Research
Publications in peer-reviewed journals and preprints
Z. Smida, T. Laurent, L. Cucala (2025). A Hotelling spatial scan statistic for functional data: Application to economic and climate data. Spatial Statistics. [Article].
Z. Smida, G. Durif, L. Cucala (2023). The R package funStatTest : Statistical Testing for Functional Data. [Link].
C. Frévent, A. Mohamed-Salem, J. Soula, Z. Smida, L. Cucala, S. Dabo-Niang, M. Genin (2023). The R Package HDSpatialScan for the Detection of Clusters of Multivariate and Functional Data using Spatial Scan Statistics. The R Journal. [Article].
Z. Smida, L. Cucala, A. Gannoun, G. Durif (2022). A median test for functional data. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics. [Article].
Z. Smida, L. Cucala, A. Gannoun, G. Durif (2021). A Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney spatial scan statistic for functional data. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. [Article], [Poster].
On going works
T. Laurent, G. Debaud, P. Margaretic, Z. Smida, C. Thomas-Agnan (2025+). Comparing and proposing methods for estimating bilateral migration flows. [Conference Paper].
T. Laloë, J.B. Aubin, Z. Smida (2024+). Local depth and level set clustering: A new approach for analyzing local structures.
M. Berrada, Z. Smida, C. Thomas-Agnan (2023+). Comparing mass concentrations of two marked point processes. Applications to veterinary shortage.
A. Archimbaud, Z. Smida, A. Ruiz-Gazen (2023+). A multivariate test of unimodality.
Software
Ph. D Thesis
Z. Smida. Comparison tests of two populations and spatial scan statistics for functional data. Institut Montpelliérain Alexander Grothendieck (IMAG), University of Montpellier. [Link].
Talks
Invited talks :
June 2025 : Probability and Statistics Seminar, Laboratory of Analysis and Applied Mathematics (LAMA), Paris.
Apr. 2024 : Statistics and Optimization Seminar, Institute of Mathematics of Toulouse, Toulouse.
Feb. 2023 : Probability-Statistics Seminar, Mathematics Laboratory of Besançon, Besançon.
Dec. 2022 : MAD-Stat seminar, Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse.
Feb. 2022 : 10th YSP Day: Young Probabilists and Statisticians, IHP, Paris.
May 2021 : Statistics Seminar, Mathematics Laboratory of of Avignon, Avignon. Online.
National and International Conferences :
June 2025 : Presentation at the 56th Journées de Statistique of the French Statistical Society, Marseille, France. [Paper].
May 2024 : Presentation at the 55th Journées de Statistique of the French Statistical Society, Bordeaux, France. [Paper].
Apr. 2024 : Presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the Mathematical Society of Tunisia, Monastir, Tunisia.
Aug. 2022 : Presentation at the 24th International Conference on Computational Statistics, Bologna, Italy.
June 2022 : Presentation at the Doctoral Students’ Day at Institut Montpelliérain Alexender Grothendieck, Montpellier, France.
June 2022 : Poster at the 2nd IMAG-IMT Days, Montpellier, France. [Poster].
May 2022 : Presentation at the 20th International Workshop in Spatial Econometrics and Statistics. Lille, France.
Apr. 2022 : Presentation at the 9th Meeting of Young Statisticians, Porquerolles, France.
Dec. 2022 : Presentation at the Forum of Young Mathematicians, Besançon, France. [Paper].
June 2021 : Presentation at the 52nd Journées de Statistique of the French Statistical Society, Nice, France. [Paper].
June 2020 : Accepted communication at the 52nd Journées de Statistique of the French Statistical Society (delayed until 2021), Nice, France. [Paper].
June 2019 : Participation in the 51st Journées de Statistique of the French Statistical Society, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France.
Mar. 2019 : Participation in the Doctoral Days in Probability, University of Montpellier, France.
Seminars and other talks :
Jan. 2024 : ICJ Welcome Day, Institut Camille Jordan ICJ, Lyon, France.
Nov. 2023 : PSPM Team Meeting, Institut Camille Jordan ICJ, Lyon, France.
Nov. 2023 : Mathematical and Social Event at INSA, INSA, Lyon, France.
Mar. 2022 : Doctoral Students’ Seminar: Special Session on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Institut Montpelliérain Alexender Grothendieck, Montpellier, France.
Nov. 2021 : Doctoral Students’ Seminar, Institut Montpelliérain Alexender Grothendieck, Montpellier, France.
Oct. 2021 : Probability and Statistics Seminar, Institut Montpelliérain Alexender Grothendieck, Montpellier, France.