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CASCON 2015 Most Influential Paper (MIP) Award
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| Cardinality estimation using neural networks Most Influential Paper Link to publication |
Dates
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Mon 10 NovDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
Mon 10 Nov
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13:00 - 14:30 | |||
13:00 30mTalk | Multi-Label Ambiguity Detection in Software Requirements using Language ModelsTCSE Distinguished Paper Award 74 Technical Papers | ||
13:30 30mTalk | Automated Non-Functional Requirements Generation in Software Engineering with Large Language Models: A Comparative Study 74 Technical Papers Jomar Thomas Almonte The Pennsylvania State University, Santhosh AB Pennsylvania State University, Nathalia Nascimento Pennsylvania State University | ||
14:00 30mTalk | 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 | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | Survey on Kubernetes Misconfiguration Vulnerabilities and Best Practices 74 Technical Papers Majid Dashtbani University of Waterloo, Ryan Liu University of Waterloo, Ladan Tahvildari University of Waterloo | ||
15:30 20mPaper | Breaking Robustness: Free-rider Attacks Against Contribution Evaluation in Federated LearningShort-PaperBest Short Paper Award 74 Technical Papers | ||
15:50 30mTalk | Intrinsic Defenses Against Backdoor Attacks in High-Order Graph Neural Networks via Semantic and Outlier-Guided Subgraph Policies 74 Technical Papers | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | Detecting Explicit and Implicit Gender Bias in Software Engineering Education 74 Technical Papers | ||
15:30 30mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Evaluating Generative AI for CS1 Code Grading: Direct vs Reverse MethodsShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
Tue 11 NovDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
Tue 11 Nov
Displayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
10:30 - 12:00 | |||
10:30 30mTalk | Efficient Pointer Analysis via Def-Use Graph Pruning 74 Technical Papers | ||
11:00 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Programming Language Topic Classification WorkflowShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers Jinye Zhang Queen's University, Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada | ||
11:40 20mTalk | A Multi-Table Approach to Floating-Point Function ApproximationShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers Lucas Dutton McMaster University, Christopher Anand McMaster University, Robert Enenkel IBM Canada, Silvia M Mueller IBM | ||
10:30 - 12:00 | |||
10:30 30mPaper | 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 30mTalk | 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 30mTalk | 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 | ||
13:00 - 14:30 | |||
13:00 30mTalk | Securing LLM-Generated Embedded Firmware through AI Agent-Driven Validation and Patching 74 Technical Papers | ||
13:30 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Data Augmentation with RNN-Driven CGANs for RF Jamming Intrusion DetectionShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
13:00 - 14:30 | |||
13:00 20mTalk | Reverse Engineering User Stories from Code using Large Language ModelsIndustry 74 Technical Papers Mohamed Ouf Queen's University, Haoyu Li Queen's University, Jinye Zhang Queen's University, Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada | ||
13:20 20mTalk | Towards Improving the Reliability of LLMs in Requirements Engineering with Structured Confidence and Tag GovernanceShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
13:40 20mTalk | From Requirements to Models: A Case Study of Large Language Models on Epidemiological ModelingShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
14:00 30mTalk | 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 | ||
13:00 - 14:30 | |||
13:00 30mTalk | 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 30mTalk | 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 30mTalk | 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 | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | GRASP: A Graph-Based Proactive Framework for SLA-breach Prediction in Cloud-Native MicroservicesTCSE Distinguished Paper Award 74 Technical Papers Sara fehresti York University, Farhoud Jafari Kaleibar York University, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada | ||
15:30 20mTalk | Key Considerations for Auto-Scaling: Lessons from Benchmark MicroservicesShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers Pre-print | ||
15:50 20mTalk | 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 | ||
16:10 20mTalk | Anomaly Detection in Time Series Data: A Comparative Study of Time-Series Clustering and Recurring Neural NetworksIndustry 74 Technical Papers Wejdene Haouari York university, Marios-Eleftherios Fokaefs , Michael Harrison IBM, Eugene Kharlamov IBM Canada | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | 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 30mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | 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 30mTalk | 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 20mTalk | NL in the Middle: Code Translation with LLMs and Intermediate RepresentationsShort-Paper 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 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Revisiting Thread Disentanglement in Technical Chat with Fine-Tuned LLMs and Graph-Based ClusteringShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
15:50 30mTalk | 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 | |||
15:00 30mTalk | 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 | ||
15:30 30mTalk | 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 | ||
16:00 30mTalk | 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 | ||
Wed 12 NovDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
Wed 12 Nov
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10:30 - 12:00 | |||
10:30 30mTalk | Introducing UNIQuE: The Unconventional Noiseless Intermediate Quantum Emulator 74 Technical Papers | ||
11:00 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Coherent Optical Quantum Computing-Aided Resource Optimization for Transportation Digital Twin ConstructionShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
11:40 20mTalk | 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 | |||
10:30 20mTalk | Rule-Based Moral Principles for Explaining Uncertainty in Natural Language GenerationShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers Pre-print | ||
10:50 20mTalk | Improving Fairness by Debiasing Intersectional Biases in Contextual AI ModelsShort-PaperBest Short Paper Award 74 Technical Papers | ||
11:10 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 | ||
13:00 - 14:30 | |||
13:00 30mTalk | Establishing Traceability Links between Release Notes & Software Artifacts: Practitioners' Perspectives 74 Technical Papers | ||
13:30 30mTalk | 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 30mTalk | Can AI Build Systems? An Exploratory Study on Generating Software Architecture with LLMs 74 Technical Papers | ||
13:00 - 14:30 | |||
13:00 20mPaper | Life Event Detection in Bank Conversations: An Industry Case StudyIndustryBest Industry Paper Award 74 Technical Papers Victoria Armstrong Queen's University, Pooya Sobhe Bidari , Rafal Orlowski , Christian Muise Queen's University | ||
13:20 20mTalk | 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. | ||
13:40 20mTalk | SynthLogAI: Generative AI for Synthetic Linux Log Generation and EvaluationIndustry 74 Technical Papers | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
15:00 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 | ||
Thu 13 NovDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
Thu 13 Nov
Displayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
10:30 - 12:00 | |||
10:30 20mTalk | ChatAcadien: A RAG-LLM-Based Chatbot for Exploring Acadian GenealogyIndustry 74 Technical Papers | ||
10:50 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 30mResearch 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 | |||
10:30 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Quiet Interaction: Designing a DHH Accessible Home Environment with Mixed Reality AI and IoTShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
11:10 30mTalk | Lumen: Developer Agency Through Transparent Context Control in AI-Assisted Programming 74 Technical Papers | ||
11:40 20mTalk | 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 | |||
10:30 30mTalk | 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 | ||
11:30 20mTalk | Optimizing Test Case Reduction in CI/CD Pipelines using Integer Linear ProgrammingShort-PaperBest Short Paper Award 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) | ||