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Toward a Safer Web: Multilingual Multi-Agent LLMs for Mitigating Adversarial Misinformation Attacks
Nouar Aldahoul, Yasir Zaki
The rapid spread of misinformation on digital platforms threatens public discourse, emotional stability, and decision-making. While prior work has explored various adversarial atta…
Who Gets Seen in the Age of AI? Adoption Patterns of Large Language Models in Scholarly Writing and Citation Outcomes
Farhan Kamrul Khan, Hazem Ibrahim, Nouar Aldahoul +2
The rapid adoption of generative AI tools is reshaping how scholars produce and communicate knowledge, raising questions about who benefits and who is left behind. We analyze over…
Causal evidence of racial and institutional biases in accessing paywalled articles and scientific data
Hazem Ibrahim, Fengyuan Liu, Khalid Mengal +4
Scientific progress depends on researchers' ability to access and build upon the work of others. Yet, much published work remains behind expensive paywalls, and even accessible art…
Not All Visitors are Bilingual: A Measurement Study of the Multilingual Web from an Accessibility Perspective
Masudul Hasan Masud Bhuiyan, Matteo Varvello, Yasir Zaki +1
English is the predominant language on the web, powering nearly half of the world's top ten million websites. Support for multilingual content is nevertheless growing, with many we…
Detecting Hope, Hate, and Emotion in Arabic Textual Speech and Multi-modal Memes Using Large Language Models
Nouar AlDahoul, Yasir Zaki
The rise of social media and online communication platforms has led to the spread of Arabic textual posts and memes as a key form of digital expression. While these contents can be…
Benchmarking the Medical Understanding and Reasoning of Large Language Models in Arabic Healthcare Tasks
Nouar AlDahoul, Yasir Zaki
Recent progress in large language models (LLMs) has showcased impressive proficiency in numerous Arabic natural language processing (NLP) applications. Nevertheless, their effectiv…
Benchmarking the Legal Reasoning of LLMs in Arabic Islamic Inheritance Cases
Nouar AlDahoul, Yasir Zaki
Islamic inheritance domain holds significant importance for Muslims to ensure fair distribution of shares between heirs. Manual calculation of shares under numerous scenarios is co…
Towards Next Generation Immersive Applications in 5G Environments
Rohail Asim, Ankit Bhardwaj, Lakshmi Suramanian +1
The Multi-user Immersive Reality (MIR) landscape is evolving rapidly, with applications spanning virtual collaboration, entertainment, and training. However, wireless network limit…
Self-Regulating Cars: Automating Traffic Control in Free Flow Road Networks
Ankit Bhardwaj, Rohail Asim, Sachin Chauhan +2
Free-flow road networks, such as suburban highways, are increasingly experiencing traffic congestion due to growing commuter inflow and limited infrastructure. Traditional control…
Data Doping or True Intelligence? Evaluating the Transferability of Injected Knowledge in LLMs
Essa Jan, Moiz Ali, Muhammad Saram Hassan +2
As the knowledge of large language models (LLMs) becomes outdated over time, there is a growing need for efficient methods to update them, especially when injecting proprietary inf…
SONIC: Cost-Effective Web Access for Developing Countries
Ayush Pandey, Rohail Asim, Jean Louis K. E. Fendji +3
Over 2.6 billion people remain without access to the Internet in 2025. This phenomenon is especially pronounced in developing regions, where cost and infrastructure limitations are…
The Political Ideology of Large Language Models: Measurement, Inconsistency, and Persuasive Influence
Nouar Aldahoul, Hazem Ibrahim, Aaron R. Kaufman +2
Large Language Models (LLMs) are a transformational technology, fundamentally changing how people obtain information and interact with the world. As people become increasingly reli…
Neutralizing the Narrative: AI-Powered Debiasing of Online News Articles
Chen Wei Kuo, Kevin Chu, Nouar AlDahoul +3
Bias in news reporting significantly impacts public perception, particularly regarding crime, politics, and societal issues. Traditional bias detection methods, predominantly relia…
PixLift: Accelerating Web Browsing via AI Upscaling
Yonas Atinafu, Sarthak Malla, HyunSeok Daniel Jang +3
Accessing the internet in regions with expensive data plans and limited connectivity poses significant challenges, restricting information access and economic growth. Images, as a…
A Tale of Three Location Trackers: AirTag, SmartTag, and Tile
HyunSeok Daniel Jang, Hazem Ibrahim, Rohail Asim +2
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) location trackers, or "tags", are popular consumer devices for monitoring personal items. These tags rely on their respective network of companion device…
Non-Western Perspectives on Web Inclusivity: A Study of Accessibility Practices in the Global South
Masudul Hasan Masud Bhuiyan, Matteo Varvello, Cristian-Alexandru Staicu +1
The Global South faces unique challenges in achieving digital inclusion due to a heavy reliance on mobile devices for internet access and the prevalence of slow or unreliable netwo…
MAML: Towards a Faster Web in Developing Regions
Ayush Pandey, Matteo Varvello, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed +3
The web experience in developing regions remains subpar, primarily due to the growing complexity of modern webpages and insufficient optimization by content providers. Users in the…
Evaluating the Efficacy of Next.js: A Comparative Analysis with React.js on Performance, SEO, and Global Network Equity
Swostik Pati, Yasir Zaki
This paper investigates the efficacy of Next.js as a framework addressing the challenges posed by React.js, particularly in performance, SEO, and equitable web accessibility. By co…
TikTok's recommendations skewed towards Republican content during the 2024 U.S. presidential race
Hazem Ibrahim, HyunSeok Daniel Jang, Nouar Aldahoul +3
TikTok is a major force among social media platforms with over a billion monthly active users worldwide and 170 million in the United States. The platform's status as a key news so…