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Optimizing the Phi-2 Small Language Model for Real-time Chatbot Applications Using Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) with QLoRA Quantization
PhanTan Khanh Nguyen, Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
This study explores the optimization of the Phi-2 Small Language Models (SLMs) for real-time chatbot applications through Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) and Quantized Low-R…
PatchRisk: Forecasting Future Vulnerability Exposure in Open-Source Dependency Networks
Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
Open-source software ecosystems are web-scale dependency networks. A downstream package can become exposed to security risk not because its own source code changes, but because one…
Leakage-Safe and Scheduler-Aware Machine Learning for Grid Job Runtime Prediction
Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
Accurate job runtime prediction can improve scheduling-aware resource management in grid and distributed computing environments, but prediction models must be evaluated under reali…
Not All Duplicates Are Coordination: Generic vs. Non-Generic Duplicate Campaigns in Information Operations
Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
Duplicate content is widely used to study coordinated behavior in social media information operations (IOs), but not all repetition provides equally meaningful evidence of coordina…
Synthetic Data in Education: Empirical Insights from Traditional Resampling and Deep Generative Models
Tapiwa Amion Chinodakufa, Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
Synthetic data generation offers promise for addressing data scarcity and privacy concerns in educational technology, yet practitioners lack empirical guidance for selecting betwee…
Introducing Axlerod: An LLM-based Chatbot for Assisting Independent Insurance Agents
Adam Bradley, John Hastings, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
The insurance industry is undergoing a paradigm shift through the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, particularly in the realm of intelligent conversational age…
Structural Damage Detection Using AI Super Resolution and Visual Language Model
Catherine Hoier, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
Natural disasters pose significant challenges to timely and accurate damage assessment due to their sudden onset and the extensive areas they affect. Traditional assessment methods…
Toxicity in State Sponsored Information Operations
Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
State-sponsored information operations (IOs) increasingly influence global discourse on social media platforms, yet their emotional and rhetorical strategies remain inadequately ch…
The Language of Influence: Sentiment, Emotion, and Hate Speech in State Sponsored Influence Operations
Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed
State-sponsored influence operations (SIOs) have become a pervasive and complex challenge in the digital age, particularly on social media platforms where information spreads rapid…
Advancing DevSecOps in SMEs: Challenges and Best Practices for Secure CI/CD Pipelines
Jayaprakashreddy Cheenepalli, John D. Hastings, Khandaker Mamun Ahmed +1
This study evaluates the adoption of DevSecOps among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), identifying key challenges, best practices, and future trends. Through a mixed metho…