CASCON 2025 (series) /
Technical PapersCASCON 2025
Dates
Plenary
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 ModelsBest 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
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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 | 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 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 | ||
13:50 20mTalk | Towards Improving the Reliability of LLMs in Requirements Engineering with Structured Confidence and Tag GovernanceShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
14:10 20mTalk | From Requirements to Models: A Case Study of Large Language Models on Epidemiological ModelingShort-Paper 74 Technical Papers | ||
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 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 | 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 | 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 | GRASP: A Graph-Based Proactive Framework for SLA-breach Prediction in Cloud-Native MicroservicesBest 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 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 | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
15:00 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 | ||
15:20 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 | ||
15:40 20mTalk | 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 | ||
16:00 20mTalk | 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 | ||
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 30mTalk | A Bayesian Incentive Mechanism for Poison-Resilient Federated LearningBest Paper Award 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 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. | ||
14:10 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
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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) | ||
Accepted Papers
Call for Papers
We invite you to contribute original, unpublished, high-quality manuscripts for the technical paper track. We also invite proposals for workforce-building tutorials, community-building workshops, innovative posters, and stimulating panels accessible to a broad and diverse audience of software practitioners, developers, researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers. We encourage contributions with a mix of authors from industry, academia, and government offering innovative solutions and real-world insights.
Submissions should address challenges and opportunities spanning the full spectrum of computing and software, including but not limited to:
Emerging Software Systems & Architectures
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Large Language Models (LLMs): Exploring prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques, and novel applications of AI.
- Cloud, Edge, Accelerated Computing: Advances in cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless paradigms, especially in modern accelerated and heterogeneous hardware architectures like GPU, NPU, and DPU.
- Big Data & Real-Time Analytics: Next-generation platforms for processing and deriving insights from massive and/or real-time datasets.
- Autonomous and Adaptive Systems: Digital twins, self-healing networks, and systems that learn and evolve in real time and over extended periods.
- Software-Enabled Healthcare & Bioinformatics: AI-driven diagnostics, remote monitoring, and personalized medicine applications.
- Internet of Things (IoT) & Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS): Smart cities, Industry 4.0 innovations, and connected ecosystems.
- Quantum Computing: Hybrid quantum-classical approaches, distributed quantum computing, quantum software engineering, quantum algorithms, and practical quantum development.
- Trustworthy & Transparent AI Systems: Ensuring robustness, explainability, fairness, and accountability in AI-driven systems.
- Novel Programming Models for Data-Oriented Accelerated Computing: Emerging programming models to cope with the end of Moore’s Law as well as high-performance computing in the context of embedded, AI and classic scientific computing.
Evolving Software Engineering Practices
- AI-Driven Development: Generative AI, automated code generation, intelligent debugging, and machine learning-powered quality assurance.
- Agentic Software & Intelligent Agents: Investigations into self-governing, context-aware software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and user needs.
- Modern DevOps & Continuous Delivery: Innovations in microservices, containerization, and rapid deployment strategies, genAI-driven and agent-driven automation and toolchains.
- Software Analytics: Mining software repositories, software supply chains, and data-driven decision-making in software engineering.
- Secure Software Lifecycle: Integrating security best practices into agile and DevOps pipelines, including zero trust architectures.
- Innovations in Compiler Design: Novel compiler optimizations, domain-specific languages, just-in-time compilation techniques, and tools that enhance developer productivity and system performance.
- Compile-time and Run-time Software Quality Assurance: Software vulnerabilities, software testing, and verification.
- Open Source Engineering: Innovation and policies to enable and nourish open source for large-scale projects and initiatives like open source LLMs as well as best practices for establishing open source program offices.
Innovations in AI
- Next-Generation AI Techniques: Advances in deep learning, reinforcement learning, diffusion models, and beyond.
- Explainable & Responsible AI: Research for ensuring transparency, ethical considerations, fairness, and societal accountability.
- Federated and Edge AI: Distributed AI approaches that preserve data privacy while harnessing edge computing capabilities.
- AI for Social Impact: Applications addressing environmental sustainability, disaster response, public health, and social equity.
Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy
- Zero Trust Security Models: Novel frameworks and strategies for threat detection, intrusion prevention, and risk mitigation.
- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: Innovations in differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, and secure multi-party computation.
- Blockchain & Decentralized Systems: Emerging trends in decentralized finance (DeFi), trustless systems, and secure distributed ledgers.
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) & Immersive Experiences
- Immersive & Extended Reality: Advances in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality for next-gen user experiences.
- Next-Gen User Interfaces: Designing intuitive, multimodal interfaces for smart devices, wearables, and mobile ecosystems.
- Digital Collaboration & Social Media Analytics: Enhancing interaction and productivity in hybrid work environments, enhancing understanding of online engagement.
Sustainable and Responsible Computing
- Green Computing & Sustainability: Energy-efficient algorithms, sustainable system designs, and eco-friendly computing practices.
- Responsible AI: low resource models, energy-efficient training strategies and practices that reduce the energy footprint of Foundation Models like Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Digital Transformation for Smart Ecosystems: Leveraging technology to build sustainable smart cities and transformative digital platforms.
Submission Types
CASCON 2025 calls for the following types of submissions:
- Regular Papers: Novel and mature research work (up to 10 pages including references).
- Short Papers: Work in progress with some validation results, experience reports, new ideas and visionary papers based on supporting theory or evidence, and application papers (up to 6 pages including references).
- Applications/Industrial Papers: Practical case studies, benchmark tools, and empirical studies addressing real-world industrial challenges (up to 6 pages, including references).
Paper Instructions
Each technical paper must conform at the time of submission to the IEEE Formatting Instructions (i.e., title in 24pt font and full text in 10pt type, LaTEX users must use \documentclass[10pt,conference] {IEEEtran} without including the compsoc nor the compsocconf options).
CASCON 2025 will not accept submissions that have been previously published, are in press, or have been submitted elsewhere. Any article that includes AI-generated content (e.g., text, figures or algorithms) must disclose this in the acknowledgements section. The paper sections containing AI-generated content must include a citation to the used AI system for its generation. Additional submission guidelines are available at Submission Policies - IEEE Author Center Conferences.
Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in IEEE Xplore. One of the authors of the accepted papers must register and present the paper at the conference. Failure to attend and present the paper at the conference will result in the withdrawal of the paper from the IEEE Xplore proceedings.
Best Paper Awards
Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards will be given to recognize the best technical contributions of the event in terms of originality, clarity, and potential impact. To be eligible for the Best Student Paper award, the primary author(s) of the paper and contributor(s) of the work must have been a student(s) at the time the work was done.
Submission Deadlines
- Technical paper abstract submission: July 7, 2025
- Full technical paper submission: July 14, 2025
- Acceptance notification: Aug 11, 2025
- Technical paper presentation dates: Nov 10-13, 2025
Initial Manuscript Submission Instructions
Submissions are made via EasyChair and must be in the double-column standard IEEE format for conference proceedings. All types of papers should strictly follow the page limit constraint to be considered as eligible for review. The defined page limit should include the paper, figures, tables, and references. The steps for submitting a paper are as follows:
- Visit EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cascon2025
- After logging in, click on make a new submission to submit your paper
- All authors should use the IEEE Formatting Instructions, which can be obtained from the IEEE Proceedings Template pages
CASCON 2025 will employ a double-anonymous review process. Therefore, submissions may not reveal the identity of their authors. The authors must make every effort to honour the double-anonymous review process. In particular:
- Authors’ names must be omitted from the submission.
- All references to the author’s prior work should be in the third person.
- While authors can upload preprints on ArXiV or similar sites, they should avoid specifying that the manuscript was submitted to CASCON.
- Authors should not publicly use the submission title during the review (e.g., in social media posts).
We look forward to your submissions that push the boundaries of research and tackle today’s most pressing technology challenges and trends. Join us at CASCON 2025 to drive innovation, foster knowledge exchange, and bridge the gap between groundbreaking research and industrial application.
Camera-Ready Submission Instructions
- Instructions for camera-ready manuscript submission will be sent to accepted contribution authors with the notification messages.
- Submission of camera-ready manuscripts will be through IEEE Publication Services.
Important Dates AoE (UTC-12h)
| Mon 10 - Thu 13 Nov 2025 Technical Paper Presentation |
| Fri 29 Aug 2025 Acceptance Notification |
| Mon 14 Jul 2025 Full Technical Paper Submission |
| Mon 7 Jul 2025 Abstract Submission |
Submission Link
Jeremy BradburyProgram Co-Chair
Ontario Tech University
Canada
Eleni StrouliaProgram Co-Chair
University of Alberta
Canada
Ahmad Abdellatif
University of Calgary
Canada
Bram Adams
Queen's University
Canada
Manar Alalfi
Toronto Metropolitan University
Canada
Daniel Alencar Da Costa
University of Otago
New Zealand
Jose Nelson Amaral
University of Alberta
Canada
Christopher Anand
McMaster University
Canada
Maram Assi
Université du Québec à Montréal
Canada
Akramul Azim
Ontario Tech University
Canada
Ebrahim Bagheri
Ryerson University
Ayşe Başar
Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Canada
Nicholas Boers
Jobber
David Bremner
University of New Brunswick
Canada
Mucahit Cevik
Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Canada
An Ran Chen
University of Alberta
Canada
Shaiful Chowdhury
University of Manitoba
Canada
Diego Elias Costa
Concordia University, Canada
Canada
Madeline Cribb
IBM
Canada
Krzysztof Czarnecki
University of Waterloo, Canada
Canada
Frank Dehne
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Canada
Juergen Dingel
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Gerhard Dueck
University of New Brunswick
Ghizlane El Boussaidi
École de Technologie Supérieure
Canada
Khalil El-Khatib
Ontario Tech University
Sigrid Eldh
Ericsson AB, Mälardalen University, Carleton University
Sweden
Marwa Elsayed
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Mahzabeen Emu
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Canada
Eitan Farchi
IBM Haifa Research Lab
Israel
Sakina Fatima
Fujitsu Research
Canada
Marios Fokaefs
York University
Canada
Sudhakar Ganti
University of Victoria
Canada
Rita Garcia
Unity and Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
James R. Green
Carleton University
Canada
Safwat Hassan
University of Toronto, Canada
Canada
Akihiro Hayashi
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
Tim A. D. Henderson
Google
United States
Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang
York University
Canada
Guy-Vincent Jourdan
University of Ottawa
Juergen Rilling
Sean Kauffman
Queen's University, Canada
Canada
Iman Keivanloo
Amazon
United States
Kenneth Kent
University of New Brunswick
Canada
Kobra Khanmohammadi
Sheridan College
Canada
Foutse Khomh
Polytechnique Montréal
Canada
Kostas Kontogiannis
York University
Canada
V Krishna Nandivada
IIT Madras
Diwakar Krishnamurthy
University of Calgary
Canada
Georgiy Krylov
Peter Lewis
Ontario Tech University
Canada
Marin Litoiu
York University, Canada
Canada
Stephan Lukasczyk
JetBrains Research
Germany
Hanan Lutifyya
University of Western Ontario
Kelly Lyons
University of Toronto
Canada
Dwight Makaroff
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Paul Messinger
University of Alberta
Mariam El Mezouar
Royal Military College
Canada
Mostafa Milani
Western University
Canada
Hafedh Mili
Université du Québec à Montréal
Marc Moreno Maza
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Vida Movahedi
Joydeep Mukherjee
California Polytechnic State University
United States
Sumona Mukhopadhyay
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
United States
Akbar Siami Namin
Texas Tech University
Pengyu Nie
University of Waterloo
Canada
Shayan Noei
Queen's University
Canada
Rita Orji
Dalhousie University
Canada
Francis Palma
University of New Brunswick
Canada
Mahsa Panahandeh
University of Ottawa
Canada
Manos Papagelis
York University
Fatemeh Parast
University of New Brunswick
Canada
Maria Patrou
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeeva Paudel
Dana Petcu
West University of Timisoara
Romania
Hung Viet Pham
York University
Canada
Fred Popowich
Simon Fraser University
Pasqualina Potena
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB
Sweden
Peter Rigby
Concordia University; Meta
Canada
Banani Roy
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Chanchal K. Roy
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Razieh Salahandish
York University
Canada
Hossain Shahriar
University of West Florida
United States
Paria Shirani
University of Ottawa
Gabriel Silberman
Cerebri AI
Ulrike Stege
University of Victoria
Canada
Mark Stoodley
IBM Canada
Chengnian Sun
University of Waterloo
Canada
Sahar Tahvili
Einride AB
Sweden
Manas Thakur
IIT Bombay
India
Alex Thomo
University of Victoria
Julie Thorpe
Ontario Tech University
Canada
Gias Uddin
York University, Canada
Canada
Tomas Vojnar
Masaryk University
Czechia
Song Wang
York University
Canada
Ian Watts
IBM Canada
Canada
Lili Wei
McGill University
Canada
Xiaohui Yu
York University
Canada
Morteza Zihayat
Toronto Metropolitan University
Calisto Zuzarte
IBM