Amira Samy

Dr. Amira Samy

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 June 2023 in Journal of Big Data
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Amira Samy
Because of the rapid growth of mobile technology, social media has become an essential platform for people to express their views and opinions. Understanding public opinion can help businesses and political institutions make strategic decisions. Considering this, sentiment analysis is critical for understanding the polarity of public opinion. Most social media analysis studies divide sentiment into three categories: positive, negative, and neutral. The proposed model is a machine-learning application of a classification problem trained on three datasets. Recently, the BERT model has demonstrated effectiveness in sentiment analysis. However, the accuracy of sentiment analysis still needs to be improved. We propose four deep learning models based on a combination of BERT with Bidirectional Long ShortTerm Memory (BiLSTM) and Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU) algorithms. The study is based on pre-trained word embedding vectors that aid in the model fine-tuning process. The proposed methods are trying to enhance accuracy and check the effect of hybridizing layers of BIGRU and BILSTM on both Bert models (DistilBERT, RoBERTa) for no emoji (text sentiment classifier) and also with emoji cases. The proposed methods were compared to two pre-trained BERT models and seven other models built for the same task using classical machine learning. The proposed architectures with BiGRU layers have the best results.


7 October 2023 in Computers
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AAAbdulaziz AlMohimeed
Abdulaziz AlMohimeed
HSHager Saleh
Hager Saleh
SISherif M Ibrahim
Sherif M Ibrahim
RSRedhwan M. A. Saad
Redhwan M. A. Saad
ASAmira Samy
Amira Samy
Cervical cancer affects more than half a million women worldwide each year and causes over 300,000 deaths. The main goals of this paper are to study the effect of applying feature selection methods with stacking models for the prediction of cervical cancer, propose stacking ensemble learning that combines different models with meta-learners to predict cervical cancer, and explore the black-box of the stacking model with the best-optimized features using explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). A cervical cancer dataset from the machine learning repository (UCI) that is highly imbalanced and contains missing values is used. Therefore, SMOTE-Tomek was used to combine under-sampling and over-sampling to handle imbalanced data, and pre-processing steps are implemented to hold missing values. Bayesian optimization optimizes models and selects the best model architecture. Chi-square scores, recursive feature removal, and tree-based feature selection are three feature selection techniques that are applied to the dataset For determining the factors that are most crucial for predicting cervical cancer, the stacking model is extended to multiple levels: Level 1 (multiple base learners) and Level 2 (meta-learner). At Level 1, stacking (training and testing stacking) is employed for combining the output of multi-base models, while training stacking is used to train meta-learner models at level 2. Testing stacking is used to evaluate meta-learner models. The results showed that based on the selected features from recursive feature elimination (RFE), the stacking model has higher accuracy, precision, recall, f1-score, and AUC. Furthermore, To assure the efficiency, efficacy, and reliability of the produced model, local and global explanations are provided.

18 July 2024 in Bioengineering
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AAAbdulaziz AlMohimeed
Abdulaziz AlMohimeed
Mohamed ShehataMohamed Shehata
Mohamed Shehata
Nora mahmoudNora mahmoud
Nora mahmoud
SISherif M Ibrahim
Sherif M Ibrahim
ASAmira Samy
Amira Samy
HSHager Saleh
Hager Saleh
Cervical cancer (CCa) is the fourth most prevalent and common cancer affecting women worldwide, with increasing incidence and mortality rates. Hence, early detection of CCa plays a crucial role in improving outcomes. Non-invasive imaging procedures with good diagnostic performance are desirable and have the potential to lessen the degree of intervention associated with the gold standard, biopsy. Recently, artificial intelligence-based diagnostic models such as Vision Transformers (ViT) have shown promising performance in image classification tasks, rivaling or surpassing traditional convolutional neural networks (CNNs). This paper studies the effect of applying a ViT to predict CCa using different image benchmark datasets. A newly developed approach (ViT-PSO-SVM) was presented for boosting the results of the ViT based on integrating the ViT with particle swarm optimization (PSO), and support vector machine (SVM). First, the proposed framework extracts features from the Vision Transformer. Then, PSO is used to reduce the complexity of extracted features and optimize feature representation. Finally, a softmax classification layer is replaced with an SVM classification model to precisely predict CCa. The models are evaluated using two benchmark cervical cell image datasets, namely SipakMed and Herlev, with different classification scenarios: two, three, and five classes. The proposed approach achieved 99.112% accuracy and 99.113% F1-score for SipakMed with two classes and achieved 97.778% accuracy and 97.805% F1-score for Herlev with two classes outperforming other Vision Transformers, CNN models, and pre-trained models. Finally, GradCAM is used as an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) tool to visualize and understand the regions of a given image that are important for a model’s prediction. The obtained experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of the developed ViT-PSO-SVM approach and hold the promise of providing a robust, reliable, accurate, and non-invasive diagnostic tool that will lead to improved healthcare outcomes worldwide.

17 October 2025 in Artificial Intelligence Review
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Md. Alamin TalukderMd. Alamin Talukder
Md. Alamin Talukder
ASAmira Samy
Amira Samy
Mohsin kaziMohsin kazi
Mohsin kazi
AKAnsam Khraisat
Ansam Khraisat
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of death, highlighting the urgent need for early, accurate, and interpretable diagnostic tools. However, many AI-based heart disease prediction models lack transparency, hindering their acceptance in clinical settings. This study proposes XAI-HD, a hybrid framework integrating machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and explainable AI (XAI) techniques for heart disease detection. The framework systematically addresses key challenges, including class imbalance, missing data, and feature inconsistency, through advanced preprocessing and class-balancing methods such as OSS, NCR, SMOTEN, ADASYN, SMOTETomek, and SMOTEENN. Comparative performance evaluations across multiple datasets (CHD, FHD, SHD) demonstrate that XAI-HD reduces classification error rates by 20–25% compared to traditional ML-based models, achieving superior accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. Additionally, SHAP and LIME-based feature importance analysis enhances model interpretability, fostering trust among medical professionals. The proposed framework holds significant real-world applicability, including seamless integration into hospital decision support systems, electronic health records (EHR), and real-time cardiac risk assessment platforms. Unlike conventional AI-driven cardiovascular risk prediction models, XAI-HD offers a more balanced, interpretable, and computationally efficient solution, ensuring both predictive accuracy and practical feasibility in clinical environments. Statistical validation using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests confirms the performance gains, and complexity analysis shows the framework is scalable for large-scale deployment.

17 November 2023 in SN Applied Sciences
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Amira Samy
Yoga pose recognition and correction are artificial intelligent techniques to provide standardized and appropriate yoga poses. Incorrect yoga poses can cause serious injuries and long-term complications. Analyzing human posture can identify and rectify abnormal positions, improving well-being at home. A posture estimator extracts yoga asana attributes from properly represented images. These extracted features are then utilized directly as inputs for various neural networks and machine learning models. These models serve the purpose of evaluating and predicting the accuracy of specific yoga poses. The objective of this research is to explore multiple methods for classifying yoga poses. The LGDeep model is introduced, which combines a novel residual convolutional neural network with three deep learning approaches: Xception, VGGNet, and SqueezeNet. Additionally, the LGDeep model incorporates feature extraction methods such as LDA and GDA. Experimental results demonstrate that the LGDeep classifier outperforms other approaches and achieves the highest classification accuracy ratio.