Research & Academic Projects


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    CriticalMAAS MinMod
    at USC-ISI
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  • Critical minerals underpin modern tech and the global economy. MinMod uses AI to process diverse datasets, automating grade and tonnage model creation, expediting mineral site data updates, and aiding mine deposit location.

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    Publications

    Shbita, B., Sharma N., Vu B., Lin F., & Knoblock, C.A. (2024, May). Constructing a Knowledge Graph of Historical Mining Data. In 6th International Workshop on Geospatial Linked Data (GeoLD) Co-located with the 21st Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2024). CEUR

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  • Python PyTorch TTL/RDF Semantic Web Knowledge Graphs Machine Learning NLP
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    Linked Maps
    at USC-ISI
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  • Framework for extracting and semantically linking content from vast historical map archives. The initiative unlocks rich insights from maps, promoting interdisciplinary research in socio-geographic processes.

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    Publications

    Shbita, B. & Knoblock, C.A. (2024, Feb). Automatically Constructing a Geospatial Feature Taxonomy from OpenStreetMap Data. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2024), (pp. 208–211). IEEE

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    Shbita, B., Knoblock, C.A., Duan, W., Chiang, Y.Y., Uhl, J.H. & Leyk, S. (2023, April). Building Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Graphs from Vectorized Topographic Historical Maps. Semantic Web, 14(3), (pp. 527–549). IOS Press

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    Shbita, B., Knoblock, C. A., Duan, W., Chiang, Y. Y., Uhl, J. H., & Leyk, S. (2020, May). Building Linked Spatio-Temporal Data from Vectorized Historical Maps. In European Semantic Web Conference (pp. 409-426). Springer, Cham

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  • Python PostGIS TTL/RDF Semantic Web Knowledge Graphs
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    Understanding Customer Requirements - an Enterprise Knowledge Graph Approach
    with Dr. Anna Lisa Gentile, Dr. Pengyuan Li, Mr. Chad DeLuca and Dr. Guang-Jie Ren (IBM Research)
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  • Leveraging linked open data and Enterprise Knowledge Graphs to guide the extraction and formalization of customer requirements from text.

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    Publications

    Shbita, B., Gentile, A. L., Li, P., DeLuca, C., & Ren, G. (2023). Understanding Customer Requirements-An Enterprise Knowledge Graph Approach. In Extended Semantic Web Conference, pages 625–643, Cham, Springer Nature Switzerland

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  • Python PyTorch TTL/RDF Deep Learning Machine Learning Knowledge Graphs NLP Semantic Web
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    Automated Generation of Control Concepts Annotation Rules Using Inductive Logic Programming
    with Dr. Abha Moitra (GE Research)
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  • Automatically generating classification and annotation rules for control concepts in cyber-physical systems (CPS) using semantic technologies and Inductive Logic Programming.

    Publications

    Shbita, B., & Moitra, A. (2022). Automated Generation of Control Concepts Annotation Rules Using Inductive Logic Programming. In Hanus, M.; and Igarashi, A., editor(s), Functional and Logic Programming, pages 171–185, Cham, Springer International Publishing

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  • SWI-Prolog Python TTL/RDF Machine Learning Knowledge Graphs Inductive Logic Programming
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    Table Understanding
    at USC-ISI
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  • Extracting and Interpreting Time Series for Causal Discovery.

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    Publications

    Shbita, B., Rajendran, A., Pujara, J., & Knoblock, C. A. (2019). Parsing, Representing and Transforming Units of Measure. In Modeling the World’s Systems

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  • Python TTL/RDF Semantic Web Knowledge Graphs NLP
  • Completed
    MINT (Model INTegration)
    at USC-ISI
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  • Scientific Model Integration through Knowledge-Rich Data and Process Composition.

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    Publications

    Shbita, B., Vu, B., Feldman, D., Pham, M., Rajendran, A., Knoblock, C. A., Pujara, J., & Chiang, Y. Y. (2019). Creating a FAIR Data Catalog to Support Scientific Modeling. In Workshop on Advanced Knowledge Technologies for Science in a FAIR World (AKTS)

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  • Python TTL/RDF Semantic Web Knowledge Graphs
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    Viola @ Socialbot Grand Challenge 4
    semi-finalists at university challenge to advance human-computer interaction (Amazon Science)
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  • An open-domain dialogue system for spoken conversation that uses a topic-agnostic dialogue manager based on a simple generate-and-rank approach.

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    Publications

    H. Cho, B. Shbita, K. Shenoy, S. Liu, N. Patel, H. Pindikanti, J. Lee, and J. May. (2021). Viola: A Topic Agnostic Generate-and-Rank Dialogue System. In Proceedings of the 4th Alexa Prize

    Link · Paper · Slides (pre semi-final)

  • Python PyTorch TTL/RDF Deep Learning Machine Learning Knowledge Graphs NLP Conversational Bot
  • Completed
    Augmenting Conversational Dialogue Datasets with Commonsense and Adaptive Local Knowledge
    with Hyundong Cho (USC)
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  • Designed a dialogue dataset augmentation framework to expand multi-turn dialogue systems to incorporate external knowledge sources and ground pre-trained language models with commonsense reasoning.
    Project conducted as part of the 'CSCI 662: Advanced Natural Language Processing' class.

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  • Python PyTorch TTL/RDF Deep Learning Machine Learning Knowledge Graphs NLP Conversational Bot
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    Robust Defense Against Lp-Norm-Based Attacks by Learning Robust Representations
    with Iordanis Fostiropoulos, and Myrl Marmarelis (USC)
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  • Investigated the vulnerablity of image classifiers to adversarial perturbations and proposed a new regularization objective based on the Euclidean distance between classes in the hypothetical latent space found in the features of the penultimate layer.
    Project conducted as part of the 'CSCI 699: Adversarial Machine Learning' class.

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  • Python PyTorch Deep Learning Machine Learning Security
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    Music Latent Representation and Disentanglement for Genre Classification
    with Ehsan Qasemi, Binh Vu, and Minh Pham (USC)
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  • Investigated the use of unsupervised representation learning techniques to compress musical samples into a low-dimensional representation and use it for the task of music genre classification.
    Project conducted as part of the 'CSCI 699: Representation Learning: Theory and Practice' class.

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  • Python PyTorch Deep Learning Machine Learning Information Theory
  • Completed
    Marvel and DC-Comics comic-books Knowledge Graph
    Supervisors: Prof. Pedro Szekely, Dr. Jay Pujara (USC)
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  • Planned, designed, implemented and deployed a knowledge graph which captures Marvel and DC-Comics brands comic-book characters, comic-book issues and movies.
    Project conducted as part of the 'INF 558/CSCI 563: Building Knowledge Graphs' class.

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  • Python TTL/RDF Semantic Web Knowledge Graphs
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    IPoIB Router in the Switch-X Product Family: from Firmware Design to Implementation of the Verification Environment and the Debug Tools
    under direction of Mr. Ami Marelli (Mellanox Technologies / Nvidia)
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  • Executed an implementation and verification process of the IPolB Router firmware mechanism in the Switch-X IC, a Switch System Silicon designed by Mellanox Technologies.
    The development was done in the firmware layer using different methods and tools, according to the company’s required methodologies.

  • C C++ Python OOP RTOS Computer Networks Embedded Software
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    Physical Design of 12-bit Two's Complement Adder
    Supervisors: Prof. Yosi Shacham, Mr. Avi Efrati (Tel Aviv University)
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  • The project included hierarchical layout design, floorplanning, manual estimations and full layout simulations.
    The Design was implemented using the 90nm Generic Process Design Kit (gpdk090) Technology and the gsclib090 library and was designed in Assura Virtuoso software.
    Project conducted as part of the 'Introduction to VLSI design' course.

  • PSpice Virtuoso CAD VLSI
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    Logic Design of Full Simplified DLX using FPGA
    Supervisors: Mrs. Liron David, Mr. Marko Markov (Tel Aviv University)
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  • This project includes hardware design, implementation and debugging of a simple RISC processor (including data and control planes) on an FPGA development platform.
    Used Xilinx software package and RESA software suite to code schematic and hardware description language (VHDL) designs and conduct logical simulations.
    Project conducted as part of the 'Advanced Computer Structure Lab' course.

  • VHDL Assembly FPGA
  • Completed
    Kiosk Management: A Thesis in Systems Design and Programming with Web Services
    Supervisor: Mrs. Inessa Bolotin (Israel Arts and Science Academy)
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  • A user-friendly website for product purchasing.
    The application features different levels of users and managers and enables them to view and add products to the catalog, prepare supplier-report and closely monitor expenses and revenues.
    The system was used during senior high school year to raise money for students.

  • C# ASP.NET JS CSS Web Fullstack
  • Completed
    Improving Text-Independent Speaker Identification Performance Using Gaussian Mixture Speaker Models
    under direction of Dr. David Palmer (HP Autonomy)
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  • Studied Statistical Natural Language Processing, Automatic Speech Recognition and Machine Learning. Performed model training and testing with Python.
    The research was conducted as part of the Research Science Institute (RSI), an intensive six-week program under sponsorship of the Center for Excellence in Education and hosted by the MIT.

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  • Python Machine Learning NLP

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