Research Portfolio

Exploring the intersection of technology, language, medicine, and emerging sciences through innovative research methodologies and student collaboration

6 Research Areas
20 Active Projects
17 Students Mentored

Autonomous Navigation & Multi-Agent Systems

Socially-Weighted Distributed Graph Optimization (SW-DGO)
Distributed Dynamic Route Optimization (D²RO) for autonomous service fleets in crowded public environments
1 Projects
0 Students
0 Completed

Data Analysis

Time Series Analysis
Developing advanced methodologies for analyzing temporal data patterns and forecasting
Market Analysis
Developing comprehensive methodologies for market trend analysis and business intelligence
2 Projects
3 Students
2 Completed

Emerging Technologies

Quantum Computing & AI
Exploring quantum-inspired neural networks and hybrid quantum-classical architectures for optimization
1 Projects
1 Students
0 Completed

Kurdish Language Research

Kurdish Handwritten and Printed Text Recognition (OCR)
Handwritten Sorani recognition, printed text OCR, image preprocessing, line segmentation, and deep learning models such as TrOCR
Collaborative Kurdish Lexicon, Dictionary and Terminology Management
Collaborative dictionary development, lexical verification, expert contributions, and terminology management
Kurdish Text-to-Speech Synthesis (TTS)
Speech synthesis, Kurdish pronunciation resources, and natural-sounding voice generation
Kurdish Corpus Development and NLP Preprocessing Tools
Corpus compilation, text normalization, tokenization, data cleaning, and reusable Kurdish NLP resources
Kurdish Automatic Text Summarization
Automatic summarization of Kurdish documents using transformer-based language models, including BERT-based approaches
Kurdish Natural Language Understanding and Text Classification
Semantic understanding, document classification, and deep learning models for Kurdish text
Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation (Kurdish–English)
Neural machine translation between Kurdish and English using limited parallel corpora and tokenization-free architectures
Kurdish Scientific Terminology Standardization (Zarawesaz)
Scientific terminology development, expert voting and consensus, lexical standardization, and convergence between Kurdish dialects
Central Kurdish (Sorani) Sentiment Analysis
Sentiment classification, explainable machine learning, and evaluation of Kurdish-language models
Kurdish Spelling Correction and Orthographic Standardization
Spelling error detection, automatic correction, orthographic consistency, and normalization across Kurdish texts
Kurdish Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
Kurdish speech datasets, speech-to-text models, and dialect-aware recognition
11 Projects
8 Students
1 Completed

Medical Research

Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection
Using machine learning to analyze growth patterns and behavioral data for early ASD detection
Medical Imaging Analysis
Developing computer-aided diagnosis systems for medical images, particularly Lumbar Spinal Stenosis analysis
General Medical Research
Various medical applications and genetic analysis using computational approaches
3 Projects
4 Students
1 Completed

Religious Studies

Quranic Studies
Computational approaches to analyzing Quranic text and developing digital tools for Islamic studies
Hadith Researches
Computational approaches to analyzing Hadith texts and developing digital tools for Islamic scholarship
2 Projects
1 Students
0 Completed