The journey begins for the "Beyond the Classroom: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Haptics for Enhanced Surgical Training and Education" project, ImmersiveSurgicalEdu! I am happy to announce the successful kick-off meeting of our groundbreaking research initiative, ImmersiveSurgicalEdu. Our mission is to revolutionize surgical training and education through the integration of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and haptic technology, creating a truly immersive hands-on laborat

I am thrilled to share with you our recently published article: Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, Muhammad Hamza Zafar, Filippo Sanfilippo, Malik Naveed Akhter, and Shahzaib Farooq Hadi. Early Mental Stress Detection Using Q-Learning Embedded Starling Murmuration Optimiser-based Deep Learning Model. IEEE Access (2023). Abstract: Stress affects individual of all ages as a regular part of life, but excessive and chronic stress can lead to physical and mental health problems, decreased productivity

Step Towards Secure and Reliable Smart Grids in Industry 5.0: A Federated Learning assisted Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Electricity Theft Detection using Smart Meters.I am very excited to share our newly published article authored by: Muhammad Hamza Zafar, Syed Muhammad Salman Bukhari, Mohamad Abou Houran, Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, Majad Mansoor, Nedaa Al-Tawalbeh, and Filippo SanfilippoAbstractThe integration of Smart Grid technology and conceptual Industry 5.0 has paved the way fo

I'm happy to share our recent paper: Hassan Mohyuddin, Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, Muhammad Hamza Zafar and Filippo Sanfilippo. A comprehensive framework for hand gesture recognition using hybrid-metaheuristic algorithms and deep learning models. Array, 2023. ???? Access the paper here: Read It Now ???? Key Insights: We harnessed data from a Leap Motion Controller (LMC) and a unique Spotted Hyena-based Chimp Optimization Algorithm (SSC) to select crucial features and train deep neural networ

Big News! I am thrilled to share some fantastic news with all of you! Our research article, "Teaching Motion Control in Mechatronics Education Using an Open Framework Based on the Elevator Model," authored by Filippo Sanfilippo, Martin Økter, Tine Eie, and Morten Ottestad, and published in Machines 10(10) in 2022, has been nominated for the prestigious "Machines 2022 Best Paper Award" Filippo Sanfilippo, Martin Økter, Tine Eie and Morten Ottestad. Teaching Motion Control in Mechat

Exciting News! Our novel research on Li-ion battery technology in electric vehicles (EVs) has been accepted for publication in the renowned journal of Energy, with an impact factor of 9.0. Level 2 Journal: Our work has been acknowledged as a Level 2 journal publication according to the Norwegian Scientific Index. This distinction further reinforces the academic value and impact of our study. Battery Coast Strategy: This paper holds immense relevance to the Battery Coast Strategy at the Univers

I had the privilege of being the International Guest Speaker at the School of Computing Technologies on Tuesday, 13 June 2023. It was an honour to present a seminar as a fellow OpenInnoTrain Secondee. I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Fabio Zambetta, the Associate Dean of Artificial Intelligence in the School of Computing Technologies, for the warm welcome and introduction. I also would like to thank the entire RMIT team that welcomed me. The event provided a fantastic platform

Exciting News! I am thrilled to announce the publication of our paper titled "Improved Barnacles Movement Optimizer (IBMO) Algorithm for Engineering Design Problems" in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC 2023) held in Zakopane, Poland. I am grateful to all my co-authors for their incredible contributions! Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi presented the paper at the conference and received very good and constructive feedback!

Exciting News! I am thrilled to share that our groundbreaking research project, "Beyond the Classroom: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Haptics for Enhanced Surgical Training and Education" (ImmersiveSurgicalEdu), has been funded. Our goal is to combine the capabilities of virtual and augmented reality (VR, AR) technologies with low-cost wearable haptic devices to create a hapto-audio-visual hands-on laboratory environment. Under the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Educatio

Exciting news! Our team has just published a new article titled "Robotics in Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations: An Ethical and Design Perspective Framework for Response Phase" in the journal of Applied Sciences. I am grateful to all my co-authors for their incredible contributions! Hareesh Chitikena, Filippo Sanfilippo, and Shugen Ma. 2023. "Robotics in Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations: An Ethical and Design Perspective Framework for Response Phase" Applied Sciences 13, n

Exciting news! Our team has just published a new article titled "Improved Reptile Search Optimization Algorithm: Application on Regression and Classification Problems" in the journal of Applied Sciences. I am grateful to all my co-authors for their incredible contributions! Khan, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Hamza Zafar, Saad Rashid, Majad Mansoor, Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, and Filippo Sanfilippo. "Improved Reptile Search Optimization Algorithm: Application on Regression a