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most citedExplainable Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Needs, Techniques, Applications, and Future Direction

222 citations · 445 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cs.LG2026

Adapting Feature Attenuation to NLP

Tianshuo Yang, Ryan Rabinowitz, Terrance E. Boult +1

Transformer classifiers such as BERT deliver impressive closed-set accuracy, yet they remain brittle when confronted with inputs from unseen categories--a common scenario for deplo…

cs.AI2025

Solving Math Word Problems Using Estimation Verification and Equation Generation

Mitchell Piehl, Dillon Wilson, Ananya Kalita +1

Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at various tasks, including problem-solving and question-answering. However, LLMs often find Math Word Problems (MWPs) challenging because solvin…

cs.CL2025

Linear Relational Decoding of Morphology in Language Models

Eric Xia, Jugal Kalita

A two-part affine approximation has been found to be a good approximation for transformer computations over certain subject object relations. Adapting the Bigger Analogy Test Set,…

cs.CR2025★ 1 cited

A Novel Active Learning Approach to Label One Million Unknown Malware Variants

Ahmed Bensaoud, Jugal Kalita

Active learning for classification seeks to reduce the cost of labeling samples by finding unlabeled examples about which the current model is least certain and sending them to an…

cs.CV2025

SGNetPose+: Stepwise Goal-Driven Networks with Pose Information for Trajectory Prediction in Autonomous Driving

Akshat Ghiya, Ali K. AlShami, Jugal Kalita

Predicting pedestrian trajectories is essential for autonomous driving systems, as it significantly enhances safety and supports informed decision-making. Accurate predictions enab…

cs.CR2025★ 28 cited

Optimized detection of cyber-attacks on IoT networks via hybrid deep learning models

Ahmed Bensaoud, Jugal Kalita

The rapid expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased the risk of cyber-attacks, making effective detection essential for securing IoT networks. This work introduce…

cs.CL2025★ 19 cited

Evaluating the Effectiveness of XAI Techniques for Encoder-Based Language Models

Melkamu Abay Mersha, Mesay Gemeda Yigezu, Jugal Kalita

The black-box nature of large language models (LLMs) necessitates the development of eXplainable AI (XAI) techniques for transparency and trustworthiness. However, evaluating these…

cs.CV2025★ 17 cited

SMART-Vision: Survey of Modern Action Recognition Techniques in Vision

Ali K. AlShami, Ryan Rabinowitz, Khang Lam +4

Human Action Recognition (HAR) is a challenging domain in computer vision, involving recognizing complex patterns by analyzing the spatiotemporal dynamics of individuals' movements…

cs.CL2025★ 1 cited

Explainability in Neural Networks for Natural Language Processing Tasks

Melkamu Mersha, Mingiziem Bitewa, Tsion Abay +1

Neural networks are widely regarded as black-box models, creating significant challenges in understanding their inner workings, especially in natural language processing (NLP) appl…

cs.CV2024★ 2 cited

COOOL: Challenge Of Out-Of-Label A Novel Benchmark for Autonomous Driving

Ali K. AlShami, Ananya Kalita, Ryan Rabinowitz +4

As the Computer Vision community rapidly develops and advances algorithms for autonomous driving systems, the goal of safer and more efficient autonomous transportation is becoming…

cs.CV2024★ 17 cited

Pose2Trajectory: Using Transformers on Body Pose to Predict Tennis Player's Trajectory

Ali K. AlShami, Terrance Boult, Jugal Kalita

Tracking the trajectory of tennis players can help camera operators in production. Predicting future movement enables cameras to automatically track and predict a player's future t…

cs.CL2024

Automatic Summarization of Long Documents

Naman Chhibbar, Jugal Kalita

A vast amount of textual data is added to the internet daily, making utilization and interpretation of such data difficult and cumbersome. As a result, automatic text summarization…

cs.CL2024★ 3 cited

Ethio-Fake: Cutting-Edge Approaches to Combat Fake News in Under-Resourced Languages Using Explainable AI

Mesay Gemeda Yigezu, Melkamu Abay Mersha, Girma Yohannis Bade +3

The proliferation of fake news has emerged as a significant threat to the integrity of information dissemination, particularly on social media platforms. Misinformation can spread…

cs.CL2024

Semantic-Driven Topic Modeling Using Transformer-Based Embeddings and Clustering Algorithms

Melkamu Abay Mersha, Mesay Gemeda yigezu, Jugal Kalita

Topic modeling is a powerful technique to discover hidden topics and patterns within a collection of documents without prior knowledge. Traditional topic modeling and clustering-ba…

cs.CL2024★ 70 cited

Abstractive Text Summarization: State of the Art, Challenges, and Improvements

Hassan Shakil, Ahmad Farooq, Jugal Kalita

Specifically focusing on the landscape of abstractive text summarization, as opposed to extractive techniques, this survey presents a comprehensive overview, delving into state-of-…

cs.AI2024★ 222 cited

Explainable Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Needs, Techniques, Applications, and Future Direction

Melkamu Mersha, Khang Lam, Joseph Wood +2

Artificial intelligence models encounter significant challenges due to their black-box nature, particularly in safety-critical domains such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous v…

cs.LG2024

MaskPure: Improving Defense Against Text Adversaries with Stochastic Purification

Harrison Gietz, Jugal Kalita

The improvement of language model robustness, including successful defense against adversarial attacks, remains an open problem. In computer vision settings, the stochastic noising…

cs.CR2024★ 63 cited

CNN-LSTM and Transfer Learning Models for Malware Classification based on Opcodes and API Calls

Ahmed Bensaoud, Jugal Kalita

In this paper, we propose a novel model for a malware classification system based on Application Programming Interface (API) calls and opcodes, to improve classification accuracy.…

cs.CL2024

EthioMT: Parallel Corpus for Low-resource Ethiopian Languages

Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Olga Kolesnikova, Alexander Gelbukh +1

Recent research in natural language processing (NLP) has achieved impressive performance in tasks such as machine translation (MT), news classification, and question-answering in h…

cs.CL2024★ 1 cited

Language Model Sentence Completion with a Parser-Driven Rhetorical Control Method

Joshua Zingale, Jugal Kalita

Controlled text generation (CTG) seeks to guide large language model (LLM) output to produce text that conforms to desired criteria. The current study presents a novel CTG algorith…

cs.CL2024

Action-Item-Driven Summarization of Long Meeting Transcripts

Logan Golia, Jugal Kalita

The increased prevalence of online meetings has significantly enhanced the practicality of a model that can automatically generate the summary of a given meeting. This paper introd…

cs.CL2023

First Attempt at Building Parallel Corpora for Machine Translation of Northeast India's Very Low-Resource Languages

Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Melkamu Mersha, Ananya Kalita +2

This paper presents the creation of initial bilingual corpora for thirteen very low-resource languages of India, all from Northeast India. It also presents the results of initial t…

cs.CL2023★ 1 cited

The Less the Merrier? Investigating Language Representation in Multilingual Models

Hellina Hailu Nigatu, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Jugal Kalita

Multilingual Language Models offer a way to incorporate multiple languages in one model and utilize cross-language transfer learning to improve performance for different Natural La…