CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering Research (Part 1)CSER at Hall B

WKS-54: 21st Workshop on Compiler-Driven Performance (Part 1)CDP at Hall D

Tutorials (TUT-10)7 Tutorials at Hall E

Tutorials (TUT-66)7 Tutorials at Room 344

Morning BreakCatering at Break

CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering Research (Part 2)CSER at Hall A

Keynote by Foutse Khomh7 Keynotes at Hall B + Hall C

Lunch and Posters | CASCON SC MeetingCatering at Break

TP:112:134:221: Software Requirements I 74 Technical Papers at Hall A
Chair(s): Mohammad Hamdaqa Polytechnique Montreal

CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering Research (Part 3)CSER at Hall B

WKS 70: 2nd Workshop on Software Engineering Economics (SENGEC) (Part 1)SENGEC at Hall C

WKS-54: 21st Workshop on Compiler-Driven Performance (Part 2)CDP at Hall D

Tutorials (TUT-30) Part 17 Tutorials at Hall E

TP:90:117:229:119: Energy & Vehicles 74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Eleni Stroulia University of Alberta

Afternoon BreakCatering at Break

TP:137:3:131: Security I74 Technical Papers at Hall A
Chair(s): Hausi Müller University of Victoria

CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering Research (Part 4)CSER at Hall B

WKS 70: 2nd Workshop on Software Engineering Economics (SENGEC) (Part 2)SENGEC at Hall C

WKS-54: 21st Workshop on Compiler-Driven Performance (Part 3)CDP at Hall D

Tutorial (TUT-30) Part 27 Tutorials at Hall E

TP:207:213:37: CS Education74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Ulrike Stege University of Victoria

CSER - Consortium for Software Engineering Research (Part 5)CSER at Hall B

Keynote by Jie M. Zhang7 Keynotes at Hall B + Hall C

CSER and CASCON ReceptionCatering at 2nd Floor Lobby

Keynote by Ismael Faro7 Keynotes at Hall B + Hall C

Morning BreakCatering at Break

WKS-222: Quantum Computing — Transitioning from scientific research to a quantum technology industry (Part 1)QCTI at Hall A
Chair(s): Hausi Müller University of Victoria

PAN1: Post-Quantum Cryptography 3 Panels at Hall B

WKS-47: 5th Workshop on Software Techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems (Part 1)CyPress at Hall C

TP:212:29:107:18: Code Analysis74 Technical Papers at Hall D
Chair(s): Jose Nelson Amaral University of Alberta

Tutorials (TUT-14)7 Tutorials at Hall E

Lunch and PostersCatering at Break

WKS-222: Quantum Computing — Transitioning from scientific research to a quantum technology industry (Part 2)QCTI at Hall A

PAN2: The Future of Software Engineering in GenAI Era3 Panels at Hall B

WKS-47: 5th Workshop on Software Techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems (Part 2)CyPress at Hall C

TP:218:49:83:200: Security II 74 Technical Papers at Hall D
Chair(s): Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan

TP:220:108:125:217: Software Requirements II74 Technical Papers at Hall E
Chair(s): Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan

TP:93:199:110: Software Development I74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Hafedh Mili Université du Québec à Montréal

Afternoon breakCatering at Break

WKS-222: Quantum Computing — Transitioning from scientific research to a quantum technology industry (Part 3)QCTI at Hall A

TP:225:135:88:204: Cloud & Microservices74 Technical Papers at Hall B
Chair(s): Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

TP:141:227:216: Edge Comp & CPS74 Technical Papers at Hall C
Chair(s): Song Wang York University

TP:94:116:196: Code Gen & Translation74 Technical Papers at Hall D
Chair(s): Georgiy Krylov University of New Brunswick

TP:149:133:33: Software Development II74 Technical Papers at Hall E
Chair(s): Timothy Lethbridge University of Ottawa

TP:22:5:215: Performance74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Jeremy Bradbury Ontario Tech University

Keynote by Shin Hwei Tan7 Keynotes at Hall B + Hall C

Lightning Talks & Demos & Poster & Artifacts & ReceptionCatering at 2nd Floor Lobby

CS-CAN: Canadian CS Chairs Meeting (Part 1)Catering at Hall B

Keynote by Peter C. Rigby7 Keynotes at Hall B + Hall C

Morining breakCatering at Break

WKS-68: Social Agentics: Situating Agentic AI Within Social & Organizational Contexts (part 1)SAI at Hall A

10:30 - 10:45 Opening remarks (Matt Ratto)

10:45 - 11:15 Invited Speaker: Towards design ontologies for social agentics (Eric Yu and Alexei Lapouchnian)

11:15 - 11:30 Paper 1: Mitigating Systematic Hallucinations in Large Language Models Using Dual-Process Cognitive Theory (Damla Senturk, Aysun Bozanta and Ayse Basar)

11:30 - 11:45 Paper 2: Am I Working with “Someone”: Psychological Ownership as a Lens for Designing Agentic GenAI (Yuxin Xu, Mengqiu Cheng and Anastasia Kuzminykh)

11:45 - 12:00 Questions

CS-CAN: Canadian CS Chairs Meeting (Part 2)Catering at Hall B

WKS-13: LLMs Meet Databases: Next-Generation Data Systems (Part 1)LMD at Hall C

Tutorials (TUT-63)7 Tutorials at Hall D

TP:184:101:138:187: Quantum & Robotics74 Technical Papers at Hall E
Chair(s): Kostas Kontogiannis York University

TP:194:21:46:195: AI & Society74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Aijun An York University

Lunch and PostersCatering at Break

WKS-68: Social Agentics: Situating Agentic AI Within Social & Organizational Contexts (part 2)SAI at Hall A

13:00 - 13:15 Paper 3: Evaluating Toxicity Understanding of LLM Agents (Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed and Shion Guha)

13:15 - 13:30 Paper 4: Rethinking Psychological Ownership Over AI Agents (Mengqiu Cheng, Yuxin Xu and Anastasia Kuzminykh)

13:30 - 13:45 Paper 5: Human Autonomy VS AI Autonomy: Society Resists Against Tech Companies’ Desires in the Era of Autonomous Agents (Omid Veisi and Anastasia Kuzminykh)

13:45 - 14:00 Questions

14:00 - 14:30 Open Discussion

CS-CAN: Canadian CS Chairs Meeting (Part 3)Catering at Hall B

WKS-13: LLMs Meet Databases: Next-Generation Data Systems (Part 2)LMD at Hall C
Chair(s): Periklis Andritsos University of Toronto, Canada

WKS-69: 3rd Workshop on Continuous Operations using Generative AI (Part 1)COGAI at Hall D

TP:86:91:230: Software Development III74 Technical Papers at Hall E
Chair(s): Shayan Noei Queen's University

TP:113:79:121: Applications of AI I74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Kelly Lyons University of Toronto

Afternoon breakCatering at Break

CS-CAN: Canadian CS Chairs Meeting (Part 4)Catering at Hall B

WKS-13: LLMs Meet Databases: Next-Generation Data Systems (Part 3)LMD at Hall C
Chair(s): Anastasios Kementsietsidis Google DeepMind

WKS-69: 3rd Workshop on Continuous Operations using Generative AI (Part 2)COGAI at Hall D

Tutorials (TUT-16)7 Tutorials at Hall E

TP:115:59:41: Data Analysis74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Ildar Akhmetov Northeastern University

Keynote by Guy-Vincent Jourdan7 Keynotes at Curtis Hall A

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CASCON 2025 & CS-CAN | INFO-CAN Banquet & AwardsCatering at Hall A, B, C, D, E

Keynote by Neel Sundaresan7 Keynotes at Hall B + Hall C

Morining breakCatering at Break

WKS-31: Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: Exchanging Best Practices, Confronting Challenges, and Unlocking Transformative Opportunities (Part 1)GAIA at Hall A

PAN3: Entrepreneurship in GenAI Era3 Panels at Hall B

Tutorials (TUT-12)7 Tutorials at Hall C

TP:22:89:139:143: Applications of AI II74 Technical Papers at Hall D
Chair(s): Felipe Rivera University of Victoria

TP:224:126:202:142: The User & AI 74 Technical Papers at Hall E
Chair(s): Jeremy Bradbury Ontario Tech University

TP:102:53: SW Testing & Bug Fixing74 Technical Papers at Room 344
Chair(s): Zhenhao Li York University

LunchCatering at Break

WKS-31: Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: Exchanging Best Practices, Confronting Challenges, and Unlocking Transformative Opportunities (Part 2)GAIA at Hall A

WKS-19: The fifth workshop on the emerging applications of machine learning in modern data management (Part 1)ML4DM at Hall B

Workshop agenda:

13:00-13:05: Welcome note (Verena Kantere, Prof. University of Ottawa)

13:05-13:30: Talk on: “Cost-Sensitive Data Acquisition for Incomplete Datasets” (Xiaohui Yu, Prof. York University)

13:30-13:50: Talk on “Robust and Explainable Cost Estimation” (Baoming Chang, PhD candidate University of Waterloo, MSc holder University of Ottawa)

13:50-14:10: Talk on: “Using Radial Basis Functions for Cardinality Estimation” (Nicholas Ostan, Researcher and Data Scientist IBM Db2; Calisto Zuzarte; Senior Technical Staff Member IBM Db2)

14:10-14:30: Talk on: “Robust Plan Evaluation Selection” (Amin Kamali, PhD holder University of Ottawa)

WKS-48: 3rd CASCON YTech STEM Outreach Workshop (Part 1)YTStem at Hall C

WKS-283: Connected Minds × IVADO: Accelerating Socio-Technical Innovation Together (Part 1)ATI at Hall D

WKS 15: Advancing Gender-Inclusive AI through the GEMinAI Program (Part 1)GEMinAI at Hall E
Chair(s): Lori Akiyama Concordia University, Canada, Lindsay Rodgers Concordia University

Panel Discussion: Effective Approaches to Gender Inclusivity in AI

In this moderated discussion, panelists representing industry, academia, and non-profit will share novel approaches to advancing gender inclusivity within their domains. We will explore what is working, and where more effort is 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

Afternoon breakCatering at Break

WKS-31: Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education: Exchanging Best Practices, Confronting Challenges, and Unlocking Transformative Opportunities (Part 3)GAIA at Hall A

WKS-19: The fifth workshop on the emerging applications of machine learning in modern data management (Part 2)ML4DM at Hall B

Workshop agenda:

15:00-15:25: Talk on: “Guiding Expert tuning with eXplainable AI” (Andrew Chai, Phd candidate York University; Jarek Szlichta Prof York University)

15:25-16:25: Panel discussion on “The future of ML-based Query Processing and Optimization”: (Calisto Zuzarte, Xiaohui Yu, Jarek Szlichta, Andrew Chai, Nicholas Ostan, Verena Kantere)

16:25-16:30: Conclusion note and farewell (Verena Kantere)

WKS-48: 3rd CASCON YTech STEM Outreach Workshop (Part 2)YTStem at Hall C

WKS-283: Connected Minds × IVADO: Accelerating Socio-Technical Innovation Together (Part 2)ATI at Hall D

WKS 15: Advancing Gender-Inclusive AI through the GEMinAI Program (Part 2)GEMinAI at Hall E

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.