Abstract:
Epilepsy is one of the world's most common neurological diseases. Early prediction of the incoming seizures has a great influence on epileptic patients' life. In this pap...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Epilepsy is one of the world's most common neurological diseases. Early prediction of the incoming seizures has a great influence on epileptic patients' life. In this paper, a novel patient-specific seizure prediction technique based on deep learning and applied to long-term scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings is proposed. The goal is to accurately detect the preictal brain state and differentiate it from the prevailing interictal state as early as possible and make it suitable for real time. The features extraction and classification processes are combined into a single automated system. Raw EEG signal without any preprocessing is considered as the input to the system which further reduces the computations. Four deep learning models are proposed to extract the most discriminative features which enhance the classification accuracy and prediction time. The proposed approach takes advantage of the convolutional neural network in extracting the significant spatial features from different scalp positions and the recurrent neural network in expecting the incidence of seizures earlier than the current methods. A semi-supervised approach based on transfer learning technique is introduced to improve the optimization problem. A channel selection algorithm is proposed to select the most relevant EEG channels which makes the proposed system good candidate for real-time usage. An effective test method is utilized to ensure robustness. The achieved highest accuracy of 99.6% and lowest false alarm rate of 0.004 h-1 along with very early seizure prediction time of 1 h make the proposed method the most efficient among the state of the art.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems ( Volume: 13, Issue: 5, October 2019)

Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA
Hisham Daoud received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, and the Ph.D. degree from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2004, 2007, and 2014, respectively, all in electronics and communications engineering.
Since 2004, he has held multiple positions in both industry and academia. He is currently with the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA. His research interest includes biomedical si...Show More
Hisham Daoud received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, and the Ph.D. degree from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2004, 2007, and 2014, respectively, all in electronics and communications engineering.
Since 2004, he has held multiple positions in both industry and academia. He is currently with the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA. His research interest includes biomedical si...View more

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA
Magdy A. Bayoumi (LF'16) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1973 and 1977, respectively, the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, in 1981, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Windsor, ON, Canada, in 1984.
He is currently the Department Head of W. H. Hall Department of Electric...Show More
Magdy A. Bayoumi (LF'16) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1973 and 1977, respectively, the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, in 1981, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Windsor, ON, Canada, in 1984.
He is currently the Department Head of W. H. Hall Department of Electric...View more

Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA
Hisham Daoud received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, and the Ph.D. degree from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2004, 2007, and 2014, respectively, all in electronics and communications engineering.
Since 2004, he has held multiple positions in both industry and academia. He is currently with the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA. His research interest includes biomedical signal processing, machine learning, deep learning, and neuromorphic computing.
Dr. Daoud was the recipient of the IEEE CASS Student Travel Award, Best Paper Award in the 14th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications Conference (CSPA’2018). He has served as a Reviewer for several IEEE conferences and journals.
Hisham Daoud received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, and the Ph.D. degree from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2004, 2007, and 2014, respectively, all in electronics and communications engineering.
Since 2004, he has held multiple positions in both industry and academia. He is currently with the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA. His research interest includes biomedical signal processing, machine learning, deep learning, and neuromorphic computing.
Dr. Daoud was the recipient of the IEEE CASS Student Travel Award, Best Paper Award in the 14th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications Conference (CSPA’2018). He has served as a Reviewer for several IEEE conferences and journals.View more

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA
Magdy A. Bayoumi (LF'16) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1973 and 1977, respectively, the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, in 1981, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Windsor, ON, Canada, in 1984.
He is currently the Department Head of W. H. Hall Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is the Hall Endowed Chair in computer engineering. He was the Director of the Center for Advanced Computer Studies and the Department Head of Computer Science Department. He was also, the Loflin Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in computer science, all at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he has been a faculty member since 1985. He has graduated about 100 Ph.D. and 150 M.Sc. students, authored/coauthored about 600 research papers and more than 10 books. He was the Guest/Coguest Editor of more than 10 special journal issues, the latest was on Machine to Machine Interface. He has served the IEEE Computer, Signal Processing, and Circuits & Systems (CAS) societies. He is currently the Vice President of Technical Activities of IEEE RFID council and he is on the IEEE RFID Distinguished Lecture Program (DLP). He is a member of IEEE IoT Activity Board. He was the recipient of the many awards, among them; the IEEE CAS Education award and the IEEE CAS Distinguished Service award. He was on the IEEE DLP programs for CAS and Computer societies. He was on the IEEE Fellow Selection Committee. He has been an ABET Evaluator and he was an ABET Commissioner and Team Chair. He has given numerous keynote/invited lectures and talks nationally and internationally. He was the General Chair of IEEE ICASSP 2017 in New Orleans. He, also, chaired many conferences including ISCAS 2007, ICIP 2009, and ICECS 2015. He was the Chair of an international delegation to China, sponsored by People-to-People Ambassador, 2000. He received the French Government Fellowship, University of Paris Orsay, 2003–2005 and 2009. He was a Visiting Professor with the King Saud University. He was a United Nation Visiting Scholar. He has been an advisor to many EE/CMPS Departments in several countries. He was on the State of Louisiana Comprehensive Energy Policy Committee. He was the Vice President of Acadiana Technology Council. He was on the Chamber of Commerce Tourism and Education committees. He was a member of several delegations representing Lafayette to international cities. He was on the Le Centre International Board. He was the General Chair of SEASME (an organization of French Speaking cities) conference in Lafayette. He is a member of Lafayette Leadership Institute; he was a founding member of its executive committee. He was a Column Editor for Lafayette Newspaper; the Daily Advertiser.
Magdy A. Bayoumi (LF'16) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1973 and 1977, respectively, the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, in 1981, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Windsor, ON, Canada, in 1984.
He is currently the Department Head of W. H. Hall Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is the Hall Endowed Chair in computer engineering. He was the Director of the Center for Advanced Computer Studies and the Department Head of Computer Science Department. He was also, the Loflin Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in computer science, all at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he has been a faculty member since 1985. He has graduated about 100 Ph.D. and 150 M.Sc. students, authored/coauthored about 600 research papers and more than 10 books. He was the Guest/Coguest Editor of more than 10 special journal issues, the latest was on Machine to Machine Interface. He has served the IEEE Computer, Signal Processing, and Circuits & Systems (CAS) societies. He is currently the Vice President of Technical Activities of IEEE RFID council and he is on the IEEE RFID Distinguished Lecture Program (DLP). He is a member of IEEE IoT Activity Board. He was the recipient of the many awards, among them; the IEEE CAS Education award and the IEEE CAS Distinguished Service award. He was on the IEEE DLP programs for CAS and Computer societies. He was on the IEEE Fellow Selection Committee. He has been an ABET Evaluator and he was an ABET Commissioner and Team Chair. He has given numerous keynote/invited lectures and talks nationally and internationally. He was the General Chair of IEEE ICASSP 2017 in New Orleans. He, also, chaired many conferences including ISCAS 2007, ICIP 2009, and ICECS 2015. He was the Chair of an international delegation to China, sponsored by People-to-People Ambassador, 2000. He received the French Government Fellowship, University of Paris Orsay, 2003–2005 and 2009. He was a Visiting Professor with the King Saud University. He was a United Nation Visiting Scholar. He has been an advisor to many EE/CMPS Departments in several countries. He was on the State of Louisiana Comprehensive Energy Policy Committee. He was the Vice President of Acadiana Technology Council. He was on the Chamber of Commerce Tourism and Education committees. He was a member of several delegations representing Lafayette to international cities. He was on the Le Centre International Board. He was the General Chair of SEASME (an organization of French Speaking cities) conference in Lafayette. He is a member of Lafayette Leadership Institute; he was a founding member of its executive committee. He was a Column Editor for Lafayette Newspaper; the Daily Advertiser.View more