Journal papers
[J47] "Online Temporal Action Localization via an Attention-based Encoder-Decoder framework", Submitted
[J46] Multi-Branch Multi-Attention Framework for Hyperspectral Image Classification, Revision
[J45] Mingfu Xiong, Hanmei Chen, Yeliz, Jilani, IH Lee*, Javi, Khan Muhammad*, "Fractal Feature Modeling: Multi-Dimensional Attention and Spatial Adaptive Relationship Learning for Person Re-Identification", Fractals, 2025, IF: 2.9, Rank: 19.11%, Accepted
[J44] NeuroShield-IoE: A Cognitive, Quantum-Resilient, and Self-Evolving Cybersecurity Framework for the Internet of Energy, IEEE Network, IF: 6.3, Rank: 10.46%, Accepted
[J43] Sunder Ali Khowaja, Muhammad Salman Pathan, Kapal Dev, IH Lee*, DICE: Tuning-Free Dynamic High-Fidelity Identity Customization and Enhancement using Multi-Modal Contrastive Fusion for Consumer Devices, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 12510 - 12518, Nov. 2025, IF: 10.9, Rank: 3.33%
[42] Md Tanvir Islam, Abu Saleh Musa Miah, M. Raihan, Mohammad Iqbal Kabir, Mehadi Hasan Bijoy, Anupam Kumar Bairagi, Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar, Yazeed Masaud Alkhrijah, IH Lee*, Khan Muhammad*, "DiaBD: A Novel Benchmark Dataset for Diabetes Prediction", Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 132, pp. 435 - 455, Nov. 2025, IF: 6.8, Rank: 5.14%
[J41] Sunder Ali Khowaja, Kamran Dahri, Muhammad Aslam Jarwar, IH Lee*, "Spike learning based Privacy Preservation of Internet of Medical Things in Metaverse", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol. 29, No. 11, pp. 8224 - 8232, Nov. 2025, IF: 6.8, Rank: 4.47%
[J40] Shehzad Ali, Muhammad Sajjad, IH Lee*, Faouzi Alaya Cheikh, Athena Cristina Ribigan, Ludovico Pedullà, Nikolaos Papagiannakis, Mohammad Hijji, Khan Muhammad, "IoT-Driven Facial Expression Recognition for Personalized Healthcare in Industry 5.0", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vo. 12, No. 22, pp. 45995 - 46002, Nov. 2025, IF: 8.2, Rank: 3.6%
[J39] Shehzad Ali, Md Tanvir Islam, IH Lee*, Mohammad Hijji, Khan Muhammad, "CABAD: A video dataset for benchmarking child aggression recognition", Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 127, pp. 1143 - 1157, Aug. IF: 6.8, Rank: 5.14%
[J38] Sunder Ali Khowaja, Usman Ali, Kapal Dev, IH Lee*, "Image Registration and Deep NeuroFuzzy Networks for Mitigating Atmospheric Turbulence Effects in Long-Range Optical Imaging", IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 7086 - 7094, May 2025, IF: 10.9, Rank: 3.33%
[J37] Md Tanvir Islam, IH Lee*, Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Khan Muhammad*, "MEXFIC: A meta ensemble eXplainable approach for AI-synthesized fake image classification", Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 116, pp. 351-363, March 2025, IF: 6.8, Rank: 5.14%
[J36] Sunder Ali Khowaja*, Lewis Nkenyereye, Ghulam Mujtaba, IH Lee*, Giancarlo Fortino, Kapal Dev, "FISTNet: FusIon of STyle-path generative Networks for Facial Style Transfer", Information Fusion, Vol. 112, pp. 102572, Dec. 2024, IF: 18.6, Rank: 1.8%
[J35] JiSeok Yoon, Jeongheon Song, Tanveer Hussain, Sunder Ali Khowaja, Khan Muhammad*, and IH Lee*, "Hybrid Conv-Attention Networks for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery-based Target Recognition", IEEE Access, Vol. 12, pp. 53045 - 5305, April, 2024, IF: 3.9, Rank: 36.36%
[J34] Hafiz Tayyab Mustafaa, Pourya Shamsolmoalib, IH Lee*, "TGF: Multiscale Transformer Graph Attention Network for Multi-sensor Image Fusion", Expert Systems With Applications, Vol. 238, pp. 121789, March, 2024, IF: 8.5, Rank: 6.9%
[J33] Sunder Ali Khowaja, Parus Khuwaja, Kapal Dev, and IH Lee* , "ReFuSeAct: Representation Fusion using Self-Supervised Learning for Activity Recognition in Next Generation Networks", Information Fusion, Vol. 102, pp. 102044, Feb. 2024, IF: 18.6, Rank: 1.80%
[J32] Suresh Chavhan, Sachin Kumar*, Prayag Tiwari*, Xueqin Liang, IH Lee*, Khan Muhammad*, "Edge-enabled Blockchain-based V2X Scheme for Secure Communication within the Smart City Development", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 10, No. 24, pp. 21282 - 21293, Dec. 2023, IF: 10.6, Rank: 2.53%
[J31] Sunder Ali Khowaja, IH Lee*, Kapal Dev, Muhammad Aslam Jarwar, Nawab Muhammad Faseeh Qureshi*, "Get your Foes Fooled: Proximal Gradient Split Learning for Defense against Model Inversion Attacks on IoMT data", IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 2607-2616, IF: 6.6, Oct. 2023, Rank: 4.47%
[J30] Youngsub Eom, Young‑Woo Suh, Seong‑Woo Kim, Young Joo Lee, Hyun Sun Jeon, Suk Yeon Lee, IH Lee, Jong Suk Song, Hyo Myung Kim, "New Technology using crystalline lens autofluorescene for presbyopia and cataract grading", Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Feb. 2023, IF: 2.7, Rank: 45.16%
[J29] U. Ali, IH Lee, MT Mahmood, "Incorporating structural prior for depth regularization in shape from focus", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Vol. 227, pp. 103619, Jan. 2023, IF: 4.56, Rank: 29.45%
[J28] Sunder Ali Khowaja, Parus Khuwaja, Kapal Dev, IH Lee, Waliullah Khan, Weizheng Wang, Nawab Muhammad Faseeh Qureshi, Maurizio Magarini, "A secure data sharing scheme in Community Segmented Vehicular Social Networks for 6G ", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 890-899, Jan. 2023, IF: 12.3, Rank: 2.72%
[J27] U. Ali, IH LEE*, MT Mahmood*, "Robust Regularization for Single Image Dehazing ", Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences, Vol. 34, No. 99, pp. 7168-7173, Oct. 2022. IF: 13.473, Rank: 1.24%
[J26] MT Mahmood, IH Lee*, "Optic Disc Localization in Fundus Images through Accumulated Directional and Radial Blur Analysis", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol. 98, pp. 102058, June 2022. IF: 4.790, Rank: 20.30%
[J25] F Ashiq, M Asif, MB Ahmad, S Zafar, K Massod, T Mahmood, MT Mahmood, IH Lee*, "CNN-based object recognition and tracking system to assist visually impaired people", IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 14819 - 14834, Jan. 2022. IF: 3.367, Rank: 34.43%
[J24] A Khan, A Javed, MT Mahmood, MHA Khan, IH Lee*, "Directional Magnitude Local Hexadecimal Patterns: A Novel Texture Feature Descriptor for Content-based Image Retrieval", IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 135608-135629, Aug. 2021.
[J23] S. Koun, Y. Eom, MJ Kim, S. Kim, IH Lee, H. Park, JS S, HM Kim, "Development of an experimental model for ocular toxicity screening in Zebrafish", Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 559, pp. 155-160, June , 2021.
[J22] U. Ali, IH LEE, MT Mahmood, "Guided Image Filtering in Shape-from-Focus: A Comparative Analysis", Pattern Recognition, Vol. 111, pp. 107670, March, 2021, IF: 7.5, Rank: 7.08%
[J21] MT Mahmood, IH LEE*, "Multi-modal Image Registration via coarse-to-fine Approach", Vol 8, pp. 78044-78053, IEEE Access, Dec. 2020.
[J20] M. Saad, IH LEE*, "Leveraging hybrid biomarkers in clinical endpoint prediction", BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Aug. 2020.
[J19] MT Mahmood, IH LEE*, "Shape from focus based on 3D structure tensor using optical microscopy", Microscopy Research and Technique, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 48-55, Jan. 2020.
[J18] M. Saad, IH LEE, TS Choi, "Automated delineation of non-small cell lung cancer: A step toward quantitative reasoning in medical decision science", International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 561-576, Dec. 2019.
[J17] Maliazurina Saad, IH LEE, S Choi, Are shape morphologies associated with survival? A potential shape-based biomarker predicting survival in lung cancer", Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, Vol. 145, No. 12, pp. 2937-2950, Oct. 2019.
[J16] MT Mahmood, IH LEE*, "Well-Distributed Feature Extraction for Image Registration Using Histogram Matching", Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 17, pp. 3487, Aug. 2019.
[J15] MT Mahmood, IH LEE*, "A reliable distribution quality measure in image registration", Vol. 7, pp. 119367-119374, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 119367-119374, Aug. 2019.
[J14] N Ali, B Zafar, MK Iqbal, M Sajid, MY Younis, SH Dar , MT Mahmood, IH LEE*, "Modeling Global Geometric Spatial Information for Rotation Invariant Classification of Satellite Images", Plos One, Vol. 14, No. 7, pp. e0219833, July 2019.
[J13] B. Heshmat, K. Rastogi, R. Raskar, IH LEE*, "Computational Cosmetic Quality Assessment of Human Hair in Low Magnifications", IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 91809-91818, July 2019.
[J12] M Haq, A Javed, MA Azam, H Malik, A Irtaza, IH LEE, MT Mahmood, "Robust Human Activity Recognition using Multimodal Feature-Level Fusion", IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 60736-60751, April 2019.
[J11] IH Lee, MT Mahmood, "Adaptive Outlier Elimination in Image Registration using Genetic Programming", Information Sciences, Vol. 421, pp. 204-217, Sep. 2017.
[J10] B Heshmat, IH Lee, R Raskar, "Optical brush: Imaging through permuted probes", Scientific reports, Vol. 6, pp. 20217, Feb. 2016.
[J9] T Swedish, K Roesch, IH Lee, K Rastogi, S Bernstein, R Raskar, "eyeSelfie: Self Directed Eye Alignment using Reciprocal Eye Box Imaging", ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 58, Aug. 2015. IF. 7.8, Rank: 3.78%
[J8] IH Lee, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Tae-Sun Choi, “Robust Focus Measure Operator Using Adaptive Log-Polar Mapping for Three-Dimensional Shape Recovery", Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 21, No. 02, pp. 442-458, Mar. 2015.
[J7] IH Lee, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, "Robust Registration of Cloudy Satellite Images Using Two-Step Segmentation", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 1121-1125, May 2015, IF: 4.0, Rank: 10.89%
[j6] IH Lee, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Seong-O Shim, Tae-Sun Choi, “Optimizing Image Focus for 3D shape Recovery through Genetic Algorithm”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp 247-262, July 2014.
[J5] IH Lee, Tae-Sun Choi, “Accurate Registration using Adaptive Block Processing for Multi-spectral Images”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 23, No. 9, pp. 1491-1501, Sep. 2013. IF: 8.3, Rank: 5.66%
[J4] IH Lee, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Tae-Sun Choi, “Robust Depth Estimation and Image Fusion Based on Optimal Area Selection”, Sensors, Vol. 13, No. 9, pp. 11636-11652, Sep. 2013.
[J3] IH Lee, Seong-O Shim, Tae-Sun Choi, “Improving focus measurement via variable window shape on surface radiance distribution for 3D shape reconstruction”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 520-526, May 2013.
[J2] IH Lee, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Tae-Sun Choi, “Adaptive window selection for 3D shape recovery from image focus”, Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 45, pp. 21-31, Feb. 2013.
[J1] IH Lee, Doo-Chun Seo, Tae-Sun Choi, “Entropy-Based Block Processing for Satellite Image Registration”, Entropy, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 2397-2407, Nov. 2012.
Conference Proceedings/presentations
M.T. Mahmood, IH Lee, "A block-based coarse-to-fine approach for registering images of fundus photography and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy", ADINTECH, Cheonan, South Korea, June 23, 2018
Tristan Swedish, IH Lee, Ramesh Raskar, “Self Directed Eye Alignment using Reciprocal Eye Box Imaging”, ACM SIGGRAPH, California, USA, Aug. 9, 2015
Barmak Heshmat, Hayato Ikoma, IH Lee, Krishna Rastogi, Ramesh Raskar, “Computational hair quality categorization in lower magnifications”, SPIE BiOS, pp. 93330Z-9330Z-6, California, USA, Feb. 8, 2015
Hyeok-Gi Gwon, IH Lee, Tae-Sun Choi, “Electro-optics and Infrared Image Registration using Gaussian Pyramids”, The 6th International Conference on Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, pp. 55-59, Jeju, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2013
Wook-Jin Choi, Ayyaz Hussain, IH Lee, Tae-Sun Choi, “Automatic Detection of Pulmonary Nodules based on Optimal Fuzzy Rules”, Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC), New Jersey, USA, Aug. 7-11 2013
IH Lee, M.T.Mahmood, Seong-O Shim, Sung-An Lee, and Tae-Sun Choi, “Depth Estimation Based on Blur Measurement for Three Dimensional Camera”, IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 264-265, Las Vegas, USA. Jan. 2013
IH Lee, Tae-Sun Choi, “Selective area based depth estimation for three dimensional camera”, IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 156-157, Las Vegas, USA. Jan. 2012
M.T.Mahmood, IH Lee, Wook-jin Choi, and Tae-Sun Choi, “A Nonlinear Approach for Depth From Focus for Digital Cameras”, IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 187-188, Las Vegas, USA. Jan. 2011
Minji Lee, IH Lee, Tae-Sun Choi, “Three-dimensional visualizing cell by using shape from focus method”, Proceedings of SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), Vol. 7443, San Diego, USA, Aug. 2009
IH Lee, M.T. Mahmood, Tae-Sun Choi, “Optimization of focus measure using genetic algorithm”, Proceedings of SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), Vol. 7073, San Diego, USA, Aug. 2008