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1. Arab, U.S., Alam, A., & Ahmed, S. (2024-Under-review). Light Intensity Analysis For Precision Dimensional Acquisition For Machine Vision. Scientia Iranica (Impact Factor: 1.4)
2. Fatima, A., Shaheen, A., Ahmed, S., Khan, B.F., Ahmad, F. (2024 - Under-review). ReGile: A Gamified Learning Environment For Agile-Based Software Requirements Engineering. Education and Information Technologies (Impact Factor: 5.5)
3. Ahmed, S, Bukhari, S.A.H., Rehman, O., Ahmad, A., Ahmad, F. & Ahsan, K. (2024 - Under-review). Inquiry Based Learning in Computing Education. Exploring Students' Inquiry Levels in a Computer Programming Course. Journal of Educational Computing Research (Impact Factor: 4.8)
4. Ahmed, S., Zeeshan, M., Parsons, D., Rehman, O., Ahmad, A. & Ahsan, K. (2023 - Under review). Exploring ontology-driven game-based inquiry learning in a Maritime science museum. Journal of Science Education and Technology ((Impact Factor: 3.419)
5. Ahmad, A., Zeshan, F., & Ahmed, S. (2023-Under-review). Effect of Gamification on Learning Behaviors: An Empirical Analysis of Gamification in Software Engineering Education.
6. Zeshan, F., Sarfraz, A., Ahmad, A., & Ahmed, S. (2023 - Under-review). Ontology-based rumour identification system using social network big data. Future Generation Computer System.
7. Ahmad, A., Zeshan, F., Marriam, R., Ahmed, S., Samreen, A. (2023 - Under-review). Refining Gamification theory for STEM education with impact of Gender on Learning behaviours. Computers & Education (Impact Factor: 11.182)
8. Rehman, O., Al-Busaidi, A., Ahmed, S., & Ahsan, K. (2022). Ubiquitous healthcare system: Architecture, prototype design and experimental evaluations. Scalable Information Systems.
9. Ahmad, A., Zeeshan, F., Marriam, R., Samreen, A.. & Ahmed, S. (2021). Does one size fit all? Investigating the effect of group size and gamification on learners' behavior in higher education. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, Springer (Impact Factor: 2.271)
10. Jamil, S., Qureshi, R., Ahmed, S. (2020). Analyzing effects of resource distribution on performance of fog infrastructure. Global Conference on Wireless and Optical Technologies, Online, 6-8 October, 2020. IEEE.
11. Samreen, A., Ahmad, A., Farukh, Z., Ahmad, F. & Ahmed, S. (2020). A Collaborative Method for Protecting Teens against Online Predators over Social Networks: A Behavioral Analysis. IEEE Access (Impact Factor: 3.754)
12. Hamdi, M., Zeshan, F.,Ahmad, A., Munawar, S., Aimeur, A., Ahmed, S., Elsoud, M.A., & Yousif, M. (2020). An Intelligent Decision Support System For Effective Handling of IT Projects. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 38(3), 2635-2647,IOS Press. (Impact Factor: 1.637)
13. Bashir, F., Ahmed, S.,Marouf, M. (2020). An exploratory study of students' learning performance in flipped classroom using detection tree and regression. 3rd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET), 29th - 30th January, 2020, IBA Sukkur, Pakistan.
14. Emaduddin, S.M., Ahsan, K., Khan, M. Y. & Ahmed, S. (2019). Depression Detection Using Naive Bayes: A Text-Based Approach.Interciencia Journal, 44(11), 172-183. (Impact Factor: 0.28)
15. Ali,A., Ahsan, K., Irshad, S., sanaullah, iqbal, s., Ahmed, S. & Rehman, O. (2019). Mobile Controlled UAVs for Audio Delivery Service and Payload Tracking Solution. IEEE Access (Impact Factor: 4.098)
16. Ahmed, S., Javaid, S., Niazi, M. F., Alam, A., Ahmad, A., Baig, MA, Khan, HK, Ahmed, T. (2019). A Qualitative Analysis of Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning Environments Using Bluetooth Beacons. Technology, Pedagogy & Education, 28(1), 53-71 (Impact Factor: 1.580)
17. Iqbal, S., Ahsan, K., Hussain, M. A., Nadeem, A., Saeed, M., & Ahmed,S. (2018). Managing Disorientation of Time and Place in Dementia Patients Using Bluetooth Beacons. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: A Physical and Computational Sciences 55 (2): 41-53, HEC Recognized X-Cateogry.
18. Bibi, A., Rehman, O., & Ahmed, S. (2018). An Ontology based Approach for Messages Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, 18(16), e2
19. Tabassum, H. & Ahmed, S. (2017). An ontology based approach for analyzing emotions in software developers' mailing lists. Bahria University Journal of Information and Communication Technology. HEC Recognized Y-Category Journal, Vol. 10, Issue II.
20. Ahmed, S., Umer, M., Nasir, B., Ali, SS., & (2017). MAPILS: Mobile Augmented Reality Plant Inquiry Learning System. MSM' 17, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON'17), 25-28 April, Athens, Greece.
21. Ahmed, S., Khan, A., Sadia, A., Tabassum, H., & Khan, MS. (2017). HEPO: The Hepatitis Ontology For Abductive Medical Diagnostic Systems. IEEE CCODE' 17, 8-9 March, Islamabad, Pakistan.
22. Tabassum, H. & Ahmed, S. (2016). EmotiOn: An ontology for emotion analysis. In Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Emerging Trends and Innovations in Computing & Technology (NACTICT’16), 15-16 March, Karachi, Pakistan.
23. Javaid, S. & Ahmed, S. (2016). A digital story telling framework for inquiry based learning activities. In Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Emerging Trends and Innovations in Computing & Technology (NACTICT’16), 15-16 March, Karachi, Pakistan.
24. Ahmed, S. (2014). A proposed evaluation framework from mobile inquiry-based learning activities in science education. Communications in Computer and Information Science: Mobile as mainstream – Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning, 479,123-130. Springer International Publishing.
25. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (2014). A Comparative analysis in evaluating ‘ThinknLearn’ from science educators and high school students perspectives. Communications in Computer and Information Science: Mobile as mainstream – Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning, 479, 228-237. Springer International Publishing.
26. Hafeez, A.H., Mohiuddin, K., & Ahmed, S. (2014). Speaker-dependent live Quranic verses recitation recognition system using Sphinx-4 framework. IEEE 17th International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC 2014). 8-10 December, Karachi, Pakistan
27. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (2013). Mobile abductive science inquiry: Evaluating ‘ThinknLearn’ with high school students. Computers & Education, 63, 62-72 (Impact factor: 2.6)
28. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (2013). Abductive science inquiry using technology-enhanced learning. In J. Jovanovic, & R. Chiong (Eds.), Technological and Social Enviornments for Interactive Learning. Santa Rosa, California: Information Science Press.
29. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (Best paper award) (2012). Evaluating 'ThinknLearn': A mobile science inquiry-based learning application in practice. 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (MLearn 2012) (pp. 17-24). Helsinki,Finland (https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=evaluation-of-new-online-app-wins-award-at-world-conference-15-11-2012)
30. Ahmed, S., Parsons, D., & Mentis, M. (2012). Scaffolding in mobile science enquiry-based learning using ontologies. ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning Journal, 12 (7-9), 1-17.
31. Ahmed, S., Parsons, D., & Mentis, M. (2012). An ontology supported abductive mobile enquiry based learning application. In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2012) (pp. 64-68). Rome, Italy.
32. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (2011). ThinknLearn: An ontology-driven mobile web application for science enquiry based learning. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology and Application (ICITA 2011) (pp. 255-260). Sydney, Australia: IEEE Computer Chapter NSW.
33. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (2011). COMET: Context Ontology for Mobile Education. In G. Biswas, S. Bull, J. Kay, & A. Mitrovic (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2011) (Vols.LNAI 6738, pp.414-416). Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg.
34. Ahmed, S., & Parsons, D. (2011). An Ontology-Driven Mobile Web Application For Generating Scientific Hypotheses. 7th Annual IIMS Postgraduate Conference held at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand on 26th October, 2011.
35. Ahmed, S., Parsons, D., & Ryu, H. (2011). Ontology-based Mobile Learning Content Adaptability. 9th New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference (NZCSRSC) held at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand from 18-21 April, 2011.
36. Ahmed, S., Parsons, D., & Ryu, H. (2010). Supporting adaptive learning interactions with ontologies. In Proceedings of 11th Annual ACM SIGCHI NZ Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHINZ 2010) (pp. 17-24). Auckland, New Zealand.
37. Ahmed, S., Parsons, D., & Ryu, H. (2010). Beyond learning objects - Dynamic adaptation in learning scenarios for lifelong learners. IEEE Learning Technology Newsletter, 12(1), January 2010, 49-51.
38. Ahmed, S., Parsons, D., & Ryu, H. (2009). Adaptive Learning Environments: An ontology based approach for lifelong work-based learning management systems. 6th Annual IIMS Postgraduate Conference held at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand on 21st October, 2009.