Virginia Tech

HICE Lab

Journal Publications

2025


  1. Sehrish Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Nazish Basir, Khalil Khoumbati, Sarwat Nizamani, Shahzad Memon. “Comparison of cultural preferences and cultural practices in website design in Pakistan”. Universal Access in the Information Society, Springer Nature, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s10209-025-01248-w
  2. Sarwat Nizamani, Mariyam Shareef, Abdul Samad Jamali, Nabeel Hussain Kazi, Burhan Khan, Sehrish Nizamani, Iffat Rajput. “FeelSafe: A Women's Safety and Security System”. International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology, 7(6), 2025, 1–11.

2022


  1. Sehrish Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Nazish Basir, Gulsher Laghari, Sarwat Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati. “Heuristic Evaluation vs. Guideline Scoring – A Tale of Comparing Two Domain Usability Expert’s Evaluation Methods.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communications, 65(4), 2022, 516–529. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2022.3201732
  2. Burhan Khan, Sehrish Nizamani, Nabeel Hussain Kazi, Saad Nizamani, Sarwat Nizamani. “A Prototype of Obstacle Avoidance for Autonomous Vehicle.” Iraqi Journal of Science, 63(5), 2022, 2203–2210. DOI: 10.24996/ijs.2022.63.5.33
  3. Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Sarwat Nizamani, Shahzad Memon, Saad Nizamani, Gulsher Laghari. "A methodology for domain and culture-oriented heuristics creation and validation." Behaviour & Information Technology, 41(8), 2022, 1769–1795. DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2021.1903080

2021


  1. Sehrish Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Muhammad Memon, Sarwat Nizamani, Shahzad Memon. “Domain and culture-specific heuristic evaluation of the websites of universities of Pakistan.” University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology (USJICT), 5(1), 2021, 45–51.
  2. Nazish Basir, Bisharat Memon, Abdul Waheed Mahesar, Yasir Arafat Malkani, Sehrish Nizamani. “Network Analysis of co-authorship system of the University of Sindh authors on Science Direct.” University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology (USJICT), 5(3), 2021, 152–157.

2013–2019


  1. Khurram Farooque, Bilal Ahmed, Waqas Raza, Nabeel Hussain Kazi, Sehrish Nizamani, Mehjabeen Leghari, Saad Nizamani, Sarwat Nizamani. "WaterO: A Smart Water Device." University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology (USJICT), 4(4), 2020, 217–220.
  2. Danish Nazir Arain, Nazish Basir, Sehrish Nizamani. “Towards medium-scale and large-scale game development using agile-based scrum.” University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology (USJICT), 4(3), 2020, 134–138.
  3. Gulsher Laghari, Saad Nizamani, Sehrish Nizamani, Muniba Memon, Altaf Hussain Abro, Muhammad Yaqoob Koondhar. “Making the Software Architecture Explicit in Java Programs to enable dynamic evolution.” Sindh University Research Journal-SURJ (Science Series), 51(03), 2019, 151–158.
  4. Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Sarwat Nizamani, Shahzad Memon, Saad Nizamani. “Usability Evaluation of the Top 10 Universities of Pakistan Through Guideline Scoring.” Sindh University Research Journal-SURJ (Science Series), 51(01), 2019, 151–158.
  5. Kamran Dahri, Z. Hassan, Gulsher Laghari, Sehrish Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Sarwat Nizamani, Abdul Rehman Nizamani. “Prototype Smart Parking System Accessible via Android.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 50(3D), 2018, 216–219.
  6. Sarwat Nizamani, Nasrullah Memon, Sehrish Nizamani, Saad Nizamani. "TDC: Typed Dependencies-Based Chunking Model." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 42(8), 2018, 3585–3595. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-017-2587-y
  7. Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Imdad Ali Ismaili, Saad Nizamani, Nazish Basir. “Testing and Validating the ERP Success Evaluation Model for Higher Education Institutes of Pakistan.” Journal of Business and Information Systems, 25(2), 2017, 165–191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2017.083682
  8. Kamran Dahri, Sehrish Nizamani, Gulsher Laghari, Saad Nizamani, Sarwat Nizamani. “Towards Home Automation System Framework and Design.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 48(4), 2016, 849–854.
  9. Sarwat Nizamani, Nasrullah Memon, Azhar Ali Shah, Saad Nizamani, Sehrish Nizamani, Imdad Ali Ismaili. “Crime analysis using open-source information.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 47(4), 2015, 677–681.
  10. Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Imdad Ali Ismaili, Saad Nizamani. “Influence of Top Management Support as an important factor for ERP Implementation in Higher Education Institutes of Pakistan.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 47(2), 2015, 295–302.
  11. Saad Nizamani, Kamran Dahri, Sehrish Nizamani, Sarwat Nizamani, Gulsher Laghari. “An efficient partitioning clustering algorithm.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 47(1), 2015, 171–174.
  12. Sarwat Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Sehrish Nizamani, Imdad Ali Ismaili. “On the computational models for the analysis of illicit activities.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 46(4), 2014, 561–566.
  13. Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Imdad Ali Ismaili, Saad Nizamani. “A Conceptual Framework for ERP Evaluation in Higher Educational Institutes of Pakistan.” Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 45(3), 2013, 596–607.

Conference Publications

2026


  1. Nikitha Donekal Chandrashekar, Sehrish Basir Nizamani, Margaret Ellis, Naren Ramakrishnan. Demystify, Use, Reflect: Preparing Students to Be Informed LLM-Users. Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2026). ACM, 2026. (Accepted)

2025


  1. Nolan Platt, Ethan Luchs, Sehrish Basir Nizamani. Catching UX Flaws in Code: Leveraging LLMs to Identify Usability Flaws at the Development Stage. (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) — 2025.
  2. Sarwat Nizamani, Areeba Muhammad Akhlaque, Fasih Rana, Sehrish Basir Nizamani. Abusive Language Detection from Roman Urdu YouTube Comments. IEEE International Conference on Data-Driven Social Change (ICDDSC-2025), Tando Jam, Pakistan. (Accepted)

2022


  1. Sehrish Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Sarwat Nizamani, Nazish Basir, Khalil Khoumbati, Shahzad Memon. "Usability Evaluation of University Websites in Pakistan through User Testing." 2022 International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing, and Communication (ICETECC), Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, 2022, pp. 1–6. DOI: 10.1109/ICETECC56662.2022.10069383

2018


  1. Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Sarwat Nizamani, Shahzad Memon, Saad Nizamani, Nazish Basir. Exploring the Impact of Cultural Preferences in Website Design: A Controlled Experiment Based on Three University Websites of Pakistan. In 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M), pp. 329–334. IEEE, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICT4M.2018.00067
  2. Saad Nizamani, Sehrish Nizamani, Khalil Khoumbati, Sarwat Nizamani, Shahzad Memon, Nazish Basir. Cultural preferences of Pakistan for the university website design. In 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M), pp. 323–328. IEEE, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICT4M.2018.00066

Papers Accepted

  1. Sehrish Basir Nizamani, Nikitha Donekal Chandrashekar, Margaret Ellis, Naren Ramakrishnan. Thinking Before Prompting: Imparting Responsible LLM Use and Security Awareness in a CS Problem-Solving Course. Submitted to ASEE Annual Conference 2026.