IEEE CCNCPS 2026 Conference Program

September 14–17, 2026 • Time shown in Dubai (GST, UTC+4).

Only for registered papers

Program Overview

Sessions, breaks, lunch, registration, dinner, and closing remarks. Use the day links below to open the full detailed tab.

Invited Speakers

Invited Speaker 1: Prof. David A. Bader

Date: September 15, 2026, 11:00 AM

Talk Title: Interactive Massive-Scale Graph Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems

Bio: Prof. David A. Bader is a Distinguished Professor and founder of the Department of Data Science and inaugural Director of the Institute for Data Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, AAAS, and SIAM, a recipient of the IEEE Sidney Fernbach Award, and a leading expert in high-performance computing, graph analytics, cybersecurity, and computational genomics. He has co-authored more than 400 scholarly papers and is recognized for pioneering Linux supercomputing and large-scale graph analytics.

Abstract: Cyber-physical systems such as power grids, transportation networks, industrial control systems, and sensor deployments generate massive interaction data that can be represented as evolving graphs. This keynote presents interactive, high-performance graph analytics for detecting anomalies, cascading failures, intrusions, and sensor degradation using Arkouda and Arachne. The talk explains how distributed Python-based analytics, sparse graph structures, and parallel graph algorithms can support real-world cyber-physical monitoring at massive scale.

Invited Speaker 2: Dr. Saed Alrabaee

Date: September 16, 2026, 11:00 AM

Talk Title: From Binaries to Behaviors: LLM-Assisted Threat Analysis for ICS and CPS

Bio: Dr. Saed Alrabaee is an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Security at the United Arab Emirates University. His research focuses on cybersecurity, reverse engineering, malware analysis, binary authorship attribution, software provenance, digital forensics, and function fingerprinting. He serves as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing and deputy editor-in-chief of IET Information Security.

Abstract: Industrial control systems and cyber-physical systems operate critical infrastructure, but their firmware, control logic, and protocols are difficult to analyze. This talk explores how large language models can support reverse engineering and threat analysis by helping analysts understand code and infer attacker intent. It also discusses model limitations, errors, and the remaining challenges before such tools can be trusted in high-stakes security analysis.

September 14 Online

Time	Program Item
09:00–10:30	D1-S1 : Session 1 - Network Security, Digital Forensics & Secure Communications
10:30–10:45	Coffee Break
10:45–12:30	D1-S2 : Session 2 - Wellness AI, Healthcare IoT & Anomaly Detection
12:30–14:00	Lunch Break
14:00–15:30	D1-S3 : Session 3 - Federated Learning, Biomarkers, Smart Energy & IoT Security
15:30–15:45	Break
15:45–17:30	D1-S4 : Session 4 - Open Session

September 15 In-Person

Time	Program Item
08:00–09:00	Registration
09:00–10:30	D2-S1 : Session 1 - Opening, Digital Forensics, Health AI & Smart Infrastructure
10:30–11:00	Coffee Break
11:00–12:30	D2-S2 : Session 2 - Invited Talk, Explainable AI & Threat Recognition
12:30–14:00	Lunch Break
14:00–15:30	D2-S3 : Session 3 - Medical Imaging, IoMT Security & Digital Twins
15:30–16:00	Coffee Break
16:00–17:30	D2-S4 : Session 4 - MANETs, Satellites, Mobile Systems & 3-D Printing Security
19:00–22:00	Gala Dinner - Details to be announced

September 16 In-Person

Time	Program Item
08:00–09:00	Registration
09:00–10:30	D3-S1 : Session 1 - Metaverse Learning, Smart Governance, Supply Chains & Navigation AI
10:30–11:00	Coffee Break
11:00–12:30	D3-S2 : Session 2 - Invited Talk, Trustworthy AI & Cyber-Physical Key Management
12:30–14:00	Lunch Break
14:00–15:30	D3-S3 : Session 3 - Fraud Detection, Open Datasets & Autonomous Drone Intelligence
15:30–16:00	Coffee Break
16:00–17:30	D3-S4 : Session 4 - Malware, UAV Surveillance, Heart Disease Prediction & Human Intervention
17:30–17:45	Closing Remarks

September 17 Online

Time	Program Item
09:00–10:30	D4-S1 : Session 1 - Edge Robotics & Autonomous Web Execution
10:30–10:45	Coffee Break
10:45–12:30	D4-S2 : Session 2 - Bitcoin-Derived Systems, Software Security, Graph Neural Networks & Industrial CPS Cloud Integration
12:30–12:45	Closing remarks and best paper awards (might be shifted if more papers are added online)

September 14 Online

Monday, September 14, 2026 09:00–10:30

D1-S1: Session 1 - Network Security, Digital Forensics & Secure Communications

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

Opening Remarks: —
D1-S1-P1 Receiver Sensitivity and Reach Enhancement in 7-Core WC-SDM/MCF Systems Using DFE and XT-Aware Cancellers: Intisar Kareem AL-Shaeli, Ehab AbdulRazzaq Hussein and Saad S. Hreshee (University of Babylon, Iraq)
D1-S1-P2 Differentially Private Quantum Federated Neural Networks for IoT Intrusion Detection: NCh Muraliyaswanth (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India); Sriram Sankaran (Amrita University, India)
D1-S1-P3 A Multi-Resolution Deep Learning System for Proactive 5G Congestion Forecasting and Prevention in Nationwide RAN Operations: Ammar Ayub (USA); Taha Sajid (Principal Security Architect, Xecurity Pulse, USA)
D1-S1-P4 Dynamic Public Key Framework for Pre- and Post-Quantum Cryptography: Bharat S Rawal (Grambling State University, USA)
D1-S1-P5 Dataset Perturbation Effects and Temporal Trends in Android Malware Family Classification: Kevin Day and Khaled Rabieh (Metropolitan State University, USA); Faisal Kaleem (Metro State University, USA)

10:30–10:45 — Coffee Break

Monday, September 14, 2026 10:45–12:30

D1-S2: Session 2 - Wellness AI, Healthcare IoT & Anomaly Detection

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D1-S2-P1 Secure and Personalized Explainable Federated Learning for Multimodal Wellness Monitoring: Snit Daniel Zerea, Edmund Evangelista, Syed M Salman Bukhari and Ravishankar Sharma (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
D1-S2-P2 HandDx-200: A Multimodal Cyber-Physical Framework for Non-Invasive Anemia Risk Screening Using RGB and Thermal Hand Imaging: Mohamed Ahmed Atwa, Abdelrahman Ahmed Mahmoud Fadl Ahmed, Abdelrahman Ahmed Abdelazim Hassan, Abdelrahman Sherif Mohamed Elmahdy Mohamed Soliman and Zeyad Mohamed Abdelhamid Elsayed Abdelrazek (Cairo University, Egypt); Ahmed E. Mansour Atwa (Mustaqbal University, Saudi Arabia)
D1-S2-P3 Portable COVID-19 Screening System Kit Using Internet of Things and Convolutional Neural Network: Zainal Hisham Che Soh, Ir (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Zuraidi Saad, Muhammad Hafiz Abd Hamid, Raja Mohammad Ridzuan Raja Abdullah, Fatin Najihah Shahriman and Nurhidayatul Husna Zahrin (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia); Meteab Abdullah Abdo Ali Moqbel (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Mohamad Zulfadhli Abdullah (Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia,, Malaysia)
D1-S2-P4 An Intelligent UAV-Aided Surveillance Framework Based on Controlled Federated Learning: Rifat Sarker Aoyon and Sangman Moh (Chosun University, Korea (South))
D1-S2-P5 No Influence from Photopic, Mesopic, and Scotopic Lightings on Relaxation of Accommodation and Pupil Response: A Potential for Cyber-Physical Monitoring: Azmir Ahmad (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Saiful Azlan Rosli (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia & Optometry and Visual Sciences (iROViS) Research Group, Malaysia); Ahmad Ihsan Mohd Yassin (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Ahmad Syahhir Syah Mohd Zaini (International Medical School (IMS), Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia)
D1-S2-P6 FedTransformer-Gram: A Hybrid Federated Transformer Autoencoder for Anomaly Detection in Healthcare IoT: Sreelekshmi D (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Sriram Sankaran (Amrita University, India); Vatnala shiva gopthreya Kumar (Amrita vishwa vidhyapeetham,India)

12:30–14:00 — Lunch Break

Monday, September 14, 2026 14:00–15:30

D1-S3: Session 3 - Federated Learning, Biomarkers, Smart Energy & IoT Security

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D1-S3-P1 Heart Rate Variability as a Digital Biomarker: Benchmarking Analysis Using Wearable Sensor Data: Sheik Mohammed Ali (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia); Edmund Evangelista and Syed M Salman Bukhari (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Dhanjoo Ghista (Centre for Inclusive Digital Enterprise (CeIDE), New Zealand); Ravishankar Sharma (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
D1-S3-P2 Joint Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Heatwaves via GNN and Temporal Convolutions: Uma Chinta (Texas Tech University, USA); Mahesh venkat Reesu (Tech Tech University, USA); Manohar Raavi (Kennesaw State University, USA)
D1-S3-P3 A Hybrid TCN-SA-GRU Deep Learning Framework for Multivariate Energy Consumption Forecasting in Smart Buildings: Sandeep Kumar (School of Management Sciences (SMS) Varanasi, India); Vipin Maurya (IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India); Sushma Kumari and Dharmendra Kumar (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India); Vibha Jain (Thapar University, India); Ashutosh Mishra (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates)
D1-S3-P4 A Multi-Party State Channel-Based Incentive Mechanism for Cross-Silo Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Participants: MalliKarjun Reddy Dorsala (IIIT Sri City, India); Mahesh Kumar Morampudi (SRM University - AP, India); K. S. Yojith Kaustabh (IIIT Sri City, India)
D1-S3-P5 SalahSync: An Autonomous and Energy-Efficient IoT-Based System for Prayer-Aware Mosque Cooling: Mustafa Al Juboori and Abdulla Alteneiji (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates); Abdulmalik Alwarafy (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates & UAEU, United Arab Emirates); Suhib Bani Melhem (UAE University, United Arab Emirates)
D1-S3-P6 A Machine Learning-Based Model for Detecting Cyberattacks in Internet of Things Networks: Zhanna Sadirmekova (Astana IT University, Kazakhstan); Abyl Alikhan (M. Kh. Dulaty Taraz University, Kazakhstan); Indira Karbozova (International Taraz University Named After SH.Murtaza, Kazakhstan); Dinara Kargabayeva (Dulaty University, Kazakhstan); Zhanar Altynbekova (International Taraz Innovation Institute Named After Sh. Murtaza, Kazakhstan)

15:30–15:45 — Break

Monday, September 14, 2026 15:45–17:30

D1-S4: Session 4 - Open Session

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

September 15 In-Person

08:00–09:00 — Registration

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 09:00–10:30

D2-S1: Session 1 - Opening, Digital Forensics, Health AI & Smart Infrastructure

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

Opening Remarks: —
D2-S1-P1 Hybrid Multi-Task LSTM Autoencoder for Semantic Anomaly Diagnosis in Rehabilitation Monitoring Systems: Yassine Benachour, Amanuel Mulugeta Endale, Abel Bekele Balcha, Amanuel Addisu Damtie, Sifana Habtamu Eshetu and Saron Tesfaye Araya (Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates)
D2-S1-P2 Digital Forensics in Social Media Investigations: Manal Waqas (DeMontfort University Dubai, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sumaiya Thaseen (DMU, United Arab Emirates); Ayesha Shakeel (United Arab Emirates)
D2-S1-P3 System Architecture of a Satellite-Enabled Platform for Electricity Network Planning: Abhishek Kurup (DEWA, United Arab Emirates); Reem Al-Ali (Dubai Electricity and Water Authorithy, United Arab Emirates); Balaji Ramachandran (Research and Development Centre, United Arab Emirates & Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates); Jayakumar Kamalakannan, Mohammad Alrahmeh and Ahmad Mustafa Mohammd Shaban (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), United Arab Emirates)
D2-S1-P4 A Hybrid ECC-PKI Flight Authorization Protocol for Secure UAV Ecosystems: Ibrahim Safar and Hussam Al Hamadi
D2-S1-P5 Design and Implementation of Solar-Powered IoT Weather Station for PV Performance Monitoring: Roa Osama Elbagoury (Fujairah University, Uganda); Momen Odeh, Lamia Khaled and Yomna Omran Shaker (Fujairah University, United Arab Emirates)

10:30–11:00 — Coffee Break

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 11:00–12:30

D2-S2: Session 2 - Invited Talk, Explainable AI & Threat Recognition

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

Invited Speaker: Prof. David A. Bader is a Distinguished Professor and founder of the Department of Data Science and inaugural Director of the Institute for Data Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Talk Title: Interactive Massive-Scale Graph Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems

D2-S2-P1 Design and Implementation of an AI Gateway for Zero Trust Agentic Security: A Literature Review: Mohammed Aljallaf and Hussam Al Hamadi
D2-S2-P2 FRED: Forensic Recognition of Encryption Using Data-Driven Methods: Yousha Saibi, Abdur Rahman Grami and Abdullah Abdullah (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan); Noshina Tariq (National University of Computer and Emerging Sci3nces, Pakistan); Farrukh Aslam Khan and Jalal Almuhtadi (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)
D2-S2-P3 Multi-Objective Optimization of Adaptive-Heuristic ACO Parameters for Hierarchical Industrial Process Control Architecture: Ruslan Zakirzyanov (LLC NEXT Engineering, Russia)
D2-S2-P4 Protocol-Adaptive Robust Normalization with Secretary Bird Optimization for DDoS Detection in Software-Defined Networks: Salsabil Alsamman, Shadi Atalla and Amjad Gawanmeh
D2-S2-P5 Explainable Deep Learning for Skin Health: Uncovering Genetic and Lifestyle Influences: Yassine Benachour (Higher Colleges of Technoogy, United Arab Emirates); Lina Maloukh (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Milki Teshome Feyera and Firaol Tesfaye Hailu (Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates); Sadok Bouamama (Assistant, United Arab Emirates)

12:30–14:00 — Lunch Break

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 14:00–15:30

D2-S3: Session 3 - Medical Imaging, IoMT Security & Digital Twins

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D2-S3-P1 A Hybrid AI Framework for Forecasting Tesla Stock Prices Using Sentiment-Augmented Linear Models and Walk-Forward Validation: Mahmud Yusuf Ahmed (University of East London, United Kingdom (Great Britain) & Arden University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Rosheen Hassan (Court Correct Limited, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mustansar Ghazanfar and Nadeem Qazi (University of East London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Iqbal Singh (Court Correct Limited, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
D2-S3-P2 Hybrid Deep Learning with Domain Harmonization for IoMT Intrusion Detection: Malaika Azhar and Muhammad Hadi (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan); Noshina Tariq (National University of Computer and Emerging Sci3nces, Pakistan); Ahmad Din (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan); Farrukh Aslam Khan and Jalal Almuhtadi (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)
D2-S3-P3 AI-Driven Digital Twin Model for the Personalized Management of Depressive Disorders: Ghufran A Alsalloum and Abdulrahim Shamayleh (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Hussam Alshraideh (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates & Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan); Yacine Hadjiat (Mohammed bin Rashid University, United Arab Emirates)
D2-S3-P4 IoT-Cloud Enabled Weather Monitoring System for Atmospheric Parameter Measurements: Maryam Saeed Alyammahi and Fatema Rashid Almarzooqi (Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates); Zeeshan Hameed Mir (Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), United Arab Emirates)
D2-S3-P5 A Blockchain-Integrated Oracle for Beehive Profiling and Monitoring: Khaled Almiani (Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates); Khawla M. Alyammahi (Fujairah Research Centre, United Arab Emirates); Fuad Alhosban (University of Al Dhaid, United Arab Emirates); Simon Zerisenay Ghebremeskel and Fouad Lamghari (Fujairah Research Centre, United Arab Emirates)

15:30–16:00 — Coffee Break

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 16:00–17:30

D2-S4: Session 4 - MANETs, Satellites, Mobile Systems & 3-D Printing Security

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D2-S4-P2 Adaptive Predictive Caching and Reinforced Route Compression for Intelligent DSR in MANETs: Ammar Kareem Obaid, Mohd Ezanee Rusli and Salman Yussof (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia)
D2-S4-P3 FieldChain: A Wire-Speed Primitive for Energy-Efficient Storage Integrity: Roshan Kumar Gupta (Chandigarh University, India)
D2-S4-P4 A Mobile-Based Integrated System for Substation Condition and Load Monitoring Using Thermal Imaging and Wireless Measurements: Balaji Ramachandran (Research and Development Centre, United Arab Emirates & Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates); Vinod Subramanian (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates); Varun Tiwari (DEWA, United Arab Emirates); Jayakumar Vandavasi Karunamurthy (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates); Rashed Ali Almarzooqi and Omar Ibrahim Alali (DEWA, United Arab Emirates); Hajara Sabnam Kareem Navaz (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates)
D2-S4-P5 Deep-Learning Multi-View Screening of STL Files for Threat Prevention in Controlled 3-D Printing: Saleh Atatreh (Siemens Energy AG, United Arab Emirates); Ansu Mathew (DEWA R&D, United Arab Emirates); Mozah Alyammahi (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates); Mahmoud Rezk (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority & DEWA R&D, United Arab Emirates); Emmanuel Ejakpomewhe (Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, United Arab Emirates); Hajara Sabnam Kareem Navaz (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, United Arab Emirates)

19:00–22:00 — Gala Dinner - Details to be announced

September 16 In-Person

08:00–09:00 — Registration

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 09:00–10:30

D3-S1: Session 1 - Metaverse Learning, Smart Governance, Supply Chains & Navigation AI

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D3-S1-P1 Next-Generation AI Chatbots in the Educational Metaverse: Nkosikhona Theoren Msweli (University of South Africa, South Africa)
D3-S1-P2 Design a Novel Data-Driven Reasoning-Network Mechanism to Detect Cheating in Pollution Governance When Source Data is Unreliable: Junjie Pan and Juncheng Pan (China)
D3-S1-P3 An Analytical Study of Blockchain-Enabled Transparency in Cyber-Physical Supply Chains: Glaret Shirley Sinnappan (Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Malaysia); Mohan Kumar Chandol (Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, India); Nunung Nurul Qomariyah (Binus International University, Indonesia)
D3-S1-P4 PROXI-NAV: Proximity-Aware Navigation with Audio-Visual Sensing Intelligence: Aswinkumar V, Akshita Jawahar and Sreya Mynampati (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India); Sajidha Syed Azimuddin (VIT University Chennai, India); Sumaiya Thaseen (DMU, United Arab Emirates)
D3-S1-P5 Modelling a Blockchain-Based System for Vocational Assessment Management: Thaeer Ali Mahmoud Kobbaey, Omar Abuzaghleh, Nour A M Abujabal and Khaled Abdulsalam

10:30–11:00 — Coffee Break

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 11:00–12:30

D3-S2: Session 2 - Invited Talk, Trustworthy AI & Cyber-Physical Key Management

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

Invited Speaker: Dr. Saed Alrabaee is an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Security at the United Arab Emirates University.
Talk Title: From Binaries to Behaviors: LLM-Assisted Threat Analysis for ICS and CPS

D3-S2-P1 From Prediction to Trust: A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Architectures for Generalisation and Uncertainty-Aware RUL Prediction: Ahmed Zoarob and Saeed Sharif (UEL, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Amin Karami (University of East London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
D3-S2-P2 CA-EKM: Context-Aware Elastic Key Management for Safety-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems: Mourad Benmalek (Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia); Abdessamed Seddiki (Université de Lorraine, France)

12:30–14:00 — Lunch Break

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 14:00–15:30

D3-S3: Session 3 - Fraud Detection, Open Datasets & Autonomous Drone Intelligence

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D3-S3-P1 Detecting Fraudulent Business Bank Applications Through Similarity-Driven Machine Learning: Joy Kange and Saeed Sharif (UEL, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Amin Karami (University of East London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
D3-S3-P2 High-Fidelity Cyber-Physical Systems Datasets for Security Research: A Survey and Open Challenges: Mourad Benmalek (Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia); Abdessamed Seddiki (Université de Lorraine, France); Kamel Haouam (Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia)
D3-S3-P3 SpecTr: An Optimized SegResNet Framework for Robust Brain Tumor Segmentation in BraTS 2020: Ram Kumar Yadav (Manipal University Jaipur, India); Alavikunhu Panthakkan (University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates); Avishek Nandi (Manipal University Jaipur, India); Daniel A (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai, United Arab Emirates); Fatma Taher (Dubai, UAE, United Arab Emirates & Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Balamurugan Balusamy (Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates)
D3-S3-P4 Empty Paper Slot 4: —
D3-S3-P5 Empty Paper Slot 5: —

15:30–16:00 — Coffee Break

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 16:00–17:30

D3-S4: Session 4 - Malware, UAV Surveillance, Heart Disease Prediction & Human Intervention

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D3-S4-P1 Echoes of the Machine - AI Vs AI: Recursive Battle Against Evolving Malware Threats: Waseem Iqbal (SQU, Oman); Dawood Al-Abri (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Muhammad Rizwan Mughal (Sultan Qaboos Universtiy, Oman); Syed Sohaib Karim (NUST- Pakistan, Pakistan)
D3-S4-P2 AI-Integrated Moodle Cyber-Physical Learning Systems: A Framework for Real-Time Adaptive Student Engagement and Intelligent Assessment: Ahmad Shtayyat (University of Petra, Jordan)
D3-S4-P3 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Heart Disease Prediction: Exploratory Analysis and Model Evaluation: Hesham Mohamed Allam (Ball State University, USA & Ball Sate University, USA); Juan Dempere (Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates); Ambrose Barrymore-Sackey and Mustapha Seidu (Ball State University, USA); Zainab Buchh (University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Karim Allam and Elhosin Allam (Ball State University, USA)
D3-S4-P4 Statistically Valid Prediction Under Human Intervention in Cyber-Physical Systems: Amar Ahmad (New York University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates); Yvonne Vallès and Youssef Idaghdour (New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
D3-S4-P5 Performance of Underwater Sound Discrimination Method Using Time-Domain and Spectral Features for Underwater Acoustic Target Monitoring: Jithina TS and M Sabarimalai Manikandan

17:30–17:45 — Closing Remarks

September 17 Online

Thursday, September 17, 2026 09:00–10:30

D4-S1: Session 1 - Edge Robotics & Autonomous Web Execution

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D4-S1-P1 Domain-Aware Autoscaling for Edge Robotics: A Transfer Learning Approach with Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning: Swarnabha Roy and Stavros Kalafatis (Texas A&M University, USA)
D4-S1-P2 Autonomous Intelligent Agents for Natural-Language-Driven Web Execution with Integrated Security Assurance: Vinil Pasupuleti (IBM, USA); Siva Rama Krishna Varma Bayyavarapu (Docusign Inc, USA); Shrey Tyagi (Salesforce Inc, USA)
D4-S1-P3 A Unified Experimental Framework for Evaluating Security Threat Detection Models in LEO Satellite Networks: Surya Sugunan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India & Carmel College of Engineering and Technology, India); Sriram Sankaran (Amrita University, India)
D4-S1-P4 An Agentic, Emotion-Aware, Autonomous Drone Framework for Pre-Incident Intervention in Smart Policing: Swarnamouli Majumdar (Concordia University, Quebec, Canada)
D4-S1-P5 Reinforcement-Learning-Based Adaptive Protocol Orchestration for Satellite-Terrestrial Quantum Key Distribution Under Handover Dynamics: Shenson Joseph and Ashok Gadi Parthi

10:30–10:45 — Coffee Break

Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:45–12:30

D4-S2: Session 2 - Bitcoin-Derived Systems, Software Security, Graph Neural Networks & Industrial CPS Cloud Integration

Session Chair: To Be Assigned

D4-S2-P1 Formal Security Analysis of SPV Clients Versus Home-Based Full Nodes in Bitcoin-Derived Systems: Craig Wright (University of Exeter, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
D4-S2-P2 Integrating Security Practices into the Software Development Life Cycle: Vedran Dakic, Zlatan Moric and Tomislav Kešćec (Algebra Bernays University, Croatia)
D4-S2-P3 Reliability-Aware and Explainability-Driven Evaluation of Graph Neural Networks on Citation Networks: Mubassir Javad (Lincoln University College, Malaysia & JAVAD AI, India); Muhammed Basith (Lincoln University College, Malaysia)
D4-S2-P4 Secure-by-Design Healthcare Cyber-Physical Systems: A Quantum-Blockchain-Federated AI Architecture for 6G IoMT: Doha Ar-Reyouchi (Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco); El Miloud Ar-Reyouchi (UNED, Spain & SNRT Company, Morocco); Houssam Benali (Mohammed First University Oujda, Morocco); Benbrik Jihane (Université Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Morocco); Omar Sefraoui (ENSAO, Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco); Kamal Ghoumid (ENSAO, Mohammed Premier University, Morocco)
D4-S2-P5 Security-Aware Cloud Integration for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: A Qualitative Comparative Review of Risk Segmentation, Zero-Trust, and Blockchain Validation: Abeer Saleh Alshammari (CTU & Hi Conception, USA)
D4-S2-P6 An Agentic AI Pipeline for Appliance-Level Energy Anomaly Detection and LLM-Driven Recommendations: Dihia Falouz, Aida Douaibia, Amine Bechar and Youssef Elmir (ESTIN, Algeria); Abbes Amira (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Adel Oulefki (University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
D4-S2-P7 The Redundancy of Full Nodes in Bitcoin: A Network-Theoretic Demonstration of Miner-Centric Propagation Topologies: Craig Wright (University of Exeter, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

12:30–12:45 — Closing remarks and best paper awards (might be shifted if more papers are added online)