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Towards the automation of systematic reviews using natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning: a comprehensive review. (2024)
Journal Article
OFORI-BOATENG, R., ACEVES-MARTINS, M., WIRATUNGA, N. and MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. 2024. Towards the automation of systematic reviews using natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning: a comprehensive review. Artificial intelligence review [online], 57(8), article number 200. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-024-10844-w

Systematic reviews (SRs) constitute a critical foundation for evidence-based decision-making and policy formulation across various disciplines, particularly in healthcare and beyond. However, the inherently rigorous and structured nature of the SR pr... Read More about Towards the automation of systematic reviews using natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning: a comprehensive review..

A zero-shot monolingual dual stage information retrieval system for Spanish biomedical systematic literature reviews. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
OFORI-BOATENG, R., ACEVES-MARTINS, M., WIRATUNGA, N. and MORENO-GARCIA, C. 2024. A zero-shot monolingual dual stage information retrieval system for Spanish biomedical systematic literature reviews. In Duh, K., Gomez, H. and Bethard, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2024 North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics conference (NAACL 2024): human language technologies, 16-21 June 2024, Mexico City, Mexico. Stroudsburg, PA: ACL [online], volume 1: long papers, pages 3725-3736. Available from: https://aclanthology.org/2024.naacl-long.206

Systematic Reviews (SRs) are foundational in healthcare for synthesising evidence to inform clinical practices. Traditionally skewed towards English-language databases, SRs often exclude significant research in other languages, leading to potential b... Read More about A zero-shot monolingual dual stage information retrieval system for Spanish biomedical systematic literature reviews..

SSA-LHCD: a singular spectrum analysis-driven lightweight network with 2-D self-attention for hyperspectral change detection. (2024)
Journal Article
LI, Y., REN, J., YAN, Y., SUN, G. and MA, P. 2024. SSA-LHCD: a singular spectrum analysis-driven lightweight network with 2-D self-attention for hyperspectral change detection. Remote sensing [online], 16(3), article number 2353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16132353

As an emerging research hotspot in contemporary remote sensing, hyperspectral change detection (HCD) has attracted increasing attention in remote sensing Earth observation, covering land mapping changes and anomaly detection. This is primarily attrib... Read More about SSA-LHCD: a singular spectrum analysis-driven lightweight network with 2-D self-attention for hyperspectral change detection..

A multimodel-based screening framework for C-19 using deep learning-inspired data fusion. (2024)
Journal Article
SHANKAR, A., RIZWAN, P., MEKALA, M.S., ELYAN, E., GANDOMI, A.H., MAPLE, C. and RODRIGUES, J.J.P.C. 2024. A multimodel-based screening framework for C-19 using deep learning-inspired data fusion. IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics [online], Early Access. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2024.3400878

In recent times, there has been a notable rise in the utilization of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) frameworks particularly those based on edge computing, to enhance remote monitoring in healthcare applications. Most existing models in this field... Read More about A multimodel-based screening framework for C-19 using deep learning-inspired data fusion..

Prompting-to-distill semantic knowledge for few-shot learning. (2024)
Journal Article
JI, H., GAO, Z., REN, J., WANG, X.-A., GAO, T., SUN, W. and MA, P. 2024. Prompting-to-distill semantic knowledge for few-shot learning. IEEE geoscience and remote sensing letters [online], 21, article 6011605. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2024.3414505

Recognizing visual patterns in low-data regime necessitates deep neural networks to glean generalized representations from limited training samples. In this paper, we propose a novel few-shot classification method, namely ProDFSL, leveraging multi-mo... Read More about Prompting-to-distill semantic knowledge for few-shot learning..

ABBD: accumulated band-wise binary distancing for unsupervised parameter-free hyperspectral change detection. (2024)
Journal Article
LI, Y., REN, J., YAN, Y., MA, P., ASSAAD, M. and GAO, Z. 2024. ABBD: accumulated band-wise binary distancing for unsupervised parameter-free hyperspectral change detection. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 17, pages 9880-9893. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3407212

As a fundamental task in remote sensing earth observation, hyperspectral change detection (HCD) aims to identify the changed pixels in bi-temporal hyperspectral images (HSIs). However, the water-absorption effect, poor weather conditions, noise and i... Read More about ABBD: accumulated band-wise binary distancing for unsupervised parameter-free hyperspectral change detection..

Artificial intelligence-based conversational agents used for sustainable fashion: systematic literature review. (2024)
Journal Article
HERNANDEZ MANZO, D.S., JIANG, Y., ELYAN, E. and ISAACS, J. [2024]. Artificial intelligence-based conversational agents used for sustainable fashion: systematic literature review. International journal of human-computer interaction [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2352920

In the past five years, the textile industry has undergone significant transformations in response to evolving fashion trends and increased consumer garment turnover. To address the environmental impacts of fast fashion, the industry is embracing art... Read More about Artificial intelligence-based conversational agents used for sustainable fashion: systematic literature review..

MLM-LSTM: multi-layer memory learning framework based on LSTM for hyperspectral change detection. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
LI, Y., YAN, Y. and REN, C., LIU, Q. and SUN, H. 2024. MLM-LSTM: multi-layer memory learning framework based on LSTM for hyperspectral change detection. In: Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 51-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_5.

Hyperspectral change detection plays a critical role in remote sensing by leveraging spectral and spatial information for accurate land cover variation identification. Long short-term memory (LSTM) has demonstrated its effectiveness in capturing depe... Read More about MLM-LSTM: multi-layer memory learning framework based on LSTM for hyperspectral change detection..

HRMOT: two-step association based multi-object tracking in satellite videos enhanced by high-resolution feature fusion. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
WU, Y., ZHANG, X., LIU, Q., XUE, D., SUN, H. and REN, J. 2024. HRMOT: two-step association based multi-object tracking in satellite videos enhanced by high-resolution feature fusion. In: Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 251-263. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_24

Multi-object tracking in satellite videos (SV-MOT) is one of the most challenging tasks in remote sensing, its difficulty mainly comes from the low spatial resolution, small target and extremely complex background. The widely studied multi-object tra... Read More about HRMOT: two-step association based multi-object tracking in satellite videos enhanced by high-resolution feature fusion..

Image enhancement for UAV visual SLAM applications: analysis and evaluation. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
TIAN, Y., YUE, H. and REN, J. 2024. Image enhancement for UAV visual SLAM applications: analysis and evaluation. In: Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 51-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_20.

Although simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) has been widely applied in a wide range of robotics and navigation applications, its applicability is severely affected by the quality of the acquired images, especially for those in unmanned aeri... Read More about Image enhancement for UAV visual SLAM applications: analysis and evaluation..

Underwater object detection for smooth and autonomous operations of naval missions: a pilot Dataset. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
YAN, Y., LI, Y., LIN, H., SARKER, M.M.K., REN, J. and MCCALL, J. 2024. Underwater object detection for smooth and autonomous operations of naval missions: a pilot dataset. In: Ren, J., Hussain, A., Liao, I.Y. et al. (eds.) Advances in brain inspired cognitive systems: proceedings of the 13th Brain-inspired cognitive systems 2023 (BICS 2023), 5-6 August 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture notes in computer sciences, 14374. Cham: Springer [online], pages 113-122. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1417-9_11

Underwater object detection is essential for ensuring autonomous naval operations. However, this task is challenging due to the complexities of underwater environments that often degrade image quality, thereby hampering the performance of detection a... Read More about Underwater object detection for smooth and autonomous operations of naval missions: a pilot Dataset..

Impact of healthy eating among residents in Aberdeen using exploratory data analysis. (2024)
Book Chapter
SALAMI, J.S. and BANO, S. 2024. Impact of healthy eating among residents in Aberdeen using exploratory data analysis. In Lee, R. (ed.) Computer and information science and engineering, volume 16. Studies in computational intelligence, 1156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 1-16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57037-7_1

This survey research uses Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to examine how the impact of healthy eating can affect Aberdeen residents and how excessive consumption of junks food can cause weight gain, raise the risk of obesity, heart disease, type 2 di... Read More about Impact of healthy eating among residents in Aberdeen using exploratory data analysis..

Decoding memes: a comprehensive analysis of late and early fusion models for explainable meme analysis. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
ABDULLAKUTTY, F. and NASEEM, U. 2024. Decoding memes: a comprehensive analysis of late and early fusion models for explainable meme analysis. In: Chua, T.-S., Ngo, C.-W., Kumar, R., Lauw, H.W. and Lee, R.K.-W. (eds.). WWW'24 companion: companion proceedings of the ACM web conference 2024, 13-17 May 2024, Singapore. New York: ACM [online], pages 1681-1689. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3589335.3652504

Memes are important because they serve as conduits for expressing emotions, opinions, and social commentary online, providing valuable insight into public sentiment, trends, and social interactions. By combining textual and visual elements, multi-mod... Read More about Decoding memes: a comprehensive analysis of late and early fusion models for explainable meme analysis..

A review of deep learning methods for digitisation of complex documents and engineering diagrams. (2024)
Journal Article
JAMIESON, L., MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. and ELYAN, E. 2024. A review of deep learning methods for digitisation of complex documents and engineering diagrams. Artificial intelligence review [online], 57(6), article number 136. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-024-10779-2

This paper presents a review of deep learning on engineering drawings and diagrams. These are typically complex diagrams, that contain a large number of different shapes, such as text annotations, symbols, and connectivity information (largely lines)... Read More about A review of deep learning methods for digitisation of complex documents and engineering diagrams..

Nondestructive quantitative measurement for precision quality control in additive manufacturing using hyperspectral imagery and machine learning. (2024)
Journal Article
YAN, Y., REN, J., SUN, H. and WILLIAMS, R. 2024. Nondestructive quantitative measurement for precision quality control in additive manufacturing using hyperspectral imagery and machine learning. IEEE transactions on industrial informatics [online], Early Access. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2024.3384609

Measuring the purity of the metal powder is essential to maintain the quality of additive manufacturing products. Contamination is a significant concern, leading to cracks and malfunctions in the final products. Conventional assessment methods focus... Read More about Nondestructive quantitative measurement for precision quality control in additive manufacturing using hyperspectral imagery and machine learning..

Optimized common features selection and deep-autoencoder (OCFSDA) for lightweight intrusion detection in Internet of things. (2024)
Journal Article
OTOKWALA, U., PETROVSKI, A. and KALUTARAGE, H. [2024]. Optimized common features selection and deep-autoencoder (OCFSDA) for lightweight intrusion detection in Internet of things. International journal of information security [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00855-7

Embedded systems, including the Internet of Things (IoT), play a crucial role in the functioning of critical infrastructure. However, these devices face significant challenges such as memory footprint, technical challenges, privacy concerns, performa... Read More about Optimized common features selection and deep-autoencoder (OCFSDA) for lightweight intrusion detection in Internet of things..

Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint] (2024)
Working Paper
ILESANMI, O., FAILY, S., NICHO, M. and MCDERMOTT, C. 2024. Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint]. Hosted on SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4812698

Thwarting potential attackers is always at the heart of cybersecurity software designs. This interdisciplinary paper in computing science and law investigates the possibility of building attacker personas through reliance on case law facts. To combat... Read More about Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint].

MADONNA: browser-based malicious domain detection through optimized neural network with feature analysis. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
SENANAYAKE, J., RAJAPAKSHA, S., YANAI, N., KOMIYA, C. and KALUTARAGE, H. 2024. MADONNA: browser-based malicious domain detection through optimized neural network with feature analysis. In Meyer, N. and Grocholewska-Czuryło, A. (eds.) Revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 38th International conference on ICT systems security and privacy protection (IFIP SEC 2023), 14-16 June 2023, Poznan, Poland. IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 679. Cham: Springer [online], pages 279-292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56326-3_20

The detection of malicious domains often relies on machine learning (ML), and proposals for browser-based detection of malicious domains with high throughput have been put forward in recent years. However, existing methods suffer from limited accurac... Read More about MADONNA: browser-based malicious domain detection through optimized neural network with feature analysis..

CIA security for internet of vehicles and blockchain-AI integration. (2024)
Journal Article
HAI, T., AKSOY, M., IWENDI, C., IBEKE, E. and MOHAN, S. 2024. CIA security for internet of vehicles and blockchain-AI integration. Journal of grid computing [online], 22(2), article number 43. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10723-024-09757-3

The lack of data security and the hazardous nature of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), in the absence of networking settings, have prevented the openness and self-organization of the vehicle networks of IoV cars. The lapses originating in the areas of... Read More about CIA security for internet of vehicles and blockchain-AI integration..

DICAM: deep inception and channel-wise attention modules for underwater image enhancement. (2024)
Journal Article
FARHADI TOLIE, H., REN, J. and ELYAN, E. 2024. DICAM: deep inception and channel-wise attention modules for underwater image enhancement. Neurocomputing [online], 584, article number 127585. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2024.127585

In underwater environments, imaging devices suffer from water turbidity, attenuation of lights, scattering, and particles, leading to low quality, poor contrast, and biased color images. This has led to great challenges for underwater condition monit... Read More about DICAM: deep inception and channel-wise attention modules for underwater image enhancement..