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most citedEnhanced Prediction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Using Advanced Machine Learning Techniques

3 citations · 9 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.AI2026

OpenMTB-Audit: Exposing Over-Refusal and Clinical Expert Perspectives in LLM-Based Molecular Tumor Board Safety Evaluation

Negin Ashrafi, Jia Luo, Stacey M. Frumm +1

Molecular tumor boards integrate genomic findings, clinical context, and therapeutic evidence to support precision oncology. As AI enters this workflow, a key safety challenge is d…

cs.LG2026

Auditing Construct Overlap in Explainable Machine Learning: Evidence from Burnout-Depression Prediction Across Student Cohorts

Alireza Dehghan, Negin Ashrafi

Explainable machine learning (XML) pipelines applied to composite mental health outcomes can produce apparently-robust, cross-population-stable risk hierarchies that are largely ar…

cs.AR2026

TimingLLM: A Two-Stage Retrieval-Augmented Framework for Pre-Synthesis Timing Prediction from Verilog

Armin Abdollahi, Negin Ashrafi, Mehdi Kamal +1

Early, tool-free prediction of post-synthesis timing remains a key obstacle to rapid RTL iteration. We introduce TimingLLM, a two-stage retrieval-augmented LLM pipeline that estima…

cs.AR2026

HDLFORGE: A Two-Stage Multi-Agent Framework for Efficient Verilog Code Generation with Adaptive Model Escalation

Armin Abdollahi, Saeid Shokoufa, Negin Ashrafi +2

We present HDLFORGE, a two-stage multi-agent framework for automated Verilog generation that optimizes the trade-off between generation speed and accuracy. The system uses a compac…

cs.CL2025

Aligning Language Models with Clinical Expertise: DPO for Heart Failure Nursing Documentation in Critical Care

Junyi Fan, Li Sun, Negin Ashrafi +2

Nursing documentation in intensive care units (ICUs) provides essential clinical intelligence but often suffers from inconsistent terminology, informal styles, and lack of standard…

cs.CL2025

LLM Encoder vs. Decoder: Robust Detection of Chinese AI-Generated Text with LoRA

Houji Jin, Negin Ashrafi, Armin Abdollahi +5

The rapid growth of large language models (LLMs) has heightened the demand for accurate detection of AI-generated text, particularly in languages like Chinese, where subtle linguis…

cs.SI2025

Optimizing Urban Mobility Through Complex Network Analysis and Big Data from Smart Cards

Li Sun, Negin Ashrafi, Maryam Pishgar

This study investigates the network characteristics of high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) travelers in urban public transport systems by analyzing 20 million smart card rec…

cs.LG2025

A Novel Multi-Task Teacher-Student Architecture with Self-Supervised Pretraining for 48-Hour Vasoactive-Inotropic Trend Analysis in Sepsis Mortality Prediction

Houji Jin, Negin Ashrafi, Kamiar Alaei +3

Sepsis is a major cause of ICU mortality, where early recognition and effective interventions are essential for improving patient outcomes. However, the vasoactive-inotropic score…

cs.LG2025

Machine Learning-Based Prediction of ICU Readmissions in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients: Insights from the MIMIC Databases

Shuheng Chen, Junyi Fan, Armin Abdollahi +4

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a life-risking condition characterized by bleeding within the brain parenchyma. ICU readmission in ICH patients is a critical outcome, reflecting…

cs.LG2024★ 2 cited

Optimizing Mortality Prediction for ICU Heart Failure Patients: Leveraging XGBoost and Advanced Machine Learning with the MIMIC-III Database

Negin Ashrafi, Armin Abdollahi, Jiahong Zhang +1

Heart failure affects millions of people worldwide, significantly reducing quality of life and leading to high mortality rates. Despite extensive research, the relationship between…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

Enhanced Prediction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Using Advanced Machine Learning Techniques

Negin Ashrafi, Armin Abdollahi, Maryam Pishgar

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients poses a significant mortality risk and imposes a considerable financial burden on patient…

cs.LG2024

Data-Driven Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting In-Hospital Sepsis Mortality

Arseniy Shumilov, Yueting Zhu, Negin Ashrafi +4

Sepsis is a severe condition responsible for many deaths in the United States and worldwide, making accurate prediction of outcomes crucial for timely and effective treatment. Prev…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

Effect of a Process Mining based Pre-processing Step in Prediction of the Critical Health Outcomes

Negin Ashrafi, Armin Abdollahi, Greg Placencia +1

Predicting critical health outcomes such as patient mortality and hospital readmission is essential for improving survivability. However, healthcare datasets have many concurrences…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Advanced Predictive Modeling for Enhanced Mortality Prediction in ICU Stroke Patients Using Clinical Data

Armin Abdollahi, Negin Ashrafi, Maryam Pishgar

Background: Stroke is second-leading cause of disability and death among adults. Approximately 17 million people suffer from a stroke annually, with about 85% being ischemic stroke…