For 2024, all events will be held in a hybrid mode with five options: on site or virtual choices (live, prerecorded videos, voiced presentation slides, and .pdf slides).

We hope for better times allowing us to return to the traditional on site scientific events. However, we are ready to adapt any which way the conditions dictate.

DigiTech 2024 Congress

Conference will be mixed online and on location at

Hotel Novotel Porto Gaia
Rua Martir Sao Sebastiao, Afurada,
4400-499 Vila Nova de Gaia
Phone: +351 22 772 8700
email: h1050@accor.com

Note: This event is a mix of online and on site participation. All contributions are posted below; those presenting onsite have their own schedule, as a subset of the entire program.

Opening Welcome

On Site Program

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Tutorials

T1. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Fundamentals and Large-Scale Deployment - On Site
Dalmo Cirne, Workday, Inc., USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

T2. Artificial Intelligence Methods for Optimization of the Software Testing Process: With Several Industrial Case Studies - Virtual
Dr. Sahar Tahvili, Ericsson AB, Sweden
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio
LIVE PRESENTATION
Date:  Tuesday, July 4th
Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Porto // 9:15 - 10:45 New York // 15:15 - 16:45 Berlin // 21:15 - 22:45 Beijing // 22:15 - 23:45 Tokyo
Access link: to be sent to all participants via email

T3. System Modeling of the RBT-based Trigger-RAW Channel-Access Method for IEEE 802.11ah IoT Network - On Site
Prof. Dr. Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

Keynote Speeches

Invited Talk: Increasing Deep Space Network Utilization with Reduced Setup Time - On Site
Chief Syst. Eng.  Timothy T Pham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K1. Routing Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks - On Site
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2. Addressing Cybersecurity in Power System Automation - Virtual
Steffen Fries, Siemens AG, Technology Cybersecurity & Trust T CST, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio
LIVE PRESENTATION
Date:  Tuesday, July 2nd
Time: 16:00 - 17:00 Porto // 11:00 - 12:00 New York // 17:00 - 18:00 Berlin // 23:00 - 24:00 Beijing // 24:00 - 1:00 (next day) Tokyo
Access link: to be sent to all participants via email

K3. Investigating Wildfire Severity: Analysis of California Fire-Perimeter Data Leveraging Geographic Information Systems - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Vivian A Sultan, Caltech, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4. Digital Transformation in Low-Resource Contexts - On Site
Prof. Dr. Silvia Figueira, Santa Clara University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. Small-Data Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Lesions in Medical Images - On Site
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K6. Levels of Validation: A Prototyping Approach for Digital Solutions and Content Preferences - On Site
Prof. Dr. Júlio Monteiro Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | UFSC, Brazil
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K7: Machine Learning in Intrusion Detection: Introduction and Challenges - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Weizhi Meng, DTU, Denmark
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K8: A Multi-Agent Approach for Evacuation Support Systems - On Site
Prof. Dr. Yasushi Kambayashi, Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Open Discussions

O1. A Deep Dive on AI-tools Hallucinations - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Dalmo Cirne, Workday, Inc., USA
- presentation slides

O2. Impact of AI Tools on Online Social Networks - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Harter, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Emeritus Prof. Dr.  Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom
- presentation slides

O3. AIMEDIA: On Universe, Metaverse, Multiverse, Omniverse - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Matthias Harter, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides

O4. (de)generative AI - There is a Bad Moon on the Rise! - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Dr. Ejike Nwokoro MD, MPH, Head of Patient Insights & Data Strategy, HealthNet, UK
Dr. Roger Tilley, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
- presentation slides

Debates

Ad Hoc Open Debate
Theme: AI Now, as of July 2024 - Achievements, Challenges, Potential Dangers
Igniters:
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London. UK
Emeritus Prof. Dr.  Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

Panels

P1. Digital Healthcare Services - On Site
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Ali Alouani, Tennessee Technological University, USA
Panelists
Lect, Dr rer nat. Uwe Riss, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland   
Prof. Dr. Julio Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil     
Dr. Ejike Nwokoro MD, MPH, Head of Patient Insights & Data Strategy, HealthNet, UK  
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London. UK
- presentation slides

P2. AI-based IoT System Optimization - On Site
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Yasushi Kambayashi, Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technologies POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Dr. Fan Wu, Tuskegee University, USA
Prof. Dr. Chia-Mei Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Robert Laurini, INSA Lyon | University of Lyon, France
- presentation slides

P3. Advances on Data Processing and Computation Power Optimization - On Site
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece  
Panelists
Emeritus Prof. Dr.  Fritz Laux, Reutlingen University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London. UK
Prof. Dr. Matthias Harter, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany  
Prof. Dr. Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- presentation slides

P4. AI Literacy and Digital Pollution - On Site
Moderator
Emeritus Prof. Dr.  Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Robert Laurini, INSA Lyon | University of Lyon, France
Prof. Dr. Silvia Figueira, Santa Clara University, USA
Dr Njideka Nto, Medical Director of Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE  
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

Special Sessions

IARIACongress 1 / INTECHS: Integrated Ecosystems and Machine Learning in Healthcare Systems

Introduction
Ejike Nwokor
- presentation slides / editorial

Complementing the Impact and Economic Potential of Patient Support Programs through Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmentation
Daniela Zanni, Joshua Hinton, Ejike Nwokoro
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Physician Awareness of Cybersecurity risks and the Barriers to Implementation of Cybersecurity Measures in a Private Healthcare Setting
Njideka Nto, Ejike Nwokoro
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Patient-Provider Communication Technologies, Patient Preferences and Medication Adherence: An In-depth Analysis
Ben Malin, Joshua Hinton, Ejike Nwokoro, Tatiana Kalganova
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

GPTMB 1 / AIMEDIA: AI-based Media Disruption and Transformation

Introduction
Stephan Böhm, Matthias Harter
- presentation slides / editorial

An Empirical Taxonomy for Rating Trustability of LLMs
Matthias Harter
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Human Perception and Classification of AI-Generated Images: A Pre-Study based on a Sample from the Media Sector in Germany
Stephan Böhm
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Human or AI? Exploring the Impact of AI Tools on Audio Content Production and Perception
Barbara Brandstetter
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Regular Sessions

IARIA Congress 2024, The 2024 IARIA Annual Congress on Frontiers in Science, Technology, Services, and Applications

Using Artificial Intelligence for Object Localization in Autonomous Vehicles
Xiaobo Liu-Henke, Sven Jacobitz, Marian Göllner, Taihao Li
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Fostering Trust and Quantifying Value of AI and ML
Dalmo Cirne, Veena Calambur
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Phytopathogenic Status Induced by Xylella Fastidiosa in Olive Groves in Southern Italy Revealed by Visibility Graph Analysis of MODIS Satellite Evapotranspiration Time Series
Luciano Telesca, Rosa Lasaponara
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Alienation in Work - A Comparative Quantative Analysis of On-Site vs. Home Office Environments
Niklas Groffner
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Robust Power Prediction of Wind Turbine using Error Detection, Clustering-Based Imputation and Physics-Informed Learning
Swayam Mittal, Vishwaas Narasinh, Nikhil Kulkarni, Remish Minz, Nilanjan Chakravortty, Prateek Mital
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

A Greedy Approach for Controller Placement in Software-Defined Networks for Multiple Controllers
Stavroula Lalou, Georgios Spathoulas, Sokratis Katsikas
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Add on Navigation & Control System for Outdoor Autonomous Wheelchairs for Physically and Mentally Challenged People
Ali Alouani, Kadyn Brady, Tarek Elfouly
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

A Process-Oriented Decision Support System for Sustainable Urban Development Strategies
Claudia Pedron, Matthias Baldauf, Rainer Endl, Melanie Rickenmann
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

A Study on Lightweight Sensing Data Verification Scheme for WICN with Blockchain
Shintaro Mori
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Audio vs. Visual Approach to Monitor the Critically Endangered Species Atlapetes blancae: Developing Deep Learning Models with Limited Data
Julian D. Santamaria P, Jhony H. Giraldo, Angelica Diaz-Pulido, Claudia Isaza
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

The Conceptual Architecture Requirements for French Digital Building Logbook
Alan Martin Redmond
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Avatars and Identity in the Metaverse: Navigating the Potentials and Pitfalls of Digital Self-Representation
Myrto Dimitriou, Leonie Hallo
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Towards BIM-integrated Labour Productivity Measurement
Pauline Harou, Samia Ben Rajeb
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Database Technology III: Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data
Malcolm Crowe, Fritz Laux
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Prediction of Centroid Pixel Values in Image Triangulations Using a Graph Neural Network
Luka Lukač, Andrej Nerat, Damjan Strnad, Filip Hácha, Borut Žalik
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Real-time Optimization of Testbeds for Cloudified Radio Access Networks Using Artificial Intelligence
Animesh Singh, Chen Song, Jiecong Yang, Sahar Tahvili
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Symbolic Unfolding of Similarity-based Fuzzy Logic Programs
Ginés Moreno, José Antonio Riaza
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

A Comparative Study of Computational Intelligence Methods for Audio Analysis in Animal Identification within Tropical Ecosystems
Maria Jose Guerrero Muriel, Santiago Taborda Diosa, Juan Manuel Daza Rojas, Claudia Victoria Isaza Narvaez
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Optimising Value Creation in Service System Design: Digital Twin of the Organisation for Customer Journeys
Uwe V. Riss, Wolfgang Groher
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Identifying the Invisible: A Comprehensive Approach to Distinguishing Software Bots
Zhixiong Chen
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Camera Model Identification Using Audio and Visual Content from Videos
Ioannis Tsingalis, Christos Korgialas, Constantine Kotropoulos
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Using Security Metrics to Improve Cyber-Resilience
Tobias Eggendorfer, Katja Andresen
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Automatic Assessment of Student Answers using Large Language Models: Decoding Didactic Concepts
Daniel Schönle, Christoph Reich, Djaffar Ould Abdeslam, Daniela Fiedler, Ute Harms, Johannes Poser
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Surface Defect Detection System for AI Vision-Based Press Formed Products
Dong Hyun Kim, Seung Ho Lee, Jong Deok Kim
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Bus Indoor Situation Monitoring System Based on Congestion Model Using Lightweight Platform
Dong Hyun Kim, Yun Seob Kim, Jong Deok Kim
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Prediction of Residential Building Energy Star Score: A Case Study of New York City
Fan Zhang, Baiyun Chen, Fan Wu, Ling Bai
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Security and IoT Applications of the Cryptosystem TinyJambu
Amparo Fuster-Sabater, Maria Eugenia Pazo-Robles
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Exploring Cooperative Positioning and Dynamic Base Stations for Potential Vehicular Positioning Accuracy Improvement: A Comprehensive Approach
Tânia Guedes, Fabricio Botelho, Ivo Silva, Helder Silva, Cristiano Pendão
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

A Comparative Analysis of CPU and GPU-Based Cloud Platforms for CNN Binary Classification
Taieba Tasnim, Mohammad Rahman, Fan Wu
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

K-Area: An Efficient Approach to Approximate the Spatial Boundaries of Mobility Data with k-Anonymity
Maël Gassmann, Annett Laube, Dominic Baumann
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Locating Link-Layer Compression Links on the Internet [PRESENTATION ONLY]
Vahab Pournaghshband, Xiuhui Wang
- presentation slides / video

DIGITAL 2024, Advances on Societal Digital Transformation

Exploring the Utilization of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools with Design
Gustavo Modena, Melise Peruchini, Julio Monteiro Teixeira
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Ideating and Designing Mobile Apps for Immigrants from Shared Experience
Silvia Figueira
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

IoTAI 2024, The First International Conference on IoT-AI

Identifying Vulnerable Third-party Components in IoT Firmware Using Deep Learning
Chia-Mei Chen, Sheng-Hao Lin, Zheng-Xun Cai, Gu-Hsin Lai, Ya-Hui Ou
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Development of AI Learning Materials Using Physical Computing
Toshiyasu Kato, Yuto Chino
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Development of a UAV-based Disaster Evacuation Support System: an Interim Report
Yuta Sekiguchi, Toshiyasu Kato, Munehiro Takimoto, Yasushi Kambayashi
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Deciphering Brand Identity from package: Visual Feature Analysis through Convolutional Neural Networks
Asaya Shimojo, Shoichi Uratani
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

GPTMB 2024, The First International Conference on Generative Pre-trained Transformer Models and Beyond

Exploring the Use of Gen-AI by International Students in France
Robert Laurini, Yves Livian
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Using Bi-Directional Instance-Based Compatibility Prediction for Outfit Recommendation
Tzung-Pei Hong, Yun-Pei Chao, Jiann-Shu Lee, Ja-Hwung Su
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Comparison of Large Language Models for Deployment Requirements
Alper Yaman, Jannik Schwab, Christof Nitsche, Abhirup Sinha, Marco Huber
- presentation slides / video / full article in Thinkmind Digital Library

Farewell Message