Chaouch, Oussama ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Montefiore Institute of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ; National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse
Chaouch, Asma; National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse
Abdellaoui, Mehrez; National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse
Fonteneau, Raphaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'électricité, électronique et informatique (Institut Montefiore) > Smart grids
Ernst, Damien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'électricité, électronique et informatique (Institut Montefiore) > Smart grids
Language :
English
Title :
A Comparative Study of CNN and Vision Transformer for Driver Drowsiness Detection
Publication date :
17 August 2026
Journal title :
International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis
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