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ICAN 2025

5th International Conference on Computing
Analytics and Networks

July 18, 2025

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CHITKARA UNIVERSITY,
Himachal Pradesh

Technical Program

July 18, 2025, Friday
Registration and Networking Tea
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Venue – α Zone
Inaugural, Keynote and Invited Talks
10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon | Venue – Schroff Hall
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Welcome Address and Journey of ICAN 2025
Dr. Sagar Juneja – Associate Director, Research, Chitkara University, Punjab
Technical Program Cum Publication Chair, ICAN 2025
Inaugural Address
Insight into the Legacy of ICAN and Vision Going Forward
Dr. Rajnish Sharma – Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh and General Chair, ICAN 2025
Invited Talk 1
Topic – Computing for the Social Good: Opportunities in AgriTech
Dr. Neeraj Goel - Associate Professor, CSE, IIT Ropar, India
Invited Talk 2
Topic - Agentic Systems
Dr. Lipika Dey – Professor, Ashoka University, India (Former Chief Scientist, TCS Research | ESP Speaker, ACM India)
Invited Talk 3
Topic - Hardware Security and its Need
Prof. (Dr.) Anirban Sengupta - Professor (CSE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore
Vote of Thanks
Dr. Meenu Khurana - Pro VC, School of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Himachal Pradesh
Local Organizing Chair, ICAN 2025
Lunch
12:00 Noon  – 12:45 PM
Venue – Prithvi Hall
Paper and Poster Presentation (Physical Mode)
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM

Venue – Florence Hall

Session Chair: Dr. Rishu Chhabra - Professor and Dean (CSE- Beta Cluster), CUIET, Chitkara University, Punjab, India

Session Co-Chair: Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Dubey – Associate Professor, CSE, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

List of Papers
  • Enhancing Hindi-English Direct Speech-to-Speech Translation with Clustering-Aided Cross-Contrastive Self-Supervised Speech Representation Learning - Mahendra Gupta (NITTTR Chandigarh)
  • A Hybrid Extractive and Encoder-Decoder Based Approach for Mitigating Hallucination in Automatic Text Summarization - Neeru Sharma (Chitkara University, Punjab)
  • Cluster Head Selection Metric in VANETs under Dynamic Environmental Conditions - Gurtej Kaur (Chitkara University, Punjab)
  • Feature-Based Coverless Information Hiding Using Vision Transformer - Sangeeta Gautam (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Uttar Pradesh)
  • An RF-DNN Based Approach for Detecting Cyber Attacks in IoT Network - Anshika Sharma (Chitkara University, Punjab)
  • AutoSortBin: Integrating CPS and IoT with Densely Connected Convolutional Networks for Sustainable Waste Management - Mayank Sangwan (National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana)
  • An Efficient and Robust Procedure of Cyber Attack Detection and Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Military Data - Dillip Rout (C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha)
  • Joint Adversarial and Contrastive Graph Attention Framework for Enhanced Rumor Detection - Chintoo Kumar (GITAM Bengaluru, Karnataka)
  • Multi-server Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol with Distributed Storage Utility - Lokesh Pawar (Chitkara University, Punjab)

By ACM Student Chapter, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

Venue - Courtyard

External Evaluator: Dr. Anuj Modgil, Consulting Manager, KPMGA

Coordinator: Dr. Rani Kumari - ACM Student Chapter Mentor, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

List of Shortlisted and Registered Posters to be Available Soon.
Paper and Poster Presentation (Online Mode)
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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Session Chairs:
Dr. Mukil Alagirisamy - Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
Dr. Subhanshu Goyal - Associate Professor & Head, Department of Mathematics, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat

Session Co-Chair: Dr. Abhishek Thakur – Associate Professor, CSE, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

List of Papers
  • X-CBNet: An Explainable Effective Deep Learning Framework Based on Spectrograms for Predicting Valvular Disorder using PCG Signals - Subham Kumar Padhy (IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha)
  • Fusion of Vision Transformer and Convolutional Neural Network for Explainable and Efficient Histopathological Image Classification in Cyber-Physical Healthcare Systems - Mohammad Ishtiaque Rahman (University of Maryland- Baltimore County, USA)
  • AY-Net: Attention Y-Net based Dehazing in Laproscopic Surgery - Banala Revanth (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Uttar Pradesh)
  • Automatic Skull Stripping for CT Images of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) - Minhazur Rahman (Tezpur University, Assam)
  • Enhancing Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Classification using Transformer based Neuroimaging Technique - Kumar Janardan Patra (Odisha University of Technology and Research, Odisha)
  • Vi-GeN 1.0: GAN-Augmented Vision Transformer Pipeline for diversified Pneumonia Classification - Archana Dash (Institute of Technical Education and Research, Odisha)
  • A Novel Hybrid Approach for Thyroid Disease Detection: Integrating Cuttlefish Algorithm and Simulated Annealing for Optimal Feature Selection - Kapil Shrivastava (GLA University, Uttar Pradesh)

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Session Chairs:
Dr. S. M. Hasan Mahmud – Associate Professor, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh
Dr. Neetu Mittal - Professor, Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida

Session Co-Chair: Dr. Dileep Kumar – Associate Professor, CSE, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

List of Papers
  • Hybrid Attention-Based Prototypical Network for Weed Identification in Precision Agriculture - Omprakash L Mandge (MET Institute of Computer Science, Maharashtra)
  • Sustainable Credit Risk Prediction: Applying Machine Learning for Responsible Lending - Ch Biswaranjan Nanda (Trident Academy of Technology, Odisha)
  • Advancements in Deep Learning for Glaucoma Detection from Fundus Images: A Comprehensive Analysis - Shajila Beegam M K (NITTTR Chandigarh)
  • VGG16 and SqueezeNet-based Ensembled Models Integrated with Hybrid Trio Stacked Classifiers for Early Clinical Decision Making - Shagun Sharma (VIT Bhopal University, Madhya Pradesh)
  • Warthog Optimization Algorithm: A New Nature-Derived Solution for Optimization Challenges - Shuvadipta Das (Netaji Subhash Engineering College, West Bengal)
  • Adaptive and Robust Feedback-Based Quantum Optimization using Reinforcement Learning - Govind Murari Upadhyay (Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan)

By ACM Student Chapter, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

Link – To be available soon

External Evaluator: Dr. Darpan Anand - Professor and Associate Dean (CSE-Zeta Cluster), CUIET, Chitkara University, Punjab, India

Coordinator: Dr. Rani Kumari - ACM Student Chapter Mentor, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

List of Papers
  • List of Shortlisted and Registered Posters to be Available Soon.
Valedictory
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Venue – Florence Hall

Networking Tea and Closure