{"id":16605,"date":"2024-09-20T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/?p=16605"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:21:21","slug":"addressing-water-sustainability-challenges-in-north-africa-with-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/?p=16605","title":{"rendered":"Addressing Water Sustainability Challenges in North Africa with Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mustafa Zaouini, Joao Pita Costa, Manal Cherkaoui, Hanaa Hachimi, M. Wahib Abkari, Kamal Gourari, Hatim Lachheb and Jad Tounsi El Azzoiani<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/>The topic of water sustainability has been leading the priorities<br \/>worldwide where Artificial Intelligence (AI) can position<br \/>research institutions, public &amp; private companies and<br \/>governments towards evidence-based decision-making in<br \/>regards to water resources. In this particular domain, the<br \/>amount and heterogeneity of data generated allied to the rapid<br \/>progress of scientific research and technological development<br \/>have created vast amounts of data, but significant challenges to<br \/>gathering, filtering, and making sense of this information. This<br \/>paper presents the research outcomes of collaborative effort<br \/>engaging a total 51 students mentored by 15 professors across<br \/>11 research institutions in North Africa, distributed by 14<br \/>projects focusing the appropriate application of machine<br \/>learning methods to local and national water sustainability<br \/>problems. These outcomes were motivated by a youth<br \/>challenge co-organized between AI Africa and IRCAI between<br \/>April 25th and May 31st, with the support of GITEX, UNESCO, the<br \/>AI Movement, the Water Education Institute IHE Delft.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IS2024_-_SIKDD_2024_paper_17-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of IS2024_-_SIKDD_2024_paper_17-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-07d8eb6d-b862-4273-b96c-8c80e34e33a4\" href=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IS2024_-_SIKDD_2024_paper_17-1.pdf\">IS2024_-_SIKDD_2024_paper_17-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IS2024_-_SIKDD_2024_paper_17-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-07d8eb6d-b862-4273-b96c-8c80e34e33a4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":24966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doi-sikdd-2024","category-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25009,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions\/25009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}