• A fully accessible Arabic learning platform for assisting children with intellectual challenges 

      Saleh, Moutaz; Aljaam, Jihad Mohamad ( Springer International Publishing , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Children with intellectual challenges (IC) are growing up with wide exposure to computer technology. Computer software and assistive devices have the potential to help these children in their education, career development, ...
    • A novel approach for handedness detection from off-line handwriting using fuzzy conceptual reduction 

      Al-Maadeed, Somaya; Ferjani, Fethi; Elloumi, Samir; Jaoua, Ali ( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Article)
      A challenging area of pattern recognition is the recognition of handwritten texts in different languages and the reduction of a volume of data to the greatest extent while preserving associations (or dependencies) between ...
    • An energy-efficient distributed clustering algorithm for heterogeneous WSNs 

      Javaid, N.; Rasheed, M.B.; Imran, M.; Guizani, M.; Khan, Z.A.; ... more authors ( Springer International Publishing , 2015 , Article)
      Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) were envisaged to become the fabric of our environment and society. However, they are yet unable to surmount many operational challenges such as limited network lifetime, which strangle their ...
    • Buffer-aided relaying improves both throughput and end-to-end delay 

      Hajipour J.; Ruby R.; Mohamed A.; M. Leung V.C. ( Springer International Publishing , 2015 , Article)
      Buffer-aided relaying has recently attracted a lot of attention due to the improvement in the system throughput. However, a side effect usually deemed is that buffering at relay nodes results in the increase of packet ...
    • Model for transforming engineering education using technology-enhanced learning 

      Samaka, Mohammed; Ally, Mohamed ( Springer International Publishing , 2015 , Book chapter)
      Engineering education is important for all countries to progress and to be competitive in the twenty-first century. This is especially true for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which are developing ...
    • Ontology for continuous learning and support 

      Elchamaa, Roua; Mbaya, Abir; Moalla, Nejib; Ouzrout, Yacine; Bouras, Adelaziz ( Springer International Publishing , 2019 , Book chapter)
      Acquiring new knowledge and skills is the principal goal of any educational institution. Universities planned always to improve the learning methods to offer high academic competencies qualities for students. These ...
    • Optical character recognition on heterogeneous SoC for HD automatic number plate recognition system 

      FarhatA.; HommosO.; Al-ZawqariA.; Al-QahtaniA.; BensaaliF.; ... more authors ( Springer International Publishing , 2018 , Article)
      Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems are becoming vital for safety and security purposes. Typical ANPR systems are based on three stages: number plate localization (NPL), character segmentation (CS), and optical ...
    • PLATE workbench: A PBL authoring tool 

      Miao, Yongwu; Samaka, Mohammad; Wang, Disi ( Springer International Publishing , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      For most practitioners it is problematic to design an online or blended problem-based learning (PBL) unit within an increasingly complex learning context. This paper presents the development and application of a PBL authoring ...
    • RF energy harvesting communications: Recent advances and research issues 

      Butt, M. Majid; Krikidis, Ioannis; Mohamed, Amr; Guizani, Mohsen ( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Green radio communications has got a lot of attention in recent years due to its telling effects on telecom business and environment. On the other side, energy harvesting (EH) communication has emerged as a potential ...
    • The similarity-aware relational intersect database operator 

      Al Marri, Wadha J.; Malluhi, Qutaibah; Ouzzani, Mourad; Tang, Mingjie; Aref, Walid G. ( Springer International Publishing , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Identifying similarities in large datasets is an essential operation in many applications such as bioinformatics, pattern recognition, and data integration. To make the underlying database system similarity-aware, the core ...
    • Towards energy-aware 5G heterogeneous networks 

      Lateef, Hafiz Yasar; Dohler, Mischa; Mohammed, Amr; Guizani, Mohsen Mokhtar; Chiasserini, Carla Fabiana ( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Over the past decade, the telecommunication industry has witnessed excessive growth in the number of mobile users. Market forecasts envision that there will be nearly 8.6 billion mobile devices worldwide by 2017. This ...
    • Utility-based efficient dynamic distributed resource allocation in buffer-aided relay-assisted OFDMA networks 

      Hajipour J.; Mohamed A.; M. Leung V.C. ( Springer International Publishing , 2015 , Article)
      In this paper, we study resource allocation in buffer-aided relay-assisted OFDMA networks. We consider utility-based stochastic optimization framework where there are constraints to be met either instantaneously or in ...
    • Weaving trending, costing and recommendations using big data analytic: An enterprise capability evaluator 

      Naeem, Muhammad; Moalla, Néjib; Ouzrout, Yacine; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Springer International Publishing , 2016 , Book chapter)
      In the life cycle of a business organization, unprecedented turmoil and turbulent timings are inevitable. This ever green truth is not only an advice but a motivation for every organization to be dynamic in its business ...