| 2026 | ENASE | Mapping LLM Misuse in Computing Education: A Survey-Based Risk Analysis of Faculty and Student Contexts. | Noura Alzaabi, Mohamed El-Attar, Sarah Kohail, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2026 | ENASE | From Image to Insight: Evaluating LLM Accuracy in Understanding UML Use Case Diagrams with Claude. | Mohamed El-Attar, Yasser A. Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb |
| 2026 | ICSA | Toward Behavior-Based Adaptive Decision-Making Systems for Cognitive Cities. | Rawan Alraddadi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2026 | ICSoft | Assessing the Efficacy of Claude in Understanding Hand-Sketched UML Use Case Diagrams. | Mohamed El-Attar, Yasser Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mousa Al-Kfairy |
| 2025 | ANT | Towards Understanding the Critical Role of Human Behavior in Smart and Cognitive City Cybersecurity. | Rawan Alraddadi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2025 | EASE | Evaluating the Effectiveness of SAST Tools: A Comparative Study on Vulnerability Detection, Reporting, and Usability. | Haifa Abdullah Al-Shammare, Rawan Alraddadi, Faten Al-Abdulwahhab, Mahmood Niazi, Mamoona Humayun |
| 2025 | EASE | Mitigating Insider Threats: Insights from Software Security Experts for Process Improvement and Risk Reduction. | Azzah AlGhamdi, Mahmood Niazi, Lucas Carvalho Cordeiro, Mamoona Humayun, Andrew Stewart |
| 2025 | EASE | Embedding Security Practices into Taxonomy of DevOps Practices. | Mohammad Shameem, Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad Nadeem |
| 2024 | EASE | The Security Culture Readiness Model (SCRM) for Saudi Universities: A Preliminary Structure. | Mona Albinali, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2024 | EASE | Challenges in Developing Secure Software within Agile Environments. | Reem Alshareef, Esra'a Alshabeeb, Noor Alakkas, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2024 | SEKE | AI-enabled Software Engineer: A Taxonomy of Challenges and Success Factors (P). | Mohammad Shameem, Mohammad Nadeem, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2023 | EASE | Toward Successful Secure Software Deployment: An Empirical Study. | Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2022 | EASE | Challenges of Secure Software Deployment: An Empirical Study. | Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2022 | EASE | Ethics of AI: A Systematic Literature Review of Principles and Challenges. | Arif Ali Khan, Sher Badshah, Peng Liang, Muhammad Waseem, Bilal Khan, Aakash Ahmad, Mahdi Fahmideh, Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar |
| 2017 | EuroSPI | Systematic Literature Reviews of Software Process Improvement: A Tertiary Study. | Arif Ali Khan, Jacky Keung, Mahmood Niazi, Shahid Hussain, He Zhang |
| 2017 | SAC | Towards a hypothetical framework of humans related success factors for process improvement in global software development: systematic review. | Arif Ali Khan, Jacky W. Keung, Mahmood Niazi, Shahid Hussain |
| 2015 | EASE | Identifying the factors that influence task allocation in global software development: preliminary results. | Sajjad Mahmood, Sajid Anwer, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ita Richardson |
| 2013 | EASE | A tertiary study: experiences of conducting systematic literature reviews in software engineering. | Salma Imtiaz, Muneera Bano, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2012 | EASE | Causes of requirement change - A systematic literature review. | Muneera Bano, Salma Imtiaz, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Usman |
| 2012 | EASE | GlobReq: A framework for improving requirements engineering in global software development projects: Preliminary results. | Mahmood Niazi, Mohamed El-Attar, Muhammad Usman, Naveed Ikram |
| 2012 | EASE | Systematic literature reviews in global software development: A tertiary study. | June M. Verner, O. Pearl Brereton, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2012 | ENASE | Are Use Case Modeling Features Underutilized? - A Lightweight Survey that Raises Concerns. | Mohamed El-Attar, Khaldoun Halawani, Moustafa Alsaleh, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2011 | PROFES | Cloud computing adoption assessment model (CAAM). | Usman Nasir, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2010 | EASE | Software Development Outsourcing Relationships Trust: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol. | Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Naveed Ikram |
| 2010 | PROFES | Thesis proposal on "Requirement Engineering Process for Service Oriented Software Development". | Muneera Bano, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2010 | PROFES | A preliminary structure of software outsourcing vendors' readiness model. | Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2010 | PROFES | Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: An Empirical Study. | Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad |
| 2010 | PROFES | Two case studies on small enterprise motivation and readiness for CMMI. | Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2009 | APSEC | Critical Barriers for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review. | Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad |
| 2009 | ESEM | The impact of limited search procedures for systematic literature reviews A participant-observer case study. | Barbara A. Kitchenham, Pearl Brereton, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi, Stephen G. Linkman, Rialette Pretorius, David Budgen |
| 2009 | ICGSE | Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review. | Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad |
| 2008 | ICGSE | Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views. | Muhammad Ali Babar, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2008 | ICGSE | A Readiness Model for Software Development Outsourcing Vendors. | Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad |
| 2008 | PROFES | An Empirical Study Identifying High Perceived Value Practices of CMMI Level 2. | Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar, Suhaimi Ibrahim |
| 2008 | PROFES | A Model for Requirements Change Management: Implementation of CMMI Level 2 Specific Practice. | Mahmood Niazi, Charles Hickman, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Ali Babar |
| 2007 | EASE | Motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views. | Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar |
| 2007 | PROFES | De-motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views. | Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar |
| 2007 | PROFES | Organisational Readiness and Software Process Improvement. | Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi |
| 2006 | EASE | Experiences Using Systematic Review Guidelines. | Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi |
| 2006 | PROFES | Software Process Improvement: A Road to Success. | Mahmood Niazi |
| 2006 | PROFES | Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Empirical Study. | Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi |
| 2005 | PROFES | An Instrument for Measuring the Maturity of Requirements Engineering Process. | Mahmood Niazi |
| 2005 | SEKE | Assessing a Framework of Comparing Architecture Review Methods Using CMMI. | Muhammad Ali Babar, Mahmood Niazi, D. Ross Jeffery |
| 2005 | SEKE | An Empirical Study for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. | Mahmood Niazi |
| 2004 | PROFES | A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study. | Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi, Bernard Wong |
| 2003 | SEKE | A Framework for Guiding the Design of Effective Implementation Strategies for Software Process Improvement. | Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi |