Research

Journals

2026

  1. Boundary Aligned Superpixel Guided Dual Stream Vision Transformer for Pneumonia Detection in Chest CT and X-ray, S Baral, R Bista, S Karki, JC Ferreira, IEEE Access 14, 35633 – 35650, 2026

2025

  1. Leveraging Machine Learning for Enhanced Bug Triaging in Open-Source Software Projects, N Adhikari, R Bista, JC Ferreira, IEEE Access 13, 136237-136254, 2025
  2. A Hybrid Dense Convolutional Network and Fuzzy Inference System for Pneumonia Diagnosis with Dynamic Symptom Tracking, S Baral, R Bista, S Sigdel, JC Ferreira, PLoS One 20 (10), e0334899, 2025

2024

  1. Harnessing Wearable Devices for Enhanced Long-Term Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions, S Phuyal, LB Elvas, JC Ferreira, R Bista – International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, VOL.16 NO.3 2024.
  2. Extended Study of Gait Analysis in Identification of Cardiovascular Diseases, R Bista, S Sigdel, JC Ferreira – International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, VOL.16 NO.2 2024.

2023

  1. Advancing Tuberculosis Detection in Chest X-rays: A YOLOv7-Based Approach, Rabindra Bista, Anurag Timilsina, Anish Manandhar, Ayush Paudel, Avaya Bajracharya, Sagar Wagle, and Joao C. Ferreira. 2023. Information 14, no. 12: 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/info14120655
  2. Enhancing IoT Device Security Through Network Attack Data Analysis Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Ashish Koirala, Rabindra Bista, and Joao C. Ferreira, Future Internet Volume 15 Issue 210 pp 1-30 June 2023 Publisher: MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15060210

Conferences

2026

  1. Predicting Tuberculosis Case Counts with Machine Learning based on Climate and Air Pollution Factors in Nepal, S. Bhandari, R. K. Mahato, J. Kaasboll, S. Sigdel, R. Bista, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2026.
  2. Predictive modeling for Typhoid cases in Nepal under extreme climate change scenarios using machine learning algorithm, K. Baral, R. Bista, J. Kaasboll, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2026.
  3. An Ethical Framework for Domain Adaptation in AI-based Medical Imaging, A. Bhattarai, J. Bhattarai. S. Sharma, J. Kaasboll, R. Bista, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2026.
  4. Towards Semi-Mechanistic landslide risk profiling using soil-climate factors, J. Sitaula, S. Pahari, R. Chand, U. Neupane, J. Kaasboll, R. Bista, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2026.

2025

  1. Empirical Software Risk Calculation with Software Risk Factors, Gaurav Koirala, Rabindra Bista, Sujan Poudel, IEEE SKIMA 2025-16th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management & Applications (SKIMA)

2023

  1. Improving Evaluation Measures Using Ensemble Technique in Diabetes Dataset: Bista, Rabindra; Sharma, Binay; Sanjog, Sigdel; Khanal, Santosh; Ferreira, Joao Carlos A; 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA’23), December 11-15, 2023 Porto, Portugal
  2. Gait Analysis for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases Using MPU-6050 Sensor: An Analytical Framework with Data Augmentation Algorithm; Bista, Rabindra; Sanjog, Sidgel; Ferreira, Joao Carlos A; 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio- Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA’23), December 11-15, 2023 Porto, Portugal
  3. Doctors’ Handwriting Recognition Using CNN and BLSTM Models: Khanal, Santosh; Bista, Rabindra; Ferreira, Joao Carlos A; 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA’23), December 11-15, 2023 Porto, Portugal
  4. Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: Centralizing Patient Medical Records – A Survey: Phuyal, Sudip; Ferreira, Joao Carlos A; Bista, Rabindra; 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA’23), December 11-15, 2023 Porto, Portugal
  5. Wearable Devices for Long-Term Care – Survey and Opportunities: Phuyal, Sudip; Elvas, Luís B.; Ferreira, Joao Carlos A; Bista, Rabindra; 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA’23), December 11-15, 2023 Porto, Portugal

Book Chapters

2025

  1. Gait Analysis for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases Using MPU-6050 Sensor: An Analytical Framework with Data Augmentation Algorithm, Rabindra Bista, Sanjog Sigdel, Joao C Ferreira, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, pg 109-118, 2025, Publisher: Springer Nature, Switzerland
  2. Improving Evaluation Measures Using Ensemble Technique in Diabetes Dataset, R Bista, B Sharma, S Khanal, S Sigdel, JC Ferreira, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 98-108, 2025