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Thursday, July 30
 

8:58am BST

Opening Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 8:58am - 9:00am BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Geeta Navale

Dr. Geeta Navale

Professor, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India.
Professor and Head of Department, Computer Engineering in Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, India
Thursday July 30, 2026 8:58am - 9:00am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

9:00am BST

Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping the Future of Learning
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Authors - Bhavana Chalkalwar, Reena S. Satpute
Abstract - In today’s world Artificial Intelligence is rapidly growing in modern tech industry which enhances the power of new IT services. Artificial Intelligence helps to Education, Government And Private Services for better future work. The new way of teaching and providing instruction requires an adaptive approach rather than the traditional way of teaching to meet the wide variety of student learners. This change in education is being led by technological advances in areas such as machine learning, natural language processing, and intelligent tutoring systems. This paper will examine Artificial Intelligence's role in education, including the various applications available and what potential benefits and challenges each might present, as well as how the use of Artificial Intelligence in education as a whole may affect education moving forward. Many of the current systems using AI today allow for customized arrangements through the use of automated assessment tools, intelligent tutoring, and adaptive algorithms. With the use of chatbots and virtual assistants, the amount of student interaction and the speed at which students can obtain information will increase as well as hold instructors accountable for identifying learning gaps. In addition, AI tools have an enormous impact on what happens inside the classroom and in institutional management. These tools will help streamline many of the non-teaching duties or administrative assignments assigned to educators, improve how resources are distributed, and better equip school administrators and policymakers to make decisions related to education. Additionally, AI tools can be used in research practices that are unique to institutions of higher education, such as automating literature reviews, analysing trend data within a compilation of data, and contributing to predictive modelling. However, the use of AI in education has created significant ethical, technical, and sociological concerns.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

9:00am BST

Emotionally Aware Conversational AI for Mental Health: A Technical Survey of Architectures, Clinical Grounding, and Ethical Fault Lines
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Authors - Aanchal Khandalkar, Reena S. Satpute
Abstract - Mobile app developments exploded lately, and it’s not hard to see why. Things like 5G, AI, machine learning, and Mobile Edge Computing aren’t just making headlines they’re actually changing how apps work. Now, apps are smarter, more personalized, and packed with features that can show up overnight. Sounds amazing, but the flip side is tough: people expect everything instantly. They want quick responses, apps that basically read their minds, and zero downtime, no matter where they are. Honestly, building apps these days is anything but simple. Hardware is a real pain for developers. Phones just don’t have the power of regular computers. You get less memory, slower processors, and, of course, batteries that bail on you before you even realize. So, developers have to work magic keep the app running smoothly without draining the battery, or else people just uninstall. And with so many apps depending on outside libraries and analytics tools, there’s a whole new pile of problems. Sure, these tools help, but they open the door to security risks. Not every team has someone who lives and breathes security, so it’s easy for privacy issues or sketchy code to sneak in. All of that puts some cracks in the process and makes building solid apps a lot trickier. Such fragmentation exists on platform that developing AI/ML application for it, on the Android platform in particular, turns out to be extremely painful to integrate on. Then it becomes a question of tradeoffs from developers’ perspective-how the usage of cloud services versus local device processing fits, on each having its share of difficulties regarding scale, speed, power and security. In this paper, we go through the workflow and delve deeper into a comparative study on native application development.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

9:00am BST

Integrating Cognitive Processing Signals into Natural Language Processing: Methods, Architectures, and Applications
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Authors - Khushi Tijare, Reena S. Satpute
Abstract - Bio-signals such as eye movements, electroencephalogram (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and pupil dilation are real-time reactions to language cues that provide more data than static text representations used in classical NLP. The aim of this study is to examine how bio signals could be employed in deep natural language processing (NLP) to enhance task effectiveness and interpretability during reading comprehension, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition (NER), and syntax parsing. The following sections will describe the important aspects of design, including. Pre-processing steps for EEG and eye-tracking datasets. Model architecture types such as feature injection, multi-task learning based on auxiliary tasks, attention mechanisms, and multimodal transformers. Experimental design and metrics used for model evaluation. Ethical considerations regarding the use of cognitive signals. All design decisions made by the authors have been verified through experiments involving open access benchmark datasets like ZuCo, ZuCo 2.0, and recently developed EEG datasets.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

9:00am BST

Optimized MDS Matrices for Efficient Software and Hardware Implementations: A Survey
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Authors - Luong Tran Thi, Nguyen Van Long, Bac T. Nguyen, Hiep L Thi
Abstract - Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) matrices play a crucial role in the design of diffusion layers in modern symmetric cryptographic primitives such as block ciphers, hash functions, and lightweight cryptographic schemes. Owing to their ability to achieve the optimal level of diffusion as measured by the branch number criterion, MDS matrices significantly enhance resistance against differential and linear cryptanalysis. However, the practical deployment of MDS matrices often faces challenges due to high computational cost, a large number of XOR operations, and substantial hardware resource requirements. Therefore, the construction of implementation-efficient MDS matrices has become an important research direction in modern cryptographic design. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of methods for constructing and optimizing MDS matrices with a focus on reducing implementation complexity in both software and hardware environments. Specifically, classical construction methods based on Cauchy, Vandermonde, and Reed–Solomon structures are reviewed, along with structured matrices such as circulant, recursive, and involutory forms. In addition, optimization techniques targeting XOR count, circuit depth, and memory usage are analyzed, and several open research directions in the design of efficient diffusion layers for modern cryptographic systems are discussed.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

9:00am BST

Post-Quantum Secure CryptocurrencyWallet Architecture: A Code-Based Threshold Design Framework
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Authors - Hiep. L. Thi
Abstract - Recent advances in quantum computing threaten the cryptographic foundations of blockchain systems. While existing surveys analyze quantum resistant blockchain architectures at the system level, wallet-layer migration and threshold post-quantum signing mechanisms remain underexplored. This paper proposes a post-quantum secure cryptocurrency wallet architecture based on code based threshold signatures. We introduce a formal quantum-adversarial wallet model, design a modular wallet framework, provide a security reduction argu ment under syndrome decoding hardness, and outline a migration-compatible de ployment strategy
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

9:00am BST

Structural and Computational Perspectives on Secret-Sharing Schemes
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Authors - Hiep. L. Thi
Abstract - Secret-sharing is a fundamental cryptographic primitive that enables the secure distribution of sensitive information among multiple participants while guaranteeing correctness and privacy. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of secret-sharing schemes from both information-theoretic and computational perspectives. We begin by reviewing classical threshold constructions, including Shamir’s polynomial-based scheme and its algebraic interpretation via linear codes. The notions of correctness and perfect secrecy are formalized using entropy, and the role of access structures in characterizing authorized subsets is emphasized. We then examine ideal secret-sharing schemes, where each share has the same size as the secret, and highlight their deep connection with representable matroids. In particular, we discuss how matroid representability over finite fields characterizes the existence of ideal linear secret-sharing schemes, thereby linking combinatorial independence with cryptographic access control. Additional structural results concerning field dependence, minimal non-ideal access structures, and connections to linear codes are also addressed. The paper further explores computational secret-sharing, which relaxes perfect privacy to computational indistinguishability under standard cryptographic assumptions. We describe constructions based on encryption and threshold key sharing, as well as realizations derived from monotone circuits. A central theme is the separation between information-theoretic and computational models: while certain access structures require exponential share size in the information-theoretic setting, they admit polynomial-size shares under computational assumptions. Finally, we discuss algebraic methods underlying secret-sharing, including polynomial interpolation and linear coding techniques, and illustrate how these tools support efficient distributed protocols such as secure multiparty computation and threshold cryptography. Overall, the paper provides a unified treatment of structural, algebraic, and computational aspects of secret-sharing, highlighting its foundational role in modern distributed cryptographic systems.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

10:30am BST

Session Chair Concluding Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 10:30am - 10:32am BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Geeta Navale

Dr. Geeta Navale

Professor, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India.
Professor and Head of Department, Computer Engineering in Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, India
Thursday July 30, 2026 10:30am - 10:32am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

10:32am BST

Session Closing and Information To Authors
Thursday July 30, 2026 10:32am - 10:35am BST

Moderator
Thursday July 30, 2026 10:32am - 10:35am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:28am BST

Opening Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:28am - 11:30am BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Dalia Ahmed Magdi Hassan

Dr. Dalia Ahmed Magdi Hassan

Vice-dean, School of Computer Science CIC - Canadian International College, Egypt.

avatar for Dr. Garima Sharma

Dr. Garima Sharma

Assistant Professor, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Thursday July 30, 2026 11:28am - 11:30am BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:30am BST

Determinants of Workload Suitability Across GPU, FPGA, and ASIC
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Authors - Ioannis Patias, Koutaro Hachiya
Abstract - The rapid growth of compute-intensive applications has intensified the need for selecting appropriate hardware accelerators. This paper presents a workload-to-architecture framework that explains when GPUs, FPGAs, or ASICs are most suitable, based on four determinants: parallelism granularity, memory behavior, dataflow regularity, and specialization depth. We organize representative workload classes—dense linear algebra, sparse/irregular algorithms, streaming signal processing, bit-level control workloads, and deep learning (training/inference)—and discuss how each class aligns with the execution and memory models of the three accelerator families. Our analysis highlights that GPUs excel in throughput-oriented, data-regular workloads; FPGAs provide deterministic latency via spatial pipelining and customized data paths; and ASICs achieve the best performance-per-watt for stable, high-volume tasks. The resulting framework provides practical guidance for accelerator selection and motivates heterogeneous system design.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:30am BST

ExplainoGraph: Explainable Knowledge Graph Embeddings via Square Loss Optimization for Recommender Systems
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Authors - Ronky Amber-Doh, Benjamin Ghansah, Winfred Larkotey, Stephen Opoku Oppong, Ezekiel Okoe, Olivia Osei-Tutu, Emmanuel Prah, Ephrem Kwaa-Aidoo
Abstract - This paper introduces a novel framework, ExplainoGraph, that integrates square loss optimization with explainable artificial intelligence methods for knowledge graph–based recommender systems. Prior studies show that knowledge graph embeddings significantly enhance recommendation accuracy; however, they suffer from limited interpretability, thereby constraining user trust and system transparency. To address this gap, we introduce ExplainoGraph, which embeds explainability directly into the recommendation process through interpretable scoring functions and feature attribution procedures that provide meaningful insights into model decisions. Again, the framework incorporates ripple set propagation to effectively model user preferences, particularly in sparse data environments where traditional methods are suboptimal. Extensive experiments conducted on multiple benchmark datasets demonstrate that Explaino-Graph consistently outperforms the state-of-the-art baselines used across key evaluation metrics, including Precision@K, Recall@K, F1-score, and normalized discounted cumulative gain (NDCG)
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:30am BST

Food Supply Modeling and Forecasting Using Multiple Methods: MLR, Holt–Winters, and Artificial Neural Networks
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Authors - Sayyora Qulmatova
Abstract - This study uses machine learning models such as Multi-Linear Regression (MLR) and Holt-Winters Exponential Smoothing to model and forecast agricultural production indicators in Uzbekistan. The dataset consists of key agricultural indicators such as gross agricultural output, milk production, egg production, honey production, vegetables, fruits, and livestock products (in live weight). To improve model performance and ensure comparability, various data preprocessing methods such as StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler, RobustScaler, and Normalizer were used. The forecasting accuracy of each model was evaluated using standard error metrics such as mean absolute error (MAE), mean square error (MSE), root mean square error (RMSE), and mean absolute percent- age error (MAPE). Empirical results show that the MLR model provides stable and interpretable forecasts, especially when combined with appropriate scaling methods. The Holt-Winters model exhibits strong performance for time series with consistent trends, but shows limitations when applied to variable data. The MLP model effectively captures nonlinear relationships and complex time patterns, although its performance is sensitive to data preprocessing, with MinMaxScaler generally yielding superior results. Overall, the results show that no model is universally optimal; instead, the choice of forecasting technique should be based on the characteristics of the data. The proposed modeling framework contributes to increasing the accuracy and reliability of agricultural forecasts and can support evidence-based policy planning and decision-making in the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:30am BST

Predicting Cortical ECoG Responses from Self-Supervised Speech Representations
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Authors - Salma Chlaikhy, Adil Chakhtouna, Abdellah Adib
Abstract - We propose a neural encoding framework that predicts continuous ECoG signals from self-supervised Data2Vec speech representations using multivariate Ridge regression. Evaluated on 18 auditory cortical electrodes from nine participants, the model achieves a mean Pearson correlation of r ≈ 0.39 under pooled cross-validation and r = 0.29±0.018 under leave-one-subject-out (LOSO) evaluation, reaching approximately 57% of the noise ceiling. Results confirm that self-supervised speech representations capture stimulus-driven cortical dynamics, highlighting their promise for neural signal modeling and brain–computer interface research.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:30am BST

Private Sector-Driven Adult Education: A Model for Rapid and High-Quality Reskilling and Upskilling
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Authors - Raita Rollande
Abstract - This paper addresses the research question: How can an effectively organized and managed adult education reskilling and upskilling process help bridge the skills gap in today’s labor market? In an era of rapid technological development and changing business needs, the demand for continuous workforce reskilling and up-skilling has become increasingly critical. This study examines a private sector-driven adult education model that prioritizes speed, quality, and flexibility in response to industry demands. TestDevLab is a fast-growing company specializing in software quality assurance. Due to the lack of industry-specific specialists from traditional higher education institutions, TestDevLab has developed an in-house training solution where experienced engineers train new specialists while also upskilling existing employees. To address these challenges systematically, the company established TDL School. This dedicated training institution has designed the Model for Rapid and High-Quality Reskilling and Up-skilling tailored to mid-sized businesses. This article presents the TDL School model, exploring innovative training approaches, curriculum development, and company collaboration to highlight best practices for effective workforce development. The findings demonstrate that a well-structured, professionally organized learning process enhances employability, strengthens industry competitive-ness, and fosters lifelong learning. By sharing this model, the study aims to pro-vide a scalable framework that other companies of similar size can adopt to ad-dress their workforce challenges. This research contributes to the ongoing discussion on adaptive education models and their role in bridging the skills gap in today’s labor market.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

11:30am BST

Twin Lightweight EcD-Net: A Memory-Efficient Cascaded 3D Network for Pancreas Segmentation in CT and MRI
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Authors - Isaac Baffour Senkyire, Benjamin Ghansah, Emmanuel Freeman
Abstract - With the rapid development of deep learning, CNN-based medical im-age segmentation algorithms have been successful. However, study on the pancreas in 3D CT and MRI images is limited due to the excess use of computer memory and the complexity of the pancreas. In this paper, we present a memory-efficient cascaded 3D network for pancreas segmentation in CT and MRI. We develop a novel Lightweight 3D Bond (L3D-Bond) Layer to reduce filter size, and maintain performance while lowering memory usage, and a novel Light-weight 3D Asymmetric Corollary Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling Module (L3D-aCASPP) that captures multi-scale 3D context with lower computational cost. Our experiments were done using the public NIH pancreas segmentation dataset, MRI pancreas segmentation dataset, and MSD spleen segmentation dataset achieving a competitive segmentation performance of 80.12 DSC on the NIH dataset with parameters less than 0.5 million.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

1:00pm BST

Session Chair Concluding Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:02pm BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Dalia Ahmed Magdi Hassan

Dr. Dalia Ahmed Magdi Hassan

Vice-dean, School of Computer Science CIC - Canadian International College, Egypt.

avatar for Dr. Garima Sharma

Dr. Garima Sharma

Assistant Professor, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Thursday July 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:02pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

1:02pm BST

Session Closing and Information To Authors
Thursday July 30, 2026 1:02pm - 1:05pm BST

Moderator
Thursday July 30, 2026 1:02pm - 1:05pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

1:58pm BST

Opening Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 1:58pm - 2:00pm BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Uttam Chauhan

Dr. Uttam Chauhan

Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Government Engineering College, Modasa, Gujarat, India.

Thursday July 30, 2026 1:58pm - 2:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

2:00pm BST

Classification Performance of Simple Signals in an Autocorrelation Receiver
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Authors - The Quan Trong, Nguyen Trong Nhan
Abstract - An autocorrelation receiver can be employed in surveillance and communication systems to identify the type and operating mode of radiation sources in the absence of a priori signal information. In this work, the autocorrelation receiver is defined as a system comprising a broadband analog front-end with frequency conversion to the intermediate frequency range and a narrowband processing unit based on autocorrelation. The performance of signal processing is governed by the received pulse duration and the length of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) window. The study provides an estimate of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) required to achieve a specified probability of correct classification of simple radio pulses at a fixed false alarm rate. The results show that increasing the pulse duration while maintaining a fixed FFT window (i.e., reducing the ratio of FFT window length to pulse duration) decreases the required SNR. Consequently, the probability of correct classification is improved under these conditions. Furthermore, high receiver efficiency is achieved when the ratio of the FFT window length to the pulse duration is kept below 10. If the number of FFT samples is fixed, further improvement in classification performance requires increasing both the sampling frequency and the processing rate.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

2:00pm BST

Enhancing Cybersecurity in Software Development Using Role-Based Access Control and Agentic AI
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Authors - Uphaar Goyal, Chirag Patadia, Nitinkumar Leuva
Abstract - Modern software development environments depend on cloudnative infrastructure, automated CI/CD pipelines, and distributed DevSecOps workflows. These environments improve delivery speed but expand the attack surface through privilege escalation, credential compromise, insider threats, and misconfigured pipeline permissions. Traditional Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) improves least-privilege enforcement, but static RBAC does not adequately respond to changing runtime context such as business hours, network trust, multi-factor authentication status, and deployment pipeline state. This paper proposes an enhanced cybersecurity framework that integrates RBAC, contextaware policy enforcement, and Agentic AI-based autonomous auditing. The proposed agent observes access events, learns behavioral patterns, detects anomalous requests, and generates explainable audit evidence without replacing deterministic access control. Experimental evaluation in a simulated CI/CD environment shows that the RBAC with Agentic AI framework achieves 98.21% accuracy, improves anomaly detection compared with traditional access-control models, and maintains low enforcement latency under increasing concurrency. The results indicate that Agentic AI can strengthen secure software development by adding adaptive audit intelligence while preserving the predictability and administrative clarity of RBAC.
Paper Presenters
avatar for Uphaar Goyal

Uphaar Goyal

United States of America

Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

2:00pm BST

From Manual to Machine-Assisted: Investigating the Practical Effects of Digital Transformation on Auditing
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Authors - Thokozani Nkosinathi Hlubi, Nazeer Joseph
Abstract - Digital transformation is reshaping the auditing profession by introducing advanced digital tools, automation, and data‑driven processes that redefine how audits are planned, executed, and evaluated. This study examines the effect of digital transformation on auditing processes, focusing on how digital tools, automation technologies, and shifting skill requirements influence audit effectiveness and efficiency. Using a qualitative research design, Rich Picture workshops were conducted with practicing auditors to explore how emerging technologies are integrated into real-world audit environments. The findings reveal three key themes. First, digital tools enhance real‑time access to information, improve collaboration, and deepen auditors’ understanding of complex IT environments. Second, automation significantly improves audit effectiveness by streamlining routine tasks, supporting anomaly detection, and enabling more robust risk assessments—while still requiring professional judgment. Third, efficiency gains emerge through time savings, resource optimization, and evolving competency requirements, underscoring the need for continuous upskilling. Building on these insights, the study proposes a four‑stage implementation framework consisting of strategic alignment, workforce development, workflow redesign, and ethical governance safeguards. The research contributes to both theory and practice by demonstrating how digital transformation reshapes audit work and offering a structured roadmap for organizations seeking to modernize their audit functions responsibly and sustainably.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

2:00pm BST

Reassessing Confidentiality and Availability of the RUAP Matrix-Based RFID Authentication Protocol
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Authors - Zumna Usman, Madiha Khalid, Weiwei Jiang, Momina Shaheen, Umar Mujahid, Muhammad Najam-ul-Islam
Abstract - The Internet of Things (IoT) networks operate under strict resource constraints having limited computational capability, memory, bandwidth, and energy, while still being required to combine essential security goals such as confidentiality and mutual authentication with efficiency, particularly in Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-based systems. For this reason, Ultra-Lightweight authentication protocols are commonly used, where traditional cryptographic techniques are often too demanding. The Random Rearrangement Block Matrix-Based Ultra- Lightweight RFID Authentication Protocol (RUAP) was introduced to strengthen security. In this paper, RUAP is analyzed and shown not to eliminate fundamental weaknesses. By applying a probabilistic disclosure attack, it is shown that public messages leak exploitable statistical information, making it possible to fully recover the identifier in reduced configurations and to recover about 71.77% of a 96-bit identifier. It is further shown that RUAP’s asymmetric key update mechanism allows adversaries to trigger desynchronization, resulting in denial of service.
Paper Presenters
avatar for Zumna Usman

Zumna Usman

Pakistan

Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

2:00pm BST

SelEncChain-Agri: A Selective Field Encryption Framework for Privacy-Preserving Agricultural Supply Chains on Solana Blockchain
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Authors - Rajiv Ghai, Anil Kumar Bisht, Akash Sanghi
Abstract - Agricultural supply chains face a fundamental tension consumers require transparency for provenance verification while commercial stakeholders demand confidentiality of pricing, buyer identities and quality scores. This paper introduces SelEncChain-Agri, a selective field encryption (SFE) framework that resolves these conflicting demands on a single fully decentralised Solana blockchain. Supply chain data is partitioned into public fields stored in plaintext and confidential fields encrypted with ECIES combined with Multi-Party Key Encapsulation (MP-KEM). Authorised parties decrypt fields using existing Solana wallet keypairs via a formally specified Ed25519-to-X25519 key derivation (libsodium convention), requiring no additional key material or trusted third party. Three technical contributions are made: (1) SFE field encryption with per-capsule independently randomised nonces preventing GCM keystream reuse (2) SFE decryption and (3) a key revocation protocol providing post-revocation forward secrecy. Security analysis under the Dolev-Yao model provides a constructionlevel IND-CPA argument under the DDH assumption on Curve25519. Comparative evaluation shows SelEncChain-Agri satisfies all eight stakeholder requirements from the agricultural blockchain literature, versus at most seven for dualchain alternatives. A Solana devnet prototype confirms functional correctness: end-to-end latency was 3,691 ms for batch creation and 2,111 ms for event submission; client-side SFE overhead was 74.59 ms (Python), with estimated pure cryptographic cost of 3.3 ms (Rust/WebAssembly). Keywords: Agricultural supply chain · Anchor framework · DPDP Act 2023 · ECIES · Food traceability · Key revocation · MP-KEM · Privacy-preserving · RFC 7748 · Selective field encryption · Solana blockchain
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

2:00pm BST

Transformer-Based Language Models for Conversational AI: A Comparative Study
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Authors - Austin jojo Jallah, Reena Satpute
Abstract - As the transformer language models were developed, it was possible to introduce one of the significant technological revolutions in conversational AI. Basically, the understanding and production of human language has been enhanced by transformers. Transformer models make it possible to build dialogue systems that provide natural, complex, and context-sensitive communication to develop further customer support technologies, healthcare technologies, and virtual assistance services. In the current paper, this paper will assess advanced transformer systems, BERT, GPT, and T5, as well as their variants, assessing their performance capabilities in the use of dialogue. All the models are evaluated in terms of performance quality, which is judged by its fluency production and also gauges of coherence and contextual accuracy and its general ability to pro-cess computations. This review talks about the prompt engineering approaches and the human feedback-enhanced learning through reinforcement (RLHF) and the adapter transfer learning methods, to improve the flexibility and quality of the model. The paper presents the fresh trends in Conversational AI with multi-modal learning as well as retrieval-enhanced generation and factuality-based coherence knowledge application. Nevertheless, transformer-based models have three key weaknesses, among which, there are bias and hallucinations, and the computing requirements are very high. These weaknesses are analyzed and we discuss the potential remedies that involve symbolic deep learning combinations and efficient compression methods, such as quantification and pruning. We have found out the extent to which each system can do and the things that they cannot accomplish, and hence can help to determine the right applications of each of the frameworks. We introduce an evaluation comparison as a scholarly resource to the practitioners of dialogue system development so they can perform better with moral and effective models of operations. The article concentrates on the devel-opment of transformer-based conversational AI and its estimated impact on hu-man-computer dialogue systems
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

3:30pm BST

Session Chair Concluding Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 3:30pm - 3:33pm BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Uttam Chauhan

Dr. Uttam Chauhan

Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Government Engineering College, Modasa, Gujarat, India.

Thursday July 30, 2026 3:30pm - 3:33pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

3:33pm BST

Session Closing and Information To Authors
Thursday July 30, 2026 3:33pm - 3:35pm BST

Moderator
Thursday July 30, 2026 3:33pm - 3:35pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:28pm BST

Opening Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:28pm - 4:30pm BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
avatar for Dr. Suneuy Kim

Dr. Suneuy Kim

Associate Professor, San Jose State University, United States.

avatar for Dr. Durgesh Kumar Mishra

Dr. Durgesh Kumar Mishra

Vice-Chancellor, Director and Professor, Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore, India.
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:28pm - 4:30pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:30pm BST

A Novel Matrix-Based Two-Stage Encryption Framework for Twitter Polarity Score Security
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Authors - Ritesh Kumar, S. Rajaprakash
Abstract - The society we live in today has seen the accumulation of knowledge via social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, which are expanding at a tremendous rate on a daily basis. The victims of these social media platforms are users who tweet or post on a variety of issues from any location in the globe via the usage of the internet. Tweets are used to assess both positive and negative mes-sages in order to produce polarity scores and also to have the ability to anticipate future trends. Twitter is a source from which these polarity scores may be collected; nevertheless, the information about polarity scores is kept confidential. The information will be easily compromised, and the fluctuations in the score will result in incalculable consequences, such as affecting the global economic position, the brands of corporations, and therefore the reputations of businesses. The installation of Salsa, which offers faster encryption due to the district round and greater data security, was something that Daniel Bernstein intended to do in order to address these issues. In this work, a fresh approach is provided by changing the Salsa20/4 algorithm in order to further strengthen the security of the polarity scores, which is a vital necessity in the society that we live in today. The proposed method is RRCF has two encryption stages. Stage 1 is comprised of column operations, whereas stage 2 is comprised of four procedures. Finding the greatest common factor of the pain text that has been provided is the initial step in the procedure. Identifying the time period in the pain text is the second step in the procedure. The outcome of the second step is used in the third phase, which is to create a pair of values. The application of the pair values and the swapping of the cell values in the given matrix is the fourth step. In comparison to the Salsa20/4 technique, the suggested methodology has a much higher level of security.
Paper Presenters
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:30pm BST

An Integrated XAI-CRISP-DM Framework for Post-Hoc Interpretability for Botswana’s Clinical Data Mining
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Authors - Boago Seropola, George Anderson
Abstract - When it comes to healthcare, the implementation of machine learning (ML) and deep learning models requires a shift away from blackbox methodologies and toward frameworks that are transparent and auditable. This is necessary in order to guarantee ethical governance and patient safety. In this study, an integrated XAI-CRISP-DM framework is proposed. This methodology incorporates post-hoc Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) into the iterative stages of the Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM). Additionally, the research places an emphasis on continual post-deployment oversight. Within the context of HIV/AIDS risk classification in Botswana, we analyse the interpretability of non-linear decision boundaries in LightGBM and Multi- Layer Perceptron (MLP) models. This evaluation is carried out with the assistance of SHAP and LIME. For the purpose of quantitatively validating the clinical significance of socio-demographic characteristics using the publicly available dataset, the fifth Botswana AIDS Impact Survey 2021 (BAIS V), this study makes use of impact score and explanatory specificity. Results demonstrate that LIME and SHAP effectively decompose complex model outputs into human-readable feature weights, identifying key drivers such as sexual-activity-before-15 and condom use. Through the tracking of model integrity and concept drift in dynamic clinical situations, the incorporation of a monitoring stage guarantees that continuous accountability is maintained. The results of this study suggest that the XAI-CRISP-DM framework is an essential methodological standard for resource-constrained environments such as Botswana. This framework ensures that data-driven healthcare solutions are not only high-performing but also statistically reliable, equitable, and ethically sound.
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Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:30pm BST

Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Classification of Autoimmune Skin Diseases
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Authors - Ana Laura Lezama Sanchez, Mireya Tovar Vidal
Abstract - In this paper, we present the automatic classification of autoimmune skin diseases using deep convolutional neural networks. Hence in this study we conducted within the context of supervised classification of dermatological images, with the objective of designing and implementing a model capable of distinguishing among five clinical classes like lupus, psoriasis, vitiligo, lichen planus and healthy skin. Therefore, a deep convolutional neural network-based system, trained and evaluated on a labeled dataset of clinical images, is proposed. The model was evaluated using the metrics precision, recall, F1 and accuracy. The results obtained indicated that the accuracy was 70%, demonstrating the model’s ability to learn relevant discriminattive features. The best performance was observed in the healthy skin and vitiligo classes, with F1 of 0.82 and 0.80, respectively, indicating high identification capacity. On the other hand, the psoriasis and lichen planus classes showed moderate performance, with F1 values of 0.63 and 0.58, respectively. The lupus class exhibited the lowest performance, with an F1 of 0.46, reflecting the complexity of its visual variability and its similarity to other conditions.
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Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:30pm BST

Digital Transformation of the Public Sector in Ecuador: Reform Trajectory and Institutionalization (2021-2025)
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Authors - Katherine Garcia-Velez, Daniel Maldonado
Abstract - This paper examines the trajectory of digital transformation in Ecuador's public sector between 2021 and 2025. Its objective is to analyze how the country moved from an initial strategic orientation to a legal and public policy consolidation of digital transformation. Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative approach based on documentary analysis and diachronic comparison of official instruments: the Digital Agenda 2021-2022, the Digital Transformation Agenda 2022-2025, the Organic Law for Digital and Audiovisual Trans-formation (2023), and the Digital Transformation Public Policy 2025-2030. The analysis is grounded in the idea of the progressive institutionalization of digital reform and compares the evolution of these instruments in terms of their nature, scope, and institutional implications. The findings show a four-phase sequence: agenda setting, strategic coordination, legal consolidation, and programmatic consolidation. The study concludes that Ecuador progressed from strategically oriented instruments toward a binding legal framework and a national public pol-icy. However, the existence of this institutional architecture does not, by itself, imply homogeneous results in terms of performance or service quality, so its effective implementation remains an open empirical field.
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Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:30pm BST

Enhancing Blockchain Data Security with the PrimeSecretRB Method
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Authors - C. Bagath Basha, S. Rajaprakash, K. Karthik, Panjala Vijay Goud, Macharla Rakesh, M Ramana Kumar
Abstract - The privacy and security of sensitive information is a major concern in the social assistance sector due to the widespread use of Internet of Things technologies. This study presents a secure sharing algorithm for IoT social assistance data based on blockchain and smart contracts. It aims to address the inherent hazards of conventional centralized administration, such as data loss and manipulation. This paper propose a security method and this method has four process. There are four steps to the new method. First, change the text from plain text to “ASCII code” (A). The second step is to take the A values and make pairs. Then, swap the cells in the matrix so that the even pair numbers start from the 0th cell value and go to the end of the matrix. The third step is to use the “ASCII code” as C to find the prime number. To do the fourth step, you need to use Equation 1. Take the numbers from A1 and pair them up. Then, change the cells in the matrix The message is ultimately received in its original format via the process of decryption, which is thought of as the inverse of this conversion. The proposed technique provides a higher level of security when compared to more conventional encryption methods.
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Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

4:30pm BST

The Case for Neuromorphic Sentience to Control Large-Scale Artificial Intelligence
Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Authors - Rory Lewis
Abstract - This work presents a formal supervisory framework for detecting and intervening in large-scale AI misbehavior using neuromorphic sentience, supported by probabilistic guarantees. As generative and adaptive artificial intelligence systems become foundational to human decision-making, scientific discovery, and national infrastructure, ensuring their reliable and safe operation has emerged as a critical challenge. Existing approaches rely primarily on external, reactive monitoring and are insufficient for models operating at machine speed. More fundamentally, closed computational systems cannot reliably represent or act upon their own epistemic limits, creating an inherent blind spot in autonomous operation. To address this limitation, a control architecture is introduced in which an independent neuromorphic module supervises internal AI dynamics through event-driven processing and dendritic integration. Operating without a global clock, the system continuously monitors activation patterns, attention shifts, and inter-module interactions in real time, enabling low-latency and energy-efficient detection of transient and distributed signatures of instability that are inaccessible to conventional approaches. Using probabilistic inference over these signals, the framework identifies early indicators of hallucination, instability, and unintended coordination prior to output generation. Formal lemmas establish mathematical bounds on the probability of undetected misbehavior under realistic operating conditions. Finally, the framework is integrated with a human governance model in which democratically defined thresholds regulate the balance between AI capability and societal safety.
Paper Presenters
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Rory Lewis

United States of America

Thursday July 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

6:00pm BST

Session Chair Concluding Remarks
Thursday July 30, 2026 6:00pm - 6:03pm BST

Invited Guest & Session Chair
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Dr. Suneuy Kim

Associate Professor, San Jose State University, United States.

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Dr. Durgesh Kumar Mishra

Vice-Chancellor, Director and Professor, Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore, India.
Thursday July 30, 2026 6:00pm - 6:03pm BST
Virtual Room A London, UK

6:03pm BST

Session Closing and Information To Authors
Thursday July 30, 2026 6:03pm - 6:05pm BST

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Thursday July 30, 2026 6:03pm - 6:05pm BST
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