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Day 2 - February 13, 2026 (Friday)
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| 09:30 – 10:15 |
Keynote 4: Sensor Interference in Autonomous Vehicles
Prof. Chang-Hee Lee, Fellow IEEE, KAIST, Korea
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TEA BREAK 10:30 – 11:00
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| 11:00 – 13:00 |
Track 1: RF and Photonics
Chair: Prof. T.D. Subash, Zhejiang Ocean University, China
Co-Chair: Dr. Ashim Dhakal, Co-Founder, Founding President, Phutung Research Institute, Nepal
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Track 3: Renewable Energy and Green Computing
Chair: Prof. Triratna Bajracharya, Academician, NAST, Nepal
Co-Chair: Prof. Arjun Kumar Lal, NEC, Nepal
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Track 2: AI and Machine Learning
Chair: Prof. Manoj Shakya, KU, Nepal
Co-Chair: Mr. Nabin Lamichhane, TU, Nepal
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| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Plenary Talk 7: Scalable and Privacy-Preserving Blockchain Architecture for C-V2X with Dynamic Sharding and Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Prof. Dr. C.F. Kwong, Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
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Plenary Talk 9: Decarbonizing the Economy through a Clean and Just Energy Transition
Prof. Shree Raj Shakya, Director, Center of Energy Studies, Institute of Engineering, TU, Nepal
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Plenary Talk 10: Artificial Intelligence under Data Scarcity: Active Learning
Dr. Ashim Khadka, Nepal College of Information Technology, Nepal
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11:30 – 11:45
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Plenary Talk 8: Integrated Optical Sensing and Communication and its Application in Urban Areas
Dr. Yaxi Yan, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Paper ID: 83
Title: Multilevel Analysis for Predictors of Household Solid Biofuel Use in Nepal
Authors: Yash Raj Lamsal, Prabal Sapkota, Madhav Prasad Pandey,
Shailendra Kumar Jha, Durga Prasad Dhakal
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Paper ID: 107
Title: LightClassNet: Multi-Label Telecom Complaint Categorization Using BERT
Authors: Sarmila Upreti, Aman Shakya, Basanta Joshi,
Anku Jaiswal, Nischal Acharya
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11:45 – 12:00
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Paper ID: 141
Title: DTBA for Smart Grid Optimization: A Case Study on Loss Reduction and Voltage Improvement in Distribution Networks
Authors: Yam Krishna Poudel, Nava Raj Karki
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Paper ID: 36
Title: Analyzing Conversational LLMs for Nepali Municipal Services:
A Comparative Study of Retrieval-Augmented and Fine-Tuned Approaches
Authors: Aastha Paudel, Bibek Timilsina, Nabin Lamichhane,
Sitaram Pokhrel, Tek Singh Ayer, Yam Prasad Subedi
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| 12:00 – 12:15 |
Paper ID: 6
Title: StaticSense: Static Object Detection Using Wi-Fi Channel State Information
Authors: Sulav Gaire, Bibek Chand, Aayush Shrestha, Nabin Lamichhane
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Paper ID: 142
Title: A Comparative Study of GARCH and Transformer Models for Volatility Forecasting: A Case Study on the Shares Global Clean Energy ETF
Authors: Yash Raj Lamsal, Madhav Prasad Pandey, Prabal Sapkota, Shailendra Kumar Jha
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Paper ID: 59
Title: NepalEduAI: A Pilot Dataset and Benchmarking System for Nepali Automated Short-Answer Grading
Authors: Sudhir Karki, Ankit Regmi, Anish Subedi, Nabin Lamichhane
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| 12:15 – 12:30 |
Paper ID: 11
Title: Design and Development of CAN Log Analyzer with Parameter Tuning and ECU Flashing Validation
Authors: Preethi R, Dr. A.R. Arvind, G. Harivignesh, Nagamanikarn M.T, Suresh, Dr. D. Subha
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Paper ID: 148
Title: Multi-Objective Techno-Economic DG Optimization in Radial Distribution Systems Using Hybrid GA-PSO Algorithm
Authors: Basanta Pancha, Arjun Mandal, Shyam Sundar Yadav
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Paper ID: 157
Title: Hybrid Meta-Ensemble Framework for Oral Cancer Detection Using Multispectral Imaging and Advanced Machine Learning
Authors: Blessy V M, Dr. K. Helen Prabha
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| 12:30 – 12:45 |
Paper ID: 106
Title: Interference Mitigation and Visualization by PSO Optimized Multi-chirp Waveform and Selective Spectral Filtering in a Photonic Radar System
Authors: S M Rezwanul Islam, Sun Zhilei, Mohd Rashidi Che Beson, Pankaj Raj Dawadi, Shilong Pan, Bikash Nakarmi
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Paper ID: 73
Title: Word Detection Using Average Height and Inter-Character Gaps
Authors: Aayush Rana Magar, Praju Khanal
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| 12:45 – 13:00 |
Paper ID: 81
Title: Simulation Study of Optimal Eggbeater Antenna Design for LEO Satellite Ground Station
Authors: Susan Hyougou, Sarbagya Buddhacharya
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Paper ID: 34
Title: Evaluating CNN Architectures in Multi-Agent PPO for Cooperative Snake Gameplay
Authors: Janak Kumar Lal, Pravesh Chapagain, Arun Kumar Timilsina, Pranaya Nakarmi, Rajesh Maharjan, Pasaal Rai
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LUNCH BREAK 13:00 – 14:00
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| 14:00 – 16:00 |
Track 2: AI and Machine Learning
Chair: Prof. Pankaj Dawadi, KU, Nepal
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Track 5: Recent Trends in Computing
Chair: Prof. Subarna Shakya, IOE, TU, Nepal
Co-Chair: Dr. Yagya Raj Pandey, Kathmandu University, Nepal
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Track 6: IoT, Robotics and Automation
Chair: Prof. Dr. Roshan Chitrakar, NCIT, Nepal
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| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Plenary Talk 11
Prof. Bal Krishna Bal, Associate Dean, School of Engineering, KU, Nepal
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Plenary Talk 12: Emerging Technologies in the Digital Tourism Ecosystem: Redefining Intelligent Competitiveness and Mobility
Prof. Deepanjal Shrestha, Pokhara University, Nepal
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Plenary Talk 13
Dr. Ramesh Manchu, CEO, Almonds AI, Nepal
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| 14:30 – 14:45 |
Paper ID: 88
Title:Deep Learning Based Vegetable Price Forecasting for Nepalese Markets: An STL Attention LSTM Approach
Authors: Pranaya Nakarmi, Nabin Lamichhane, Nabaraj Subedi, Janak Kumar Lal, Pravin Poudel, Bikrant Poudel
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Paper ID: 69
Title: Detecting Inappropriate AI-Generated Children's Content: A Multi-Feature Framework for Parental Control
Authors: Arjun Shrestha, Asmita Gurau, Bitarag Karki, Shailesh Bahadur Pandey
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Paper ID: 70
Title: Data Crush FPGA-based Real-Time Data Compression using Run-Length Encoding (RLE)
Authors: T.D. Subha, Pulagam Kundana Sree, Ch. Vasantha, V. Vidya Lakshmi, M. Pooitha, Ishwarya
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| 14:45 – 15:00 |
Paper ID: 149
Title: Enhancing Pharmaceutical Sales Forecasting using CNN-LSTM Model with Seasonal Smoothing
Authors: Alisha Shrestha, Ashim Khadka
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Paper ID: 150
Title: An Efficient Deep Learning Based Mobile Application for Pigeon Pea Disease Classification
Authors: Prabhat Kumar Chaudhary, Santosh Kumar Chaudhary, Ujjwal Kumar Karn, Deepika Neupane, Rajiv Kumar Yadav, Deepesh Prakash Guragain, Bijaya Shrestha
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Paper ID: 85
Title: An Efficient Invasion Thermal-Infrared Human Detection System for Low-Visibility Surveillance
Authors: Kailash Pantha, Biman Rimal, Kalyan Kumar Shrestha, David Chieng, Jeevan Koirala, Ashma Yowhang, Aniket Kumar Gurt, Anmol Khadka
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| 15:00 – 15:15 |
Paper ID: 134
Title: Secure Aggregation-Enabled Federated Vision Transformer Framework for Tissue Image Analysis
Authors: Prerddv Javaraju, Narendra R. Mustare, K. Kiran, Rohit Agarwal, Keerthika J., A. M. Viswa Bharathy, S. Siva Shankar
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Paper ID: 93
Title: The Limits of Microscopic Analysis in Global Protest Dynamics: Evaluating Static Clustering vs. Microscopic Complexity
Authors: Krishnanda Badu, Sumitra Gyawali, Shailesh Pandey, Nischal Regmi
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Paper ID: 49
Title: Embedded Vision System using Raspberry Pi for Ripe Strawberry Detection and Localization using YOLOv5s-Objectnet
Authors: Niraj Tamrakar, Myeongyong Kang, Hyeon Tae Kim, Sang-min Kim, Jeong-in Choi
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| 15:15 – 15:30 |
Paper ID: 94
Title: Multi-Class Fault Type Classification Using Sequence Components and Wavelet Features with Comparative Study of ML Models and Neural Networks
Authors: Santosh Kumar Chaudhary, Subash Khanal, Prabhat Kumar Chaudhary, Basanta Pancha, Jitesh Kumar Yadav
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Paper ID: 130
Title: Retina Net-Health: Transformer-Based Retinal Image Classification for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection
Authors: D. Vamsi, Sachin Chandravadan Karad, Bura Vijay Kumar, Neeraj Varshney, Binu Balakrishnan, Pothuraju Rajarajeswari, Sunder R
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Paper ID: 119
Title: AI-Powered Health Monitoring Using IoT Devices and Wearable Technologies for Continuous Patient Assessment
Authors: Sanjay Kurukte, Jai Singh W. R, Sruitha, Aitesh Kumar, Keerthika J., Ravi Kumar
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| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Paper ID: 145
Title: The Impact of AI-Assisted Online Compilers in Programming Education
Authors: Amrit Poudel, Pratikshya Shrestha
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Paper ID: 139
Title: Design and Implementation of a Blockchain-Based Donation DApp for Transparent Charity Transactions
Authors: Kushal Acharya, Reyone Chaudhary, Rujan Rajbhandari, Govinda Gautam, Pranaya Nakarmi, Nabin Lamichhane
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Paper ID: 64
Title: Autonomous Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments Using Visual SLAM
Authors: Lucky Basuk Jaywal, Samir Khadka, Anil Kumar Shah, Bibek Yonjan, Biman Rimal, Nawraj Bhattarai, David Chieng, Bikash Nakarmi
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| 15:45 – 16:00 |
Paper ID: 10
Title: Design and Implementation of the Mobile Based Financial Management System with Machine Learning Enabled Spending Expenses
Authors: Authors and affiliations
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Paper ID: 143
Title: A Parallel Hardware Architecture for the Twiddleless Fast Fourier Transform (TFFT)
Authors: Rajesh Kumar Mahato, Madhav Prasad Pandey, Sushant Adhikari
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Paper ID: 108
Title: Frequency-Dependent Energy Comparison Between Sleep Mode and MOSFET Power Gating for Low-Duty GSM SIM Modules in IoT Data Loggers
Authors: Joseph Thapa Magar, Srijan Rajbamshi, Bikash Nakarmi
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16:00 – 17:00
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TEA BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATION
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Title: Strengthening the linkage between emerging technologies and school-level education systems
Presider: Prof. Tri Ratna Bajracharya, Academician, NAST, Nepal
Panelist 1: Prof. T.D. Subash, IEEE Board of Governors
Panelist 2: Mr. Srijan Rajbamshi, Chief Engineer, Samadhan Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
Panelist 3: TBD
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15:00 – 17:15
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Track 7: AI Applications
Chair: Prof. Deepanjal Shrestha, Pokhara University, Nepal
Co-Chair:
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| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Keynote 5: AI Applications: Innovations and Re-innovation
Prof. Dr. Narayan C. Debnath,
Founding Dean, School of Computing & Information Technology and Head of Software Engineering,
Eastern International University, Vietnam
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| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Paper ID: 25
Title: Entropy Based DDoS Detection and Mitigation Methods in SDN: A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Safayat Jamil Siam, Mohd Rashidi Che Beson, Ku Nurul Fazira Ku Azir, Md Maruf Hassan
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| 15:45 – 16:00 |
Paper ID: 99
Title: Optical and Structural Investigations of Semiconducting Metal Oxides for Optoelectronic Applications: A Review
Authors: Nima K M, D.S. Jayalakshmi
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| 16:00 – 16:15 |
Paper ID: 67
Title: Privacy-Preserving Clinical Prediction for EHR and IoMT using Zero-Trust Security and Blockchain-Based Federated Learning
Authors: C Quba Jaslin, M. Arvindhan, M. Umapathy, S. Dayana Priyadharshini
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| 16:15 – 16:30 |
Paper ID: 71
Title: Optimized Lightweight Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Edge IoT: A Jointly Optimized Framework
Authors: C. Kannan, M. Arvindhan, G. Sakthi, S. Dayana Priyadharshini
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| 16:30 – 16:45 |
Paper ID: 53
Title: Low-Cost Teflon Substrate for Enhanced Performance of 60 GHz Patch Antenna for 5G Wireless Applications
Authors: Talha Anwar, Anum Afroz, Arjuna Marzuki, Ikechi Augustine Ukaegbu
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| 16:45 – 17:00 |
Paper ID: 163
Title: Microcontroller Integrated Sensor-Based Mobility Aid for Visually Impaired People
Authors: John Adebisi, Uunona Hilma Iyalooh N, Leokadia N.P. Ndjuluwa
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| 17:00 – 17:15 |
Paper ID: 2
Title: Cognitive and Agentic AI-Driven Support Ecosystem for Engineering Products: Opportunities for Autonomous Troubleshooting
Authors: Sri Krishna Ravulapalli, G. Sahoo
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POSTER PRESENTATION (16:00 – 17:00) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2026
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Paper ID: 112
Title: Dynamic Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Authors: Tarak Hussain, Shravan M B, V Sumalatha, Neeraj Gupta, Babitha Lincy R, V T Ram Pavan Kumar
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Paper ID: 113
Title: Performance Evaluation of Containerization and Virtualization in Hybrid Cloud Platforms
Authors: Rajasekaran S, Sandeep Kaur, R Sujitha, Pooja Pathak, Anandkumar Haldorai, Umamaheswararao Batta
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Paper ID: 50
Title: Surrogate-Assisted Modal Model Validation of a Flexible Flying Wing Aircraft
Authors: Adarsha Adhikari, Li Wei
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Paper ID: 103
Title: Kale Growth under Different Pressure Conditions in a Sealed System
Authors: Jeong-in Choi, Sang-min Kim, Hyeon Tae Kim, Jung-Hoo Kook
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Paper ID: 104
Title: The Effects of 2-D Clinostat on the Chlorophyll Fluorescence Response of Lettuce
Authors: Sang-min Kim, Myeongyong Kang, Hyeon Tae Kim, Niraj Tamrakar, Jeong-in Choi
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Paper ID: 121
Title: A Study on Adaptive Deep Learning Models for Network Intrusion Detection in Heterogeneous Environments
Authors: Tarak Hussain, Nara Sreekanth, K Kiran, Sandeep Kumar Rathore, Anandkumar Haldorai, C. Rajesh Babu
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Paper ID: 135
Title: A Study on Energy Optimization and Carbon Footprint Reduction in Cloud Data Centers
Authors: R. Gayathri, Thejasree Devarapalli, Md Ankushavali, Ashish Sharma, Suriya M, Umamaheswararao Batta
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Paper ID: 126
Title: BioVisionNet: Deep Morphological Learning for Biomedical Image Segmentation
Authors: S. Siva Shankar, Gayathri Parasa, K Kiran, Praveen Mittal, Minu Balakrishnan, Veeraswamy Ammisetty, Rasmi A
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Paper ID: 114
Title: LightClassNet: A Lightweight Convolutional Model for Efficient Image Classification on Edge Devices
Authors: Sreejith R., T. Raghavendra Gupta, Nagendar Yamsani, Anshy Singh, Anandkumar Haldorai, Tarak Hussain
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Paper ID: 115
Title: ZeroShotForgery: Generalized Deepfake Detection Using Unsupervised Representation Learning
Authors: Kireeti Muppavaram, Balajee Prasath Manoharan, V Sumalatha, Rahul Pradhan, Tamilarasi M, Tarak Hussain
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Paper ID: 117
Title: Deep Attention-Driven Multi-Scale AI Framework for Automated Breast Histopathology Analysis
Authors: Ravi Kumar. M, N. Krishnaveni, Gotte Ranjith kumar, Rajesh Kumar Tripathi, Anandkumar Haldorai, Veeraswamy Ammisetty
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Paper ID: 133
Title: Secure AI-Driven Framework for Predicting Drug Toxicity Using Computational Modeling
Authors: Ravi Kumar, Balajee J, Jayapal Lande, Hitendra Garg, Tamilarasi M, Pothuraju Rajarajeswari, S. Siva Shankar
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Paper ID: 118
Title: Secure Artificial Intelligence-Driven Predictive Analytics for Optimizing Hospital Operations and Resource Utilization
Authors: S. Anuja, Sandeep Kumar Thota, R Archana Reddy, Gourav Bathla, Anandkumar Haldorai, S. Mathumohan
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Paper ID: 129
Title: AI-Enhanced Behavioral Biomarkers for Early Neurodegenerative Disorder Prediction
Authors: Anusha Ampavathi, Dhawaleswar Rao CH, T. Nagalakshmi, S. Muruganandam, N. Magendiran, Indeti Naga Padmaja, Sunder R
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Paper ID: 136
Title: Hybrid Graph-Neural Network and Transformer Models for Dynamic Social Network Analysis
Authors: Shaziya islam, Ansar Isak Sheikh, Jayapal Lande, Mayank Srivastava, Anandkumar Haldorai, Tarak Hussain, S Suresh
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Paper ID: 27
Title: Performance Analysis of 3-D FCC-MDW Codes for Cardinality Enrichment in OCDMA Systems
Affiliations: A.J. Rupok, M.R.C. Beson, K.N.F. Azir, B. Nakarmi
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Paper ID: 111
Title: Adaptive Deep Defense: Reinforcing Network Intrusion Detection with Hybrid Transformer–LSTM Models
Authors: S Sathesh Kumar, Balajee J, Jayapal Lande, Ashok Bhansali, Babitha Lincy R, Rayappan Lotus
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Paper ID: 54
Title: Designing a PPG sensor-based real-time Blood Pressure measurement system
Authors: Anum Afroz, Talha Anwar, Ikechi A. Ukaegbu
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Paper ID: 155
Title: Photonic-Assisted Disaggregated Memory Systems for High-Bandwidth Cloud Computing
Authors: Raghavendra Kulkarni, Kurapati Veeranjaneya Varaprasad, NagaGopi. K, R. Gayathri, Sabeerath K, Kalyan Devappa Bamane
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Paper ID: 137
Title: Automated Software Vulnerability Detection Using Transformer-Based Code Analysis
Authors: M.I. Thariq Hussan, Thejasree Devarapalli, K Kiran, Ashish Sharma, Vennila B, Dr. Tarak Hussain
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Paper ID: 124
Title: Predicting Learning Dropout in Online Courses Using Adaptive Cognitive Analytics
Authors: Shaik Mastan Vali, Narayanasamy, P., R Sujitha, Sandeep Kumar Rathore, Vennila B, Ajith Sundaram
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Paper ID: 120
Title: DeepRiskCast: Predicting Financial Fraud Using Behavioral Sequence Learning
Authors: Moghal Yaseen Pasha, Ravi Baijulal Bhandari, Md Ankushavali, Rahul Pradhan, Anandkumar Haldorai, Rayappan Lotus
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Paper ID: 66
Title: Impact of Continuous Versus Intermittent Light Cycles on Photosynthetic Adjustment and Growth Performance in Lettuce
Authors: Jeong-in Choi, Sang-min Kim, Hyeon Tae Kim, Jung-Hoo Kook, Niraj Tamrakar
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