8th International Conference on Machine Learning for Networking (MLN'2025)
Keynote: Ahcene Bounceur, Associate Professor at University of Sharjah, UAE
Title: CupCarbon Klaines: A Platform to Design Agentic AI for Next-Generation Smart Cities
Abstract
Modern cities are extremely complex environments where emergencies such as fires, crimes, and accidents are increasingly difficult to manage. Each situation requires coordinated actions involving multiple systems: early detection through sensors, rapid notification to firefighters, traffic management by the police, hospital preparation for potential victims, and real-time analysis of evolving risks. Ensuring safety and responsiveness in such interconnected urban ecosystems demands Agentic AI, AI capable of reasoning, deciding, and acting autonomously across distributed infrastructures to support proactive and efficient interventions.
This keynote introduces CupCarbon KLAINES, a platform designed to model and simulate this new generation of intelligent urban agents. Built on the CupCarbon digital-twin ecosystem, KLAINES (Knowledge-based Learning Agentic AI for Networked Environments and Systems) enables the creation of autonomous agents that interpret sensor data, coordinate multi-agency responses, and manage safety-critical scenarios across networked city systems. By offering an integrated environment to design, test, and deploy agentic AI workflows, CupCarbon KLAINES provides researchers and practitioners with a practical and scalable tool to enhance real-time decision-making and improve the safety, resilience, and operational efficiency of future smart cities.
Biography
Dr. Ahcene Bounceur, IEEE Senior Member, is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sharjah. Previously, he served as an Associate Professor at KFUPM and as a Senior Associate Professor with qualifications for professorship at the University of Brest in France. In 2021, he was appointed by the French Ministry as a member of the National Council of Universities (CNU). His current research centers on Multi-Agent AI, Digital Twin IoT, Cybersecurity of smart critical infrastructures, as well as exploring Data Science, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), and Pseudo-polygons. Dr. Bounceur earned his Habilitation to Lead Research (HDR) in 2014, his Ph.D. in Micro and Nano Electronics from Grenoble INP, France, in 2007, an M.Sc. in Operations Research from ENSIMAG, Grenoble, in 2003, and his Engineering degree in Operations Research from the University of Bejaia. He placed 3rd in the IEEE TTTC Doctoral Thesis Contest in Berkeley, USA, in May 2007. He has coordinated the PERSEPTEUR project and collaborated in the Suidia project, an IoT-based digital health initiative that resulted in a patent. To date, Dr. Bounceur has published over 200 articles and has frequently been invited as a keynote speaker. He is also the primary developer of the CupCarbon simulator.