Fiber-matrix interfacial area reduction in fiber reinforced cements and concretes at moderate to high fiber volume fractions by Karam, Gebran N.

“…Fiber-fiber interaction and overlap of fibers with fibers, voids and aggregates can dramatically decrease the efficiency of the reinforcement by reducing this interfacial area. …”
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An assessment of the impact of sticky floors and glass ceilings in Lebanon by Dah, Abdallah

“…In fact, discrimination against females could occur at different stages of their career path. The wage gap is apparent at the top (glass ceiling) as well as at the bottom (sticky floors) of wage distribution. …”
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Properties of simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for mapping data to multicomputers by Mansour, Nashat

“…These properties of flexibility and general applicability, which are lacking in other heuristic algorithms, make the GA and SA attractive for automatic parallelization systems.…”
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Throughput of ARQ protocols over Rician, Nakagami and MIMO block fading channels by Zummo, Salam A.

“…Abstract Block fading is a popular channel model that approximates the behavior of different wireless communication systems. Automatic-repeat request (ARQ) protocols are used to provide reliable communication in wireless networks. …”
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Comparative Study of Deep Learning Models for Unimodal & Multimodal Disaster Data for Effective Disaster Management by MOHAMED, DENA AHMED

“…In this study, a multimodal deep learning system for automatic classification of disaster tweets was developed. …”
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Global User-Level Perception of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications: Data-Driven Approach Using Natural Language Processing by Kashif Ahmad (12592762)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">We used 8 different methods on 3 different tasks, achieving up to an average F1 score of 94.8%, indicating the feasibility of the proposed solution. …”

Agent Based Modeling to Optimize Supermarkets Spatial Dimensions by NASIF, MAJD

“…We solved this problem by providing an optimal area range for the supermarket where we reduced the crowding levels dramatically, while avoiding unnecessary increase in space dimensions. …”
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ON OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OF ARABIC TEXT by Zidouri1, Abdelmalek

“…We give a brief survey of the state of the art in Arabic Character Recognition and different methods and approaches to this problem. We show that recognition can be achieved by simple matching to prebuilt prototypes of all the Arabic Character set. …”
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An energy-aware retransmission model for multimedia communications over wireless networks. (c2010) by Abdallah, Deema Abed Al-Rahman

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Deep Learning Speech-Text Chatbot for High School Advising by Assayed, Suha Khalil

“…Additionally, automatic speech recognition (ASR) is incorporated to convert spoken inquiries into text, allowing the chatbot to generate effective responses. …”
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Recognition of Off-line printed Arabic text Using Hidden Markov Models by Al-Muhtaseb, Husni A.

“…This paper describes a technique for automatic recognition of off-line printed Arabic text using Hidden Markov Models. …”
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Extensible user-based XML grammar matching by Tekli, Joe

“…XML grammar matching has found considerable interest recently due to the growing number of heterogeneous XML documents on the web and the increasing need to integrate, and consequently search and retrieve XML data originated from different data sources. In this paper, we provide an approach for automatic XML grammar matching and comparison aiming to minimize the amount of user effort required to perform the match task. …”
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Multiple Proposals for Continuous Arabic Sign Language Recognition by Hassan, Mohamed

“…This work presents a comprehensive comparison between two different recognition techniques for continuous ArSLR, namely a Modified k-Nearest Neighbor (MKNN) which is suitable for sequential data and Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) techniques based on two different toolkits. …”
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Unsupervised Extractive Text Summarization Using Frequency-Based Sentence Clustering by Hajjar, Ali

“…Large texts are not always entirely meaningful: they might include repetitions and useless details, and might not be easy to interpret by humans. Automatic text summarization aims to simplify text by making it shorter and (possibly) more informative. …”
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Genetic biomarkers and machine learning techniques for predicting diabetes: systematic review by Sulaiman Khan (12585349)

“…These complications contribute to increased mortality rates, blindness, kidney failure, and an overall diminished quality of life in individuals living with diabetes. …”

LPPDA: A Light-Weight Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation Protocol for Smart Grids by Naheel Faisal Kamal (17983783)

“…Smart meters allow for automatic electricity consumption reporting to energy providers to facilitate billing and demand-based power generation. …”

A Deep Learning Approach for Real-Time Analysis of Attendees’ Engagement in Public Events by Samuel Mathew, Sujith

“…Such model can be leveraged for the automatic analysis of attendees’ engagement level in events. …”
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Minimizing user effort in XML grammar matching by Tekli, Joe

“…XML grammar matching has found considerable interest recently, due to the growing number of heterogeneous XML documents on the Web, and the need to integrate, search and retrieve XML documents originated from different data sources. In this study, we provide an approach for automatic XML grammar matching and comparison aiming to minimize the amount of user effort required to perform the match task. …”
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SVG-to-RDF image semantization by Salameh, Khouloud

“…The goal of this work is to provide an original (semi-automatic) annotation framework titled SVG-to-RDF whichconverts a collection of raw Scalable vector graphic (SVG) images into a searchable semantic-based RDF graph structure that encodes relevant features and contents. …”
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XML Grammar Matching and Comparison: Technical Report by Tekli, Joe

“…XML grammar matching has found considerable interest recently, due to the growing number of heterogeneous XML documents on the web, and the increasing need to integrate, and consequently search and retrieve XML documents originated from different data sources. In this study, we provide an approach for automatic XML matching and comparison aiming to minimize the amount of user effort required to perform the match task. …”
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