Full ISNCC 2024 Conference Program

The live sessions of the conference will be held in Washington DC, USA-  Time Zone (GMT/UTC - 04:00 hours)

Day 1 – Tuesday, October 22, 2024

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome & Opening Ceremony

Room: Windows Lounge

Dr. Thabet Kacen & Dr. Tarek Bejaoui (General Chairs)

09:30 - 10:30

Keynote Speaker 1: Dr. Paulo Costa (George Mason University, USA)

Session Chair: Dr. Thabet Kacem (University of the District of Columbia, USA) 

Room: Windows Lounge

11:00 – 12:30

Session A1- Smart Apps and Digital Technologies

Session Chair: Dr. Ahmad Salman (James Madison University, USA)

Room: 201, Building 38

1571027951  Real-Time Object Detection Algorithm Performance on Edge Computing Devices

Sam Shue (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Shengkai Xu (UNC Charlotte, USA)

1571072747  Adaptive Machine Learning for Efficient Anomaly Detection in Autonomous UAVs Swarm Operations     

Jiaze Luo and Alma Oracevic (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1571043910  Hardware Accelerated Vehicle Detection for Dynamic Traffic Scheduling

Timothy Joshua D. Chua (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines); Marc Patrick Celon (University of the Philippines & Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory, Philippines); Paul Grant R. Ilaga (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines); Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of Maryland, USA)

1571071929  Real-Time Emotion Recognition for Companion Robots Using Deep Learning and Edge Computing      

Yahia Salman (George Mason University, USA); Muhammad A Irfan, Mohammad Shike and Suk Jin Lee (James Madison University, USA); Ahmad Salman (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)

1571019077  Water Leak Detection using Machine Learning method based on Wireless Sensor Networks    

Ghorbel Oussama (Unuversity of Sfax, Tunisia & Jouf University, Saudi Arabia)

Session A2- AI/ML Techniques for Trust, Privacy & Cybersecurity I

Session Chair: Dr. Ahmed Shafee (Adams State University, USA) 

Room: 202, Building 38

1570985003  Robust In-Vehicle Diagnostic-Based Intrusion Detection System 

Ahmed Shafee (Adams State University, USA); Tasneem Adel Awaad (Ain Shams University, Egypt); Ahmed Moro (Siemens Digital Industries Software, Integrated Electrical Systems Segment, Egypt)

1571027738  Intrusion-Localization Method using Distributed Optical Sensing

Maged Abdullah Esmail (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia)

1571027696  Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Active Cyber Defense against to Advanced Persistent Threats to Homeland Security 

Recep Özbay and Uraz Yavanogluz, Prof. (Gazi University, Turkey)

1571026488  Impact of Dataset Composition on Machine Learning Performance for Anomaly Detection in Smart Home Cybersecurity

Juan Iturbe (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) & Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile); Helena Rifà-Pous (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)

1571003183  Detecting the Abuse of Cloud Services for C&C Infrastructure Through Dynamic Analysis and Machine Learning 

Turki Al lelah, George Theodorakopoulos, Amir Javed and Eirini Anthi (Cardiff University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

15710561     Digital Fingerprint for Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle Security  

Christopher Dube and Wassila Lalouani (Towson University, USA)

Session A3- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Session Chair: Dr. Ndala Mulongo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 

Room: 212, Building 38

1571019255  Performance Analysis of Data Processing in Distributed File Systems with Near Data Processing 

Shiyue Hou (Northeastern University, USA); Nathan Tallent (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA); Li Wang and Ningfang Mi (Northeastern University, USA)

1571025028  Business Intelligence Tools for Data Extractions Transformations and Visualizations

Dejang Liu (College of DuPage, USA)

1571043746  Navigating The Interplay Between Artificial Intelligence And Managerial Skills

Ndala Mulongo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

1571035421  Uncovering The Impact of Bursty Workloads on System Performance in Serverless Computing

Li Wang, Shiyue Hou, Yiming Xie and Ningfang Mi (Northeastern University, USA)

1571043934  Green Cloud Computing: A Literature Review on the Current State of Research

Kawtar Oukil (University Hassan 2, Morocco & Faculty Sciences Ain Chock, Morocco)

Session A4v- Satellite Communication Systems and Protocols      

Session Chair: Dr. Michele Luglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) 

Room: 101, Building 56

1571035951  Framework for the Applicability of the QUIC Over Broadband Satellite Networks

Cesare Roseti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Francesco Zampognaro (University of Rome "Link Campus", Italy)

1571025816  A Non-Terrestrial Network Congestion Control Scheme Based on the SAC Method

WenXuan Xie and Lidong Zhu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China); Yanjun Song (The 54th Research Institute of CETC, China); Huilin Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1571035280  Design Considerations for Next Generation Software-Defined Federated Satellite Networks  

Sameera Siddiqui (Defence Research and Development Canada, Canada)

1571045354  Flexible MEO Down-Link Beamforming using Constrained Clustering for Near-Optimal Load-Balancing      

Haythem Chaker, Hocuine Chougrani and Symeon Chatzinotas (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg); Joel Grotz (SES, Luxembourg)

1571036139  Research on intelligent decision algorithm of satellite communication system for complex electromagnetic environment 

Zhiyuan Tan (University of Electronic Science and Technology, China); Lidong Zhu and Heyun Yan (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1571039816  A framework for the virtualization of satellite gateways: the SURPRISE project

Michele Luglio and Cesare Roseti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Francesco Zampognaro (University of Rome "Link Campus", Italy)

1571035948  Definition of Satellite Systems Role in Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) Architectures

Cesare Roseti and Michele Luglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Francesco Zampognaro (University of Rome "Link Campus", Italy); Mattia Quadrini (RomARS, Italy)                  

Session A5v- Advances in Communications & Networking I

Session Chair: Dr. Babar Shah (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates) 

Room: 110, Building 56

1571045287  Adaptative Artificial Intelligence for Efficiency Schedulers Provider in Wireless Networks 

Guillaume Terrier (IRISA, France); Cedric Gueguen (University of Rennes 1 & CNRS, France); Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (University of Rennes, France)

1571048041  A Comprehensive Analysis of FSO Communications with UAV Technologies

Zaid Jabbar Al-allaq and Wafaa Mohammed Ridha Shakir (Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq)

1571018822  Predictive Optimal Channel Allocation in Integrated Sensing, Communication and Computation Systems

Abhinanda Dutta (Drexel University, USA); Abhishek Roy (MediaTek, USA); Navrati Saxena (San Jose State University, USA); Steven Weber (Drexel University, USA)

1571019220  NeuroDual: A Hybrid SAT Solver Combining Graph Attention Networks with Algorithmic Techniques 

Mahfuza Farooque (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Matthew Walter and Aaron Falk (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

1571025817  A Topology Reconfiguration Algorithm for Cross-Domain Multi-System Measurement and Control Network Based on Minimum Connectivity      

Huilin Wang, Lidong Zhu and WenXuan Xie (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)                

14:00 - 15:00

Keynote Speaker 2: Dr. Erik Blasch (Air Force Research Lab., USA)

Session Chair: Dr. Umit Karabiyik, Purdue University, USA) 

Room: Windows Lounge

Session A6- AI/ML Techniques for Security and Smart Apps                  

Session Chair: Dr. Babar Shah (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates) 

Room: 201, Building 38

1571053027  Coding Buddy: An Adaptive AI-Powered Platform for Personalized Learning

Harsha Nutalapati, Sachin Velmurugan and Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of Maryland, USA)

1571027829  Challenges of Integrating Blockchain Technology into Educational Institutions

Abbas H Ali (Ali, Iraq); Uraz Yavanoglu (Gazi University, Turkey)

1571033729  Enhancing IoT Protocol Security through AI and ML: A Comprehensive Analysis

Babar Shah (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates); Muhammad Junaid (Islamia College, Pakistan); Muhammad Habib (GPG Jahanzeb College, Pakistan)

1571042677  Hybrid Deep Learning with Optimized Hyperparameters based Intrusion Detection in Internet of Things for Smart Farming

Rua Aburasain, Jr and Awatef Salem Balobaid (Jazan University, Saudi Arabia)

1571032176  Analysis of Privacy, Security, and Trust in the Internet1 of Things (IoT) Ecosystem

Anteneh Girma (UDC, USA); Antione Searcy and Adine Barrett (University of the District of Columbia, USA)

Session A7- AI/ML Techniques and Systems Engineering

Session Chair: Dr. Rim Moussa (LaTICE & ENI-Carthage, Tunisia) 

Room: 202, Building 38

1571076096  Balancing the Complexity of Data Pipeline Engineering: A Technological Landscape Where Human Expertise Meets Large Language Models        

Rim Moussa (LaTICE & ENI-Carthage, Tunisia); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

1571035621  Automated Warehouse 5G Infrastructure Modeling Using Variational Autoencoders

Rahul Gulia, Amlan Ganguly, Clark Hochgraf, Andres Kwasinski, Michael E Kuhl and Ehsan Rashedi (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)

1571043734  Evolution of Industry 4.0 In Manufacturing Sectors: Insight On Prisma Approach

Ndala Mulongo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

1571045373  Feeling Artificial Intelligence. Cognitive Decision-making Model Borrowed from Living Being 

Anatolii Kargin (Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport, Ukraine); Tetyana Petrenko (Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport & IEEE, Ukraine)

1571043737  Optimasition of Manufacturing Workflow Through Generative Artificial Intelligence

Ndala Mulongo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

SessionA8- Advances in communications and Antenna Systems

Session Chair: Dr. Md Sipon Miah (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain) 

Room: 212, Building 38

1571024836  Design of a Multiband Microstrip Circular 4x4 Array Antenna for 5G Millimeter-Wave applications

Mohammed el amine Mahlia (LCPTS Laboratory, USTHB University, Algeria); Slimane Mekaoui (University of Technology and Sciences Houari Boumediene, Algeria); Mohamed Lamine Tounsi (PEDCL Laboratory. USTHB University, Algeria)

1571044662  Analysis of Signal Propagations Between an Access Point and IoT Devices in a Complex Indoor Environment Using Ray Tracing     

Kanwalinderjit Kaur and Priscilla Zavala (California State University, USA)

1571034088  High-Efficiency Gesture Recognition Using Multiple mmWave FMCW RADARs

Yanhua Zhao (HU Berlin, Germany); Vladica Sark (IHP - Leibniz-Institut für Innovative Mikroelektronik, Germany); Milos Krstic (IHP, Germany); Eckhard Grass (IHP & Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany)

1571025320  Enhancing Throughput for 5G NR-U and WiFi Networks in 6GHz Shared-Spectrum

Rasika Nilaweera Kalahe Wattege (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

1571033180  Secure Spectrum Sensing in CR-IoT Networks: A Hybrid DL-ViT-GRU       

Md Sipon Miah (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain); Mingbo Niu (Changan University, China); Ana Garcia Armada (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

1571035171  Command, Control and Communications for Unmanned Aereal Systems in C-Band

Mubark Alghamdi and Ivica N. Kostanic (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)

Session A9v- Trust, Privacy & Cybersecurity I

Session Chair: Dr. Amna Eleyan (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom) 

Room: 101, Building 56

1571044744  SUP: Security User Profiles for Behavioral Data Platforms  

Abdelkader Ouda (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Iman Abu Sulayman (Taif University, Saudi Arabia & Western University, Canada)

1571045416  An in-depth Investigation into the Performance of State-of-the-Art zero-shot, single-shot, and few-shot Learning Approaches on an Out-of-Distribution Zero-Day Malware Attack Detection 

Tosin O Ige (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

1571056590  Securing RPL-Based IoT Networks: A Hyperparameter based Deep Learning Approach for Intrusion Detection  

Anil Kumar Prajapati (Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India); Emmanuel Shubhakar Pilli (Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur & Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota, India); Ramesh Babu Battula and Krishan Pal Singh (Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India)

1571044961  Digital Forensics Analysis of a Financial Mobile Application: Uncovering Security and Privacy Implications 

Rajon Bardhan (Augusta University, USA); Raymond Garay-Paravisin (Augusta Universitt, USA); Gokila Dorai and Logan Vanputte (Augusta University, USA)

1570989239  Security Challenges and Issues in Cloud Computing 

Daniel Permana (Binus University, Indonesia); Rika Zakiyyah (Universitas Bina Nusantara, Indonesia); Zahra Nabila Izdihar, Andry Chowanda, Devan Valencio and Yohan Muliono (Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia)

1571082439  Real-Time Email Phishing Detection Using a Custom DistilBERT Model       

Edafe Maxwell Damatie and Amna Eleyan (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Session A10v- Next Generation Networks & Communication Systems     

Session Chair:

Room: 110, Building 56

1571030012  StateProc: Empowering Network Functions With Enhanced Processing Capabilities in Edge Clouds

Mahdi Attawna (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Tung Doan (Technische Universität Dresden & Haptic Communication Systems, Germany); Frank H.P. Fitzek (Technische Universität Dresden & ComNets - Communication Networks Group, Germany); Giang T. Nguyen (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)

1571045364  Efficient Cross-Frequency Beam Prediction in 6G Wireless Using Time Series Data

Vaibhav P Bhosale (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Navrati Saxena (San Jose State University, USA); Ketan Bhardwaj and Ada Gavrilovska (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Abhishek Roy (MediaTek, USA)

1571018416  Is Ultra-Wideband (UWB) reconfigurable to Bluetooth?  

Tufik M. Buzid (Networks and Cyber Security Dept.,  Alriada Global University, Tripoli, Libya ); Hisham Sager (Colorado School of Mines, USA)

1571018140  Analysis of IQ Imbalance Effects on Physical Layer Secure Key Generation in mmWave Systems   

Navaneetha Channiganathota Manjappa (Humboldt University of Berlin & IHP - Leibniz-Institut Für Innovative Mikroelektronik, Germany); Nebojsa Maletic (IHP - Leibniz-Institut für Innovative Mikroelektronik, Germany); Lara Wimmer (SMA Solar Technology AG, Germany); Eckhard Grass (IHP & Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany)

1571029253  Conceptual Framework for the Optimization of Edge Device Workload Allocation in Wireless Body Area Networks  

Mustafa Muwafak Alobaedy (City University Malaysia, Malaysia); Sachinthani Eranga Alahakoon (City University, Malaysia); Yousef Fazea (Marshall University, USA)

1571044002  Ambient Light Impact on Power Reception in Outdoor VLC: A Distance-Based Analysis

Sayeed Ahmed and Tet Yeap (University of Ottawa, Canada); Sabbir Ahmed (Conestoga College ITAL, Canada), Ilugu Kiringa (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1571035632  Hardware Accelerated Matrix Multiplication on Programmable Logic       

Patrick Arndt (FH SWF, Germany); Karol Niewiadomski (South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Dietmar Tutsch (University of Wuppertal, Germany)

Day 2 – Wednesday, October 23, 2024

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Speaker 3: Dr. Alberto Ginesi (European Space Agency, The Netherlands)

Session Chair: Dr. Michele Luglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Room: Windows Lounge

10:30 – 12:00

Session B1- AI for Industry and Networking

Session Chair: Dr. Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of Maryland, USA) 

Room: 201, Building 38

1571038271  Machine Learning-Based Predictive Analytics for Customer Churn in the Telecom Industry   

Amna Hayat, Renzheng Zheng, Calvin Li, Nicholas Prakoso, Harsha Nutalapati and Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of Maryland, USA)

1571043741  Best Practices of Machine Learning System Operations (MLOPS) In The South African Manufacturing Industry     

Ndala Mulongo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

1571035604  Neural Networks for predicting Relative Cost       

Anwar Alyatama and Abdullah Alshaibani (Kuwait University, Kuwait)

1571019276  Adaptive Homogeneity-Based Client Selection Policy for Federated Learning

Yiming Xie and Pinrui Yu (Northeastern University, USA); Geng Yuan (University of Georgia, USA); Xue Lin and Ningfang Mi (Northeastern University, USA)

1571043744  Key Performance Indicators for Artificial Intelligence For IT Operations (AIOPS)

Ndala Mulongo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Session B2- Trust, Privacy and Cybersecurity II

Session Chair: Dr. Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA)

Room: 202, Building 38

1571073362  Forensics Analysis of Android Social Networking Application: Tencent QQ Revisited

Yufeng Gong and Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA)

1571018430  Rabbit: A Language to Model and Verify Data Flow in Networked Systems

Terunobu Inaba (Kyoto University, Japan); Yutaka Ishikawa (National Instite of Informatics & SOKENDAI, Japan); Atsushi Igarashi (Kyoto University, Japan); Taro Sekiyama (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

1571047918  Predicting public sentiment to proposed laws: E-waste management laws as a use

Thomas Cox (Ferris State University, USA); Ibrahim Badawi (Seattle University, USA); Mohamed Abu Sharkh (Ferris State University, USA)

1571045390  The Kiosk Fraud Detection System

Jhada Carmel, Baker Al Smadi and Bennie Ferguson (Grambling State University, USA)

1571045239  Shopping while Watching: An Updated Forensic Analysis of TikTok on Android and iOS    

Xiao Hu and Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA)

1571027402  Cryptanalysis of TRUTH: fixing a protocol to make it 5G-compliant       

Jorge Munilla (University of Malaga, Spain); Mike Burmester (Florida State University, USA); Pino Caballero-Gil (University of La Laguna, Spain)

Session B3- Advances in Communications and Networking

Session Chair: Dr. Fatima Zahra Rabahi (ALTEN SA, France)

Room: 212, Building 38

1571045646  Enhancing 5G Indoor Device-to-Device Communications Through a Reinforcement Learning Algorithm  

Fatima Zahra Rabahi (ALTEN SA, France); Nagore Merino Herran (Alten, France)

1571043824  Unified 3D Networks: Dynamic RAN Functions Placement and Link Challenges

Ainur Daurembekova (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germany); Hans D. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

1571044528  Ontology-based Reinforcement Learning for Semantic Offloading in MEC-enabled 6G IoT Networks    

Eric Gyamfi (University College Dublin, Ireland); James Adu Ansere (Sunyani Technical University, Ghana); Fatemeh Golpayegani (University College Dublin, Ireland)

1571027990  An Architecture for Edge Driven Next Generation Networks       

Syed F Hassan (Canada); Kashif Islam (Red Hat, USA); Alexander Orel (USA)

1571027963  Development of a Priority Queue-Based Protocol Stack for Handling Different Traffic Classes    

Dalia Ammar Khodja, Sreejith Vidhyadharan, Ryan S. Adams, Ronald A. Fevig and Maleeha Altaf (University of North Dakota, USA)

1571019132  User Environment Detection Using Long Short-Term Memory Autoencoder

Karthika Satheesh (The University of Rennes, France & IRISA CNRS, France); Kamal Singh (Université Jean Monnet, France); Sid Ali Hamideche (Nokia Bell Labs, France); César Viho (IRISA / INRIA Rennes & University of Rennes I, France); Marie Line Alberi Morel (Nokia Bell Labs, France)

1571044236  Assessing the Interplay between WebRTC and QUIC congestion control algorithms

David Baldassin (University Cote d'Azur, France); Guillaume Urvoy-Keller (Université Côte d'Azur, France); Dino Lopez Pacheco (University Côte d'Azur, France); Ludovic Roux (CoSMo Software Consulting, Singapore)

Session B4v- Machine Learning for Smart Apps and Security      

Session Chair: Dr. Atma Sahu (Coppin State University, USA) 

Room: 101, Building 56

1571019158  RIT Network and Security Dataset Collections     

Bruce Hartpence (RIT, USA); Daryl G Johnson, Bill Stackpole and Andres Kwasinski (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)

1571018638  Exploring Sleep Patterns and Behavioral Components for Stress Detection: A Machine Learning Approach

Al-Amin Hossain, Imtiaj Uddin Ahamed and Uchchas Das Gupta (University of South Dakota, USA); Ayvee Nusreen Anika (University of Texas at Arlington, USA); Alvee Islam (Wichita State University, USA); Utsha Saha (North Dakota State University, USA)

1570987076  Machine Learning for Threat Detection    

Dustin Sutanto, Febri Fransisca Djaya, Steven Liem, Zahra Nabila Izdihar, Andry Chowanda and Yohan Muliono (Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia)

1571031118  Mastering Water Sort Puzzle: A Reinforcement Learning Approach with Deep Q-Learning Techniques

Shereen Ismail (University of Michigan, USA); Selma Benouadah (University of North Dakota, USA)

1571045134  IoT Device Identification based on Network Traffic Analysis and Machine Learning

Habib Louafi (TELUQ University & University of Regina, Canada); Stephanie M. Opoku and Malek Mouhoub (University of Regina, Canada)

1571018717  Synergistic Machine Learning Approaches for Early Lung Cancer Detection and Improved Prognostics 

Al-Amin Hossain, Imtiaj Uddin Ahamed and Uchchas Das Gupta (University of South Dakota, USA); Ayvee Nusreen Anika (University of Texas at Arlington, USA); Alvee Islam (Wichita State University, USA); Imam Uddin Ahamed (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1571027175  The Deep Dive into the Use of Image Processing and Object Detection to Identify Pneumonia

Prithvi Krishnan (Westwood High School, USA)

14:00 – 15:00

Keynote Speaker 4: Dr. Mohammad Hajiaghayi (University of Maryland, USA)

Session Chair: Dr. Abdelkader Ouda (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 

Room: Windows Lounge

15:30 – 17:00

Session B5- AI/ML & IoT for Smart Apps

Session Chair: Dr. Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada) 

Room: 201, Building 38

1571024824  IoT for CO2 Surveillance in Volcanic Soil using a Web-Based Monitoring and the LI-830 sensor. Study case in Cerro Pacho, El Salvador    

Omar Otoniel Flores-Cortez (Universidad Tecnologica de El Salvador, El Salvador); Carlos Pocasangre Jimenez (Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador); Fernando Arevalo (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany); David Adriel Solis and Jefry Orlando Comayagua (Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador)

1571050152  Autonomic IoT Pet Health Monitoring System     

Michael Shultz (Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering, USA); Christopher Rouff (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, USA); Ali Tekeoglu (Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, USA & Leidos Innovations Center, USA)

1571062224  Accessible Time Interval Based Local Positioning System: Applications for Self-Driving Cars in Smart Cities  

Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada); Antoine Bolduc (Collège Maisonneuve, Canada); Enric Soldevila (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada); Yousra Azmour (collège Maisonneuve, Canada); Fadner Richardson Dieujuste (Collège Maisonneuve, Canada)

1571034585  Voice AI IoT model for rescue operations among first responders for disaster management 

Swarnamouli Majumdar (Zenext AI, USA); Mayur Srivastava (Indiana University, USA)

1571045280  WiFi-Enable Oxygen Enrichment Device  

Pradya Prempraneerach (Thammasat University Rangsit Campus, Thailand); Wichakorn Angathipatr and Chinnawat Panjan (Thammasat School of Engineering, Thammmasat University, Thailand); Pvin Kesa (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA); Parima Kesa (Belmont High School, USA)

Session B6- Trust, Privacy and Cybersecurity III 

Session Chair: Dr. Ismail Butun (Florida Atlantic University, USA) 

Room: 202, Building 38

1571060770  Harnessing Machine Learning for Enhanced Internet of Things (IoT) Security and Attack Detection

Ahnaf MD Akif, Ismail Butun and Imad Mahgoub (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

1571060783  Enhancing Intrusion Detection in IoT Environments An Advanced Ensemble Approach Using Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks

Amar Amouri (Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, United Arab Emirates); Mohamad Mahmoud Al Rahhal (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Yakoub Bazi (ALISR Laboratory King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Ismail Butun and Imad Mahgoub (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

1571067858  Identifying Media Storage Locations in Baby Camera Apps: A Mobile Forensic Approach 

Vinicius Lima (Purdue University & Civil Police of the Federal District, USA); Umit Karabiyik (Purdue University, USA)

1571027636  Fake Tweets Detection and Its Impacts on the 2020 U.S. Election Prediction

Junwhan Kim (UDC, USA); Miftahul Qorib (University of the District of Columbia, USA)

1571032586  A Hybrid Approach for Fraudulent Transaction Detection: SMOTE-Autoencoder Framework   

Kanika Sood (California State University, Fullerton, USA), Yathartha Patankar (California State University, Fullerton, USA)

1571063940  Ain't How You Deploy: An Analysis of BGP Security Policies Performance Against Various Attack Scenarios with Differing Deployment Strategies  

Seth Barrett (Augusta University, USA); Calvin L Idom (Louisiana Tech University, USA & INSuRE Summer Workshops, USA); German Z Villafuerte (Texas A&M University - San Antonio, USA); Andrew Byers (Arizona State University, USA); Berk Gulmezoglu (Iowa State University, USA)

B7v- Advances in AI/ML Techniques        

Session Chair: Dr. Atma Sahu (Coppin State University, USA) 

Room: 212, Building 38

1571045318  Adversarial Testing of LLMs Across Multiple Languages

Yulia Kumar, Christopher Paredes, Guohao (Rious) Yang, Jenny Li and Patricia Morreale (Kean University, USA)

1571035650  Enhancing Sentiment Analysis with Attention Mechanism and Bayesian-Lipschitz Recurrent Neural Networks       

Mahmudul Hasan, Sachin Shetty and Peter Foytik (Old Dominion University, USA)

1571035538  Multivariate Bounded Support Kotz Mixture Model with Minimum Message Length Criterion 

Tsega Weldu Araya (Concordia University, Canada); Muhammad Azam (Algoma University, Canada); Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada); Jamal Bentahar (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates & Concordia University, Canada)

1571035659  Enhancing Sentiment Analysis with Logistic Regression and NLP: A Case Study of 2023 Amazon Software Reviews  

Horace C Mingo IV (Marymount University, USA)

1571072680  Survey on Advancements in Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing

Mohammed Amer (Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, Palestine & Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd., Palestine); Osama Hamed (Palestine Technical University Kadoorie, Palestine); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

1571045423  Framework for Optimising Distribution of Deep Neural Network Inference Tasks Across Computing Networks       

Preetha Evangeline (Siva Subramaniam Nadar College of Engineering, India & SSN College of Engineering, India); Atma Sahu (Coppin State University, USA); Palanisamy Anandhakumar (MIT Campus, Anna University Chennai, India)

B8v- Advances in Communications & Networking III

Session Chair: 

Room: 101, Building 56

1571033288  Estimating the benefits of a multi-operator approach to enhance cellular connectivity of drones

Antoine Le Borgne and Xavier Marjou (Orange, France); Fanny Parzysz (Orange Labs, France); Tayeb Lemlouma (IRISA Lab and Rennes University, France)

1571033783  Comparative Analysis of LoRa Antennae for Low-Cost IoT Deployments

Alexandria Macko-Dobrovic (Baldwin Wallace University, USA); Brian Krupp (Case Western Reserve University, USA); Joshua Buxton and Justin Verhosek (Baldwin Wallace University, USA)

1571066673  RGCN for Beyond Pairwise Training: Generalizing Monitors Selection in Network Tomography

Zahraa El Attar (University of Rennes 1, France); Kevin Hoarau (Université de la Réunion, Reunion); Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (University of Rennes, France); Geraldine Texier (IMT Atlantique/IRISA & BCOM, France)

1571035457  Optimizing Latency in SD-IoT through Heterogeneous Traffic Flow-Based Controller Placement 

Boudi Raid (University Center of Mila, Algeria); Mohammed Lalou (University of Burgundy, France); Bouchemal Nardjes (University of Mila, Algeria); Chirihane Gherbi (University of Ferhat Abbes Setif 1, Algeria)

1571042364  Low Peak Sidelobe Level Beamforming with Minimum Movable-Antenna Array Size

Dixuan Hu, Lidong Zhu, Qiangjian Song and Young Zhang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)

1571043444  A Cylindrical Microwave Plasma Reactor Simulation Using COMSOL Multiphysics for CO2 Dissociation in Pure and Gas Mixture Streams      

Aliaa Allami (University of Basrah, Iraq); Wasan Wali (University of Basrah, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

1571027924  Ultra compact and high contrast ratio 4x2 encoder based on 2D photonic crystal coupler

Wafa Mehrez (National School of Engineering of Tunis, Tunisia); Monia Najjar (Syscom, Tunisia)

Day 3 – THursday, October 24, 2024

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Speaker 5: Dr. Youssef Laarouchi (Hackuity, France)

Session Chair: Dr. Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia) 

Room: Windows Lounge

10:30 – 12:00

Session C1v- Smart Apps and IoT Solutions

Session Chair: Dr. Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada) 

Room: 201, Building 38

1571052090  A Distributed System for Optimization of Carbon Emitting Resource Consumption in Supply Chains     

Salman Ali, Cedric Gondro, Qiben Yan and Wolfgang Banzhaf (Michigan State University, USA)

1571072674  Reliable Computer Vision with IoT for Fluid Filling Machines    

Mohammed Amer (Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, Palestine & Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd., Palestine); Farid Abu-Sada, Ahmad Abu-Hantash and Moath Abu-Readi (Palestine Technical University Kadoorie, Palestine); Mahmoud Elsisi (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan); Alya' Dababat (Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, Palestine); Tayma Daqa (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

1571043349  Design and Construction of an Automatic Hand Washing Dispenser

Grace Oletu (Academic City University College, Nigeria); Edem F Dawson and Mawuena Komla Ackotia (Academic City University College, Ghana); Joseph Apiriala-Atedoghu (Academic City University College, Afghanistan)

1571043445  Smart Office Solutions: Monitoring and Enhancing Environmental Quality for Optimal Workplace Performance       

Aseel Habeeb Gatea Al-lami (University of Basrah, Iraq); Alaa Al-Ibadi (The University of Basrah, Iraq & University of Salford, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Musaab Alaziz (University of Basrah & WINLAB, Rutgers University, Iraq)

1571045347  Author Dirichlet Multinomial Allocation Model with Generalized Distribution (ADMAGD)   

Faiza Tahsin, Hafsa Ennajari and Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada)

1571041857  Advanced Human Motion Detection and Precision Movement Measurement via Mobile Devices Using YOLOv8, R-CNN, and Augmented Reality

Oras Baker (Ravensbourne University London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Wei Li (Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand); Qing Yuan (SIT, New Zealand)

1570982701  Renewable Energy Forecasting AI-Driven Framework for Peer To Peer Trading

Ameni Boumaiza (Hamad Bin Khalifa University & QEERI, Qatar)

Session C2v- Trust, Privacy & Cybersecurity IV            

Session Chair: Dr. Thabet Kacem (University of the District of Columbia, USA)

Room: 202, Building 38

1571018845  Methods for PCA Detection: an Efficiency Assessment through Classification Metrics

Dimitriya Mihaylova, Georgi Iliev and Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria)

1571019147  Enhancing Cloud Data Security with Davies-Meyer Hash and Gestalt Pattern Matching in Blockchain    

Sheeja Rani S, Raafat Aburukba and Khaled El-Fakih (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

1571027123  Access Control in Vehicle to Emergency Services (V2S) Communicating Over MQTT-SN     

Hemant Gupta and Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1571027909  Comparing Boosting-based and GAN-based Models for Intrusion Detection in 5G Networks  

Abdallah Moubayed (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

1571035526  On Privacy, Security and Trust for Misuse Prevention in Social Networks

Mohammad Hajarian, Paloma Diaz and Ignacio Aedo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

1571045404  Towards an in-depth Evaluation of the Performance, Suitability and Plausibility of Few-Shot Meta Transfer Learning on An Unknown Out-of-Distribution Cyber-attack Detection      

Tosin O Ige (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

1571081475  Arabic Fake News Detection using Machine Learning Approach 

Tasneem M A Duridi (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Derar Eleyan (Nablus University for Technical and Vocational Education, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Session C3v- AI/ML Techniques and Systems Engineering II

Session Chair: Dr. Yuvaraj Munian (Texas A&M University-San Antonio, USA) 

Room: 212, Building 38

1571043987  Enhancing Transfer Learning Network Classification Accuracy on Degraded Images by Network Structural Modification      

Gautam Siwach (University of New Haven & IBM Corporation, USA); Cheryl Q Li (University of New Haven & USA, USA); Sijin Ren (University of New Haven, USA)

1571036526  Sustainable energy efficient Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Deep Q-Network and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient 

Anita priyadarshini Durai pandian (Aarhus University, Denmark)

1571019846  An AI-Powered Digital Foundation Recommender System

Dahana Moz Ruiz, Annaliese Watson, Yulia Kumar, Jenny Li and Patricia Morreale (Kean University, USA)

1571025397  6D Pose Estimation and Correction for Fully Occluded 3D Model X-Ray Source using Deeplabv3 Utilizing Mobilenetv2 Backbone and Dense Fusion Algorithm       

Jayson Rogelio (Department of Science and Technology, Philippines & Metals Industry Research and Development Center, Philippines); Elmer P. Dadios (Philippines, Philippines); Argel Bandala, Edwin Sybingco and Laurence Gan Lim (De La Salle University, Philippines); Raouf Naguib (Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ryan Rhay P. Vicerra (De La Salle University, Philippines)

1571035613  An Explainable Intelligent Intrusion Detection System     

Maiada Mahmoud (Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt); Yasser Omar (AAST, Egypt); Ayman A. Abdel-Hamid (Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

1571045406  AlexNet and Convolutional Neural Network analysis in Thermogram Images for Automobile Application using High Performance Computing

Yuvaraj Munian (Texas A, USA); Izzat Alsmadi and Garrett Crumrine (Texas A&M University-San Antonio, USA)

Session C4v- Blockchain and Data Analytics

Session Chair: Dr. Amna Eleyan (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom) 

Room: 101, Building 56

1571017545  CircularX Regenerative Resources DePIN

Bryan Chun Kuen Chiu, Anson Ho, Abraham Lu, Bosco Lee, Leo Li and Matthew Yau, Chun Hei Yau (Canadian International School of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

1571056635  Transformer models as an efficient replacement for statistical test suites to evaluate the quality of random numbers

Rishabh Goel (Monta Vista High School, USA); Yizi Xiao (Optum, USA); Ramin Ramezani (University of California Los Angeles, USA)

1571029247  Coherence Big Data Space Division Multiplexing  

Yousef Fazea (Marshall University, USA); Mustafa Muwafak Alobaedy (City University Malaysia, Malaysia); Mohammed Alsamman (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia); Fathey Mohammed (Sunway University, Malaysia)

1571045249  Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Employment Through Data Visualization

Puya Ghazizadeh (St. John's University, USA); Weria GhaziZadeh (Old Dominion University, USA)

1571042583  Government Cybersecurity Data Analytics System Success: An Exploratory Study of Technology and Organization 

Elyson A De La Cruz (University of the Cumberlands, USA & Imagine Believe Realize LLC, USA); James C. Hyatt, Geeta Sandeep Nadella and Hari Gonaygunta (University of the Cumberlands, USA); Sai Sravan Meduri (University of the Pacific, USA); Anna Marie R De La Cruz (Herzing University, USA)

1571081475  Arabic Fake News Detection using Machine Learning Approach 

Tasneem M A Duridi (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Derar Eleyan (Nablus University for Technical and Vocational Education, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)