahmane Balde, Mariama Dione, Papa Seydou Wane, Yoro Dia, Edouard Ngor Sarr and Dieu-Donne Okalas Ossami)
#104 Semantic Search and Automatic Chaptering of RTS Audiovisual Archives Using a Local RAG Architecture
(Mohamed Sall and Samba Diaw)
#106 Implementation of an Artificial Intelligence Platform for the Detection and Identification of People from Images or Videos, in Degraded or Non-Degraded Conditions, Using YOLOv11
(Hawoly Deme, Sambalaye Diop, El Hadji Mamadou Nguer and Chérif Diallo)
#108 A Formalized and Reproducible Data Engineering Pipeline for the Exploitation of Hospital Records during Mass Gatherings
(Demba Diallo, Amadou Dahirou Gueye and Mouhamadou Lamine Ba)

Fri 9h30 – 10h30

10h30 – 11h00 · Coffee Break & Networking (Exhibition Hall)

11h00 – 13h00 · Panel 2: Cybersecurity in African Digital Infrastructures

Plenary panel, Room A. Speakers and moderator to be announced.

13h00 – 14h30 · Lunch & Prayer Break

14h30 – 16h30 · Parallel Sessions 5

Tutorial: 3D Gaussian Splatting: Foundations (#72)

Presenter: Abdoullah Ndoye · Moderator: Dr Ibrahima KARoom A

Part II: The 3DGS Pipeline in Depth

Part III: Hands-On Demo (gsplat)

Fri 14h30 – 16h30

Early Stage Researchers Session 4: Energy, Agriculture & Education

Chair: Prof. Ndèye Fatou NgomRoom B

#95 Site-aware dynamic modeling of air-based PV/T collectors for Sahelian solar pumping: optical, spectral, and soiling losses in Matam, Senegal
(Ousmane Ndao)
#102 Toward a Culturally Contextualized and Adaptive Serious Game for Socio-Emotional Learning in Children with ASD in Senegal: An Embedded Artificial Intelligence Architecture
(Cheikh Abdoul Ahad Mbacke Diop, Awa Diattara, Arnaud Grignard and Cheikh Ba)
#103 Réduire l’abandon dans les MOOC en Afrique : une architecture de réalité étendue à avatars adaptatifs pour l’Université Numérique Cheikh Hamidou Kane (UN-CHK)
(Meissa Touncara)
#109 Deep Learning-Based Detection and Monitoring of Peanut Diseases Using Oriented Bounding Boxes and a Hybrid ConvNeXt-ViT Architecture
(Aminata Fianyah, Ndeye Absa Der and Ndeye Fatou Ngom)

Fri 14h30 – 16h30

16h30 – 17h30 · Parallel Sessions 6

S5: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation for Health

Chair: Prof. Youssou DiengRoom A

#22 Beyond Individual Classifiers: A Stacking Approach to Symptom-Based Malaria Prediction in Senegal
(Ousseynou Mbaye, Mouhamadou Lamine Ba, Siriman Konare and Alassane Sy)
#55 A Decentralized Medical Imaging Storage and Sharing Architecture for Senegal: An Orthanc-based Proof of Concept
(Papa Ibrahima Sow, Idy Diop and Saidou Sow)
#80 InceptionTime-EDL: Multi-Scale Evidential Deep Learning for Uncertainty-Aware ECG Arrhythmia Classification
(Ibrahima Sy, Cheikh H. T. Cherif Ndiaye and Ndeye Fatou Ngom)

Fri 16h30 – 17h30

S6: Smart Agriculture, Frugal AI and Resilient Systems

Chair: Prof. Ibra DioumRoom B

#76 Scenario-Based and Weibull-Informed Self-Healing Framework for Resilient Agri-IoT Irrigation Systems
(Fatoumata Thiam, Maïssa Mbaye and Alexander M. Wyglinski)
#53 Intelligent liquid volume estimation system based on frugal AI and edge computing
(Assane Diouf, Abou Abdallah Malick Diouara, Pape Abdoulaye Fam and Idy Diop)
#70 Image-Based Joint Variety and Organ Classification of Mungbean (Vigna radiata) for Seed Certification in Senegal
(Atoumane Sene, Amadou Dahirou Gueye and Issa Faye)
#37 End-to-end IoT-to-ML Pipeline for Hygrothermal Characterization and Prediction of a Vernacular CEB+Typha Building in a Tropical-Sahelian Climate
(Ibrahima Ka, Ibrahima Gueye, El Hadji Boubacar Seck, Mouhamadou Thiam and Serigne Mansour Diene)

Fri 16h30 – 17h30

17h30 – 19h30 · Social Event: Guided Tour of the Manufactures Sénégalaises des Arts Décoratifs (MSAD), Thiès

Transport included (2 hours in total, travel and visit).

Discover the low-warp tapestry workshop (hand-woven wool), the cartoons used to prepare the designs, and the shop/gallery of one of Thiès’s landmark venues.

19h30 – 21h30 · Cocktail Dinner & Best Paper Awards Ceremony

Saturday, October 17, 2026

8h30 – 9h30 · Keynote Speech III

Plenary session, Main Auditorium.

9h30 – 10h30 · Special Session: Presentation of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering Program (EPT)

Room A.

10h30 – 11h00 · Coffee Break & Networking (Exhibition Hall)

11h00 – 12h00 · Special Session: IEEE Senegal Section

IEEE Senegal Section & Young Professionals Panel. Room A.

12h00 – 13h30 · Special Session: ASCII General Assembly

Room A.

13h30 – 14h45 · Lunch Break

14h45 – 16h00 · Official Closing Ceremony

Plenary session, Main Auditorium.