Recipient of the prestigious Theodore von Kármán award, Cornell University’s Dr. Timothy Sands graduated from Columbia University and Stanford University. He is an Eminent Engineer (Tau Beta Pi), an International Scholar Laureate (Golden Key International Honor Society), a Fellow of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a panelist of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program, and an interviewer for undergraduate admissions at Stanford University. He has published prolifically in archival journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters, in addition to giving plenary, keynote, and invitational presentations, and holds one shared patent in spacecraft attitude control. He is currently an Astronautics Professor of Practice at Cornell University, having previously served at disparate universities as Chief Academic Officer, Dean, Associate Dean, and Research Center Director.

Title of Talk : Space Robot Networks

Ouri Wolfson's main research interests are in big data, distributed systems, mobile/pervasive computing, smart city, and connectomics. He received his B.A. degree in mathematics, and his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. He is currently the Richard and Loan Hill Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He is the founder of Mobitrac, a high-tech startup that was acquired by Fluensee Co.; and the founder and president of Pirouette Software Inc. which specializes in mobile data management. He served as a consultant to Argonne National Laboratory, US Army Research Laboratories, DARPA, and NASA. Before joining the University of Illinois he has been on the computer science faculty at the Technion and Columbia University, and a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories.

SHIWEN MAO is a professor and Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar Chair, and Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center (WEREC) at Auburn University. His research interest includes wireless networks, multimedia communications, and smart grid. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society and the IEEE Council of RFID. He is the editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. He received the SEC 2023 Faculty Achievement Award for Auburn, the IEEE ComSoc TC-CSR Distinguished Technical Achievement Award in 2019, the Auburn University Creative Research & Scholarship Award in 2018, the NSF CAREER Award in 2010, and several service awards from IEEE ComSoc. He is a co-recipient of several best journal/conference/demo awards, such as the 2021 Best Paper Award of Elsevier/KeAi Digital Communications and Networks Journal, the 2021 IEEE Internet of Things Journal Best Paper Award, the 2021 IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award, and the 2004 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems. He was the General Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2022, a TPC Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2018, and a TPC Vice-Chair of IEEE GLOBECOM 2022. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and AAIA, and a life member of ACM.

Title of Talk : Deep Learning Based WiFi Indoor Fingerprinting

Philip W. T. Pong received a B.Eng. from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2002 with 1st class honours. Then he obtained a PhD in engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2005. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Magnetic Materials Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for three years. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).His research interest focuses on the fault detection, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection of power grid. He is the Founding Director of the Green Technology Research and Training Laboratory, leading the research and education activities of offshore wind energy at NJIT. Philip Pong is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), a Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI), a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), a Fellow of the NANOSMAT Society (FNS), a chartered physicist (CPhys), a chartered engineer (CEng), a chartered energy engineer, a registered professional engineer (R.P.E. in Electrical, Electronics, Energy), and a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE). He serves on the editorial boards for several IEEE and SCI journals.

Keon Jae Lee, Ph.D KAIST Endowed Chair Professor Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST Education Ph.D degree in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May, 2006. His Experiences 2022-current: KAIST endowed Chair Professor (KASIT 지정 석좌교수) 2009-current: Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST 2020-current: Editorial Board, Advanced Materials (Wiley, Impact Factor=32) 2016-current: Founder & CTO, FRONICS Inc. (KAIST Start-up Company) 2020-current: Director, Centor fo Humanplus Artificial Intelligent Sensor. 2021-2023: Director, Office of Industrial Liaison Center, KAIST (산학협력센터장) 2021-2023: Founder and Director, KAIST Industrial Liaison Program (https://ilp.kaist.ac.kr) 2021-2023: Director, Strategic Collaboration R&D of Materials, Parts and Equipments 2018-2021: Young KAST member, 2019. 05: Guest Editor, Nano Energy (IF=19), ‘Special Issue on Nanogenerator and Piezotronics’. 2020-2021: Guest Editor, Advanced Materials, ‘Special Issue on KAIST 50th Anniversary’. 2019-2020: Visiting Professor, Brain Science Institute, KIST. 2013-2014: Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School (MGH), Harvard University. 2012-2015: Director, Flexible and Nanobio National Research Laboratory (NRL). His research Interests, AI-based Flexible piezoelectric sensors (acoustic & blood pressure sensor) Human-augmented Flexible microLED for display and biomedical applications Neuromorphic Semiconductor Memory (memristor and phase change memory) Laser material interactions for flexible electronics Stretchable healthcare sensors, Self-powered flexible electronic systems.

Title of Talk : Simultaneous emulation of synaptic and intrinsic plasticity using a memristive synapse.

Bappadittya Roy obtained B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2018 from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Presently. Now he is attached as an Associate professor(Sr Grade) to Vellore Institute of Technology, Amaravati Andhra Pradesh campus. He has several indexed publications including articles in reputed Journals, conferences, Book and book chapters also been involved in a few reputed international conferences and seminars as an organized committee member. He is a senior member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). His research areas are microstrip antennas, fractal antennas and mobile communication. Dr. Roy is the General Chair of the IEEE conferences AISP 2021, AISP 2022, and AISP 2023. He has received many national and international travel grants from Govt. of India and has traveled abroad for seminars, conferences and workshops. He always welcomes researchers and faculty who want to work in collaborate in the field of microwave and antenna

Title of Talk : Fundamental of Compact Microstrip Antenna Design and its Applications

Dr. Wei Wang is a Professor of Computer Science at San Diego State University (SDSU). He joined San Diego State University in August 2014. He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at South Dakota State University from January 2010 to May 2014. He received his Ph.D. degree from University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE, USA, in December 2009. He worked as a Software Engineer with Nokia Siemens Networks Ltd (former Siemens Communications Ltd) in 2005. His research interests include wireless networks, wireless multimedia communications, QoE-QoS issues, network economics and IoTs. He serves as the poster co-chair of IEEE MSN 2021, publicity co-chair of IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2021, publication co-chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2020, the area chair of IEEE ICME 2020-2019, the symposium co-chair of IEEE GLOBECOM-NGNI 2019, the track-chair of ACM SAC 2019, the web co-chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2018-16, the symposium co-chair of IEEE ICC-NGNI 2018, the symposium co-chair of ICNC-MCC 2018, the program co-chair of ACM RACS 2017-14, workshop co-chair of ICST BodyNets 2013, the chair of IEEE CIT-MMC track 2012, the vice-chair of IEEE ICCT-NGN track 2011, and the program chair of the ICST-IWMMN 2010, a Guest Editor of several journals and special issues such as IEEE ACCESS, Springer MONET, IJDSN, etc, a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for many international conferences such as IEEE INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, and ICC, the vice chair of IEEE MMTC 2022 - present, director of the IEEE MMTC Publicity Board 2021-present, and the co-director of IEEE MMTC Review Board 2020-2017.

Title of Talk : Pricing the Non Orthogonal Multiple Access Wireless Multimedia Services.

Ephraim Suhir is on the Faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and is CEO of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. He is Foreign Full Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE); and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has Authored 500+ Publications, presented numerous plenary, keynote, Invited and Contributed Talks worldwide, and Received Many Professional Awards, Including 1996 Bell Labs. Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award (for Developing Effective Methods for Predicting the Reliability of Complex Structures Used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products), and 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal (for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering and laying the foundation of a new discipline “Structural Analysis of Electronic Systems”). Ephraim is the third “Russian American”, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who Received this Prestigious Award. His Most Recent Awards are 2019 IEEE Electronic Packaging Society (EPS) Field Award (for seminal contributions to mechanical reliability engineering and modeling of electronic and photonic packages and systems), 2019 IMAPS Lifetime Achievement award (for making exceptional, visible, and sustained impact on the microelectronics packaging industry and technology) and 2022 IEEE SCV Section Outstanding Engineer award (for seminal contributions to several critical IEEE fields, including probabilistic design-for-reliability of microelectronic and photonic materials, devices and systems, and the role of the human factor).

Title of Talk : Failure-oriented-accelerated-testing (FOAT) and its role in assuring adequate reliability of electronic and photonic materials, devices, packages and systems.

Lin Wang (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2001. From 1984 to 1986, he was a Teaching Assistant with the Mathematics Department, Chongqing Normal University. From 1989 to 2002, he was a Teaching Assistant, a Lecturer, and then an Associate Professor in applied mathematics and communication engineering with Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunication, Chongqing, China. From 1995 to 1996, he spent one year with the Mathematics Department, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. In 2003, he spent three months as a Visiting Researcher with the Center for Chaos and Complexity Networks, City University of Hong Kong. In 2013, he was a Senior Visiting Researcher with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), University of California at Davis, CA, USA. He was a Distinguished Professor with Xiamen University, China, from 2012 to 2017, where he has been a Full Professor with the School of Informatics, since 2003. He has authored more than 250 journal and conference papers (including 91 IEEE journal articles, four best paper awards). He holds 21 patents in physical layer in digital communications. Hehasholdsomeinternationalconferencesas general chairs and TPC Chairs in his career. Meanwhilehehas also deliveredsomePlenary/Keynote Speeches in the international conferences recent several years. His current research interests include source coding/channel coding, joint source and channel coding/decoding, chaos modulation and their applications to wired/wireless communication, power line communication (PLC), and underwater acoustic communications (UAC).

Title of Talk : The Progresses in Lossy P-LDPC Coding for Source Compression

Juin J. Liou received the B.S. (honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1982, 1983, and 1987, respectively. In 1987, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Florida where he held the positions of Pegasus Distinguished Professor, Lockheed Martin St. Laurent Professor, and UCF-Analog Devices Fellow. Since 2023, Dr. Liou works as a chair professor and director at North Minzu University, China. Dr. Liou’s research interests are electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection design, modeling and simulation, and characterization. Dr. Liou holds 18 patents and has published 13 books, more than 365 journal papers (including 22 invited review articles), and more than 260 papers (including more than 120 keynote and invited papers) in international and national conference proceedings. He has been awarded more than $14.0 million of research contracts and grants from federal agencies (i.e., NSF, DARPA, Navy, Air Force, NASA, NIST), state government, and industry (i.e., Semiconductor Research Corp., Intel Corp., Intersil Corp., Lucent Technologies, Alcatel Space, Conexant Systems, Texas Instruments, Fairchild Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, Analog Devices, Maxim Integrated Systems, Allegro Microsystems, RF Micro Device, Lockheed Martin), and has held consulting positions with research laboratories and companies in the United States, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. In addition, Dr. Liou has served as a technical reviewer for various journals and publishers, general chair or technical program chair for a large number of international conferences, regional editor (in USA, Canada and South America) of the Microelectronics Reliability journal, and guest editor of 7 special issues in the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, Microelectronics Reliability, Solid-State Electronics, World Scientific Journal, and International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. Dr. Liou received ten different awards on excellence in teaching and research from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and six different awards from the IEEE. Among them, he was awarded the UCF Pegasus Distinguished Professor (2009) – the highest honor bestowed to a faculty member at UCF, UCF Distinguished Researcher Award (four times: 1992, 1998, 2002,, UCF Research Incentive Award (four times: 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015), IEEE Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award in 2004 for exemplary engineering teaching, research, and international collaboration, and IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award in 2014 for promoting and inspiring global education and learning in the field of electron devices. His other honors are Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, Fellow of AAIA, Fellow of Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Fellow of UCF-Analog Devices, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS), and Distinguished Lecturer of National Science Council. He holds several honorary professorships, including the Chang Jiang Scholar Endowed Professor of Ministry of Education, China – the highest honorary professorship in China. Dr. Liou had served as the IEEE EDS Vice-President of Regions/Chapters, IEEE EDS Treasurer, IEEE EDS Finance Committee Chair, Member of IEEE EDS Board of Governors, and Member of IEEE EDS Educational Activities Committee.

Title of Talk : Microelectronics: Current Status, Outlook, and Reliability Issues

Prof. WenZhan Song is Georgia Power Mickey A. Brown Professor in Computer Engineering and Founding Director of the Center for Cyber-Physical Systems (CCPS) at the University of Georgia. He is a leading expert on IoT/CPS networking, data analytics and security and has made significant contributions in health, energy and environment CPS. His research was featured in MIT Technology Review, Network World, Scientific American, New Scientist, National Geographic, etc. His research spans wireless networking, smart sensing, AI/ML and cyber-physical security areas and has a strong tracking record on leading large multidisciplinary research projects of government agencies (NSF, NASA, DOE, DOD, NIH, USDA) and industry. Dr. Song received numerous awards from his university and professional society, such as NSF CAREER Award, Outstanding Research Contribution Award, Chancellor Research Excellence Award, Mark Weiser Best Paper Award. He serves as editor, chair or TPC member in premium IEEE conferences (such as IEEE PERCOM, IEEE INFOCOM) and journals (such as IEEE Internet of Things, ACM Transaction on Sensor Networks). Dr. Song has recently founded an annual industry and university symposium on cyber-physical systems and security and chaired the cyber-physical security and privacy breakout in NSF SaTC PI meeting.

Wenlong Ming received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. Degrees in Automation from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K., in 2015. He is the winner of the prestigious IET Control & Automation Doctoral Dissertation Prize in 2017. He has been a Senior Lecturer of Power Electronics at Cardiff University, U.K., since August 2020 and a Senior Research Fellow funded by Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult, U.K., for 5 years since April 2020. He was with the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA in 2012 as an academic visiting scholar. He has (co-)authored more than 70 papers published in leading journals or refereed IEEE conferences. His research interests focus on packaging, characterisation, modelling and applications of wide-bandgap power electronics.

Title of Talk : Topology design and Control of Medium-Voltage DC Converters in Electricity Distribution Networks

Abdulghani Ali Ahmed (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in computer science in 2002, M.Sc., and Ph.D. in cybersecurity and forensic investigation in 2006, and 2014 respectively. Currently, Ahmed serves as a Deputy Programme Leader for BSc Cybersecurity and BSc Digital Forensics at the School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University, UK. In addition, Ahmed currently serves as a visiting senior lecturer at Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK. Prior to this, Ahmed was as senior lecturer at the Department of Computer Systems and Networking Department, Faculty of Computer Systems & Software Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. His current research interests include big data privacy, IoT authentication, network security, cloud computing security, malware analysis, incident response, digital forensic and cybercrime investigation. He has published several researches and scientific articles in well-known international journals and conferences. Ahmed has a long experience in working with higher education as a lecturer, and senior lecturer since 2004 until now. He is currently teaching security modules such as network security, ethical hacking, windows forensics, network forensics, computer forensic & investigation, malware analysis, and cybercrime. Ahmed currently serves as the main supervisor for many postgraduate (Master and Ph.D.) students who are studying and conducting researches in the area of cybersecurity, big data privacy, cloud computing security, and cybercrime investigation. He’s a senior member of IEEE (93540925) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG) (164016).

Title of Talk : Internet of Things Security: Machine-to-Machine Mutual Authentication.

Zhichao Zhang received the B.S. degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Mathematics of Uncertainty Processing from Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, in 2018. From September 2017 to September 2018, he was awarded a grant from the China Scholarship Council to study as a visiting student researcher with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA. From January 2021 to January 2023, he worked as a Macau Young Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow in Information and Communication Engineering with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR, China. Since 2019, he has been with the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, where he is currently a Full Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He was a Director of Jiangsu Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, a Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, a Member of International Association of Engineers, a Member of China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, a Member of Chinese Institute of Electronics, and a Member of Beijing Society for Interdisciplinary Science. He published more than 50 journal articles in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Communications Letters, Signal Processing, Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications, et al. He was selected as World’s Top 2% Scientists 2021 and 2022. His research interests include the mathematical theories, methods and applications in signal and information processing, including fundamental theories such as Fourier analysis, functional analysis and harmonic analysis, applied theories such as signal representation, sampling, reconstruction, filter, separation, detection and estimation, and engineering technologies such as satellite communications, radar detection and electronic countermeasures.

Siyang Luo (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from the Dalian Neusoft University of Information, China, in 2018. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree.,Since 2018, he has been the Managing Director/ General Manager/CEO at Shanghai Infortech Software Development Company Ltd., which is a high-tech enterprise centered on Chinese mainland, providing IT solutions and services to Southeast Asia. Founded, in 1998, the company is headquartered in Shanghai. In 2012, for the rapid development of the company, it formally introduced the investment of Japanese joint-stock company NTT DATA, one of the global 500 companies, to break into international market more quickly.

Title of Talk : Powers Business Across Borders by using AI and Big Data.

Sheng Shuo With a doctor's degree,engaged in cloud native, Microservices, service governance, blockchain, cloud side collaboration, zero trust, Federated learning, Metaverse, business technology architecture, network security and other fields for a long time, and has published more than 10 SCI EIs, 10 patents, and led the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the headquarters of central enterprises The central bank headquarters, digital restructuring of securities fund companies, innovative transformation, technology selection, commercial landing, and other work

Title of Talk : Discussion on the Optimization Mechanism of Full Link Service Governance in Cloud Native Scenarios

Ruiqi (Richie) Liu is a master researcher in the wireless research institute of ZTE Corporation, responsible for long-term research as well as standardization. His main research interests include reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, integrated sensing and communication and wireless positioning. He is the author or co-author of several books and book chapters. He has participated in national key research projects as the researcher or research lead. During his 3-year service at 3GPP from 2019 to 2022, he has authored and submitted more than 500 technical documents with over 100 of them approved, and he served as the co-rapporteur of the work item (WI) on NR RRM enhancement and the feature lead of multiple features. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of ISG RIS in the ETSI. He actively participates in organizing committees, technical sessions, workshops, symposia and industry panels in IEEE conferences as the chair, organizer, moderator, panelist or invited speaker. He served as the guest editor for Digital Signal Processing and the lead guest editor for the special issue on 6G in IEEE OJCOMS. He serves as the Editor of ITU Journal of Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET) and the Associate Editor of IET Quantum Communication. He is the Standardization Officer for IEEE ComSoc ETI on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ETI-RIS) and the Standards Liaison Officer for IEEE ComSoc Signal Processing and Computing for Communications Technical Committee (SPCC-TC). He received the Outstanding Service Award from the SPCC-TC in 2022.

Qianyun Zhang received her B.Sc. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2014, and her Ph.D. degree from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, in 2018. She is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cyber Science and Technology, Bei hang University, Beijing, China. Her research interests include wireless network security, trusted spectrum management, and intelligent target recognition. She is an Associate Editor of IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation. She was the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Trust com ML Sys Workshop Best Paper Award, the 2022KSEM Best Paper Award, and 2022 IEEE Trust com Outstanding Leadership Award as Workshop Chair.

Title of Talk : On the detection of hidden radiofrequency eavesdropper from the cognitive radio perspective.

Leyi Zhang received the B.S. and M.S. degree (with honors) in electronic engineering from the Department of Electronic Information Engineering, Beihang University. She is working as a researcher with the technology planning department of ZTE Corporation, responsible for long-term research as well as standardization. Her research interests include network security and quantum communication. She has many peer-reviewed publications. She took part in many international academic conferences as the session chair or invited speaker. She participated in national key research projects as the research assistant or researcher. She actively participates in global standardization activities through platforms such as ITU-T SG 17, ETSI and CCSA .

Title of Talk : QKD assisted ultra security for future networks: a standardization perspective.

Xingcheng Liu (SM'12) was born in Anfu County, Jiangxi, China. He received the B.E. and M.E. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, and the Ph.D. Degree from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou, China. He received the Royal Society K. C. Wong Fellowship of the U.K. for His Post-Doctoral Research from the University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K., from 2002 to 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist with Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, from 2004 to 2005. He is Currently a Full Professor with the School of Electronics and Information Technology, SYSU. He is the leader and Chair Professor in Major of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Guangzhou Xinhua University, Guangzhou, China. He is also Currently Affiliated with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai). He has Authored Over 150 Peer-Reviewed Papers in Journals and Conferences,Co-Authored 5 books, and Got More than 40 Chinese Invent Patents and 4 International Invent Patents. His Main Research Interests Include Internet of Things, Intelligent Data Processing, and Channel Coding Theory and Applications. Dr. Liu is a Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation, and a Senior Member of IEEE. He is the Primary Investigator of Several Projects on wireless Communications and Networking.

Title of Talk : Research on Node Positioning Technology of Wireless Sensor Network

Ahmad Ali currently a PhD scholar in Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. My current research interest deal with deep learning, big data analytics, data mining, urban computing, cloud computing and fog computing. He is an reviewer in various SCI-journals including Information Sciences, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Neural Computing and Applications, IEEE Access, IEEE Internet of Things Magazines, Journal of Healthcare Engineering etc.

Title of Talk : Exploiting Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for Citywide Traffic Flows Prediction

SHEN QIAN received the degree from the School of Telecommunication Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2003, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in information science from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) in 2014 and 2017, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in communications engineering from the University of Oulu, Finland, in 2017. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Information Theory and Signal Processing Laboratory, JAIST. Since 2019, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems Creation, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Japan. His research interests include network information theory, cooperative wireless communication, and information transmission security in IoT networks. Dr. Qian was a recipient of the IEICE Outstanding Student Award in 2014; the NEC C&C Grants for Non-Japanese Researchers in 2015; the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Presentation Award in 2016; the JAIST Outstanding Performance Award in 2017; and the Niwa Yasujiro Memorial Paper Awards in 2019 and 2020, consecutively.

Title of Talk : Physical Layer Security of Untrusted Relay Networks in Wireless Cooperative Networks

He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), with class of honors, in 2004, 2010 from Tanta and Menoufiya University, Egypt, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Egypt-Japan University of Science & Technology (EJUST), Alexandria, EGYPT in 2014. He is a researcher, computational learning theory team, RIKEN AIP, Japan since July 2019. He is working as an Associate professor at the Engineering and scientific equipment Department, Nuclear Research Center (NRC), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Egypt since 2014. From Jan-June 2018, he was a visiting researcher at Center for Japan-Egypt Cooperation in Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Japan. He is a technical committee member in many international conferences and a reviewer in many international conferences, journals, and transactions. His research interests include wireless communications, machine learning, online learning, 5G, B5G, and 6G systems, image processing, millimeter waves, nuclear instrumentation, and internet of things. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of AAAI.

Title of Talk : Online Learning for UAV Enabled 6G Networks

Sang-Woon Jeon received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea, in 2011. He has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Military Information Engineering (undergraduate school) and the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (graduate school), Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, since 2017. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. From 2013 to 2017, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Andong National University, Andong, Korea. His research interests include network information theory, wireless communications, and machine learning. Dr. Jeon was a recipient of the Haedong Young Scholar Award in 2017, which was sponsored by the Haedong Foundation and given by the Korea Institute of Communications and Information Science (KICS), the Best Paper Award of the IEEE International Conference on Communications in 2015, and the Best Thesis Award from the Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, in 2012

Title of Talk : Reconfigurable intelligent surface aided hybrid beamforming systems.

Moazzam Nazir received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2010, a master’s degree from the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2012, and a Ph.D. degree from Clemson University, in 2022, all in electrical engineering. He has more than ten years of work experience in research organizations and industry pertaining to electrical and electronics engineering. He secured the Fulbright Ph.D. scholarship from the U.S. Department of State in 2017 and completed his Ph.D. research on a Savannah River National Laboratory project related to power systems reliability enhancement through the protection of transmission and distribution transformers against DC. He won the Clemson University Harris Award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher in 2020 for his Ph.D. research endeavors. He is currently working as a Research Scientist and eGRID Lab Leader at the Dominion Energy Innovation Center (EIC) – Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. His research interests include power systems protection, renewable technologies, power converters, and control systems.

Title of Talk : Hybrid Smart Transformer for Enhanced Power System Protection Against DC With Advanced Grid Support.

Olusola T. Odeyomi is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina, United States. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Wichita State University, Kansas, United States. He is a member of the IEEE Information Theory Society and the IEEE Computer Science Society. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Howard University and a former lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University. He won the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) Video Contest Award in 2021. He was a recipient of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) overseas Ph.D. Scholarship in Nigeria. He is a reviewer for IEEE and ACM journals and conferences. His research interests include machine learning, deep learning, social networks, wireless communication, natural language processing, and bioinformatics

Title of Talk : Trustworthy Machine Learning for the 6G: Achievements, Hope, and Challenges

My Research Interests are Largely Directed Towards the Development of Deep Networks and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms. My goals Involvedesigning and implementing NLP models and data analysis strategies for large medical claims and clinical datasets using deepleaning algorithms. Recently, I completed my PhD research in computer science and engineering. In my recent work, I have developed a novel mathematical theory for the Amoeba / Nelder Mead simplex algorithm to deliver a higher accuracy than a famous Matlab function, known as “fminsearch”. The proposed algorithm Approved to be Beliable and Robust in Different Areas of Large-Scale Optimization Applications: Systems of Nonlinear Equations, Nonlinear Least Squares, and Unconstrained Minimization. In Addition, the New Trigonometric Simplex Design Provides a Platform for Further Development of Reliable and Robust

Title of Talk : Trigonometric Simplex Designs for Learning-Rate Estimation of Stochastic Gradient-Descent Method.

Sakib Reza is a PhD candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), USA. Before joining UTD, He Received His MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Where He Developed a Finger Regulated Simultaneous Noise and Input Matching (FRSNIM) Technique with wideband Impedance Settlement for CMOS low Noise Amplifiers. Working as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Integrated Biomedical, RF Circuits and Systems Lab in UTD, His Research Interests are in the Field of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface, Innovative Radio-Frequency (RF) Circuits and Systems with Major Applications to Full-Duplex Communication, Electronic Warfare and Various Emerging Areas.

Title of Talk : Ultrawideband Reconfigurable Integrated Intelligent Conformal Surface for the Next Generation Wireless Communications

Dr. Wajeb Gharibi is an accomplished Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, specializing in Mathematical Cybernetics. With over 35 years of teaching and research experience, he has taught a diverse range of courses in Computer Science and Engineering across three languages. Dr. Gharibi's extensive research interests encompass machine learning, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and optimization. He has led 15 funded projects and authored over 130 papers. As a visiting professor, he has made significant contributions to institutions worldwide, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Indian Institute of Technology. Dr. Gharibi's dedication extends beyond the classroom, as he actively participates in committees such as ABET and the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment. His tireless pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research continues to shape the next generation of computing professionals, leaving an enduring impact on the field.

Title of Talk : Technological Renaissance: From Vacuum Tubes to Smart Nano Chips - Empowering Humanity, Cultivating Peace, Ensuring Prosperity, and Safeguarding Our Planet for Future Generations.

Hao Zhang is Professor of Statistics at Purdue University. His primary research is in spatial statistics and machine learning. He is a Fellow of the American Statistics Association and an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. He has served on editorial boards of several prominent journals including Journal of the American Statistical Association

Dr. Hadi Naghavipour is a highly accomplished professional with a diverse educational background and extensive industry experience. He holds a Bachelor of Telecommunication engineering, Master of Software Engineering from Staffordshire UK, and PhD in Computer Science (Cloud Computing) from University Malaya. Currently, He is lecturing in International University on Software engineering and ML. Despite his academic involvement, He has led Digitech companiesleveraging communication technologies InSoutheast Asiawith over ten years solid industry experience. He is Editor for Asian Journal of Social Science, PIC member of DaSet Conference and reviewers for various journals including IEEE ACCESS, JAIT, Springer Cluster Computing.

Title of Talk : Towards autonomous enterprise leveraging consortium of Cloud, Edge, IoT and AI

MOHSEN MARJANI received aPhD degree in computer science from the University of Malaya (UM) and a master’s degree in information technology (multimedia computing) from Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia. Since 1999, he has been teaching mathematics and IT-based subjects in different public and private institutions, including universities, pre-universities, high schools, and primary schools. He has experience collaborating with and working for several IT companies as an IT Consultant, a Senior Web and Mobile Developer, a Tech Lead, a Project Manager, and a CTO. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and Researcher with the School of Computer Science, at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He has published multiple research articles in refereed international journals. His research interests include big data, the IoT, data analytics, AI, machine learning, deep learning, and image processing.

Title of Talk : Automating Medical Diagnosis Using Computer Vision and Deep Learning.

FADI MOHAMMAD ALSUHIMAT received the B.S. degree in computer information systems from Al-Hussien Bin Talal University, Ma’an, Jordan, in 2007, the M.S. degree in computer science from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Kedah, Malaysia, andPh.D degree in pattern recognition and deep learning algorithmfromUniversiti Sultan ZainalAbidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu. His research interests include machine and deep learning, data science, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, cyber security, and big data.

Title of Talk : Deep learning for improving cyber security: Role and Advantages

Syed Ab RahmanAbu-Bakar received his first degree in Electrical Engineering (B.Sc.E.E) from Clarkson University, New York and then a master degree (M.Sc.E.E) majoring in Signal Processing from Georgia Tech., USA. He joined Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1992 as a lecturer in the Communication department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He earned his PhD degree from University of Bradford, England in 1997 in the area of Image Processing for application in Video Surveillance. He is now a full professor in the Electronics and Computer Engineering division under the School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. In 2004, he setup the Computer Vision, Video and Image Processing research lab and has become the head since then. Presently, Dr. Syed has successfully supervised more than 18 PhD students and 9 master students by research. His current research interest is in computer vision and image processing focusing in video security and surveillance particularly in the area of human action/activity recognition. Dr. Syed has lead and managed many research projects securing grants from both the government and private sector.He has published more than 180 scientific papers both at national and international levels. He is a senior member of IEEE and was the chair for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter. He received the Certificate of Merit from the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) twice in 2014 and 2019 for dedicated leadership as Chapter Chair and support of the activities of the SPS Malaysia Chapter.

Title of Talk : Multi-Attention-based with MultiDomain Approach for Deepfake Detection and Localization.

Tara Othman Qadir Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia Lecturer in, Department of software and informatics Lecturer, college of engineering, Salaheddin university and Lecturer in communication engineering, in Sulaymaniyah, and her MSc in Security and BSc, in Computer Science and Programmer in Iraqi Commission for Computers Informatics, Scientific Technology Information

Hazura Zulzalil received a Bachelor of Computer Science in 1995,a Master of Science in 1998, and a PhD in Software Engineering in 2011from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Hazura Zulzalil joined UPM as a tutor in 1995 and was appointed as a lecturer in 1998. Shewas promoted to senior lecturer in 2008, and currentlyshe is an associate professor at the Department of Software Engineering and Information Systems.She has successfully supervised and co-supervised 14 PhD students, 4 master’s research students, and24 master’s coursework students. Her research interests include software requirement engineering, software measurement, software quality, and multi-criteria evaluation. To date, she has successfully secured 13 research grants as the principal investigator and co-researcher and has published 77 journal articles and 39 conference articles. Currently, she is appointed as acommittee member of the Board of Studies and an external examiner for the Software Engineering Program at a few higher Malaysian institutions. She is also a committee member of the Malaysian Standard for NSC 07/TC 11, a member of the Malaysian Software Engineering Interest Group (MySEIG), and an associate member of the National Council of Professors.

Elankovan A. Sundararajan is a lecturer and researcher at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Associate professor and Chairman for the Software Technology and Management Centre, Faculty of Information Science and Technology. His research interests include Big Data analytics, Parallel & Distributed Computing, Cloud technology and Computer & Sensor Networks. Elankovan has a PhD in computer science and software engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia

Title of Talk : Importance of Big Data in the Electronics Industry". Do let me know if this topic is okay.

Dr. Mehmet Akif CIFCI is a passionate Data Scientist and renowned computer scientist and educator. He holds a PhD in computer science and has over a decade of experience in the field. Currently, he is working at Tu Wien University in Austria where he conducts research and development in OWL. Dr. CIFCI has taught computer science at several universities, including Istanbul Topkapi University in Turkey, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University in Turkey, and Klaipeda University in Lithuania, demonstrating his expertise in clear and effective teaching methods. He is knowledgeable in machine learning, image processing, NLP, food safety, and data analysis and is a member of the IEEE and CMC organizations. Additionally, he is a founding member of ABV, a group dedicated to advancing computer science education and inspiring future generations.

Title of Talk : Advancements in Machine Learning for Sentiment Classification: A Review of Recent Techniques and Applications

Quynh T. Ngo holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) from California State University Los Angeles, USA, an M.Sc. in Telecommunications from Vietnam National University - University of Sciences, Vietnam, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from La Trobe University, Australia. She currently works as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include wireless communication technologies for IoT and satellite networks, as well as machine learning in communications and networking. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Undergraduate Scholar (JPLUS), a Visiting Research Award funded by the Norwegian-Vietnamese Industrial and Infrastructure Safety Consortium, La Trobe University Postgraduate Research Scholarships, and a Net Zero Scholarship sponsored by Sonepar/SLS.

Title of Talk : Optimizing Spectrum Utilization in Satellite Networks: Techniques and Best Practices.

Dr. WASEL GHANEM holds both B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in Electron Devices & Sensors, from the University of Elangen-Nuremburg and Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Research, Germany. Currently, Dr. GHANEM serves as a Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Over the past 8 years, he has also held significant leadership roles as the Dean of Engineering and Technology and the Head of the Department at Birzeit University, Palestine. His dedication to advancing education is evident through his role as the Director for Palestine Education Initiative (PEI), actively promoting ICT integration in Palestinian schools in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Additionally, he has served as a coach and trainer on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and he established the Tinkering Lab as a maker space for students at the university. Dr. GHANEM's research interests encompass smart and intelligent sensor systems, machine and deep learning, natural language processing, and ICT in education. His remarkable expertise and commitment to the field have earned him widespread recognition, leaving a profound impact on the future of electrical engineering and ICT in Palestine. Moreover, he has been actively involved in numerous EU Erasmus projects as the local coordinator and developer, including METHODS, RUFO, MVU, and others.

Title of Talk : Enhancing Epilepsy Detection using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Deep Learning Models.

Dr. Awad received his Bachelor degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Birzeit University in 2009. He got his master degree in Computing with distinction from Birzeit University in 2011. He got his doctoral degree from the department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2016. His PhD thesis focuses on developing novel algorithms for mask optimization problem in optical lithography for large scale integrated circuits. Dr.Ahmed worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer for CISCO systems from 2009-2013. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Sciences, An-Najah National University. His research interests include: Optimization algorithms, Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs), logic synthesis, cryptography and network security. Dr.Awad is a member of IEEE, IEICE, IPSJ, and Jordanian Engineering Association.

Professor Po-Lei Lee obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Yang Ming University , Taiwan, in the year of 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he participated in the Integrated Brain Research Unit (IBRU) at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, focusing on interdisciplinary neuroscience research and the development of innovative physiological measurement technologies. After joining the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Central University in 2005, he devoted himself to the analysis algorithms of brainwaves, dry-electrode EEG measurements, bioelectromagnetic stimulation techniques, wearable devices, as well as technology developments and medical certifications (IEC60601-1 Medical Electrical Equipment Certification, ISO10993 Biocompatibility Certification, IEC60601-2-26 Electroencephalogram Electromagnetic Interference Certification, ISO14971 Medical Device Risk Management, etc.) of EEG equipments. His study attracted collaborations with international research teams, including Prof. Lei Bao from Ohio State University and Prof. Yuri Shelepin from the Pavlov Institute of Physiology in Russia.

Title of Talk : Developing AI-based brain-computer interfaces in immersive VR environments.

Arijit Karati received the B.Sc. degree in computer applications from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira affiliated with the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, in 2011, and the M.Sc. degree in computer science from Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, in 2013. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, India, in 2018. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Presently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE, NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he leads the Cryptology And Network Security (CANSEC) laboratory. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2018 International Computer Symposium in Taiwan and the 108th Postdoctoral Researcher Academic Research Award from the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology in 2020. He is a professional member of ACM and senior member of the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE ComSoc. His research interests include applied cryptology, automotive security, and decentralized data privacy.

Haitham Freag received the B.Sc. degree in electronics and electrical communications engineering from the Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt, in 2011. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D from Menoufia University, Menouf, Egypt, in 2017 and 2022. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the department of electrical engineering at Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt. He has published many scientific papers in national and international conference proceedings and journals, and reviewer member for IEEE, Wiley, MDPI, and IET. His current research areas of interest include Peak-to-average power ratio reduction, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, optical wireless communication, Filter bank multicarrier, visible light communication, D2D communication, MIMO, cooperative communication, and mobile communication systems

AMEER E. GOUDA received the B.Sc, M.Sc., and PhD from Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt in 2012, 2019, and 2023, respectively. He is a lecturer in the Information Technology Department, Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University. His research interests include network security, machine learning, cloud computing, Internet of Things, and SDN.

Title of Talk : Enhancing IoT Security: Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Methods for SDN-Enabled IoT Networks.

Dr. Sadeeshvara Silva (SMIEEE, MIET, MEngNZ) holds a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Waikato, New Zealand (2021) and a B.Sc. (Hons.-1st class) from University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2014). After his doctoral study, he joined Electric Power Engineering Centre, University of Canterbury as a Research Engineer in 2022. Prior to joining EPE Centre, he was involved as an academic researcher with the University of Waikato. During his time in Sri Lanka, he worked for University of Kelaniya and University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dr. Silva acts as a reviewer (45+ verified reviews) for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, IET POWER ELECTRONICS, ENERGIES, SUSTAINABILITY, APPLIED SCIENCES and IEEE conferences, such as APEC, IECON, and TENCON. He is also a Member of Engineering NZ, IEEE, IET, SLAAS, and RASSL. He was the recipient of the IEEE Young Professionals Award (SYPA) at the 28th ISIE conference, Canada in 2019. Presently, he has authored 2 books and over 20 journal articles and conference papers. His research interests include power electronics and surge protection, supercapacitor applications, transformer theory and design, EVSE and EV charging efficiency, and magnetics.

Title of Talk : power electronics and surge protection

Abed Al Raoof Bsoul was born in Irbid, Jordan in 1979. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Yarmouk University, Irbid, in 2002 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA in 2008. From 2011 to present, he has been an Associate Professor at Yarmouk University. He is the author of more than 30 articles, and 1 invention. His research interests include Signal and Image Processing, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.

Title of Talk : Energy Efficient Clustering Approach Based on Sensor’s Sample Rate for Wireless Sensor Networks.

Benedetta Picano received the B.S. degree in Computer Science, as the M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering, from the University of Florence, where she received her Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Houston. Her research fields include matching theory, nonlinear time series analysis, digital twins, microservices, resource allocation in edge and fog computing infrastructures, and machine learning.

Title of Talk : Software-driven 3D Computing Systems.

Dr. Gisele Beatrice Sonfack is an electrical engineer and hails from Cameroon. She obtained her PhD in physics at the University of Dschang in Cameroon in 2019. Her research interests focus on signal analysis and processing. She is a dedicated capacity builder and advocates for empowering women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Gisele is also graduate from MIT in Management of Technology. Gisele has always had a big passion for building capacities. For several years now, she has been involved in many training activities and knowledge transfer in STEM around several country. After several years, she came to realize that, despite the numerous initiatives to empower women in STEM, the gender gap still prevails. She appreciates that ‘more women in science’ should not be only a simple expression but should be backed by action. She therefore made up her mind to act accordingly, to improve her skills, to sharpen her eagerness to serve as role model for young women, and to attract as many into the STEM-related fields. In 2021, Gisele was selected among the awardees of the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future (FFTF) program, a Fellowship granted to women from developing countries in order to pursue PhD or postdoctoral research in STEM at leading universities worldwide. This distinction allows her to pursue postdoctoral research at the Université d’Orléans, France. Apart from the academic performance, quality of the research proposal, leadership skills, and her impact on aspiring female Gisele’s research concentrates on the reduction and rationalization of energy consumption in the building sector, an important issue for a country like Cameroon where lack of energy and power shedding are frequent.

Title of Talk : New aggregate signal separation technique.

Ph.D. in Engineering with an Emphasis in Telecommunications from the Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellin, Colombia. Additionally, He Holds an M.Sc. in Free Software, Emphasizing Computer Networks and Systems Administration, from the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga - Colombia, and a Bachelor’s of the Autonomous University of the Caribbean (Universidad Autónoma del Caribe). Currently, he is a Professor in the Systems Engineering Program Attached to the Department of Computer Science and Electronics. He is a Software and Network Engineering Research Group member of the Universidad de la Costa-CUC, Barranquilla, Colombia. His Research Interests are in the Quality of service in Internet Networks, Software Development, Internet of Things, Data Science applications, and AI applications.

Title of the Talk : Internet Bandwidth management challenges in a hyper-connected society.

Lucjan Janowski received the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland, in 2006. In 2006-2007, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria. He is currently an Professor with the Department of Telecommunications, AGH University of Science and Technology. His research interests include statistics and probabilistic modelling of subjects and subjective rates used in QoE evaluation.


Title of Talk: Causal Models for Better Communication in Telecommunication Research

Dr. Turgay Tugay BILGIN received his Bachelor degree and Master degree in Computer and Control Systems from Istanbul Marmara University in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He got his doctoral degree from the department of Computer and Control Systems, Istanbul Marmara University, Turkiye, in 2008. His PhD thesis focuses on developing better algorithms for high dimensional data mining. Dr. Turgay Tugay BILGIN has taught computer science at several universities, including Istanbul Maltepe University in Turkey, Bursa Technical University in Turkey, demonstrating his expertise in data mining, IoT Data Analysis, Web Technologies. He is knowledgeable in Big Data Analysis, Computer Aided Coding and data analysis.

Title of Talk : A New System Design for Transforming Non-Intelligent Handheld Power Tools Used in Automotive Production Factory into Industry 4.0 Compliant Smart Tool.

Dr. Ehsan Elahi currently assistant professor at MUL University Lahore, Pakistan. He received a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain. His research interests include Web Readability, Accessibility, Image Processing, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Networks.

Title of Talk : Web Readability and Accessibility

BAMBANG SOELISTIJANTO received the B.S. degree from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, in 1993, the M.S. degree from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey, U.K., in 2014, all in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Informatics, Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia. His main research interests include routing and transport protocols, and security and privacy, applied in ad hoc networks, opportunistic mobile networks, and mobile social networks.

Title of Talk : Smart crowd systems using mobile and pervasive technologies.

LEDYA NOVAMIZANTI received the B.S degree in mathematics from Andalas University, in 2005, the M.S. degree in electrical and telecommunication engineering from Telkom University, in 2008. Currently, She is pursuing a Doctoral degree with LPDP Scholarship at Institute Technology Bandung. She is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering, Telkom University. Her main research interest include image processing, data hiding, computer vision, and machine and deep learning.

Title of Talk : Robust Reversible Data Hiding for Medical Images.

PARVIN AHMADI DOVAL AMIRI received the B.Sc. degree in computer software engineering from Islamic Azad University, Kashan Branch, Iran, in 2009, and the M.Sc. degree in computer software engineering from Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Iran, in 2013. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with Polytechnique Montreal, QC, Canada. Her research includes network traffic prediction using artificial intelligence (machine learning, deep learning, and ensemble learning) in vehicular networks and smart city

Title of talk : AI-based traffic prediction model for VANET/ V2X communication.

Christian is an IEEE active member and received his bachelor’s degree in computer and electrical engineering and an M.S. degree in applied security from the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. graduate from the electrical engineering of the École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada. Since 2008, he has been a Technical Consultant in the field of Cybersecurity and Network Architecture Design in recognized industries around the world. His research findings have been published in many prestigious venues, such as IEEE TIFS, IEEE ICC, and IEEE WCNC. His recent research activities cover analyzing and deploying intrusion detection and mitigation mechanisms using reinforcement-learning algorithms for software-defined cloud radio networks (SDCRANs).

Tewelgn Kebede was born in Echegie Gelila Kebele, East Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia in 1974. He received B.Sc. degrees in Electrical-Electronics Technology from Adama University in 2004 and a Computer Science degree from Infolink University College in 2010. He obtained his M.Sc in Communication Engineering and Networking in 2015 from Hawassa University. His has PhD in Communication Engineering from Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University and Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Since 2011 he has been a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hawassa University. From 2008 to 2011, he was United Nations Volunteer ICT Specialist. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hawassa University, Ethiopia. He has several published Journal and Conference papers at IEEE Xplore and Springer. His research interests include massive MIMO, mmWave communications, Waveforms and Multiple Access, Precoding and Beamforming for 5G wireless networks and beyond.

Title of Talk : Precoding and Beamforming Techniques in mmWave-Massive MIMO: Performance, Applications, and Challenges.

Manal A. Areqi received the B.S. degree in communications engineering and the M.S. degree in computer science from Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen, in 2019, where she is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and IT. Since September 2012, she has been a Lecturer with the Information Technology Department, Faculty of Computing and IT, Sana’a University. She has published many articles that are published in journals, and her master’s thesis was published as a book and has been translated into eight different languages. Her current research interests include the IoT, ubiquitous computing, and wireless networks. She is a reviewer with ISI and Scopus journals, such as Digital Communications and Networks and Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies.

Title of talk : D2D communications based on information-centric networking.

Dr. MONIKA VERMA received her B. Tech. Degree in Electrical Engineering from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttarakhand, India; her M. Tech. Degree in Power Electronics and Drives from Vellore Institute of Technology, India; and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Delhi Technological University, India. She is presently working as Embedded Development Engineer in the Centre of Excellence for Electric Vehicle and Related Technologies, at Delhi Technological University, India. She is Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student member, and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) associate member.

Title of the talk : Design and FEM Analysis of electric motor for EV applications.

Nidhi Mishra (Senior Member, IEEE) She had received her M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from BIT Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India in 2012. She was lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NIT Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. She had completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, India in 2020. She worked as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BIT Mesra, Patna Campus. She had authored and co-authored and had been reviewer in IEEE, Elsevier, IET and IETE journals. She had published Indian patents She has also served as session chair in quite international conferences like IECON and ECCE. Her areas of interest includes power electronics, multilevel converters, grid interaction of renewable energy systems, power quality improvement in grid-tied systems, conductive magnetics and wireless power transfer.

Title of Talk : Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Techniques.

Dr. Shashi Bhushan, a PhD in Wireless Sensor Network has over 12 years of experience in academics and research. He has delivered several guest lectures, seminars and chaired the session at various reputed international conferences. He published several edited books. He has published more than 55 research articles in indexed journals and reputed conferences. He edited several journal special issues from the most famed publishers like Springer, Bentham Science, Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier, etc. He is also serving as a Reviewer and Editorial Board Member of many reputed Journals.

Title of Talk : Data aggregation technique for energy efficiency in wireless sensor network.

Dr. Avishek Chakraborty passed his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He received his M.Tech degree in Radio Physics and Electronics with a specialization in Space Science and Microwaves from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, in 2017.He has completed his Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur in 2021. He has also successfully completed a DST-SERB sponsored research project by serving as a DST-SERB Research Fellow in his Ph.D. tenure (2018-2021). He is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical, Electronics &Communication Engineering (EECE), GITAM University, Bangalore. Prior to this, He was associated with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, SR University Warangal, Telangana, India as an Assistant Professor. He has authored several research papers published in peer reviewed International Journals, Conferences, Book Chapters, and has also served as a reviewer of Wiley journals. His current research interests include Antenna Array Synthesis, Phased Arrays, Antenna Array Optimization using Soft Computing and Artificial Intelligence, and Signal Processing for Antenna Arrays and Radars.

Title of Talk : Challenges and Recent Advances in wireless Communication Towards a Smart Future

Mr.M.Saravanan received his B.E. from Coimbatore Institute of Technology in Coimbatore and his M.E. in VLSI Design from Anna University in Coimbatore. His research topic is the III-V tunnel field effect transistor for analog/RF applications. He has been teaching for 14 years and has worked at the Bannariamman Institute of Technology and the SNS College of Technology. Currently working as an Assistant Professor at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He is the author of a number of book chapters, and research papers that have been presented at international conferences and published in international publications. His research interests include VLSI design, device modeling, microelectronics, and semiconductor physics. He holds a senior IEEE membership.

Title of Talk : Future Trends and Analog/RF Applications of Tunnel Field Effect Transistor.

Dr. Suresh received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University. He received his Master’s degree in Communication Systems from College of Engineering, Anna University. Then he received his PhD degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University in 2021.Having a teaching experience of twelve years, he is working currently as a Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu. .He has authored several research papers published in peer reviewed International journal, conferences, book chapters and also served as reviewer for many journals. His specializations include Wireless Communication, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things and Digital Signal Processing

Title of Talk : 6G Wireless Communication Systems: Applications, Requirements, Technologies, Challenges, and Research Directions

Dr Rajin M. Linus received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree from C.S.I.Institute of Technology, Nagercoil affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu in the year 2003. He got Master in Engineering from Karunya Institute of Technology and Science, Coimbatore affiliated to Anna University Chennai during the year 2005. His doctorate degree is from Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram(An Institute of National Importance Under MHRD), Government of India during the year 2016. He is the recipient of Best Achiever Award by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam International Foundation. Since 2019, he has been working as Associate Professor and HOD of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Sanjay Ghodawat University, Kolhapaur. He has more than 18 years of experiences which includes Teaching, research and administration. Dr Rajin M. Linus research areas are Modeling of Electrical Machines, Electric Drives, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicle, Microgrid and Communications. Many students have defended their post graduate thesis under his guidance. Currently, he has been guiding research scholars and post graduate students in the above stated areas. He is IEEE Senior Member and ambassador of the IEEE.TV Region 10. He has been acting as editorial member of several IEEE, IET and SCI Journals and different positions in conference committees. He has vast experiences in delivering guest lectures for various Faculty development programmes and Training Sessions.

Title of Talk : Flexible MIMO Antennas for 5G Applications

MWP Maduranga obtained his BSc.Eng. in Electronic Engineering degree in 2013 from the Asian Institute of Technology(AIT), Thailand, and MS.c.Eng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2017. He obtained his PhD degree in Computing from the IIC University of Technology , Kingdom of Cambodia. And he received the Engineering Charter in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the Engineering Council, the UK, in 2020. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Computing, General Sir John KotelalwaDefence University Sri Lanka. From September 2013 to September 2014, he worked as an instructor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa. From September 2014 to April 2020, he served as a lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Vocational Technology, Sri Lanka. He served as a reviewer and technical program committee for many international conferences, including IEEE R-10 conferences. He also serves as a general committee member for the IEEE Signal Processing Society chapter in Sri Lanka and adviser for IET on campus, KDU. He is also a senior member of IEEE, a member of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka, and member of IET, United Kingdom.

Title of Talk : Machine Learning-based indoor localization, AI/ML in IoT Applications, and wireless communication.

Dr Singh has completed his PhD in 1994 from Indian Institute of Banaras (BHU) in optical communication. In 1995 joined as a lecturer in BITS-Pilani where he was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2003. Later he has joined Multimedia University Malaysia in 2005 as Senior Lecturer and later promoted as Associate Professor. At present he is working as Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIIT University-Neemarana Rajasthan India. He is Fellow of IETE India and Senior Member of IEEE. He has served in many national and international conferences. He has guided many PhDs and Master and lead as PI in external grant. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and National/International conferences. At present he is working on the design of Herbal Battery as Next Gen Battery.

Dr. H. Singh is currently working as a Professor (Physics) & Head Department of Applied Sciences of The NorthCap University, Gurugram, India. He has completed B. Sc and M. Sc degree from MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly and Ph.D. degree from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, 1995, 1997 and 2003, respectively. He has a teaching experience of more than 22 years to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has 80 research paper publications in reputed journals and has 75 papers presented in national, international conferences and workshops as well. Dr Singh supervised 06 Ph.D students and others. He was awarded the best Research Paper award as a first author in 2014, also recipient of the Prestigious Deokaran Award for “Glass”- 2018 by the Indian Ceramic Society, CSIR (CGCRI). Under the best faculty award, Dr Singh is awarded the best researcher award in the academic year 2021–22 by The NorthCap University, Gurgram, India. He is faculty adviser of The NorthCap University OPTICA student Chapter. He was Co-PI and Mentor of DRDO and DST research funded projects. He is a senior member of The Optical Society (OPTICA), The Optical Society of India (OSI). He was also Associate Editor of IET Image Processing Journal.

Title of Talk : Optical image encryption using various mathematical transforms and spiral phase masks.

Dr. Aswini K. Samantaray (Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from the Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gunupur, India, in 2008, and the M.Tech. degree from the C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, India, in 2012. He has completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Goa (NIT Goa), India in 2022. He has worked as an Assistant Professor with the C. V. Raman College of Engineering for 8 years. He is presently working as an assistant professor in electronics and communication engineering department, Vignanuniversity, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has published several research papers in peer reviewed international journals, conferences, patents and book chapters. His research papers includes IEEE transactions and Indian patents. He has also worked as a potential reviewer for IEEE journals, IET journals, Springer journals and international conferences.His research interests include the design of wavelets and filter-banks, image processing, and FPGA accelerators.

Title of Talk : Design of low complex wavelet filter banks for medical image retrieval.

I am Sheikh Imroza Manzoor, currently pursuing Ph.D. from Central University of Jammu, India. I have done M.Tech in Computer Science and Technology from Central University of Jammu and B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jammu India. I have 2 years of teaching experience and 2 years of Research experience. I have 4 research publications in reputed journals and I have attended 5 conferences. In addition to this, I have received 2 best research paper awards in two reputed conferences and currently I am working as senior research fellow in a DRDO sponsored project at CUJ, India. My research interests are IoT, Security and Privacy, and Biometrics.

Title of Talk : Federated Learning in IoT networks.

Dr. Chilakala Sudhamani received her B.Tech degree in electronics and communication engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India in 2005, M.Tech degree in Digital Electronics and Communication Science from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India in 2011 and completed her Ph.D. degree in Wireless Communications and Networking from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India in 2020. She is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Wireless Technology Lab, Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University Malaysia. She published more than 20 research papers in international journals and conferences. Her areas of research interest are 5G Networks, wireless channel modeling, spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks, Cooperative Spectrum sensing, Signal Processing , etc.

Title of Talk : Algorithm and scheme for coverage and speed enhancement of 5G Heterogeneous Networks.

Dr. Mohammad Shahid has received his first degree B Sc. (Hons) Mathematics and then Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 2005 and 2009 respectively. After then, He has completed his M. Tech. degree in Computer Science from School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India in 2012. He has beenalso awarded his PhD degree in the area of Grid Computing from School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India in 2015. He joined asan Assistant Professor (Computer Science) at the Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Aligarh. His research interest area is Grid/Cloud Computing, Workflow Scheduling, Security, Meta-heuristic Optimization, and PortfolioOptimization. He was awarded a research startup grant from University Grant Commission, UGC-BSR, 2017, India on workflow allocation in Cloud Systems.Recently, he has awarded a major research project form ICCSR, New Delhi, India project on portfolio optimization using evolutionary optimization. He has published more than 20 papers in international journals of reputed publishers (including Elsevier, Springer, InderScience, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, IGI Global, etc.). He has presented his work at numerous conferences both in India and abroad. He has won the best research paper award one in abroad 2nd International Conference on Technological Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICTACS 2022), Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2022. He has also won the best paper award in International Conference on Reinventing Business Practices, Startups and Sustainability (ICRBSS) 2022, SRM University, India. He has held positions on numerous editorial boards, TPC, and organizing committees for various journals and conferences. He is also reviewer of many journals of publishers including, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, GI Global, etc.. He is an IEEE Member.

Title of Talk : Scientific Workflow Allocation Schemes Using Nature-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms in Infrastructure-as-a-Service Clouds.

Suyog Vinayakrao Pande received B.E Degree In E& TC in year 2008 and Completed M.Tech Degree in Electronics in year 2014 and now pursuing PhD course In Electronics from pune university . His area of interest includes Cognitive radio, Meta material Antenna design, Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence. He is the author or coauthor of 4 SCI and 7 peer review Scopus paper and more than 10 conference paper. He has given several invited talks on metamaterial antenna designing in conferences/ workshops.

Title of Talk : Parameter Enhancement and Size reduction of Meta surface Reflector loaded Decagon antenna

Dr. Mayank Srivastava is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. He has Fourteen years of teaching/research experience. He received Ph.D. in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) New Delhi in 2015. His research interest includes Analog Integrated Circuits, Analog Signal Processing, Microelectronics Circuits and Optical Integrated Circuits. He has authored/ co-authored more than Ninety research articles in reputed International Journals and Conferences. He has four Indian patents (Published) and One Ireland patent (Applied) in his credit. He has acted as a reviewer for many reputed SCI/ Scopus indexed international journals including IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology (IEEE), IET Electronics Letters (Wiley), International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications (Wiley), IEEE Sensor Letters (IEEE), Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (Springer), Wireless Personal Communication (Springer), Sadhana Journal(Springer), AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communication (Elsevier), Physical Communication (Elsevier), MAPAN Journal of Metrology Society (Springer), Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (Elsevier), Engineering Science and Technology (Elsevier), Applied Science (MDPI), Microelectronics Engineering (Elsevier), Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (Niscair), Micromachines (MDPI), Electronics (MDPI), Symmetry (MDPI), Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Hindawi), Journal of Optical Communication (De-Gruyter), Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering etc. He has also served as a Member TPC/ Reviewer / Technical Session chair for more than forty international/ national conferences. He also acted as a project reviewer for Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic.

Title of Talk : New generation active elements and their applications in modern analog signal processing circuits.

Dr Bikram Paul is currently working as a Post-doctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, on the SoC hardware accelerator for memory management systems for AI-powered autonomous vehicles. He received Btech and MTech degrees from the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Agartala. He completed his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. His research interests include VLSI circuit design for IoT applications, quantum electronics circuit design, Hardware Security, Post Quantum Cryptography, Secure Hardware Accelerator for SoC, Quantum Computing, Secure ML architecture for cloud computing, Secure Biomedical IoT Architecture, etc. His research works have been published in a number of IEEE transactions and other reputed journals and international conferences. He also worked on a joint international project with the India-Czech Republic to develop smart contactless fencing. Before joining IIT Guwahati, he was a visiting lecturer at the Tripura Institute of Technology.

Title of Talk : Post Quantum Cryptography - A Solution for secure communication

S. Anitha received B.E Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Coimbatore in 2006 and M.E Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Kongu Engineering College in 2009. From 2009 to 2010 she worked as a Lecturer in the department of IT, Velalar College of Engineering and Technology. Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of IT, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai. She has published a book titled, ”Computer Graphics and Multimedia: Insights, Mathematical Models and Programming paradigms” published by PHI Learning Private Limited in the year 2016. She was sanctioned with a UGC Minor Research Project entitled, “Pattern improvement in Rank-based Association Rule Mining for Energy Conservation in Wireless Sensor Networks” in the year 2016. She has also undergone Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme for a period of two months under the guidance of Prof. Siba K. Udgata, University of Hyderabad in the year 2017. She is a life member of ISTE and CSI. She has published 8 papers in National and International Journals and 10 papers in National and International Conferences. Her academic interests include Network Security, Wireless Sensor Networks, Computer Graphics and Multimedia. She has organized 5 national level seminar, workshop and conferences for the benefit of faculty members and students. She has attended 15 Seminars, FDP’s, and workshops organized in and around the college.

Title of Talk : Analysis of security requirements, security attacks and security mechanisms for Communication Networks

In 2010, Dr. Bhushan Deore received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from North Maharashtra University in Jalgaon, India. In 2013, Dr. Bhushan Deore received a Master of Engineering degree in electronics engineering from the University of Mumbai in Mumbai, India. He received his doctorate in electrical engineering from the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai, India. At the moment, he has the position of Assistant Professor at the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, where he teaches in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. His research interests include cybersecurity, machine learning, and intrusion detection system.

Title of Talk : Optimization based on the Intrusion Detection System

Bandana Sharma has received her B.E Degree in Electrical Engineering and M. Tech Degree in Instrumentation & Control in year 2006 and 2008from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India. and now she is pursuing PhDfrom Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi India. She has 14 years of teaching experience in KIET and KEC, AKTU affiliated colleges, India. Her area of research includes Metaheuristic Optimization Techniques, Hybrid Renewable Energy Based Systems (HRES), Size Optimization Of HRES, Space Vector PWM inverter etc. She published 8 research papers in SCIE and International Journals. She has also presented and published 7 research papers in international conferences. She has also got best paper award in JTACON 2020, multidisciplinary International Conferenceheld at Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She is lifetime member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG).

Title of Talk : Size Optimization of Hybrid renewable Energy Systems Using Metaheuristic Techniques.

I am Dr Swathi Mummadi, working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, B V Raju Institute of Technology, India. I pursued B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Technological University Hyderabad. I have completed Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the domain of Quantum Computing and Cryptography at one of the prestigious institutions of India, the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. I have published 10+ articles on my research work in Reputed Journals, International Conferences and Book Chapters. I also published a patent and received a research grant from the government for a funded project. I have received the Young Researchers Award for my research contributions in Quantum Computing Domain. I also received Teaching Excellence Award with a gold medal for innovative teaching methods. I am a reviewer for SCI Journals and International Conferences. My research interests include Quantum Computing and Cryptography, Quantum Information, Quantum Key Distribution, Blockchain Technology, Information Security, Advanced Algorithms, Quantum Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Title of Talk : Quantum Leaps in Information Protection: Exploring Quantum Computing and Cryptography.

Tarana Singh received B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (2017) from Banasthali Vidyapeeth, M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (2019) from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, and Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University. She is an active researcher in the different domains of smart cities. Her research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, the Internet of Things, and Energy Management Systems in Smart Cities. A number of book chapters, papers, and copyrights are published by her.

Title of Talk : Role of Machine Learning and Deep Learning with Meta-Heuristic Techniques in Real-Time Applications in Different Domains of Smart Cities.

Joshan Athanesious Jreceived his B.Tech in Information and Technology from Karunya University, Coimbatore, India in 2011. He also holds M. Tech in Multimedia Technology with distinction from Karunya University, Coimbatore, India in 2013 and Doctoral Degree in Department of Information Science and Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, India in 2020. He was sanctioned with DST – Purse II sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology for period of 3 years (Jan 2015 - Dec 2017) for pursuing his Ph.D. His PhD thesis emphases on Abnormal Detection in Video Traffic Surveillance. Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor (Sr)in School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai campus. He has authored for more than 20 research article published in various International Journals, Conference and Book Chapters. His research areas include Image processing, Data mining, Machine learning and Computer vision. He is currently working on Anomaly Detection, Video Traffic Behaviour, Crowd Analysis, Object Detection, Tracking and Instance Segmentation.

Title of Talk : Intelligent Video Traffic surveillance: Vehicle detection, Classification and Abnormal Detection.

Dr. Anjali Diwan is a highly experienced academic and software industry professional with over 20 years of expertise. Her areas of academic and research interests include Machine Learning, Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Data Security, Multimedia Forensics, and the application of technologies to address humanitarian challenges. She is a senior member of IEEE and currently serves as a member of the SAC team of IEEE R10 (2023-2024) and the Section Chair of the IEEE Young Professionals affinity group of Gujarat section (2022-2024). Previously, she served as the Section Chair of Student Activity for IEEE Gujarat from 2016 to 2019 and IEEE WIE affinity group cochair of IEEE Gujarat section from 2014 to 2017. Additionally, Dr. Diwan is a member of the TPC committee of several IEEE conferences and serves as a reviewer for international journals and IEEE transection. Currently she is working as faculty member of CE-AI/Big data department of Marwadi University, Rajkot (Gujarat) in India.

Tilte of Talk : Towards Explainable Generative AI in Multimedia Processing

Dr Ramesh Babu P, Currently working as an Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science & Engineering, Wollega University, Ethiopia. He has 15 Years of Teaching experience. He earned his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Computer Science & Engineering from JNTU University, Hyderabad. He has obtained his Ph.D in Computer Science & Engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University. His research interests include Image Mining, Network Communications, Deep Learning and Cyber Forensics. He is the reviewer of reputed International Journals. He is an active member of several professional bodies. He is the recipient of Academic Excellence Award from Institute of Scholars-India. He has published 25 research papers in Scopus/SCI indexed international journals and conferences and got 10 patents.

Title of Talk : Importance of Cyber/Network Forensics in Cyber Crimes.

I am working as an Assistant Professor in the department of ECE, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), Andhra Pradesh. I received Young Researcher Award in Feb 2023 at an International Conference on Science and Engineering (ICSE 2023), organized by The Institute of Engineers (IEI), Hour Chapter & REST Labs, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. I did my M.Tech in VLSI and PhD in ECE from the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Arunachal Pradesh, India. I served as a Guest Lecturer (July 2011-May 2012) and Assistant Professor (contractual, Jan 2015-May 2015) in the department of ECE, NERIST (Under MHRD, Govt. of India), Arunachal Pradesh, India. I'm also a professional IEEE member, ISTE Life Member, IAENG member, and IAASSE member. I am a recipient of the prestigious Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Scheme initiated and funded by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Maiti), Govt. of India. My Research interests include Analog and digital VLSI circuits, Microelectronics and Embedded systems.

Title of Talk : CMOS inverter design: A practical perspective

Mehak Saini is B.Tech, M. Tech Ph.D. (ECE) from D. C. R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, India. She has teaching and industrial experience. The research area of her interest is MIMO Wireless Communication Systems, Machine Learning and Deep Learning for future generation communication systems.

Title of Talk : On the opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the future wireless communication systems.

Anshu Kumar Dwivedi is currently working as Associate Professor & Head in department of computer science & Engineering at Buddha Institute of Technology, Gida , Gorakhpur India. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur and M.Tech (HONS) degree in Computer Engineering from YMCA University of Science & Technology, Faridabad, India. He completed Bachelor of Technology from UPTU, Lucknow, India. His research interests include wireless sensor network, image processing, and network security. He has authored a book theory of automata and formal language (S.CHAND), and research papers published in leading International Conferences and Peer-reviewed International journals from IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, John Wiley, etc. He is reviewer of Scopus/SCI Indexed International Journals.

Tilte of Talk : Energy Efficient Clustering For Wireless Sensor Network.

Dr.Avaneesh Singh is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India. He received his M.Tech from the Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur (U.P.) in the Computer Science and Engineering discipline. He received his B.Tech from Goel Institute of Technology & Management, Lucknow in Computer Science and Engineering discipline. His current research interests include Epidemic Forecasting, Computational Modeling, Machine Intelligence, Deep Learning, Big data.

Title of Talk : New advancements in Mathematical modelling of Epidemic forecasting.

MONWAR RAHMAN, B.Sc. Mathematics Hons. Magadh University, India M. Sc. Mathematics Magadh University, India ALCCS. from The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India equivalent to M. Tech. in Computer Science Life member of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India Experience as a lecturer Jan 2003 to March 2006 at the Computer Engineering Department, Jamia Milla Islamia University, New Delhi, India March 2006 to September 2022 at the Information Technology Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Al Musannah, Oman

Title of Talk : An Efficient and Secure Model Using Adaptive Optimal Deep Learning for Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing.

Dr. Prema V, Associate Professor, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore Education: B. Tech in Electrical & Electronics from Calicut University, Kerala with First Class, Distinction, graduated in 2001. M. Tech in Power Electronics from VTU with first class, Distinction graduated in 2005. PhD in Electrical Engineering from VTU in 2018 in the area of renewable energy. Work Experience: 18 years of teaching and 1 ½ years of industry experience. Started teaching career at Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore- 2years. Worked as senior lecturer at Sapthagiri college of Engineering, Bangalore- 1 year. Worked as Assistant Professor at RVCE since 2008- 12years. Working as Associate Professor in BMS College of Engineering since May 2020. Publications: Including Elsevier and Springer Journals, most recent journal publication is invited paper in the first edition of journal published by VTU. Smart Grid-Wiley Publications), Indian adaptation of Power Electronics by Ned Mohan

Title of Talk : Integration of Virtual Reality with 3D Modelled Solar-Wind Microgrid for Advanced Learning.

K. Victor Sam Moses Babu (Member, IEEE) received the M.E. degree in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2014 and received the Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Karunya University, Coimbatore, India, in 2011. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India. He is also a Ph.D. Data Science Research Intern at ABB Ability Innovation Center, Hyderabad, India, since 2022. He has 9 years of teaching and research experience. He also worked as a senior research fellow in an India-Sri Lanka Joint Research Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India, from 2018 to 2021 where he also visited University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. He holds 4 Australian patents and 2 Indian patents and has authored more than 10 research publications in reputed international journals and conferences. In 2022, he received the "Excellence in Research Award" at the 6th EEE Doctoral Research Symposium held at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India. He was also received the "Young Scientist Award" in 2021, presented at the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine, organized by the VDGOOD Professional Association, India. He serves as a reviewer for IEEE Control Systems Letters. His research interests include Smart Grids, Optimization Techniques, Coalitional Game Theory, the Application of Power Electronics to Power Systems, Electric Motor Drives, and Electric Vehicles.

Title of Talk : Developing Resilient Energy Networks and Microgrids.

Mr. Venkata Satya R Kosuru, Received B.Tech degree in “Electrical and Electronics Engineering” from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India in 2010, and, Master of Science in “Electrical and Computers Engineering” from Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, USA. I carry 10+ years of experience in Electrical and Electronics corresponds to the Automotive Industry focusing on Autonomous, EV Systems and their safety analysis. I Currently work at Rivian Automotive as a “Staff Technical Engineer” – Functional Safety based in California, USA. I carry research work corresponding to 15 of highly technical scholarly published articles which are high ranking Scopus indexed, IEEE Transactions and IEEE Conferences, Performed several Peer Reviews for IEEE technical Journals, SAE Automotive and Conferences as well I carry several industrial patents narrating EE scale for Automotive industry. I am a senior member of IEEE, hosted several section chairs and organized technical conferences around the several regions of North America. My area of interest are – Automotive Electronics, EV sector, ADAS systems, Safety of EE, Control systems and Automation.

Tile of Talk : Attaining Highest Integrity of ASIL level Safety Analysis for EE systems in Automotive domain.

Dr. Sunil Kumar is an Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) in the Cybernetics Cluster, School of Computer Science at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun (India). He received B. Tech from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in CSE (2006), M.Tech from MMU, Ambala in CSE (2011), and Ph.D. (2021) from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He is a founder member of the OPEN community under the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, He has more than 16+ years of teaching experience at reputed NAAC accredited universities such as the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun (NAAC accreditation A). He has published more than 20 research articles (including SCOPUS and SCI indexed publications), edited/authored various books/book chapters, and served as aeditor/reviewer for various journals. His area of research is WSN, Deep Learning, IoT,Metaheuristic Optimization, and Data Mining

Title of Talk : Cloud Optimization Techniques.

Dr. M. Premkumar (Senior Member, IEEE) received a B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in 2004, an M.E. degree in applied electronics from the Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in 2010, and the PhD degree from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2019. He works as an Associate Professor with the Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India. Also, he is a research fellow at the Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Kajang, Malaysia. He has over 15 years of teaching experience and has published over 130 technical articles in various National/International peer-reviewed journals, such as IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and so on, with over 2200 citations and an H-index of 26. He has published/granted seven patents by IPR, India, and IPR, Australia. He is also an Editor/Reviewer for leading journals of different publishers, such as IEEE, IET, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Springer, MDPI, etc. He is recognized as one of the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide based on the Study Conducted by Stanford University for 2021-2022. He is a member of various professional bodies, such as IEEE, ISTE, and IAENG. His current research interests include power converters/inverters, renewable energy systems, smart grid and microgrids, PV parameter extraction, modern PV MPPTs, PV array faults, non-isolated/isolated DC-DC converters for renewable energy systems and electric vehicles, BMS for electric vehicles, and optimization algorithms, including single-, multi-, and many-objectives for real-time power electronics and power systems problems. He has received various awards and rewards for his outstanding contributions to teaching and research. He has delivered more than 30 guest lectures in various institutions and organizations in diverse fields. He is a member of various professional bodies, such as IEEE, ISTE, and IAENG.

Title of Talk : Powering the Future: Exploring the Frontiers of Energy Systems

Dr. Devarani Devi Ningombam is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Patna, India. She received her Bachelor of Engineering degree from KavayitriBahinabaiChaudhari North Maharashtra University (NMU), Maharashtra, India; her MTech. degree from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India; and her Ph.D. degree from Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea. She worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Information Strategy Department and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Smart Data Research Section, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon, South Korea. She was working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management University, Visakhapatnam Campus, and the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. She has received several academic achievements, such as the North Maharashtra University (NMU) Bronze Medalist and was honoured with 3-best paper awards during her Ph.D. degree for her significant research contributions. She has published in various peer-reviewed international journals and presented research papers at 20+ international conferences held in Milan, Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Prague, Thailand, etc. Her areas of expertise include multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL), the internet of things (IoT), device-to-device communications (D2D), and wireless networks.

Title of Talk : Curiosity as a Skill for Multiple Agent Learning Systems.

Monika Gupta earned her B.E. degree (Hons.) in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the University of Rajasthan, followed by an M.Tech. degree (Hons.) in VLSI Design from Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, where she was honored with a gold medal for her outstanding academic achievements. Furthering her education, she completed a PGDBM in finance from Symbiosis International University, Pune. Currently, Monika is on the cusp of receiving her Ph.D. degree from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru, India. In her professional role, she serves as a Senior Assistant Professor at New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru. Monika Gupta's dedication to research is evident through her contributions, with numerous research papers published in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. Her research interests encompass Analog and Digital VLSI circuits, Network-on-Chip, and Multi-core processors.She has published 6 patents in various domains.

Title of talk : Scalable On-Chip Interconnects for Many-Core Systems

Shikha Tuteja, presently working as assistant professor-III in Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. She has also worked in Chandigarh University as Assistant Professor. She has also worked as a Senior Project Fellow in CSIO- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, also completed her PhD from AcSIR- CSIO Chandigarh. During PhD she has worked on Occlusion and feature based traffic Handling. She has done M.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India in 2014. In CSIR-CSIO she has deal with a project based on FTT- Fast Track Translation, Project Visual Landing for Naval Operations. She has also worked on CSIR-CSIO on a Defense project “MLP-0046-Design and Development of enhanced Vision system for military surface Transport vehicles” From 18th September, 2018-31st March, 2020. As her past experience that she has worked as Assistant Professor in Rayat and Bahra institute of Engineering and Biotechnology from 2007-2016. From 2016- 2017 I have worked with Chandigarh group of colleges, Landran. She got the Best Paper award in the Jammia Teachers Association Multidisciplinary international conference on JTACON, 2020. She has filed 5 patents in various fields. She is an Associate Editor of a SCI Indexed journals. She has published 2 SCI paper and 5 has been under communicated. She has Published 1 Book Chapter with Taylor and Francis (CRC Press). She has published many National and International papers in different journals. Her research interests include Occlusion Handling, Feature Descriptors, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Deep learning.

Title of Talk : Advancements in Electronics, Communications, and Networks.