D1-S2-P1Secure 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-P2HandDx-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-P3Portable 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-P4An Intelligent UAV-Aided Surveillance Framework Based on Controlled Federated Learning
Rifat Sarker Aoyon and Sangman Moh (Chosun University, Korea (South))
D1-S2-P5No Influence from Photopic, Mesopic, and Scotopic Lightings on Relaxation of Accommodation and Pupil Response: A Potential for Cyber-Physical Monitoring(Pending Confirmation)
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-S3-P1Heart 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-P2Joint 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-P3A 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-S4-P2SalahSync: 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)
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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
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D2-S1-P1Hybrid 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-P2Digital 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-P3System 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-P4A 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)
D2-S1-P5Design 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)
D2-S2-P1Explainable 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)
D2-S2-P2FRED: Forensic Recognition of Encryption Using Data-Driven Methods(Pending Confirmation)
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-P3Multi-Objective Optimization of Adaptive-Heuristic ACO Parameters for Hierarchical Industrial Process Control Architecture
Ruslan Zakirzyanov (LLC NEXT Engineering, Russia)
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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-P1A 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-P2Hybrid Deep Learning with Domain Harmonization for IoMT Intrusion Detection(Pending Confirmation)
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-P3AI-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-P4IoT-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)
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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-P1The Redundancy of Full Nodes in Bitcoin: A Network-Theoretic Demonstration of Miner-Centric Propagation Topologies(Pending Confirmation)
Craig Wright (University of Exeter, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
D2-S4-P2Adaptive Predictive Caching and Reinforced Route Compression for Intelligent DSR in MANETs(Pending Confirmation)
Ammar Kareem Obaid, Mohd Ezanee Rusli and Salman Yussof (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia)
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D2-S4-P4A 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-P5Deep-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)
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19:00–22:00 — Gala Dinner - Details to be announced
D3-S1-P1Next-Generation AI Chatbots in the Educational Metaverse
Nkosikhona Theoren Msweli (University of South Africa, South Africa)
D3-S1-P2Design 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-P3An 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-P4SpecTr: 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-S1-P5PROXI-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-S3-P1Detecting 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-P2High-Fidelity Cyber-Physical Systems Datasets for Security Research: A Survey and Open Challenges(Pending Confirmation)
Mourad Benmalek (Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia); Abdessamed Seddiki (Université de Lorraine, France); Kamel Haouam (Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia)
D3-S3-P3A 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)
D3-S4-P2AI-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-P3Artificial 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-P4Statistically 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)
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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-P1Domain-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-P2Autonomous Intelligent Agents for Natural-Language-Driven Web Execution with Integrated Security Assurance
D4-S3-P2Reliability-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-S3-P3Secure-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-S4-P1Security-Aware Cloud Integration for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: A Qualitative Comparative Review of Risk Segmentation, Zero-Trust, and Blockchain Validation