AraSLP Lab | Publications

Publications | Patents

Sarah Alyami, Hamzah Luqman, Sadam Al-Azani, Maad Alowaifeer, Yazeed Alharbi, and Yaser Alonaizan. “Isharah: A Large-Scale Multi-Scene Dataset for Continuous Sign Language Recognition.” arXiv preprint, 2025.
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@article{Alyami2025Isharah,
  title   = {Isharah: A Large-Scale Multi-Scene Dataset for Continuous Sign Language Recognition},
  author  = {Alyami, Sarah and Luqman, Hamzah and Al-Azani, Sadam and Alowaifeer, Maad and Alharbi, Yazeed and Alonaizan, Yaser},
  journal = {arXiv preprint},
  year    = {2025}
}

Ahmed Abul Hasanaath and Hamzah Luqman. “USTM: Unified Spatial and Temporal Modeling for Continuous Sign Language Recognition.” arXiv preprint, 2025.
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@article{Hasanaath2025USTM,
  title   = {USTM: Unified Spatial and Temporal Modeling for Continuous Sign Language Recognition},
  author  = {Hasanaath, Ahmed Abul and Luqman, Hamzah},
  journal = {arXiv preprint},
  year    = {2025}
}

Sarah Alyami and Hamzah Luqman. “CLIP-SLA: Parameter-Efficient CLIP Adaptation for Continuous Sign Language Recognition.” CVPR Workshops, 2025.
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@inproceedings{Alyami2025CLIPSLA,
  title     = {CLIP-SLA: Parameter-Efficient CLIP Adaptation for Continuous Sign Language Recognition},
  author    = {Alyami, Sarah and Luqman, Hamzah},
  booktitle = {CVPR Workshops},
  year      = {2025}
}

Hamzah Luqman. “SignVLM: A Pre-trained Large Video Model for Sign Language Recognition.” PeerJ Computer Science, 2025.
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@article{Luqman2025SignVLM,
  title   = {SignVLM: A Pre-trained Large Video Model for Sign Language Recognition},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah},
  journal = {PeerJ Computer Science},
  year    = {2025}
}

Hasan Algafri, Hamzah Luqman, Sarah Alyami, and Issam Laradji. “SSLR: A Semi-Supervised Learning Method for Isolated Sign Language Recognition.” arXiv preprint, 2025.
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@article{Algafri2025SSLR,
  title   = {SSLR: A Semi-Supervised Learning Method for Isolated Sign Language Recognition},
  author  = {Algafri, Hasan and Luqman, Hamzah and Alyami, Sarah and Laradji, Issam},
  journal = {arXiv preprint},
  year    = {2025}
}

Sarah Alyami and Hamzah Luqman. “Reviewing 25 years of continuous sign language recognition research: Advances, challenges, and prospects.” Information Processing & Management, 2024.
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@article{Alyami2024Review,
  title   = {Reviewing 25 years of continuous sign language recognition research: Advances, challenges, and prospects},
  author  = {Alyami, Sarah and Luqman, Hamzah},
  journal = {Information Processing & Management},
  year    = {2024}
}

A. Alsulami, K. Bajbaa, Hamzah Luqman, and I. Laradji. “Few-shot Learning for Sign Language Recognition with Embedding Propagation.” Venue, Year.
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@inproceedings{AlsulamiFewShotSLR,
  title     = {Few-shot Learning for Sign Language Recognition with Embedding Propagation},
  author    = {Alsulami, A. and Bajbaa, K. and Luqman, Hamzah and Laradji, Issam},
  booktitle = {TODO},
  year      = {TODO}
}

Sarah Alyami, Hamzah Luqman, and Mohammad Hammoudeh. “Isolated Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using a Transformer-based Model and Landmark Keypoints.” ACM TALLIP, 2023.
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@article{Alyami2023Isolated,
  title   = {Isolated Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using a Transformer-based Model and Landmark Keypoints},
  author  = {Alyami, Sarah and Luqman, Hamzah and Hammoudeh, Mohammad},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing},
  year    = {2023}
}

Hamzah Luqman. “ArabSign: A Multi-modality Dataset and Benchmark for Continuous Arabic Sign Language Recognition.” FG Conference, 2023.
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@inproceedings{Luqman2023ArabSign,
  title     = {ArabSign: A Multi-modality Dataset and Benchmark for Continuous Arabic Sign Language Recognition},
  author    = {Luqman, Hamzah},
  booktitle = {IEEE FG},
  year      = {2023}
}

Hamzah Luqman. “An Efficient Two-Stream Network for Isolated Sign Language Recognition Using Accumulative Video Motion.” IEEE Access, 2022.
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@article{Luqman2022TwoStream,
  title   = {An Efficient Two-Stream Network for Isolated Sign Language Recognition Using Accumulative Video Motion},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah},
  journal = {IEEE Access},
  year    = {2022}
}

El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Hamzah Luqman. “A Comprehensive Survey and Taxonomy of Sign Language Research.” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2022.
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@article{ElAlfy2022Survey,
  title   = {A Comprehensive Survey and Taxonomy of Sign Language Research},
  author  = {El-Alfy, El-Sayed M. and Luqman, Hamzah},
  journal = {Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence},
  year    = {2022}
}

Hamzah Luqman and El-Sayed M. El-Alfy. “Utilizing Motion and Spatial Features for Sign Language Gesture Recognition Using Cascaded CNN and LSTM Models.” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2022.
[BibTeX]

@article{Luqman2022CascadedCNNLSTM,
  title   = {Utilizing Motion and Spatial Features for Sign Language Gesture Recognition Using Cascaded CNN and LSTM Models},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and El-Alfy, El-Sayed M.},
  journal = {Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences},
  year    = {2022}
}

Hamzah Luqman and El-Sayed M. El-Alfy. “Towards Hybrid Multimodal Manual and Non-Manual Arabic Sign Language Recognition: mArSL Database and Pilot Study.” Electronics, 2021.
[BibTeX] [Link] []

@article{Luqman2021Hybrid,
  title   = {Towards Hybrid Multimodal Manual and Non-Manual Arabic Sign Language Recognition},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and El-Alfy, El-Sayed M.},
  journal = {Electronics},
  year    = {2021}
}

Ala Addin I. Sidig, Hamzah Luqman, Sabri Mahmoud, and Mohamed Mohandes. “KArSL: Arabic Sign Language Database.” ACM TALLIP, 2021.
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@article{Sidig2021KArSL,
  title   = {KArSL: Arabic Sign Language Database},
  author  = {Sidig, Ala Addin I. and Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri and Mohandes, Mohamed},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing},
  year    = {2021}
}

Hamzah Luqman, El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, and Galal M. BinMakhashen. “Joint Space Representation and Recognition of Sign Language Fingerspelling Using Gabor Filter and Convolutional Neural Network.” Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2020.
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@article{Luqman2020Fingerspelling,
  title   = {Joint Space Representation and Recognition of Sign Language Fingerspelling Using Gabor Filter and Convolutional Neural Network},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and El-Alfy, El-Sayed M. and BinMakhashen, Galal M.},
  journal = {Multimedia Tools and Applications},
  year    = {2020}
}

M. Faisal Nurnoby, El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, and Hamzah Luqman. “Evaluation of CNN Models with Transfer Learning for Recognition of Sign Language Alphabets with Complex Background.” IEEE 3ICT, 2020.
[BibTeX]

@inproceedings{Nurnoby2020CNN,
  title     = {Evaluation of CNN Models with Transfer Learning for Recognition of Sign Language Alphabets with Complex Background},
  author    = {Nurnoby, M. Faisal and El-Alfy, El-Sayed M. and Luqman, Hamzah},
  booktitle = {IEEE 3ICT},
  year      = {2020}
}

Hamzah Luqman and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “A Machine Translation System from Arabic Sign Language to Arabic.” Universal Access in the Information Society, 2019.
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@article{Luqman2019Translation,
  title   = {A Machine Translation System from Arabic Sign Language to Arabic},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  journal = {Universal Access in the Information Society},
  year    = {2019}
}

Ala Addin I. Sidig, Hamzah Luqman, and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Vision and Hand Tracking Features with HMM.” International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, 2019.
[BibTeX]

@article{Sidig2019HMM,
  title   = {Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Vision and Hand Tracking Features with HMM},
  author  = {Sidig, Ala Addin I. and Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  journal = {International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications},
  year    = {2019}
}

Hamzah Luqman and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “Using Gabor Filter Bank with Downsampling and SVM for Visual Sign Language Alphabet Recognition.” IET Conference Proceedings, 2019.
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@inproceedings{Luqman2019GaborSVM,
  title     = {Using Gabor Filter Bank with Downsampling and SVM for Visual Sign Language Alphabet Recognition},
  author    = {Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  booktitle = {IET Conference Proceedings},
  year      = {2019}
}

Hamzah Luqman and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “Automatic Translation of Arabic Text-to-Arabic Sign Language.” Universal Access in the Information Society, 2019.
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@article{Luqman2019TextToSign,
  title   = {Automatic Translation of Arabic Text-to-Arabic Sign Language},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  journal = {Universal Access in the Information Society},
  year    = {2019}
}

Hamzah Luqman and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Optical Flow-Based Features and HMM.” International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, 2019.
[BibTeX]

@article{Luqman2019OpticalFlowHMM,
  title   = {Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Optical Flow-Based Features and HMM},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  journal = {International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications},
  year    = {2019}
}

Hamzah Luqman and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Optical Flow-Based Features and HMM.” International Conference on Reliable Information and Communication Technology, 2017.
[BibTeX]

@inproceedings{Luqman2017OpticalFlow,
  title     = {Arabic Sign Language Recognition Using Optical Flow-Based Features and HMM},
  author    = {Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  booktitle = {Reliable Information and Communication Technology},
  year      = {2017}
}

Hamzah Luqman and Sabri A. Mahmoud. “Transform-based Arabic Sign Language Recognition.” Procedia Computer Science, 2017.
[BibTeX]

@article{Luqman2017Transform,
  title   = {Transform-based Arabic Sign Language Recognition},
  author  = {Luqman, Hamzah and Mahmoud, Sabri A.},
  journal = {Procedia Computer Science},
  year    = {2017}
}