By Associate Professor Beena Ahmed

Conference Papers

Caughlin K; Duran-Sierra E; Cheng S; Cuenca R; Ahmed B; Ji J; Yakovlev VV; Martinez M; Al-Khalil M; Al-Enazi H; Jo JA; Busso C, 2021, 'End-to-End Neural Network for Feature Extraction and Cancer Diagnosis of in Vivo Fluorescence Lifetime Images of Oral Lesions', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 3894 - 3897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629739

Shahin M; Oo E; Ahmed B, 2020, 'Adversarial Multi-Task Learning for Robust End-to-End ECG-based Heartbeat Classification', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 341 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175640

Sriskandaraja K; Ahmed B; Valenzuela M, 2020, 'Subject Independent Dementia Risk Prediction Models Using Paralinguistic and Memory Test Features with Feature Warping', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 2540 - 2543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176157

Hair A; Markoulli C; Monroe P; McKechnie J; Ballard KJ; Ahmed B; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2020, 'Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of a tablet-based speech therapy game', in Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382886

Shahin M; Lu R; Epps J; Ahmed B, 2020, 'UNSW system description for the shared task on automatic speech recognition for non-native children's speech', in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH, pp. 265 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2020-3111

You Y; Ahmed B; Barr P; Ballard K; Valenzuela M, 2019, 'Predicting Dementia Risk Using Paralinguistic and Memory Test Features with Machine Learning Models', in 2019 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies, HI-POCT 2019, pp. 56 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HI-POCT45284.2019.8962887

Hair A; Ballard KJ; Ahmed B; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2019, 'Evaluating automatic speech recognition for child speech therapy applications', in ASSETS 2019 - 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, pp. 578 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354606

Shahin M; Ahmed B; Smith DV; Duenser A; Epps J, 2019, 'Automatic Screening of Children with Speech Sound Disorders Using Paralinguistic Features', in IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MLSP.2019.8918725

Mulaffer L; Zafar MA; Ahmed B, 2019, 'Analyzing Player Engagement for Biofeedback Games', in 2019 IEEE 7th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2019.8882481

Shahin M; Ji JX; Ahmed B, 2018, 'One-Class SVMs Based Pronunciation Verification Approach', in Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp. 2881 - 2886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2018.8545687

Shahin M; Mulaffer L; Penzel T; Ahmed B, 2018, 'A Two Stage Approach for the Automatic Detection of Insomnia', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 466 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512360

Wijenayake C; Gilbert W; Van Winden S; Ahmed B, 2018, 'Concept-Focused in-Class Demonstrations for Teaching Embedded System Design in Large Classes', in Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018, pp. 1133 - 1137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615178

Ahmed B; Kagita M; Wijenayake CA; Ravishankar J, 2018, 'Implementation Guidelines for an Automated Grading Tool to Assess Short Answer Questions on Digital Circuit Design Course', in Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018, pp. 1142 - 1145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615228

Hair A; Monroe P; Ahmed B; Ballard KJ; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2018, 'Apraxia world: A speech therapy game for children with speech sound disorders', in IDC 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, pp. 119 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3202185.3202733

Jo JA; Cheng S; Cuenca R; Duran E; Malik B; Maitland KC; Ahmed B; Cheng Y-SL; Wright J, 2018, 'Computer aided diagnosis system for automated label-free early detection of oral epithelial cancer and dysplasia based on autofluorescence lifetime imaging endoscopy (Conference Presentation)', in Mori K; Petrick N (ed.), Medical Imaging 2018: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, SPIE, pp. 33 - 33, presented at Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 10 February 2018 - 15 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2293813

Duran E; Hwang D; Cheng S; Cuenca R; Malik B; Maitland KC; Wright J; Cheng YSL; Ahmed B; Jo JA, 2018, 'In vivo metabolic imaging of early stage oral cancer and dysplasia based on autofluorescence lifetime endoscopy (Conference Presentation)', in Gimi B; Krol A (ed.), Medical Imaging 2018: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, SPIE, pp. 27 - 27, presented at Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 10 February 2018 - 15 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2293794

Jo JA; Cheng S; Cuenca R; Duran E; Malik BH; Ahmed B; Cheng Y-SL; Wright JM; Maitland KC, 2018, 'Autofluorescence lifetime imaging endoscopy for automated label-free early detection of oral epithelial cancer and dysplasia (Conference Presentation)', in Wong BJF; Ilgner JF; Witjes MJ (eds.), Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, SPIE, pp. 23 - 23, presented at Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, 27 January 2018 - 01 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2290950

Cheng S; Serafino M; Cuenca R; Ahmed B; Applegate B; Jo JA, 2018, 'Compact and cost-effective handheld multispectral fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) system for oral mucosa in vivo imaging based on a frequency-domain implementation (Conference Presentation)', in Wong BJF; Ilgner JF; Witjes MJ (eds.), Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, SPIE, pp. 25 - 25, presented at Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, 27 January 2018 - 01 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2287855

Cuenca R; Cheng S; Ahmed B; Maitland KC; Jo JA, 2018, 'Handheld optical system for fast and accurate in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) (Conference Presentation)', in Brown TG; Cogswell CJ; Wilson T (eds.), Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XXV, SPIE, pp. 20 - 20, presented at Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XXV, 27 January 2018 - 01 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2288834

Duran E; Hwang DY; Cheng S; Cuenca R; Malik BH; Maitland KC; Wright JM; Cheng Y-SL; Ahmed B; Jo JA, 2018, 'In vivo metabolic imaging of early stage oral cancer and dysplasia based on autofluorescence lifetime endoscopy (Conference Presentation)', in Wong BJF; Ilgner JF; Witjes MJ (eds.), Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, SPIE, pp. 39 - 39, presented at Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, 27 January 2018 - 01 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2287472

Cuenca R; Cheng S; Malik BH; Maitland KC; Ahmed B; Cheng Y-SLL; Wright JM; Rees T; Jo JA, 2018, 'Machine learning methods for fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) based automated detection of early stage oral cancer and dysplasia (Conference Presentation)', in Wong BJF; Ilgner JF; Witjes MJ (eds.), Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, SPIE, pp. 21 - 21, presented at Optical Imaging, Therapeutics, and Advanced Technology in Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology 2018, 27 January 2018 - 01 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2288840

Shahin M; Ahmed B; Ji JX; Ballard K, 2018, 'Anomaly detection approach for pronunciation verification of disordered speech using speech attribute features', in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH, pp. 1671 - 1675, http://dx.doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2018-1319

Jo JA; Cuenca R; Duran E; Cheng S; Malik B; Maitland KC; Wright J; Cheng YSL; Ahmed B, 2018, 'Autofluorescence lifetime endoscopy for early detection of oral dysplasia and cancer', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/LAOP.2018.Tu3C.1

Shahrbabaki SS; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Cvetkovic D, 2017, 'Blood pressure and cardiovascular parameters during sleep arousals', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, Seogwipo, South Korea, pp. 2830 - 2833, presented at 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, South Korea, 11 July 2017 - 15 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037446

Mulaffer L; Shahin M; Glos M; Penzel T; Ahmed B, 2017, 'Comparing two insomnia detection models of clinical diagnosis techniques', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, Seogwipo, South Korea, pp. 3749 - 3752, presented at 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, South Korea, 11 July 2017 - 15 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037672

Salama G; Scanlon S; Ahmed B, 2017, 'An evaluation of the flipped classroom format in a first year introductory engineering course', in IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, Athens, Greece, pp. 367 - 374, presented at 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Athens, Greece, 25 April 2017 - 28 April 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942874

Zafar MA; Ahmed B; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2017, 'Playing with and without Biofeedback', in 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017, Perth, WA, Australia, presented at 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), Perth, WA, Australia, 02 April 2017 - 04 April 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2017.7939272

Zafar MA; Ahmed B; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2017, 'Playing with and without Biofeedback Studying the short-term physiological and cognitive effects of playing a respiratory biofeedback enhanced game to combat stress', in Dias N; DeFreitas S; Duque D; Rodrigues N; Wong K; Vilaca JL (eds.), 2017 IEEE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SERIOUS GAMES AND APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH (SEGAH), IEEE, AUSTRALIA, Perth, presented at 5th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), AUSTRALIA, Perth, 02 April 2017 - 04 April 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000403392400020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Dissanyaka C; Cvetkovic D; Abdullah H; Ahmed B; Penzel T, 2016, 'Classification of healthy and insomnia subjects based on wake-To-sleep transition', in IECBES 2016 - IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 480 - 483, presented at 2016 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 04 December 2016 - 08 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2016.7843497

Hamida STB; Glos M; Penzel T; Ahmed B, 2016, 'How many sleep stages do we need for an efficient automatic insomnia diagnosis?', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 2431 - 2434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591221

Shahrbabaki SS; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Cvetkovic D, 2016, 'Photoplethysmography derivatives and pulse transit time in overnight blood pressure monitoring', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 2855 - 2858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591325

Shahrbabaki SS; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Cvetkovic D, 2016, 'Pulse transit time and heart rate variability in sleep staging', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 3469 - 3472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591475

Shahin M; Epps J; Ahmed B, 2016, 'Automatic classification of lexical stress in English and Arabic languages using deep learning', in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH, San Francisco CA, USA, pp. 175 - 179, presented at Interspeech 2016, San Francisco CA, USA, 08 September 2016 - 12 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2016-644

Cheng S; Hwang DY; Cuenca R; Malik B; Maitland KC; Wright J; Cheng YSL; Ahmed B; Jo JA, 2016, 'Early detection of oral epithelial cancer with endogenous fluorescence lifetime endoscopy', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/LAOP.2016.LW2D.3

Ahmed B; Aljaani A; Yousuf MI, 2016, 'Flipping introductory engineering design courses: Evaluating their effectiveness', in IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, pp. 234 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2016.7474559

Shahin M; Gutierrez-Osuna R; Ahmed B, 2016, 'Classification of bisyllabic lexical stress patterns in disordered speech using deep learning', in ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings, pp. 6480 - 6484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2016.7472925

Mohajerani S; Moosavi SAH; Rihawi RA; Ahmed B; Bhat AN; Kamal RY, 2016, 'A cloud-based system for real-time, remote physiological monitoring of infants', in 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT 2015, pp. 565 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSPIT.2015.7394400

Hamida STB; Ahmed B; Penzel T, 2016, 'A novel insomnia identification method based on Hjorth parameters', in 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT 2015, pp. 548 - 552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSPIT.2015.7394397

Dissanayaka C; Abdullah H; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Cvetkovic D, 2016, 'Classification of healthy subjects and insomniac patients based on automated sleep onset detection', in IFMBE Proceedings, pp. 188 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0266-3_39

Shahin M; Ahmed B, 2016, 'Classification of Bisyllabic Lexical Stress Patterns Using Deep Neural Networks', in Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2016 Issue 1, Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), presented at Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qfarc.2016.ictpp1469

Dissanayaka C; Cvetkovic D; Patti CR; Shahrbabaki SS; Ahmed B; Schilling C; Schredl M, 2015, 'Sleep onset detection with multiple EEG alpha-band features: Comparison between healthy, insomniac and schizophrenic patients', in IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference: Engineering for Healthy Minds and Able Bodies, BioCAS 2015 - Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BioCAS.2015.7348362

Chaparro-Vargas R; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Cvetkovic D, 2015, 'Characterising insomnia: A graph spectral theory approach', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 366 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318375

Hamida STB; Penzel T; Ahmed B, 2015, 'EEG time and frequency domain analyses of primary insomnia', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 6206 - 6209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319810

Madhushri P; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Jovanov E, 2015, 'Periodic leg movement (PLM) monitoring using a distributed body sensor network', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 1837 - 1840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318738

Chaparro-Vargas R; Ahmed B; Penzel T; Cvetkovic D, 2015, 'Searching arousals: A fuzzy logic approach', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 2754 - 2757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318962

Hamida STB; Ahmed B, 2015, 'A remote deep sleep monitoring system based on a single channel for in-home insomnia diagnosis', in 2015 7th International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Proceedings of NTMS 2015 Conference and Workshops, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NTMS.2015.7266469

Loutfy H; Osman Y; Najjar A; Abu Soufah M; Abd AS; Moussa S; Selim M; Daey M; Haleem G; Kerr T; Salama G; Ahmed B, 2015, 'INCORPORATING DESIGN-BASED LEARNING ENGINEERING EXPERIENCES IN SECONDARY SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN QATAR', in Chova LG; Martinez AL; Torres IC (eds.), INTED2015: 9TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION A& DEVELOPMENT, SPAIN, Madrid, pp. 1145 - 1153, presented at 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED), SPAIN, Madrid, 02 March 2015 - 04 March 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000398586301032&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Bhandari R; Parnandi A; Shipp E; Ahmed B; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2015, 'Music-based respiratory biofeedback in visually-demanding tasks', in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, pp. 78 - 82

Sambo YA; Shakir MZ; Qaraqe KA; Serpedin E; Imran MA; Ahmed B, 2014, 'Energy efficiency improvements in HetNets by exploiting device-to-device communications', in European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 151 - 155

Al Rihawi R; Ahmed B; Gutierrez-Osuna R, 2014, 'Dodging stress with a personalized biofeedback game', in CHI PLAY 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, pp. 399 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2658537.2661310

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