| 2026 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Innovations of Computing and Society (ICIICS) | ||
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| Athabasca, Alberta, Canada July 23 -26, 2026 | ||
| https://treslconference.com/ | ||
| Online MS-Team Link | ||
| https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/26929658230287?p=n9pzXQxU3y7dJ6NWm2 | ||
| Time | Description | Presenter |
| Day 1 July 23, 2026 Thursday | ||
| 16:00 -18:00 | Registration | Location: Academic Research Centre, AU main campus |
| 18:00 -21:00 | Ice break - Reception | Location: Academic Research Centre, AU main campus |
| Day 2 July 24, 2026 Friday AU Main Building | ||
| Opening Session | Opening at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Dunwei Wen |
| 09:00 - 09:05 | Land Acknowledgement | Lead: Ms. Nikki Pawlitschek |
| 09:05 - 09:20 | Opening Remarks | Prof. Shauna Zenteno, Dean of FST, Athabasca University |
| Session 1: Keynotes | Interdisciplinary Research at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Qing Tan |
| 09:20 - 10:00 | From decoding the Brain to Reimagining Screening: AI Journeys across the Health Systems problems | Prof. Jose Villar, Department of Computer Science, University of Oviedo, Spain |
| 10:00 - 10:40 | Bits, Bytes, and Biomass: Balancing the Ecological Promise and Toll of AI | Prof. Shauna Zenteno, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 10:40 - 11:20 | Impact of disruptive technologies and the vision for future of education | Prof. Kinshuk Kinshuk, College of Information, University of North Texas, USA |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2: Invited Talks | Interdisciplinary Research at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Xiaokun Zhang |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | New 21st Century PASV (Passive) Skills Required in the Generative AI's Era | Prof. Maiga Chang, Faculty of Sceince and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | Project management body of Knowledge(v8) Application Playbook | Mr. Kenneth Bainey, MBA, PMP, BETI, CCP, President, K-PiC Systems Inc., Edmonton, Canada |
| 12:40 - 13:10 | Autonomous IoT Solutions for Remote Environmental Data Acquisition | Dr. Raju Aryal and Prof. Martin Connors, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 13:10 - 13:30 | Science Lab Tour | Prof. Roland Treu, Centre of Science, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Panel Speech and Invited Talks | AI in Education at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Harris Wang |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Navigating Educational Risks in the Age of AI: Lessons from China | Prof. Lu, Hang, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou, China |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Panel Speech and Discussion: AI in Education | Profs. Levina Yuen, Agnieszka Palalas, Cara Violini, and Harris Wang |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | The AIM Framework: A Proposal for AI-Partnered Assessment Design in Higher Education | Dr. Hongxin Yan, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Incorporating Agentic Hypergraphs with Aspect-Oriented Modeling to Comprehend Interpretable Debugging | Prof. Xiaokun Zhang, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 16:30 -16:50 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 4: Mitacs Student Presentations | Project Presentations at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Eric Wang |
| 16:50 - 17:00 | Small drones for high-resolution environmental remote sensing: a soil moisture case study. | ERICK TCHITAE, France |
| 17:00 - 17:10 | Quality Control and Correction Methods for Weather Data: The Case of Athabasca University's Weather Station / Re-designing the instrumentation for measuring snow on the ground | Sherlanda JACQUES, France /EYA CHATTI, Tunisia |
| 17:10 - 17:20 | mFieldtrip application development with RAG-Chatbot | ANDRII NAZARKEVYCH, Ukraine /Rabi Houssaini, Tunisia |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Generative Deep Learning and Agentic AI for Semantic Integration and Communication in Healthcare Data | Uswa Asad , Pakistan |
| 17:30 -17:40 | Student engagement detection in online learning | Noor Al Ain Kharal, Pakistan |
| 17:40 - 17:50 | Visualization of educational data in online learning | DIANA IRATZE SOLANO USCANGA, Mexico |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | Early dropout prediction in e-learning courses using machine learning | Tanweer Erja, Pakistan |
| 18:00- 18:10 | Collaborative Workspace for 5-Component Chatbot Development | Chater Marzougui, Tunisia |
| 18:10- 18:20 | Centralized Online Prompt System for Education | SIWAR HABLI, Tunisia |
| !8:20 -18:30 | Experiments and modelling of microflows in porous media | Jacob Antonio Tapia Rodarte, Mexico |
| 18:30- 18:40 | Experiments and modelling of hydrological processes | Hussan Ahmad, Pakistan |
| Friday Evening | ||
| 20:00 - 22:00 | Conference Dinner and Social at Johnny's Eatery (4904 50 St Athabasca, AB T9S 1E3) | Chair: Nikki Pawlitschek |
| Day 3 July 25, 2026 Saturday AU Main Building | ||
| Session 5: Keynotes / Panel Discussion | AI in Health Informatics and Medical Research at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Qing Tan |
| 09:00 - 9:30 | AI in Medicine: A Conversation between computer scientists and medical doctor | Dr. Sha Tao, Canada |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | AI in Health Informatics and medical research and practice | Profs. Dunwei Wen, Jose Villar, Amy Beck, and Dr. Sha Tao |
| 10:30 -10:50 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 6: Invited Talks | Interdisciplinary Research at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Xiaokun Zhang |
| 10:50 -11:20 | Modelling trust in collaborative projects | Prof. Gustavo Carrero, Centre of Science, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Transaction Based Blockchain Profiling for Dark Web Cryptocurrency Forensics | Prof. Mahdi Firoozjaei, MacEwan University, Canada |
| 11:50 - 12:20 | Experience Sharing in Corporation Action Verifying Manually versus by AI | Joseph Hodgson and Prof. Eric Wang, School of Business, Athabasca University |
| 12:20 -12:50 | Tackling Artificial Stupidity and Artificial Fakeness in the New AI Age | Prof. Harris Wang, School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 12:50 -13:10 | Funding at the Intersections: Opportunities for Computing Researchers / Research Security in a Changing World: Emerging Risks and New Realities | Alyse Pearce, Research Partnerships Broker, Athabasca University, Canada |
| 13:10 - 13:40 | Lunch | |
| Session 7: Talks / Discussions | Research Presentations at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Qing Tan |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Behavioral Patterns to Identify Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Through Serious Games | Mr. Wissam Saleh, PhD Candidate, University of Eastern Finland and Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | When Autonomous Systems Drift: Trust, Risk, and Decision Authority | Mr. George B. Karim, PhD applicant, University of Oviedo, Spain and Athabasca University, Vancouver, Canada |
| 14:20 -14:40 | Assessing Online University Program Dynamics: A Mathematical Modelling Approach | Mr. Andrei Afilipoaei, PhD Candidate, University of Eastern Finland and Athabasca University, Calgary, Canada |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | A Safety-Constrained Predictive Digital Twin Architecture for the Telepresence Robot Empowered Smart Lab (TRESL) | Ms. Suhaila Kamal, University of Oviedo, Spain and Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada |
| 15:00 -15:20 | Integrating AI into the Telepresence Robot Empowered Smart Lab (TRESL) platform to enable adaptive user assistance and real-time learning experience evaluation | Ms. Rania Arbash, PhD applicant, University of Oviedo, Spain and Athabasca University, Toronto, Canada |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | From Prediction to Action: Policy-Aware Prescriptive Learning Analytics for Adaptive Student Support | Mr. Frederick Ako-nai, PhD candidate, University of Oviedo, Spain and Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada |
| 15:40-16:00 | Integrating Emerging Digital Technologies into Food Processing Education: Development and Evaluation of an Interactive Virtual Pilot Plant | Ms. Anahita Madadi-Noee, Doctorial Student, FHSS, Athabasca University, Toronto, Canada |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION(RAG) Empowered Learning Path Planning In Distance Education | Mr. Bill Dou, MScCIS Student, FST, Athabasca University, Vancouver, Canada |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Cyber Resilience in the Age of Agentic AI | Dr. Nicholas Jeffrey, PhD Graduate, University of Oviedo, Spain and Athabasca University, Calgary, Canada |
| 16:40 -17:00 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 8: PhD Mock-up Defense | Mock-up Deference at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Jose Villar |
| 17:00- 17:50 | Human Intention Identification from Physiological Signals: AI-Based Stress Estimation and Anticipation in Driving Contexts | Mr. Samson Mihirette, PhD candidate, University of Oviedo, Spain and Athabasca University, Ottawa, Canada |
| Session 9: Closing Session | Closing at Governing Council Chambers | Chair: Prof. Qing Tan |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | Closing Remarks | Prof. Dunwei Wen, Chair of School of Computing and Information System, FST, Athabasca University |
| 18:00 | Farewell and Heading Back Home | |