Research & Publications

Journal Publications

Nada Shahin and Leila Ismail (2025). ADAT: Time-Series-Aware Adaptive Transformer Architecture for Sign Language Translation. [Under review] DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2504.11942

Nada Shahin and Leila Ismail (2025). Towards Trustworthy Sign Language Translation System: A Privacy-Preserving Edge–Cloud–Blockchain Approach. Mathematics (Top 8%).
DOI:10.3390/math13233759

Nada Shahin & Leila Ismail (2024). From rule-based models to deep learning transformers architectures for natural language processing and sign language translation systems: survey, taxonomy, and performance evaluation. Artificial Intelligence Review (Top 1%). DOI:10.1007/s10462-024-10895-z

Leila Ismail, Nada Shahin, Huned Materwala, Alain Hennebelle & Lea Frermann (2023). ML-NLPEmot: Machine Learning-Natural Language Processing Event-Based Emotion Detection Proactive Framework Addressing Mental Health. IEEE Access (Top 8%). DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3343121

Nada Shahin & Haneen Al Arfaj (2022). Learning technologies among academics in the United Arab Emirates: One academic year since COVID-19. International Journal of Information and Education Technology. DOI:10.18178/ijiet.2022.12.2.1597

Mohamed Watfa, Ahmed Abdelrehim, Nada Shahin & Kamal Jaafar (2021). A Structural Equation Model to assess the impact of sustainability management on the success of construction projects. International Journal of Construction Management (Top 2%). DOI:10.1080/15623599.2021.1998302

Nada Shahin & Mohamed Watfa (2020). Deaf and hard of hearing in the United Arab Emirates interacting with Alexa, an intelligent personal assistant. Technology and Disability. DOI:10.3233/tad-200286

Conference Papers

Leila Ismail, Nada Shahin, Henok Tesfaye & Alain Hennebelle. VisioSLR: A Vision Data-Driven Framework for Sign Language Video Recognition and Performance Evaluation on Fine-Tuned YOLO Models. The 16th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies. April 22-24, 2025, Patras, Greece. DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2025.03.014

Nada Shahin & Leila Ismail. GLoT: A Novel Gated-Logarithmic Transformer for Efficient Sign Language Translation. IEEE Future Networks World Forum. 15-17 October 2024, Dubai, UAE. DOI:10.1109/FNWF63303.2024.11028758

Nada Shahin & Leila Ismail. ChatGPT, Let Us Chat Sign Language: Experiments, Architectural Elements, Challenges and Research Directions. The 10th International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications. 23-26 October 2023, Doha, Qatar. DOI:10.1109/ISNCC58260.2023.10323974