Associate Professor Malissa Maria Mahmud

Dean, School of Education and Head, Sunway University, Malaysia

Brief Introduction: Malissa Maria Mahmud is passionate about fostering inclusive, equitable, and lifelong access to high-quality education opportunities for all. Her research explores a broad spectrum of topics in instructional technologies, with a particular focus on post-pandemic modalities. Over the course of her professional career, she has received acclaim for her valuable contributions, presenting and publishing in esteemed conferences and journals. Notably, she has received accolades for research excellence and has been acknowledged for her excellence in teaching.

Speech Title: Crafting Competence: A Framework for AI Integration in Education

Abstract: As Artificial Intelligence reshapes the educational landscape, a thoughtfully designed AI Competency Framework is set to transform how educational institutions utilize technology. This framework, built on four foundational pillars—Foundation, Integration, Innovation, and AI Citizenship, aims to elevate teaching, learning, and administrative processes. It outlines clear paths for building AI literacy and professional readiness, integrating AI tools to improve administrative and learning outcomes, and pioneering new teaching methods. The framework also emphasizes ethical AI use, ensuring policies promote inclusivity and responsible technology use. This initiative proposes a new benchmark for educational innovation, preparing students to lead in a technologically advanced world while maintaining core values of integrity and inclusivity.

Professor Feng Yongjun

Shaanxi Normal University, China

Brief Introduction: Feng Yongjun, born in 1980, professor and doctoral supervisor (postdoctoral cooperative tutor) of Shaanxi Normal University, founder of the "Lide • Shuren" educational school of thought, Phd of education of Xiamen University, and postdoctoral educator of Beijing Normal University. Founder of the China Higher Education Tracking Survey Project (CHESP), Executive Director of the National College Human Resources Management Professional Committee, Director of the Higher Education Professional Committee of the China Education Development Strategy Society, Director of the University Professional Committee of the Innovation Talent Education Research Association, Director of the Imperial Examination Culture Research Branch/Children's Mongolian Culture Research Branch of the Chinese Yan Huang Culture Research Association, and Rotating Chairman of the China University Quality Monitoring and Assurance Alliance (CUQA), expert of the National Social Science Fund project evaluation and appraisal, expert of the National Postgraduate Educational Assessment Monitoring Expert Pool of the Ministry of Education of PRC, researcher of Hebei Public Policy Assessment Research Center, a "A" level think-tank in the Top 100 University Think Tanks List of China Think Tank Index (CTTI), expert of the Think Tank Expert Alliance of Chengdu Chongqing Economic Circle, and chief expert of Beijing Tianjin Hebei Higher Education Development Research Center of China Education Think Tank Assessment System (CETTE). He used to be the executive director and core expert of the evaluation research team of China Alumni association Online University, the executive vice president of Airuisen Research Institute, the co-founder of China University/Discipline/Specialty/Talent Ranking, consulting experts such as QS, THEs, ARWU, the president of AIBONA China Academy of Evaluation Sciences, the director of AIBONA China Education Evaluation Liberal Arts Laboratory, the president of AIBONA Chinese Education Modernization Research Institute The director of AIBONA Education.

Speech Title: Research on Generative Artificial Intelligence Teachers Based on Multimodal Large Models

Associate Professor Zulkefli Mansor (IEEE Senior Member)

Research Center for Software Technology and Management, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Brief Introduction: Zulkefli Bin Mansor received PhD in software engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He received his master's degree in software engineering from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, and his first degree in business information systems from the University of East London, UK. He also received a professional certificate as a Certified Tester (Foundation Level) from the International Qualification Software Testing Board in 2010. Zulkefli is a professional member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Project Management Institute (PMI)-Malaysia Chapter, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communication (SDIWC), Global Member of Internet Society Community and International Association of Engineers (IAENG).

He is an associate professor of software engineering at the Center for Software Technology and Management, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia. He taught undergraduate and postgraduate students for software project management and software engineering courses. He also has supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students. He holds a few administration posts, such as Head of Program for postgraduate studies, Chairman of Program Development for PhD and Master by research and a few more administration positions. He is the Deputy Director of the Center of Teaching and Curriculum Development. He also was appointed as a Panel Assessor in software engineering by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and the Malaysia Board of Technology (MBOT). He was also appointed as a reviewer in a few international journals and conferences. Besides, he also was appointed to the International Program Committee for a few international conferences. Zulkefli has published several books, chapters in books, e-books, and presented papers in the research of agile methodology, software engineering, software project management, software testing and software development. 

Speech Title: Adopting AI in Software Engineering Discipline.

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become significant and relevant to software engineering. With AI, all tasks in software engineering become faster. Therefore, this paper will discuss how software engineering committees can use or adopt AI tools and techniques in their daily work routines, such as assessing the status of development, optimizing the tasks, estimating the cost, time and effort, future development potentials and the risks of AI application to software engineering discipline.

Dr. ANIRUDDHA BHATTACHARJYA  (IEEE Senior Member, ACM Senior Member )

BCBRBAB INTERCONTINENTAL TRADING SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED, India

Brief Introduction:  Aniruddha Bhattacharjya is a PhD Alumni of Tsinghua University. He was a PhD scholar (Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS) holder) in Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China under supervision of Prof. Xing Li (Present mentor) [ Late Prof. Wang Jing was his mentor]. This PhD work was supported by National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB316006), and National S&T Major Project (2015ZX03002010-002) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61631013). He got full travel and conference funding from Tsinghua University's School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) and the Key Laboratory of Universal Wireless Communications (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Ministry of Education, P.R.China (No.KFKT- 2014101) and National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB316000) to present his paper in Cambridge University, UK. He got full funding for his project from the Key Laboratory of Universal Wireless Communications (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Ministry of Education, P.R.China (No.KFKT- 2014101) also. Department URL https://www.ee.tsinghua.edu.cn/info/1039/1186.htm His research interests are Cryptography, Information security, Applications of cryptography and IoT and CPS securities etc. He got best paper award in ACM ICC 2016, in Cambridge University, U.K. He has published 40 above International conferences and journal papers and book chapters. He has 15 years above teaching and research experiences. He has a Chinese Innovation patent granted as on date with Tsinghua University's affiliation and as per the protocol of the university. He is Senior member of IEEE. He is the Founder Chairman and Executive Director (DIN 10414713) of BCBRBAB INTERCONTINENTAL TRADING SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED.

He is also Senior Member of IEEE Communication Society and Senior Member of IEEE Computer Society. From 2010 he is working with 500 and above International conferences voluntarily of IEEE, ACM, and other renowned publishers' conferences. This year he is working as reviewer with IEEE ICC'24 - IoTSN Symposium, IEEE WCNC 2024 - Track 1, and IEEE WCNC 2024 - Track 3 and others. He is Guest Editor for Several SCI indexed Journals.  He is Reviewer for prestigious SCI journals like: IEEE Access, Future Generation Computer Systems, Information Sciences, Computers & Security, MPDI Journals, Drones II.Sustainability, Sensors, Processes, Energies, Applied Sciences, Symmetry, Electronics, etc.

Speech Title: Blockchain Technology Based Secure and Efficient Cyber-Physical Systems - a new way