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Monday, November 11 2024
Tuesday, November 12 2024
Wednesday, November 13 2024

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Day	Time	Room	Capacity	Location	Event
Monday	All day	B2	130	2nd floor	CSER
	All day	A2-E2	50	2nd floor	NCC-CNC
	All day	C2	50	2nd floor	DSDS
	AM	D2	50	2nd floor	Cypress
	AM	301	10	3rd floor	NCC-CNC
	PM	D2	50	2nd floor	CASCON
Tuesday	AM	B2	130	2nd floor	CS-Can Chairs meeting
	AM	Virtual	n/a	Zoom	YTech
	All day	A2	50	2nd floor	CASCON
	AM	E2	50	2nd floor	iM-PACT
	All day	C2	50	2nd floor	CDP
	AM	D2	50	2nd floor	OXAI
	PM	E2	50	2nd floor	DITA
	PM	D2	55	2nd floor	AI@Work
Wednesday	PM	B2	130	2nd floor	ML4DM
	AM	A2	50	2nd floor	CASCON
	AM	E2	50	2nd floor	SENGEC
	AM	344	55	3rd floor
	PM	E2	50	2nd floor	AgileKip
	PM	C2	50	2nd floor	Client Zero
	PM	C2	50	2nd floor	PACOLA
	PM	344	55	3rd floor	Natural Language

Monday, November 11 2024

Time	Title / Presenter(s) / Affiliation(s)
Session 1 (Chair: J. Nelson Amaral - University of Alberta)
01:30	Integrating Feature Selection in Counterfactual Generation: An Optimized Framework Using Simulated Annealing Shou Nakano¹, Yang Liu¹ ¹Wilfrid Laurier University
01:55	Machine Learning-based Control of Dual-Sourcing Inventory Systems Davood Pirayesh Neghab¹, Shijie Li¹, Mucahit Cevik¹, M. I. M. Wahab¹ ¹Toronto Metropolitan University
02:20	Exploring Large Language Models for Automated Essay Grading in Finance Domain Garima Malik¹, Mucahit Cevik¹, Sojin Lee² ¹Toronto Metropolitan University, ²Blees Technologies Inc. (Blees AI)
02:45	Overcoming COPD Care Barriers in Northern Ontario with AI -- A Perspective Aveen Ghahremani¹, Nikita Neveditsin², Adiva Siddiqui¹, Vijay Mago¹ ¹York University, ²Saint Mary's University
03:00	Coffee Break
Session 2 (Chair: Weichao Wang - UNC Charlotte)
03:20	Detection of Novel Cyberattacks using Multi-Binary Classifiers Jean-Gabriel Gaudreault¹, Paula Branco¹ ¹University of Ottawa
03:45	Smart Contract Families in Solidity Julio Aguilar¹, Kacper Bak¹, Michael Boyle¹, Valerian Callens¹, Jan Gorzny² ¹Quantstamp, ²Zircuit
04:00	Equation Unsolved: Inside the Shadowy World of Elite Cyber Spies Fatemeh Khoda Parast¹ ¹University of Guelph
04:15	Optimizing DDoS Detection with Time Series Transformers Chibuike Ejikeme¹, Nafisek Kahani¹, Samuel Ajila¹ ¹Carleton University
04:30	Abstract Interpretation for PLONKish Circuits Fatemeh Heidari Soureshjani¹, Jan Gorzny² ¹Polytechnique Montreal, ²Zircuit
06:30	Conference Banquet

Tuesday, November 12 2024

Time	Title / Presenter(s) / Affiliation(s)
Keynote 1 (Chair: Marios Fokaefs - York University)
8:30	Machine Learning (and Software Engineering) for Cognitive and Mental-Health Indicator Extraction Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta
9:30	Coffee Break
Opening Session (Chair: Marin Litoiu - York University)
10:00	CASCON 2024 Opening Session Presentation of Best-Paper Award, Best-Student-Paper Award, and Most-Influential-Paper (MIP) Award MIP Award Talk: The Power of System Call Traces: Predicting the Software Energy Consumption Impact of Changes Karan Aggarwal, Chenlei Zhang, Hazel Campbell², Abram Hindle², Eleni Stroulia² ¹Amazon Inc., ²University of Alberta
Session 3 (Chair: Francis Palma - University of New Brunswick)
10:55	Machine Learning Powered Workload Prediction and Task Offloading in Vehicular Networks Pooja Bhardwaj¹, Nitin Auluck¹, Akramul Azim² ¹Indian Institute Of Technology–Ropar (IIT–Ropar), ²Ontario Tech University
11:20	An Adaptive Indoor Localization Approach Using WiFi RSSI Fingerprinting with SLAM-Enabled Robotic Platform and Deep Neural Networks Seyed Alireza Rahimi Azghadi¹, Atah Nuh Mih¹, Asfia Kawnine¹, Monica Wachowicz¹, Francis Palma¹, Hung Cao² ¹University of New Brunswick, ²RMIT University
11:45	Towards Enhancing Aviation Safety through Advanced Incident Analysis using Large Language Models Vaishali Siddeshwar¹, Akramul Azim¹, Sanaa Alwidian¹, Masoud Makrehchi¹ ¹Ontario Tech University
12:10	CampusGo: Augmented Reality Indoor-Outdoor Navigation through a Campus Digital Twin Mo Adel Abdelghany¹, Eleni Stroulia¹ ¹University of Alberta
12:30	Lunch
Session 4 (Chair: Akramul Azim - Ontario Tech University)
1:30	Sentiment Analysis with LLMs: Evaluating QLoRA Fine-tuning, Instruction Strategies, and Prompt Sensitivity Mustafa Burak Topal¹, Aysun Bozanta¹, Ayşe Başar² ¹Boğaziçi University, ²Toronto Metropolitan University
1:55	TriMod Fusion for Multimodal Named Entity Recognition in Social Media Mosab Alfaqeeh¹ ¹Queen's University
2:20	Transformer-based Text Highlighting for Medical Terms Mucahit Cevik¹, Ayse Bener¹, Lara Ozyegen¹ ¹Toronto Metropolitan University
2:45	On Sarcasm Detection with OpenAI GPT-based Models Montgomery Gole¹, Williams-Paul Nwadiugwu¹, Andriy Miranskyy¹ ¹Toronto Metropolitan University
03:00	Coffee Break
Session 5 (Chair: Fatemeh Khoda Parast - Quantstamp)
3:20	Worst Case Execution Time Analysis of Real-Time Robotic Algorithms using Reinforcement Learning Arvin Samiei¹, Nafiseh Kahani¹, Mohammadreza Dehghanitafti¹, Mojtaba Ahmadi¹ ¹Carleton University
03:45	Prioritize: A Priority-Driven Deep Reinforcement Learning Scheduler for Resource Management Hajer Ayadi¹, Aijun An¹, Yiming Shao¹, Junjie Deng¹, Jimmy Huang¹, Michael Feiman², Hao Zhou² ¹York University, ²IBM Canada
04:10	Resource Life-Cycle Aware Noise Detection via Kernel Event Monitoring Morteza Noferesti¹, Ben Grandy¹, Naser Ezzati-Jivan¹ ¹Brock University
04:35	MemAdapt: Adaptive Monitoring of Memory Usage through Irregularly Sampled Data Pranjal Chakraborty¹, Majid Babaei², Leila Tahmooresnejad¹, Naser Ezzati-Jivan¹ ¹Brock University, ²McGill University
CASCON Invited Talk (Chair: Marin Litoiu - York University)
5:00	The Impact of GenAI in Cybersecurity Iosif Viorel (Vio) Onut IBM Canada
05:30	Poster Presentations and Reception

Wednesday, November 13 2024

Time	Title / Presenter(s) / Affiliation(s)
Keynote 2 (Chair: J. Nelson Amaral - University of Alberta)
8:30	Software Delivery Excellence at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) – Moving Fast and Not Breaking Things Bob Blainey, RBC Fellow
9:30	Coffee Break
Session 6 (Chair: Kelly Lions - University of Toronto)
10:00	Assessing and Comparing the Linguistic Design Quality of APIs of Distributed Systems and Microservices Krishno Dey¹, Hung Cao¹, Francis Palma¹ ¹University of New Brunswick
10:30	An Empirical Study on Collaborative Uses of Communication Channels for Software Development and Management Mariam El Mezouar¹, Daniel Alencar Da Costa², Ying Zou³ ¹Royal Military College of Canada, ²University of Otago, ³Queen's University
10:55	Understanding Defects in Generated Codes by Language Models Ali Mohammadi Esfahani¹, Nafiseh Kahani¹, Samuel A. Ajila¹ ¹Carleton University
11:20	Just-In-Time and Real-Time Bug-Inducing Commit Prediction: A Federated Learning Approach Md Rayhan Islam¹, Banani Roy², Mohammad Hassan², Amin Nikanjam² ¹University of Saskatchewan, ²University of Prince Edward Island
11:45	Augmenting Automatic Root-Cause Identification with Incident Alerts Using LLM Zakeya Namrud¹, Komal Sarda¹, Ian Watts², Larisa Shwartz³, Prateeti Mohapatra⁴, Seema Nagar⁴, Marin Litoiu¹ ¹York University, ²IBM Canada, ³IBM US, ⁴IBM India
12:10	Anaphora Resolution in Software Requirements Engineering: A Comparison of Generative NLP Pipelines and Encoder-Based Models Savas Yildirim¹, Garima Malik¹, Mucahit Cevik¹, Ayse Basar¹ ¹Toronto Metropolitan University
12:30	Lunch
Session 7 (Chair: Christopher Anand - McMaster University)
01:30	Merging Roles and Expertise: Redefining Stakeholder Characterization in Explainable Artificial Intelligence Camélia Raymond¹, Sylvie Ratté¹, Marc-Kevin Daoust¹ ¹École de Technologie Supérieure
01:55	FaultLLAMA2: A Fine Tuned Large Language Model for Code Recommendations to Reduce Java Lock Contention Ashadullah Shawon¹, Ramiro Liscano¹, Akramul Azim¹, Vijay Sundaresan², Yee-Kang Chang² ¹Ontario Tech University, ²IBM Toronto Lab
02:20	Spelling Corrector for Turkish Product Search Damla Şentürk¹, Mustafa Burak Topal¹, Sevil Adıgüzel², Melis Öztürk², Ayşe Başar³ ¹Boğaziçi University, ²Getir Perakende Lojistik A.Ş, ³Toronto Metropolitan University
02:45	Translating Formal Specs: Event-B to English Fatemeh Kazemi Vanhari¹ ¹McMaster University
03:00	Coffee Break
Session 8 (Chair: Kenneth Kent - University of New Brunswick)
03:20	An Improved Template-based JIT Compiler for Java Harpreet Kaur¹, Marius Pirvu¹, Kenneth B. Kent² ¹University of New Brunswick, ²IBM Canada
03:45	Language-Agnostic Compilation Scheduling Algorithms for Partial AOT Compilations Georgiy Krylov¹, Gerhard Dueck¹, Kenneth Kent¹, Younes Manton² ¹University of New Brunswick, ²IBM Canada
04:10	Using Semeru Cloud Compiler to Enhance Cloud-Native Java Application Performance CASCON 2024 Best Paper Ryan Liu¹, Shreya Shinde¹, Ladan Tahvildari¹, Mark Stoodley², Vijay Sundaresan², Marius Pirvu² ¹University of Waterloo, ²IBM Centre for Advanced Studies
04:35	Node.js Energy Awareness on Asymmetric Multi-Processing Systems Hao Hu¹, Kenneth Kent², Joran Siu², Michael Dawson³ ¹University of New Brunswick, ²IBM Canada, ³Red Hat Canada
05:00	Power-Efficient, Accelerated, Exponential-Based Activation Functions Kieran Henderson¹, Christopher K. Anand¹, Curtis D' Alves², Robert Enenkel², Silvia M Mueller³ ¹McMaster University, ²IBM Canada, ³IBM Germany Development
05:25	Optimizing Data Compression via Data Reordering CASCON 2024 Best Student Paper Qinxin Du¹, Xiaohui Yu¹, Aijun An¹, Dariusz Jania² ¹York University, ²IBM Poland

The Impact of GenAI in Cybersecurity
Iosif Viorel (Vio) Onut, IBM Canada

Abstract: On the one hand, GenAI has great potential in cybersecurity, learning from patterns in threats and vulnerabilities to enhance defences and thereby contribute significantly to a robust cybersecurity posture. A model trained on extensive cybersecurity data can identify patterns and predict future threats. Cybersecurity professionals can use GenAI to anticipate and prevent threats, maximizing the effectiveness of their security tools. Enterprises may realize a more proactive cybersecurity approach using GenAI. On the other hand, GenAI technologies themselves present cybersecurity threats. They can be exploited for malicious purposes, such as identity impersonation. This misuse can significantly bolster social engineering attacks, making them more convincing. This CASCON 2024 Spotlight Presentation sheds light on both GenAI technologies being misused for cyber-attacks and opportunities for enhancing the cybersecurity posture of enterprise systems using GenAI technologies. By examining the impact of GenAI-driven social engineering attacks, we aim to raise awareness of responsible GenAI.

VioOnut Biography: Iosif Viorel (Vio) Onut is Head of Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada Lab and IBM Master Inventor at IBM Security. He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa and co-director of the University of Ottawa and IBM Cyber Range. He specializes in cybersecurity and cybercrime research and development. He is also passionate about curriculum and product innovation acceleration through R&D. Over the past decade, he has managed over 150 research projects involving 35 universities, led by over 90 professors, over 360 students and over 330 IBM staff.