CASCON 2025
Mon 10 - Thu 13 November 2025
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Mon 10 Nov

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08:30 - 10:00
CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering ResearchCSER at Room 1
08:30 - 10:00
WKS-54: 21st Workshop on Compiler-Driven Performance (Part 1)CDP at Room 2
08:30 - 10:00
Tutorials (TUT-66)7 Tutorials at Room 3
08:30
90m
Tutorial
Production-Ready LLMs: Frameworks, Workflows, and Trade-offs
7 Tutorials
Amirreza Esmaeili University of British Columbia, Jackie Lam Charli Capital, Elham Alipour Charli Capital, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Okanagan
08:30 - 10:00
Tutorials (TUT-10)7 Tutorials at Room 4
08:30
90m
Tutorial
Human-Robot Interaction and Social Robots
7 Tutorials
Patrick Hung Ontario Tech University, Shane Saunderson McMaster University
10:00 - 10:30
Morining breakCatering at Break
10:30 - 12:00
Keynote by Foutse Khomh7 Keynotes at Keynotes Room
10:30
90m
Keynote
Toward Trustworthy AI Coding Assistants: Understanding and Improving LLMs for Software Engineering
7 Keynotes
Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal
10:30 - 12:00
CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering ResearchCSER at Room 1
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & Posters - CASCON SC MeetingCatering at Break
13:00 - 14:30
CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering ResearchCSER at Room 1
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-54: 21st Workshop on Compiler-Driven Performance (Part 2)CDP at Room 2
13:00 - 14:30
Tutorials (TUT-30) Part 17 Tutorials at Room 3
13:00
90m
Tutorial
Turbocharging AIware: Performance Engineering for Production-Ready FMware
7 Tutorials
Haoxiang Zhang Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Kishanthan Thangarajah Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Kirill Vasilevski Huawei Canada, Arthur Leung , Boyuan Chen Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
13:00 - 14:30
WKS 70: 2nd Workshop on Software Engineering Economics (SENGEC) (Part 1)SENGEC at Room 4
13:00 - 14:30
TP:112:134:221: Software Requirements I 74 Technical Papers at Room 5
13:00
30m
Talk
Multi-Label Ambiguity Detection in Software Requirements using Language Models
74 Technical Papers
Paniz Oghabi Carleton University, Nafiseh Kahani Carleton University
13:30
30m
Talk
Automated Non-Functional Requirements Generation in Software Engineering with Large Language Models: A Comparative StudyResearch Object ReviewedOpen Research Object
74 Technical Papers
Jomar Thomas Almonte The Pennsylvania State University, Santhosh AB Pennsylvania State University, Nathalia Nascimento Pennsylvania State University
14:00
30m
Talk
Adaptive Fine-tuning for Multiclass Classification over Software Requirement Data
74 Technical Papers
Savas Yildirim Istanbul Bilgi University Computer Science Department, Mucahit Cevik Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, Devang Parikh IBM, Ayse Basar Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
13:00 - 14:30
TP:90:117:229:119: Energy & Vehicles 74 Technical Papers at Room 6
13:00
30m
Talk
Energy Consumption Analysis of Large Language Models Across CPU and GPU with Diverse Metric Types
74 Technical Papers
Tong Zhang Department of Computer Science, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, Leila Tahmooresnejad Brock University, Naser Ezzati Jivan
13:30
20m
Talk
Pattern-Driven and Stochastic Generation of Energy Time Series via Differentiable SimulationShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Mohammad Mehabadi University of New Brunswick, Simin Shehbaz University of New Brunswick, Bhavani Sai Prasad Addala Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Kenneth Kent University of New Brunswick
13:50
20m
Talk
Energy Load Forecasting for OCPP-Compliant EV Charging Infrastructure Using Machine LearningShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Hyon Lee OntarioTech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
14:10
20m
Talk
JETROS: A Scalable Robotic Testbed for Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms for Cooperative Vehicle PlatooningShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Francisca Donoso Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Nelson Salvador Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Gonzalo Carvajal Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
14:30 - 15:00
Afternoon breakCatering at Break
15:00 - 16:30
CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering ResearchCSER at Room 1
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-54: 21st Workshop on Compiler-Driven Performance (Part 3)CDP at Room 2
15:00 - 16:30
Tutorial (TUT-30) Part 27 Tutorials at Room 3
15:00
90m
Tutorial
Turbocharging AIware: Performance Engineering for Production-Ready FMware
7 Tutorials
Haoxiang Zhang Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Kishanthan Thangarajah Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Kirill Vasilevski Huawei Canada, Arthur Leung , Boyuan Chen Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
15:00 - 16:30
WKS 70: 2nd Workshop on Software Engineering Economics (SENGEC) (Part 2)SENGEC at Room 4
15:00 - 16:30
TP:207:213:37: CS Education74 Technical Papers at Room 6
15:00
30m
Talk
Detecting Explicit and Implicit Gender Bias in Software Engineering Education
74 Technical Papers
Fatemeh Sadat Mirshafiee Carleton University, Nafiseh Kahani Carleton University
15:30
30m
Talk
Performance and Cost Analysis in Domain-Specific Essay Scoring with Large Language Models
74 Technical Papers
Raghav Gaur Toronto Metropolitan University, Mucahit Cevik Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, Sojin Lee Blees AI
16:00
20m
Talk
Evaluating Generative AI for CS1 Code Grading: Direct vs Reverse MethodsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Ahmad Memon University of British Columbia, Abdallah Mohamed University of British Columbia
16:30 - 18:00
Keynote by Jie M. Zhang7 Keynotes at Keynotes Room
16:30
90m
Keynote
LLMs for Code: Beyond Just Correctness
7 Keynotes
Jie M. Zhang King's College London
16:30 - 18:00
CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering ResearchCSER at Room 1

Tue 11 Nov

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10:00 - 10:30
Morining breakCatering at Break
10:30 - 12:00
Tutorials (TUT-14)7 Tutorials at Room 2
10:30
90m
Tutorial
Multi-Agent Large Language Models for Code Intelligence: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research Directions
7 Tutorials
Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Jie JW Wu University of British Columbia (UBC), Amirreza Esmaeili University of British Columbia
10:30 - 12:00
WKS-47: 5th Workshop on Software Techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems (Part 1)CyPress at Room 3
10:30 - 12:00
TP:212:29:107:18: Code Analysis74 Technical Papers at Room 4
10:30
30m
Talk
Efficient Pointer Analysis via Def-Use Graph Pruning
74 Technical Papers
Jiaqi He University of Alberta, Karim Ali NYU Abu Dhabi
11:00
20m
Talk
Efficient Compilation of Algorithms into Compact Linear ProgramsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Shermin Khosravi University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Computer Science, David Bremner University of New Brunswick
11:20
20m
Talk
Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Programming Language Topic Classification WorkflowShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Michael Zhang Queen's University, Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada
11:40
20m
Talk
A Multi-Table Approach to Floating-Point Function ApproximationShort-PaperResearch Object ReviewedOpen Research Object
74 Technical Papers
Lucas Dutton McMaster University, Christopher Anand McMaster University, Robert Enenkel IBM Canada, Silvia M Mueller IBM
10:30 - 12:00
2015-MIP & TP:59-105: Databases74 Technical Papers / Most Influential Paper at Room 5
10:30
30m
Paper
Cardinality estimation using neural networks
Most Influential Paper
Henry Liu University of Waterloo, Mingbin Xu York University, Ziting Yu University of Waterloo, Vincent Corvinelli IBM Canada, Calisto Zuzarte IBM
Link to publication
11:00
30m
Talk
Semantic Relational Types of SQL Queries and Applications to AI Agent Tool Selection
74 Technical Papers
Ken Pu Ontario Tech University, Limin Ma Ontario Tech University, Ying Zhu Ontario Tech University, Bohdan Synytskyi Ontario Tech University
11:30
30m
Talk
Jackpine3D: a benchmark for evaluating 3D spatial database features
74 Technical Papers
Mohammadmasoud Shabanijou University of New Brunswick, Zhuliang Jia University of New Brunswick, Suprio Ray University of New Brunswick, Rongxing Lu Queen’s University, Pulei Xiong National Research Council (NRC), Canada
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and PostersCatering at Break
13:00 - 14:30
TP:220:108:125:217: Software Requirements II74 Technical Papers at Room 2
13:00
30m
Talk
Supervised Semantic Similarity-based Conflict Detection Algorithm: S3CDA
74 Technical Papers
Garima Malik Toronto Metropolitan University, Mucahit Cevik Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, Ayse Basar Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, Devang Parikh IBM
13:30
20m
Talk
Reverse Engineering User Stories from Code using Large Language ModelsIndustry
74 Technical Papers
Mohamed Ouf Queen's University, Haoyu Li Queen's University, Michael Zhang Queen's University, Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada
13:50
20m
Talk
Towards Improving the Reliability of LLMs in Requirements Engineering with Structured Confidence and Tag GovernanceShort-PaperResearch Object ReviewedOpen Research Object
74 Technical Papers
Dvip Patel Ontario Tech University, Sanaa Alwidian
14:10
20m
Talk
From Requirements to Models: A Case Study of Large Language Models on Epidemiological ModelingShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-47: 5th Workshop on Software Techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems (Part 2)CyPress at Room 3
13:00 - 14:30
TP:218:49:83:200: Security II 74 Technical Papers at Room 4
13:00
30m
Talk
Securing LLM-Generated Embedded Firmware through AI Agent-Driven Validation and Patching
74 Technical Papers
Seyed Moein Abtahi Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
13:30
20m
Talk
An Empirical Evaluation of LLM-Based Approaches for Code Vulnerability Detection: RAG, SFT, and Dual-Agent SystemsIndustry
74 Technical Papers
Md Hasan Saju Ontario Tech University, Maher Muhtadi Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
13:50
20m
Talk
SynRAG: A Large Language Model Framework for Executable Query Generation in Heterogeneous SIEM SystemsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Md Hasan Saju Ontario Tech University, Austin Page GlassHouse Systems, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University, Jeff Gardiner GlassHouse Systems, Farzaneh Abazari GlassHouse Systems, Frank Eargle GlassHouse Systems
14:10
20m
Talk
Data Augmentation with RNN-Driven CGANs for RF Jamming Intrusion DetectionShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Brandon Fernandez Ling Brock University, Glaucio Silva de Carvalho Brock University
13:00 - 14:30
TP:93:199:110: Software Development I74 Technical Papers at Room 5
13:00
30m
Talk
Issue Prioritization in Agile Development through the Lens of Constraint Solving
74 Technical Papers
Tianna-Lee Salmon Department of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Dawn MacIsaac Department of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Francis Palma University of New Brunswick
13:30
30m
Talk
An insight into the technical debt-fix trade off in software backporting
74 Technical Papers
Jarin Tasnim University of Saskatchewan, Debasish Chakroborti University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan
14:00
30m
Talk
Pushing Feelings: Emotion and Sentiment in Software Commit Messages
74 Technical Papers
Krishno Dey University of New Brunswick, Jagannath Singh Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Hung Cao University of New Brunswick, Francis Palma University of New Brunswick
14:30 - 15:00
Afternoon breakCatering at Break
15:00 - 16:30
TP:149:133:33: Software Development II74 Technical Papers at Room 2
15:00
30m
Talk
Workarounds in Software Forms: A User Study
74 Technical Papers
MohammadAmin Zaheri Université de Montréal, Michalis Famelis Université de Montréal, Eugene Syriani Université de Montréal
15:30
20m
Talk
Revisiting Thread Disentanglement in Technical Chat with Fine-Tuned LLMs and Graph-Based ClusteringShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Alex Aselstyne Queen's University, Canada, Mariam El Mezouar Royal Military College
15:50
30m
Talk
Understanding the Issue Types in Open Source Blockchain-based Software Projects with the Transformer-based BERTopic
74 Technical Papers
Md Nahidul Islam Opu University of Manitoba, Md Shahidul Islam University of Manitoba, Sara Rouhani University of Manitoba, Shaiful Chowdhury University of Manitoba
15:00 - 16:30
TP:141:227:216: Edge Comp & CPS74 Technical Papers at Room 3
15:00
30m
Talk
A-MARL: Agile Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Soft Real-Time Task Scheduling in Edge Computing
74 Technical Papers
Amin Avan Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University, Qusay H. Mahmoud Ontario Tech University
15:30
30m
Talk
Detection and Prevention of Malicious Data Manipulation Attacks in Microgrids
74 Technical Papers
Shabnam Saderi Oskouei University of New Brunswick, Nethmi Hettiarachchi University of New Brunswick, Arash Kariznovi Department of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Canada, Kalikinkar Mandal University of New Brunswick
16:00
20m
Talk
GrIIM: Graph-based IED Impact assessment using MCDMShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Kishore Sreedharan University of New Brunswick, Kwasi Boakye-Boateng University of New Brunswick, Hossein Shokouhinejad University of New Brunswick, Mahdi Abrishami University of New Brunswick, Shabnam Saderi Oskouei University of New Brunswick
15:00 - 16:30
TP:94:116:196: Code Gen & Translation74 Technical Papers at Room 4
15:00
30m
Talk
A Fully Automated Agent for End-to-End Code Translation and Validation
74 Technical Papers
Eray Erer Boğaziçi University, Aysun Bozanta Bogazici University, Turgay Aytac Comunale Capital, Ayşe Başar Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
15:30
30m
Talk
Generating Data Engineering Code Using LLMs
74 Technical Papers
Jialin Yang University of Calgary, Bart Maciszewski University of Calgary, Saviour Owolabi University of Calgary, Ahmad Abdellatif University of Calgary, Steve Drew University of Calgary, Henry Leung University of Calgary
16:00
20m
Talk
NL in the Middle: Code Translation with LLMs and Intermediate RepresentationsShort-PaperResearch Object Reviewed
74 Technical Papers
Chi-En Tai University of Waterloo, Pengyu Nie University of Waterloo, Lukasz Golab University of Waterloo, Alexander Wong University of Waterloo
15:00 - 16:30
TP:225:135:40: Cloud & Microservices74 Technical Papers at Room 5
15:00
30m
Talk
GRASP: A Graph-Based Proactive Framework for SLA-breach Prediction in Cloud-Native Microservices
74 Technical Papers
Sara fehresti York University, Farhoud Jafari Kaleibar York University, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada
15:30
20m
Talk
Key Considerations for Auto-Scaling: Lessons from Benchmark MicroservicesShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Majid Dashtbani University of Waterloo, Ladan Tahvildari University of Waterloo
Pre-print
15:50
30m
Talk
A Comparative Study of Feature Representations for CNN-Based Anomaly Detection in Microservices
74 Technical Papers
Snehith Jonnaikode California Polytechnic State University, Sumona Mukhopadhyay California Polytechnic State University, Joydeep Mukherjee California Polytechnic State University
15:00 - 16:30
TP:88:204:177: Performance74 Technical Papers at Room 6
15:00
20m
Talk
AttentiveDRL: Fair and Efficient GPU Job Scheduling via Dual-Agent RLShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Yiming Shao York University, Aijun An York University, Hajer Ayadi York University, Hao Zhou IBM, Michael Feiman IBM
15:20
20m
Talk
Anomaly Detection in Time Series Data: A Comparative Study of Time-Series Clustering and Recurring Neural NetworksIndustry
74 Technical Papers
15:40
30m
Talk
Leveraging Symbolic Encoding for Performance Anomaly Classification in Dynamic IoT Pipelines
74 Technical Papers
Maanav Patel California Polytechnic State University, Sumona Mukhopadhyay California Polytechnic State University, Joydeep Mukherjee California Polytechnic State University
16:30 - 18:00
Keynote by Shin Hwei Tan7 Keynotes at Keynotes Room
16:30
90m
Keynote
Testing Code Analyzer using Code Generator
7 Keynotes
Shin Hwei Tan Concordia University

Wed 12 Nov

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08:30 - 10:00
Keynote by Peter C. Rigby7 Keynotes at Keynotes Room
08:30
90m
Keynote
AI for Software Engineering at Meta’s Scale
7 Keynotes
Peter C Rigby Meta / Concordia University
10:00 - 10:30
Morining breakCatering at Break
10:30 - 12:00
WKS-68: Social Agentics: Situating Agentic AI Within Social & Organizational Contexts (part 1)SAI at Room 2
10:30 - 12:00
WKS-13: LLMs Meet Databases: Next-Generation Data Systems (Part 1)LMD at Room 3
10:30 - 12:00
Tutorials (TUT-63)7 Tutorials at Room 4
10:30
90m
Tutorial
CHORUS: Automating Linear Programming Code Generation from Natural Language
7 Tutorials
Tasnim Ahmed Queen’s University, Salimur Choudhury Queen’s University
10:30 - 12:00
TP:184:101:138:187: Quantum & Robotics74 Technical Papers at Room 5
10:30
30m
Talk
Introducing UNIQuE: The Unconventional Noiseless Intermediate Quantum EmulatorResearch Object Reviewed
74 Technical Papers
Reece Robertson University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Dan Ventura Brigham Young University
11:00
20m
Talk
A Proactive Approach for Detecting Post-Quantum Cryptographic Malware with Machine LearningShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Michael O. Mills Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity - University of New Brunswick, Ali A. Ghorbani Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity - University of New Brunswick
11:20
20m
Talk
Coherent Optical Quantum Computing-Aided Resource Optimization for Transportation Digital Twin ConstructionShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Huixiang Zhang Lakehead University, Mahzabeen Emu Memorial University of Newfoundland
11:40
20m
Talk
Towards a Small Behavioral Model for Theomorphic RobotsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Marco Tulio Silva Universidade Federal de Lavras, Rodrigo Duarte Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lucas Moreira Universidade Federal de Lavras, Andre Salgado Universidade Federal de Lavras, Young Yoon Hongik University, Patrick Hung Ontario Tech University
10:30 - 12:00
TP:194:21:46:195: AI & Society74 Technical Papers at Room 6
10:30
20m
Talk
Rule-Based Moral Principles for Explaining Uncertainty in Natural Language GenerationShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Zahra Atf Ontario Tech University, Peter Lewis Ontario Tech University
Pre-print
10:50
20m
Talk
Improving Fairness by Debiasing Intersectional Biases in Contextual AI ModelsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Nicolas Abule Toronto Metropolitan University, Glaucia Melo Toronto Metropolitan University
11:10
20m
Talk
Enhancing Machine Learning in Abusive Language Detection with Dataset AggregationShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Samaneh Moghaddam University of Torornto, Kelly Lyons University of Toronto, Frank Rudzicz Dalhousie University, Cheryl Regehr University of Toronto, Vivek Goel University of Waterloo, Kaitlyn Regehr University College London
11:30
20m
Talk
Beyond Monolithic LLMs: Modular AI for Online Harassment DetectionShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Enas Altarawneh Toronto Metropolitan University, Kshitiz Pokhrel Toronto Metropolitan University, Deeksha Chandola Toronto Metropolitan University, Glaucia Melo Toronto Metropolitan University, Karen Soldatic Toronto Metropolitan University
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and PostersCatering at Break
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-68: Social Agentics: Situating Agentic AI Within Social & Organizational Contexts (part 2)SAI at Room 2
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-13: LLMs Meet Databases: Next-Generation Data Systems (Part 2)LMD at Room 3
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-69: 3rd Workshop on Continuous Operations using Generative AI (Part 1)COGAI at Room 4
13:00
10m
Talk
Workshop Introduction
COGAI
Ian Watts IBM Canada, Hausi Müller University of Victoria, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada
13:10
40m
Talk
State of the Art Gen AI Remediation in CP4AIOps for Cloud-Native Applications
COGAI
Marin Litoiu York University, Canada, Komal Sarda York University, Amr M. Zaki York University
13:50
40m
Talk
Reinventing Observability: AI-Driven Insights with Digital Twins and Large Language Models
COGAI
Ian Watts IBM Canada, Hausi Müller University of Victoria, Felipe Rivera University of Victoria
13:00 - 14:30
TP:86:91:230: Software Development III74 Technical Papers at Room 5
13:00
30m
Talk
Establishing Traceability Links between Release Notes & Software Artifacts: Practitioners' Perspectives
74 Technical Papers
Sristy Sumana Nath University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Munima Jahan
13:30
30m
Talk
ChatGPT for Code Refactoring: Analyzing Topics, Interaction, and Effective Prompts
74 Technical Papers
Eman Abdullah AlOmar Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, Luo Xu Stevens Institute of Technology, Sofia Martinez Stevens Institute of Technology, Anthony Peruma University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer University of Michigan - Flint, Christian Newman , Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec
14:00
30m
Talk
Can AI Build Systems? An Exploratory Study on Generating Software Architecture with LLMs
74 Technical Papers
13:00 - 14:30
TP:113:84:79:121: Applications of AI II 74 Technical Papers at Room 6
13:00
20m
Paper
Life Event Detection in Bank Conversations: An Industry Case StudyIndustry
74 Technical Papers
Victoria Armstrong Queen's University, Pooya Sobhe Bidari , Rafal Orlowski , Christian Muise Queen's University
13:20
30m
Talk
A Bayesian Incentive Mechanism for Poison-Resilient Federated Learning
74 Technical Papers
Daniel Commey Texas A&M University, Rebecca A. Sarpong Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Griffith S. Klogo Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Winful Bagyl-Bac George Washington University, Garth V. Crosby Texas A&M University
13:50
20m
Talk
Acoustic-based Vehicle Detection and Classification on Malaysian RoadsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Hafiz Haziq Amizi Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia., Muhammad Omair Butt Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lakehead University, ON, Canada, Mokhtar Harun Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Rozeha Binti A. Rashid Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Waleed Ejaz Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lakehead University, ON, Canada.
14:10
20m
Talk
SynthLogAI: Generative AI for Synthetic Linux Log Generation and EvaluationIndustry
74 Technical Papers
Hridoy Rahman Brock University, Blessing Ogbuokiri Brock University, Naser Ezzati Jivan
14:30 - 15:00
Afternoon breakCatering at Break
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-68: Social Agentics: Situating Agentic AI Within Social & Organizational Contexts (part 3)SAI at Room 2
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-13: LLMs Meet Databases: Next-Generation Data Systems (Part 3)LMD at Room 3
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-69: 3rd Workshop on Continuous Operations using Generative AI (Part 2)COGAI at Room 4
15:00
45m
Demonstration
Interactive Demo on Collaborative Model Training with InstructLab
COGAI
Felipe Rivera University of Victoria
15:45
45m
Panel
From Data to Decisions: GenAI as a Catalyst in Proactive AIOps – Panel Discussion
COGAI
Hausi Müller University of Victoria, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada, Ian Watts IBM Canada, Norha M. Villegas Universidad Icesi
15:00 - 16:30
Tutorials (TUT-16)7 Tutorials at Room 5
15:00
90m
Tutorial
Opportunities and Challenges of Adopting CI/CD Practices in Mobile Apps
7 Tutorials
Safwat Hassan University of Toronto, Canada
15:00 - 16:30
TP:115:59:41: Data Analysis74 Technical Papers at Room 6
15:00
20m
Talk
Benchmarking and Evaluation of Time Series Databases for Appliance-Level Energy Consumption DataShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Simin Shehbaz University of New Brunswick, Mohammad Mehabadi University of New Brunswick, Kenneth Kent University of New Brunswick
15:20
20m
Talk
Optimizing the Data Migration Process Using Machine Learning TechniquesShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Xingjian Mao York University, Xiaohui Yu York University, Aijun An York University, Dariusz Jania IBM Polska Sp. z o.o.
15:40
20m
Talk
A Transformer-Augmented TCN for Modeling Complex Patterns in Retail Sales DataShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Md Robiuddin Applied Modelling & Quantitative Methods, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Iftekher Muhammad Chowdhury Department of Computer Science, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Instacart, Canada, Quazi Abidur Rahman Department of Computer Science, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
16:30 - 18:00
Keynote by Guy-Vincent Jourdan7 Keynotes at Keynotes Room
16:30
90m
Keynote
When AI Breaks and Secures: Lessons from the uOttawa–IBM Cyber Range
7 Keynotes
Guy-Vincent Jourdan University of Ottawa

Thu 13 Nov

Displayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change

08:30 - 10:00
Kyenote by Neel Sundaresan7 Keynotes at Keynotes Room
08:30
90m
Keynote
Keynote by Neel Sundaresan
7 Keynotes

10:00 - 10:30
Morining breakCatering at Break
10:30 - 12:00
WKS-31: Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: Exchanging Best Practices, Confronting Challenges, and Unlocking Transformative Opportunities (Part 1)GAIA at Room 1
10:30 - 12:00
Tutorials (TUT-12)7 Tutorials at Room 2
10:30
90m
Tutorial
Full-spectrum Energy Profiling: Methods, Challenges, and Applications
7 Tutorials
Saurabhsingh Rajput Dalhousie University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
10:30 - 12:00
TP:22:89:139:143: Applications of AI I 74 Technical Papers at Room 4
10:30
20m
Talk
ChatAcadien: A RAG-LLM-Based Chatbot for Exploring Acadian GenealogyIndustry
74 Technical Papers
Rayen Ghali University of Moncton, Sid Ahmed Selouani University of Moncton
10:50
20m
Talk
Designing Large Language Models for Specific Domains: A Case Study on Live Microbe Foods for Precision NutritionIndustry
74 Technical Papers
Paraskevi Massara Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Stephanie Saab Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Baran Aghdasi Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Jonathon L. Maguire Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Catherine Birken Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Mary L'Abbe Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Elena M Comelli Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
11:10
20m
Talk
An Explainable Data Depth-Based Method in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) DomainShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
hanieh ghabelialla University of New Brunswick, David Bremner University of New Brunswick, Rasoul Shahsavarifar Faculty of computer science University of New Brunswick
11:30
30m
Research paper
CARGO: A Framework for Confidence-Aware Routing of Large Language Models
74 Technical Papers
Amine Barrak Oakland University, USA, Yosr Fourati Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Oakland University., Michael Olchawa Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Oakland University., Emna Ksontini University of North Carolina Wilmington, Khalil Zoghlami Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Oakland University.
Pre-print
10:30 - 12:00
TP:224:126:202:142: The User & AI 74 Technical Papers at Room 5
10:30
20m
Talk
Teacher-Driven Selective Fine-Tuning for LLMsShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Likhil Babu Pallati Toronto Metropolitan University, Richard Valenzano Toronto Metropolitan University, Glaucia Melo Toronto Metropolitan University
10:50
20m
Talk
Quiet Interaction: Designing a DHH Accessible Home Environment with Mixed Reality AI and IoTShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Wentian Zhu OCAD University, Alexis Morris OCAD University, Haru Hyunkyung Ji OCAD University
11:10
30m
Talk
Lumen: Developer Agency Through Transparent Context Control in AI-Assisted ProgrammingOpen Research Object
74 Technical Papers
Nakul Goel Toronto Metropolitan University, Glaucia Melo Toronto Metropolitan University
11:40
20m
Talk
Can We Trust the AI Pair Programmer? Copilot for API Misuse Detection and CorrectionShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Hong Wang University of Saskatchewan, Juan Arguello University of Saskatchewan, Samantha Mathan University of Saskatchewan
Pre-print
10:30 - 12:00
TP:102:151:53: SW Testing & Bug Fixing74 Technical Papers at Room 6
10:30
30m
Talk
Detecting and Fixing API Misuses of Data Science Libraries Using Large Language Models
74 Technical Papers
Akalanka Galappaththi University of Alberta, Francisco Ribeiro New York University Abu Dhabi, Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi
11:00
30m
Talk
User Acceptance Test case Generation using LLMs
74 Technical Papers
Siddhesh Varpe Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, Uttam Mittal Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, Rajesh Bhatia Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, Ashpreet Kaur Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh
11:30
20m
Talk
Optimizing Test Case Reduction in CI/CD Pipelines using Integer Linear ProgrammingShort-Paper
74 Technical Papers
Yara Q Mahmoud Ontario Tech University, Asma Fariha Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University, Ramiro Liscano Ontario Tech University, Kevin Smith International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Yee-Kang Chang International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Gkerta Seferi International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Qasim Tauseef International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and PostersCatering at Break
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-31: Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: Exchanging Best Practices, Confronting Challenges, and Unlocking Transformative Opportunities (Part 2)GAIA at Room 1
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-19: The fifth workshop on the emerging applications of machine learning in modern data management (Part 1)ML4DM at Room 2
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-48: 3rd CASCON YTech STEM Outreach Workshop (Part 1)YTStem at Room 3
13:00 - 14:30
WKS-283: Connected Minds × IVADO: Accelerating Socio-Technical Innovation Together (Part 1)ATI at Room 4
13:00 - 14:30
WKS 15: Advancing Gender-Inclusive AI through the GEMinAI Program (Part 1)GEMinAI at Room 5

Panel Discussion: Effective Approaches to Gender Inclusivity in AI

In this moderated discussion, panelists representing industry, academia and non-profit will share their organization’s novel approaches to tackling the gender issue. What’s working, and where is more effort needed? A Q&A session will allow for ample audience participation and sharing of perspectives and experiences.

Moderator: Lindsay Rodgers, Knowledge Mobilization Advisor, Applied AI Institute at Concordia University

13:00
90m
Panel
Effective Approaches to Gender Inclusivity in AI
GEMinAI
Eirene Seiradaki , P: Yasmine Djerbal Queen’s University, P: Christelle Tessono
14:30 - 15:00
Afternoon breakCatering at Break
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-31: Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: Exchanging Best Practices, Confronting Challenges, and Unlocking Transformative Opportunities (Part 3)GAIA at Room 1
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-19: The fifth workshop on the emerging applications of machine learning in modern data management (Part 2)ML4DM at Room 2
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-48: 3rd CASCON YTech STEM Outreach Workshop (Part 2)YTStem at Room 3
15:00 - 16:30
WKS-283: Connected Minds × IVADO: Accelerating Socio-Technical Innovation Together (Part 2)ATI at Room 4
15:00 - 16:30
WKS 15: Advancing Gender-Inclusive AI through the GEMinAI Program (Part 2)GEMinAI at Room 5

Breakout Sessions

In this interactive session facilitated by the panelists, workshop participants will delve into more in-depth, thematic discussions focusing on topics that correspond to the themes and initiatives presented in the panel discussion. Topics may include:

· Gender-responsive AI education and training

· Program evaluation and impact assessment tools

· Recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies

· Inclusive policy frameworks

· Feminist epistemologies in machine learning

· Mentorship models

· Etc.