Publications
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, grouped by type and status and listed newest first. Equal-contribution authors are marked with *. My Google Scholar profile is here.
Peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, grouped by type and status and listed newest first. Equal-contribution authors are marked with *. My Google Scholar profile is here.
Accepted / In Press
2026 I.R. Nijhum, M.S. Reza, and S. Dev, “Efficient Cloud Segmentation from Nychthemeron and Multi-Regional Ground-Based Sky Images,” The Visual Computer.
2026 I.R. Nijhum, M.Y. Hossain, M.S. Reza, M.M.H. Rakib, and S. Dev, “Visual-Conditioned Prompting for All-in-One Remote Sensing Image Restoration,” Signal Processing: Image Communication.
Published
2026 I.R. Nijhum*, C. Scanlon*, and S. Dev, “Design and Evaluation of a Dual-Spectrum Low-Cost Sky Imager for Enhanced Solar Prediction,” Measurement: Energy, Art. no. 100103. doi: 10.1016/j.meaene.2026.100103. *Equal contribution.
2025 M.Y. Hossain, M.M.H. Rakib, S. Rajit, I.R. Nijhum, and R.M. Rahman, “Adaptive and Automatic Aerial Image Restoration Pipeline Leveraging Pre-Trained Image Restorer with Lightweight Fully Convolutional Network,” Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 259, 2025, Art. no. 125210. doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2024.125210.
2023 M.Y. Hossain, I.R. Nijhum, M.T.M. Shad, A.A. Sadi, M.M.K. Peyal, and R.M. Rahman, “An End-to-End Pollution Analysis and Detection System Using Artificial Intelligence and Object Detection Algorithms,” Decision Analytics Journal, vol. 8, 2023, Art. no. 100283.
Accepted / In Press
2026 I.R. Nijhum*, A. Jaitly*, D. Lillis, and S. Dev, “Model Compression for Very Short-Term Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Infrared Sky Images,” in Proc. Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conf. (IMVIP 2026), Maynooth University, Ireland, forthcoming. *Equal contribution.
2026 I.R. Nijhum, I.H. Mithila, D.A. Cabrera, and S. Dev, “Can Self-Distillation Improve the Performance of Efficient CNNs for Cloud Recognition?” in Proc. Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2026), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, forthcoming.
Published
2026 I.R. Nijhum, D. Lillis, and S. Dev, “Evaluating the Role of Input Window Size and Horizon-Specific Models in Multi-Horizon Solar Irradiance Forecasting,” in Proc. 2026 Int. Conf. on Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (IC-IPPR 2026), Xianyang, China.
2025 I.R. Nijhum, M.R.A. Sarker, H. Mahmud, and T. Rahman, “Scalable and Secure ECG Monitoring System Using Federated Learning and Blockchain,” in Proc. 25th Conf. of the Portuguese Association for Information Systems (CAPSI 2025), São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Paper 36.
2025 I.R. Nijhum, T. Akinola, M.E. Ali, and S. Dev, “Optimizing Lightweight Photovoltaic Forecasting Models: A Distillation Approach,” in Proc. IGARSS 2025 – 45th IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp., Brisbane, Australia.
2025 I.R. Nijhum, M.S. Reza, and S. Dev, “TINY-UCLOUDNET: Memory Efficient Ground-Based Cloud Segmentation Network,” in Proc. IGARSS 2025 – 45th IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp., Brisbane, Australia.
2025 I.R. Nijhum, H. Hassan, P. Kenny, and S. Dev, “Multiscale Deep Feature Fusion for Solar Estimation from Infrared Sky Images,” in Proc. 33rd Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS), Dublin, Ireland.
2024 I.R. Nijhum, D. Kaloni, P. Kenny, and S. Dev, “Enhancing Intra-Hour Solar Irradiance Estimation Through Knowledge Distillation and Infrared Sky Images,” in Proc. IGARSS 2024 – IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp., Athens, Greece.
2024 I.R. Nijhum, M.Y. Hossain, M.M.H. Rakib, and S. Dev, “On Improving Solar Forecasts with Enhanced IR Imaging and CNNs,” IET Conference Proceedings, CP887(10), pp. 95–102, 26th Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conf. (IMVIP), University of Limerick.
2024 M.Y. Hossain, I.R. Nijhum, M.M.H. Rakib, and S. Dev, “Can Deep Learning Outperform Traditional Methods in Upscaling IR Images for Solar Irradiance Estimation?” IET Conference Proceedings, CP887(10), pp. 250–257, 26th Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conf. (IMVIP), University of Limerick.
2024 I.R. Nijhum, M.Y. Hossain, T. Akinola, M.M.H. Rakib, and S. Dev, “A Hybrid CNN-LSTM Framework and Infrared Image Processing for Solar Irradiance Forecasting,” in Proc. 17th IEEE Int. Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (CISP-BMEI), Shanghai, China.
2023 I.R. Nijhum, P. Kenny, and S. Dev, “Intra-Hour Solar Irradiance Estimation Using Infrared Sky Images and MobileNetV2-Based CNN Regression,” in Proc. 2023 IEEE 7th Conf. on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI²), Hangzhou, China.
2023 I.R. Nijhum, A. Ghosh, H. Hassan, M.Y. Hossain, and T. Rahman, “Heartisan: An Incremental Learning Based Arrhythmia Detection, Data Collection, and Monitoring System,” in Proc. IEEE 36th Int. Symp. on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), L’Aquila, Italy.
2023 M.Y. Hossain, M.M.H. Rakib, I.R. Nijhum, and T. Rahman, “Enhancing Image Quality of Aging Smartphones Using Multi-Scale Selective Kernel Feature Fusion Network,” in Intelligent Systems and Pattern Recognition (ISPR 2023), Springer, pp. 38–51. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-46335-8_4.
2023 M.Y. Hossain, M.M.H. Rakib, and I.R. Nijhum, “Usability of Pre-Trained Diffusion Models in Generating Novel Datasets and Its Performance Evaluation,” in Proc. 2023 7th Int. Conf. on Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (ICIAI), Harbin, China. doi: 10.1145/3594409.3594430.
2021 M.Y. Hossain, I.R. Nijhum, A.A. Sadi, M.T.M. Shad, and R.M. Rahman, “Visual Pollution Detection Using Google Street View and YOLO,” in Proc. IEEE 12th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conf. (UEMCON).