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Selected Publications

  1. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, Bio-Inspired Robotic Houbara: From Development to Field Deployment for Behavioral Studies,  arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.XXXXX, 2025.

  2. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, BleachBench-FM: A Foundation-Model Benchmark and Real-World Assessment for Color-Calibrated Coral Bleaching, Submitted, WACV, 2025.

  3. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, Robotic System for Real-Time Coral Health Assessment and Bleaching Detection Using AI and CoralWatch Protocols, Submitted, Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2025.

  4. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, A New Dataset for Behavioral Studies of the Houbara Bustard, Submitted, WACV, 2025.

  5. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, Improving Knee Joint Angle Prediction through Dynamic Contextual Focus and Gated Linear Units, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.XXXXX, 2025.

  6. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, Gated Fusion Network with Reprogramming Transformer Refiners for Adaptive Underwater Image Dehazing, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.XXXXX, 2025.

  7. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, Autocoralmatch: A Modular Open-Source System for Patch-Level Coral Bleaching Assessment in Marine Pollution Monitoring Contexts, Submitted, Marine Pollution Bulletin, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.XXXXX, 2025.

  8. L. Saad Saoud and I. Hussain, AI-Driven Robotic Semantic SLAM: Real-Time Depth and Adaptive Mapping for Autonomous Navigation in Complex Environments, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.XXXXX, 2025.

  9. L. Saad Saoud, L. Lesobre, E. Sorato, Y. Hingrat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Real-Time Houbara Detection and Segmentation for Animal Behavior Analysis Using Mobile Platforms, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.XXXXX, 2025.

  10. L. Saad Saoud, W. Akram, O. Khatib, I. Hussain, Autonomous Underwater Robotic System for Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Population Control, Journal of Field Robotics, submitted, 2025.

  11. L. Saad Saoud, Z. Jia, S. Yang, et al., Prioritized Real-Time UAV-based Vessel Detection for Efficient Maritime Search, Journal of Field Robotics, https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.70048, 2025.

  12. M. Abujabal, L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, FishDet-M: A Unified Large-Scale Benchmark for Robust Fish Detection and CLIP-Guided Model Selection in Diverse Aquatic Visual Domains, arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.17859, 2025.

  13. L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, EBA-AI: Ethics-guided Bias-aware AI for Efficient Underwater Image Enhancement and Coral Reef Monitoring, arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.15036, 2025.

  14. W. Akram, M.U. Din, L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, A Review of Generative AI in Aquaculture: Foundations, Applications, and Future Directions for Smart and Sustainable Farming, arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.11974, 2025.

  15. M.U. Din, W. Akram, L. Saad Saoud, J. Rosell, I. Hussain, Vision-Language-Action Models in Robotic Manipulation: A Systematic Review, arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.10672, 2025.

  16. M.U. Din, L. Saad Saoud, W. Akram, J. Rosell, I. Hussain, Foundation Models in Robotic Manipulation: Trends, Challenges, and Pathways for Knowledge Intensive Engineering Tasks, Advanced Engineering Informatics (submitted), 2025.

  17. L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, Kinematic Integration Network with Enhanced Temporal Intelligence and Quality-driven Attention for Precise Joint Angle Prediction in Exoskeleton-Based Gait Analysis (KINETIQA), IEEE Access, 2025.

  18. M. Heshmat, L. Saad Saoud, M. Abujabal, A. Sultan, M. Elmezain, Underwater SLAM Meets Deep Learning: Challenges, Multi-Sensor Integration, and Future Directions, Sensors, 25(11):3258, 2025.

  19. M. Elmezain, L. Saad Saoud, A. Sultan, M. Heshmat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Advancing Underwater Vision: A Survey of Deep Learning Models for Underwater Object Recognition and Tracking, IEEE Access, 2025.

  20. L. Saad Saoud, L. Lesobre, E. Sorato, S. Al Qaydi, Y. Hingrat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, HuBot: A Biomimicking Mobile Robot for Non-Disruptive Bird Behavior Study, Ecological Informatics, 85, 102939, 2025.

  21. L. Saad Saoud, A. Sultan, M. Elmezain, M. Heshmat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Beyond Observation: Deep Learning for Animal Behavior and Ecological Conservation, Ecological Informatics, 84, 102893, 2024.

  22. L. Saad Saoud, HuBot Dataset: Annotated Data for Non-Disruptive Bird Behavior Study, Mendeley Data, V1, doi:10.17632/tx3vrvsrgv.1, 2024.

  23. L. Saad Saoud, H. AlMarzouqi, Explainable Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Using ROIs and an Ensemble of 138 3D Vision Transformers, Scientific Reports, 14, 27756, 2024.

  24. L. Saad Saoud, M. Elmezain, A. Sultan, M. Heshmat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Seeing Through the Haze: A Comprehensive Review of Underwater Image Enhancement Techniques, IEEE Access, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3465550, 2024.

  25. L. Saad Saoud, Z. Niu, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Real-Time and Resource-Efficient Multi-Scale Adaptive Robotics Vision for Underwater Object Detection and Domain Generalization, IEEE ICIP, 3917–3923, Abu Dhabi, 2024.

  26. L. Saad Saoud, L. Lesobre, E. Sorato, Y. Hingrat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, HuBot: A Bio-Inspired Robot for Non-Disruptive Bird Behavior Research and Conservation, IEEE/RSJ IROS Workshop on Bio-inspired Systems, Abu Dhabi, 2024.

  27. L. Saad Saoud, L. Lesobre, E. Sorato, Y. Hingrat, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Real-Time Houbara Detection and Segmentation for Animal Behavior Analysis Using Mobile Platforms, CVPR CV4Animals Workshop, Seattle, 2024.

  28. L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, Kinematic Integration Network with Enhanced Temporal Intelligence and Quality-driven Attention for Precise Joint Angle Prediction in Exoskeleton-Based Gait Analysis, TechRxiv, 2024.

  29. A.B. Bakht, Z. Jia, M.U. Din, W. Akram, L. Saad Saoud, L. Seneviratne, D. Lin, S. He, I. Hussain, MuLA-GAN: Multi-Level Attention GAN for Enhanced Underwater Visibility, Ecological Informatics, 81, 102631, 2024.

  30. Z. Niu, L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, MAD-CNN: High-Sensitivity and Robust Collision Detection for Robots with Variable Stiffness Actuation, Research Square Preprint, doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3914271/v1, 2024.

  31. L. Saad Saoud, I. Hussain, TempoNet: Empowering Long-Term Knee Joint Angle Prediction with Dynamic Temporal Attention in Exoskeleton Control, IEEE-RAS Humanoids, 1–8, 2023.

  32. L. Saad Saoud, Z. Niu, A. Sultan, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, ADOD: Adaptive Domain-Aware Object Detection with Residual Attention for Underwater Environments, IEEE ICAR, 633–638, Abu Dhabi, 2023.

  33. M. Ahmed, A. Humais, W. Akram, M. Alblooshi, L. Saad Saoud, A. Alblooshi, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, Marine X: Design and Implementation of Unmanned Surface Vessel for Vision-Guided Navigation, IEEE ICAR, 226–231, doi:10.1109/ICAR58858.2023.10406475, 2023.

  34. L. Saad Saoud, H. Ibrahim, A. Aljarah, I. Hussain, Improving Knee Joint Angle Prediction Through Dynamic Contextual Focus and Gated Linear Units, Pattern Recognition Letters (under review), arXiv:2306.06900, 2023.

  35. W. Akram, M. Ahmed, L. Seneviratne, I. Hussain, L. Saad Saoud, Autonomous Underwater Robotic System for Aquaculture Applications, IEEE/RSJ IROS, Detroit, arXiv:2308.14762, 2023.

  36. H. AlMarzouqi, L. Saad Saoud, Semantic Labeling of High-Resolution Images Using EfficientUNets and Transformers, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1–13, 2023.

  37. L. Saad Saoud, H. AlMarzouqi, Forecasting Solar Irradiance Using Hybrid Stationary Wavelet Transform–Quaternion Neural Network with AMSGrad Optimization, IEEE POWERCON, 1–6, 2022.

  38. A.LM. Hasan, L. Saad Saoud, Metacognitive Sedenion-Valued Neural Networks, US Patent App. 17/581,767, 2022.

  39. L. Saad Saoud, H. AlMarzouqi, R. Hussein, Cascaded Deep Hybrid Models for Multistep Household Energy Consumption Forecasting, arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.02589, 2022.

  40. L. Saad Saoud, H. AlMarzouqi, R. Hussein, Household Energy Consumption Prediction Using the Stationary Wavelet Transform and Transformers, IEEE Access, 10, 5171–5183, 2022.

  41. S. Shishegar, R. Ghorbani, L. Saad Saoud, S. Duchesne, G. Pelletier, Rainfall–Runoff Modelling Using Octonion-Valued Neural Networks, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 66(13):1857–1865, 2021.

  42. L. Saad Saoud, H. AlMarzouqi, M. Deriche, Wind Speed Forecasting Using Stationary Wavelet Transform and Quaternion Adaptive-Gradient Methods, IEEE Access, 9, 127356–127367, 2021.

  43. L. Saad Saoud, H. AlMarzouqi, Metacognitive Sedenion-Valued Neural Networks, IEEE Access, 8, 144823–144838, 2020.

  44. K. Aimeur, L. Saad Saoud, R. Ghorbani, Short-Term Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Octonion Neural Networks, Applied Solar Energy, 56(3):219–226, 2020.

  45. L. Saad Saoud, F. Rahmoune, V. Tourtchine, K. Baddari, A Novel Method to Forecast 24 h of Global Solar Irradiation, Energy Systems, 9(1):171–193, 2018.

  46. L. Saad Saoud, F. Rahmoune, V. Tourtchine, K. Baddari, Fully Complex-Valued Wavelet Network for Solar Irradiation Forecasting, Neural Processing Letters, 45(2):475–505, 2017.

  47. L. Saad Saoud, R. Ghorbani, F. Rahmoune, Cognitive Quaternion-Valued Neural Networks and Applications, Neurocomputing, 221:85–93, 2017.

  48. E. Reihani, M. Motalleb, R. Ghorbani, L. Saad Saoud, Load Peak Shaving and Power Smoothing with Renewable Integration, Renewable Energy, 86:1372–1379, 2016.

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Khalifa University

P.O. Box: 127788,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

lyes.saoud@ku.ac.ae

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