Monday, 12 October 2026 (time according to Greece: UTC+3)
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening session |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Plenary - Sophia Ananiadou |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Parallel Sessions 1-4
Session 1: Database Engineering I
BCI Full
How Much Do the Closest Neighbors Matter? A Large-Scale Study of Neighbor Importance in Time Series Classification
Zoltán Gellér, Vladimir Kurbalija (University of Novi Sad); Costin Bădică (University of Craiova), Mirjana Ivanović (University of Novi Sad)
WIMS Full
Efficient Join Processing in Edge Computing Environments
Konstantina Gkritsa, Theodoros Toliopoulos, Anastasios Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
WIMS Full
HTK-Miner++: A High-Performance Parallel Top-K Frequent Itemset Miner
Konstantinos Malliaridis, Stefanos Ougiaroglou, Antonis Sidiropoulos, Konstantinos Diamantaras (International Hellenic University)
WIMS Full
The Subspace-Consensus Dominating Skyline Query
Eleftherios Tiakas (International Hellenic University)
BCI Short
Metadata-Driven ETL with Integrated Data Quality Monitoring: An Empirical Comparative Study
Valëza Grainca, Artan Thaqi, Nora Sadiku Dushi, Besmir Sejdiu, Isak Shabani (University of Prishtina)
Session 2: Semantics and Ontologies I
WIMS Full
AIRCO: AI Risk Compliance Ontology for Automated Risk Classification under the EU AI Act
Marios Iacovou, Stavroulla Koumou, Stelios Kontogiannis, Konstantinos Avgerinakis (Catalink)
WIMS Full
Automated Description of Digital Newspaper Archival Content Using the RiC-CM Standard and Large Language Models
Evagelos Varthis, Christina Banou, Marios Poulos (Ionian University)
WIMS Full
Explainable Ontology Matching with Language Models and Abductive Reasoning
Ivan Gocev, Georgios Meditskos, Nick Bassiliades (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
WIMS Full
From Data Spaces to Policy Making: Workflow-Driven Exploitation of Open and Commercial Data Ecosystems
Marianna Vouraki, Elisavet Parisi, Panagiotis Marios Filippidis, Lazaros Ioannidis (Open Knowledge Foundation Greece), Alexandra Garatzogianni (Leibniz University Hannover), Charalampos Bratsas (Open Knowledge Foundation Greece)
Session 3: Transportation
BCI Full
Electrical Vehicle Agent System using F1 Pit Stop Strategy Simulator
Youssef Osman, Yomna Hassan, Amal Aboulhassan (German International University)
WIMS Full
A Data-Driven Framework for Historical Analysis and Weather-Conditioned Runway Configuration Forecasting: The Case of LGTS Airport
Panagiotis Dimopoulos, Georgios Evangelidis (University of Macedonia)
WIMS Full
Federated Learning for Early Prediction of EV Charging Demand
Vasileios Perifanis, Foteini Nikolaidou, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Panagiotis Thomakos, Andreas Sendros (Indigma Innovations)
BCI Short
Robust Tracking Controller for Vehicle Lateral Control
Achlleas Ntellis, Stylianos Voutsinas, Stavros Fatouros, Ioannis Voyiatzis (University of West Attica)
IDC Short
On Training Machine Learning Models for Contrail Identification
Bimal Kumar Sah, Doina Logofatu (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Session 4: Theoretical Issues
WIMS Full
An Inference-Time Control Surface for the Risk Profile of Frozen Decision Policies
Arbi Elezi (Epoka University), Betim Çiço (Ismail Qemali Vlora University)
BCI Full
Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for solving a variant of bi-objective maximal covering location problem
Arkadii Semenov, Lazar Mrkela (Belgrade Metropolitan University); Zorica Stanimirović (University of Belgrade)
BCI Full
Quadratic Structures in the Remainder Graph N mod x and Semiprime Factor Search
Nikolaos Verykios, Christos Gofos (University of Ioannina)
BCI Short
Evolution of Argument Validation States Across Proof-Events
Konstantinos Mponos (National Technical University of Athens)
BCI Short
HyperSMOTE and Focal Loss for Imbalanced User Classification in COVID-19 Vaccine Hypergraphs
Arber Ceni, Suela Maxhelaku, Alda Kika (University of Tirana)
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Parallel Sessions 5-8
Session 5: Database Engineering II
WIMS Full
A Neurosymbolic Approach to Enterprise Text-to-SQL Using a Schema-Level Meta Knowledge Graph
Silvan Wiedmer, Albert Weichselbraun (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons), Adrian Brasoveanu (Modul University Vienna), Norman Süsstrunk (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons)
WIMS Full
LLM-Based Automated DBMS Performance Tuning from Natural-Language Performance Reports
Maciej Zakrzewicz (Poznan University of Technology)
IDC Full
A Brick-Grounded NL-to-SPARQL Framework for Transferrable Building Analytics
Ka Tai Lau, Yabing Hou, Kin Fung Leung, Ka Chuen Yip, Man Chit CHEUNG, Man Chun Cheung, Lok Him Tse (Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, HKSAR Government)
IDC Full
An LLM-based Approach to Data Integration
Manuk Manukyan (Yerevan State University)
WIMS Full
LLM-Based Text-to-SQL and Text-to-SPARQL Chatbot Implementations for Natural Language Access to Healthcare Data
Argyris Kokkinis (ITI, CERTH), Stelios Kontogiannis, Xanthos Kekkos, Christina Michailidou, Pavlos Kosmides (Catalink Limited), Charis Lagonidis, Thanassis Mavropoulos, Stefanos Vrochidis (ITI, CERTH)
Session 6: Semantics and Ontologies II
WIMS Full
GTDO-CIDOC: Modelling Tourism Dependence, Cultural Heritage, and Geopolitical Influence with CIDOC CRM
Evagelos Varthis, Yanna Dimitriou, Marios Poulos (Ionian University)
WIMS Short
Machine Learning–Driven Quality Assessment of Large-Scale Linked Data
Muskan Gaur, Monika Rani, Pratik Singh, Harshit Sinha (Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology)
WIMS Full
Prompting vs. LoRA Fine-Tuning for Query Routing in a Hybrid RAG-SQL-Ontology System
Milinko Mandić, Aleksandra Klašnja-Milićević (University of Novi Sad)
WIMS Full
Revisiting Ontology Matching with Language Models: An Analysis of Bi-Encoder and Cross-Encoder Architectures
Ivan Gocev, Georgios Meditskos, Nick Bassiliades (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
WIMS Short
Semantically Bounded Contextual Embedding Augmentation: A Mathematical Framework for Label-Preserving NLP
Kumari Nidhi Lal (VNIT Nagpur)
Session 7: Security and Privacy
BCI Full
What Skills Do You Need for the Cybersecurity Workforce? Evidence from EU Online Job Ads
Eleanna Papaioannou, Dimitrios Christos Kavargyris, Lefteris Angelis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
BCI Full
XOLab: A Reproducible Sandbox for Declarative Experimentation with Cross-Origin HTTP Security Policies
Turcan Ana, Ciorbă Dumitru (Technical University of Moldova)
IDC Full
Analysis of the Noise Resilience of Attack Detection Systems in the Internet of Medical Things
Alexander Kochetkov (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), Vasily Desnitsky, Igor Kotenko (St. Petersburg Federal Research Center)
WIMS Full
Operationalizing Trustworthy AI Practice for Synthetic Data Generation
Bilal Sardar, Muhammad Hassan, Shareeful Islam (Anglia Ruskin University), Spyridon Papastergiou (Maggioli SpA); Haralambos Mouratidis (University of Essex)
BCI Short
PECMSI: A Modular Platform and a Maturity Model for Information Security Compliance Assessment in Regulated Sectors
Rodica Bulai (Technical University of Moldova)
Session 8: Speech, Audio, Text
BCI Full
Evaluation of ECG Preprocessing Methods for Smartwatch Recordings
Marina Bajić, Danijela Tešendić (Univesity of Novi Sad)
BCI Full
URL Validity Analysis of AI-Generated Legal Sources
Marjan Gusev (Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje), Magdalena Trajkova, Masha Micevska (Innovation Dooel), Nevena Ackovska, Nikola Radeski (Sts Cyril and Methodius University)
WIMS Full
Mask-Guided Temporal Control for Latent Audio Diffusion
Sahil Wakchaure, Swati Joshi, Tushar Thakur (Vishwakarma Institute of Technology)
BCI Short
Turning News Headlines into Governance Signals: An NLP-Based Workflow for Adaptive Governance
Sokratis Sarafidis (University of Thessaly), Eleni Mavragani (University of Macedonia), Vasileios Vlachos (Unversity of Thessaly)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Parallel Sessions 9-12
Session 9: Education I
BCI Full
ARM-based Course-to-course Associations
Konstantinos Kelesidis, Dimitris Dervos, Leonidas Karamitopoulos (International Hellenic University)
BCI Full
Cohort-Based Performance Analysis in a First-Year Introductory Programming Course
Alexandra Vultureanu-Albisi, Marius Marian (University of Craiova)
BCI Full
MinRV32: A Hands-On RV32I Pipeline for Teaching Digital Design from RTL to FPGA
Panagiotis Mousouliotis, Georgios Keramidas (Aristotle Univerdity of Thessaloniki)
WIMS Full
Assessing LLMs for Improving Automatic Programming Assignments Evaluation
Alexandros Karakasidis, Georgia Koloniari (University of Macedonia)
BCI Short
SQL Escape Room for Database Education
Maria Gorgorova, Stanka Hadzhikoleva, Emil Hadzhikolev (University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski)
Session 10: Architecture and Hardware I
BCI Full
A Comparative Analysis of Smart Contract Architectures: The eUTXO Model and the Account-Based Model
Ernest Bîtca, Dumitru Ciorbă (Technical University of Moldova)
BCI Full
Blockchain in Maritime Logistics: A Systematic Literature Review
Catherine Marinagi, Andreas Kyrkostas (Agricultural University of Athens)
IDC Full
Centralized Intelligence for Distributed Networks: Robust Machine Learning Classifiers for DDoS Detection in SDN
Andrei Petrovski (Robert Gordon University), Aleksandr Skvorcov (Innopolis University), Igor Kotenko (St. Petersburg Federal Research Center)
WIMS Full
Anomaly Detection in the Bitcoin Network Using a Semi-Supervised LSTM Autoencoder
George Sofras (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Ourania Theodosiadou, Theodora Tsikrika, Stefanos Vrochidis, Ioannis Kompatsiaris (ITI, CERTH)
IDC Short
Beyond Service-level Recovery: A Novel Composition-level Model-based Fault Tolerance Approach for Service-oriented Computing Paradigms
Sherin Moussa (French University in Egypt)
Session 11: Artificial Intelligence I
BCI Full
Benchmarking Code Generation in Generative AI using a Concurrent .NET API Gateway
Aleksandar Dimovski, Faton Fazliu, Shpetim Rexhepi, Egzona Iseni (Mother Teresa University, Skopje)
BCI Full
Chasing Emotion: A Preliminary Study of Implicit and Explicit Emotion Classification in Greek Using SetFit and Sentence Embeddings
Eleftherios Kalogeros, Mina Rodi, Sofia Stamou, Anna Micheli, Chrysoula Karakitsiou, Manolis Gergatsoulis (Ionian University)
BCI Full
Detecting Hidden Brand References in Multimodal Social Content
Iraklis Varlamis, Christos Sardianos, Foteini Glykou (Harokopio University of Athens), Ioannis Roumeliotis, Konstantinos Karakostas, Panagiotis Tsantilas (Palowise.ai)
BCI Full
From Slogans to Classifiers: Advertising-Inspired SDG Boundary Engineering
Adrian Brasoveanu (Modul University Vienna), Albert Weichselbraun (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons), Lyndon J.B. Nixon (Modul University Vienna); Arno Scharl (webLyzard technology)
WIMS Full
Hybrid Decomposition and Recurrent Modelling for Environmental Incidents Prediction
Ioannis Topalidis, Kostas Loumponias, Theodora Tsikrika, Stefanos Vrochidis ,Ioannis Kompatsiaris (ITI, CERTH)
Session 12: Tutorial I
BCI
From Learning and Training to Innovation with the Pharo Ecosystem
Stephane Ducasse (University of Lille), Gordana Rakic (University of Novi Sad)
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Tuesday, 13 October 2026 (time according to Greece: UTC+3)
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Plenary - Stefanos Vrochidis |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Plenary - Schahram Dustdar |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Parallel Sessions 13-16
Session 13: Education II
BCI Full
A Hybrid AI-Supported Architecture for Bereavement Support in Higher Education
Sara Krshinar, Zlate Bogoevski, Ana Cholakoska Cilakova, Kristijan Nelkovski, Marija Kalendar, Danijela Efnusheva (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje)
BCI Full
A System for Identifying and Preventing Student Dropout in the Bulgarian Education System
Boyan Belichev, Veneta Komsalova (University of Plovdiv), Ivan Stoyanov (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Stoyan Cheresharov (University of Plovdiv), Stanimir Stoyanov (Centre of Excellence in Informatics, Sofia)
BCI Full
An Immersive Gaming Platform for Enhancing Medical Students’ Diagnostic Skills with AI-Generated Lifelike Scenarios
Yomna Hassan (German University in Cairo), Rosanna Gamal (University of Prince Edward Island), Hossam Mekawy (University of Prince Edward Island)
WIMS Short
A Survey on Interactive Dashboard Systems for Pre-University Academic Counselling
Deepak Sagar, Affan Ahmed (Alliance University)
Session 14: Architecture and Hardware II
BCI Full
Hardware-Software Co-Design for Real-Time Aerial Object Tracking: C++ Based Architectural Profiling and FPGA Implementation Proposal
Damjan Sokolovski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje)
BCI Full
Integrating Digital Twins and IoT for Smart Urban Mobility and Accessibility: A Layered Architecture for Intelligent Campus Ecosystems
Alexandra Bousia (University of Thessaly)
IDC Full
Knowledge-Intensive Applications Scheduling in Cloud Workflow-as-a-Service Platforms
Victor Toporkov (National Research University “MPEI”)
BCI Full
Model-Driven Microservice Synthesis: Ensuring Traceability, Autonomy, and Scalability
Mihajasoa Léa Fanomezana, Andrianjaka Miary Rapatsalahy (University of Fianarantsoa), Sorin Ilie (University of Craiova), Nicolas Raft Razafindrakoto (University of Fianarantsoa), Costin Bădică (University of Craiova)
BCI Short
Deficiencies of Standard Control Modes of Residential Battery Systems
Rumen Mihailov (Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv)
Session 15: Artificial Intelligence II
BCI Full
A Comparative Study on Human and AI-generated Source Code Snippets Quality
Ioannis Zozas, Stamatia Bibi, Charoula Zozas (University of Western Macedonia)
BCI Full
Scalability Analysis of Learned Heuristic A* vs Classical A* Variants Across Different Grid Sizes and Obstacle Densities
Blerta Idrizi, Shpetim Rexhepi, Aleksandar Dimovski, Egzona Iseni (Mother Teresa University, Skopje)
WIMS Full
A Modular AI/VR Pipeline for Educational, Cultural, and Sustainability in Game Creation
Makrina Viola Kosti (ITI, CERTH)
WIMS Full
LTC-CPD+: A Neural-based Framework for Online Change Point Detection in Multivariate Time Series
Apostolos Konstantinou, Despoina Chatzakou, Ourania Theodosiadou, Theodora Tsikrika, Stefanos Vrochidis, Ioannis Kompatsiaris (ITI, CERTH)
BCI Short
Leakage-Aware Short-Horizon Ethereum Price-Direction Prediction with a Temporal Transformer
Panagiotis-Konstantinos Gemos, Christos Chronis, Iraklis Varlamis (Harokopio University)
Session 16: Information Systems I
BCI Full
A Policy-Aware Platform for Managing Public-Sector Data Access Requests: Design and Case Study
Elisavet Parisi, Lazaros Ioannidis, Panagiotis-Marios Filippidis, Georgios Christoforos Kazlaris (OKFN GREECE); Alexandra Garatzogianni (Leibniz University Hannover); Charalampos Bratsas (OKFN GREECE, IHU)
BCI Full
Beyond Isolated Flows: Declarative Mining over ODT Mobility Patterns
Neron Panagiotopoulos, Christos Balaktsis, Anastasios Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
BCI Full
Dynamic Closed-Loop HCI for Information Provision: A System-Theoretic Approach
Costin Bădică, Amelia Bădică (Universitaty of Craiova), Maria Ganzha (Warsaw University of Technology), Mirjana Ivanović (University of Novi Sad), Marcin Paprzycki (Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences), Ion Buligiu (Universitatea din Craiova)
WIMS Short
Agile Project Management in the Context of Digital Transformation: A Review Study
Amal Alanazi (King Saud University)
BCI Short
A Scalable AI-Powered Web Platform for Genomic Variant Analysis Using the Evo2 Foundation Model
Kujtim Ameti, Agon Memeti, Florim Idrizi, Florinda Imeri, Shkurte Luma-Osmani (University of Tetova)
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| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 16:00 |
Parallel Sessions 17-20
Session 17: Education III
BCI Full
Coevolution of Large Language Models and Academic Dishonesty
Katerina Zdravkova, Bojan Ilijoski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje)
BCI Full
Cross-Border Development of AI Ethics and Cybersecurity Education: A Fulbright Case Study and Institutional Adaptation Framework
George Antoniou (Lynn University)
BCI Full
Student Visual Attention in Kahoot Math Quizzes: An Eye-Tracking Study with Secondary School Students
Maria Koutroumani, Maria Rigou (University of Patras)
BCI Full
Unobtrusive and Trustworthy Attendance Tracking in Higher Education
Emil Doychev, Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva (University of Plovdiv), Daniel Totev (Eventor LLC)
BCI Short
Requirements Analysis for a Vocational Laboratory Center's Information System
Dimitrios Kotsifakos, Yannis Psaromiligkos (University of West Attica)
Session 18: Architecture and Hardware III
BCI Full
Q-Value–Inspired Ant Foraging for Distributed Task Allocation
Dorian Minarolli (Polytechnic University of Tirana), Betim Çiço (Ismail Qemali Vlora University), Genti Daci (Polytechnic University of Tirana)
BCI Full
Shannon Entropy Analyzer: A Lightweight Hybrid Framework for Real-Time Network Anomaly Detection
Ermis Sofos, Nikolaos Antoniadis, Christos Gogos (University of Ioannina)
BCI Full
Zero-Persistence eKYC: A Dual-Ledger Architecture for Public Sector Identity Verification
Ardit Likollari (Harokopio University of Athens), Anargyros Tsadimas (University of West Attica), Vassilis Dalakas (Harokopio University of Athens)
IDC Full
Resilient Decentralized Edge Learning via Sentinel-Based Fault Localization and Containment
Konstantinos Anastasiou (University of Macedonia), Sotiris Skaperas (National School of Electronics and its Applications - ENSEA); Ilias Sakellariou (University of Macedonia)
BCI Short
AI-Driven Root Cause Analysis Framework for Cloud Service Incident Management
Veeranji Reddy Jakkireddy (Amazon)
Session 19: Information Systems II
BCI Full
From Paper-Based Records to Digital Clinical Workflows: Integrating Decentralized Storage, Interoperability, and AI Assistance
Julia Florea, Costin Bădică (University of Craiova)
BCI Full
Polychthon: An Event-Driven Microservices System for Moonlighting Declarations in the Greek Public Sector
Athanasios Kalampoukas (Hellenic Open University), Alexandros Karakasidis (University of Macedonia)
BCI Full
Reconstructing a Telemetry-Derived Proxy Label Using an Interpretable Composite Load Index: Simulation and Real-World Structural Transfer
Athanasios Kranas, Rozita Tsoni (Hellenic Open University), Eleni Tousidou, Michael Vassilakopoulos (University of Thessaly), Vassilios Verykios (Hellenic Open University)
IDC Full
Scheduling Dual-Mode Drones in Disaster Response Operations
Emmanouil Rigas, Markos Koletsas, Nick Bassiliades (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
BCI Short
Performance Optimization of Web Applications Through Multi-Level Caching: A Case Study of the Kosovo Cadastral Geoportal
Florian Halimi, Dhurate Hyseni, Isak Shabani (University of Prishtina), Radovan Stojanović (University of Montenegro); Betim Çiço (University Ismail Qemali)
Session 20: Tutorial II
BCI
Intercultural Competences as Added Value in Informatics
Tatjana Welzer (University of Maribor)
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Parallel Sessions 21-24
Session 21: Large Language Models I
WIMS Full
A Measurement Study of LLM Inference Trade-offs Across Edge Continuum Hardware
Maysam Khatib, Moysis Symeonidis (University of Cyprus), Demetris Trihinas (University of Nicosia); George Pallis, Marios D. Dikaiakos (University of Cyprus)
BCI Full
ENACT Data Space Management Platform: Enhancing User Experience through Connected Workflows and LLM-assisted Interaction
Ioanna Kapetanidou, Christos Diamantakis, Alexandros Nizamis, Konstantinos Votis (ITI, CERTH)
BCI Full
Knowledge Distillation in LLMs for the Detection of Check-worthy Statements
Eleni Tousidou, Aristea Koutsomarkou, Michael Vassilakopoulos (University of Thessaly), Antonio Corral (University of Almería)
BCI Full
LLM-based Approach to the Classification of Old Serbian Novels
Cvetana Krstev, Ranka Stanković (University of Belgrade)
BCI Short
Beyond Prompt-to-Code: Toward Validated Intermediate Representations for LLM-Assisted Software Engineering
Daniel Ciochiu, Marius Brezovan (University of Craiova)
Session 22: Recommendation Systems
IDC Full
A Long-Term Memory-Driven Agentic Recommendation Framework for Dynamic User Preference Evolution
Aley Maniketh (Ebay)
WIMS Full
Design and Implementation of an Explainable Rule-Based Nutrition Recommender System
Ștefan-Calin Miertescu, Alexandra Vultureanu-Albisi, Costin Bădică
WIMS Full
Federated Recommender Systems for SME E-Commerce: A Survey of Architectures, Privacy Mechanisms, and Frameworks
Apostolos Kasampalis (MyCompany Projects)
BCI Short
Multimodal Agentic Recommender Systems for Personalized Recommendations Using Text, Images, Video, and Behavioral Signals
Aley Maniketh (Ebay), Yarradla Nithin Reddy (Central Michigan University)
IDC Short
Experimenting with Emotion-Aware Collaborative Filtering in Perfume Recommender Systems
Elena-Ruxandra Lutan (University of Craiova)
Session 23: Learning Algorithms I
BCI Full
FedSMOTE: Privacy-Preserving Synthetic Oversampling for Class Imbalance in Federated Learning
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Rafail Anestis Konstantinou, Vasilis Perifanis, Pavlos Efraimidis (Democritus University of Thrace)
IDC Full
A Fuzzy Logic-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning Method for Task Offloading
Horia Rusu, Cristina Pop, Viorica Chifu, Ionut Anghel, Tudor Cioara (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca)
WIMS Full
A Web-Based AutoML Tool for Evaluating Open-Source AutoML Frameworks and Machine Learning Models
Prodromos Vezyridis, Stefanos Ougiaroglou (International Hellenic University)
WIMS Short
A Transfer Learning Baseline for Façade Crack Segmentation in Emergency Damage Assessment
Edona Krasniqi, Visar Shehu (South East European University)
IDC Short
Ensemble Learning Algorithms to Predict Future Events in Sales for Rohlic Group
Md. Shamsir Doha, Doina Logofatu (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Session 24: Tutorial III
BCI
Automated creation of aligned bilingual (Greek-Albanian) document collections based on preposition correspondence. A sub-sentential fragments alignment approach
Nikitas Karanikolas (University of West Attica)
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| 20:00 - 22:00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, 14 October 2026 (time according to Greece: UTC+3)
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 11:00 |
Parallel Sessions 25-28
Session 25: Large Language Models II
IDC Full
It's All Greek to RAG: Structure-Aware Hybrid Retrieval and Adaptive Evidence Selection for Administrative Question Answering
Chaido Mizeli, Katerina Asdre, Konstantinos Diamantaras (International Hellenic University)
WIMS Full
Assessing Large Language Models in Legal Classification: A Systematic Evaluation of ChatGPT’s Performance on Greek Penal Code Scenarios
Fotios Roumpies (University of Thessaly)
WIMS Short
Single and Multi Truth Data Fusion using Large Language Models
Norman Paton, Hira Kucuk, Jiaoyan Chen, Zhenyu Wu (University of Manchester)
IDC Short
Investigating the Capabilities of LLM for Decompilation a Program with Vulnerabilities
Konstantin Izrailov, Igor Kotenko (St. Petersburg Federal Research Center)
Session 26: Agentic Systems
BCI Full
Can We Trust Cyber Defence Agents? TrustOps for Evidence Grounded Security Operations
Vangelis Malamas (Hellenic Open University), Vangelis Paklatzis (Focal Point), Christos Douligeris (University of Piraeus), Dimitris Koutras (Focal Point)
BCI Full
VAILS: A Voice Agent for Independent Living Support
Kalliopi Maria Tintikaki, Ioannis Refanidis (University of Macedonia)
IDC Full
Explainability-Aware Model Selection in a Modular Multi-Agent Architecture for Clinical Decision Support
Kristijan Cincar, Todor Ivascu, Viorel Negru (West University of Timisoara)
WIMS Full
AEGIS: An Agentic Emergency Guidance and Incident System for Civil Protection
Katerina Ioannidou (Uppsala University), Marios Dikaiakos (University of Cyprus), Athena Stassopoulou (University of Nicosia)
IDC Short
Evaluating Coordination Overhead in MCP-Driven Multi-Agent Systems
Titiksha Sharma, Shubham Bisht, Shresth Sharma (Delhi Technological University)
Session 27: Learning Algorithms II
WIMS Full
Post-Hoc Per-Class Threshold Optimisation for Sustainable Development Goals Classification
Adrian Brasoveanu (Modul University Vienna), Albert Weichselbraun (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons), Lyndon J.B. Nixon, Arno Scharl (Modul University Vienna)
BCI Full
Tokenized Reward Systems for Federated Learning: The Privacy vs. Fairness Tradeoff
Andreas Sendros, Vasilios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis (Athena RC)
WIMS Full
Unsupervised User Identity Linkage from User-Generated Text in Sparse-Signal Settings
Panagiotis Kosmas, Despoina Chatzakou, Theodora Tsikrika, Stefanos Vrochidis, Ioannis Kompatsiaris (ITI, CERTH)
BCI Short
Steel Immersion Time Prediction in Hot-Dip Galvanization using Multimodal Deep Learning
Dionisis Kotzaitsis, Lampros Leontaris, Maria Tzelepi, Nikolaos Dimitriou (ITI, CERTH), Elpiniki Papageorgiou (University of Thessaly), Dimitrios Tzovaras (ITI, CERTH)
BCI Short
Traditional and Machine Learning Approaches for Financial Conditions Index Construction: A Comparative Analysis of PCA and LASSO Regression
Ketjona Shameti (Epoka University), Albana Gorishti (Univeristy of Tirana)
Session 28: Applications
BCI Full
AI-Based Embedded System for Smart Irrigation in Precision Agriculture
Mitar Otašević, Radovan Stojanović (University of Montenegro)
BCI Full
Supplier-Timing and Empirical Age-Risk Features for Predicting Wholesale Fresh-Produce Waste
Simeon Monov, Hristo Karaperev, NIkolay Pavlov (Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv)
BCI Full
Vision-Based Weight Prediction of Aluminium Scrap Categories in Industrial Casting Processes
Dimitrios Oikonomou, Lampros Leontaris, Maria Tzelepi, Nikolaos Dimitriou, Dimitrios Tzovaras (ITI, CERTH)
WIMS Short
Quantile Seq2Seq Forecasting with Scenario-Robust Differentiable MPC for Irrigation Scheduling under Evapotranspiration Uncertainty
Bhavya Lahari Bommireddy (Microsoft)
BCI Short
Multi-Sensor Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection for Food Waste Digester Machines
Stylianos Eleutheriadis, Giorgos Margaritis, Thanasis Vafeiadis, Alexandros Nizamis, Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Dimitrios Tzovaras (ITI, CERTH)
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Plenary - Grigorios Tsoumakas |
| 12:15 - 13:45 |
Parallel Sessions 29-31
Session 29: Citizenship and Professional Issues
BCI Full
AI-Assisted Refactoring of the N+1 Antipattern in Legacy ORM Systems: A Nationwide Industrial Case Study
Ioannis Christodoulopoulos, Sotirios Christodoulou (Computer Technology Institute and Press “DIOPHANTUS” - CT)
BCI Full
Governing the Algorithmic Agora: E-Democracy, Free Expression and Artificial Intelligence
Angeliki Kitsiou (University of the Aegean), Maria Christoforou (University of Nicosia), Maria Sideri (University of the Aegean)
BCI Full
Profiles of Marketers with Digital Skills in the European Union Market
Konstantinos Charmanas, Dimitrios Christos Kavargyris, Elena Chatzopoulou, Lefteris Angelis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
BCI Short
AI and Citizen Participation: Toward an Illustrated Dialogue
Bruno Suner, Laurent Lescop, Arpi Mangasaryan (ENSA NANTES)
BCI Short
Towards a DigComp-Aligned Framework and Assessment Toolkit for Digital Competences for Democratic Deliberation: The DC4Democracy Project
Efthimios Tambouris, Christina Tikva, Rafail Promikyridis, Dimitrios Zeginis, Tarabanis Konstantinos (University of Macedonia)
Session 30: Computing Practices
BCI Full
Modeling Closed-Ended Puzzle Video Games
Boyan Bontchev, Dessislava Vassileva, Ivan Velev (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski")
BCI Full
Pointing-attention Guidance for Improved Few-shot object Detection
Ioannis Pastaltzidis, Iason Karakostas, Maria Tzelepi, Nikolaos Dimitriou, Dimitrios Tzovaras (ITI, CERTH)
WIMS Short
DeBERTa-Based Maritime Named Entity Recognition
Mani Wadhwa, Neha Gupta (Bharat Electronics - BEL)
BCI Short
Expanding IT Controls - Transitioning from Compliance to Strategic IT Risk Management
Angel Duhov, Valentin Hristov, Tasho Tashev (Technical University of Sofia)
Session 31: Health and Medical Issues
BCI Full
Dementia Awareness Data Analysis
Olga Georgieva (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski")
BCI Full
Eyes as Windows to Health: A Lightweight Explainable EfficientNetB0 Pipeline for Five-Class Diabetic Retinopathy Grading on APTOS 2019
Diellza Pervetica, Fatjeta Gashi (University of Prishtina); Milot Jahiu (UBT – Higher Education Institution), Dhurate Hyseni, Isak Shabani (University of Prishtina)
WIMS Full
Forced to Look: Anatomical Attention Guidance for 3D Cardiac Pathology Classification
Triantafyllos Samoladas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Nikolaos Tsolakis, Christoniki Maga-Nteve, Stefanos Vrochidis (ITI, CERTH); Georgios Meditskos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
WIMS Full
Horizon-Based Risk Classification for Visit-Level Heart Failure Risk Stratification
Matej Pičulin, Petar Vračar, Borut Flis (University of Ljubljana), Dimitrios Boucharas (University of Ioannina); Duncan Edwards (University of Cambridge); Nduka Okwose, Amy Fuller (Coventry University); Sarah Charman (Newcastle University), Aleksandra Milovančev, Andrej Preveden (University of Novi Sad), Nenad Filipivić (University of Kragujevac), Djordje Jakovljević (Coventry University); Zoran Bosnić (University of Ljubljana)
BCI Short
AI-Powered Unobtrusive Sleep Monitoring and Assessment for Parkinson's Disease Patients: The VESTOR Implementation
Georgios Koutalieris, Maria Papoutsoglou (Enora Innovation), Athina Simitsi, Konstantinos Lourentzos, Nikolaos Papagiannakis, Leonidas Stefanis, Anastasios Bonakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Harris Georgiou (University of Piraeus), Athanasios Koumparos, Symeon Symeonidis, Iphigenia Kapsomenaki (ENORA Innovation)
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| 13:45 - 14:00 | Closing session |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 onwards | Departure to Vergina |
