Workshop Schedule

Date: November 11, 2025

Time (Eastern Time) Session
07:00 AM – 08:30 AMBreakfast
08:30 AM – 08:45 AMOpening
08:45 AM – 09:45 AMPaper Session 1
09:45 AM – 10:00 AMBreak
10:00 AM – 10:30 AMInvited Talk: Dr. Benjamin Steenhoek, Microsoft Research
10:30 AM – 11:00 AMInvited Talk: Dr. Tunazzina Islam, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM IEEE DISTILL Panel: Secure, Trustworthy, and Explainable AI in a Connected World

Panelists:
  • Sumon Biswas, Assistant Professor, Computer & Data Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
  • Amit Kumar Sikder, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Iowa State University
  • Amit Seal Ami, Assistant Professor, Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity & Computing, University of South Florida
  • Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso

Moderator: Dr. Shahnewaz Karim Sakib, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
12:00 PM – 01:30 PMLunch Break
01:30 PM – 02:00 PMInvited Talk: Dr. Imtiaz Karim, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
02:00 PM – 02:30 PMInvited Talk: Dr. Farimah Farahmandi, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
02:30 PM – 03:00 PMInvited Talk: Dr. Saikat Chakraborty, Microsoft Research
03:00 PM – 03:30 PMInvited Talk: Dr. Sayem Mohammad Imtiaz, Meta
03:30 PM – 03:45 PMBreak
03:45 PM – 04:45 PMPaper Session 2
04:45 PM – 05:00 PMAdjournment