Programme

Programme Overview

Explore the proposed Cyberworlds 2026 programme, including keynote and opening addresses, track sessions, and accepted paper presentations.

Proposed conference programme

Online

15–17 December 2026

All times are UK time (GMT / UTC+0).

Programme at a glance

All times are UK time (GMT / UTC+0).

Tuesday, 15 December

Opening

09:00 Chair & Coordinator remarks; 09:20 Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

Keynote

11:45–12:30 David Megías Jiménez

Track sessions

Track 1: Cognitive HMI (09:35–11:05); Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds (11:45–14:15)

Finish: 14:30

Wednesday, 16 December

Opening

09:00 Professor Ben Whiteside

Keynote

15:30–16:15 Ophir Frieder

Track sessions

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing (09:15–15:30 incl. lunch)

Finish: 16:30

Thursday, 17 December

Opening

09:00 Dr Ci Lei

Keynote

09:15–10:00 Saad Ahmed Qazi

Track sessions

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning (10:15–12:45); closing remarks from 13:15

Finish: 13:35

Date	Opening	Keynote	Track sessions	Finish
Tuesday, 15 December	09:00 Chair & Coordinator remarks; 09:20 Professor Sherif El-Khamisy	11:45–12:30 David Megías Jiménez	Track 1: Cognitive HMI (09:35–11:05); Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds (11:45–14:15)	14:30
Wednesday, 16 December	09:00 Professor Ben Whiteside	15:30–16:15 Ophir Frieder	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing (09:15–15:30 incl. lunch)	16:30
Thursday, 17 December	09:00 Dr Ci Lei	09:15–10:00 Saad Ahmed Qazi	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning (10:15–12:45); closing remarks from 13:15	13:35

Speakers and Track Chairs

Keynote speakers

Professor Ophir Frieder

Georgetown University — “Digital Health: Augmented Intelligence”

Professor David Megías Jiménez

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya — “Information Hiding in Modern Cyberspaces: Balancing Privacy, Security, and Covert Threats”

Professor Saad Ahmed Qazi

NED University — “The Relevance Challenge: Rethinking Universities in an Age of Accelerating Technological Change”

Opening addresses

Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

Pro Vice Chancellor Research, University of Bradford

Professor Ben Whiteside

Director of Institute for Digital and Sustainable Futures, University of Bradford

Dr Ci Lei

Head of School of Computing, University of Bradford

Track chairs

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction

Dr Olga Sourina

Track 2: Visual and Interactive Computing

Dr Irfan Mehmood

Track 3: AI and Machine Learning

Dr Zied Mnasri

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds

Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

Detailed programme

Select a day to view its full session schedule.

Tuesday, 15 December 2026

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction · Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds

Track 1 chair: Dr Olga Sourina · Track 4 chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

View 17 sessions

09:00–09:10

Welcome remarks

Conference welcome and opening remarks

Presenter: Professor Hassan Ugail

Conference Chair (General and Programme)

09:10–09:20

Welcome remarks

Conference welcome and programme remarks

Presenter: Professor Alexei Sourin

Conference Coordinator and Programme Co-chair

09:20–09:35

Opening address

Presenter: Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

09:35–09:55

Full paper

#5821 Exploring VR-Based EOG Eye-Writing as a Hands-Free HCI Modality for Digit Recognition

Presenter: Ye-Ji Jin

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina

09:55–10:10

Short paper

#6999 Portable Lemon Grading System Featuring a Projection-Guided Free-Placement Workspace

Presenter: Ye-Seul Jang

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina

10:10–10:25

Short paper

#5250 An Agentic Interview Paradigm for Human-Readable Analysis of Hearback Errors in Air Traffic Control

Presenter: Yanjie Zhang

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina

10:25–10:45

Full paper

#3708 Cross-cultural and Gender-dependent Investigation of User Perception for Embodied Conversational Agent

Presenter: Nathalia Sautchuk-Patricio

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina

10:45–11:05

Full paper

#3487 Gaze-Contingent Audio for Immersive Mobile Reading and Augmented Audiobooks

Presenter: Christoph Gerhardt

Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina

11:05–11:45

Break

11:45–12:30

Keynote + accepted paper

#7428 Information Hiding in Modern Cyberspaces: Balancing Privacy, Security, and Covert Threats

Presenter: Professor David Megías Jiménez

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

12:30–12:45

Short paper

#2403 TransGAT-Guard: A Hybrid Transformer–Graph Attention Framework for Real-Time Intrusion Detection and Prevention in Software-Defined Networking

Presenter: Gokulraj G

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

12:45–13:05

Full paper

#7229 Guarding Augmented Reality: A Verifiable Neuro-Symbolic Shield against Visual Information Manipulation

Presenter: Pier Mattia Basciano

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

13:05–13:25

Full paper

#3663 Stormshadow: A Lightweight Framework for Single-Host Simulation of Distributed UDP Denial-of-Service Attacks

Presenter: Martin Harwood

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

13:25–13:45

Full paper

#3561 Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of an Integrated SDN–NFV–CASB Security Architecture for Mobile Cloud Computing

Presenter: Cyril Godwin Suetor

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

13:45–14:00

Short paper

#6543 Ensemble-Based Deepfake Detection: Robust Cross-Dataset Generalization with State-of-the-Art Models

Presenter: Muhammad Haroon Wahab

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

14:00–14:15

Short paper

#1548 SIoT-Sim: A Realistic Dataset for Resilient Trust Management and AI-Driven Evaluation in Social Internet of Things

Presenter: Meriem Chiraz Zouzou

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah

14:15–14:30

Day wrap

Day 1 announcements / contingency

Discussion / contingency

Time	Type	Paper / presentation	Presenter	Track / note
09:00–09:10	Welcome remarks	Conference welcome and opening remarks	Professor Hassan Ugail	Conference Chair (General and Programme)
09:10–09:20	Welcome remarks	Conference welcome and programme remarks	Professor Alexei Sourin	Conference Coordinator and Programme Co-chair
09:20–09:35	Opening address	Opening address	Professor Sherif El-Khamisy
09:35–09:55	Full paper	#5821 Exploring VR-Based EOG Eye-Writing as a Hands-Free HCI Modality for Digit Recognition	Ye-Ji Jin	Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina
09:55–10:10	Short paper	#6999 Portable Lemon Grading System Featuring a Projection-Guided Free-Placement Workspace	Ye-Seul Jang	Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina
10:10–10:25	Short paper	#5250 An Agentic Interview Paradigm for Human-Readable Analysis of Hearback Errors in Air Traffic Control	Yanjie Zhang	Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina
10:25–10:45	Full paper	#3708 Cross-cultural and Gender-dependent Investigation of User Perception for Embodied Conversational Agent	Nathalia Sautchuk-Patricio	Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina
10:45–11:05	Full paper	#3487 Gaze-Contingent Audio for Immersive Mobile Reading and Augmented Audiobooks	Christoph Gerhardt	Track 1: Cognitive Human–Machine Interaction / Chair: Dr Olga Sourina
11:05–11:45	Break	Break		Break
11:45–12:30	Keynote + accepted paper	#7428 Information Hiding in Modern Cyberspaces: Balancing Privacy, Security, and Covert Threats	Professor David Megías Jiménez	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
12:30–12:45	Short paper	#2403 TransGAT-Guard: A Hybrid Transformer–Graph Attention Framework for Real-Time Intrusion Detection and Prevention in Software-Defined Networking	Gokulraj G	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
12:45–13:05	Full paper	#7229 Guarding Augmented Reality: A Verifiable Neuro-Symbolic Shield against Visual Information Manipulation	Pier Mattia Basciano	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
13:05–13:25	Full paper	#3663 Stormshadow: A Lightweight Framework for Single-Host Simulation of Distributed UDP Denial-of-Service Attacks	Martin Harwood	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
13:25–13:45	Full paper	#3561 Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of an Integrated SDN–NFV–CASB Security Architecture for Mobile Cloud Computing	Cyril Godwin Suetor	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
13:45–14:00	Short paper	#6543 Ensemble-Based Deepfake Detection: Robust Cross-Dataset Generalization with State-of-the-Art Models	Muhammad Haroon Wahab	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
14:00–14:15	Short paper	#1548 SIoT-Sim: A Realistic Dataset for Resilient Trust Management and AI-Driven Evaluation in Social Internet of Things	Meriem Chiraz Zouzou	Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds / Chairs: Dr Amna Qureshi and Dr Fatima Zahrah
14:15–14:30	Day wrap	Day 1 announcements / contingency		Discussion / contingency

Wednesday, 16 December 2026

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing

Track chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

View 22 sessions

09:00–09:15

Opening address

Presenter: Professor Ben Whiteside

09:15–09:35

Full paper

#4754 Color Communication Support System for Color Vision Deficiency Using AR and mLLMs

Presenter: Zhenyang Zhu

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

09:35–09:55

Full paper

#4247 Teaching Airline Ramp Handling Operations Using Virtual Reality: A Mixed-Methods Study of Learning, Motivation, and Moderators of Acceptance

Presenter: Budianto Tandianus

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

09:55–10:15

Full paper

#7485 An OCT-Based Mapping Framework for Metamorphopsia Analysis

Presenter: Xiaoyang Mao

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

10:15–10:30

Short paper

#3927 Lightweight Deep Learning Model-based Meat Grilling Support System for Color Vision Deficiency

Presenter: Kangming Yan

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

10:30–10:45

Short paper

#7015 EverFruit: A Mobile AR Game for Season-Independent Outdoor Learning

Presenter: Keisuke Watanabe

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

10:45–11:00

Short paper

#2883 Photovoltaic Planner: A Web-Based XR Digital Twin for Engineering Education

Presenter: Budianto Tandianus

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

11:00–11:20

Full paper

#4471 RGB Gain Residual Learning with Haar Restoration for Low-Light Enhancement

Presenter: Mengjiao Lu

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

11:20–11:40

Full paper

#4038 AI-Powered Smart Glasses for Assisting Visually Impaired Individuals Using Real-Time Object Detection and Multilingual Text Recognition

Presenter: Fahad Rasheed

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

11:40–12:00

Full paper

#2712 Improving Biometric Identification through automated enhancement of damaged fingerprints of aged and labour individuals

Presenter: Sharlet Khokhar

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

12:00–12:45

Lunch / comfort break

12:45–13:05

Full paper

#5270 AI-Powered Real-Time Pakistan Sign Language Interpreter on a Vision Edge Node

Presenter: Mehwish Raza

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

13:05–13:20

Short paper

#4795 Seeing the Retina Through Questions: An Evidence-Aware Visual Question Answering Framework for Diabetic Retinopathy

Presenter: Bisma Imran

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

13:20–13:35

Short paper

#3853 Comparative Evaluation of Fine-Tuned MMS-TTS and Orpheus TTS for Urdu Speech Synthesis on a Custom 123-Hour Corpus

Presenter: Hamza Munir Kidwai

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

13:35–13:50

Short paper

#9996 Secure Edge Deployment of Machine Vision System on FPGA Platform: Reducing Cloud-Related Privacy and Security Risks

Presenter: Fakhra Aftab

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

13:50–14:10

Full paper

#1870 Contextual Hybrid Oversampling via Modal Segmentation and K means Yield

Presenter: Ali Zaman

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

14:10–14:30

Full paper

#0001 Structure-Aware Temporal Gaussian Splatting for Maize Seedling Growth Registration and Visualization

Presenter: Zihan Zhang

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

14:30–14:50

Full paper

#1861 Usability Evaluation of a VR Training Scenario for Airport Baggage Handling Systems

Presenter: Jeremi Ranosz

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

14:50–15:10

Full paper

#7698 Investigating Tracking Fidelity of Smartphone AR IK Avatars for Social Presence in Cross-Reality Collaboration

Presenter: Elhassan Makled

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

15:10–15:30

Full paper

#4484 Policy-as-Governor: A Runtime Governance Architecture for Interactive Policy Experimentation in Multi-Agent Cyberworlds

Presenter: Oluwashina Atere

Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood

15:30–16:15

Keynote

Digital Health: Augmented Intelligence

Presenter: Professor Ophir Frieder

Thematic bridge: augmented intelligence, digital health and interactive cyberworlds

16:15–16:30

Day wrap

Day 2 announcements / contingency

Discussion / contingency

Time	Type	Paper / presentation	Presenter	Track / note
09:00–09:15	Opening address	Opening address	Professor Ben Whiteside
09:15–09:35	Full paper	#4754 Color Communication Support System for Color Vision Deficiency Using AR and mLLMs	Zhenyang Zhu	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
09:35–09:55	Full paper	#4247 Teaching Airline Ramp Handling Operations Using Virtual Reality: A Mixed-Methods Study of Learning, Motivation, and Moderators of Acceptance	Budianto Tandianus	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
09:55–10:15	Full paper	#7485 An OCT-Based Mapping Framework for Metamorphopsia Analysis	Xiaoyang Mao	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
10:15–10:30	Short paper	#3927 Lightweight Deep Learning Model-based Meat Grilling Support System for Color Vision Deficiency	Kangming Yan	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
10:30–10:45	Short paper	#7015 EverFruit: A Mobile AR Game for Season-Independent Outdoor Learning	Keisuke Watanabe	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
10:45–11:00	Short paper	#2883 Photovoltaic Planner: A Web-Based XR Digital Twin for Engineering Education	Budianto Tandianus	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
11:00–11:20	Full paper	#4471 RGB Gain Residual Learning with Haar Restoration for Low-Light Enhancement	Mengjiao Lu	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
11:20–11:40	Full paper	#4038 AI-Powered Smart Glasses for Assisting Visually Impaired Individuals Using Real-Time Object Detection and Multilingual Text Recognition	Fahad Rasheed	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
11:40–12:00	Full paper	#2712 Improving Biometric Identification through automated enhancement of damaged fingerprints of aged and labour individuals	Sharlet Khokhar	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
12:00–12:45		Lunch / comfort break
12:45–13:05	Full paper	#5270 AI-Powered Real-Time Pakistan Sign Language Interpreter on a Vision Edge Node	Mehwish Raza	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
13:05–13:20	Short paper	#4795 Seeing the Retina Through Questions: An Evidence-Aware Visual Question Answering Framework for Diabetic Retinopathy	Bisma Imran	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
13:20–13:35	Short paper	#3853 Comparative Evaluation of Fine-Tuned MMS-TTS and Orpheus TTS for Urdu Speech Synthesis on a Custom 123-Hour Corpus	Hamza Munir Kidwai	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
13:35–13:50	Short paper	#9996 Secure Edge Deployment of Machine Vision System on FPGA Platform: Reducing Cloud-Related Privacy and Security Risks	Fakhra Aftab	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
13:50–14:10	Full paper	#1870 Contextual Hybrid Oversampling via Modal Segmentation and K means Yield	Ali Zaman	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
14:10–14:30	Full paper	#0001 Structure-Aware Temporal Gaussian Splatting for Maize Seedling Growth Registration and Visualization	Zihan Zhang	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
14:30–14:50	Full paper	#1861 Usability Evaluation of a VR Training Scenario for Airport Baggage Handling Systems	Jeremi Ranosz	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
14:50–15:10	Full paper	#7698 Investigating Tracking Fidelity of Smartphone AR IK Avatars for Social Presence in Cross-Reality Collaboration	Elhassan Makled	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
15:10–15:30	Full paper	#4484 Policy-as-Governor: A Runtime Governance Architecture for Interactive Policy Experimentation in Multi-Agent Cyberworlds	Oluwashina Atere	Track 2: Visual & Interactive Computing / Chair: Dr Irfan Mehmood
15:30–16:15	Keynote	Digital Health: Augmented Intelligence	Professor Ophir Frieder	Thematic bridge: augmented intelligence, digital health and interactive cyberworlds
16:15–16:30	Day wrap	Day 2 announcements / contingency		Discussion / contingency

Thursday, 17 December 2026

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning

Track chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

View 14 sessions

09:00–09:15

Opening address

Presenter: Dr Ci Lei

09:15–10:00

Keynote

Keynote — The Relevance Challenge: Rethinking Universities in an Age of Accelerating Technological Change

Presenter: Professor Saad Ahmed Qazi

10:00–10:15

Break

Comfort / technical break

Break

10:15–10:35

Full paper

#7395 Frugal Parkinson’s Tremor Screening from Smartphone Videos Using TCN-Attention

Presenter: Thiheebah alwaer

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

10:35–10:55

Full paper

#2815 ALEX: An Emotion-Aware Digital Human for Real-Time Human–Avatar Interaction

Presenter: Florian Gamillscheg

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

10:55–11:15

Full paper

#9668 Show Your Work: Faithful Neuro-Symbolic Proof-Traces for Embodied Agents in Cyberworlds

Presenter: Gianvito Antenori

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

11:15–11:35

Full paper

#2998 ML-TMSIoT: A Machine Learning-Based Trust Management Model for the Social Internet of Things

Presenter: Meriem Chiraz Zouzou

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

11:35–11:55

Full paper

#4440 Cross-Medium Artist Verification Across Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures Using Pretrained Visual Embeddings

Presenter: Shaun Bottomley

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

11:55–12:15

Full paper

#3776 Explainable Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance Using Enterprise Operational Records

Presenter: Vivian Ijomah

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

12:15–12:30

Short paper

#2568 Beyond the Prompt: Evaluation of the Effect of Prompt Sensitivity on Brand Visibility in Large Language Models

Presenter: Noor Khilji

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

12:30–12:45

Short paper

#1248 Evaluating Deep Face Recognition Embeddings for Facial Fatigue Classification

Presenter: Maida Alamgir

Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri

12:45–13:15

Lunch / comfort break

Break

13:15–13:25

Closing remarks

Conference Chair closing remarks

Presenter: Professor Hassan Ugail

Conference Chair (General and Programme)

13:25–13:35

Closing remarks

Conference Coordinator closing remarks

Presenter: Professor Alexei Sourin

Conference Coordinator and Program Co-chair

Time	Type	Paper / presentation	Presenter	Track / note
09:00–09:15	Opening address	Opening address	Dr Ci Lei
09:15–10:00	Keynote	Keynote — The Relevance Challenge: Rethinking Universities in an Age of Accelerating Technological Change	Professor Saad Ahmed Qazi
10:00–10:15	Break	Comfort / technical break		Break
10:15–10:35	Full paper	#7395 Frugal Parkinson’s Tremor Screening from Smartphone Videos Using TCN-Attention	Thiheebah alwaer	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
10:35–10:55	Full paper	#2815 ALEX: An Emotion-Aware Digital Human for Real-Time Human–Avatar Interaction	Florian Gamillscheg	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
10:55–11:15	Full paper	#9668 Show Your Work: Faithful Neuro-Symbolic Proof-Traces for Embodied Agents in Cyberworlds	Gianvito Antenori	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
11:15–11:35	Full paper	#2998 ML-TMSIoT: A Machine Learning-Based Trust Management Model for the Social Internet of Things	Meriem Chiraz Zouzou	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
11:35–11:55	Full paper	#4440 Cross-Medium Artist Verification Across Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures Using Pretrained Visual Embeddings	Shaun Bottomley	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
11:55–12:15	Full paper	#3776 Explainable Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance Using Enterprise Operational Records	Vivian Ijomah	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
12:15–12:30	Short paper	#2568 Beyond the Prompt: Evaluation of the Effect of Prompt Sensitivity on Brand Visibility in Large Language Models	Noor Khilji	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
12:30–12:45	Short paper	#1248 Evaluating Deep Face Recognition Embeddings for Facial Fatigue Classification	Maida Alamgir	Track 3: AI & Machine Learning / Chair: Dr Zied Mnasri
12:45–13:15		Lunch / comfort break		Break
13:15–13:25	Closing remarks	Conference Chair closing remarks	Professor Hassan Ugail	Conference Chair (General and Programme)
13:25–13:35	Closing remarks	Conference Coordinator closing remarks	Professor Alexei Sourin	Conference Coordinator and Program Co-chair

Scheduling notes

Official time zone: UK time. On 15–17 December 2026 the UK is on GMT (UTC+0).
Conference window: all programme activity is scheduled within 09:00–17:00 UK time.
Paper timing: Full paper = 15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A (20 min total). Short paper = 10 min presentation + 5 min Q&A (15 min total).
Keynote timing: 30 min keynote + 15 min Q&A (45 min total).
Opening addresses: 15 minutes each. The conference opens with 10-minute remarks from the Conference Chair and 10-minute remarks from the Conference Coordinator, and closes with 10-minute remarks from each.

List of Accepted Papers

The accepted papers are listed by conference track and submission category.

Track 1: Visual and Interactive Computing

Full Papers

12 papers

Paper 4484
Policy-as-Governor: A Runtime Governance Architecture for Interactive Policy Experimentation in Multi-Agent Cyberworlds
Oluwashina Atere, Tillal Eldabi and Irfan Mehmood
Paper 4754
Color Communication Support System for Color Vision Deficiency Using AR and mLLMs
Zhenyang Zhu, Takuya Oishi, Kentaro Go, Won-Du Chang and Xiaoyang Mao
Paper 1861
Usability Evaluation of a VR Training Scenario for Airport Baggage Handling Systems
Jeremi Ranosz and Krzysztof Walczak
Paper 1870
Contextual Hybrid Oversampling via Modal Segmentation and K means Yield
Ali Zaman and Tariq Mahmood
Paper 0001
Structure-Aware Temporal Gaussian Splatting for Maize Seedling Growth Registration and Visualization
Zihan Zhang and Stefan Gumhold
Paper 4038
AI-Powered Smart Glasses for Assisting Visually Impaired Individuals Using Real-Time Object Detection and Multilingual Text Recognition
Sehrish Ahmed Sangrasi, Laiba Mushtaq, Fahad Rasheed, Abdul Ahad and Majida Kazmi
Paper 2712
Improving Biometric Identification through automated enhancement of damaged fingerprints of aged and labour individuals
Dr Majida Kazmi and Sharlet Khokhar
Paper 4471
RGB Gain Residual Learning with Haar Restoration for Low-Light Enhancement
Mengjiao Lu, Wanjun Wang and Mingyong Pang
Paper 4247
Teaching Airline Ramp Handling Operations Using Virtual Reality: A Mixed-Methods Study of Learning, Motivation, and Moderators of Acceptance
John Sim and Budianto Tandianus
Paper 7698
Investigating Tracking Fidelity of Smartphone AR IK Avatars for Social Presence in Cross-Reality Collaboration
Elhassan Makled, Christoph Gerhardt, Andy Schleising, Tobias Schwandt, Bea Vorhof and Wolfgang Broll
Paper 5270
AI-Powered Real-Time Pakistan Sign Language Interpreter on a Vision Edge Node
Mehwish Raza, Abdul Ahad Qureshi, Majida Kazmi, Abdul Rafay Jilani, Wamiq Irfan and Muhammad Amir Muhammad Amir
Paper 7485
An OCT-Based Mapping Framework for Metamorphopsia Analysis
Fanling Qin, Zhenyang Zhu, Zhenfei Wang, Gangyong Jia, Kenji Kashiwagi and Xiaoyang Mao

Short Papers

6 papers

Paper 4795
Seeing the Retina Through Questions: An Evidence-Aware Visual Question Answering Framework for Diabetic Retinopathy
Bisma Imran, Dua E Fatima, Majida Kazmi and M. A. Rehman Siddiqui
Paper 3853
Comparative Evaluation of Fine-Tuned MMS-TTS and Orpheus TTS for Urdu Speech Synthesis on a Custom 123-Hour Corpus
Fauzia Yasir, Hamza Munir Kidwai, Syed Muhammad and Majida Kazmi
Paper 3927
Lightweight Deep Learning Model-based Meat Grilling Support System for Color Vision Deficiency
Kangming Yan, Zhenyang Zhu and Xiaoyang Mao
Paper 7015
EverFruit: A Mobile AR Game for Season-Independent Outdoor Learning
Keisuke Watanabe, Takahiro Matsumura, Daisuke Inoue, Zhenyang Zhu and Xiaoyang Mao
Paper 9996
Secure Edge Deployment of Machine Vision System on FPGA Platform: Reducing Cloud-Related Privacy and Security Risks
Fakhra Aftab, Majida Kazmi, Muhammad Babar Ali, Aaliyan Mansoor, Mohib Ud Din and Muhammad Maaz Khan
Paper 2883
Photovoltaic Planner: A Web-Based XR Digital Twin for Engineering Education
Budianto Tandianus, Liang Tang, Aaron Zi Yi Seto, Liuziyi Liu, Derwin Yan, Shaun Jun Wei Goh, Gary Seah, Ryan Wen Ter Tan, Jian Bin Khiew, Zheng Wei Ng, Elie Hosry, Prasanna Ghali and Kai-Juan Wong

Track 2: Cognitive Human-machine Interaction

Full Papers

3 papers

Paper 3708
Cross-cultural and Gender-dependent Investigation of User Perception for Embodied Conversational Agent
Nathalia Sautchuk-Patricio and Matthias Wölfel
Paper 3487
Gaze-Contingent Audio for Immersive Mobile Reading and Augmented Audiobooks
Christoph Gerhardt, Syed Ajaz Haider Zaidi and Wolfgang Broll
Paper 5821
Exploring VR-Based EOG Eye-Writing as a Hands-Free HCI Modality for Digit Recognition
Ye-Ji Jin, Eidmann Ammienn Bin Eh Mi, Shun Tamura, Ainul Zahirah Zahruddin, Sharkhuu Dulamsuren, Xiaoyang Mao, Latifah Munirah Kamarudin and Won-Du Chang

Short Papers

2 papers

Paper 5250
An Agentic Interview Paradigm for Human-Readable Analysis of Hearback Errors in Air Traffic Control
Yanjie Zhang, Sun Yiteng, Li Donglin and Fan Li
Paper 6999
Portable Lemon Grading System Featuring a Projection-Guided Free-Placement Workspace
Ye-Seul Jang, Prawit Buayai, Panitan Muangkammuen, Suit Mun Ng, Hiromitsu Nishizaki and Xiaoyang Mao

Track 3: AI and Machine Learning

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6 papers

Paper 9668
Show Your Work: Faithful Neuro-Symbolic Proof-Traces for Embodied Agents in Cyberworlds
Pier Mattia Basciano, Gianvito Antenori, Giovanni Farina and Salvatore Monteleone
Paper 2815
ALEX: An Emotion-Aware Digital Human for Real-Time Human–Avatar Interaction
Florian Gamillscheg and Ursula Augsdörfer
Paper 2998
ML-TMSIoT: A Machine Learning-Based Trust Management Model for the Social Internet of Things
Meriem Zouzou, Elhadj Benkhelifa and Nadia Kabchi
Paper 4440
Cross-Medium Artist Verification Across Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures Using Pretrained Visual Embeddings
Shaun Bottomley, Hassan Ugail, Jan Ritch-Frel and Irina Matuzava
Paper 3776
Explainable Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance Using Enterprise Operational Records
Vivian Chiamaka Ijomah, Prof Tillal Eldabi and Dr Irfan Mehmood
Paper 7395
Frugal Parkinson’s Tremor Screening from Smartphone Videos Using TCN-Attention
Thiheebah Alwaer, Islem Jarraya, Wail Elwahshi, Sulieman Abod and Adel M. Alimi

Short Papers

2 papers

Paper 2568
Beyond the Prompt: Evaluation of the Effect of Prompt Sensitivity on Brand Visibility in Large Language Models
Noorfatima Khilji, Rosa Gutiérrez, Verity Zaffar and Irfan Mehmood
Paper 1248
Evaluating Deep Face Recognition Embeddings for Facial Fatigue Classification
Maida Alamgir, Irfan Mehmood and Hassan Ugail

Track 4: Cybersecurity for Cyberworlds

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4 papers

Paper 7229
Guarding Augmented Reality: A Verifiable Neuro-Symbolic Shield against Visual Information Manipulation
Pier Mattia Basciano, Giovanni Farina and Salvatore Monteleone
Paper 7428
Information Hiding in Modern Cyberspaces: Balancing Privacy, Security, and Covert Threat
David Megías
Paper 3663
Stormshadow: A Lightweight Framework for Single-Host Simulation of Distributed UDP Denial-of-Service Attacks
Martin Harwood and Fatima Zahrah
Paper 3561
Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of an Integrated SDN–NFV–CASB Security Architecture for Mobile Cloud Computing
Cyril Godwin Suetor, Daniele Scrimieri, Amna Qureshi and Fatima Zahrah

Short Papers

3 papers

Paper 6543
Ensemble-Based Deepfake Detection: Robust Cross-Dataset Generalization with State-of-the-Art Models
Haroon Wahab, Hassan Ugail and Ismail Lujain Jaleel
Paper 1548
SIoT-Sim: A Realistic Dataset for Resilient Trust Management and AI-Driven Evaluation in Social Internet of Things
Meriem Zouzou, Elhadj Benkhelifa and Nadia Kabchi
Paper 2403
TransGAT-Guard: A Hybrid Transformer–Graph Attention Framework for Real-Time Intrusion Detection and Prevention in Software-Defined Networking
Gokulraj G, Bose S, Danya S and Pradeep Kumar M