GCWOT'26: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS & OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES 2026
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, February 11th Thursday, February 12th Friday, February 13th

Wednesday, February 11th

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10:00-10:45 Session 2: Inaugural Session

Conference Opening/Inaugural Session with Welcome Speeches by the Chairs of the Conference and address of the Chief Guest. Souvenirs will be presented to the Chief Guest by Chairs and participating Vice Chancellors.

10:45-11:00 Photography and Networking Opportunity

Photography and Networking Opportunity

11:30-12:15 Session 3
11:30
Architects of Intelligence: integrating AI into Higher education Strategic framework for policy, pedagogy and infrastructure
12:30-13:30 Session 4: Technical Session I

Technical Session I which includes presentation of 04 papers.

12:30
Responsible AI Framework for Safe, Explainable, and Policy-Compliant Autonomous Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ritu Raj Lamsal
12:45
Leveraging AI Technologies for Enhanced Project Management in Industry 4.0 Construction (abstract)
13:00
FOLQR-Controlled Modular Robot for Autonomous Inspection of Small-Diameter Pipelines (abstract)
13:15
Securing Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks using Quantum Sensing: Open Issues, Challenges and Future Directions (abstract)
14:30-17:00 Session 5A: Technical Session II

Technical Session II which includes presentation of 10 papers.

14:30
Intelligent Silicon: A Systematic Study of Machine Learning for Optimization and Automation in VLSI Design and Manufacturing (abstract)
14:45
EV KIT ANALYZER FOR TESTING AND MONITORING (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tehreem Azhar
15:00
Automatic Ceramic Tile Inspection: A Comparative Study of YOLOv5 and Contour-Based Image Processing Techniques (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emroze Mughal
15:15
Harnessing Traffic Wind Energy: A Technical Approach to Sustainable Street Lighting (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dr. Babar Khan
15:30
Deep and Classical Vision Models for Industrial Defect Inspection: Statistical Benchmarking and Hybrid Model Proposal (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emroze Mughal
15:45
Strengthening Malaysian SMEs in the Digital Era: A Tech-Enabled Framework for Financial Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, and Community Development (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sonia Lohana
16:00
Strengthening Malaysian SMEs in the Digital Era: A Tech-Enabled Framework for Financial Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, and Community Development (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sonia Lohana
16:15
Ensemble Learning for Concept Drift Detection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ali Zaman
16:30
Comparative Evaluation of Active Contour and Medical Segment Anything Models for Tumor Segmentation in Multi-Modal Medical Imaging (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arif Ali Rehman
16:45
IoT Based Underwater Monitoring System using Wireless Power Transfer via Magnetically-Coupled Coils for IoUT Networks (abstract)
14:30-17:00 Session 5B: Technical Session III

Technical Session III which includes presentation of 10 papers.

14:30
GAN-Driven Defense for Securing Autonomous Vehicles from Emerging Cyber Threats (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mirza Akhi
14:45
Dataset for DDoS Detection in 5G-Enabled Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mirza Akhi
15:00
Artificial Intelligence-Driven Smart Approaches for Structural Health Monitoring in Critical Infrastructure (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhammad Nadeem
15:15
AI-Enhanced Emergency Triage: A Clinical Decision Support System with Machine Learning Integration (abstract)
15:30
AI-Enhanced Hospital Information Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis of Patient Care Improvements Across Global Healthcare Settings (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mirza Areeb Baig
15:45
Comparative Analysis of Porous and Non-Porous Titanium Alloy Scaffolds for Bone Repair: A Finite Element Method Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amna Shaikh
16:00
Electrohysterogram-based Identification of Gestational Period Variations in Uterine Electrical Activity (abstract)
16:15
Development of a Cost-Effective Multi-Parameter Patient Simulator for Enhanced Medical Education (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tooba Khan
16:30
Benchmarking AI Models for Automated Code Generation and Testing using HumanEval (abstract)
16:45
Singularity Problem in Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor (abstract)
PRESENTER: Walid Alqaisi
Thursday, February 12th

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10:30-11:30 Session 6
10:30
Control C-Design Strategy for the Optimisation of Heterogeneous Autonomous Agent Formations
12:00-13:30 Session 7A: Technical Session IV

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 06 papers.

12:00
Driver Alert System: CNN-Powered to Identify Driving-Related Eating Distraction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rafia Kiran
12:15
Deep Learning based Underwater Image Detection and Processing for Oceanography (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anila Saghir
12:30
Performance Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques for Chelosterol Prediction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Asif Nawaz
12:45
A Decentralized AI–Blockchain Framework for Adaptive Energy Efficiency and Power Management in Smart Grids (abstract)
PRESENTER: Manzar Ahmed
13:00
VGG16-Based Brain Tumor Detection with Explainable AI (abstract)
13:15
A Statistical Analysis of CNN Architectures with Grad-CAM Visualization on MRI Brain Scans (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sadia Fatima
12:00-13:30 Session 7B: Technical Session V

Technical Session V which includes presentation of 06 papers.

12:00
Comparative Analysis of Dynamic Firewall Management and Intrusion Detection Systems in Software-Defined Networks (abstract)
12:15
An Affordable and Power-Constrained Underwater Modem for AUV Swarm in ISR Applications (abstract)
12:30
An AI-Based Intrusion Detection System to Enhance Security in Software-Defined Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rizwan Iqbal
12:45
Adaptive Kalman Filtering with Machine Learning–Based Nonlinear Compensation for Underwater Vehicle State Estimation. (abstract)
13:00
Gravity Centrality: A Physics-Inspired Measure Connecting Network Influence and Human Behavior (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mahnoor Shahid
13:15
A Comparative Analysis of Modern CMOEAs for Pathfinding Problems on Real Encoding (abstract)
PRESENTER: Benish Fayyaz
14:30-17:00 Session 8A: Technical Session VI

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 10 papers.

14:30
Critical Node Identification Using Random Forest Based Weight Learning for Multi-Criteria Decision Making (abstract)
PRESENTER: Abdul Moiz
14:45
Computational Modeling of Pulsatile Non-Newtonian Blood Flow in a Stenosed Bifurcated Femoral Artery (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shahnoor Khan
15:00
Confidence-Aware Feature Recovery Using Fuzzy Denoising Autoencoders in Biomedical Datasets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Moazzama Mateen
15:15
Smart Donor Segmentation and Predictive Analytics for Fundraising Optimisation in Nonprofits (abstract)
15:30
Fuzzy Social Network Analysis through Community Detection Techniques (abstract)
PRESENTER: Faisal Ahmed
15:45
Optimizing Channel Estimation in Free Space Optical LEO-OFDM communication Systems using Clustering-Based Refinement (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saad Rustum
16:00
A Comprehensive Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Diabetes, Heart and Kidney Diseases With Cross Dataset Validation and Risk Assessment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ayesha Muntasha
16:15
A Machine Learning Approach for Risk Stratification of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetic Cohort (abstract)
16:30
Flame Sight: A deep learning framework, YOLOv8, based on Deep Learning to find forest fire (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ghafaria
16:45
Semantic Segmentation of using DeepLabV3. Wheelset Laser image defect Detection: Achieving Almost-Perfect Performance in the form of transfer. Learning and Reformulation of Tasks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zohaib Ahmad
14:30-17:00 Session 8B: Technical Session VII

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 10 papers.

14:30
Optimized News Data Fusion For Improved Financial Markets Prediction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Komal Batool
14:45
Resonance Stability and Bandwidth variation in Fabricated X Band Microstrip Resonator (abstract)
15:00
Enhancing Public Health Decision-Making through Patient-Level Healthcare Data Imputation and Machine Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sadia Aziz
15:15
From Data Driven Models to Knowledge-Guided Neural Networks: A Comparative Study on Modeling of Micro Gas Turbine (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saddam Khan
15:30
Ensemble Machine Learning for High-Fidelty Techno-Economic Forecasting of Grid-Scale Hybrid Renewable Energy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Syed Taimoor Ali
15:45
Optimizing Kalman Filter Performance for Data Loss Using Gradient Descent Technique (abstract)
PRESENTER: Haris Khan
16:00
A Digital Vaccination Tracking System for Improving Childhood Immunization Rates and Data Accuracy in Pakistan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hania Khanum
16:15
Centrality-Driven Secure Remote Monitoring and Fault Detection in Three-Tank Cyber-Physical Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ubaida Fatima
16:30
Deep Learning-Based Surface Defect Detection for Railway Track Safety (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roshni Mustafa
Friday, February 13th

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10:00-10:45 Session 9: Keynote Talk

Keynote Talk

10:00
Environment-Aware Connectivity Across Scales Sensing and Communication from Body Area to Vehicular Systems (abstract)
10:45-11:30 Session 10: Technical Session VIII

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 03 papers.

10:45
Dynamic Routing for Returned Goods Using Reinforcement Learning (abstract)
11:00
YOLO-Based Object Detection for Intelligent Maritime Surveillance and Risk Identification (abstract)
11:15
An Efficient Algorithmic Approach to Modernize Photo Negatives to Digital Images (abstract)
PRESENTER: Waleej Haider
12:00-13:30 Session 11A: Technical Session IX

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 06 papers.

12:00
An Efficient GRU Based Approach for Next Word Prediction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rohit Rawat
12:15
LEAKAGE-AWARE SEMI-BLIND BEAMFORMING FOR MULTI-AP IOT NETWORKS (abstract)
12:30
Predictive Slack-Aware Resource Allocation Framework for 6G Mobile Edge Computing Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ehsan Wadood
12:45
Quantum-Inspired Optimization based Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Defect Detection in Knitted Fabrics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Awais Yasin
13:00
Towards Climate-Resilient Farming: A Critical Review of Adaptive Decision Support Systems and User-Centered Design Approaches (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marium Jalal
13:15
Structured Pruning of LLMs for Resource-Constrained Devices: A Survey (abstract)
PRESENTER: Danish Ahmed
13:30
An Efficient Implementation of Machine Learning-Based Daily Precipitation Occurrence Forecast from Global Climate Model (abstract)
PRESENTER: Madiha Abbasi
12:00-13:30 Session 11B: Technical Session X

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 06 papers.

12:00
A Research Synthesis on Role of Chatbots and Conversational AI in Modern Education (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ganesh Kumar
12:15
Digital Twin–Enabled Predictive Maintenance for Conveyor Belt Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhammad Khalid
12:30
PrintFusion – Unified E-Printing Solutions for Tomorrow (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sudaish Kumar
12:45
Deep Learning based Intrusion Detection Solutions and Datasets for Industrial Internet of Things Security (abstract)
PRESENTER: Asad Raza
13:00
Assessing the Impact of Smart Mobility and Electric Vehicle Adoption on Carbon Emissions: A Comparative Analysis of Europe and China (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mohsin Mazari
14:30-16:30 Session 12: Technical Session XI

Technical Session IV which includes presentation of 08 papers.

14:30
Opinion Mining for Customer Satisfaction: Comparative Performance Analysis of SVM, Naïve Bayes, and Logistic Regression Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alvia Fatima
14:45
AI-Based Classification of Pre-Meal, Junk-Triggered, and Dairy-Induced Gastric Responses using EGG signals (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anusha Ishtiaq
15:00
Integrated Communication and Imaging: Design, Analysis, and Performances of COSMIC Waveforms (abstract)
15:15
A Novel Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning Paradigm for Improved Pattern Detection in Medical and Biological Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kubra Noor
15:30
Personality Trait Identification using Deep Learning and NLP: A Survey (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhammad Bilal
15:45
Examining the Potential of Reservoir-Based Floating Solar Farms and Their Impact on Aquatic Ecosystems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhammad Ismail
16:00
Big data Genomic Analysis and understanding the pathogenicity of protozoan Naegleria Genome through Insilico approach (Karachi strain) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rabia Faizan
16:15
BENCHMARKING SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hafsa Israr