Publications

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2025

  • Samira Ayman Elsamad, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Inside the Mind of Corruption: Towards Detecting Bribery Tendency with Deep Learning on EEG, International Conference on Information Technology and Digital Applications (ICITDA), 2025, Indonesia | PDF
  • Dongliang Li, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Smart Virtual Patients for TCM: Combining Knowledge Graph and Language Model, International Conference on Information Technology and Digital Applications (ICITDA), 2025, Indonesia | PDF

  • Cheh Kit Hong, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Gayathri Delanerolle, Yassine Bouchareb, Comparative Study between Single and Two-Step Approaches on Automatic Segmentation of Prostate Abnormalities Using Deep Learning,The 8th International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science (SCDS), 2025, Malaysia | PDF

2024

  • Samira Ayman Elsamad, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Muhizam Mustafa, Nik Nur Izzati Muhamad, Data-Informed Decision Making for Internationalization Strategies Using a Descriptive Dashboard, International Conference on Sustainable Practices in Business and Technology (ICSPBT), 2024, Oman | PDF
  • Bader Zyoud, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Adapting Zero Trust: Information Security Cultural Factors Considerations in the UAE Context, Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia (APJITM), Vol 13, no 2, pp 287-297, 2024 | DOI
  • Haifa Saleh Alfurayj, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Ramesh Perumal, A Chained Deep Learning Model for Fine-grained Cyberbullying Detection with Bystander Dynamics, IEEE Access, Vol 12, pp 105588-105604, 2024 | DOI (JCR IF: 3.9, Q2)
  • Bader Zyoud, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Adapting Zero Trust: Information Security Cultural Factors Considerations in the UAE Context, 12th ASEAN Workshop on Information Science and Technology (AWIST), 2024. Accepted for publication.
  • Haifa Saleh Alfurayj, Belén F. Hurtado, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Toqir A. Rana, Exploring Bystander Contagion in Cyberbully Detection: A Systematic Review, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Springer Nature, 2024 | DOI (Scopus: Q1) 
  • Wai Hun Foo, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Andrea Tick, Prediction of Trustworthiness from Human Demographic and Behavioural Information of an Audio-Video Corpus, 28th International Conference of Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES 2024), 2024, Gammarth, Tunisia | PDF
  • Bader Zyoud, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, The Role of Information Security Culture in Zero Trust Adoption: Insights from UAE Organizations, accepted in IEEE Access, ISSN: 2169-3536, Vol 12, pp 72420-72444, 2024 | DOI (JCR IF: 3.9, Q2)

2023

  • Lebai Lutfi S., Lahasan B., Luna-Jiménez, C., Bamasood., Z. A., , Akhtar, Z., Effects of Facial Expressions and Gestures on the Trustworthiness of a Person, in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 133891-133902, 2023 | DOI (JCR IF: 3.9, Q2)
  • Mokhtar Alfakari, A. M. & Lebai Lutfi, S. (2023). Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Talent Management Dashboard. 16 th International Conference on Applied Computational Intelligence in Information Systems | PDF
  • Sanusi, D. M., Sujairi, N. S., Lebai Lutfi, S., Mohd Kharunizan, A. I. & Syed Ahmad Amir, S. D. (2023). An Interactive Alumni Tracking Dashboard. 16th International Conference on Applied Computational Intelligence in Information Systems | PDF
  • Haifa Alfurayj, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Ng Sui Yee, Bystanders Unveiled: Introducing a Comprehensive Cyberbullying Corpus with Bystander Information, IEEE Region 10 Technical Conferences (TENCON), Chiang Mai, Thailand, pp. 1012-1017, 2023| PDF
  • Haifa Alfurayj, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Exploring Bystanders’ Roles in Labeled Cyberbullying Threads on Twitter: A preliminary analysis, IEEE Region 10 Technical Conferences (TENCON), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2023, pp. 1018-1023 | PDF
  • Yussuf Yakubu, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Sharifah Darweena Syed Amir Feisal, Muhizam Mustafa, Bridging Today’s Students with Tomorrow’s Opportunities: Internationalization Strategies to Leverage Alumni for Brand Positioning of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gading Journal for Social Sciences (GJSS), e-ISSN: 2600-7568, 2023 | PDF

2022

  • Annis Shafika Amran, Sharifah Aida Binti Sheikh Ibrahim, Nurul Hashimah Binti Ahamed Hassain Malim, Nurfaten Binti Hamzah, Putra Bin Sumari, Syaheerah Binti Lebai Lutfi, Jafri Malin Abdullah, Data Acquisition and Data Processing using Electroencephalogram in Neuromarketing: A Review (2022) Pertanika Journal Science & Technology, 30 (1), 19-33. DOI: 10.47836/pjst.30.1.02
  • Cristina Luna-Jiménez, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Fernando Fernándo-Martínez and Andrea Tick, Measuring Trust at Zero-acquaintance: A Cross-cultural Study between Malaysians and Hungarians, 26th IEEE International Conference and Intelligent Engineering Systems, 2022 |DOI
  • Cristina Luna-Jimenez, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Manuel Gil-Martin, Ricardo Kleinlein, Juan M. Montero , and Fernando Fernandez-Martinez, Measuring trust at zero-acquaintance using acted-emotional videos, IberSPEECH, 2022 |DOI
  • Cristina Luna-Jimenez, Ricardo Kleinlein, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Juan M. Montero, and Fernando Fernandez-Martinez, Analysis of Trustworthiness Recognition models from an aural and emotional perspective, IberSPEECH, 2022 |DOI

2021

  • Samina A. Khan and Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Usable Security in Electronic Health Record System: A review on the Saudi Arabian perspective, Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, Vol 12(14), 2021, pp 2598-2611 | PDF

  • Musab Hussein Ahmed , Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi and Sharifah Darweena Syed Ahmad Amir Feisal, Interactive Alumni Tracking Dashboard Using Powerbi (Postgraduate), Proceedings International Alumni Convention in conjunction with INACIX, 2021, pp 38 – 42 | PDF

  • Nur Nafiisah Najihah Noor Azuar ,Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi and Sharifah Darweena Syed Ahmad Amir Feisal, Interactive Dashboard For Tracking System Dashboard Using Power Bi, Proceedings International Alumni Convention in conjunction with INACIX, 2021, pp 43 – 50 | PDF

  • Darshan Babu L. Arasu,  Ahmad Sufril Azlan Mohamed, Nur Intan Raihana Ruhaiyem,  Nagaletchimee Annamalai,  Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi and Mustafa M. Al Qudah, Human Stress Recognition from Facial Thermal-Based Signature: A Literature Survey, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (CMES, ISSN: 1526-1492), Vol 130, pp 633–652 | DOI (JCR IF: 2.027, Q2)

  • Hassan Adamu, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Nurul Hashimah Ahamed Hassain Malim, Rohail Hassan, Assunta de Vaio, Ahmad Sufril Azlan Mohamed, Framing Twitter Public Sentiment on Nigerian Government COVID-19 Palliatives Distribution Using Machine Learning, Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3497 | DOI (JCR IF: 3.889, Q2)

  • Mustafa M. M. Al Qudah, Ahmad S.A. Mohamad, and Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Thermal-Based Imaging for Affective State Recognition: Dataset, Preprocessing, and Classification Approaches: A Literature Survey, Computer Systems Science and Engineering, 2021. | DOI (JCR IF: 4.397, Q1)

2020

  • Yee Hui Deborah Ooi , Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi , Syibrah Naim , Zahid Akhtar , Ahmad Sufril Azlan, and Kamran Siddique, The Sound of Trust: Towards Modelling Computational Trust using Voice-only Cues at Zero-Acquaintance, Advances in Sciences, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Special Issue Paper (Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Innovation in Eng. Science & Tech), Accepted. | DOI

2019

  • Akhtar, Z., Siddique, K., Rattani, A., Lutfi, S.L., Falk, T.H., Why is multimedia quality of experience assessment a challenging problem? IEEE Access, 2019, 7, pp 117898-117915 (JCR IF: 4.098, Q1) | DOI
  • Manuel Gil-Martin, Ruben San-Sugundo, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Alejandro Coucheiro-Limeres, Estimating gravity component from accelerometers. IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, 2019, 22:1 , pp 48 – 53  (JCR IF: 1.89, Q2) |DOI
  • Deborah Ooi Yee Hui, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, and Ahmad Sufril Azlan Mohamed, Towards Modelling Trust in Voice at Zero Acquaintance  The 7th International Conference on Computing and Informatics 2019 (ICOCI2019), 2019. PDF | DOI

2018

  • Ganapreeta Renunathan Naidu, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Amal Aziz, Jaime Lorenzo-Trueba, Juan Manuel Montero-Martinez, Cross-cultural Perception of Spanish Synthetic Expressive Voices Among Asians.  Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 426 (JCR IF: 1.679, Q3)| DOI

  • Chai Ai Dii and Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Expressive Malay Online Speech Interface (EMOSI), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 2019, 547, pp 51-58 |DOI

2017

  • Badr Lahasan, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Ibrahim Venkat, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, RubénSan-Segundo, 2017, Optimized symmetric partial facegraphs for face recognition in adverse conditions. Information Sciences,  2018 (429), pp 194-214 (JCR IF 4.832, Q1) | DOI

  • Badr Lahasan, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi and Rubén San-Segundo, 2017, A survey on Techniques to Handle Face Recognition Challenges: Occlusion, Single Sample Per Subject and Expression, Artificial Inteligence Review – AIRE., pp 1-31 (JCR IF: 2.627, Q2)  | DOI

  • Zaaba Ahmad, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Albin Lemuel Kushan and Randall Tay Yixing, 2017. Personality Prediction of Malaysian Facebook Users: Cultural Preferences and Feature Variation, American Scientific Publishers, 23 (8)  | DOI

  • Zaaba Ahmad,  Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Albin Lemuel Kushan, Anwar Farhan Zolkeplay, Mohamad Hafiz Khairuddin, Mohammad Hafidz Rahmat and  Anis Amilah Shari, 2017, Construction of the Malay Language Psychometric Properties Using LIWC from Facebook Statuses, American Scientific Publishers, 23 (8) | DOI

2016

  • Rubén San-Segundo, Julián David Echeverry-Correa, Cristian Salamea-Palacios,, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi   and José M. Pardo, 2016,  I-vector analysis for Gait-based Person Identification using smartphone inertial signals. Pervasive and Mobile Computing (JCR IF: 1.719, Q2) | bib | DOI
  • Siti Asmaq Daud and Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi. 2016.  Towards the Detection of Learner’s Uncertainty from Face. Accepted for publication in 4th International Conference in User Science and Engineering, I-USER 2016, Melaka, Malaysia. DOI

  • Muhd Bukhari Burhanuddin and Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, 2016. Detection of Shyness in Smiles. Accepted for publication in 4th International Conference in User Science and Engineering, I-USER 2016, Melaka, Malaysia. FULL PAPER

  • Najlaa Sadiq Mokhtar, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, 2016. Computational Model for Affect Detection in Learning. Accepted for publication in International Workshop on Empathetic Computing, IWEC 2016, Phuket, Thailand.

  • Lahasan, B. M.; Venkat, I.; Al-Betar, M. A.; Lutfi, S. L. & Wilde, P. D., 2016 Recognizing faces prone to occlusions and common variations using optimal face subgraphs. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 283, pp.316 – 332 (JCR IF: 1.551, Q1) | bib | DOI

2015

  • Mokhtar N.S., Lutfi S.L. (2016) Identifying Significant Task-Based Predictors of Emotion in Learning. In: Baldoni M. et al. (eds) Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems. IWEC 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9935. Springer, pp129-142. | pdf  | DOI

  • Bisan Alsalibi, Ibrahim Venkat, K.G Subramaniam, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Phillipe de Wilder, 2015. The Impact of Bio-inspired Approaches towards the Advancement of Face Recognition.  ACM Computing Survey, 48 (1), pp. 5:1–5:33 (JCR IF: 4.043, Q1). | bib | DOI

  • Amal Azazi, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Fernando Fernández-Martínez and Ibrahim Venkat, 2015. Towards a robust affect recognition: automatic facial expression recognition in 3D faces, Expert Systems with Application, 42(6), pp. 3056-3066 (JCR IF: 2.240, Q1)  | bib | DOI

2014

  • Amal Azazi, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi and Ibrahim Venkat, Analysis and Evaluation of SURF Descriptors for Automatic 3D Facial Expression Recognition Using Multiple Classifiers, Fourth World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT), Melaka, Malaysia, December 2014. Accepted for publication. | bib| pdf 

  • Amal Azazi, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, and Ibrahim Venkat, 2014. Identifying universal facial emotion markers for automatic 3D facial expression recognition. In International Conference on Computer & Information Sciences 2014 (ICCOINS2014), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2014. | bib | pdf

  • Badr Mohammad Lahasan, Ibrahim Venkat, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, 2014. Recognition of Occluded Faces Using an Enhanced EBGM Algorithm.  In International Conference on Computer & Information Sciences 2014 (ICCOINS2014), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2014  | bib| pdf

2013

  • Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi , Fernando Fernández-Martínez, Jaime Lorenzo-Trueba, Roberto Barra-Chicote and Juan Manuel Montero, 2013. NEMOHIFI: An affective agent, ICMI13, Sydney, Australia, Dec 9-13, 2013, pp. 319-320 |bib| DOI

  • Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi , Fernando Fernández-Martínez, Jaime Lorenzo-Trueba, Roberto Barra-Chicote and Juan Manuel Montero, 2013. I feel you: The design and evaluation of a domotic affect-sensitive Spoken Conversational Agent, Sensors, 13(8), ISSN:1424-8220, pp.10519-10538 (JCR IF: 1.953, Q1) | bib | DOI

  • Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi,  User-centric Need-driven Affective Modeling for Spoken Conversational Agents: Design and Evaluation, Doctoral Thesis, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, 2013. |pdf

  • S. Lebai Lutfi,  F. Fernández-Martínez, J.M Lucas-Cuesta, Lorena López-Lebón, J.M Montero, “A Satisfaction-based Model for Affect Recognition from Conversational Features in Spoken Dialog Systems”,  Speech Communications 2013, Volume 55, Issues 7-8, September 2103, ISSN:0167-6393, pp. 825-840 (JCR IF: 1.283, Q2) | bib | DOI

  • J.M. Lucas-Cuesta, J. Ferreiros, F. Fernández-Martínez, J. Echeverry, S. Lebai Lutfi, “On the Dynamic Adaptation of Language Models based on Dialogue Information“, Expert Systems With Applications  2013, Vol.40, pp. 1069-1085. (JCR IF: 1.853, Q1) | bib| DOI

  • V. López-Ludeña, R. Barra-Chicote, S. Lebai Lutfi, J. M. Montero, R. San-Segundo, “LSESpeak: A Spoken Language Generator for Deaf people“,  Expert Systems With Applications 40,  2013, pp. 1283-1295 (JCR IF: 1.853, Q1) | bib| DOI

2012

  • S. Lebai Lutfi, F. Fernández-Martínez, A. Casanova-García, V. López-Ludeña, and J. M. Montero, “I feel you: Towards affect-sensitive domotic Spoken Conversational Agents”, IWAAL 2012, Vitoria-Gasteíz, Spain, Dec 2-5,2012  | bib

  • S. Lebai Lutfi, F. Fernández-Martínez, A. Casanova-García, V. López-Ludeña, and J. M. Montero, “I feel you: Towards affect-sensitive domotic Spoken Conversational Agents”, accepted in Lecture Notes of Computer Science (LNCS), Ambient Assited Living: Home Care, José Bravo, Ramón Hervás & Marcela Rodríguez (eds.). | bib | pdf

  • S. Lebai Lutfi, F. Fernández-Martínez, A. Casanova-García, L. López-Lebón and J. M.Montero, “Assessing user bias in affect detection within context-based Spoken Dialog Systems” Accepted ASE/IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, Amsterdam, Sept 3-5, 2012. | bib | pdf

2011

  • Lynne Hall, Syaheerah Lutfi, Asad Nazir, John Hodgson, Marc Hall, Christopher Ritter, Susan Jones, Samuel Mascarenhas, Bridget Cooper, Ana Paiva and Ruth Aylett, Game Based Learning for Exploring Cultural Conflict, Proceedings of AISB 2011 Symposium: AI and Games, York, UK 2011. | pdf | bib

  • J.M Lucas-Cuesta, F. Fernández-Martinez, G. Dragos-Rada, S. Lutfi,  J. Ferreiros, Evaluation of A User-Adapted Spoken Language Dialogue System – Measuring the Relevance of the Contextual Information Sources, In Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), Rome, Italy, 2011. | pdf | bib

2010

  • V. López, R. San-Segundo, R. Martín, J.D. Echeverry, S. Lutfi Sistema de traducción de lenguaje SMS a castellano.  XIX Jornadas Telecom I+D, 2010 | pdf | bib

  • R. San-Segundo, V. López, R. Martín, S. Lutfi, J. Ferreiros, R. Córdoba, J.M. Pardo. Advanced Speech Communication System for Deaf People. In Proceedings of in Interspeech, Japan,  2010 | pdf | bib

  • S. L. Lutfi, R. Barra-Chicote, J.M. Lucas-Cuesta, J.M. Montero. NEMO: Need-inspired Emotional Expressions within a Task-independent Framework. In Proceedings of the Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems  (BICS), Madrid, 14-16 July 2010  | pdf | bib

2009

  • S. L. Lutfi,  C.Sanz-Moreno, R. Barra-Chicote and J.M Montero. Integrating a Need Module into a Task-independent Framework for Modelling Emotion: A theoretical Approach. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EPIROB), ISBN 978-91-380-7-1, ISSN 1101-8453, pp. 221-222, Venice, Italy, Nov. 2009  | pdf | bib

  • C. Sanz-Moreno, S. Lutfi, R. Barra-Chicote, J.M. Lucas-Cuesta and J.M. Montero. Desarrollo de un asistente domótico emocional inteligente, XIX Jornadas Telecom I+D, ISBN: 978-84-613-5636-2, Nov. 2009.  Madrid, Spain | pdf | bib

  • Syaheerah Lutfi. Position paper. In the 5th Proceedings of Young Researchers’ Roundtable Discussions (YRRDS), Sept. 2010. London, UK  |pdf

  • R. Barra-Chicote, F. Fernández, S. Lutfi, J.M. Lucas-Cuesta, J. Macias-Guarasa, J.M. Montero, R. San-Segundo, J.M. Pardo. Acoustic Emotion Recognition using Dynamic Bayesian Networks and Multi-Space Distributions. In Proceedings of 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech 2009, pp 336-339. 6-10 September, Brighton UK. ISSN 1990-9772. | pdf | bib

  • S. L. Lutfi, J.M. Montero, R. Barra-Chicote, J.M Lucas-Cuesta, A. Gallardo-Antolín. Expressive Speech Identifications based on Hidden Markov Model.  in Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics HEALTHINF 2009, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies BIOSTEC 2009, pp 488-494. Porto, Portugal 2009 (ISBN 9789898111630).  | pdf | bib

2008

  • R. Barra-Chicote, J. Yamagishi, J. M. Montero, S. King, S. Lutfi, J. Macias-Guarasa. Generación de una voz sintética en Castellano basada en HSMM para la Evaluación Albayzín 2008: conversión texto a voz. Artículo en actas de V Jornadas en Tecnología del Habla, pp. 115-118. Bilbao (España), noviembre 2008. (Premio al mejor sistema en las Evaluaciones Albayzín 2008: conversión texto a voz)  | pdf | bib

  • Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Juan M. Montero, Raja N. Ainon and Zuraida M. Don. eXTRA: A Culturally Enriched Malay Text to Speech System. Proc. of AISB 2008 Symposium on Affective Language in Human and Machine Vol 2.,  pp. 77-83, (ISBN 1 902956 61 3) 1-3 April, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2008.  | pdf | bib

  • R. Barra-Chicote, J.M. Montero, J. Macias-Guarasa, S. Lutfi, J.M. Lucas, F. Fernández, L.F. D’haro, R. San-Segundo, J. Ferreiros, R. de Córdoba, J.M. Pardo.   Spanish Expressive Voices: corpus for emotion research in Spanish. In proceedings of the 6th conference of Language Resources & Evaluation (Workshop on Corpora for Research on Emotion and Affect). pp 60-70. Marrakech, Morroco, 2008. ISBN 2-9517408-4-0. | pdf | bib

2006

  • Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Raja N. Ainon & Zuraidah M. Don. eXpressive Text Reader Automation Layer (eXTRA): Template driven ‘Emotion Layer’ in Malay Concatenated Synthesized Speech, Proc. of International Conference on Speech Databases and Assessment (Oriental COCOSDA 06), Penang, Malaysia, Dec 2006.  | pdf | bib

2005

  • Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Raja N. Ainon and Zuraidah M. Don, Template-driven Emotion Generation in Malay Text-to-Speech: A Preliminary Experiment. Proc. of 4th International Conference of Information Technology in Asia (CITA 05),  Kuching,  Sarawak  (pp.144-149), Dec 2005. | pdf | bib

  • Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Raja N. Ainon and Zuraidah M. Don, Adding Emotions to Malay Synthesised Speech Using Diphone-based Templates. Proc. of 7th International Conference on Information and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS 05), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (pp.269-276), Sept 2005.  | pdf | bib

MSE and BSc. Theses

  • Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Adding Emotions to Malay Synthesised Speech Using Diphone-Based Templates. Masters thesis, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 2007. | pdf

  • Syaheerah L. Lutfi, Interactive Question and Answer Bank for Lecturers, Unpublished BSc.(hons) thesis, Bolton Institute, UK, 2000.