Special Sessions at INTCEC 2026

Explore cutting-edge research topics in specialized sessions led by distinguished experts in their fields.

🔬 Special Session 1

Track III: Computing and Systems
📅 September 24-25, 2026

Data-Driven and Optimization-Based Approaches for Complex Dynamical Systems

🎯 Motivation and Objectives

The analysis and control of complex dynamical systems remain fundamental challenges in modern engineering. As systems grow in complexity—spanning energy networks, autonomous systems, cyber-physical systems, and beyond—traditional model-based approaches often struggle to scale or to capture the full richness of system behavior. Simultaneously, advances in machine learning, optimization theory, and computational methods have opened new avenues for addressing these challenges.

This special session aims to bring together researchers working at the intersection of data-driven methods, optimization-based techniques, and dynamical systems theory. The session will explore how modern computational tools—including neural networks, sum-of-squares optimization, and reinforcement learning—can be integrated with classical stability and control frameworks to address problems in safety verification, stability analysis, and controller synthesis for complex systems.

🎓 Session Objectives:
  • Present recent advances in learning-based methods for Lyapunov function construction and stability certification
  • Explore optimization-based approaches for safety-critical control, including Control Barrier Functions
  • Discuss challenges and solutions for systems with hybrid dynamics, time delays, and switching behavior
  • Foster collaboration between researchers in control theory, machine learning, and optimization
📋 Topics of Interest
  • ✓ Neural network-based Lyapunov and barrier function synthesis
  • ✓ Control Barrier Functions for safety-critical systems
  • ✓ Sum-of-Squares (SOS) optimization for stability analysis
  • ✓ Region of Attraction estimation and verification
  • ✓ Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models and piecewise Lyapunov functions
  • ✓ Stability analysis of hybrid and switching dynamical systems
  • ✓ Time-delay systems: analysis and control
  • ✓ Reinforcement learning for control with stability guarantees
  • ✓ Dynamic programming approaches for optimal control
  • ✓ Data-driven fault detection and diagnosis
  • ✓ Applications to energy systems and power networks
  • ✓ Stochastic approximation methods in control
  • ✓ Cyber-physical systems security and resilience
🎤 Session Format

The special session is planned to include 5–6 papers, each allocated approximately 20 minutes for presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. A brief introductory overview by the session organizer will frame the session's themes and highlight connections between the presented works.

👤 Session Organizer
Dr. Artun Sel - Session Organizer
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Dr. Artun Sel

Graduate Research Associate
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Biography: Dr. Artun Sel is a Graduate Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University, where he is pursuing his second Ph.D. He has published extensively in the areas of dynamical systems, estimation, data-driven models, and optimization.

Email: artunsel@ieee.org

🎯 Relevance to INTCEC

This special session aligns with the scope of INTCEC by addressing fundamental problems in engineering and computing through innovative computational approaches. The topics covered bridge theoretical foundations in control and dynamical systems with practical applications in energy systems, autonomous systems, and cyber-physical systems. The interdisciplinary nature of the session—combining control theory, machine learning, and optimization—reflects the integrative spirit of the conference.

🤖 Special Session 2

Track III: Computing and Systems
📅 September 24-25, 2026

Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Intelligent Systems: Models, Applications, and Emerging Trends

📊 Session Abstract

This session focuses on recent advances in artificial intelligence and data-driven intelligent systems, emphasizing methodological innovations, practical deployments, and interdisciplinary applications. The session will cover machine learning models for prediction and optimization, AI-enabled decision-support systems, blockchain-integrated intelligent platforms, and secure computing architectures for healthcare, finance, and smart infrastructure.

Particular attention is given to explainability, scalability, and ethical considerations in real-world AI systems. Through empirical studies, case-based implementations, and comparative modeling approaches, the session aims to provide researchers and practitioners with insights into how contemporary AI techniques translate from theoretical constructs to impactful, deployable solutions across diverse domains.

🎯 Key Focus Areas
  • ✓ Machine learning models for prediction and optimization
  • ✓ AI-enabled decision-support systems
  • ✓ Blockchain-integrated intelligent platforms
  • ✓ Healthcare informatics and AI applications
  • ✓ Fintech systems and financial AI
  • ✓ Network security and secure computing architectures
  • ✓ IoT and smart infrastructure systems
  • ✓ Explainable AI and ethical considerations
  • ✓ Scalability in real-world AI deployments
  • ✓ Empirical studies and case-based implementations
👤 Session Chair
Dr. Mayur Ramkrushna Bhoyar - Session Chair
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Dr. Mayur Ramkrushna Bhoyar

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Jagadambha College of Engineering and Technology
Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India

Biography: Dr. Mayur Ramkrushna Bhoyar is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science with over a decade of academic and editorial experience. He holds a PhD and has published extensively in Scopus-indexed journals and IEEE conference proceedings, with research contributions spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech systems, blockchain technologies, healthcare informatics, and network security. Dr. Bhoyar serves on the editorial boards of several Scopus-indexed journals and has managed large-scale peer-review workflows using Open Journal Systems (OJS). His scholarly work bridges theoretical modeling and real-world intelligent system deployment, with multiple granted patents in AI, IoT, and healthcare technologies.

📢 Interested in Organizing a Special Session?

We welcome proposals for special sessions, tutorials, lectures, and exhibitions. If you are interested in organizing a session or contributing in any other way, please contact:

Prof. Dr. Erol Kurt

General Chair

📧 ekurt52tr@yahoo.com
Prof. Dr. Harun Pirim

General Co-Chair

📧 harun.pirim@ndsu.edu
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