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

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Monday, November 11 2024

Time	Title / Presenter(s) / Affiliation(s)
Session 1 (Chair: TBD)
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: TBD)
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: TBD)
8:30	Machine Learning (and Software Engineering) for Cognitive and Mental-Health Indicator Extraction Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta
9:30	Coffee Break
Session 3 (Chair: TBD)
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
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: TBD)
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: TBD)
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
05:30	Poster Presentations and Reception

Wednesday, November 13 2024

Time	Title / Presenter(s) / Affiliation(s)
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: TBD)
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: TBD)
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: TBD)
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