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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 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 | |