Events

VIRA’25: BMW Group-Lebanon Annual Workshop on Vision Intelligence and Robotics Applications

LAU Byblos campus, Science 607-608, and virtually on Webex

In collaboration with the BMW Group Logistics team and IdealWorks, in collaboration with InMind Academy and sister universities in Lebanon, with the support of IEEE Lebanon Section, IEEE Young Professionals Lebanon, and ACM SIGAPP French Chapter, LAU’s School of Engineering invites you to participate in the 7th BMW Group-Lebanon Workshop on Vision Intelligence and Robots Applications: VIRA 2025. 

Following the previous iterations of the event (VIRA’18-24), the 7th iteration of the workshop aims at promoting the collaboration between Lebanese Universities and BMW Group, allowing students who interned at BMW Group and IdealWorks to present and discuss their projects. The workshop also provides Lebanese faculty on the one hand, and BMW Group and IdealWorks experts on the other hand, with a yearly platform to share knowledge and experience in common fields of interest, including computer vision, artificial intelligence, robotics systems, and related fields.

Working Schedule

Session 1: Opening
10:00-10:05
(GMT+3)
 
 Welcome notes
  • Jimmy Nassif, Ph.D., CTO of IdealWorks
  • Marc Kamradt, Head of BMW Tech Office
  • Michel Khoury, Ph.D., Dean, School of Engineering, LAU
10:05 - 10:30
(GMT+3)
 
 BMW Group Innovation in Logistics Robotics
  • Wafic El Ariss, Logistics Robotics Team Lead, BMW Group
10:30 - 10:55
(GMT+3)
 
 IdealWorks: The Robotics Ecosystem Provider
  • Nour Azzi, Senior Engineer, IdealWorks
10:55 - 11:10
(GMT+3)
 
 Introduction to InMind Academy
  • Joe Tekli, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Engineering, LAU
Session 2: Doctoral Talk
11:10 - 11:35
(GMT+3)
 
 Using AI and 3D Computer Vision to Create the Digital Factories of the Future
  • Anthony Yaghi, Ph.D. student and engineer
    Supervisors: Joe Tekli, Ph.D., LAU, Raphael Couturier, Ph.D., UFC, France, and Marc Kamradt, BMW Group
     
11:35 - 11:45
(GMT+3)
 
 Short break
Session 3: Student Projects
11:45 - 12:00
(GMT+3)
 Cloud Tools for Monitoring Logistics Software and their Logs for Analysis
  • Layla Maassarani, USJ
    Supervisor: Gilbert Jabbour, BMW Group
     
12:00 – 12:15
(GMT+3)
 Transition from Azure-Based Systems to Self-Hosted Alternatives
  • Joumaa Ali, USJ
    Supervisor: Hadi Kobbeissi, BMW Group
     
12:15 - 12:30
(GMT+3)
 Augmentation and Processing of Point Cloud LIDAR Configuration for Self-Driving Dataset
  • Charbel Bateh, LAU
    Supervisors: Anthony Yaghi, BMW Group
     
12:30 - 12:45
(GMT+3)
 Tabular Data Generation Pipeline Using LLMs, Autoencoders, and Diffusion Models for Synthetic Data Generation
  • Khaldoun Amatoury, NDU
    Supervisor: Hadi Kobeissi, BMW Group
     
12:45 - 13:00
(GMT+3)
 Deep Learning and LLMs for Automation in Production
  • Kevin Aoun, LAU
    Supervisor: Marc Kamradtt, BMW Group
     
13:00 - 13:15 
(GMT+3)
 Image Synthesis and Aging Techniques, and Defect Detection in Real Time
  • Chihabeddin Azzam, LAU

         Supervisor: Joe Khalil, BMW Group
13:15 - 13:30 
(GMT+3)
 Automating BMW Car Incidents Data Collection, Pattern Identification, and Defect Detection Using Machine Learning
  • Jana Rammal, LAU
         Supervisor: Nadija Borovina, BMW Group
13:30 - 13:45 
(GMT+3)
 Building Embedded Computing, 3D Modelling, and Modular Robotics for Industrial Automation  
  • Wajih El Tayyar, LAU
         Supervisor: Wafic El Ariss, BMW Group
13:45 - 14:00 
(GMT+3)
 Next Steps and Expectations of the Cooperation Round table

 

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