Publications

Selected Journal  publications:

  1. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A. (2019). Evaluation of Similarity Measures for Video Retrieval. Multimedia Tools and Applications. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-019-08539-4?shared-article-renderer. 
  2. Ghatwary, N., Ahmed, A., Grisan E., Jalab H., Bidaut L. and Ye, X. (2019) “In-vivo Barrett’s esophagus digital pathology stage classification through feature enhancement of confocal laser endomicroscopy,” Journal of Medical Imaging 6(1), 014502 (5 March 2019).  https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.6.1.014502  
  3. Baâzaoui, A., Barhoumi, W., Ahmed, A. and Zagrouba, E. (2018). Modelling Clinician Medical-knowledge in Terms of Med-level Features for Semantic Content-based Mammogram Retrieval. Expert Systems With Applications, 94, pp 11-20.
  4. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A. (2018). An Integrated Signature-based Framework for Efficient Video’s Visual Similarity Detection and Measurement. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS). DOI:10.1145/3190784.
  5. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A. (2017). Graph-Based Video Sequence Matching Using Dominant Colour Graph Profile (DCGP). Journal of Signal, Image and Video Processing, springer, 12(2), pp 291-298.  DOI:10.1007/s11760-017-1157-9
  6. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A., (2017). Video Similarity Detection using Fixed-length Statistical Dominant Colour Profile Signatures (SDCP). Journal of Real-time Image Processing, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/s11554-017-0700-9.
  7. Baâzaoui, A., Barhoumi, W., Ahmed, A. and Zagrouba, E. (2017). Semi-Automated Segmentation of Single and Multiple Tumors in Liver CT Images Using Entropy-Based Fuzzy Region Growing. IRBM, 38(2), pp.98-108.
  8. Jalab, H., Ibrahim, R. and Ahmed, A. (2016). Image denoising algorithm based on the convolution of fractional Tsallis entropy with the Riesz fractional derivative. Neural Computing and Applications. DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2331-7.
  9. Barbarosou, M., Paraskevas, I. and Ahmed, A. (2016). Military aircrafts’ classification based on their sound signature. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 88(1), pp.66-72.
  10. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A., Altadmri, A. and Hunter, A. (2015). Compressed video matching: Frame-to-frame revisited. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 75(23), pp 15763-15778.
  11. Frohlich, D., Lim, C. and Ahmed, A. (2014). Keep, lose, change: Prompts for the re-design of product concepts in a focus group setting. CoDesign, 10(2), pp 80-95.
  12. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A., Altadmri, A. and Hunter, A. (2014). DC-image for real time compressed video matching. Transactions on Engineering Technologies. Springer, Dordrecht. pp 513-527.
  13. Altadmri, A. and Ahmed, A. (2013). A framework for automatic semantic video annotation. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 72(2), pp1167-1191.
  14. Ahmed, A., Hilton, A. and Mokhtarian, F. (2012). High-level Multi-Parameter Synthesis of Human Animation from Motion Capture Data. Journal of Intelligent Computing (JIC), 3(4), pp 156-177, ISSN(Print): 0976-9005, ISSN(online): 0976-9013, DLine.
  15. Mohtasseb, H. and Ahmed, A. (2011). Two-layered Blogger identification model integrating profile and instance-based methods. Knowledge and Information Systems, 31(1), pp 1-21.

 

Book Chapters:

  1. Bekhet, S., Hassaballah, M., Ahmed, A., Ahmed, A.H. (2019) ” Video Similarity Measurement and Search.”, book chapter in “Recent Advances in Computer Vision”, Springer, (804) pp 85-112 .
  2. Akhtar, Z., Ahmed, A., Erdem, C. and Foresti, G. (2015). Adaptive Facial Recognition Under Ageing Effect, book chapter in “Adaptive Biometric Systems”, part of the series “Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition”, pp 97-117. Springer.
  3. Altadmri, A. and Ahmed, A.  and Mohtasseb, H. (2012). Semantic Levels of Domain-Independent Commonsense Knowledgebase for Visual Indexing and Retrieval Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 7663, pp 640-647. ISBN: 978-3-642-34474-9, online ISBN: 978-3-642-34475-6, SpringerLink. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34475-6_77]
  4. Mohtasseb, H. and Ahmed, A. (2010). The Affects of Demographics Differentiations on Authorship Identification.  Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 60, pp 409-417.  ISBN 978-90-481-8775-1 (Print) 978-90-481-8776-8 (Online), SpringerLink. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8776-8_35]
  5. Ahmed, A. (2009). Video representation and processing for multimedia data mining, book chapter in “Semantic Mining Technologies for Multimedia Databases”, edited by Dacheng Tao, Dong Xu, and Xuelong Li, IGI Global.
  6. Wang, C., Ahmed, A. and Hunter, A. (2008). The Detection of Abnormal Breathing Activity by Vision Analysis in Application to Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Eliezer Geisler, pp 416-424, ISBN: 978-1-59904-889-5, e-ISBN: 978-1-59904-890-1.

 

International Conferences (peer-reviewed)

  1. W San Wong, M Amer, T Maul, IY Liao, A Ahmed, A. (2019). Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks for Data Augmentation in Breast Cancer Classification. In International Conference on Soft Computing and Data Mining 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36056-6_37 
  2. Chouchene A., Barhoumi, W., and Ahmed, A. (2019). Retinal blood vessel segmentation in fundus images based on morphological operators within entropy information. In 12th International Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV 2019), Amsterdam,16-18 November 2019.
  3. Rahman, A., Ahmed, A. and Yue, S. (2017). Classification of tongue – glossitis abnormality. In: International Conference of Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering, 5th – 7th July, 2017, London, United Kingdom. [Best Paper AWARD]
  4. Ghatwary, N., Ahmed, A., Ye, X. and Jalab, H. (2017). Automatic grade classification of Barretts Esophagus through feature enhancement. In: SPIE Medical Imaging, 11 – 16 Feb 2017, Orlando, USA. [Cum Laude (Best Poster) Award]
  5. Yang, Y., Ahmed, A., Yue, S., Xie, X., Li, G. and Wang, Z. (2016). An Algorithm for Accurate Needle Orientation. In EMBC’16: the 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 17-20 August, Orlando, USA.
  6. Alahmer, H. and Ahmed, A. (2016). Computer-aided Classification of Liver Lesions from CT Images based on Multiple ROI. In: MIUA’16: Medical Image Understanding and Analysis 2016, 6-8 July 2016, Loughborough.
  7. Ghatwary, N., Ahmed, A., and Jalab, H.  (2016). Liver CT enhancement using Fractional Differentiation and Integration. In: World Congress on Engineering 2016 (WCE 2016), 29 June – 1 July 2016, London. [Best Paper AWARD]
  8. Alahmer, H. and Ahmed, A. (2016). Hierarchical Classification of Liver Tumor from CT Images Based on Difference-of-features (DOF). In: World Congress on Engineering 2016 (WCE 2016), 29 June – 1 July 2016, London. [Best Student Paper AWARD]
  9. Alahmer, H. and Ahmed, A. (2015). Computer-aided classification of liver lesions using contrasting features difference. In: ICMISC 2015: 17th International Conference on Medical Image and Signal Computing, 27-28 November 2015, London.
  10. Ghatwary, N., Ahmed, A., and Jalab, H. (2015). Liver tumor detection by classification through FD enhancement of CT image. In: ICMISC 2015: 17th International Conference on Medical Image and Signal Computing, 27 – 28 November 2015, London.
  11. Taylor, J. and Ahmed, A. (2015).  Automated Screening of the Retinal Vascular network for the Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy. In: MIUA’15: Medical Image Understanding and Analysis 2015, 15-17 July 2015, Lincoln.
  12. Baâzaoui, A., Barhoumi, W., Ahmed, A. and Zagrouba, E. (2015). Semi-automated segmentation of multiple tumors in liver CT images using cooperative region growing. In: TAIMA’15: Treatment and Information & Analysis Methods and Applications, 11-16 May 2015, Hammamet, Tunisia.
  13. Akhtar, Z., Ahmed, A., Erdem, C. and Foresti, G. (2014). Biometric template update under facial aging. In CIBIM’14: IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Biometrics and Identity Management, 9 – 12 December, Orlando, USA.
  14. Bekhet, S. and Ahmed, A. (2014). Compact signature-based compressed video matching using dominant colour profiles (DCP). In: International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR’14), 24-28 August 2014, Stockholm.  
  15. Abdal Hafeth, D.,  Ahmed, A. and Cobham, D. (2014) Text analysis of user-generated contents for health-care applications: case study on smoking status classification. In: The 6th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge, 21-24 Oct 2014, Rome, Italy.
  16. Bekhet, S., Ahmed, A., and Hunter, A. (2013). Video Matching Using DC-image and Local Features. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Signal and Image Engineering (ICSIE’13), World Congress on Engineering (WCE’13), UK. [Best Student Paper AWARD].
  17. Ahmed, A., Maqsood, M., Saif, H., and Salman, A. (2012). Affordable Interactive Virtual Reality system for the Dynamic Hip Screw surgery training in vitro, in the 13th IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2012), 18-20 June, Greece.    
  18. Mohtasseb, H., Ahmed, A., Altadmri, A. and Cobham, D. (2011). PsychoNet2: Contextualized and Enriched Psycholinguistic Commonsense Ontology, In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD’11), France.
  19. Lim, C., Frohlich, D. and Ahmed, A. (2011). Supporting Memory and Identity in Older People: Findings from a ‘Sandpit’ Process, Include 2011 Conference, London.
  20. Mohtasseb, H. and Ahmed, A. (2010). PSychoNet: A Psycholinguistc Commonsense Ontology, In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development part of IC3K, the International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, Spain.
  21. Altadmri, A. and Ahmed, A.  (2009). Automatic Semantic Video Annotation in Wide Domain Videos Based on Similarity and Commonsense Knowledgebases. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications, Malaysia.
  22. Altadmri, A. and Ahmed, A. (2009). VisualNet: Commonsense Knowledgebase for Video and Image Indexing and Retrieval Application. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing Systems (ICICS’09), China.
  23. Mohtasseb, H. and Ahmed, A. (2009). Two-Layer Classification and Distinguished Representations of Users and Documents for Grouping and Authorship Identification. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing Systems (ICICS’09), China.
  24. Altadmri, A. and Ahmed, A. (2009). Video Databases Annotation Enhancing using Commonsense Knowledgebases for Indexing and Retrieval. In Proceedings of the 13th IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, Spain.
  25. Mohtasseb, H. and Ahmed, A. (2009). Mining Online Diaries for Bloggers Identification. In Proceedings of International Conference of Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering (ICDMKE’09), World Congress on Engineering (WCE’09), UK.
  26. Mohtasseb, H. and Ahmed, A. (2009). More Blogging Features for Authorship Identification. In Proceedings of International Conference on Knowledge Discovery (ICKD’09), Philippines.
  27. Wang, C., Ahmed, A. and Hunter, A. (2007). Locating the Upper Body of Covered Humans in application to Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Vol 2165(1), pp662-667. ISSN/EISSN:20780958 20780966.
  28. Wang, C., Ahmed, A. and Hunter, A. (2007): Locating the Upper Body of Covered Humans in application to Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. The World Congress on Engineering 2007. In Proceedings of World Congress on Engineering 2007. Newswood Limited, International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong, pp. 662-667. ISBN 978-988-98671-5-7. (Best Student Paper Award).
  29. Wang, C., Ahmed, A. and Hunter, A. (2006) Vision Analysis in Detecting Abnormal Breathing Activity in application to Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. In Proceedings of the 28th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, New York, USA, pp. 4469-4473. ISBN 1424400333.
  30. Ahmed, A., Mokhtarian, F. and Hilton, A. (2004). Enriching Animation Database, In Proceedings of the Eurographics’04 conference, pp89-92, France.
  31. Ahmed, A., Hilton, A. and Mokhtarian, F. (2004). Intuitive Parametric Synthesis of Human Animation, In Proceedings of the The International Conference in Computer Animation and Social Agents, CASA’04, pp315-322, Geneva.
  32. Ahmed, A., Mokhtarian, F. and Hilton, A. (2003). Cyclification of Human Motion for Animation Synthesis, In Proceedings of the Eurographics’03 conference, pp193-200, Spain.
  33. Ahmed, A., Hilton, A. and Mokhtarian, F. (2002). Adaptive Compression of Human Animation Data, In Proceedings of the Eurographics’02 conference, pp347-353, Germany.
  34. Ahmed, A., Mokhtarian, F. and Hilton, A. (2001). Parametric Motion Blending through Wavelet Analysis”, In Proceedings of the Eurographics’01 conference, pp347-353, ISSN 1017-4656, Manchester, UK.

 

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