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Peer Reviewed Chapter of Books 

• Oluwaseyi Igbasanmi, Nikolay M. Sirakov, and Adam Bowden, CNN for Efficient Objects Classification with Embedded Vector Fields, ICCIDA2023, July 21-22,2023, accepted for publication by the Springer book series, Studies in Computational Intelligence,  Electronic ISSN 1860-9503, Print ISSN 1860-949X, BEST PEPAR AWARD

• M. Mete, N. M. Sirakov, G. A. Hosler, J. Frieder, L. Dickson,  J. Griffin, A. Menter, A Quarternary Classifier for the Clinical Evaluation of Pigmented Skin Lesions, 20th IEEE BIBE (Bioinformatic and Bioengeneering) 2020, published by IEEE Xplore, 16 December 2020. DOI: 10.1109/BIBE50027.2020.00125

• P. G. Kandhare , A. Nakhmani, N. M. Sirakov, Trajectory Type Prediction and Multi-Target Tracking, IEEE SoutheastCon 2019, At the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, April 11-14, 2019, published by IEEE XPlore, pp.1-6.

• M.Chen, N. M. Sirakov, Poisson Equation Solution and its Gradient Vector Field to Geometric Features Detection, D. Fagan et al. (Eds.): TPNC 2018, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 11324, Springer Nature, pp. 36–48, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04070-3_3

• L. H. Ngo, M. Luong, N. M. Sirakov, T. Le-Tien, S. Guerif, E. Viennet, Sparse Representation Wavelet Based Classification, ICIP2018, October 7-10, 2018 • Athens, Greece, IEEE XPlore, pp. 2974-2978, DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2018.8451538, ICIP is top 2% peer reviewed CS conference.

• N. M. Sirakov, N.N. Sirakova, Inscribing Convex Polygons in Star-Shaped Objects, V.E. Brimkov and R.P. Barneva (Eds.): IWCIA 2017, LNCS 10256, Springer International Publishing AG 2017, pp. 198-211, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59108-7_16, ISBN 978-3-319-59107-0

• A. Arslan, N. M. Sirakov, Shape Matching for Rigid Objects by Aligning Sequences Based on Boundary Change Points, V.E. Brimkov and R.P.Barneva (Eds.): IWCIA 2017, LNCS 10256, Springer International Publishing AG 2017, pp.308-321, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59108-7_24, ISBN 978-3-319-59107-0

• Christian F. Hempelmann; Divya Solomon; Abdullah N. Arslan; Salvatore Attardo; Grady P. Blount; Tracy Adkins; Nikolay M. Sirakov, “Detecting Necessary and Sufficient Parts for Assembling a Functional Weapon”, Automatic Target Recognition XXVII, edited by Firooz A. Sadjadi, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Vol. 10202, 102020R · © 2017 SPIE · CCC code: 0277-786X/17/$18, (May 2017), Invited paper, · http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2268808.

• Nikolay M. Sirakov, “Object Shape Extraction from Cluttered Baggage”, SPIE2017 DS, Automatic Target Recognition, Automatic Target Recognition XXVII, edited by Firooz A. Sadjadi, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Vol. 10202, 102020P · © 2017 SPIE · CCC code: 0277-786X/17/$18, Invited Paper, 102020P (May 1, 2017); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2268810

• Mutlu Mete, Nikolay Metodiev Sirakov, John Griffin, Alan Menter,  2016, Novel Classification System For Dysplastic Nevus And Malignant Melanoma, IEEE ICIP2016, Phoenix, Arizona, Sept. 2016, pp. 3414-3418, ISBN: 978-1-4673-9961-6/16, DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2016.7532993, top 1% CS conference among about 3,500  CS conferences, IEEE XPlore.

• Christian F. Hempelmann; Abdullah N. Arslan ; Salvatore Attardo ; Grady P. Blount and Nikolay M. Sirakov, 2016, " Real life identification of partially occluded weapons in video frames ", F. A. Sadjadi, A. Mahalanobis, Proc. SPIE 9844, Automatic Target Recognition XXVI, 98440Y (May 12, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2224344; Invited Paper,http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.222434

•  N.M. Sirakov, M. Mete, R. Selvaggi, Marie Luong, 2015, New Accurate Automated Melanoma Diagnosing Systems, IEEE Inter. Conf. on Healthcare Informatics 2015 (ICHI 2015), Dallas TX, Oct. 21-23, 2015,  IEEE Computer Society,  pp. 374-379, DOI 10.1109/ICHI.2015.53.

• Abdullah N. Arslan, Christian F. Hempelmann, Salvatore Attardo, Grady Price, Blount Nona N. Sirakova, Nikolay M. Sirakov, 2015: Identification of Partially Occluded Firearms Through Partonomy, Invited Paper: Automatic Target Recognition XXV, edited by Firooz A. Sadjadi, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9476, 94760U • © 2015 SPIE • CCC code: 0277-786X/15/$18 doi: 10.1117/12.2184102.

• A. Bowden, M. D. Todorov and N. M. Sirakov, 2014, Implementation of the Euler - Lagrange and Poisson Equations to Extract One Connected Region,  American Institute of Physics (AIP) 1629, pp.400-407, doi: 10.1063/1.4902301 

• M. Mete, N. M. Sirakov, 2014, Optimal Set of Features for Accurate Skin Cancer Diagnosis, IEEE ICIP 2014, International Conference of Image Processing 2014, Paris, Oct. 28-30, 2014, pp. 2256-2260. #39 out of 3,500 CS conferences, Microsoft Research, ISBN: 978-1-4799-5750-7.

• Christian F. Hempelmannb, Abdullah N. Arslana, Salvatore Attardoc, Grady Price, Blountd Nikolay Metodiev Sirakov, 2014, Assessing the Threat of Firearms: New Threat Formula, Resources, and Ontological Linking Algorithms, Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion and Target Recognition XXIII, In Ivan Kadar Ed., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9091, 9091OU-1-12,ISBN: 9781628410280.

• M.Todorov, N.M.Sirakov, S.Suh, 2013, Fast Splitting Scheme to Minimize New Energy Functional Containing Schroedinger Equation Solution,  Proc. AMiTANS2013, In M. Todorov Ed., American Institute of Physics, V.1561, 378, (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4827250 ; Indexed by Thomson Reuters.

• Arslan, Abdullah N., Christian F. Hempelmann, Carlo Di Ferrante, Salvatore Attardo, and Nikolay Metodiev Sirakov. 2013. "From Shape to Threat: Exploiting the Convergence Between Visual and Conceptual Organization for Weapon Identification and Threat Assessment." Invited Paper. Recipient of the Lockheed-Martin BEST PAPER AWARD. In: Sadjadi, Firooz A. and Abhijit Mahalanobis. Eds. Automatic Target Recognition XXIII. Proc. of SPIE 0277-768X, V. 8744. Bellingham, WA: SPIE. 87440P. pp. 1-15. doi: 10.1117/12.2015591.   http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1690743

• M. Mete , Y. Ou, N. M. Sirakov, 2012,  Skin Lesion Feature Vector Space With A Metric To Model Geometric Structures Of Malignancy, R.P. Barneva et al. (Eds.): IWCIA 2012, LNCS 7655, Springer Verlag, pp. 285–297, 2012.

• Quang Tung Thieu, Marie Luong, Jean-Marie Rocchisani, Nikolay Sirakov, Emanuelle Viennet, 2012, Local and Global Fuzzy Gaussian Distribution Energy Minimization of a Convex Active Contour Model, R.P. Barneva et al. (Eds.): IWCIA 2012, LNCS 7655, Springer, pp.285–297.

• Abdullah, A., Sirakov, N.M., Attardo, S., 2012, ”Weapon Ontology Annotation Using Boundary Describing Sequences”, IEEE SSIAI, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 22-24, 2012, pp.101-104, IEEE Catalog #: CFP12401-USB, ISBN: 978-1-4673-1829-7, Published by IEEE XPlore, Peer reviewed conf. past rate of acceptance 60%

• N.M.Sirakov, 2011, The Image as a Storage of Images, Proc. of SDPS2011, June 12-16, 2011,Jeju Island, South Korea. Submitted March 30, 2011, pp.1-5.

• N.M.Sirakov, S. Suh, S.Attardo, 2010, “Automatic Object Identification Using Visual Low Level Feature Extraction And Ontological Knowledge”, Proc of Society for Design and Process Science-SDPS, Dallas, Texas, June 6-11, 2010, pp.1-9, ISSN: 1090-9389.http://sdps.omnibooksonline.com/2010/index.html

• S. C.Suh, Sri Ganesh Anaparthi, N. M. Sirakov, 2009, “Basics of Concepts Representation for Document Summarization”, NCM2009:5th International Joint Conference on INC, IMS and IDC, Seoul, Republic of Korea, August 25-27, 2009.

• Sirakov, N.M., 2005, Automatic Nano Images Segmentation Using Active Contours, 4M Workshop "Micro/Nano Engineering: technology and applications", November 23-26, Sofia, extended abstract.

• Sirakov, N.M., Mlsna, P., 2004. Search Space Partitioning Using Convex Hull and Concavity Features for Fast Medical Image Retrieval, CD Proc of 2004 IEEE International Symposium onBIOMEDICAL IMAGING: From Nano to Macro, April 15-18 2004, Arlington, Virginia, pp. 796-799.

• R. Kazandjiev, P. Gospodinov, M. Mironova, Sirakov, N.M., 2002. Crack Development in Sulfate-Corroded Cement Stone, Proc. of 9th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, In Ya. Ivanov, A. Baltov, E. Manoach (Ed.), Sept. 19-22.2001, Varna-Bulgaria, Vol.1, pp.517-521.

• J. Caldas Pinto, A. Marcolino, M. Ramalho, F. Muge, N. Sirakov, P. Pina, 2001, Comparing matching strategies for Renaissance printed words, in 10th Portuguese Conference on Computer Graphics, ADETTI-CPCG-APRP Publisher-Lisbon, 1-3.October.2001, pp. 123-130.

• Caldas Pinto, J., Marcolino, A. , Ramalho, M. , Muge, F., Sirakov, N., Pina, P., 2001. Matching Renaissance Binary Words, 5th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Dramstad, Germany, September 4-6, 2001.

• R.Mironov, N.Sirakov, F.Muge, 2000, An Architecture of Virtual Multimedia Library. Proc. of V Ibero American Symposium on Pattern Recognition, SIARP2000, Lisbon, September 11-13, 2000, pp.103-111

• Sirakov N., Muge F., 1999, Several Complex 3d Objects Reconstruction By Planar Cross Sections, Proc. of Int. Conf. SIARP99, 21-26. March, La Habana-Cuba, in printing.

• Kazandziev R., Sirakov N., 1998, Reconstruction of Cracks Occurring in a Compressed Plastic Material, Proc. of QCAV98 – Japan, November 10-12.1998, 321-32

• Sirakov, N.M., 2009, Homogenous and Nested Hiding of Image Sequences, submitted to ICASSP 2010-IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing, March 14-19, 2010, Dallas, submitted on Sept 13, 2009, under review.

• Sirakov N., Mironov R., Ribeiro L., Muge F., 1998, Environmental Decision Support System for Analysis, Evaluation and Management of Groundwater Resources Based on Integrated GIS Technology, Proc. of ASI NATO “Deposit and Geoenvironmental Models for Resources Exploitation and Environmental Security“, Hungary-Matrahaza, Sep. 04-19, 1998, pp. 93-99.

• Sirakov N., Mironov R., Muge F., 1998, Ground and Underground 3D Objects Reconstruction, Proc of RecPad98, Lisboa, March, 1998, pp.115-121.

• Sirakov N., 1997, 3D Defects Detection in Mechanisms Components, Proc. of NATO Advanced Study Institute Computational Methods in Mechanisms, Varna, Bulgaria, pp.297-307.

• Sirakov N., Kazandjiev R., 1997, 3D Representation of Flaws in Natural Resources and Materials, (QCAV97 May 1997, France), Edited by J.L. Amat, G.Yahiaoui, N Aussenac-Gilles, A. Hameurlain, M. Laug, Printed by IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1997, pp.75-80.

• Sirakov N., 1997, Several 3D Objects Reconstruction by Using Vector Feature Space, Proc. of RecPad’97, Coimbra, Portugal, March 20-21, 1997, pp. 107-111.

• Sirakov N., Minchev O., 1996, Muge F., Detection of 3D deformations, Proc. of RecPad'96, Guimaraes, March 23-25,1996,pp. 123-127.

• Sirakov N., Muge F., 1995, A Decision Support System for 3D Defects Detection, Proc. of RecPad'95, Aveiro, Portugal,March 23-25,1995,pp.3.4.1-3.4.7.

• Ivanov N., Sirakov N. ,Muge F.,1995, Decision Support System for Reconstruction of 3D objects by Planar Regularities, Proc. of SAER'95, Sept.1995, Varna, pp.129-133.

• Sirakov N., Muge F., 1994, "Comparing 2D Borders Using Regular Structures", Proc. of RecPad'94, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-25.03.1994, pp. 169 -176.

• N.M.Sirakov, F.H.Muge, 1994, A new tecnique for 3D body reconstruction based on Mathematical Morphology and Algebraic Structures, Presented on the Conference MIC’94, Grindelwald-Switzerland, February 21-23, 1994.

• Sirakov N., 1993, "Creating of an Aspect graph for 3D Object reconstruction", Recpad'93, Porto, Portugal,1993,pp.97-104.

• Sirakov N., Ivanov N.,"A fast method for recognition of a 3D overlapping objects based on the regularities and principles of the independent observer", Proc of RecPad'92, Coimbra, Portugal, March 12-13,1992,pp.49-57.

• N.M.Sirakov, Regularity and Principles of the Independent Observer for recognition of several 3D objects from single view, Presented on the Conference Modelling Identification and Control, February 10-12, Insbruck, Austria, 1992.

• Cupic R.,Sirakov N.,Trebaticky I., "Processing of the 3d information with aid of a systolic system", Proc. of the Int. Conf. Cybernetics and Informatics, Smolenize, Slovakia,April 4-7,1991,pp. 43-48, in Slovak language.

• N. M. Sirakov, Algorithm for recognition of objects in R3 from multiple viewes, Presented on the Conference CONTROL’90, Lugano, Switzerland, June 18-21, 1990.

• Sirakov N., Dimitrov A., "Software application for recognition of 3D objects, represented as finite series of plane figures", Proc. of the VI National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Varna, Bulgaria, Sept.1989,Vol.1 ,pp. 428-432.

• Sirakov N.," Application of regularities in pattern classification", Proc. of Int.Conf. "Mech. Appl. in Field of Robotics and New Materials", Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, 22-26.09.1988, pp. 309-315.

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