Special Sessions
Track 2: Digital Technologies for Intelligent Engineering and Healthcare Systems
Brief Description
This special session focuses on the application of advanced digital technologies to enhance intelligent engineering and modern healthcare systems. It aims to explore the integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, digital twins, and smart sensing technologies for developing efficient, reliable, and sustainable engineering and healthcare solutions. The session will highlight innovative research in areas such as smart diagnostics, intelligent decision-support systems, predictive maintenance, and digital health platforms.
Session Chairs:
Prof. Nithesh Naik
School of Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
Email: nithesh.naik@manipal.edu
Dr. Vathsala
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
Email: vathsala.mcods@manipal.edu
Track 3: Innovative Artificial Intelligence-enabled Health Monitoring Systems for Sustainable Healthcare
Brief Description
This special session is focused on innovative AI-enabled health monitoring systems that employ machine learning, IoT, and smart biosensing technologies for real-time diagnostics and preventive care. The session aims to explore engineering solutions that enhance healthcare accessibility, efficiency, and sustainability, directly contributing to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being.
Session Chairs:
Dr. Amita Somya
Professor and Assistant Director – Research, Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Bengaluru-562110, Karnataka, India.
Email: somya.amita@gmail.com
Dr. Rajat Bhardwaj
Associate Professor and Head – Next Gen AI and Data, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Email: rajatbhardwaj.x@gmail.com
Track 4: AI & Machine Learning for Smart Healthcare and Precision Agriculture Applications
Brief Description
This special session focuses on emerging research in AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning for smart healthcare and precision agriculture applications. The session aims to highlight innovative solutions in disease prediction, medical/agricultural imaging, IoT-based monitoring, decision support systems, and ethical AI deployment.
Session Chairs:
Dr. Princy Randhawa
Associate Professor, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore, India
Email: princy-aiml@dsu.edu.in
Dr. S. N. Prasad
Professor & CoE, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore, India
Email: prasad.sn@dsu.edu.in
Track 5: Intelligent Industrial IoT and Cloud–Edge Computing for Smart and Sustainable Engineering Systems
Brief Description
This special session aims to bring together researchers, academicians, and industry experts from Germany and India to explore cutting-edge innovations in IIoT-enabled cloud ecosystems. Emphasis will be placed on scalable machine learning pipelines, real-time edge intelligence, digital twins, predictive analytics, cybersecurity frameworks, and energy-efficient computing architectures.
Session Chair:
Dr. Ashish Tiwari
Associate Professor & In-charge Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, BBDNITM, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: dr.ashish.tiwari89@bbdnitm.ac.in
Session Co-Chairs:
Prof. Sarvesh Kumar
Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University, Patna, India
Email: skumar8@ptn.amity.edu
Dr. Neeraj Kumar Verma
Department of Data Science & Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, India
Email: er.neerajkumar@gmail.com
Dr. Rajit Nair
Department of AI & ML, VIT Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
Email: rajit.nair@vitbhopal.ac.in
Track 6: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies for Secure, Smart, and Sustainable Systems
Brief Description
The track invites high-quality research contributions that explore intelligent, explainable, and trustworthy AI models, advanced modelling and simulation techniques, and secure decentralized systems using blockchain. The objective is to foster interdisciplinary innovation that improves resilience, efficiency, transparency, and decision-making in critical domains such as cyber-physical security, precision agriculture, smart healthcare systems, and large-scale engineering environments.
Session Chair:
Dr. Usha Jain
Dept. of CSE, Manipal University Jaipur, India
Email: usha.jain@jaipur.manipal.edu
Session Co-Chairs:
Dr. Gireesh Kumar
Dept. of CSE, Manipal University Jaipur, India
Email: gireesh.kumar@jaipur.manipal.edu
Dr. Neha Chaudhary
Dept. of CSE, Manipal University Jaipur, India
Email: neha.chaudhary@jaipur.manipal.edu
Track 7: AI-Enabled Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems
Brief Description
This special session focuses on combining AI with embedded systems, communication networks, control, and robotics. It highlights smart and connected systems that can sense, decide, and act in real time. The session encourages practical and innovative solutions for modern engineering applications.
Session Chairs:
Dr. Kavita
Rayat Bahra University, Mohali
Email: kavita@ieee.org
Dr. Sahil Verma
Rayat Bahra University, Mohali
Email: sahilverma@ieee.org
Track 8: AI Applications in Sustainable Materials
Brief Description
This special session focuses on the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in advancing sustainable materials engineering. It brings together interdisciplinary research addressing how AI and data-driven techniques enable the discovery, design, characterization, and lifecycle optimization of eco-friendly materials.
Session Chairs:
Dr. Vijay Tambrallimath
Professor & Associate Dean Academics, Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore, India
Email: vijayt@gat.ac.in, drvijaytmath@gmail.com
Dr. Keshavamurthy R
Associate Professor, Christ University, Bangalore, India
Email: keshavamurthy.r@gmail.com
Track 9: Intelligent and Smart Industrial Engineering
Brief Description
Intelligent and Smart Industrial Engineering focuses on integrating advanced digital technologies to enhance efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability in industrial systems. It combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, and automation with traditional industrial engineering principles to optimize production processes, supply chain management, and decision-making.
Session Chair:
Dr. Neyara Radwan
Associate Professor, Industrial Management Department, Liwa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mechanical Department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Email: neyara.hassan@lu.ac.ae
Track 10: Beyond Chatbots: The Next Frontier of Generative AI Systems and Applications
Brief Description
Generative AI is rapidly evolving beyond text generation and conversational systems toward multimodal intelligence, autonomous agents, and real-world decision systems. This special session explores emerging architectures, applications, and deployment challenges of next-generation generative AI across healthcare, engineering, and intelligent systems
Session Chair:
Jahnavi Kachhia
California State University Fullerton, USA
Email: jahnavik186@gmail.com
Session Co-chair:
Kiran Veernapu
Brown University, USA
Email: kiran_veernapu@yahoo.com
Track 11: Artificial Intelligence Applications in E-Commerce and Digital Business: Technologies, Analytics, and Intelligent Platform
Brief Description
This special session focuses on the emerging applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in e-commerce and digital business environments. The session aims to explore innovative AI-based solutions such as intelligent recommendation systems, customer behavior analytics, fraud detection, automated customer service, demand forecasting, and personalized marketing. It also welcomes research addressing AI-enabled platform ecosystems, algorithmic pricing, logistics optimization, and the integration of AI with big data and cloud infrastructures in digital commerce.
Session Chair:
Dr. Bui Thanh Khoa
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Email: buithanhkhoa@iuh.edu.vn
Track 12: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Cybersecurity and Smart Systems
Brief Description
This special session focuses on recent advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in cybersecurity, smart systems, and digital infrastructure. As AI-driven technologies become increasingly embedded in critical infrastructure and everyday digital environments, ensuring their security, reliability, and ethical deployment has emerged as a paramount research priority.
Session Chair:
Dr. Shamim Akhter
California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Email: shamim.akhtar@csusb.edu
Session Co-Chairs:
Dr. Sungho Kim
Pacific States University, , USA
Email: shkim@psuca.edu
Dr. Roise Uddin
Pacific States University, USA
Email: ruddin@psuca.edu
