Ahmad Al Shami

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Associate Professor / Computer Science

Southern Arkansas University

Also affiliated: Suez Canal University (2019); Higher Colleges of Technology (2019–2020); University of Warwick (2015–2016); Nottingham Trent University (2011–2014)

5 h-index 19 pubs 55 cited

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Ahmad Al Shami's research focuses on the application of machine learning and computer vision techniques to address societal and medical challenges. His work includes developing systems for crowd detection and social distancing, such as the "CrowdTracing" system. Al Shami has also investigated the use of advanced imaging techniques and machine learning for medical image classification, including applications in detecting skin lesions and segmenting X-ray images.

His research extends to the predictive analysis of social media use among journalists and the modification of emergency alert systems using TinyML. Al Shami has co-authored publications with colleagues at Southern Arkansas University, including Christian Young and Malak Bachri. His scholarly output is reflected in an h-index of 5, with 18 total publications and 55 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 5
Publications: 19
Citations: 55

Positions

Associate Professor / Computer Science 2021–present

Southern Arkansas University Computer Science ORCID
Assistant Professor 2016–2021

Higher Colleges of Technology Computer and Information Science ORCID

Selected Publications

YO-SAM: YOLO-Guided Segment Anything Model (2026)

Lecture notes in networks and systems DOI OpenAlex
PH-SAM2: Persistent Homology-Guided Prompting of SAM2 for Zero-Shot Medical Image Segmentation (2026)

Lecture notes in networks and systems DOI OpenAlex
Persistent Homology and Segment Anything Model for Automated Zero-Shot Localized Medical X-ray Images Segmentation (PH-SAM) (2025)

Lecture notes in networks and systems DOI OpenAlex
Predicting the level of social media use among journalists: machine learning analysis (2024)

Frontiers in Communication DOI OpenAlex
Modified AMBER Alerts System Using TinyML Processing (2023)

Lecture notes in networks and systems DOI OpenAlex
Vision Transformers for Medical Images Classifications (2022)

Lecture notes in networks and systems 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
CrowdTracing: Overcrowding Clustering and Detection System for Social Distancing (2021)

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CrowdTracing: Overcrowding Clustering and Detection System for Social Distancing (2021)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
CrowdTracing: Overcrowding Clustering and Detection System for Social Distancing (2021)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex