Sarang Shaikh
About
I received my master’s degree in computer science from Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan, in 2020. I am currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. Prior to joining NTNU University, I was employed as a Visiting Lecturer with Sukkur IBA University. I am the author of several articles published in international journals. My research interests include applied research in the field of artificial intelligence, NLP, machine learning, deep learning, and learning technologies. I also served as a Reviewer for IEEE ACCESS.
Research
Publications
2026
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Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Riaz, Wania;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Akerkar, Rajendra.
(2026)
Tertiary Cyberbullying Detection Using Machine Learning and Captum-Based Explainability.
IEEE Xplore
Conference report
2025
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Farman, Hira;
Hussain, Muhammad Arif;
Hassan, Saif;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Ali, Khurshed.
(2025)
Activation function impact on rainfall prediction: comparative insights across ML and DL architectures.
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
Academic article
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Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Akerkar, Rajendra;
Afzal, Mehtab.
(2025)
Multi-domain text classification via linguistic and semantic feature integration.
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Academic article
-
Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Ahmad, Hasnain;
Mazhar, Muhammad Tayyab;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Afzal, Mehtab;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2025)
A Robust and Linguistically-Aware Hate Speech Detection System for Roman Urdu.
ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP)
Academic article
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Della Vella, Dante;
Senarath, Yasas;
Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Igland, Torborg;
Dralega, Carol Azungi;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Purohit, Hemant - GMU;
Akerkar, Rajendra Arvind.
(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
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh.
(2025)
Dataset on travellers’ acceptance of border control technologies: Insights from METICOS pilot trials.
Data in Brief
Academic article
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh;
Zoto, Erjon.
(2025)
Multilingual user perceptions analysis from twitter using zero shot learning for border control technologies.
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Academic article
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2025)
Predicting and Improving Technology Acceptance for Border Control Technologies.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2024
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Mobeen, Noor E;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Nweke, Livinus Obiora;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Fahad, Muhammad.
(2024)
Vineyard Leaf Disease Prediction: Bridging the Gap Between Predictive Accuracy and Interpretability.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Academic article
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2024)
From Insights to Action: Proposing Social Sensing Toolkit for Border Control Technology Acceptance Prediction.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
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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
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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
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Mughal, Nimra;
Mujtaba, Ghulam;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Kumar, Aveenash;
Daudpota, Sher Muhammad.
(2024)
Comparative Analysis of Deep Natural Networks and Large Language Models for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis.
IEEE Access
Academic article
2023
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Blanka, Klimova;
Pikhart, Marcel;
Polakova, Petra;
Cerna, Miloslava;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule.
(2023)
A Systematic Review on the Use of Emerging Technologies in Teaching English as an Applied Language at the University Level.
Systems
Academic literature review
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Klimova, Blanka;
Pikhart, Marcel.
(2023)
Assessing the Usability of ChatGPT for Formal English Language Learning.
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
Academic article
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Memon, Abdul Ghafoor;
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Daudpota, Sher Muhammad;
Kastrati, Zenun;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Batra, Rakhi.
(2023)
SentiUrdu-1M: A large-scale tweet dataset for Urdu text sentiment analysis using weakly supervised learning.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
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Shahbaz, Sikandar;
Rabbia, Mahum;
E., Ragab Adham;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2023)
SCDet: A Robust Approach for the Detection of Skin Lesions.
Diagnostics (Basel)
Academic article
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim.
(2023)
Developing an agent-based simulation model for predicting technology acceptance at border crossing points.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Anthology
2022
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Akhtar, Malik Javed;
Mahum, Rabbia;
Butt, Faisal Shafique;
Amin, Rashid;
El-Sherbeeny, Ahmed M.;
Lee, Seongkwan Mark;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2022)
A Robust Framework for Object Detection in a Traffic Surveillance System.
Electronics (Basel)
Academic article
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Imran, Ali Shariq;
Yang, Ru;
Kastrati, Zenun;
Daudpota, Sher Muhammad;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2022)
The impact of synthetic text generation for sentiment analysis using GAN based models.
Egyptian Informatics Journal
Academic article
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2022)
Towards Understanding of User Perceptions for Smart Border Control Technologies using a Fine-Tuned Transformer Approach.
Proceedings of the Northern Lights Deep Learning Workshop
Academic article
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Mahum, Rabbia;
Irtaza, Aun;
Nawaz, Marriam;
Nazir, Tahira;
Masood, Momina;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Nasr, Emad Abouel.
(2022)
A robust framework to generate surveillance video summaries using combination of zernike moments and r-transform and deep neural network.
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2022)
A survey of artificial intelligence techniques for user perceptions’ extraction from social media data.
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Academic literature review
2021
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Ramchand, Sonam;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Alam, Irtija.
(2021)
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Software Quality Assurance.
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Academic article
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Shaikh, Sarang.
(2021)
COINS RESEARCH SUMMER SCHOOL 2021 (ONLINE-ZOOM).
arxiv.com
Research report
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Daudpotta, Sher Muhammad;
Imran, Ali Shariq.
(2021)
Bloom’s Learning Outcomes’ Automatic Classification Using LSTM and Pretrained Word Embeddings.
IEEE Access
Academic article
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Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2021)
The Dawn of the Human-Machine Era: A forecast of new and emerging language technologies.
University of Jyväskylä
Academic article
Journal publications
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Farman, Hira;
Hussain, Muhammad Arif;
Hassan, Saif;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Ali, Khurshed.
(2025)
Activation function impact on rainfall prediction: comparative insights across ML and DL architectures.
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
Academic article
-
Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Akerkar, Rajendra;
Afzal, Mehtab.
(2025)
Multi-domain text classification via linguistic and semantic feature integration.
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Academic article
-
Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Ahmad, Hasnain;
Mazhar, Muhammad Tayyab;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Afzal, Mehtab;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2025)
A Robust and Linguistically-Aware Hate Speech Detection System for Roman Urdu.
ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP)
Academic article
-
Mobeen, Noor E;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Nweke, Livinus Obiora;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Fahad, Muhammad.
(2024)
Vineyard Leaf Disease Prediction: Bridging the Gap Between Predictive Accuracy and Interpretability.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Academic article
-
Della Vella, Dante;
Senarath, Yasas;
Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Igland, Torborg;
Dralega, Carol Azungi;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Purohit, Hemant - GMU;
Akerkar, Rajendra Arvind.
(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
-
Akhtar, Malik Javed;
Mahum, Rabbia;
Butt, Faisal Shafique;
Amin, Rashid;
El-Sherbeeny, Ahmed M.;
Lee, Seongkwan Mark;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2022)
A Robust Framework for Object Detection in a Traffic Surveillance System.
Electronics (Basel)
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2024)
From Insights to Action: Proposing Social Sensing Toolkit for Border Control Technology Acceptance Prediction.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Yang, Ru;
Kastrati, Zenun;
Daudpota, Sher Muhammad;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2022)
The impact of synthetic text generation for sentiment analysis using GAN based models.
Egyptian Informatics Journal
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
-
Blanka, Klimova;
Pikhart, Marcel;
Polakova, Petra;
Cerna, Miloslava;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule.
(2023)
A Systematic Review on the Use of Emerging Technologies in Teaching English as an Applied Language at the University Level.
Systems
Academic literature review
-
Ramchand, Sonam;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Alam, Irtija.
(2021)
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Software Quality Assurance.
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2022)
Towards Understanding of User Perceptions for Smart Border Control Technologies using a Fine-Tuned Transformer Approach.
Proceedings of the Northern Lights Deep Learning Workshop
Academic article
-
Mahum, Rabbia;
Irtaza, Aun;
Nawaz, Marriam;
Nazir, Tahira;
Masood, Momina;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Nasr, Emad Abouel.
(2022)
A robust framework to generate surveillance video summaries using combination of zernike moments and r-transform and deep neural network.
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2022)
A survey of artificial intelligence techniques for user perceptions’ extraction from social media data.
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Academic literature review
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Klimova, Blanka;
Pikhart, Marcel.
(2023)
Assessing the Usability of ChatGPT for Formal English Language Learning.
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh.
(2025)
Dataset on travellers’ acceptance of border control technologies: Insights from METICOS pilot trials.
Data in Brief
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh;
Zoto, Erjon.
(2025)
Multilingual user perceptions analysis from twitter using zero shot learning for border control technologies.
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Academic article
-
Shaikh, Sarang;
Daudpotta, Sher Muhammad;
Imran, Ali Shariq.
(2021)
Bloom’s Learning Outcomes’ Automatic Classification Using LSTM and Pretrained Word Embeddings.
IEEE Access
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
-
Memon, Abdul Ghafoor;
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Daudpota, Sher Muhammad;
Kastrati, Zenun;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Batra, Rakhi.
(2023)
SentiUrdu-1M: A large-scale tweet dataset for Urdu text sentiment analysis using weakly supervised learning.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Mughal, Nimra;
Mujtaba, Ghulam;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Kumar, Aveenash;
Daudpota, Sher Muhammad.
(2024)
Comparative Analysis of Deep Natural Networks and Large Language Models for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis.
IEEE Access
Academic article
-
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2021)
The Dawn of the Human-Machine Era: A forecast of new and emerging language technologies.
University of Jyväskylä
Academic article
-
Shahbaz, Sikandar;
Rabbia, Mahum;
E., Ragab Adham;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2023)
SCDet: A Robust Approach for the Detection of Skin Lesions.
Diagnostics (Basel)
Academic article
Books
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yayilgan, Sule Yildirim.
(2023)
Developing an agent-based simulation model for predicting technology acceptance at border crossing points.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Anthology
Report
-
Hashmi, Ehtesham;
Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Riaz, Wania;
Abomhara, Mohamed;
Akerkar, Rajendra.
(2026)
Tertiary Cyberbullying Detection Using Machine Learning and Captum-Based Explainability.
IEEE Xplore
Conference report
-
Shaikh, Sarang.
(2021)
COINS RESEARCH SUMMER SCHOOL 2021 (ONLINE-ZOOM).
arxiv.com
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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Shaikh, Sarang;
Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule;
Zoto, Erjon;
Abomhara, Mohamed.
(2025)
Predicting and Improving Technology Acceptance for Border Control Technologies.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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Conference lectureShaikh, 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)
2024
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Conference lectureBhandari, Alen; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Shaikh, Sarang. (2024) Transformers In Medical Domain: Swin Transformer as a Binary Classification Model for Pneumonia. Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2024
2023
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LectureShaikh, Sarang; Daudpotta, Sher Muhammad; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Sindhu, Sindhu. (2023) Exploring the potential of large-language models (LLMs) for student feedback sentiment analysis. Exploring the potential of large-language models (LLMs) for student feedback sentiment analysis
2022
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Conference lectureZoto, Erjon; Shaikh, Sarang; Yildirim-Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed. (2022) Designing an innovative toolkit for assessing user acceptance of border control technologies. International Conference Rebound, Rebuild, and Reinvent for a Sustainable and Equitable Development (3R4SED)