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Style-Neutralized Pattern Classification Based on Adversarially Trained Upgraded U-Net (2019)
Journal Article
Jiang, H., Huang, K., Zhang, R., & Hussain, A. (2021). Style-Neutralized Pattern Classification Based on Adversarially Trained Upgraded U-Net. Cognitive Computation, 13(4), 845-858. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-019-09660-0

Traditional machine learning approaches usually hold the assumption that data for model training and in real applications are created following the identical and independent distribution (i.i.d.). However, several relevant research topics have demons... Read More about Style-Neutralized Pattern Classification Based on Adversarially Trained Upgraded U-Net.

Lip-reading driven deep learning approach for speech enhancement (2019)
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Adeel, A., Gogate, M., Hussain, A., & Whitmer, W. M. (2021). Lip-reading driven deep learning approach for speech enhancement. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 5(3), 481-490. https://doi.org/10.1109/tetci.2019.2917039

This paper proposes a novel lip-reading driven deep learning framework for speech enhancement. The approach leverages the complementary strengths of both deep learning and analytical acoustic modeling (filtering-based approach) as compared to benchma... Read More about Lip-reading driven deep learning approach for speech enhancement.

Contextual deep learning-based audio-visual switching for speech enhancement in real-world environments (2019)
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Adeel, A., Gogate, M., & Hussain, A. (2020). Contextual deep learning-based audio-visual switching for speech enhancement in real-world environments. Information Fusion, 59, 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2019.08.008

Human speech processing is inherently multi-modal, where visual cues (e.g. lip movements) can help better understand speech in noise. Our recent work [1] has shown that lip-reading driven, audio-visual (AV) speech enhancement can significantly outper... Read More about Contextual deep learning-based audio-visual switching for speech enhancement in real-world environments.

Integrated GANs: Semi-Supervised SAR Target Recognition (2019)
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Gao, F., Liu, Q., Sun, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2019). Integrated GANs: Semi-Supervised SAR Target Recognition. IEEE Access, 7, 113999-114013. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2935167

With the advantage of working in all weathers and all days, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging systems have a great application value. As an efficient image generation and recognition model, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have been applie... Read More about Integrated GANs: Semi-Supervised SAR Target Recognition.

A Semi-Supervised Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Recognition Algorithm Based on an Attention Mechanism and Bias-Variance Decomposition (2019)
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Gao, F., Shi, W., Wang, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2019). A Semi-Supervised Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Recognition Algorithm Based on an Attention Mechanism and Bias-Variance Decomposition. IEEE Access, 7, 108617-108632. https://doi.org/10.110

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) target recognition is an important research direction of SAR image interpretation. In recent years, most of machine learning methods applied to SAR target recognition are supervised learning which requires a large numbe... Read More about A Semi-Supervised Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Recognition Algorithm Based on an Attention Mechanism and Bias-Variance Decomposition.

Big Data Analytics and Mining for Effective Visualization and Trends Forecasting of Crime Data (2019)
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Feng, M., Zheng, J., Ren, J., Hussain, A., Li, X., Xi, Y., & Liu, Q. (2019). Big Data Analytics and Mining for Effective Visualization and Trends Forecasting of Crime Data. IEEE Access, 7, 106111-106123. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2930410

Big data analytics (BDA) is a systematic approach for analyzing and identifying different patterns, relations, and trends within a large volume of data. In this paper, we apply BDA to criminal data where exploratory data analysis is conducted for vis... Read More about Big Data Analytics and Mining for Effective Visualization and Trends Forecasting of Crime Data.

A Novel Multi-Input Bidirectional LSTM and HMM Based Approach for Target Recognition from Multi-Domain Radar Range Profiles (2019)
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Gao, F., Huang, T., Wang, J., Sun, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2019). A Novel Multi-Input Bidirectional LSTM and HMM Based Approach for Target Recognition from Multi-Domain Radar Range Profiles. Electronics, 8(5), https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics80505

Radars, as active detection sensors, are known to play an important role in various intelligent devices. Target recognition based on high-resolution range profile (HRRP) is an important approach for radars to monitor interesting targets. Traditional... Read More about A Novel Multi-Input Bidirectional LSTM and HMM Based Approach for Target Recognition from Multi-Domain Radar Range Profiles.

Speech Enhancement Based on Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Particle Swarm Optimization (2019)
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Taha, T. M., Wajid, S. K., & Hussain, A. (2019). Speech Enhancement Based on Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Particle Swarm Optimization. Journal of Computer Science, 15(5), 691-701. https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2019.691.701

Speech enhancement is used in almost all modern communication systems. This is due to the quality of speech being degraded by environmental interference factors, such as: Acoustic additive noise, acoustic reverberation or white Gaussian noise. This p... Read More about Speech Enhancement Based on Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Particle Swarm Optimization.

A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images (2019)
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Gao, F., Liu, A., Liu, K., Yang, E., & Hussain, A. (2019). A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 32(8), 1946-1958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2019.03.021

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging systems have been widely used in civil and military fields due to their all-weather and all-day abilities and various other advantages. However, due to image data exponentially increasing, there is a need for no... Read More about A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images.

Computational and natural language processing based studies of hadith literature: a survey (2019)
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Azmi, A. M., Al-Qabbany, A. O., & Hussain, A. (2019). Computational and natural language processing based studies of hadith literature: a survey. Artificial Intelligence Review, 52(2), 1369-1414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-019-09692-w

Hadith is one of the most celebrated resources of Classical Arabic text. The hadiths, or Prophetic traditions (tradition for short), are narrations originating from the sayings and conduct of Prophet Muhammad. For Muslims, hadiths are the second most... Read More about Computational and natural language processing based studies of hadith literature: a survey.

Bi-level multi-objective evolution of a Multi-Layered Echo-State Network Autoencoder for data representations (2019)
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Chouikhi, N., Ammar, B., Hussain, A., & Alimi, A. M. (2019). Bi-level multi-objective evolution of a Multi-Layered Echo-State Network Autoencoder for data representations. Neurocomputing, 341, 195-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2019.03.012

The Multi-Layered Echo-State Network (ML-ESN) is a recently developed, highly powerful type of recurrent neural network. It has succeeded in dealing with several non-linear benchmark problems. On account of its rich dynamics, ML-ESN is exploited in t... Read More about Bi-level multi-objective evolution of a Multi-Layered Echo-State Network Autoencoder for data representations.

Weakly Supervised Segmentation of SAR Imagery Using Superpixel and Hierarchically Adversarial CRF (2019)
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Ma, F., Gao, F., Sun, J., Zhou, H., & Hussain, A. (2019). Weakly Supervised Segmentation of SAR Imagery Using Superpixel and Hierarchically Adversarial CRF. Remote Sensing, 11(5), Article 512. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11050512

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image segmentation aims at generating homogeneous regions from a pixel-based image and is the basis of image interpretation. However, most of the existing segmentation methods usually neglect the appearance and spatial... Read More about Weakly Supervised Segmentation of SAR Imagery Using Superpixel and Hierarchically Adversarial CRF.

A Novel Two-Stage Deep Learning Model for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection (2019)
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Khan, F. A., Gumaei, A., Derhab, A., & Hussain, A. (2019). A Novel Two-Stage Deep Learning Model for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection. IEEE Access, 7, 30373-30385. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2899721

The network intrusion detection system is an important tool for protecting computer networks against threats and malicious attacks. Many techniques have recently been proposed; however, these techniques face significant challenges due to the continuo... Read More about A Novel Two-Stage Deep Learning Model for Efficient Network Intrusion Detection.

Cognitively inspired feature extraction and speech recognition for automated hearing loss testing (2019)
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Nisar, S., Tariq, M., Adeel, A., Gogate, M., & Hussain, A. (2019). Cognitively inspired feature extraction and speech recognition for automated hearing loss testing. Cognitive Computation, 11(4), 489-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-018-9607-4

Hearing loss, a partial or total inability to hear, is one of the most commonly reported disabilities. A hearing test can be carried out by an audiologist to assess a patient’s auditory system. However, the procedure requires an appointment, which ca... Read More about Cognitively inspired feature extraction and speech recognition for automated hearing loss testing.

A Novel Multi-Stage Fusion based Approach for Gene Expression Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (2019)
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Wael Farouq, M., Boulila, W., Abdel-aal, M., Hussain, A., & Salem, A. (2019). A Novel Multi-Stage Fusion based Approach for Gene Expression Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. IEEE Access, 7, 37141-37150. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2898897

Background: Non-small cell lung cancer is defined at the molecular level by mutations and alterations to oncogenes, including AKT1, ALK, BRAF, EGFR, HER2, KRAS, MEK1, MET, NRAS, PIK3CA, RET, and ROS1. A better understanding of non-small cell lung can... Read More about A Novel Multi-Stage Fusion based Approach for Gene Expression Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

A novel deep learning driven, low-cost mobility prediction approach for 5G cellular networks: The case of the Control/Data Separation Architecture (CDSA) (2019)
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Ozturk, M., Gogate, M., Onireti, O., Adeel, A., Hussain, A., & Imran, M. A. (2019). A novel deep learning driven, low-cost mobility prediction approach for 5G cellular networks: The case of the Control/Data Separation Architecture (CDSA). Neurocomputing,

One of the fundamental goals of mobile networks is to enable uninterrupted access to wireless services without compromising the expected quality of service (QoS). This paper reports a number of significant contributions. First, a novel analytical mod... Read More about A novel deep learning driven, low-cost mobility prediction approach for 5G cellular networks: The case of the Control/Data Separation Architecture (CDSA).

Complex-Valued Neural Networks With Nonparametric Activation Functions (2018)
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Scardapane, S., Van Vaerenbergh, S., Hussain, A., & Uncini, A. (2020). Complex-Valued Neural Networks With Nonparametric Activation Functions. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 4(2), 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1109/tetci

Complex-valued neural networks (CVNNs) are a powerful modeling tool for domains where data can be naturally interpreted in terms of complex numbers. However, several analytical properties of the complex domain (such as holomorphicity) make the design... Read More about Complex-Valued Neural Networks With Nonparametric Activation Functions.

A Convolutional Neural Network approach for classification of dementia stages based on 2D-spectral representation of EEG recordings (2018)
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Ieracitano, C., Mammone, N., Bramanti, A., Hussain, A., & Morabito, F. (2019). A Convolutional Neural Network approach for classification of dementia stages based on 2D-spectral representation of EEG recordings. Neurocomputing, 323, 96-107. https://doi.or

A data-driven machine deep learning approach is proposed for differentiating subjects with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Healthy Control (HC), by only analyzing noninvasive scalp EEG recordings. The methodology here pr... Read More about A Convolutional Neural Network approach for classification of dementia stages based on 2D-spectral representation of EEG recordings.

A Semi-supervised Corpus Annotation for Saudi Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter (2018)
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Alqarafi, A., Adeel, A., Hawalah, A., Swingler, K., & Hussain, A. (2018). A Semi-supervised Corpus Annotation for Saudi Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 589-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00563-4_57

In the literature, limited work has been conducted to develop sentiment resources for Saudi dialect. The lack of resources such as dialectical lexicons and corpora are some of the major bottlenecks to the successful development of Arabic sentiment an... Read More about A Semi-supervised Corpus Annotation for Saudi Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter.

Cross-modality interactive attention network for multispectral pedestrian detection (2018)
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Zhang, L., Liu, Z., Zhang, S., Yang, X., Qiao, H., Huang, K., & Hussain, A. (2019). Cross-modality interactive attention network for multispectral pedestrian detection. Information Fusion, 50, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2018.09.015

Multispectral pedestrian detection is an emerging solution with great promise in many around-the-clock applications, such as automotive driving and security surveillance. To exploit the complementary nature and remedy contradictory appearance between... Read More about Cross-modality interactive attention network for multispectral pedestrian detection.