INDICON 2022 | Special Sessions

Design and Evaluation of Energy Efficient Networks and Services in IoT
Machine-Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Traffic/Quality of Experience Management in IoT
Hybrid Intelligent Models and Applications for IoT in Industrial applications
Nature-Inspired Smart Hybrid Systems for IoT Context-Aware Systems
Machine learning and Data Analytics and Decision Automation in IoT for Industry
Knowledge-Based Discovery with Evolutionary Algorithms for QoS in IoT devices
Fuzzy Fusion of Sensors, Data and Information
Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for IoT and wearable Computing
Hybrid Optimization Methods Emerging real-world and theoretical applications of IoT in Industry
Innovative Deep Learning Architectures/Algorithms for Time Series Data and IoT
Neural network modelling, analysis and synthesis techniques in ubiquitous communications
Multi-Objective IoT System Modelling and Analysis—Performance, Energy, Reliability, Robustness
Modelling and simulation of large-scale IoT scenarios and IoT standardization
Machine learning for IoT and sensor research challenges: the battery of sensor, routing, prediction of nodes etc.
Quality aspects in the IoT (e.g., runtime dependability, assurances, validation, verification, privacy, security)
State-of-practice, experience reports, industrial experiments, and case studies in the IoT

Organizers :

Abhishek Bajpai: Department of Computer Science and Engineering Government Engineering College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: abhishek@reck.ac.in
Prof. Neeraj Tiwari: Department of Information Technology, Bhim Rao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prof. Manish Raj: School of Computer Science Engineering and Technology, Bennet University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. E-mail: Manish.raj@bennett.edu.in
Prof. Vivek Srivastava: Department of Computer Science and Engineering Government Engineering College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: vivek@reck.ac.in

Racial, Gender and Religious Biases
Geo-political Biases and Other Emerging Fairness Considerations
Transparency of AI decision making
Explainable AI
Trustworthy AI
AI in governance
AI and challenges in society and ethics
Design of AI systems with fairness, justice, accountability, and safety
Privacy considerations

Organizers :

Santhosh Kumar G: Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. E-mail: san@cusat.ac.in
Deepak P: Queen’s University Belfast, UK. E-mail: deepaksp@acm.org
Sahely Bhadra: Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India. E-mail: sahely@iitpkd.ac.in

Power converter topologies for electric vehicle drive trains.
Emerging power converters and investigation of various coil structures for Wireless Charging System Fast electric vehicle charging station and renewable energy integration
Battery management system and its charging technologies.
Energy Management Systems for Multi-source systems in Electric Vehicles.
Real-time and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation of electric vehicles.
Advanced drives for electric vehicles.
Modelling and Simulation of Electric Vehicle subsystems.
Fault monitoring and diagnostics of Electric Vehicles.
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Electric Vehicles.

Organizers :

Kundan Kumar: Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Manipur, India. E-mail: kundan01012020@gmail.com
Olive Ray: School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. E-mail: olive@iitbbs.ac.in
Jinia Roy: Research Engineer, GE Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA. E-mail: jinia.roy@ge.com
Subrata Banerjee: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. E-mail: bansub2004@yahoo.com

Blockchain for renewable energy resource management.
Blockchain for grid management.
Blockchain for energy trading.
Blockchain based security and privacy management for energy data.
Blockchain based demand response.
Use of Blockchain in EV charge management.
Performance verification of Blockchain protocols in energy optimization.

Organizers :

Dr. Angshuman Jana: Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati. E-mail: angshuman@iiitg.ac.in
Dr. Nilotpal Chakraborty: LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur E-mail: nilotpal@ieee.org

Smart power electronics converters, modulation and control issues for renewable energy applications.
Coordination control strategies and hierarchical control of power electronics converters for microgrids (AC, DC, AC/DC).
Non‐linear control of power electronics converters used in microgrids.
Novel PWM Techniques for power electronics control.
Grid connectivity control requirements.
Development of dc/dc converter topologies.
Impedance and Multilevel Converter Topologies.
Power quality analysis.
Energy storage systems and transient issues.
Smart grids and integration of DG.
Hybrid coupled micro-grid (AC+DC), Energy efficiency in micro-grids.
Intelligent control of grid-connected converters and inverters.
Power control methods and algorithms.
Electric vehicles.

Organizers :

Dr. Man Mohan Garg: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India. E-mail: mmgarg.ee@mnit.ac.in
Prof. Narasimharaju B L: Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. E-mail: blnraju@nitw.ac.in
Dr. Suvendu Samanta: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. E-mail: suvendus@iitk.ac.in
Dr. Dogga Raveendhra: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad, India. E-mail: doggaravi19@gmail.com

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs).
Planning and Automation of Distribution system.
AC and DC Power Distribution System (PDS).
Low Voltage DC (LVDC) Nanogrid.
Energy Management Schemes in Microgrid/Nanogrid.
Voltage stability in Distribution System.
Voltage and Power Regulation in Distribution System.
Application of capacitors/Super Capacitors in PDS.
Automation of Distribution Systems.
IoT Based Automations.
Energy Storage system for EVs / Power utility System.
Fast Charging Technologies for Energy Storage system.
Design of fast Chargers for Energy Storage system.
Battery Scheduling Algorithms.
Reliability and Protections in Distribution System.
Distribution Transformers and substations.
Power Quality issues in PDS.
Power Management in PDS with EVs and RES.
Impacts of EVs and RES in PDS.
Demand Response Management in PDS.
Economic Despatch in PDS.
Load Forecasting in PDS.
Fault analysis in PDS.
High Impedance Fault.

Organizers :

Dr Bijuna Kunju K: Contact Number: 9895163961. E-mail: kbijuna@tkmce.ac.in
Prof. Narasimharaju B L: Contact Number: 9561450634. E-mail: shelassathyan@nitt.edu
Dr. Suvendu Samanta: Contact Number: 9447929314. E-mail: mansooreee@tkmce.ac.in

Applications of artificial intelligence in renewable energy systems (RESs).
Solar PV cells using smart materials.
RES grid integration challenges.
AI-based power quality enhancement in RESs.
Grid-connected smart inverters powered by IoT.
Smart grids and cities.
Advanced microgrid control of renewable energy sources.
AI-powered battery management systems.
Microgrid and its challenges.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based power system stability enhancement.
Renewable energy power management solutions based on artificial intelligence.
Internet of Things (IoT) for smart and microgrids.
AI-powered energy management systems for electric vehicles.

Organizers :

Dr. M. Venkateshkumar: Assistant Professor (Sr. G), Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai, India.
Dr. Cheng Siong Chin: Associate Professor, Intelligent Systems Design, Newcastle University, Singapore.

In-Memory Computing.
Spiking Neural Networks.
Circuits and Systems for Brain Machine Interface.
AI Accelerator Design.
Memory Centric Accelerators.
Circuit innovations for Machine Learning.
Neuromorphic Computing Systems.
Emerging Technologies for Brain-Inspired Computing.
Applications of ML in Internet of Things (IoT).
AI on the Edge for Healthcare Applications.
Intelligent System-On-Chip Design for Various Applications.
Accelerating AI on FPGA.

Organizers :

Dr. Kala S: Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, Kerala- 686635. E-mail: kala@iiitkottayam.ac.in
Dr. Nalesh S: Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science And Technology Kochi-22, Kerala. E-mail: nalesh@cusat.ac.in