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Quantum Parallel Processing Framework for Image Processing Applications

IEEE 16th International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ISADS), 2025Conference

Juan Carlos Salcedo, Khaled R. Ahmed

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WeedSense: Multi-Task Learning for Weed Segmentation, Height Estimation, and Growth Stage Classification

Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025Conference

Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Khaled R. Ahmed, Taminul Islam, Cristiana Bernardi Rankrape, Karla Gage

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GasTwinFormer: A Hybrid Vision Transformer for Livestock Methane Emission Segmentation and Dietary Classification in Optical Gas Imaging

Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025Conference

Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Mohamed Embaby, Taminul Islam, Amer AbuGhazaleh, Khaled R. Ahmed

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WeedSwin hierarchical vision transformer with SAM-2 for multi-stage weed detection and classification

Scientific Reports, 2025Journal

Taminul Islam, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Khaled R. Ahmed, Cristiana Bernardi Rankrape, Karla Gage

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CarboNeXT and CarboFormer: Dual Semantic Segmentation Architectures for Detecting and Quantifying Carbon Dioxide Emissions Using Optical Gas Imaging

arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.05360, 2025Preprint

Taminul Islam, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Mohamed G. Embaby, Khaled R. Ahmed, Amer AbuGhazaleh

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Carbon Emission Quantification of Machine Learning: A Review

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 2025Journal

Syed Mhamudul Hasan, Taminul Islam, Munshi Saifuzzaman, Khaled R. Ahmed, Chun-Hsi Huang, Abdur R. Shahid

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SoyStageNet: Balancing Accuracy and Efficiency for Real-Time Soybean Growth Stage Detection

Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2025Conference

Abdellah Lakhssassi, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Khaled Ahmed, Naoufal Lakhssassi, Khalid Meksem

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Optical gas imaging and deep learning for quantifying enteric methane emissions from rumen fermentation in vitro

IET Image Processing, 2025Journal

Mohamed G. Embaby, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Amer AbuGhazaleh, Khaled R. Ahmed

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WeedVision: Multi-Stage Growth and Classification of Weeds using DETR and RetinaNet for Precision Agriculture

23rd International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2024Conference

Taminul Islam, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Khaled R. Ahmed, Cristiana Bernardi Rankrape, Karla Gage

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Detection and Classification of Cannabis Seeds Using RetinaNet and Faster R-CNN

MDPI Seeds, 2024Journal

Taminul Islam, Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Khaled R. Ahmed, Naoufal Lakhssassi

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Porosity Prediction of 3D Printed Components Using U-Net and Its Variants

2024 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence For Internet of Things (AIIoT), 2024Conference

Aluri Manoj, Khaled R. Ahmed, Ghada Omar

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Gasformer: A Transformer-based Architecture for Segmenting Methane Emissions from Livestock in Optical Gas Imaging

Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2024Conference

Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Mohamed G Embaby, Khaled R. Ahmed, Amer AbuGhazaleh

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Cannabis Seed Variant Detection using Faster R-CNN

arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.10722, 2024Preprint

Toqi Tahamid Sarker, Taminul Islam, Khaled R. Ahmed

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Advancing Generative Model Evaluation: A Novel Algorithm for Realistic Image Synthesis and Comparison in OCR System

arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17204, 2024Preprint

Majid Memari, Khaled R. Ahmed, Shahram Rahimi, Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz

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FedSiKD: Clients Similarity and Knowledge Distillation: Addressing Non-iid and Constraints in Federated Learning

arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09095, 2024Preprint

Yousef Alsenani, Rahul Mishra, Khaled R. Ahmed, Atta Ur Rahman

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Deep Learning Model for classifying and evaluating soybean leaf disease damage

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024Journal

Sandeep Goshika, Khalid Meksem, Khaled R. Ahmed, Naoufal Lakhssassi

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Generative Data Augmentation for Arabic Handwritten Digit Recognition Boosting Real-time OCR Capabilities

Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, 2023Conference

Majid Memari, Khaled R. Ahmed, Shahram Rahimi

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Real Time Deep Learning Weapon Detection Techniques for Mitigating Lone Wolf Attacks

arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14148, 2023Preprint

Kambhatla Akhila, Khaled R. Ahmed

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Deep learning for detecting and classifying the growth stages of Consolida regalis weeds on fields

Agronomy, 2023Journal

Abeer M Almalky, Khaled R. Ahmed

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DDM: Study of deer detection and movement using deep learning techniques

2023 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized System (ISADS), 2023Conference

Md Jawad Siddique, Khaled R. Ahmed

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Real Time Deep Learning Algorithm for Counting Weed's Growth Stages

2023 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized System (ISADS), 2023Conference

Abeer M Almalky, Khaled R. Ahmed

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Dsteelnet: a real-time parallel dilated cnn with atrous spatial pyramid pooling for detecting and classifying defects in surface steel strips

Sensors, 2023Journal

Khaled R. Ahmed

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An Efficient Deep Learning Technique for Detecting and Classifying the Growth of Weeds on Fields

Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference, 2023Conference

Abeer M Almalky, Khaled R. Ahmed, Mustafa Guzel, Bulent Turan

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Firearm detection using deep learning

Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference, 2022Conference

Akhila Kambhatla, Khaled R. Ahmed

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Potholes detection using deep learning and area estimation using image processing

Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference, 2022Conference

Subash Kharel, Khaled R. Ahmed

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Smart pothole detection using deep learning based on dilated convolution

Sensors, 2021Journal

Khaled R. Ahmed

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Parallel dilated CNN for detecting and classifying defects in surface steel strips in real-time

Intelligent Systems and Applications: Proceedings of the 2021 Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) Volume 1, 2021Conference

Khaled R. Ahmed

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Parallel Algorithms to detect and classify defects in Surface Steel Strips

Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Cognitive Computing: Proceedings from ICAI'20 and ACC'20, 2021Conference

Khaled R. Ahmed, Majed Al-Saeed, Maryam I Al-Jumah

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Deep learning technologies to mitigate deer-vehicle collisions

Deep learning and big data for intelligent transportation: Enabling technologies and future trends, 2021Book chapter

Md Jawad Siddique, Khaled R. Ahmed

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