During my academic career, I have taught and mentored learners in machine learning and its application to several fields. I am passionate about breaking down complex computational concepts into clear, practical, and insightful materials that resonate with learners and professionals alike. I particularly enjoy authoring textbooks and monographs that offer accessible introductions to the core ideas of machine learning, bridging the gap between theory and application. You can access them at Amazon or publisher websites, and for AN EXTENDED list of publications, consider visiting Google Scholar, ResearchGate, or ORCID: 

Sampled (Authored) Books 

• Computational Intelligence for Sustainable Systems: Theory, Methods, and Applications

Shafik, W., Physical Sciences, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2026: ISBN 1-0364-6743-0

• The Dark Side of AI: A Human and Societal Perspective

Shafik, W., SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, Springer, 2026: ISBN 978-3-032-09129-1

• Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Africa

Shafik, W., Routledge & CRC Press, 2026: ISBN 9781041260875

• Real-Time Accounting and Sustainability Analytics

Shafik, W., Eliva Press, 2025: ISBN 978-99993-3-308-5

• Cyber-Accountability and Risk Management

Shafik, W., Eliva Press, 2025: ISBN 978-9999333061

• Governance and Board-Level Accountability: Analytics and Oversight for Resilient ESG Decisions

Shafik, W., Eliva Press, 2025: ISBN 978-9999333092

• Algorithmic Accountability and Sustainability Control: Digital Disruption in Accounting, Artificial Intelligence, and Integrated Reporting

Shafik, W., Eliva Press, 2025: ISBN 978-9999333023

• Next-Gen Solutions for Sustainable Agronomy: Application, Technologies, and Management

Shafik, W., Physical Sciences, Cambridge Scholars, 2025: ISBN 1-0364-4965-3.

• Factoring Technology in Global Sustainability: A Focus on the Sustainable Development Goals 

Shafik, W., Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance, Springer, 2025: ISBN  978-981-96-7301-8

• Global Sustainable Transition with Inclusion: A Focus on the People with Disabilities and the Marginalized 

Shafik, W., Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance, Springer, 2025: ISBN 978-981-96-6556-3

Sampled (Edited) Books

• • The Convergence of Federated Learning and Healthcare 5.0 and Beyond: A New Era of Intelligent Health Systems

Shafik, W., Dutta, P.K., Pattanaik, P., Studies in Computational Intelligence, (Springer) (2026).

• Blockchain Technologies for Smart Circular Economy and Organisational Sustainability 

Singh, R., Shafik, W., Kumar, V., Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance, Springer, 2025: ISBN

978-3-031-89182-3

• Transforming Healthcare Sector Through Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability

Singh, R., Shafik, W., Crowther, D., Kumar, V., Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance, Springer,

2024: ISBN 978-981-97-9554-3 

• Sustainable Healthcare Systems in Africa: Technologies, Practices, and Management

Shafik, W., Youssef, A.B., Selvan, C. P., Dutta, P. K., Sustainable Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025: ISBN 9781032870205

Sampled (Journal publication) Articles

• A Systematic Literature Review on Plant Disease Detection: Techniques, Dataset Availability, Challenges, Future Trends, and Motivations

Shafik, W., Tufail, A., Namoun, A., De Silva, L. C., & Apong, R. A. A. H. M, IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 59174-59203, (2023).

• A lightweight deep learning model for multi-plant biotic stress classification and detection for sustainable agriculture

Shafik, W., Tufail, A., Namoun, A., De Silva, L. C., & Apong, R. A. A. H. M, Scientific Reports, 15, 12195 (2025)

• Service delay and optimization of the energy efficiency of a system in fog-enabled smart cities

Wang, Y., Shafik, W., Seong, J., Al Mutairi A., Mustafa M.S, Alexandria Engineering Journal, vol. 84, no. pp. 112-125, (2023)

• Efficient white blood cell identification with hybrid inception-xception network

Saleh, R.A.A., Ghaleb, M., Shafik, W. et al., Journal Super Computing (2024)

Green internet of things and big data application in smart cities development

Z. Yang, L. Jianjun, H. Faqiri, W. Shafik, A. T. Abdulrahman, Complexity, (2021)

• On the identifiability and statistical features of a new distributional approach with reliability applications

Badr, A., Ahmad, Z., Jean-Claude, M., Jin-Taek, S., Shafik, W, AIP Advances, vol. 13, 125211, (2023) 

• Using a Novel Convolutional Neural Network for Plant Pests Detection and Disease Classification

Shafik, W., Tufail, A., Liyanage, C. D. S., & Apong, R. A. A. H. M., Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, pp.-5849-5861, (2023)

• Clustering of COVID-19 Multi-Time Series-Based K-Means and PCA With Forecasting

Alaziz S. N, Albayati B, El-Bagoury A. A, Shafik W, International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining (IJDWM), 19(3):1-25, (2023)

• A Comprehensive Dataset of Agarwood Tree (Aquilaria Malaccensis) Leaf Images for Disease Analysis in Brunei Darussalam

Shafik, W., Sukri, R. S., Liyanage, C. D., Nurul Hazlina Zaini, Soon Boon Yu, Mohammad Amiruddin Ruslan, Rosyzie Anna Awg Haji Mohd Apong, Ali Tufail, Data in Brief, 112227, (2025)