SYNASC 2026: 28TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SYMBOLIC AND NUMERIC ALGORITHMS FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, September 14th Tuesday, September 15th Wednesday, September 16th Thursday, September 17th

Monday, September 14th

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09:20-10:10 Session 3: SYNASC Invited talk (B. Meyer)
Location: Room A11
09:20
Invisible Verification: the Eiffel experience (abstract)
10:30-12:30 Session 4A: SYNASC Logic and Programming track
Location: Room A11
10:30
Monomial and Graded Orders in Rocq (abstract)
PRESENTER: Micaela Mayero
10:50
Explainable Escape Analysis for Heap-to-Stack Promotion in C Programs (abstract)
11:10
Dagular: Gradually-Typed, Implicitly-Parallel Serverless Workflows (abstract)
11:30
An Algorithmically-Decoded Game Boy Emulator with Concurrent Lua Instrumentation (abstract)
11:50
The Minimal Essence of Higher-Order Functions in Maude (abstract)
10:30-12:30 Session 4B: SYNASC NSAI Special Session
Location: Room A01
10:30
GEARXAI NeuroSymbolic@IJCAI2026 Competition Winner Model Presentation
10:45
Reasoning Behind Reconstruction: A Bilingual Benchmark for Reasoning over Incomplete Artworks (abstract)
11:00
Data-aware candidate selection in NL2SQL translation via small separating instances (abstract)
11:20
Intelligent assistant for medical pre-triage (abstract)
11:40
A Formal and Simulation-Based Analysis of Hierarchical Multi-Agent Collaboration in CT Report Generation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kristijan Cincar
12:00
Score-CAM Guided Region-of-Interest Extraction with Attention-Based Classification for Chest X-Ray Pneumonia Detection (abstract)
12:15
EndoFormer: Biologically Grounded Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning over CT Foundation-Model Representations for Adrenocortical Carcinoma (abstract)
13:30-14:20 Session 5: SYNASC Invited talk (M. Roggenbach)
Location: Room A11
13:30
Verifying Ladder Logic Programs in the Railway Domain – Theory and Practice (abstract)
14:20-16:20 Session 6A: SYNASC Theory of Computing + Numerical Computing (1) tracks
Location: Room A11
14:20
Minimum-Cost Electoral Manipulation under Media Influence: Hardness, Approximation, and Algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adrian Miclaus
14:40
A Behavioural Theory of Probabilistic Algorithms Using Probabilistic Abstract State Machines (abstract)
15:00
Program and Proof in F* of an LTL Model Checking Algorithm (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stéphane Aubry
15:20
On Counting the Shortest Paths for Hammocks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carmen Terei
15:40
FPScan: An Automated Constraint-Based Analyzer for Floating-Point Anomaly Detection (abstract)
16:00
A Fast Matrix-Vector Product for Fibonacci-Mandelbrot Matrices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michelle Hatzel
14:20-16:20 Session 6B: SYNASC WSAI Workshop (1)
Location: Room A01
14:20
Semi-supervised Learning for Robust Time Series Classification in Remote Health Monitoring (abstract)
14:40
Temporal and Climate-Aware Predictive Modeling of Emergency Department Attendance in Romania (abstract)
15:00
Study On Hierarchical Classification Of Alzheimer’s Disease Stages From MRI Scans (abstract)
15:20
Multimodal RGB–LiDAR Fusion for Robust Object Detection (abstract)
15:40
Analysis of PS-InSAR and Precipitation Time Series Using Univariate and Multivariate Bayesian Ensemble Modeling (abstract)
16:00
Hybrid Deep Learning Pipelines for Detection of Churches in Satellite Images (abstract)
14:20-16:20 Session 6C: SYNASC IAFP workshop (1)
Location: Room 048
14:20
The role of nonexpansive type mappings in designing fixed point algorithms for Data Science problems (abstract)
16:40-18:00 Session 7A: SYNASC Numerical Computing track (2)
Location: Room A11
16:40
A comparision between different heuristic in solving Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem (abstract)
17:00
Native Differential Addition in (Y, Z) Coordinates for Twisted Edwards Curves (abstract)
17:20
Characterizing NVFP4 and FP8 Low-Precision LLM Inference on GB10 Grace Blackwell: A Numerical-Error and Throughput Study (abstract)
17:40
Physics-Informed Neural Networks and Method-of-Steps Integration for the Mackey-Glass Delay Differential Equation: A Comparative Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vlad Ifju
16:40-18:00 Session 7B: HRIA networking session
Location: Room A01
16:40
Exploring AI-Driven Research with DATA SWEEP
16:40-18:00 Session 7C: SYNASC IAFP workshop (2)
Location: Room 048
16:40
Fixed point results for nonself contractions in strong b-metric spaces (abstract)
17:00
Feng-Liu and Kikkawa-Suzuki contractions on sets with a cyclical representation and applications (abstract)
17:20
On some strict fixed point results for Ćirić type contractions (abstract)
17:40
New iteration process for approximating fixed points of enriched nonexpansive operators (abstract)
18:00
Improving Forecast Stability in Financial Time Series through Adaptive Retraining (abstract)
Tuesday, September 15th

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09:00-09:50 Session 8A: SYNASC Invited talk (T. Ida)
Location: Room A11
09:00
Revisiting Computational Origami in the Era of Large Language Models (abstract)
09:50-11:10 Session 9A: SYNASC Symbolic Computation track (1)
Chair:
Location: Room A11
09:50
A Jacobian Rank Certificate for Generic Recoverability of Block-Term Tensor Decompositions (abstract)
10:10
Progress in Benchmarking Generics for Mathematical Computation (abstract)
10:30
High-Level Big Integer Arithmetic in Futhark for GPUs (abstract)
10:50
Guaranteed Pathological Inputs Generation to Warrant Floating-Point Error Bounds (abstract)
PRESENTER: David Hamelin
09:50-11:10 Session 9B: SYNASC ACsys workshop (1)
Location: Room 048
09:50
Robust Multi-View Pedestrian Detection through Coordinated Per-Camera Assessment and Adaptive Intervention (abstract)
10:10
A Robustness Assessment Framework for 2D Brain Tumor Segmentation under Missing MRI Modalities (abstract)
10:30
A Hybrid Framework for Low-Overhead Observability and Runtime Verification in Concurrent Multi-Agent Systems (abstract)
10:50
A Multi-Agent Microservices Framework for Intelligent Hospital Scheduling Supported by Machine Learning on Clinical Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kristijan Cincar
09:50-10:40 Session 9C: FROM: Invited talk (Gh. Stefanescu)
Location: Room A01
09:50
Artificial Consciousness in Complex Computing Networks (abstract)
10:40-11:10 Session 10: FROM session
Location: Room A01
10:40
Formalization of fragments of the theory of hereditarily finite sets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Štěpán Holub
11:30-12:50 Session 11A: SYNASC Symbolic Computation track (2)
Location: Room A11
11:30
Reducing the computation of convex hulls to linear programming (abstract)
11:50
The Search for Sharac Quandles (abstract)
12:10
A Computer-Aided Study of the Diminished Euler Sombor Index (Work in progress paper) (abstract)
12:30
Improvements to the Frobenius Method (abstract)
11:30-12:50 Session 11B: SYNASC ACSys workshop (2)
Chair:
Location: Room 048
11:30
Efficient Deep Learning and Homology Ensemble for Protein Function Prediction in CAFA 6 (abstract)
11:50
Ami: a Chatbot for Emotional Support in Romanian (abstract)
12:10
Comparing Evacuation Strategies Through Agent-Based Simulation on Real World Maps (abstract)
11:30-12:50 Session 11C: FROM session
Location: Room A01
11:30
Synthesizing Update-Schedules with Game-Based Extension of Bounded Model Checking (abstract)
PRESENTER: Janis Kröger
12:00
Subsumption-Free Private-Pivot Learning in Resolvable Network-Based SAT Solving (abstract)
12:30
Monitoring and Verification of Multitenant Kubernetes Clusters using TLA+ Trace Checking (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ioana Silaș
14:00-14:50 Session 12: SYNASC&FROM Invited talk (G. Rosu)
Location: Room A11
14:00
FastSet: Verified Settlement for AI-Native Work (abstract)
14:50-16:50 Session 13A: SYNASC Artificial Intelligence track (1)
Location: Room A11
14:50
Benchmarking Vision-Language Models Across All Romanian Driving License Categories: A Failure Mode Analysis (abstract)
15:10
RoJBMO: Evaluating Large Language Models on Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad Problems (abstract)
15:30
Multilingual Phishing Email Generation and Detection: A Synthetic Data Pipeline with GRPO Fine-Tuning (abstract)
15:50
Cross-lingual Relation Extraction with Large Language Models: Zero-Shot, Few-Shot, and Fine-Tuned Evaluation on Romanian (abstract)
16:10
Towards Automatising the Formulation of Industrial Optimisation Problems with LLMs: A Case Study (abstract)
16:30
OpenRoGrid: A Public Dataset and Machine Learning Benchmark for Romanian Electricity Load Forecasting (abstract)
14:50-16:50 Session 13B: SYNASC PhD Special Session (1)
Location: Room 048
14:50
A Verification-First Computational Pipeline for Extremal Problems on Degree-Based Graph Indices (abstract)
15:10
A Computational Test for Total Orderability of Graph Families by Degree-Based Topological Indices (abstract)
15:30
Detecting and Mitigating Hallucinations in Large Language Models via Confidence Signals and Internal States (abstract)
15:50
Neural Network-Based Prediction of N-Body System Evolution (abstract)
16:10
A Comparative Evaluation of Intelligent Methods for Code Smell Detection in Python (abstract)
16:30
Corner-Guided Bottom-Up Wireframe Parsing (abstract)
14:50-16:50 Session 13C: FROM session
Location: Room A01
14:50
Formalizing the Omega Test in Dafny - Short Paper (abstract)
15:20
The formalization of two computational models in Dafny - Short Paper (abstract)
15:50
Certified Compilation in the TELEPERM XS Nuclear Safety I&C Platform (abstract)
16:20
Fewer Assumptions by Design: A Reusable Skill for LLM-Assisted Verus Verification (abstract)
17:10-19:10 Session 14A: SYNASC Artificial Intelligence track (2)
Location: Room A11
17:10
TREAT: Evaluating Access to Formal Knowledge across Equivalent Mathematical Representations (abstract)
17:30
Multimodal MRI Fusion Strategies for Brain Tumor Segmentation Using TransResU-Net (abstract)
17:50
Beneficial but Not Sufficient: A Multi-Dimensional Ablation of Metadata Richness for Text-to-SQL Correctness (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gary Zavaleta
18:10
Matter Device Class Detection Based on Encrypted Traffic Using Tree-Based Methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ioan Pădurean
18:30
Multi-Layered Semantic Validation: A Defense-in-Depth Approach against White-Box Adversarial Attacks on Deepfake Audio (abstract)
17:10-19:10 Session 14B: SYNASC PhD Special Session (2)
Location: Room 048
17:10
Multispectral Voice Extraction Biometric System for Wearable Medical Devices (abstract)
17:30
Comparative Analysis on how the Architecture of an Autoencoder Could Affect the Result of a XAI Post-Method (abstract)
17:50
A Consolidated Eight-Class Engine-Component Detection Dataset and an In-Domain YOLOv11 Variant Study for Automotive Diagnostics (abstract)
18:10
MyMed: Patient-Centered Laboratory Report Analysis with Faithfulness Verification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roxana Savu
18:30
Performance Evaluation of the Naccache-Stern Trapdoor Scheme vs. NIST P-256 and Curve25519 in Classical and NISQ Environments (abstract)
17:10-19:10 Session 14C: FROM session
Location: Room A01
17:10
Domain Theory Meets Interaction Trees in Rocq (abstract)
17:40
Certification of Bilateral Patience Sort in Theorema and Rocq (abstract)
Wednesday, September 16th

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09:00-09:50 Session 15: SYNASC&FROM Invited talk (D. Lucanu)
Location: Room A11
09:00
Matching-Logic-Based Domain Specific Reasoning (abstract)
09:50-10:40 Session 16: SYNASC&FROM Invited talk (T. Kutsia)
Location: Room A11
09:50
Logic-Based Generalization: Theory and Applications (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 17A: SYNASC&FROM Tutorial (P.C. Ölveczky)
Location: Room A11
11:00
Formal Modeling and Analysis of Distributed and Real-Time Systems in Maude (abstract)
11:00-12:20 Session 17B: SYNASC NCA workshop (1)
Location: Room 048
11:00
Art Museum Feedback Sentiment Analysis: A Word2Vec, XGBoost and Quasi-Reflexive Genetic Sinh - Cosh Optimizer Approach (abstract)
11:20
Semantic Segmentation of Maize–Weed Fields for Precision Spraying (abstract)
11:40
An Interactive Museum Platform for Visitor Engagement with AI-Powered Hybrid Head--Face Swap (abstract)
12:00
AI-Assisted Contextualization of Museum Artefacts (abstract)
13:30-15:30 Session 18A: SYNASC Artificial Intelligence track (3)
Location: Room A11
13:30
Registry-Driven Multi-Modal Computer Vision for Industrial Device Identification (abstract)
13:50
3D Object Reassembly of Broken Objects using Deep Learning Methods (abstract)
14:10
ViTs and CNNs Under NPR Anonymization (abstract)
14:30
Hybrid CNN-VMamba Architecture for Real-Time Semantic Segmentation of Autonomous Driving Scenes (abstract)
13:30-15:30 Session 18B: SYNASC PhD Special Session (3)
Location: Room 048
13:30
AI Detection and Camera-LiDAR Early Fusion for Distance Estimation under Progressive Sensor Degradation (abstract)
13:50
Reliability-Calibrated Labels for Predicting Problematic Internet Use in Adolescents (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bahar Atayeva
14:10
Beyond Polarity: Sentiment-Quality Features for Cross-Sectional Volatility Prediction with Deep Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Ciocan
14:30
Content-Based Image Retrieval of Roman Settlements Across Multiple Image Representations Using Canny-HOG Features and Orientation Data (abstract)
14:50
A Hybrid Deep-Shallow Air Quality Anomaly Detection Method (abstract)
15:10
Transformer-Based Anomaly Detection in Decentralized Exchange Transactions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Precupas
13:30-14:20 Session 18C: FROM invited talk (R. Iosif)
Location: Room A01
13:30
Robust and Effective Recognisability of Small Tree-Width Graphs (abstract)
14:20-15:20 Session 19: FROM session
Location: Room A01
14:20
Verifying Graceful Degradation in a Distributed Malware-Detection System with SPIN (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrei Aldea
14:50
Semi-automated Verification of Symbolic Invariants In Extended Symmetric Nets (abstract)
Thursday, September 17th

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09:00-09:50 Session 20A: SYNASC invited talk (N. Sebe)
Location: Room A11
09:00
How AI Learns to See, Generate, and Judge Fairly (abstract)
09:00-09:50 Session 20B: FROM invited talk (C. Dima)
Chair:
Location: Room A01
09:00
Foundations of a theory of bandwidth for timed automata (abstract)
09:50-11:50 Session 21A: SYNASC Artificial Intelligence track (4)
Chair:
Location: Room A11
09:50
Solving bilevel multi-objective optimization problems with Lorenz dominance (abstract)
PRESENTER: Laura Ruff
10:10
Escaping Forests using Evolutionary Computation (abstract)
10:30
Machine-Learning Assisted Gradient-Descent Bit-Flipping Decoding (abstract)
10:50
Automatic Guitar Tone Matching: A Closed-Loop Framework Integrating Symbolic Generative AI and Genetic Optimization (abstract)
11:10
Distinguishing AI-Generated Music from Edited Audio as a Hard-Negative Robustness Task (abstract)
11:30
Hierarchical and Explainable Forensics of Manipulated Facial Images (abstract)
09:50-11:50 Session 21B: SYNASC NCA (2) & SegWEDA workshops
Location: Room 048
09:50
Benchmarking Self-Supervised Speech Representations for Cross-Corpus Emotion Recognition: Wav2Vec2 vs. HuBERT vs. WavLM vs. Whisper vs. Classical Baselines (abstract)
10:10
Meta-GA-Evolved Hyperparameters by Objective, Starting Condition, and Evaluation Budget (abstract)
10:30
VR-Based Training of Daily Living Skills in Autism with Quantitative Progress Monitoring (abstract)
10:50
AIR-TV: Generating Scientific News Broadcasts Using Generative AI Models (abstract)
09:50-11:30 Session 21C: FROM session
Chair:
Location: Room A01
09:50
Dependently Typed Model Composition for Matching Logic (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ádám Kurucz
10:20
Complete Heyting algebra semantics for an intuitionistic version of Matching Logic (abstract)
12:10-13:30 Session 22: SYNASC Artificial Intelligence track (5)
Location: Room A11
12:10
X-BrainVAE: Transformer-based Variational Autoencoders for Debiasing EEG Data (abstract)
12:30
End-to-End AI-Assisted Discovery and Validation of Improper Privilege Management in WordPress Plugins: The Case of CVE-2026-6741 (abstract)
12:50
Symbolic Distillation of Random Forests for Real-Time Behavioural Classification of Player Frustration and Engagement (abstract)
13:10
A Semantic Investigation of Spiking Neural P Systems with Mute Rules (abstract)
14:30-16:30 Session 23: SYNASC Artificial Intelligence track (6)
Location: Room A11
14:30
Detecting AI-Generated Code Under Cosmetic Transformations: A Graph-Neural Approach (abstract)
14:50
Wi-Fi, Noise, and Chewing: What Actually Breaks a Consumer BCI (abstract)
15:10
A Łukasiewicz-Moisil Abstraction of Gene Regulatory Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bogdan Macovei
15:30
Revisiting UltraScanNet: Multi-Scale Fusion, Refinement, and the Limits of One-Shot Language Cues for Breast Ultrasound Classification (abstract)
15:50
Multimodal Hierarchical Retrieval for Medical Image Search (abstract)