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HONOURING THE BRILLIANT MINDS BEHIND Q1 & Q2 JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS.
HONOURING THE BRILLIANT MINDS BEHIND Q1 & Q2 JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS.
In an era where AI can instantly generate answers, the High Impact Publication Award honors postgraduate researchers who have successfully published their work in top-tier Q1 and Q2 journals as ranked by the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), looking past automated outputs to pioneer authentic innovation. In this segment, we celebrate the exceptional dedication required to push "beyond the prompt," navigating the highest tiers of academic publishing with human curiosity and critical thinking. Here, we applaud the brilliant minds whose original contributions have met the exacting standards of the world’s leading journals, proving that the future of computer science is still fundamentally driven by human ingenuity.
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Date & Time
18 AUG 2026
TUESDAY
04.15 PM - 05.15 PM
18 AUG 2026
TUESDAY
04.15 PM - 05.15 PM
Malaysia local time (GMT+8)
Venue
AUDITORIUM MURAD MOHD NOOR, SAINS@USM
AUDITORIUM MURAD MOHD NOOR, SAINS@USM
(Also streamed live on Webex)
For Registered Participants Only
THE RECIPIENTS
THE RECIPIENTS
WANG QINGSHUAI
WANG QINGSHUAI
Supervisor: NOOR FARIZAH IBRAHIM, TS. DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 6.1 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s44443-026-00682-x ] Wang, Q., Wang, J., Ma, K., Yang, X., & Ibrahim, N. F. (2026). KnowEntityRec: entity-centric knowledge perception graph neural network for news recommendation. Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences, 38(6).
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 6.4 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s44443-026-00919-9 ] Wang, Q., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Cao, S., Yang, X., & Ibrahim, N. F. (2026). HPNewsRec: Hybrid perception entity-centric personalized news recommendation. Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences.
ARAR AL TAWIL
ARAR AL TAWIL
Supervisor: SITI HAZYANTI MOHD HASHIM, DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 2.5 ][ DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2026.1827658 ] Al Tawil, A., Mohd Hashim, S. H., Aburub, A., Darabseh, M. Z., Prémusz, V., & Hock, M. (2026). Machine learning-based adaptive personalization in virtual reality stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 7.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 2.5 ][ DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2026.1741418 ] Al Tawil, A., Hashim, S. H. M., Király, B., & Leidecker, E. (2026). Virtual reality in autism and physical therapy: a meta-analytical review of clinical outcomes and therapeutic efficacy. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 7.
ZHU KUN
ZHU KUN
Supervisor: NUR HANA SAMSUDIN, DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 2.9 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s13369-026-11293-z ] Zhu, K., & Samsudin, N. H. (2026). DMSF-Net: Synergistic integration of deformable convolution and attention gating for clinically efficient medical image segmentation. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 3.0 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s11554-026-01894-0 ] Zhu, K., & Samsudin, N. H. (2026). BD-ResTransUNet: An efficient boundary-driven framework for real-time segmentation of SLE lesions. Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, 23, 99.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2025 3.5 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s11227-026-08311-0 ] Zhu, K., Samsudin, N. H., & Qu, H. (2026). CNN-TriFuseResNet-50: A hybrid deep learning model for efficient and interpretable detection of middle cerebral artery occlusion. The Journal of Supercomputing, 82, 194.
YANG XIAO
YANG XIAO
Supervisor: AHMAD SUFRIL AZLAN MOHAMED, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 8.6 ][ DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2025.3628858 ] Yang, X., & Mohamed, A. S. A. (2025). Adaptive Feature Recalibration Network for More Accurate Instance Segmentation in Remote Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 63, 1–19.
KALAIVANI SELVARAJ
KALAIVANI SELVARAJ
Supervisor: MANMEET KAUR MAHINDERJIT SINGH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 8.0 ][ DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2026.104458 ] Selvaraj, K., Singh, M. M., & Zaaba, Z. F. (2026). HARVEST: Hardware-based ransomware detection and stage tracking for AIoMT devices. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 250, 104458.
ZAMEER AHMAD
ZAMEER AHMAD
Supervisor: MOHD ADIB HAJI OMAR, DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 8.0 ][ DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2026.116603 ] Ahmad, Z., Omar, M. A., Jamil, S., Abdullah, N., Shezan, S. A., & Ahmad, N. (2026). Improved grey wolf optimization-based artificial neural network for irrigation need prediction. Knowledge-Based Systems, 116603.
METHAQ ABDULLAH SHYAA
METHAQ ABDULLAH SHYAA
Supervisor: NOOR FARIZAH IBRAHIM, TS. DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 7.6 ][ DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2026.115361 ] Shyaa, M. A., Ibrahim, N. F., Zainol, Z. B., Abdullah, R., Anbar, M., & Alzubaidi, L. (2026). IGPC-MSOS: A knowledge-preserving transfer learning framework with dynamic mode-switching for handling concept drift in network intrusion detection systems. Knowledge-Based Systems, 337, 115361.
MARIAM ABDEL FATTAH ITRIQ
MARIAM ABDEL FATTAH ITRIQ
Supervisor: MOHD HALIM MOHD NOOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 6.4 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s44443-026-00756-w ] Itriq, M., & Mohd Noor, M. H. (2026). TE-SFMTL: Enhanced multi-task learning framework with triple-encoder for extremely imbalanced Arabic toxicity detection. Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences.
HAIYAN ZHANG
HAIYAN ZHANG
Supervisor: GAN KENG HOON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 6.1 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s44443-025-00310-0 ] Zhang, H., Gan, K. H., & Yang, S. (2025). MLRQ: An efficient labeling scheme for reachability queries on reduced DAGs. Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences, 37, 310.
ZHANG XIAO
ZHANG XIAO
Supervisor: TAN TIEN PING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 4.9 ][ DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-51326-z ] Zhang, X., Tan, T.-P., & Zhang, H. (2026). Modeling anisotropic preference manifolds for robust graph-based fashion recommendation. Scientific Reports.
AL SHAMMARI SURA ABDULATEEF HADI
AL SHAMMARI SURA ABDULATEEF HADI
Supervisor: AHMAD SUFRIL AZLAN MOHAMED, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2025 4.9 ][ DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-57798-3 ] Al-Shammari, S. A., Mohamed, A. S. A., Hadi, A. A., Mohammed, A. A., Ashour, L. S., Al-Karkhi, O. J., Honi, D. G., & Szathmary, L. (2026). Grey wolf optimized neural network with hybrid feature extraction for heart disease prediction. Scientific Reports.
WANG JIAHAO
WANG JIAHAO
Supervisor: NOOR FARIZAH IBRAHIM, TS. DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 3.9 ][ DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-15890-0 ] Wang, J., Wang, Q., Ibrahim, N. F., & Zainol, Z. (2025). Contrastive learning on high-order noisy graphs for collaborative recommendation. Scientific Reports, 15, 34694.
TYE YI WEI
TYE YI WEI
Supervisor: CHEW XINYING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TS. DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 3.9 ][ DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-37086-w ] Tye, Y. W., Chew, X. Y., Yusof, U. K., & Tulpar, S. (2026). Adaptive fuzzy cluster-guided simple, fast, and efficient feature selection for high-dimensional and highly imbalanced binary-class bioinformatics microarray data. Scientific Reports, 16, 6650.
YOUSEF KHAMIS AHMED BAQRAF
YOUSEF KHAMIS AHMED BAQRAF
Supervisor: CHEAH YU-N, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 3.9 ][ DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-43158-8 ] Baqraf, Y., Keikhosrokiani, P., & Cheah, Y.-N. (2026). Enhancing trustworthiness of Arabic online health information quality evaluation using an enhanced BERT architecture with PCA and ICA feature weighting. Scientific Reports, 16, 12434.
ZHAO CHUNSHENG
ZHAO CHUNSHENG
Supervisor: WONG LI PEI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 3.9 ][ DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-45824-3 ] Zhao, C.-S., Wong, L.-P., & Fung, C. (2026). Solving multi-depot closed-path multiple traveling salesman problem using k-means++ hierarchical clustering and neural combinatorial networks. Scientific Reports, 16, 15631.
CHEN JIANHAO
CHEN JIANHAO
Supervisor: CHONG YUNG WEY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q1 ][ JIF 2024 3.3 ][ DOI: 10.1177/20552076261453207 ] Chen, J., Chong, Y.-W., Wang, L., Tang, Z., Zhang, X., & Yap, L.-F. (2026). A hybrid ensemble approach for diabetes prediction using consensus-based feature selection. Digital Health, 12, 1–23.
AUWAL SHEHU ALI
AUWAL SHEHU ALI
Supervisor: ZARUL FITRI ZAABA, DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2025 4.6 ][ DOI: 10.1016/j.icte.2026.01.006 ] Shehu, A. A., Zaaba, Z. F., Singh, M. M., & Shariff, M. R. M. (2026). DropBlock: A structured regularisation technique for mitigating membership inference attacks (MIAs) in machine learning models. ICT Express, 12(3), 545–552.
LI DONGLIANG
LI DONGLIANG
Supervisor: SYAHEERAH LEBAI LUTFI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 3.8 ][ DOI: 10.2196/79039 ] Li, D., & Lebai Lutfi, S. (2026). Large language model–based virtual patient systems for history-taking in medical education: Comprehensive systematic review. JMIR Medical Informatics, 14, e79039.
AL BTOUSH EMAN SALAMAH SALEM
AL BTOUSH EMAN SALAMAH SALEM
Supervisor: GAN KENG HOON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 3.6 ][ DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3606114 ] Albtoush, E. S., Gan, K. H., & Alrababah, S. A. A. (2025). Evaluation of machine learning and deep learning models for fake news detection in Arabic headlines. IEEE Access, 13, 162009–162026.
HADEEL SAMEER MOHD AL TAHAINAH
HADEEL SAMEER MOHD AL TAHAINAH
Supervisor: MOHD HALIM MOHD NOOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 3.6 ][ DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3623067 ] Altahainah, H. S., Alyasiri, O. M., & Noor, M. H. M. (2025). A survey of generative adversarial networks for satellite imagery: Applications, image types, tasks, and challenges. IEEE Access, 13, 182192–182219.
MOHAMMED D. M. ALMADHOUN
MOHAMMED D. M. ALMADHOUN
Supervisor: NURUL HASHIMAH AHAMED HASSAIN MALIM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 3.6 ][ DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3679537 ] Almadhoun, M. D., & Malim, N. H. A. H. (2026). Uncertainty-aware consensus-based enhancement on classification of webpage bounce rate. IEEE Access. Advance online publication.
ZHANG CHAOHUI
ZHANG CHAOHUI
Supervisor: ANUSHA ACHUTHAN, TS. DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 3.6 ][ DOI: 10.1007/s10489-026-07162-9 ] Zhang, C., & Achuthan, A. (2026). IRM-UNet: Backbone-agnostic implicit refinement for enhanced pancreatic CT segmentation. Applied Intelligence, 56, 156.
ZHANG SIYUAN
ZHANG SIYUAN
Supervisor: MANMEET KAUR MAHINDERJIT SINGH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2024 2.9 ][ DOI: 10.3390/info17020148 ] Zhang, S., & Singh, M. M. (2026). Privacy and Security in Health Big Data: A NIST-Guided Systematic Review of Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions. Information, 17(2), 148.
LING JIXIAN
LING JIXIAN
Supervisor: GAN KENG HOON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2025 2.9 ][ DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.3871 ] Ling, J., & Gan, K. H. (2026). Retrieval-augmented few-shot large language models (LLMs) for financial sentiment classification on social media. PeerJ Computer Science, 12, e3871.
OSAMA ABDALLA MOHAMED ABDELRAHMAN
OSAMA ABDALLA MOHAMED ABDELRAHMAN
Supervisor: CHEW XINYING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TS. DR.
[ Q2 ][ JIF 2025 2.6 ][ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0352882 ] Abdelrahman, O., Chew, X., Malik, E. F., Khaw, K. W., Cheong, Z. L., & Teoh, W. L. (2026). Hybrid deep learning for mental workload classification using EEG with enhanced preprocessing and interpretability. PLOS ONE, 21(6), e0352882.
Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBILITY
Certification Rules
The paper was published (referring to the "Publication Date") between 01 September 2025 and 30 June 2026.
The paper was published in a Q1 or Q2 journal indexed in Web of Science Journal Citation Reports (JCR) ranked by Journal Impact Factor at the time of publication.
Note on JCR Editions: The JCR 2024 rankings will be referred to for papers published between 01 September 2025 and 30 May 2026. The newly released JCR 2025 rankings will apply to papers published between 01 June 2026 and 30 June 2026.
The award recipient is the first author of the paper and actively registered as a postgraduate student at the School of Computer Sciences, carrying the official institutional affiliation in the publication.
Future Recognition
Papers published after 30 June 2026 that meet all criteria will automatically be carried over and recognised in CSPC'27.
CONTACT US
CONTACT US
Interested students are cordially invited to contact our team:
Kelvin Lim Ching Wei <kelvincw@student.usm.my>
Chair of CSPC'26Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gan Keng Hoon <khgan@usm.my>
Advisor of CSPC'26
Disclaimer: The organising committee reserves the right to amend the guidelines without prior notice.
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