Naima Altaf
HoD Research
- Military College of Signals
- 92-51-927
Summary
Dr Naima Iltaf’s core area of research is Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models,Recommender Systems, machine learning with more than 10 years of teaching experience. She has been awarded the Best Researcher Award in 2020. With more than 45 publications in international peer reviewed impact factor journals, she has supervised more than 6 PhD and 40 MS students. She has received funding for numerous projects while acting as PI/ Co-PI.
Academic Background
PhD
(Recommender System/Distributed System) NUST, Islamabad
November 19, 2008 - August 21, 2013
Honours and Awards
Gold Medal
Recipient of Gold medal in Masters in Computer Science.
Best Researcher MCS 2019
December 14, 2020
Best Teacher MCS 2018
December 02, 2019
Publications
Low Resource Summarization using Pre-trained Language Models
September 19, 2024
Mubashir Munaf, Hammad Afzal, Khawir Mahmood, Naima Iltaf,
ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing - Accepted
Dual Modality Reverse Reranking (DM-RR) Based Image Retrieval Framework
August 30, 2024
Ikhlaq Ahmed, Naima Iltaf, Rabia Latif, Nor Shahida Mohd Jamail, Zafran Khan,
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society - Volume 5, Pages 886-897
Learning beyond books: A hybrid model to learn real-world problems
August 21, 2024
Zeeshan Anwar, Hammad Afzal, Naima Iltaf,
Computer Applications in Engineering Education - Pages 1-15
Fuzzy ensemble of fined tuned BERT models for domain-specific sentiment analysis of software engineering dataset
May 28, 2024
Zeeshan Anwar, Hammad Afzal, Naima Iltaf, Seifedine Kadry, Jungeun Kim,
PLoS ONE - Volume 19(5), Article Number e0300279
RPf-GCNs: reciprocal perspective driven fused GCNs for rumor detection on social media
January 09, 2024
Zafran Khan, Jeonghwan Gwak, Naima Altaf, Witold Pedrycz, Moongu Jeon,
Journal of Big Data - Vol:11, Article number: 12, Pages:14
A novel hybrid CNN-LSTM approach for assessing StackOverflow post quality
November 28, 2023
Zeeshan Anwar, Hammad Afzal, Ali Ahsan, Naima Altaf, Ayesha Maqbool,
Journal of Intelligent Systems - Pages 1-21
Detection and Classification of Temporal Changes for Citrus Canker Growth Rate using Deep Learning
November 17, 2023
Naureen Zainab, Hammad Afzal, Taher Al-Shehari, Muna Al-Razgan, Naima Altaf, Muhammad Zakria, Muhammad Javed Hyder, Raheel Nawaz,
IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 127637-127650
Deep-view linguistic and inductive learning (DvLIL) based framework for Image Retrieval
November 01, 2023
Ikhlaq Ahmed, Naima Altaf, Zafran Khan, Dr Usman Zia0,
Information Sciences - Volume 649, Article Number: 119641
CrossDomain Recommendation Based on MetaData Using Graph Convolution Networks
August 29, 2023
Rabia Khan, Naima Altaf, Rabia Latif, Nor Shahida Mohd Jamail,
IEEE Access - Volume: 11, Page(s): 90724 - 90738
Detection of Offensive Language and ITS Severity for Low Resource Language
June 17, 2023
Ramsha Saeed, Hammad Afzal, Sadaf Abdul Rauf, Naima Altaf,
ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing - Volume: 22, Issue:06, Article Number: 156
S-RAP: relevance-aware QoS prediction in web-services and user contexts
July 01, 2022
Hafiz Syed Muhammad Muslim, Saddaf Rubab, Malik Muhammad Khan, Naima Altaf, Ali Kashif Bashir, Kashif Javed,
Knowledge and Information Systems - Volume 64, Issue 7, Pages 1997-2022
A framework to predict early news popularity using deep temporal propagation patterns
June 01, 2022
Ramsha Saeed, Haider Abbas, Sara Asif, Saddaf Rubab, Malik Muhammad Khan, Naima Altaf, Shynar Mussiraliyeva,
Expert Systems with Applications - Volume 195, Article Number 116496
Contextual recommender system for E-commerce applications
September 01, 2021
Zafran Khan, Muhammad Ishfaq Hussain, Naima Altaf, Joonmo Kim, Moongu Jeon,
Applied Soft Computing - Volume 109, Article Number 107552
Shift-invariant discrete wavelet transform-based sparse fusion of medical images
August 24, 2021
M. Munawwar Iqbal Ch, M. Mohsin Riaz, Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor, Nuwayrah Jawaid Saghir,
Signal, Image and Video Processing - Pages 1-9
Enhanced Metamorphic Techniques-A Case Study Against Havex Malware
August 17, 2021
Zainab Mumtaz , Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Waqas Aman, Naima Altaf,
IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 112069-112080
Pharmacovigilance with Transformers: A Framework to Detect Adverse Drug Reactions Using BERT Fine-Tuned with FARM
August 13, 2021
Sajid Hussain, Hammad Afzal, Ramsha Saeed, Naima Altaf, Mir Yasir Umair,
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - Volume 2021, Article ID 5589829, 12 pages
Dynamic distributed trust management scheme for the Internet of Things
March 30, 2021
Syed Wasif Abbas Hamdani, Abdul Waheed Khan, Naima Altaf, Javed Iqbal Bangash, Yawar Abbas Bangash, Asfandyar Khan,
Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences - Volume 29, Pages 796-815
A multifocus image fusion using highlevel DWT components and guided filter
May 01, 2020
M. Munawwar Iqbal Ch, Mohsin Riaz, Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor, Syed Sohaib Ali,
Multimedia Tools and Applications - Vol:79, Pages:12817-12828
DST-HRS: A topic driven hybrid recommender system based on deep semantics
April 15, 2020
Zafran Khan, Naima Altaf, Hammad Afzal, Haider Abbas,
Computer Communications - Volume 156, Pages 183-191
Enriching Non-negative Matrix Factorization with Contextual Embeddings for Recommender Systems
March 07, 2020
Zafran Khan, Naima Altaf, Hammad Afzal, Haider Abbas,
Neurocomputing - Volume: 380, Pages: 246-258
Pulse rate extraction based on local-area motion magnification
February 02, 2020
Maemoona Kayani, Muhammad Mohsin Riaz, Abdul Ghafoor, Naima Altaf,
Measurement - Volume 152, Article Number 107290
Automated acute lymphoblastic leukaemia detection system using microscopic images
November 01, 2019
Komal Nain Sukhia, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Mohsin Riaz, Naima Altaf,
IET Image Processing - Volume: 13, Issue: 13, Pages 2548-2553
Weighted image fusion using cross bilateral filter and non-subsampled contourlet transform
October 01, 2019
M. Munawwar Iqbal Ch, M. Mohsin Riaz, Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor, Attiq Ahmad,
Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, - Volume: 30, Pages:2199–2210
Magnetic resonance and computed tomography image fusion using saliency map and cross bilateral filter
September 01, 2019
M. Munawwar Iqbal , M. Mohsin Riaz, Naima Altaf, abdul ghafoor, Muhammad Attique Sadiq,
Signal, Image and Video Processing - Volume:13, Pages:1157-1164
Content-based histopathological image retrieval using multi-scale and multi channel decoder based LTP
September 01, 2019
Komal Nain Sukhia, M.M. Riaz, abdul Ghafoor, S.S. Ali, Naima Altaf,
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control - Volume 54, Article Number 101582
CATSWoTS: Context Aware Trustworthy Social Web of Things System
July 12, 2019
Sabeen Javaid, Hammad Afzal, Fahim Arif, Naima Altaf, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal,
Sensors - Volume: 19, Issue: 14, Article Number: 3076,
HRS-CE: A Hybrid Framework to integrate Content Embeddings in Recommender Systems for Cold Start Items
November 01, 2018
Fahad Anwaar, Naima Altaf, Hammad Afzal, Raheel Nawaz,
Journal of Computational Science - Volume 29, Pages 9-18
Overlapping White Blood Cells Detection based on Watershed Transform and Circle Fitting
December 01, 2017
Komal Nain Sukhia, M. Mohsin Riaz, Abdul Ghafoor, Naima Altaf,
Radioengineering - Volume 26, No. 4, Pages 1177-1181
An Efficient Eulerian Video Magnification Technique for Micro-biology Applications
April 01, 2017
Maemoona Kyani, M. Mohsin Riaz , Abdul Ghafoor, Naima Altaf,
Radioengineering - Vol:2017, Issue: 01, Pages:316-322
Image Contrast Enhancement Using Weighted Transformation Function
October 15, 2016
Asma Jabeen, Muhammad Mohsin Riaz, Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor,
IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume: 16, Issue: 20, Page(s): 7534-7536
An Effective Model for Indirect Trust Computation in Pervasive Computing Environment
April 01, 2014
Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor, Usman Zia, Mukhtar Hussain,
Wireless Personal Communications - Volume: 75 Issue: 3 Pages: 1689-1713 Special Issue: SI
A mechanism for detecting dishonest recommendation in indirect trust computation
July 13, 2013
Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor, Usman Zia,
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Article Number: 189
Modeling interaction using trust and recommendation in ubiquitous computing environment
March 27, 2012
Naima Altaf, Abdul Ghafoor, Mukhtar Hussain,
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Vol. 119, Pages 13
Conferences
Metadata based Cross-Domain Recommender Framework using Neighborhood Mapping
December 04, 2023 - December 06, 2023
Rabia Khan, Naima Iltaf, Muhammad Umar Shafiq, Fawad ur Rehman, Obaidullah,
2023 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering, CSDE 2023
Diagnosis and Identification of Citrus Canker Growth Rate Using Machine Learning
August 04, 2023 - August 06, 2023
Naureen Zainab, Hammad Afzal, Fahim Arif, Abdul Ghafoor, Naima Iltaf, Muhammad Zakria, Muhammad Javed Hyder, Rafia Ahsan,
2023 IEEE 4th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (PRML)
Detection and Analysis of Mental Health Illness using Social Media
March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023
Rabia Qayyum, Hammad Afzal, Khawir Mahmood, Naima Iltaf,
4th International Conference on Communication Technologies, ComTech 2023
Improving Software Product Line Challenges in Globally Distributed Environment Using Modern Strategies
March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023
Azaz Ahmed Kiani , Dr Naima Iltaf, Yaser Hafeez, Javaria Javaid, Fahad Burhan Ahmed, Ghayour Abbas,
4th International Conference on Communication Technologies, ComTech 2023
Co-Clustering based Hybrid Collaborative Filtering Model
March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023
Aammna, Dr Naima Iltaf, Dr Hammad Afzal, Ain, Qurat Ul,
4th International Conference on Communication Technologies, ComTech 2023
Electricity Theft Detection Via Deep Learning
March 15, 2023 - September 16, 2023
Sehrish Farid, Dr Naima Iltaf, Dr Hammad Afzal,
4th International Conference on Communication Technologies, ComTech 2023
A Hybrid Collaborative Filtering Technique for Web Service Recommendation using Contextual Attributes of Web Services
March 02, 2022 - March 03, 2022
Naima Iltaf, Mahmood Ul Hassan, Noor Ul Ain, Ali Irfan,
2022 Second International Conference on Distributed Computing and High Performance Computing (DCHPC)
DTMSim-IoT: A Distributed Trust Management Simulator for IoT Networks
August 17, 2020 - August 22, 2020
Naima Altaf, Syed Wasif Abbas Hamdani, Abdul Waheed Khan, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal ,
2020 IEEE Intl Conf on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Intl Conf on Cloud and Big Data Computing, Intl Conf on Cyber Science and Technology Congress (DASC/PiCom/CBDCom/CyberSciTech)
Novel Approach Using Deep Learning for Intrusion Detection and Classification of the Network Traffic
June 22, 2020 - June 24, 2020
Fahim Arif, Shahbaz Ahmad, Zabeehullah, Naima Iltaf,
IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)
Using Trust in Collaborative Filtering for Recommendations
June 12, 2019 - June 14, 2019
Farah Saleem, naima iltaf, hammad Afzal, mobeena Shahzad,
2019 IEEE 28th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE)
A Deep Learning Framework to Predict Rating for Cold Start Item Using Item Metadata
June 12, 2019 - June 14, 2019
Fahad Anwaar, naima iltaf, hammad Afzal, Haider Abbas,
2019 IEEE 28th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE)
Trust management for SOA based social WoT system
February 11, 2018 - February 14, 2018
Sabeen Javaid, Hammad Afzal, Fahim Arif, Naima altaf,
International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT
Extension of Semantic Based Urdu Linguistic Resources Using Natural Language Processing
November 06, 2017 - November 10, 2017
komal khalid, Hammad Afzal, faiza moqaddas, naima altaf, ahmed muqeem sheri, raheel nawaz,
Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, 2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, 2017 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing and 2017 IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, DASC-PICom-DataCom-CyberSciTec 2017
An Attack Resistant Method for Detecting Dishonest Recommendation in Pervasive Computing Environment
December 12, 2012 - December 14, 2012
Naima Iltaf, Abdul Ghafoor, usman Zia,
2012 18th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON)