Research

Journals:

J1) I. Damaj, J. Yousafzai, H. Mouftah, “Future trends in connected and autonomous vehicles: enabling communication and processing technologies” – IEEE ACCESS, Vol. 10, pages: 42334 – 42345, April 2022.

https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3168320

J2) I. Damaj, J. Yousafzai, “Effective assessment of student outcomes in computer engineering programs using a minimalistic framework” – International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 35 (1A), pages: 59 – 75, January 2019.

https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c350119A.html

J3) I. Damaj, A. Zaher, J. Yousafzai, “A unified assessment and evaluation framework with successful application in ABET accreditation” – International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, Vol. 7 (3), pages: 73 – 91, September 2017.

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v7i3.7262

J4) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, B. Yu, “Combined features and kernel design for noise robust phoneme classification using support vector machines” – IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech & Language Processing, Vol. 19 (5), pages: 1396 – 1407, July 2011.

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASL.2010.2090657

Refereed Conferences:

C1) A. Zaher , J. Yousafzai, “An adaptive control approach to securely transmit colored images using chaos-based cryptography” – The 62nd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pages: 953 – 956, 2019.

https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS.2019.8885161

C2) I. Damaj , J. Yousafzai “A maximum mutuality model for continuous improvement in engineering departments” – Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON, pages: 994 – 998, 2018.

https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363337

C3) J. Yousafzai, I. Damaj, A. Yousafzai “Incorporating jigsaw cooperative learning in a signals and systems course” – Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON, pages: 1225–1228, 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7943004

C4) I. Damaj, J. Yousafzai, “Simple and accurate student outcomes assessment: a unified approach using senior computer engineering design experiences” – Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON, pages: 204–211, 2016.

https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2016.7474554

C5) J. Yousafzai, I. Damaj, M. El Abd, “A unified approach for assessing capstone design projects and student outcomes in computer engineering programs” – Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON, pages: 340–346, 2015. [Received the Best Paper Award]

https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095993

C6) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Effects of domain-specific SVM kernel design on the robustness of automatic speech recognition” – Proceedings of IEEE 18^th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP), pages: 1–7, 2013.

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDSP.2013.6622705

C7) J. Yousafzai, M. Ager, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Redundancy in speech signals and robustness of automatic speech recognition” – IEEE International Symposium on Problems of Redundancy in Information and Control Systems, pages: 93–98, 2012.

https://doi.org/10.1109/RED.2012.6338416

C8) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Subband acoustic waveform front-end for robust speech recognition using support vector machines” – IEEE Workshop on Spoken Language Technology (SLT), pages: 253–258, 2010.

https://doi.org/10.1109/SLT.2010.5700860

C9) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Towards robustness of phoneme classification using hybrid features” – IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pages: 1643–1647, 2010.

https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIT.2010.5513345

C10) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Tuning support vector machines for robust phoneme classification with acoustic waveforms” – International Speech Communication Association Conference (INTERSPEECH), pages: 2391–2394, 2009.

https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2009-366

C11) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Custom designed SVM kernels for improved robustness of phoneme classification” – European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pages: 1765–1769, 2009.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7077630

C12) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, B. Yu, “Combined PLP – acoustic waveform classification for robust speech recognition using support vector machines” – European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pages: 923–927, 2008.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7080760

C13) J. Yousafzai, M. Ager, Z. Cvetkovic, P. Sollich, “Discriminative and generative machine learning approaches towards robust phoneme recognition” – IEEE Workshop on Information Theory and Applications (ITA), pages: 471–475, 2008.

https://doi.org/10.1109/ITA.2008.4601091

C14) J. Yousafzai, Z. Cvetkovic, “An efficient multichannel equalization algorithm for audio applications” – IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pages: I-189 – I-192, 2007.

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2007.366648

Presentations:

P1) “Games People Play: Strategies & Decision-Making Using Game Theory”, Science Colloquium, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait – December 11, 2012

P2) “Support Vector Machines: A state-of-the-art tool for pattern recognition”, Science Colloquium, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait – March 20, 2012

P3) “A subband-based SVM framework for robust ASR”, King's College London, UK – March 15, 2011.

P4) “Discriminative and generative approaches towards robust speech recognition”, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA – December 8, 2010.

P5) “New directions towards robust speech recognition”, Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Laboratory, SRI International, CA, USA – December 6, 2010.

P6) “High-dimensional linear representations for robust speech recognition”, AT&T Shannon Labs, NJ, USA – May 19, 2010.

P7) “New directions in increasing speech recognition errors”, IDIAP Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland – June 22, 2009.

Undergraduate Project Supervision:

1) Typing Eye, 2022 [Best Project - People’s Choice Award winner at ECE Exhibition 2022, AUK]

2) Self-parking Vehicle, 2022

3) Vehicular control with a smart glove using hand gestures, 2021

4) Smart Firefighter Jacket, 2021

5) Dibs on Books – Bookstore/Library automation, 2020/21 (Co-supervisor)

6) Robotic Trays – 2020/21 (Co-supervisor)

7) Sorting using conveyer belt – 2019/20 (Co-supervisor)

8) Upcycle Bot – 2019/20 (Co-supervisor)

9) Vehicular control using a brain-computer interface, 2018

10) Smart Power Meter, 2015

11) A 3D modeling platform, 2014