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most citedHow to avoid machine learning pitfalls: a guide for academic researchers

127 citations · 434 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

cs.CY2025

Navigating Pitfalls: Evaluating LLMs in Machine Learning Programming Education

Smitha Kumar, Michael A. Lones, Manuel Maarek +1

The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has opened new avenues in education. This study examines the use of LLMs in supporting learning in machine learning education;…

cs.CV2025★ 1 cited

Self-Supervised Learning for Pre-training Capsule Networks: Overcoming Medical Imaging Dataset Challenges

Heba El-Shimy, Hind Zantout, Michael A. Lones +1

Deep learning techniques are increasingly being adopted in diagnostic medical imaging. However, the limited availability of high-quality, large-scale medical datasets presents a si…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

GeMID: Generalizable Models for IoT Device Identification

Kahraman Kostas, Rabia Yasa Kostas, Mike Just +1

With the proliferation of devices on the Internet of Things (IoT), ensuring their security has become paramount. Device identification (DI), which distinguishes IoT devices based o…

cs.CR2024★ 14 cited

Individual Packet Features are a Risk to Model Generalisation in ML-Based Intrusion Detection

Kahraman Kostas, Mike Just, Michael A. Lones

Machine learning is increasingly used for intrusion detection in IoT networks. This paper explores the effectiveness of using individual packet features (IPF), which are attributes…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

ActDroid: An active learning framework for Android malware detection

Ali Muzaffar, Hani Ragab Hassen, Hind Zantout +1

The growing popularity of Android requires malware detection systems that can keep up with the pace of new software being released. According to a recent study, a new piece of malw…

cs.CR2024★ 3 cited

IoTGeM: Generalizable Models for Behaviour-Based IoT Attack Detection

Kahraman Kostas, Mike Just, Michael A. Lones

Previous research on behavior-based attack detection for networks of IoT devices has resulted in machine learning models whose ability to adapt to unseen data is limited and often…