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Day 1: Monday, December 9, 2024
Plenary Session
Auditorium 0900 Hrs Guests to be seated
0910 Hrs National Anthem
0915 Hrs Recitation of the Holy Quran
0920 Hrs Welcome Address by General Chair
0930 Hrs Keynote Address -1 : Generative AI, LLMs, and RAG: Transforming Academia, Industry, and Government for Pakistan’s Future by Prof. Shoab A. Khan, Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology, Pakistan
1015 Hrs Address by Guest of Honour
1025 Hrs Address by Chief Guest
1040 Hrs Closing of Inaugural Ceremony
1045 Hrs Refreshments
FIT 2024-Technical Sessions
Parallel Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Session 1: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing
Jinnah Hall   1130-1215 Invited Talk: Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence by Mohammad Ilyas, Florida Atlantic University, USA 
1215-1235 Fine-Tuning Generative Pre-Trained Transformers for Clinical Dialogue Summarization by Isabel Ronan, Sabin Tabirca
1235-1255 Advanced Deep Learning Driven Geospatial Analysis for GLOF Risk Reduction: A Case Study from Pakistan’s Northern Mountain Ranges by Nauman Ali Murad, Abinta Mir, Nazia Shahzadi
1255-1315 Enhanced Classification of Alzheimer's Disease Using Deep Learning and Machine Learning Models with MRI Scans by Amna Salahudin, Ayesha Ahmed, Eeman Qadeer, Labiba Gillani Fahad
1315-1415 Lunch & Prayers
Session 2: Software Engineering
Iqbal Hall 1130-1215 Invited Talk: Pluriversal Design Praxis: Harnessing Extended Reality for Cultural Heritage Management by Tariq Zaman, University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia  
1215-1235 Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning-Driven and Traditional Method for User Requirement Analysis in Software Development by Jamshaid Basit, Tahir Ehsan, Danish Hanif, Farhan Nawaz
1235-1255 An Empirical Study to Investigate the Impact of Sustainable Practices in Agile Software Development by Muhammad Taha Sohail, Shuja Mughal, Ume Abiha, Assad Abbas, Mazhar Ali, Samee U. Khan
1255-1315 Exploring the Impact of Software Security Best Practices by Muhammad Hasib Aslam, Ali Afzal Malik
1315-1415 Lunch & Prayers
Session 3: Tutorial
Sir Syed Hall 1130-1315 Environmental Data Science by Prof. Saman Shahid, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Lahore, Pakistan.
1315-1415 Lunch & Prayers
Session 4: Adaptive Systems, Networks, IoT & Cloud Computing
Liaqat Hall 1130-1150 Cross-platform Integration in Legacy Mobile Apps for Code Reuse and Reduced Development Efforts by Hannan Arif, Bilal Ali, Fahad Ahmed Satti, Syed Imran Ali, Muhammad Moazam Fraz
1150-1210 Advance Networking Paradigms: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Software-Defined Wireless Networks by Sohaib Manzoor, Ali Raza, Jerzy Domzal
1210-1230 Empowering Smart Vehicles: Giving Authority with LLM and SSI by Ahsan Altaf, Adeel Anjum
1230-1250 Enhancing Trustworthiness and Minimising Bias Issues in Leveraging Social Media Data for Disaster Management Response by Samia Abid, Bhupesh Mishra, Usama Younis, Dhavakumar Thakker, Nishikant Mishra
1250-1310 IoT-enabled Parking Management Framework Using Predictive Learning by Tayyib Ul Hassan, Aamina Binte Khurram, Sarah Iqbal, Asad Malik, Muhammad Moazam Fraz
1310-1415 Lunch & Prayers
Session 5: Smart Grid, Energy & Electronics
Nishtar Hall 1130-1215 Invited Talk: Smart Grids and Smart Distribution Mechanisms and Microgrids: Evolution and Modernization by Syed Ali Abbas Kazmi, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
1215-1235 Optimizing Microgrid Efficiency through Advanced Data Analytics for Enhanced Load Management by Khuram Shahzad, Sohail Iqbal
1235-1255 Demand Response Management of Grid-connected Nano-grid using Data Driven Algorithms by Ruqayya Manzoor, Shakil R Sheikh, Muhammad Faisal
1255-1315 Powering the Wireless Wave: Design Optimization by GaN HEMT Fusion and Quarter-Wave Matching by M Saad Ikram, Mohsin Khalil, M Farhan Shahid, M Waqas Bashir
1315-1415 Lunch & Prayers
Parallel Sessions 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
Session 6: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing
Jinnah Hall 1415-1435 Drone-based Activity Recognition via Dynamic Features and Deep Learning  by Yawar Abbas, Ahmad Jalal
1435-1455 AI-Based Speed-Adaptive Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motor Using Vibration Signal  by Muhammad Atif, Faisal Khan, Shoaib Azmat, Amina Bibi
1455-1515 Small Data, Big Impact: A Multi-Locale Bone Fracture Detection on an Extremely Limited Dataset Via Crack-Informed YOLOv9 Variants by Ammar Ahmed, Abdul Manaf, Ali Shariq Imran, Zenun Kastrati, Sher Muhammad Daudpota
1515-1535 Image-based Criticality-Aware Fire Detection by Alina Arshad, Jawwad A.Shamsi, Burhan Khan
1535-1555 3D-sViT-UNET: An Effective Framework for Enhanced Brain glioma Segmentation by Sadam Hussain, Usman Sadiq, Labiba Fahad, Ahmad Raza Shahid
1555-1615 Drone-based Human Surveilliance using YOLOv5 and Multi-Features by Laiba Zahoor, Ahmad Jalal
1615-1635 DFN-SCNC: Detecting Fake News based on Social Context and News Content: A Hybrid Approach using BERT and Bi-GRU by Sehrash Safdar, Muhammad Wasim
Session 7: PhD Symposium
Iqbal Hall 1415-1440 Reinforcement Learning-Driven Task Offloading Decisions in Vehicular Edge Computing by Ehzaz Mustafa, Faisal Rehman, Junaid Shuja
1440-1505 Risk Management Process for Large Language by Muhammad Farooq, Irum Inayat
1505-1530 Spatiotemporal Agricultural Modeling, and Flood Risk Assessment under Changing Climate Conditions by Mohammad Izhar Hussain, Muhammad Farooq Iqbal
1530-1555 UAVs-aided IoTs Framework for Energy-efficient, Reliable, & Low Latency Sensing and Communication for Smart Pipeline Monitoring in Oil and Gas Industry by Sana Nasim Karam, Kashif Bilal, Abdul Nasir
1555-1620 Addressing The Case Backlogs In legal System of Third-World Ranking Countries through Artificial Intelligence Techniques by Muhammad Ashfaq, M. Tayyab Chaudhry
1620-1640 General guidelines and research tips by evaluators
Session 8: Data Science & Advanced Analytics
Liaqat Hall 1415-1500 Invited Talk: Transforming Mental Health with AI: Insights from the AI Center for Precision Health by Arfan Ahmed, Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar
1500-1520 A Collaborative CNN-LSTM Framework with Attention Mechanism for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis by Israr Rehman, Zulfiqar Ali, Zahoor Jan
1520-1540 Improving Transfer Learning and Domain Adaptation in Smart Homes: The Role of Dynamic Domain Adaptation Layer by Hasina Attaullah, Anum Kiani, Thorsten Jungeblut
1540-1600 Exploring Data-driven Real Estate Price Prediction in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Pakistan by Touseef Tahir, Ghulam Fatima
1600-1620 Enhancing Vehicle Routing with Time Windows: A Machine Learning-Driven Ant Colony Optimization Approach by Khizer Tariq, Ali Awais Safdar, Mubashir Zaman, Syed Usman Ali Shah
1620-1640 Process Mining Influence on Requirement Elicitation for Machine Learning by Chin Ying Lin, Jeewanie Jayasinghe, Faiza Allah Bukhsh
Session 9: Remote Health Monitoring and Prediction Systems
Sir Syed Hall 1415-1500 Invited Talk: Revolutionizing Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Diagnostics, Treatment, and Decision-Making by Tanvir Afzal, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
1500-1520 An Integrated IOT Based System for Dengue Vector Surveillance and Control by Ayman Aslam, Salman Atif, Hira Zafar, Rao Taha, Danial Tariq
1520-1540 CMBT Net: A deep learning based approach for automatic feature extraction and classification of Electrocardiograms (ECGs) by Tayyib Ul Hassan, Hasan Fakhar
1540-1600 Effective Diabetes Prediction: Integrating Ensemble Learning with LIME for Robust Results by Syeda Aqsa Habib Gilani, Madiha Haider Syed, Adeel Anjum
1600-1620 Real-Time Deep Learning for Lung Disease Classification: A Step Forward by Muhammad Hamza Nawaz, Junaid Ahmad, Muhammad Haroon Farooq, Muhammad Haseeb, Ahmad Salman
1620-1640 MANet: A Deep Learning Framework for Multi-Cancer Microarray Analysis, Classification, and Visualization by Haseeb Younis, Muhammad Azeem, Isabel Ronan, Rosane Minghim
Session 10: Signal Processing & Next Generation Communication Systems
Nishtar Hall 1415-1500 Invited Talk: Sustainable Energy Efficient Networking in integrated Terrestrial Non-Terrestrial Networks by Haris Pervaiz,  University of Essex, United Kingdom
1500-1520 Localization in Wireless Communications Using Deep Learning with Feature Reduction Techniques by Shehzad Ahmad, Alam Zaib, Irfan Ullah, Shahid Khattak
1520-1540 Analysis of Chaotic Sequences Based Radar ECCM Scheme against DRFM Repeat Jammers by Hassan Yusaf, Arooj Khan, Tariq Ullah, Muhammad Rehan Khalid, Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui
1540-1600 Intelligent Multimodal Human Behavior Recognition using Inertial and Video Sensors by Iqra Abro, Ahmad Jalal
1600-1620 A Robust Anti-Jamming Method to Counter Shift Frequency Based Jamming False Targets by Yasir Iqbal, Muhammad Rehan Khalid, Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui
1620-1640 Blind Spreading Code Classification and Parameters Estimation for Non-Cooperative DSSS Interception by Muhammad Rehan Khalid, Habibullah Soomro, Muhammad Shoaib Iqbal, Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui

Day 2: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Parallel Sessions 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15

Session 11: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Jinnah Hall 0900 – 0920 U-NET based CT Image reconstruction and segmentation using Deep Learning Layer structure by Altamash Abbasi, Ashfaq Farooqi
0920 – 0940 Hate Speech Detection in Code-Mixed Datasets using Pretrained Embeddings and Transformers by Tooba Sohail, Atiqa Aiman, Ehtesham Hashmi, Ali Shariq Imran, Sher Muhammad Daudpota, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan
0940 – 1000 NLP Search Engine for the Legal Ordinance and Cases by Muhammad Asfand-E-Yar, Roheen Malik, Farrah Khan, Muhammad Abdullah, Burhan Ud Din Abbasi, Syed Hassan Tanvir
1000 – 1020 Personality Prediction using Multiple Textual Datasets and Deep Learning Models by Faiza Arshad, Arslan Shaukat, Seemab Latif
1020 – 1040 Automatic Classification and Detection of Insect Pests Using Deep Transfer Learning by Asaf Raza, Javed Ali Khan, Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Wasif Nisar
1045 – 1105 Refreshments

Session 12: Network, Cyber & Information Security

Iqbal Hall 0900 – 0945 Invited Talk: Shadow IT and Insider Threats: A Dangerous Combination by Syed Nasir Mehmood Shah, Institute of Space Technology Islamabad, Pakistan
0945 – 1005 Blockchain Enabled Secure and Efficient DDoS Attack Detection Mechanisms in Connected Internet of Vehicles Using Federated Learning by Muhammad Dilshad, Adeel Anjum, Madiha Haider Syed
1005 – 1025 Enhancing 6G Network Security through Cognitive Radio and Cluster-Assisted Downlink Hybrid Multiple Access by Umar Ghafoor, Adil Masood Siddiqui
1025 – 1045 Enhancing Access Control, Authorization, and Accountability in Cyber Physical Systems Using Machine Learning by Isaac Adom, Muhammad Awais, Mohsin Raza, Umar Khan, Omar Chughtai
1045 – 1105 Refreshments

Session 13: Software Engineering

Liaqat Hall 0900 – 0945 Invited Talk: Motivation Assessment Model For Intelligent Tutoring System Based On Mamdani Inference System by Rajermani Thinakaran
0945 – 1005 Improving Software Effort Estimation by Adjusting for Over-commitment by Rehan Aziz, Valeena Afzal, Zeeshan Rana, Asif Gilani
1005 – 1025 Software Defect Prediction using Stacking Ensemble Combined with Oversampling Technique by Tufail Muhammad, Mustajab Hussain, Muhammad Imran
1025 – 1045 Empirical Insights into Product Security Challenges and Practices in Software Development by Saima Rafi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar
1045 – 1105 Refreshments

Session 14: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Technology

Sir Syed Hall 0900 – 0920 Satellite Land Cover Monitoring Development and Assessment of Plantation Activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during 2007-2024 by Ibrar Ul Hassan Akhtar, Said Rahman, Shafiq Khan
0920 – 0940 Employing Open Geospatial Data and Techniques in Achieving Effective Flood Awareness and Decision Support by Kamran Aslam, Salman Atif, Javed Iqbal, Ali Tahir
0940 – 1000 Analyzing seawater inundation extent during the extremely severe Cyclone Biparjoy through scenario modeling approach by Tahreem Zafar, Ibrahim Zia, Rizwan Akhter, Bassam Nasir
1000 – 1020 WHYe: A UAV multispectral and in-field RGB imaging-based framework for field scale WHeat Yield estimation by Nisar Ali, Ahmed Mohammed, Abdul Bais, Jatinder S. Sangha
1020 – 1040 Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Disease Severity Estimation using UAS Multispectral Imagery and Machine Learning by Ubaid Ur Rehman Janjua, Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang, Bruce Millett, Dalitso Yabwalo, Kamila Dilmurat, Shahid Nawaz Khan, Mohammad Maruf Billah, Madalyn Shires, Sunish K. Sehgal, Shaukat Ali
1045 – 1105 Refreshments

Session 15: Smart Grid, Energy & Electronics

Nishtar Hall 0900 – 0945 Invited Talk: Role of IoTs for industry 4.0 by Saleem Aslam, Bahria University, Islamabad
0945 – 1005 Design and Analysis of IoT-based Control Panel for Switching Energy Meters to Reduce Power Tariff by Syed Toqeer Haider, Saifullah Khan, Uzair Sharif Mughal, Jawad Saleem
1005 – 1025 An optimization approach towards Optimal Sizing of stand-alone microgrid with Renewable Energy Sources and Battery Management System by Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Arfa, Fazal Muhammad
1045 – 1105 Refreshments

Parallel Sessions 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20

Session 16: Pattern Recognition, Image & Natural Language Processing

Jinnah Hall 1105 – 1130 Medical Visual Question Answering using Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training by Zahra Khalid Butt, Asma Khalid Butt
1130 – 1155 Automated Gait Event Detection in Sports: A Novel Approach Using Ant Colony and XGBoost by Wasim Wahid, Muhammad Hanzla, Hameed Ur Rahman, Ahmad Jalal
1155 – 1220 Leukemia Cancer Classification using Micro Gene Array Dataset by Syeda Shifa Fatima, Nazia Perwaiz, Sidra Sultana, Tahira Anwar Lashari, Farzana Jabeen
1220 – 1245 Handwritten Hindko Text Recognition Using Deep Neural Network by Tanveer Ahmed, Sohail Khan, Khalil Khan
1245 – 1310 Transforming Heart Disease Detection with BERT: Novel Architectures and Fine-Tuning Techniques by Muhammad Usman Javed, Muhammad Shafqat Ali, Asma Iqbal, Muhammad Azhar, Shafqat Maria Aslam, Ifra Shabbir
1310 – 1335 Cost Effective Drone Detection with Deep Neural Networks For Day and Night Survillance by Muhammad Bilal, Sadaf Rehmat, Naeem Akhtar, Hafsa Gulzar
1335 – 1425 Lunch & Prayers

Session 17: Network, Cyber & Information Security

Iqbal Hall 1105 – 1150 Invited Talk: How 6G will be Enabled by Qammer H. Abbasi, University of Glasgow, Scotland
1150 – 1210 Trans-GAN: A Deep Learning Paradigm for Multi-Type Anomaly Detection in Network Traffic by Muhammad Zeeshan, Maasooma Raza
1210 – 1230 Credit Card Fraud Detection Using Deep Neural Network With Shapley Additive Explanations by Chidinma Faith Onyeoma, Husnain Rafiq, Daniel Jeremiah, Vinh Thong Ta, Muhammad Usman
1230 – 1250 Quantum-Enhanced Federated Learning with Differential Privacy: A Collaborative Approach for Privacy-Preserving Model Training by Shoaib Ullah, Madam Hussain Shah, Adeel Anjum
1250 – 1310 CAP-A Context-Aware Framework for Detection and Analysis of Packed Malware by Muhammad Nouman Ahmed, Zafar Iqbal, Hassan Mahmood, Moiz Abdullah
1310 – 1330 Desynchronization Attack on URAP: Ultralightweight RFID Authentication Protocol by Umar Mujahid Khokhar, Binh Tran, Madiha Khalid, Muhammad Najam-Ul-Islam, Wardah Nisar
1330 – 1425 Lunch & Prayers

Session 18: Water Informatics and Communication Technology

Sir Syed Hall 1105 – 1150 Invited Talk: Multi-mode underwater acoustic communication and application by Songzuo LIU, Harbin Engineering University, China
1150 – 1210 Forecasting Water Consumption Trends in Palestine: A Hybrid Time Series Approach by Hafiz Umer Draz, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Hamza Farooq, Muhammad Usman Ghani Khan
1210 – 1230 Novel Design of a Wideband Low-Noise Amplifier with Adjustable Gain for Underwater Applications by Saqib Ali, Khurram Shehzad, Umar Hamid, Khurram Ali
1230 – 1250 Rainwater Harvesting For Urban Flood Mitigation: A BIM-GIS Integrated Approach by Chaudhry Hamza Haidar, Ahsen Maqsoom, Engr. Sandeerah Chaoudhry, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Hassan Khalid
1250 – 1310 Side-scan sonar bottom line detection based on local statistical properties and multiscale morphological algorithms by Jingyao Zhang, Xuerong Cui, Juan Li
1310 – 1330 AI-based Biogas Fermentation Process Prediction based on a Low-cost Online Sensor System by Carsten Wolff, Shazia Nadir Ali

 

1330-1425 Lunch & Prayers

Session 19: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Technology

Liaqat Hall 1105 – 1150 Invited Talk: Multi-hazards Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in north-Pakistan using Open Source Remote Sensing data and Geoinformation Techniques by Muhammad Shafique, University of Peshawar, Peshawar
1105 – 1210 Flood Susceptibility Mapping In District Jhang Using Remote Sensing And Advanced Machine Learning Techniques by Adnan Abbas Shah, Muhammad Farooq Iqbal
1210 – 1230 Archaeological Remote Sensing of Lahore Fort – Pakistan using Multi-Temporal Drone, Thermal and RADAR Imagery by Ridda Tanweer, Muhammad Imran Shahzad
1230 – 1250 Aerial Vehicle Classification via YOLOv8 and Deep Learning for Traffic Surveillance by Ghulam Mujtaba, Muhammad Ovais Yusuf, Ahmed Jalal
1250 – 1310 Merging UAV-Derived Metrics with Crop Physiology to Estimate Sunflower Yield by Usama Athar, Muhammad Ali, Zuhair Zafar, Haris Khurshid, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz
1310 – 1330 Estimating Afforestation Related Forest Cover Change Using Remote Sensing Derived Land Cover Data by Kashif Khan, Muhammad Fahim Khokar, Shahid Nawaz Khan, Junaid Aziz Khan
1330 – 1425 Lunch & Prayers

Session 20: Modeling & Simulation for Emerging Technologies

Nishtar Hall 1105 – 1130 Advanced Collision Warning and Management Strategies for Brake Failure in Commercial Vehicles by Amil Dar, Faisal Riaz, Sohail Razzaq, Sheeba Razzaq, Munam Shah
1130 – 1155 SimPark: An Agent-based Vehicle Parking Framework for Smart Cities by Abdullah Saeed Ahmad Tahir, Hira Toheed Butt, Junaid Sajid, Asad Waqar Malik
1155 – 1220 LTI Model Order Reduction Using Wild Horse Optimization Algorithm by Muhammad Hassib Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ali Mughal
1220 – 1245 Simulating Blue Light Therapy for Enhanced Wound Healing Using COMSOL Multiphysics by Minahil Kamal, Aleena Kamal, Faisal Amin, Zainab Asif, Mahnoor Waheed, Mashal Fatima
1245 – 1310 Design and Development of RISC-V Based Virtual Cluster using QEMU Simulator by Tassadaq Hussain, Muhammad Wasay Tahir, Abdul Qadeer
1310 – 1335 Intelligent Priority-Driven Resource Allocation for Efficient Management in Heterogeneous Networks by Muhammad Irfan Mushtaq, Omer Chughtai, Muhammad Naeem
1335 – 1425 Lunch & Prayers

Keynote Address-2

Auditorium 1430 – 1520 Neoteric Frontiers in Cloud and Quantum Computing by Prof. Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia

Closing Ceremony

Auditorium

1530 Hrs

Recitation of the Holy Quran

1535 Hrs

Conference Report by Program Chair

1545 Hrs

Address by the Chief Guest

1600 Hrs

Presentation of Shields

1605 Hrs

Vote of Thanks by Rector CUI

1615 Hrs

Refreshments

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