Virtual Sessions - Via Webex Saturday, March 22 - Monday, March 24

Last Updated 21 March 2025

For the In-person sessions at Charlotte/Concord on March 28-29, click here

SoutheastCon 2025

22V1 ([Virtual] Track 1 – Power and Energy Systems)

Session timeSaturday, 08:00 am until 10:45 am
LocationVirtual (Webex)

08:00 am: Optimal Power Flow Methodology with UPFC and Synchronous Generator for Optimal Power Flow Management

Muhammad Sarmad Tariq (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

08:15 am: Optimal Location Methodology for Multiple UPFCs to Reduce Transmission Congestion

Muhammad Sarmad Tariq (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

08:30 am: A Control Algorithm Based on Fuzzy Logic Control for PV Systems in a Non Stable Environment

Diana Carolina Fernandez Baca (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru); Carlos A. Paragua-Macuri (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru)

08:45 am: Construction and Control of Validated Highly Configurable Multi-Physics Building Models for the Sustainability Analysis of Multi-Energy Systems in a Co-Simulation Setup

Haozhen Cheng (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Jan Stock (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany); André Xhonneux (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany); Hüseyin Kemâl Çakmak (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany); Veit Hagenmeyer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

09:00 am: The Impact of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse on the Power System Frequency of US Interconnections: a Case Study

Saurav Dulal (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville & University of Tennessee, USA); Yilu Liu (University of Tennessee, USA); Yan Wen (University of Tennessee, USA)

09:15 am: Multiple-Frequency Three Coil Inductive Power Transmission with Non-Linear Relay Resonator

Maximilian Pueschel (Technical University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim, Germany); Norbert Seliger (Technische Hochschule Rosenheim, Germany)

09:30 am: Calculating Critical Inertia of a Power System

Fariha Hakim Sneha (University of Tennessee, USA); Yilu Liu (University of Tennessee, USA); Rocío Uría-Martínez (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA); Jiaojiao Dong (University of Tennessee, USA)

09:45 am: Harnessing Water and Sun: Evaluating the Feasibility of Hybrid FPV-PHS Systems in Indonesia’s Path to Net Zero

Bilawal Aulia Annas (University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia); Fransisco Danang Wijaya (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia); Husni Rois Ali (UGM, Indonesia)

10:00 am: Synchronous Condenser Device to Enhancement HVDC System on Weak Grids Connected to High Renewable Energy Penetration a Review

Rizki Nur Hidayat (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia); Roni Irnawan (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia); Mokhammad Isnaeni Bambang Setyonegoro (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)

10:30 am: Validation of a Virtual Reality Environment for Electric Vehicle Energy Consumption Analysis

Lorenzo Brucci (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Gianluca Canali (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Andrea Di Martino (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Michela Longo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Alberto Dolara (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

SoutheastCon 2025

22V2 ([Virtual] Track 2 – Computing and Communications Systems)

Session timeSaturday, 10:45 am until 03:45 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)

10:45 am: Blockchain-Enabled Communication Framework for Secure and Scalable Healthcare Data Processing

Debashis Das (Meharry Medical College, USA); La Chiara Landrum (Meharry Medical College, USA); Pushpita Chatterjee (Meharry Medical College, USA); Uttam Ghosh (Meharry Medical College, USA); Sajid Hussain (Meharry Medical College, USA)

11:00 am: Energy-Efficient Smart Parking System for Academic Institutions

Ryan Forelli (Northwestern University, USA); Jannatun Naher (Lehigh University, USA); Sinan Aksu (ECE, USA); Prabin Panta (Lehigh University, USA); David King (Lehigh University, USA)

11:15 am: Long Distance Ad-Hoc MAC Protocol for UAV Networks

Sumit Chakravarty (Kennesaw State, USA); Madhushri Banerjee (Georgia Gwinnett College, USA); Tamseel Syed (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA)

11:30 am: Rural Broadband Access via Clustered Collaborative Communication

Sumit Chakravarty (Kennesaw State, USA); Madhushri Banerjee (Georgia Gwinnett College, USA); Tamseel Syed (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA)

11:45 am: Predicting Traffic Patterns Using V2X Communication Data

Mansimran Kaur (Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi, India); Om Jaiswal (Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi, India); Jolly Parikh (Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi, India); Sumit Chakravarty (Kennesaw State, USA); Dharmender Saini (Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College Of Engineering, India)

12:00 pm: A High Performance VLSI Architecture for the Computation of Markov Random Field Parameters

Orlando Hernandez (The College of New Jersey, USA)

12:15 pm: An EDA Based Side-Channel Attack Flamework for Netlists

Ryoma Katsube (Fukuoka University, Japan); Shinichi Nishizawa (Waseda University, Japan); Tomoaki Ukezono (Fukuoka University, Japan)

12:30 pm: Dynamic Key-Based Privacy-Preserving Authentication Scheme for Internet of Drones

Muhammad Zain Chaudhary (University of Southern Mississippi, USA); Eduardo Hernandez Escobar (University of Southern Mississippi, USA); Ahmed Sherif (University of Southern Mississippi, USA); Kasem Khalil (University of Mississippi, USA); Rabab Abdelfattah (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)

12:45 pm: Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Post Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms

Micah J Israel (University of South Alabama, USA); Lindsay Nadobny (University of South Alabama, USA); Campbell Hodge (University of South Alabama, USA); Jordan Shropshire (USA)

Lunch Break – one hour

02:00 pm: Poseidon: a Low-Overhead Application for Ensuring Autonomous Drone Compliance with National Airspace Regulations

Micah J Israel (University of South Alabama, USA); Abby Rigsby (University of South Alabama, USA); Jordan Shropshire (USA); Kevin Zheng (University of South Alabama, USA)

02:15 pm: Developing a Framework for Hardware Security

Patrick R Mulcahy (Augusta University, USA); Michael Nowatkowski (Augusta University, USA)

02:30 pm: Measuring Bit Error Rate in Plastic Fiber Optics Under Bending Conditions

Alicia Vidal (College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA); Jade Carranza (College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA); Philip Nicotra (College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA); Jorge Guerrero (College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA); Ángeles Losada (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Alicia López (Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain); Javier Mateo Gascón (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Pedro Carro (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Alfonso Ortega (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Eduardo Lleida (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Dayana Ribas (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Neophytos (Neo) A. Antoniades (College of Staten Island, USA); Dwight Richards (College of Staten Island, USA); Xin Jiang (College of Staten Island, USA); Yi Wang (Manhattan University, USA)

02:45 pm: Cyberattacks on Large Language Models- Attack Detection and Architecture Adaptability

Srikar Alla (University of Missouri – Columbia, USA); Ali Shiri Sichani (University of Missouri Columbia & University of South Florida, USA)

03:00 pm: Comparative Analysis of Big Data Processing Frameworks: Python with MPI vs. Apache Spark

Anil Kumar Moka (JNTU, USA); Sudheer Kumar Lagisetty (SVU, USA)

03:15 pm: MIPS Pipeline Processor for a de-10 Board in VHDL

Justin Rada (Georgia Southern University, USA); Mohammad Ahad (Georgia Southern University, USA)

03:30 pm: OFDM Based Image Transmission Through Plastic Optical Fibers for Low Rate Internet of Things Applications

Shalin Itty (Manhattan University, USA); Jade Carranza (College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA); Pedro Carro (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Ángeles Losada (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Alicia López (Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain); Javier Mateo Gascón (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Eduardo Lleida (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Alfonso Ortega (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Dayana Ribas (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Yi Wang (Manhattan University, USA); Neophytos (Neo) A. Antoniades (College of Staten Island, USA); Dwight Richards (College of Staten Island, USA); Xin Jiang (College of Staten Island, USA)

SoutheastCon 2025

22V3A ([Virtual] Track 3 – Signal and Image processing 1)

Session timeSaturday, 03:45 pm until 07:00 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)
Talk time15

03:45 pm: Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Structural Defect Segmentation in Bridges

Kiara O’Neal (Kennesaw State University, USA); Da Hu (Kennesaw State University, USA)

04:00 pm: Color Normalization Analysis for Semantic Image Segmentation on Histopathology Images

Sanghoon Lee (Kennesaw State University & Mayo Clinic, USA); Varshini Yaganti (Kennesaw State University, USA); Sai Chandana Koganti (Kennesaw State University, USA); Siri Yellu (Kennesaw State University, USA)

04:30 pm: Design and Verification of an FPGA-Based MRI Image Cluster Processing

Abhiram Reddy Duvvuru (San Jose State University, USA); Kumar Sai Reddy Guntaka (California State University, Northridge, USA); Shrikant S Jadhav (San Jose State University, USA)

04:45 pm: Dual-Branch ConvNeXt-Based Network with Attentional Fusion Decoding for Land Cover Classification Using Multispectral Imagery

Leo Thomas Ramos (Computer Vision Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain & Kauel Inc., USA); Angel D Sappa (Computer Vision Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain & ESPOL Polytechnic University, Ecuador)

05:00 pm: Analysis of Noise Cancellation Techniques for Enhancing the ECG Signals

Muhammad Sana Ullah (Florida Polytechnic University, USA); Hasnain Ahamad Ziad (Florida Polytechnic University, USA)

05:15 pm: High-Resolution Brain Tumor Mapping Through Advanced Imaging Techniques

Ashwini Sudheer Kumar (California State University-Dominguez Hills, USA); Reza Roofegari nejad (ThinkLabs AI, USA); Sahar Hooshmand (California State University- Dominguez Hills, USA)

05:30 pm: A Modified AlexNet Approach for Multi-Class Classification of Blood Cancer

Fariha Alam (Kennesaw State University, USA); Nusrat Jahan Iqra (Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh); Muhammad Quamruzzaman (Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh)

05:45 pm: Deployment of RIS in MIMO OFDM Dual-Function Radar-Communication System

Nihad A. A. Elhag (Gezira University, Sudan); Sharief Babikir (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA)

06:00 pm: Adaptive Learning-Based Bilateral Filtering for Voxel Recoloring in Point Cloud Compression

Dewan Fahim Noor (Tuskegee University, USA); Sadia Sikder (Auburn University, USA)

06:15 pm: Optimal Control of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Leveraging Differentiable Predictive Control Based on Deep Learning

Sebastian Oviedo (Georgia Southern University, USA); Masoud Davari (Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro Campus, Allen E. Paulson CEC, USA); Mateja Novak (Aalborg University, Denmark); Freede Blaabjerg (Aalborg University, Denmark)

06:30 pm: Nearly Lossless Zero Shot Learning for Robot Navigation Using Declarative Re-Planning

Nathan Hemming (University of Alabama Huntsville, USA); Vineetha Menon (University of Alabama Huntsville, USA)

06:45 pm: Personalized Federated Learning for Smart Healthcare Using SDN-Driven Edge Computing

Deborsi Basu (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India); Ritu Chaudhary (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India); Uttam Ghosh (Meharry Medical College, USA); Raja Datta (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
 

 

SoutheastCon 2025

23V3B ([Virtual] Track 3 – Signal and Image processing 2)

Session timeSunday, 08:00 am until 09:45 am
LocationVirtual (Webex)

08:00 am: Comparison of Recognition Fusion Methods for Left and Right off-Angle Iris Images

Mahmut Karakaya (Kennesaw State University, USA); Hasim Oz (Kennesaw State University, USA); Hayri Aygun (Kennesaw State University, USA)

08:15 am: Heart Sound Classification Using Weka for Machine Learning

Tanner A Mergist (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Thirumala Maheswara Reddy Yenumula (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Tytiana M James (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Rafeeq N Muhammad (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Ali Harimi (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Kasem Khalil (University of Mississippi, USA); Ashok Kumar (The Center for Advanced Computer Studies University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

08:30 am: Mitigating the Effect of Muscle Thickness on Electrical Impedance Myography Measurements Using a Finite Element Model

Md Didarul Alam (Georgia Southern University, USA); Sumayya Rahman (Georgia Southern University, USA); Mohammad Ahad (Georgia Southern University, USA)

08:45 am: Vision-Based Driver Drowsiness and Distraction Detection Through Behavioral Indicators of Fatigue

Manoj Adhikari (East Tennessee State University, USA); Sameep Shrestha (George Mason University, USA); Puskar Joshi (East Tennessee State University, USA); Shehenaz Shaik (East Tennessee State University, USA)

09:00 am: Reading Between the Eyes: Assessing the Impact of Interpupillary Distance on Face Recognition

Xavier Merino (Florida Institute of Technology, USA); Samuel Langborgh (Florida Institute of Technology, USA); Gabriella Pangelinan (Florida Institute of Technology, USA); Michael King (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)

09:15 am: Empirical Validation of Soil Radon Gas Diffusion Length Using on-Field Underground Sensor Data

Asmita Naitam (Georgia State University, USA); Charlotte Annan (Georgia State University, USA); Nadine Kabengi (Georgia State University, USA); Xiaochun He (Georgia State University, USA); Dajun Dai (Georgia State University, USA); Pamela Gore (Georgia State University, USA); Samantha Nacole Andrews (Georgia State University, USA); Ashwin Ashok (Georgia State University, USA)

09:30 am: Few-Shot Aggregated Attention for Lung Sound Classification

Xiaoran Xu (University of South Florida, USA); Ravi Sankar (University of South Florida, USA); Chi Zhang (University of South Florida, USA)

SoutheastCon 2025

23V4 ([Virtual] Track 4 – Microelectronics, Devices and Electromagnetics)

Session timeSunday, 09:45 am until 10:15 am
LocationVirtual (Webex)

09:45 am: Study of Temperature Dependence and Performance Metrics on GaN Amplifier Designs Up to 300C

Joseph O Shiyanbola (North Carolina Agricultura and Technical State University, USA); Zhijian Xie (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA)

10:00 am: Miniaturization of Transparent CP Array X-Band CubeSat Antennas Using Meshed Patches

Mohammad Atiqullah (University of South Alabama, USA); Palash Kundu (University of South Alabama, USA); Mehedi Hassan Khan (University of South Alabama, USA); Saeed Latif (University of South Alabama, USA)

SoutheastCon 2025

23V5A ([Virtual] Track 5 – AI and Predictive Modeling 1)

Session timeSunday, 10:30 am until 01:00 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)

10:30 am: Glaucoma Detection Expert System Using Deep Learning and Certainty Theory

Mohammadreza Hajiarbabi (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA)

10:45 am: Image Quality Aware Deep Learning Networks for Budgerigar Gender Recognition

Michael A. Hsiao (Spanish Fort High School, Alabama & University of South Alabama, USA); Kyle Mooney (University of South Alabama, USA); Jinhui Wang (University of South Alabama, USA)

11:00 am: Machine Learning-Driven MPPT Techniques for Optimal Solar Energy Utilization

Jobeda Khanam (Farmingdale State College & Florida State University, USA); Marjaneh Issapour (Farmingdale State College, USA); Simon Y Foo (Florida A&M University & Florida State University, USA); Paulo Castillo (Farmingdale State College, USA)

11:15 am: Enhancing Ecological Forecasting with LSTM Models: the Impact of Partition-Based Data Shuffling on Predictive Accuracy

Zhengnan Li (Yeshiva University, USA); Juan Francisco Leonhardt Chavez (Yeshiva University, USA); Shubham Pant (Yeshiva University, USA); David Li (Yeshiva University, USA)

11:30 am: Cross-Lingual Text Augmentation: a Contrastive Learning Approach for Low-Resource Languages

Hang Yu (Yeshiva University, USA); Ruiming Tian (Yeshiva University, USA); David Li (Yeshiva University, USA)

11:45 am: Adaptive Deep Learning with Batch Feature Re-Engineering and Differential Dynamical Systems

Ruixin Chen (Yeshiva University, USA); David Li (Yeshiva University, USA)

12:00 pm: Comparing Support Vector Machine and K Nearest Neighbor Algorithms in Classifying Speech

Balvin O Thorpe (UTech, Jamaica)

12:15 pm: Leveraging Tree-Based Machine Learning and Explainable AI for UAV GPS Spoofing Detection

Bhawana Poudel Devkota (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA); Laxima Niure Kandel (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA); Bidur Devkota (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA)

12:30 pm: Exploring Transparency and AI Assessment in LLM-Assisted Research Applications

Greg Bacon (The University of Alabama in Huntsville & OASYS, INC, USA); Vineetha Menon (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA)

12:45 pm: Cardi-GPT: an Expert ECG-Record Processing Chatbot

Koustav Mallick (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA); Neel Singh (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA); Mohammadreza Hajiarbabi (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA)

Lunch Break – One Hour

SoutheastCon 2025

23V5B ([Virtual] Track 5 – AI and Predictive Modeling 2)

Session timeSunday, 02:00 pm until 07:00 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)
Talk time15

02:00 pm: Empowering Diagnosis: Vision Transformers, CNNs, and Machine Learning in Mammogram Classification for Breast Cancer

Suchir Santosh Naik (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA); Mohammadreza Hajiarbabi (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA); Krishna Saahi Yavana (Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA)

02:15 pm: Fine-Grained Object Detection with Remote-Sensing Data Using Optimized YOLO-Based Models

Henintsoa S. Andrianarivony (Université de Moncton & Perception, Robotics and Intelligent Machines (PRIME), Canada); Moulay A. Akhloufi (University of Moncton, Canada)

02:30 pm: A Comparison of Methods for Predicting Heart Disease: Neural Network, XGBoost, Gradient Boost, Logistic Regression, and SVM

Mohammad Maydanchi (Auburn University, USA); Mina Basiri (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran); Armin Ziaei (University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Mehrbod Ziaei (University of Science and Culture, Iran); Alireza Izadi (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA); Saman Sargolzaei (University of Tennessee Martin, USA)

02:45 pm: A GCN-Autoencoder Model to Advance Intrusion Detection on the ZeekData Dataset

Caroline John (University of West Florida, USA); Patrick Ansah (University of West Florida, USA)

03:00 pm: Deep Multimodal Classification of Musical Genres

Bassem Jandoubi (Perception, Robotics and Intelligent Machines (PRIME), Université de Moncton, Canada, Canada); Moulay A. Akhloufi (University of Moncton, Canada)

03:15 pm: Deep Learning Based Bearing Fault Detection Using Multi-Rate Signal Processing for Regulating Shaft Rotational Speed

Chandana Rayasandra Satish (Purdue University Northwest, USA); Katherine R Kilmer (Purdue University Northwest, USA); Jean Jiang (Purdue University Northwest, USA); Xibin Zhou (Purdue University & Purdue University Northwest, USA); Lizhe Tan (Purdue University Northwest, USA)

03:30 pm: Improvement of Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models for Wastewater Treatment Processes Using Time-Series Influent Data

Justin Logan (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Nicole Roberts (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Michael Smith (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

03:45 pm: Efficient Policy Iteration and Value Iteration via State Space Clustering

Avinash Paidi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India); Pabitra Mitra (IIT Kharagpur, India)

04:00 pm: Application of Deep Residual Networks to the Multifluid Mixing Problem

Joshua Deng (Orange Lutheran High School, USA)

04:30 pm: Segmentation of Impervious Areas from High Altitude Aerial Images Using a Regularized UNet Framework

Srivani Athmakur (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA); Shania Shakri (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA); Chaity Banerjee Mukherjee (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA)

04:45 pm: Adaptive Data Augmentation: Elliptical Masking and Dynamic Regularization with Feedback

Avinash K Singh (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA); Ambalavanan Namasivayam (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA); Nikolay Sirakov (TAMU-Commerce, USA); Arie Nakhmani (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

05:00 pm: Reinforcement Learning-Based Control Framework for Wastewater Treatment Process Aeration Control

Justin Logan (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Nicole Roberts (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Michael Smith (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

05:15 pm: Predicting Nitrogen in the Wastewater Treatment Process via Machine Learning-Based Models

Hannah Zeru (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Justin Logan (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Nicole Roberts (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Michael Smith (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

05:30 pm: Next-Gen Genome Compression: Learning-Based Solutions for Reference-Free DNA Storage

Sadia Sikder (Auburn University, USA); Dewan Fahim Noor (Tuskegee University, USA)

05:45 pm: AI for Predictive Monitoring and Anomaly Detection in DevOps Environments

Baskaran Jeyarajan (IEEE Member, USA); Gokul Pandy (IEEE Senior Member, USA); Vigneshwaran Jagadeesan Pugazhenthi (IEEE Senior Member, USA); Aravindhan Murugan (Capital One, USA)

06:00 pm: Evaluating and Enhancing UV-C Seed Chambers Design for Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture: a Multi-Criteria Approach Using the Penta-s Model

Juana I. Méndez-Garduño (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico); Mario Rojas (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico); Clauda Hernández-Aguilar (Postgraduate in Systems Engineering National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico); Arturo Dominguez-Pacheco (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico); Joel Eduardo Valencia-Hernández (Postgraduate in Systems Engineering National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico); Pedro Ponce (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)

06:15 pm: Ensemble Feature Selection of Cotton Hyperspectral Reflectance to Predict Soil Health Genes

Josh Waldbieser (USDA Agricultural Research Service & Mississippi State University, USA); Rocker D’Antonio (Mississippi State University, USA); Martin J Wubben (USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA); John P Brooks (USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA)

06:30 pm: Autonomous Greenhouse Integrated System (AGIS): a Community-Driven Framework for Research and Education in Sustainable Agriculture

Bryan Garcia Rodriguez (University of Central Florida, USA); Ryan A Integlia (University of Southern Indiana, USA); Roberto W Batista (University of Southern Indiana, USA); Magdalena Viktora-Jones (University of Southern Indiana, USA)
 

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24V5C ([Virtual] Track 5 – AI and Predictive Modeling 3)

Session timeMonday, 08:00 am until 09:30 am
LocationVirtual (Webex)

08:00 am: ChessMoveLLM: Large Language Models for Chess Next Move Prediction

Kassim Brehima Diallo (Université de Moncton, Canada); Moulay A. Akhloufi (University of Moncton, Canada)

08:15 am: Cost-Optimized Predictive Autoscaling of Cloud Resources Using Game-Theoretic Queuing Theory

Vaibhav Pandey (Broadcom Inc, USA)

08:30 am: A Multi-Agent LLM Environment for Software Design and Refactoring: a Conceptual Framework

Vasanth Rajendran (Amazon, USA)

08:45 am: Transformer-Based API Call Sequence Modeling for Dynamic Malware Detection

Noureldin Youssef (University of Louisville, USA); Adel S Elmaghraby (University of Louisville, USA); Nour Elbarawy (University of Louisville, USA)

09:00 am: Student Preferences in Interacting with AI-Enhanced Learning Assistants (AIELA): a Comparative Study

Brandon Murry (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Elijah A Kulpinski (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Anthony Aiello (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Vijayalakshmi Ramasamy (Georgia Southern University, USA); Thomas Beaupre (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Charles Ray (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Angelina Zweifel (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Seth Martin (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Zach Sheppard (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA); Matthew Klug (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA)

09:15 am: Evaluating Prompt Engineering for Generalized Power Line Segmentation

Akram Hossain (University of Southern Mississippi, USA); Murad Hasan (University of Southern Mississippi, USA); Rabab Abdelfattah (University of Southern Mississippi, USA); Deja Scott (University of South Carolina, USA); Kareem Abdelfatah (CareerBuilder, USA); Ahmed Sherif (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)

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24V6 ([Virtual] Track 6 – Robotics, Automation, and Controls)

Session timeMonday, 09:30 am until 11:15 am
LocationVirtual (Webex)

09:30 am: Multi-Objective Optimization for Inverse Kinematics of Robotic Arm with Joint Configuration

Xibin Zhou (Purdue University & Purdue University Northwest, USA); Tanyaradzwa Chinyai (Purdue Northwest University, USA); Lizhe Tan (Purdue University Northwest, USA)

09:45 am: Towards Autonomous Robotic Grasping: 3D Point Cloud Analysis with Stereo Cameras in Unpredictable Environments

Shrey Patel (Georgia Institute of Technology & Kennesaw State University, USA); Aiden Kovarovics (Kennesaw State University, USA); Aaditya M More (Kennesaw State University, USA); Montreal Fletcher (Kennesaw State University, USA); Carrington Chun (Kennesaw State University, USA); Muhammad Hassan Tanveer (Kennesaw State University, USA); Sumit Chakravarty (Kennesaw State, USA); Razvan Cristian Voicu (Georgia Institute of Technology & Kennesaw State University, USA)

10:00 am: Decentralized Task Assignment for Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Kiriakos Kiriakidis (United States Naval Academy, USA); Hava Szarafinski (United States Naval Academy, USA)

10:30 am: Task Load Based Persistent Coverage Control for Large-Scale Domains Using Multi-Agent Systems with Anisotropic Sensors

Kyle T Odoy (United States Naval Academy, USA); Erick Rodriguez-Seda (United States Naval Academy, USA)

10:45 am: Design and Development of a Small UGV for Object Retrieval in Domestic Environments

Bhaavin Kishore Jogeshwar (University of West Florida, USA); Joshua Bohannon (University of West Florida, USA); Hakki Erhan Sevil (University of West Florida, USA)

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24V7 ([Virtual] Track 7 – Industry Applications: Artificial Intelligence)

Session timeMonday, 11:15 am until 02:15 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)

11:15 am: Yield Analysis and Fault Isolation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Semiconductor Industry

Supriyo Karmakar (Farmingdale State College-SUNY, USA); Sayantani Karmakar (City University of New York (CUNY), USA)

11:30 am: PatrolVision: Automated License Plate Recognition in the Wild

Anmol Singhal (IMC Trading, USA); Navya Singhal (University of Texas, USA)

11:45 am: Emerging Trends in AI-Powered IoT: Innovations, Key Challenges, and Future Directions

Hussien AbdelRaouf (Augusta University, USA); Mahmoud Abouyoussef (North Carolina A&T State University, USA); Mostafa M Fouda (Idaho State University, USA); Zubair Md Fadlullah (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Mohamed I. Ibrahem (Augusta University, USA)

12:00 pm: Enhancing Fintech Solutions with AI: Predicting Income and Financial Transactions Using Ensemble Learning Model

Jitender Jain (IEEE.org, USA)

12:15 pm: Using Yolo Object Detection with PINN Integration for Thermal-Based Fault Detection in Integrated Circuits

Bradley Lorren (Kennesaw State University, USA); Arjun Kumar Joginipelly (University of New Orleans, USA); Sumit Chakravarty (Kennesaw State, USA)

12:30 pm: An Integrated Time-Frequency Detector and Radar Pulse Modulation CNN Classifier

Stefan J. Gradinaru (East Texas A&M University, USA); Chloe Lawless Harrington (East Texas A&M University, USA); Jordan T. Clinton (East Texas A&M University, USA); Sawyer Jackson (East Texas A&M University, USA); Gage Gilbert (East Texas A&M University, USA); Gerald Fudge (East Texas A&M University, USA)

12:45 pm: Enhancing Autonomy for the Visually Impaired: Integrating AI Models for an Advanced Assistant System

Evan O’Grady (Manhattan University, USA); Michael Kurtis (Manhattan University, USA); Shalin Itty (Manhattan University, USA); Eduardo Lleida (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Alfonso Ortega (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Ángeles Losada (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Alicia López (Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain); Pedro Carro (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Javier Mateo Gascón (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Dayana Ribas (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Yi Wang (Manhattan University, USA); Neophytos (Neo) A. Antoniades (College of Staten Island, USA); Dwight Richards (College of Staten Island, USA); Xin Jiang (College of Staten Island, USA)

 

Lunch Break – One Hour

02:00 pm: Real-Time Driver Drowsiness Detection Using CNN, MediaPipe, and ML Classifiers

Puskar Joshi (East Tennessee State University, USA); Manoj Adhikari (East Tennessee State University, USA); Sameep Shrestha (George Mason University, USA); Shehenaz Shaik (East Tennessee State University, USA)

SoutheastCon 2025

24V9 ([Virtual] Track 9 – Industry Applications: Computing Systems)

Session timeMonday, 02:15 pm until 02:30 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)

02:15 pm: A Blockchain-Based Secure and Transparent Global Radioactive Source Lifecycle Management System

Susan Poudel (Fisk University, USA); Firdous Kausar (Fisk University, USA); Debashis Das (Meharry Medical College, USA); Pushpita Chatterjee (Meharry Medical College, USA); Sajid Hussain (Meharry Medical College, USA); Uttam Ghosh (Meharry Medical College, USA)

SoutheastCon 2025

24VG ([Virtual] Track G – General (Miscellaneous))

Session timeMonday, 02:30 pm until 07:00 pm
LocationVirtual (Webex)
Talk time15

02:30 pm: Applying Radio Frequency Attenuators to Reduce the Impact of U-NII-4 Interference on DSRC Channel 180

Grayson Hatcher (Kennesaw State University, USA); Marco Tello (Kennesaw State University, USA); Nathan Kirkwood (Kennesaw State University, USA); Billy Kihei (Kennesaw State University, USA)

02:45 pm: YOLOv5 vs. YOLOv8 in Marine Fisheries: Balancing Class Detection and Instance Count

Hugo Riggs (Florida International University, USA); Mahmudul Islam Masum (Florida International University, USA)

03:00 pm: An Efficient and Zero-Trust Approach for Privacy-Preserving Healthcare Diagnostics

Hussien AbdelRaouf (Augusta University, USA); Mostafa M Fouda (Idaho State University, USA); Zubair Md Fadlullah (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Mohamed I. Ibrahem (Augusta University, USA)

03:15 pm: A Blockchain-Based Efficient Task Commission System

Shahid Noor (Northern Kentucky University, USA)

03:30 pm: Text2Net: Transforming Plain-Text to a Dynamic Interactive Network Simulation Environment

Alireza Marefatvayghani (Georgia State University, USA); Abbaas Alif Mohamed Nishar (Georgia State University, USA); Ashwin Ashok (Georgia State University, USA)

03:45 pm: IVBlock: a Blockchain-Based Digital Identity Verification System

Shahid Noor (Northern Kentucky University, USA)

04:00 pm: Context-Aware Automated System for Image Caption to ASL Translation for Improved Accessibility in Media Applications

Oluwafolahanmi A Aluko (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA); Vineetha Menon (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA)

04:30 pm: Gender Dynamics in Software Engineering: Insights from Research on Concurrency Bug Reproduction

Tarannum Shaila Zaman (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA); Hemanth Kishan Macharla (SUNY Polytechnic Institute, USA); Lutfun Nahar Lota (Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh)

04:45 pm: A Model-Free Optimal Control Method with Fixed Terminal States

Mi Zhou (Georgia Institute of Technology & USA, USA); Erik I. Verriest (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Chaouki Abdallah (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

05:00 pm: Evaluating Code Emulating Upsets on Microcontroller Devices

Cebron Williams (North Carolina A&T State University, USA); Daniel Limbrick (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA); John Kelly (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA); Christopher Doss (North Carolina A & T State University, USA)

05:15 pm: Quantitative Evaluation of User Experience in Digital Voice Assistant Systems: Analyzing Task Completion Time, Success Rate, and User Satisfaction

Vigneshwaran Jagadeesan Pugazhenthi (IEEE Senior Member, USA); Gokul Pandy (IEEE Senior Member, USA); Jarvish Kisanthsingh (Voya Global Services Private Limited, India); Elancheran Visagan (Voya India, India); Baskaran Jeyarajan (IEEE Member, USA); Aravindhan Murugan (Capital One, USA)

05:30 pm: Enhancing Radar-Based Human Activity Recognition: a Multi-Stream Deep Learning Approach with Advanced Signal Processing and Data Augmentation

Nishant Shukla (Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India); Latika Pinjarkar (Symbiosis Institute of Technology Nagpur Campus, India); Sumit Chakravarty (Kennesaw State, USA)

05:45 pm: Illumination: Crowdsourcing Webpage Safety Information for Parents and Children to Stay Aware in an Evolving Internet Landscape

Jakob L Skipper (Jacksonville State University, USA); Arup Kumar Ghosh (Jacksonville State University & IEEE Alabama Section, USA)

06:00 pm: A Parallelized Subgraphing Approach to Large-Scale Attack and Compliance Generation

Noah L Schrick (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Information Technology Laboratory, USA); Peter J. Hawrylak (University of Tulsa, USA)

06:15 pm: Chirality-Driven Analysis of CNFET 5T Spiking Neuron for Ultra-Low Energy Computing

Prosen Kirtonia (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Shelby Williams (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Kasem Khalil (University of Mississippi, USA); Magdy Bayoumi (University of Louisiana Lafayette, USA)

06:30 pm: Lightweight, High-Entropy TRNG Using Quad Cross-Coupled Feedback Architecture

Shelby Williams (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Prosen Kirtonia (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Sonia Akter (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Kasem Khalil (University of Mississippi, USA); Magdy Bayoumi (University of Louisiana Lafayette, USA)

06:45 pm: AI-Driven Voice Inputs for Speech Engine Testing in Conversational Systems

Vigneshwaran Jagadeesan Pugazhenthi (IEEE Senior Member, USA); Gokul Pandy (IEEE Senior Member, USA); Baskaran Jeyarajan (IEEE Member, USA); Aravindhan Murugan (Capital One, USA)