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Ehtesham Hashmi

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Ehtesham Hashmi

PhD Researcher
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology
Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
Department of Language and Literature

hashmi.ehtesham@ntnu.no
T438 Topasbygget Kallerud, Gjøvik
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About

In my pursuit as a PhD researcher, I focus on detecting hate speech across different languages, using methodologies that prioritize privacy and ethical standards. Understanding that hate speech manifests in diverse forms such as misogyny, racism, cyberbullying, xenophobia, and ableism, my work aims to develop nuanced detection tools that are sensitive to the specificities of each form. My research utilizes the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) and diffusion models to address the significant challenge of interpreting and integrating multimodal data. With a robust background in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, my expertise in Multilingual Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Advanced Data Mining, and Explainable AI informs my study of language semantics and its impacts. I am committed to pushing the boundaries of the field by creating solutions that enhance security in digital communications while upholding the dignity and respect of individuals worldwide. Currently, I actively contribute as a potential reviewer for several esteemed journals published by Elsevier (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems with Applications, Information Processing & Management, Knowledge-Based Systems), Springer Nature (Cluster Computing, Scientific Reports, Artificial Intelligence Review, Social Network Analysis and Mining, Language Resources and Evaluation, Neural Computing and Applications, Complex & Intelligent Systems), and IEEE Access.

Competencies

  • Advanced Data Mining
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computational linguistics
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence
  • Generative AI with LLMs
  • Information retrieval
  • Intelligent Systems Design
  • Machine Learning
  • Machine learning
  • Multilingual Natural Language Processing
  • Semantic Web

Research

  • Multidisciplinary Research group on Privacy and data protEcTion (MR PET)

Violence-Inducing Behaviour Prevention in Social-Cyber Space of Local Communities

This project will lay the groundwork for a revolutionary technology designed to counteract radicalization and hate speech within online social platforms. It will employ novel AI techniques, marking a significant step forward in this transformative effort.

Publications

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2025

  • Sohail, Tooba; Aiman, Atiqa; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Imran, Ali Shariq; Muhammad Daudpota, Sher; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2025) Hate Speech Detection in Code-Mixed Datasets Using Pretrained Embeddings and Transformers. IEEE conference proceedings International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Kastrati, Muhamet; Imran, Ali Shariq; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Kastrati, Zenun; Daudpota, Sher Muhammad; Biba, Marenglen. (2025) Unlocking language barriers: Assessing pre-trained large language models across multilingual tasks and unveiling the black box with Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed . (2025) Metalinguist: enhancing hate speech detection with cross-lingual meta-learning. Complex & Intelligent Systems
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed ; Akerkar, Rajendra Arvind. (2025) Transparent Hate Speech Detection in Norwegian Using Explainable AI. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (None)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Vella, Dante Della; Senarath, Yasas; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Abomhara, Mohamed; Shaikh, Sarang; Igland, Torborg. (2025) Eliciting Socio-Technical Research Needs on Countering Violence-Inducing and Hateful Speech in Cyberspace. Digital Society: Ethics, Socio-Legal and Governance of Digital Technology
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham. (2025) BI-SENT: bilingual aspect-based sentiment analysis of COVID-19 Tweets in Urdu language. PLOS ONE
    Academic article

2024

  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2024) Multi-class hate speech detection in the Norwegian language using FAST-RNN and multilingual fine-tuned transformers. Complex & Intelligent Systems
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Shaikh, Sarang. (2024) Augmenting sentiment prediction capabilities for code-mixed tweets with multilingual transformers. Social Network Analysis and Mining
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Enhancing misogyny detection in bilingual texts using explainable AI and multilingual fine-tuned transformers. Complex & Intelligent Systems
    Academic article
  • Ali, Hashir; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Shaikh, Sarang. (2024) Analyzing Amazon Products Sentiment: A Comparative Study of Machine and Deep Learning, and Transformer-Based Techniques. Electronics (Basel)
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Ali, Subhan; Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh. (2024) Advancing Fake News Detection: Hybrid Deep Learning With FastText and Explainable AI. IEEE Access
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2024) Securing tomorrow: a comprehensive survey on the synergy of Artificial Intelligence and information security. AI and Ethics
    Academic literature review
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2024) A robust hybrid approach with product context-aware learning and explainable AI for sentiment analysis in Amazon user reviews. Electronic Commerce Research
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Hameed, Ibrahim A.; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Ullah, Mohib; Abomhara, Mohamed . (2024) Enhancing Multilingual Hate Speech Detection: From Language-Specific Insights to Cross-Linguistic Integration. IEEE Access
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Self-supervised hate speech detection in Norwegian texts with lexical and semantic augmentations. Expert Systems With Applications
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Imran, Ali Shariq; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Enhancing Misogyny Detection in Bilingual Texts Using FastText and Explainable AI. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Katper, Saif Hassan; Ullah, Mohib; Imran, Ali Shariq; Mujtaba, Ghulam; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Hashmi, Ehtesham. (2024) A Self-Supervised Diffusion Framework For Facial Emotion Recognition. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
    Academic article
  • Moosa, Muhammad; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Beghdadi, Azeddine Boutkhil; Imran, Ali Shariq; Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi. (2024) SMT: Self-supervised Approach for Multiple Animal Detection and Tracking. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Academic article
  • Nguyen, Thang-Anh-Quan; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Beghdadi, Azeddine Boutkhil; Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Disorders Classification Using Eye Tracking Data. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Academic article
  • Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Ullah, Mohib; Katt, Basel. (2024) Applications of LLMs for Generating Cyber Security Exercise Scenarios. IEEE Access
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Kastrati, Muhamet; Imran, Ali Shariq; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Kastrati, Zenun; Daudpota, Sher Muhammad; Biba, Marenglen. (2025) Unlocking language barriers: Assessing pre-trained large language models across multilingual tasks and unveiling the black box with Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed . (2025) Metalinguist: enhancing hate speech detection with cross-lingual meta-learning. Complex & Intelligent Systems
    Academic article
  • Vella, Dante Della; Senarath, Yasas; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Abomhara, Mohamed; Shaikh, Sarang; Igland, Torborg. (2025) Eliciting Socio-Technical Research Needs on Countering Violence-Inducing and Hateful Speech in Cyberspace. Digital Society: Ethics, Socio-Legal and Governance of Digital Technology
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham. (2025) BI-SENT: bilingual aspect-based sentiment analysis of COVID-19 Tweets in Urdu language. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2024) Multi-class hate speech detection in the Norwegian language using FAST-RNN and multilingual fine-tuned transformers. Complex & Intelligent Systems
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Shaikh, Sarang. (2024) Augmenting sentiment prediction capabilities for code-mixed tweets with multilingual transformers. Social Network Analysis and Mining
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Enhancing misogyny detection in bilingual texts using explainable AI and multilingual fine-tuned transformers. Complex & Intelligent Systems
    Academic article
  • Ali, Hashir; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Shaikh, Sarang. (2024) Analyzing Amazon Products Sentiment: A Comparative Study of Machine and Deep Learning, and Transformer-Based Techniques. Electronics (Basel)
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Ali, Subhan; Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh. (2024) Advancing Fake News Detection: Hybrid Deep Learning With FastText and Explainable AI. IEEE Access
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2024) Securing tomorrow: a comprehensive survey on the synergy of Artificial Intelligence and information security. AI and Ethics
    Academic literature review
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2024) A robust hybrid approach with product context-aware learning and explainable AI for sentiment analysis in Amazon user reviews. Electronic Commerce Research
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Hameed, Ibrahim A.; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Ullah, Mohib; Abomhara, Mohamed . (2024) Enhancing Multilingual Hate Speech Detection: From Language-Specific Insights to Cross-Linguistic Integration. IEEE Access
    Academic article
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Self-supervised hate speech detection in Norwegian texts with lexical and semantic augmentations. Expert Systems With Applications
    Academic article
  • Katper, Saif Hassan; Ullah, Mohib; Imran, Ali Shariq; Mujtaba, Ghulam; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Hashmi, Ehtesham. (2024) A Self-Supervised Diffusion Framework For Facial Emotion Recognition. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
    Academic article
  • Moosa, Muhammad; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Beghdadi, Azeddine Boutkhil; Imran, Ali Shariq; Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi. (2024) SMT: Self-supervised Approach for Multiple Animal Detection and Tracking. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Academic article
  • Nguyen, Thang-Anh-Quan; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Beghdadi, Azeddine Boutkhil; Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Disorders Classification Using Eye Tracking Data. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Academic article
  • Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Ullah, Mohib; Katt, Basel. (2024) Applications of LLMs for Generating Cyber Security Exercise Scenarios. IEEE Access
    Academic article

Books

  • Sohail, Tooba; Aiman, Atiqa; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Imran, Ali Shariq; Muhammad Daudpota, Sher; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule. (2025) Hate Speech Detection in Code-Mixed Datasets Using Pretrained Embeddings and Transformers. IEEE conference proceedings International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed ; Akerkar, Rajendra Arvind. (2025) Transparent Hate Speech Detection in Norwegian Using Explainable AI. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (None)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

  • Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Imran, Ali Shariq; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Ullah, Mohib. (2024) Enhancing Misogyny Detection in Bilingual Texts Using FastText and Explainable AI. IEEE conference proceedings
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • IMT6171 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Information Security Applications
  • IMT4133 - Data Science for Security and Forensics

Outreach

2025

  • Academic lecture
    Shaikh, Sarang; Hashmi, Ehtesham; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed ; Akerkar, Rajendra Arvind. (2025) Improving Text Classification by Fusing Linguistic and Semantic Features. 2025 6th International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS) 2025-02-18 - 2025-02-19

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