I’m proud of my students’ work! You can find here links to all of their PhD dissertations<\/em> and MSc theses<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” style=”shadow” border_width=”10″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]
PhD Dissertations<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]This is the list of PhD dissertations produced by my supervised students.<\/p>\n
Click on the title of the dissertation to get the download link<\/strong><\/em>.[\/vc_column_text]- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Marwa Essam (Fall 2024)<\/h3>
Background Linking of News Articles<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Marwa Essam – Final PhD Dissertation – Dec 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Fatima Haouari (Spring 2024)<\/h3>
Retrieval of Authorities and Their Evidence for Rumor Verification in Arabic Social Media<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Fatima Haouari – Final PhD Dissertation – June 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Reem Suwaileh (Spring 2023)<\/h3>
Location Mention Prediction from Disaster Tweets<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Reem Suwaileh – Final PhD Dissertation – May 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Rana Malhas (Fall 2022)<\/h3>
Arabic Question Answering on the Holy Qur'an<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Rana Malhas – Final PhD Dissertation – Jan 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Maram Hasanain (Spring 2022)<\/h3>
Enabling Effective Arabic Information Retrieval on the Web and Social Media<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Maram Hasanain – Final PhD Dissertation – May 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” style=”shadow” border_width=”10″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]MSc Theses<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]This is the list of MSc theses produced by my supervised students.<\/p>\n
Click on the title of the thesis to get the download link<\/strong><\/em>.[\/vc_column_text]- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Radwa Gad (Spring 2025)<\/h3>
Automating Information Extraction from Perovskite Solar Cells Literature Using Large Language Models<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Radwa Gad \u2013 Final \u2013 MSc Thesis \u2013 May 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Salam Albatarni (Spring 2025)<\/h3>
Relevance Scoring of Arabic and English Written Essays with Dense Retrieval<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Salam Albatarni \u2013 Final \u2013 MSc Thesis \u2013 May 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Zien Sheikh Ali (Fall 2022)<\/h3>
Detecting Users Prone to Spread Fake News on Arabic Twitter<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Zien Sheikh Ali – Final – MSc Thesis – Dec 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Watheq Mansour (Fall 2021)<\/h3>
Did I see it before? Detecting previously-checked claims over Arabic Twitter<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Watheq Mansour – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Sara Alrasbi (Fall 2019)<\/h3>
SparkIR: A Scalable Distributed Information Retrieval Engine over Spark<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Sara Alrasbi – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Reem Suwaileh (Spring 2018)<\/h3>
On Relevance Filtering for Real-time Tweet Summarization<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\nDownload:<\/strong> Reem Suwaileh – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hind AlMerekhi (Spring 2016)<\/h3>
Building a Test Collection for Detecting Significant-Events in Arabic Tweets<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDownload:<\/strong> Hind Almerekhi – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Latifa AlMarri (Spring 2015)<\/h3>
Hashtag-based Query Expansion for Ad-hoc Search in Twitter<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDownload:<\/strong> Latifa AlMarri – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>- \n\t\t\t\t
- \n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Marwa Essam (Fall 2024)<\/h3>
Background Linking of News Articles<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Marwa Essam – Final PhD Dissertation – Dec 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Fatima Haouari (Spring 2024)<\/h3>
Retrieval of Authorities and Their Evidence for Rumor Verification in Arabic Social Media<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Fatima Haouari – Final PhD Dissertation – June 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Reem Suwaileh (Spring 2023)<\/h3>
Location Mention Prediction from Disaster Tweets<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Reem Suwaileh – Final PhD Dissertation – May 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Rana Malhas (Fall 2022)<\/h3>
Arabic Question Answering on the Holy Qur'an<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Rana Malhas – Final PhD Dissertation – Jan 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Maram Hasanain (Spring 2022)<\/h3>
Enabling Effective Arabic Information Retrieval on the Web and Social Media<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDissertation was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Maram Hasanain – Final PhD Dissertation – May 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” style=”shadow” border_width=”10″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]
MSc Theses<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]This is the list of MSc theses produced by my supervised students.<\/p>\n
Click on the title of the thesis to get the download link<\/strong><\/em>.[\/vc_column_text]
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Radwa Gad (Spring 2025)<\/h3>
Automating Information Extraction from Perovskite Solar Cells Literature Using Large Language Models<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Radwa Gad \u2013 Final \u2013 MSc Thesis \u2013 May 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Salam Albatarni (Spring 2025)<\/h3>
Relevance Scoring of Arabic and English Written Essays with Dense Retrieval<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Salam Albatarni \u2013 Final \u2013 MSc Thesis \u2013 May 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Zien Sheikh Ali (Fall 2022)<\/h3>
Detecting Users Prone to Spread Fake News on Arabic Twitter<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Zien Sheikh Ali – Final – MSc Thesis – Dec 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Watheq Mansour (Fall 2021)<\/h3>
Did I see it before? Detecting previously-checked claims over Arabic Twitter<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Watheq Mansour – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Sara Alrasbi (Fall 2019)<\/h3>
SparkIR: A Scalable Distributed Information Retrieval Engine over Spark<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Sara Alrasbi – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Reem Suwaileh (Spring 2018)<\/h3>
On Relevance Filtering for Real-time Tweet Summarization<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThesis was accepted without modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Download:<\/strong> Reem Suwaileh – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hind AlMerekhi (Spring 2016)<\/h3>
Building a Test Collection for Detecting Significant-Events in Arabic Tweets<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDownload:<\/strong> Hind Almerekhi – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Latifa AlMarri (Spring 2015)<\/h3>
Hashtag-based Query Expansion for Ad-hoc Search in Twitter<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tDownload:<\/strong> Latifa AlMarri – Final – MSc Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li>
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