Detailed program and papers March 21st

8:00 – 9:00

Registration and Breakfast Treat

Room: Great Hall in Levering Hall

 

9:00 – 10:15

Energy Systems I

Room: 315 Session Chair(s): Sijia Geng (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

9:00

1571090155: A Generative Model for Synchrophasor Network Traffic in Smart Grids

Leo Kosta and Aaron St. Leger (West Point, USA) 9:25 1571103257: Prescribing Decision Conservativeness in Two-Stage Power Markets: a Distributionally Robust End-to-End Approach Zhirui Liang, Qi Li, Anqi Liu and Yury Dvorkin (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

9:50

1571103454: Integrating Real-Time Machine Learning and Dynamic Charging for Electric Vehicle Routing

Mandana Farhang-Ghahfarokhi and Hyoshin (John) Park (Old Dominion University, USA); Venktesh Pandey (North Carolina A&T State University, USA); Gyugeun Yoon (Seoul National University, Korea (South))

 

9:00 – 10:15

Information Theory, Communications, and Coding VII

Room: 316

Session Chair(s): Brinton Cooper (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

9:00

1571103292: Turbo Product Decoding of Cubic Tensor Codes

Sarah Khalifeh and Ken R. Duffy (Northeastern University, USA); Muriel Médard (MIT, USA)

9:25

1571103450: Channel Decoding from Multiple Looks Under Receiver Impairments

Bo Guan (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA); Dennis Goeckel (University of Massachusetts, USA)

9:50

1571103466: Using a Single Parity-Check to Reduce the Guesswork of Guessing Codeword Decoding

Joseph Griffin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Peihong Yuan (MIT, USA); Ken R. Duffy (Northeastern University, USA); Muriel Médard (MIT, USA)

 

9:00 – 10:15

Machine Learning II

Room: 305

Session Chair(s): Thomas Thebaud (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

9:00

1571093720: Words That Represent Peace

Tushar Prasad, Larry S Liebovitch, Melissa Wild and Harry West (Columbia University, USA); Peter T. Coleman (Columbia Univerity, USA)

9:25

1571098354: Machine Learning Classification of Peaceful Countries: a Comparative Analysis and Dataset Optimization

Kevin Lian, Larry S Liebovitch, Melissa Wild and Harry West (Columbia University, USA); Peter T. Coleman (Columbia Univerity, USA); Francine Chen, Everlyne Kimani and Kate Sieck (Toyota Research Institute, USA)

 

9:00 – 10:15

Systems and Control

Room: 301 Session Chair(s): Pablo Iglesias (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

9:00 1571089201: Parameter Dependent Chen–Fliess Series: Convergence and Continuity

Natalie Pham and W. Steven Gray (Old Dominion University, USA)

9:25

1571103462: Extending the Execution Time of Chen-Fliess Series

Farnaz Boudaghi and Luis A. Duffaut Espinos (University of Vermont, USA)

9:50

1571102860: Constant-Speed Trajectory Processes for Uniform Coverage in UAV Networks

Masoud Malekzadeh, Ahmad Ghasemi and Hossein Pishro-Nik (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)

 

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee Break

Room: Great Hall in Levering Hall

 

 

10:45 – 11:35

Security and Privacy

Room: 301 Session Chair(s): Sonal Joshi (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

10:45

1571103467: The Role of Autonomy in ISP Compliance Decisions in Flexible Work Environments

Rijo Joy (University of the Cumberlands, USA)

11:10

1571103483: Exploring Ethical Issues and Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles in Different Countries and Cultures

Kruti J Shah (JHU, USA & United Healthcare Group, USA); Erhan Guven (JHU, USA)

 

10:45 – 11:35

Energy Systems II

Room: 315

Session Chair(s): Sijia Geng (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

10:45

1571101556: Optimization-Based Control of Variable Speed Diesel Generators

Joseph Amato (Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA); Anway Bose and Li Bai (Temple University, USA)

11:10

1571102260: Empirical Evaluation of ENF Extraction Methods for Accurate Timestamping in Multimedia Forensics

Roy Maiberge and Yakov Gusakov (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel); Tirza Routtenberg (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

10:45 – 11:35

Information Theory, Communications, and Coding VIII

Room: 316

Session Chair(s): Brinton Cooper (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

10:45

1571103491: Sparse Parity Random Linear Codes for URLLC in Channels with Memory

Steven D. Jones (The Johns Hopkins University, USA); A Brinton Cooper III (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

11:10

1571103501: Analog Coding for Bandwidth Expansion Zhihao Zhang, Zhanhao Zhang and Javier Garcia-Frias (University of Delaware, USA)

 

10:45 – 11:35

Machine Learning III

Room: 305

Session Chair(s): Thomas Thebaud (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

10:45

1571102716: Revolutionizing Fake News Detection: a Quantum Machine Learning Paradigm

Ainaz Jamshidi (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA & Koc University, Turkey); Muhammad Arif (Colorado State University, Pueblo, USA)

11:10

1571098356: Classifying Peace in Global Media Using RAG and Intergroup Reciprocity

Kevin Lian, Larry S Liebovitch, Melissa Wild and Harry West (Columbia University, USA); Peter T. Coleman (Columbia Univerity, USA); Francine Chen, Everlyne Kimani and Kate Sieck (Toyota Research Institute, USA)

 

11:35 – 11:45

Break

 

11:45 – 12:45

Plenary Speaker | Daniel Kammen

Room: Hodson Hall Room 110

Session Chair(s): Yury Dvorkin (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

 

12:45 – 13:00

Closing Ceremony

Room: Hodson Hall Room 110

Session Chair(s): Pablo Iglesias (Johns Hopkins University, USA)