Saeed Sharif

Dr. Saeed Sharif

School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, University of East London, London, E16 2RD, UK
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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

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

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12 July 2023 in Journal of Cyber Security Technology
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MKMohammed Aziz Al Kabir
Mohammed Aziz Al Kabir
WEWael Elmedany
Wael Elmedany
Saeed SharifSaeed Sharif
Saeed Sharif

3 February 2024 in Security and Privacy
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Osamah IbrahimOsamah Ibrahim
Osamah Ibrahim
ASAshokkumar S.R
Ashokkumar S.R
SASameer Algburi
Sameer Algburi
ASAnupallavi S
Anupallavi S
DSDhanasekaran Selvaraj
Dhanasekaran Selvaraj
WEWael Elmedany
Wael Elmedany
The federated learning has gained prominent attention as a collaborative machine learning method, allowing multiple users to jointly train a shared model without directly exchanging raw data. This research addresses the fundamental challenge of balancing data privacy and utility in distributed learning by introducing an innovative hybrid methodology fusing differential privacy with federated learning (HDP‐FL). Through meticulous experimentation on EMNIST and CIFAR‐10 data sets, this hybrid approach yields substantial advancements, showcasing a noteworthy 4.22% and up to 9.39% enhancement in model accuracy for EMNIST and CIFAR‐10, respectively, compared to conventional federated learning methods. Our adjustments to parameters highlighted how noise impacts privacy, showcasing the effectiveness of our hybrid DP approach in striking a balance between privacy and accuracy. Assessments across diverse FL techniques and client counts emphasized this trade‐off, particularly in non‐IID data settings, where our hybrid method effectively countered accuracy declines. Comparative analyses against standard machine learning and state‐of‐the‐art FL approaches consistently showcased the superiority of our proposed model, achieving impressive accuracies of 96.29% for EMNIST and 82.88% for CIFAR‐10. These insights offer a strategic approach to securely collaborate and share knowledge among IoT devices without compromising data privacy, ensuring efficient and reliable learning mechanisms across decentralized networks.

20 March 2023 in Sensors
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Saeed SharifSaeed Sharif
Saeed Sharif
MTMadhav Theeng Tamang
Madhav Theeng Tamang
CFCynthia H. Y. Fu
Cynthia H. Y. Fu
ABAaron Baker
Aaron Baker
AAAhmed Ibrahim Alzahrani
Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani
NANasser Alalwan
Nasser Alalwan
Regular commutes to work can cause chronic stress, which in turn can cause a physical and emotional reaction. The recognition of mental stress in its earliest stages is very necessary for effective clinical treatment. This study investigated the impact of commuting on human health based on qualitative and quantitative measures. The quantitative measures included electroencephalography (EEG) and blood pressure (BP), as well as weather temperature, while qualitative measures were established from the PANAS questionnaire, and included age, height, medication, alcohol status, weight, and smoking status. This study recruited 45 (n) healthy adults, including 18 female and 27 male participants. The modes of commute were bus (n = 8), driving (n = 6), cycling (n = 7), train (n = 9), tube (n = 13), and both bus and train (n = 2). The participants wore non-invasive wearable biosensor technology to measure EEG and blood pressure during their morning commute for 5 days in a row. A correlation analysis was applied to find the significant features associated with stress, as measured by a reduction in positive ratings in the PANAS. This study created a prediction model using random forest, support vector machine, naive Bayes, and K-nearest neighbor. The research results show that blood pressure and EEG beta waves were significantly increased, and the positive PANAS rating decreased from 34.73 to 28.60. The experiments revealed that measured systolic blood pressure was higher post commute than before the commute. For EEG waves, the model shows that the EEG beta low power exceeded alpha low power after the commute. Having a fusion of several modified decision trees within the random forest helped increase the performance of the developed model remarkably. Significant promising results were achieved using random forest with an accuracy of 91%, while K-nearest neighbor, support vector machine, and naive Bayes performed with an accuracy of 80%, 80%, and 73%, respectively.

19 May 2024 in Karbala International Journal of Modern Science
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VEViswapriya Subramaniyam Elangovan
Viswapriya Subramaniyam Elangovan
RDRajeswari Devarajan
Rajeswari Devarajan
OKOsamah I. Khalaf
Osamah I. Khalaf
Saeed SharifSaeed Sharif
Saeed Sharif
WEWael Elmedany
Wael Elmedany
A stroke is a medical condition characterized by the rupture of blood vessels within the brain which can lead to brain damage. various symptoms may be exhibited when the brain's supply of blood and essential nutrients is disrupted. To forecast the possibility of brain stroke occurring at an early stage using Machine Learning and Deep Learning is the main objective of this study. Timely detection of the various warning signs of a stroke can significantly reduce its severity. This paper performed a comprehensive analysis of features to enhance stroke prediction effectiveness. A reliable dataset for stroke prediction is taken from Kaggle website to gauge the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The dataset has a class imbalance problem which means a total number of negative samples is higher than a total number of positive samples. The results are reported based on a balanced dataset created using oversampling techniques. The proposed work used Smote and Adasyn to handle imbalanced problem for better evaluation metrics. Additionally, the hybrid Neural Network and Random Forest (NN-RF) utilizing the balanced dataset by using Adasyn oversampling achieves the highest F1-score of 75% compared to the original unbalanced dataset and other benchmarking algorithms.

9 April 2024 in Engineering Reports
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Osamah IbrahimOsamah Ibrahim
Osamah Ibrahim
DSDhamodharan Srinivasan
Dhamodharan Srinivasan
SASameer Algburi
Sameer Algburi
JVJeevanantham Vellaichamy
Jeevanantham Vellaichamy
DSDhanasekaran Selvaraj
Dhanasekaran Selvaraj
WEWael Elmedany
Wael Elmedany
Interactions between individuals and digital material have completely changed with the advent of the Metaverse. Due to this, there is an immediate need to construct cutting‐edge technology that can recognize the emotions of users and continuously provide material that is relevant to their psychological states, improving their overall experience. An inventive method that combines natural language processing adaptive content generation algorithms and neuro‐fuzzy‐based support vector machines natural language processing (SVM‐NLP) is proposed by researchers to meet this demand. With this merging, the Metaverse will be able to offer highly tailored and engaging experiences. Initially, a neuro‐fuzzy algorithm was developed to identify people's emotional moods from their physiological reactions and other biometric information. Fuzzy Logic and Support Vector Machine work together to manage the inherent ambiguity and unpredictability, which results in a more exact and accurate categorization of emotions. A key component of the ACGA is NLP technology, which uses real‐time emotional data to dynamically modify and personalize characters, stories, and interactive features in the Metaverse. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in the innovative integration of neuro‐fuzzy‐based SVM‐NLP algorithms to accurately recognize and adapt to users' emotional states, enhancing the Metaverse experience across various applications. The proposed method is implemented using Python software. This adaptive approach significantly enhances users' immersion, emotional involvement, and overall satisfaction within the augmented reality environment by tailoring information to their responses. The findings show that the SVM‐NLP emotion identification algorithm based on neuro‐fuzzy, has a high degree of accuracy in recognizing emotional states, which holds promise for creating a Metaverse that is more emotionally compelling and immersive. Stronger human–computer interactions and a wider range of applications, including virtual therapy, educational resources, entertainment, and social media networking, might be made possible by integrating SVM‐NLP. These sophisticated systems are around 92% accurate in interpreting the emotions.

19 February 2020 in IEEE Access
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Saeed SharifSaeed Sharif
Saeed Sharif
Maysam AbbodMaysam Abbod
Maysam Abbod
Ali H. Al-BayattiAli H. Al-Bayatti
Ali H. Al-Bayatti
Abbes AmiraAbbes Amira
Abbes Amira
AAAhmed Alfakeeh
Ahmed Alfakeeh
BSBal Sanghera
Bal Sanghera
The predominant application of positron emission tomography (PET) in the field of oncology and radiotherapy and the significance of medical imaging research have led to an urgent need for effective approaches to PET volume analysis and the development of accurate and robust volume analysis techniques to support oncologists in their clinical practice, including diagnosis, arrangement of appropriate radiotherapy treatment, and evaluation of patients’ response to therapy. This paper proposes an efficient optimized ensemble classifier to tackle the problem of analysis of squamous cell carcinoma in patient PET volumes. This optimized classifier is based on an artificial neural network (ANN), fuzzy C-means (FCM), an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), K-means, and a self-organizing map (SOM). Four ensemble classifier machines are proposed in this study. The first three are built using a voting approach, an averaging technique, and weighted averaging, respectively. The fourth, novel ensemble classifier machine is based on the combination of a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) approach and weighted averaging. Experimental National Electrical Manufacturers Association and International Electrotechnical Commission (NEMA IEC) body phantom and clinical PET studies of participants with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma are used for the evaluation of the proposed approach. Superior results were achieved using the new optimized ensemble classifier when compared with the results from the investigated classifiers and the non-optimized ensemble classifiers. The proposed approach identified the region of interest class (tumor) with an average accuracy of 98.11% in clinical datasets of patients with laryngeal tumors. This system supports the expertise of clinicians in PET tumor analysis.