Opening Speech: General Chair Prof Ian McLoughlin

Session 1: Intelligent Transportation Systems – 1
Session Chair: A/Prof Andrew Keong Ng

1.1 EP-MPC: An Emergency Vehicle Priority Method at Isolated Intersections in mixed Connected Environment
Tianran Zhang, Sixuan Xu, Lei Zhao, Stefan Nastic, Weihua Zhang, and Chen Wang

1.2 Research on Passenger Flow Control in an Urban Rail Transit Network During Peak Demand Period
Jiajie LI, Maomao YI, Zhongyi WU, Hao QI, Xiangjing LI

1.3 Lightweight Spatio-Temporal Attention Network with Graph Embedding and Rotational Position Encoding for Traffic Forecasting
Xiao Wang, Shun-Ren Yang

1.4 Research on Urban Bus Risk Prediction Based on Heinrich’s Law
JianQiang Yan, YuJia Xie, and Zhao Niu

1.5 Smart Road Monitoring via Connectivity-Aware Thin Crack Segmentation with Skeleton Recall Loss
Vosco Pereira, Hidekazu Fukai

1.6 Operational Resilience and Challenges from Full-sized Level-4 Automated Bus Deployment in a National Park Environment
Berna GÜR, Duygu Kayaoglu, Cemre Kavvasoglu, Ali Ufuk Peker, Kerem Par

 

Session 2: Intelligent Service Design & Operations
Session Chair: A/Prof Yi Zhou

2.1 Continuance Intention and Addiction: Analyzing the Role of Escapism in Balanced Gaming Engagement
Mengyuan Li, Wendy Wan Yee Hui, and Torsten Reiners

2.2 Vision-Language RAG for Post-AOI PCB Inspection
Min Sik Byun, Malcolm Yoke Hean Low, David Weidong Lin, Ching Chung Hong, Yoke Chuan Tan, Desmond Pang Ngin Ong

2.3 LiDAR Based Semantic Perception for Forklifts in Outdoor Environments
Benjamin Serfling, Hannes Reichert, Lorenzo Bayerlein, Konrad Doll and Kati Radkhah-Lens

2.4 Design of User Growth and Data-Driven Operational Decision-Making Architecture for Highway Service Areas
Pan Zhang, Jie Yang

2.5 Equitable Urban Food Procurement and Distribution in Dense Cities: The Case of Singapore
Ei Myat Kay Khine, Tay Huay Ling, Loh Hui Shan

2.6 Design and Fabrication of an IoT-Enhanced Distribution Box to Prevent Moisture Retention and Increase Electrical and Electronic Component Lifespan
Shawn Jing Lan Lim, Andrew Keong Ng, Kok Hwee Ong

 

Session 3: Machine Learning & AI
Session Chair: A/Prof Indriyati Atmosukarto

3.1 Data Exfiltration Detection System using Machine Learning
B Harippriya, Simon Eng Soo Guan, Casey How Kiam Cheng, Yongqing Zhu

3.2 CareCompanion: Context-Aware Multi-Persona AI Chatbots as Emotional Support to Caregivers
Aaron Jun Xian Lam, Jolin Tan, Hong Kai Ong, Zining Tan, Jun Hui Lim, Liming Lu, Oran Zane Devilly

3.3 ShalDeepDP: A Survey and Comparison of Data Poisoning in Statistical, Classical Deep Learning and Foundation Models
Jia Yi Chan, Huaqun Guo, Timothy Liu, Aik Beng Ng, Simon See

3.4 Digitalisation in Audit: Development of Systems for Engagement, Training Monitoring, and a RAG-Augmented Chatbot
Russel Wei Quan Poon, Jun Wei Khoo, Reness Ravichandran, Jin Hao Tan, Jessaryn Lo, Liming Lu, Mui Kim Chu

3.5 A Modular OCR and NLP Pipeline for Digitizing Calibration Reports in Metrology
Kah Kian Fong, Nicholas Heng Loong Wong

3.6 Enabling At-Home Gait Monitoring for Parkinson’s Disease
Haoyu Song, Indriyati Atmosukarto

 

WIE Session 4: Engineering Trust and Innovation: Standards, Security, and the Future of Connected Systems
Session Chair: A/Prof Jeannie Lee

Panelist: Dr Meng Lu, Ms. Judy Saw, Dr. Hla Nu Phyu

 

Session 5: Cybersecurity
Session Chair: Dr Eyasu Getahun Chekole

5.1 Implementation of Lightweight Block Ciphers CLEFIA and PRINCE on Cortex-M7 Processor
Xiaohan Jia, Jiqiang Lu

5.2 Evolving Trust in Transactions: From Centralization to Decentralization
Nour El Madhoun

5.3 Boosted Ensemble Voting for Intrusion Detection: A SHAP-Driven Analysis of XGBoost and CatBoost
Adan Melendrez, Humberto Goncalves, Zakaria Alomari, and Yunlong Shao

5.4 SensiBERT
Kai Wen Kobin Fong, Javier Wei Jie Tan, Kenneth Zhi Yong Kuah, Yong Zhang Lee, Winson Zi Cai Low, Huaqun Guo

5.5 Building a Domain-Specialized Large Language Model for Penetration Testing
Joseph Guan Quan Lim, Isaac Leung Soon, Wilson Wee Shyan Lim, Zhen Yu Kwok, Ryan Kim Wee Lee, Aloysus Leng Siang Koh, Huaqun Guo

5.6 Do Emotions Matter? An Empirical Exploration of Facial Recognition across Diverse Datasets
Shi Quan Marcus Foo, Vi Shean Lim, Pai Chet Ng, Jeannie S. Lee

 

Session 6: Intelligent Transportation Systems – 2
Session Chair: Dr Meng Lu

6.1 Hybrid GRU-PINN Model for Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction at Unsignalized Intersections
Yuheng Tu, Chi Zhang

6.2 A Real-Time LoRaWAN Tracking System in Railway Tunnels for Increasing Track Maintenance Personnel Safety
Sean Yu Haw Goh, Andrew Keong Ng, Wilfred Yong Kang Loy, Thiam Siew Lim

6.3 Configuring the optimal service of an intermodal bulk cargo transport service on the Danube corridor
Cyril Alias, Jonas zum Felde, Herfried Leitner

6.4 BusRouter – A Smart Routing System
Aaron Yong Jun Chan, Zi Yang Edric Chan, Zheng Feng Cheah, Yi Xun Jonathan Tok, Victor Jia Xuan Tan, Kar Peo Yar, Huaqun Guo, Raymond Ching Bon Chan

6.5 Safety Monitoring System for PPE Detection, Personnel Counting, and Facial Recognition using Computer Vision
Wilfred Yong Kang Loy, Andrew Keong Ng, Sean Yu Haw Goh, Thiam Siew Lim

The visiting tour will start around 2:30pm on 30 September 2025 after last session. The route is shown in the below:
  1. W1 Level 3 Connexion and Partners Lounge
  2. W1 Level 5 The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library
  3. Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Collaboration Loop
  4. W3 Level 2 Campus Green
  5. W1 Level 2 The Forum
  6. Campus Boulevard
  7. E2 Level 2 Lectorial 9
  8. E2 Level 8 UI/UX Studio
  9. E2 Level 7 SIX x NVIDIA AI Centre
  10. E2 Level 6 Cybersecurity Lab
  11. E2 Level 3 Future Communications Translation Lab
  12. E3 Level 2 Ho Bee Auditorium
  13. E5 Level 2 Multi-Purpose Hall
  14. E4 Food Court
  15. E1 SIT Layout
  16. End of Tour at E1 drop-off point / Level 2, W2
Important Dates

Submissions open: March 1, 2025
Paper submission deadline: June 1, 2025
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2025
Camera-ready submission: July 15, 2025