ghada khoriba

Dr. Ghada Khoriba

Associate Professor and Quality Unit Director

Faculty Office Ext.

3044

Faculty Building

UB 1

Office Number

212

Biography

Dr. Ghada Khoriba, an IEEE and ACM member, is an associate professor at the School of Information Technology and Computer Science at Nile University. She received a bachelor's degree from Helwan University in 2000 and an M.Sc. from Helwan University in 2004.

She received her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2010 and was promoted to associate professor in 2020. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Helwan University, where she has been since 2000.

Her research interests include Medical Image Analysis, Machine Learning Techniques and Optimization Problems, Deep Learning Models, Swarm Algorithms, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, LLMs, and Knowledge Graphs

Recent Publications

Hands-on analysis of using large language models for the auto evaluation of programming assignments

The increasing adoption of programming education necessitates efficient and accurate methods for evaluating students’ coding assignments. Traditional manual grading is time-consuming, often inconsistent, and prone to subjective biases. This paper explores the application of large language models (LLMs) for the automated evaluation of programming assignments. LLMs can use advanced natural language

Artificial Intelligence
Circuit Theory and Applications

ArabicQuest: Enhancing Arabic Visual Question Answering with LLM Fine-Tuning

In an attempt to bridge the semantic gap between language understanding and visuals, Visual Question Answering (VQA) offers a challenging intersection of computer vision and natural language processing. Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown remarkable ability in natural language understanding; however, their use in VQA, particularly for Arabic, is still largely unexplored. This study aims to

Artificial Intelligence
Circuit Theory and Applications
Software and Communications

Enhancing Visual Question Answering for Arabic Language Using LLaVa and Reinforcement Learning

Visual Question Answering (VQA) systems have achieved remarkable advancements by combining text-based question answering with image analysis. This integration has resulted in the creating of machines that can comprehend and address questions related to visual content. Despite these technological developments, a notable lack of VQA solutions specifically designed for the Arabic language remains

Circuit Theory and Applications

A Comparative Analysis of Large Language Models for Automated Course Content Generation from Books

Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools for extracting course topics from textbooks in today's fast-paced educational landscape. Additionally, harnessing the potential of Knowledge Graphs to visualize the mutuality among topics enhances the informativeness of the extracted content. This paper presents a comprehensive comparative study that explores and assesses the

Mathematical Problem Solving in Arabic: Assessing Large Language Models

This paper comprehensively evaluates the efficacy of different large language models (LLMs) in addressing mathematical challenges expressed in natural languages, mainly focusing on low-resource languages like Arabic. The main challenge of this problem is that despite the considerable size and impressive problem-solving capabilities of these models, they still require enhancements to achieve

Circuit Theory and Applications

Uni-Buddy: A Multifunctional AI-Powered Assistant for Enhancing University Life: A Use Case at Nile University

Uni-Buddy is an advanced AI system developed to simplify university life at Nile University. It efficiently handles questions in everyday language, accesses real-time university databases, and simultaneously provides accurate responses for multiple users. Its goals include assisting with course registration, academic advising, financial inquiries, campus navigation, and research support. The

Artificial Intelligence
Energy and Water
Circuit Theory and Applications
Software and Communications
Mechanical Design

Pirates at ArabicNLU2024: Enhancing Arabic Word Sense Disambiguation using Transformer-Based Approaches

This paper presents a novel approach to Arabic Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) leveraging transformer-based models to tackle the complexities of the Arabic language. Utilizing the SALMA dataset, we applied several techniques, including Sentence Transformers with Siamese networks and the SetFit framework optimized for few-shot learning. Our experiments, structured around a robust evaluation

Circuit Theory and Applications
Software and Communications

Brain Tumor Semantic Segmentation using Residual U-Net++ Encoder-Decoder Architecture

Image segmentation is considered one of the essen-tial tasks for extracting useful information from an image. Given the brain tumor and its consumption of medical resources, the development of a deep learning method for MRI to segment the brain tumor of patients’ MRI is illustrated here. Brain tumor segmentation technique is crucial in detecting and treating MRI brain tumors. Furthermore, it

Artificial Intelligence
Circuit Theory and Applications

Towards Arabic Image Captioning: A Transformer-Based Approach

The automatic generation of textual descriptions from images, known as image captioning, holds significant importance in various applications. Image captioning applications include accessibility for the visually impaired, social media enhancement, automatic image description for search engines, assistive technology for education, and many more. While extensive research has been conducted in

Artificial Intelligence
Energy and Water
Circuit Theory and Applications
Software and Communications
Research Tracks
  • Medical Imaging and Image Processing MIIP
  • Data Mining
  • Natural Language Processing