SLAAI Conference 2024 - Building Trustworthy AI: From Principles to Practice

Commitee Members

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Dr. (Mrs) Thushari Silva
Technical Programme Chair

Head, Department of Computational Mathematics, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (thusharip@uom.lk)

Dr Chinthanie Weerakoon
Technical Programme Co-Chairs

Department of Statistics & Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (chinthanie@kln.ac.lk)

Dr. A.D.A.I. Gunasekara
Technical Programme Co-Chairs

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing, Gen. Sir John Kotelawala, Defence University, Sri Lanka (asela@kdu.ac.lk)

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

Dr. (Mrs) Mihirini Wagarachchi
Financial Committee Chair

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies,Faculty of Engineering,University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (mihirini@is.ruh.ac.lk)

Eng. Dinesh Asanka
Technical Programme Co-Chairs

Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (dasanka@kln.ac.lk)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr WMKS Ilmini
Local Organizing Committee Chair

Department of Computer Science,Faculty of Computing, Gen. Sir John Kotelawala, Defence University, Sri Lanka(ilmini@kdu.ac.lk)

Prof Uditha Rathnayake
Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The Open University of Sri Lanka. (udithaw@ou.ac.lk)

Dr LP Kalanasooriya
Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair

DeanFaculty of Computing, Gen.Sir John Kotelawala, Defence University, Sri Lanka (pradeepkalansooriya@kdu.ac.lk)

Prof. RMKT Rathnayake
Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair

Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka (kapilar@appsc.sab.ac.lk)

Dr BVKI Vidanage
Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing, Gen. Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka (vidanage_bvki@kdu.ac.lk)

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

Dr Waruna Premachandra
Publicity Committee Chair

School Computing, BCI Campus, Sri Lanka (warunaprema@yahoo.com)

Eng A.M.T.B. Adikari
Publicity Committee Co-Chair

CBC Tech Solutions Limited (amtbadhikari@gmail.com)

Dr RMM Pradeep
Publicity Committee Co-Chair

Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing, Gen. Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka (pradeep@kdu.ac.lk)

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE

Dr. (Mrs) D.D.M. Ranasinghe
Publication Committee Chair

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering Technology The Open University of Sri Lanka (ddran@ou.ac.lk)

Dr. (Mrs) P.T.R. Dabare
Publication Committee Co-Chair

Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Technology The Open University of Sri Lanka

Ms Sadali Goonathilake
Publication Committee Co-Chair

Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Gen. Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka (goonatillekemast@kdu.ac.lk)

Advisory Board Members

Prof. Nalin Wickramaarachchi,University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. A. R. Weerasinghe, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Prof. Rangaraj M Rangayyan, University of Calgary, Canada.
Prof. Ramona Lile, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Prof. Daniela Elena Popescu, University of Oradea, Romania
Prof. Valentina Emilia Balas, ‘Aurel Vlaicu’ University of Arad, Romania
Prof. Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr. Daniela Lopez De Luise, Computational Intelligence and Information Systems Lab, Argentina
Dr. Mohammed Majid Al-Riafe, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Dr. A. P. Madurapperuma, The Open University of Sri Lanka
Dr.(Mrs.) KGHUW Ratnayake, The Open University of Sri Lanka
Dr. Bernadetta Kwintiana Ane, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Dr. Ali Ismail Aawad, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Janos Botzheim, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.
Dr. Fuqian Shi, Wenzhou Medical University, China.
Dr. Vania Vieira Estrela, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil
Dr. Yunhong Kelly Xu, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Keynote Speakers

Emi Y A

Associate Professor at Tohoku University

Prof. A.S. Karunananda

University of Moratuwa

Topics

8th SLAAI-ICAI -2024 welcomes submissions across all areas of AI. The conference scope covers all subareas of AI, including (but not limited to) following topics. We encourage all types of contributions including theoretical, engineering and applied in the area of AI and related areas. We also encourage innovations with AI techniques in the context of application domains, such as security, education, health care, transportation, commerce etc.

Artificial Cognitive
Systems

Machine
Learning

Agent-based
Systems

Ontological
Engineering

Natural Language
Processing

Robotics and
Embedded Systems

Machine
Vision

Optimization and
Scheduling

Reasoning under
Uncertainty

Artificial Neural Networks
and Deep learning

Data-mining and
Big Data

Internet
of Things

Fuzzy
Systems

Bioinformatics

Biomedical
Engineering

Evolutionary
Computing

Applications of
Artificial Intelligence

Social and Legal
aspects of AI

Call for Papers

Download paper template here(MS Word Format)

MS Word Paper Template

Submit Paper

All papers submitted to this conference will go through a double blind peer review process handled by the programme committee. Acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, presentation, and references. The conference programme committee makes the final decision on the acceptance or rejection of a paper. View more details here .

Paper submission

Initial Submission for Review

Authors are invited to submit full papers of no more than six (6) pages including results, figures, tables and references in standard IEEE double-column format.
Authors must STRICTLY follow the provided template.
IEEE manuscript template for Microsoft Word is available in the conference website:Ms Word Template
Only the papers that are submitted through the EDAS system will be considered for the review process.
Submission (EDAS) link: https://edas.info/index.php?c=30973

Instructions for Authors

Revise Your Paper
- All papers should be written in English.
- Maximum length of a paper is limited to 6 printed A4 pages in given format.
- Use the following template while preparing full papers: IEEE Templates
- Review process is Double-blind. Follow the following instructions in your first submission.
  - Do NOT include any authors’ information such as name, affiliations, e-mail, etc. in the initial manuscript.
  - Do NOT include any grant information or personal acknowledgements in the initial manuscript.
  - All references including authors’ previous work should be referred as 3rd-persons’ works.
Use the following guidelines while submitting full papers:
- All paper submissions are through Microsoft CMT..
- While submitting a paper select the most appropriate Track for your paper.
- Manuscript submission should be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) only. Once accepted, all Camera Ready papers should be in IEEE compliant format.
- Manuscripts that do not conform to the above formatting guidelines will not be considered. If you experience any font embedding issues while uploading the paper to EDAS please follow IEEE instructions.
- We request all authors to carefully revise the manuscript for language and formatting.
- All submitted manuscript will undergo a plagiarism check using a suitable tool.
- Please contact us, if you have any questions regaring your submission or experience any issues while submitting your manuscript.

Camera Ready Paper Instructions

The camera-ready paper must be uploaded only via EDAS system.
Please be informed that only registered and paid papers would be allowed for submitting the camera-ready version.
Note that only the registered and presented papers will be considered for inclusion in IEEE Xplore.

Formatting Camera Ready Paper
- Address review comments carefully. SLAAI-ICAI-2024 Program Committee will scrutinize each camera-ready paper and have the right to REJECT your paper if it is determined that author(s) has not taken sufficient effort to improve the paper based on review comments.
- Paper MUST strictly follow 2-column IEEE template.
- Enter copyright notice on paper as in IEEE template.
- Enter any acknowledgements for funding source (e.g., NSF, NRC, and SRC), if applicable. Once paper goes to proceedings it CANNOT be modified.
- If title, abstract, and keywords of the final paper is different from the version submitted to EDAS during the review phase, you may edit those. However, no new authors can be added.
- Author names, affiliation, and order of names on EDAS need to be the same as what is on the final paper. Proceedings will be prepared based on this data and CANNOT be later modified.
- INCLUDE author information, i.e. names, affiliations, email as in IEEE template in Camera Ready paper.
- Abstract on EDAS should be the same as the abstract on final paper. IMPORTANT: Abstract in EDAS will be used for proceedings.
- Only PDF files that are IEEE PDF compliant are accepted. (i.e Please check the compliance at IEEE PDF Express.)
Instructions for IEEE PDF Express

Before creating a PDF
- Add the copyright notice to the bottom of the first page of your source document. Refer details below under copyright.
- Proofread your source document thoroughly to confirm that it will require no revision./li>
Creating your PDF eXpress Account

Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress at https://ieee-pdf-express.org/

First-time users should do the following:
1. Select the New Users
2. Enter the following:
  - 59257X for the Conference ID
  - Your email address
  - A password
3. Continue to enter information as prompted.
  - An Online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.
Previous users of PDF eXpress or IEEE PDF eXpress Plus need to follow the above steps, but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.
Copyright
- Please add the relevant copyright notice in the first page as in template.
- Please transfer copyright through eCF using EDAS before submitting Camera Ready Papers.
Copyright Notice:
- For papers in which all authors are employed by the US government, the copyright notice is:
  U.S. Government work not protected by U.S. copyright
- For papers in which all authors are employed by a Crown government (UK, Canada, and Australia), the copyright notice is:
  979-8-3503-1926-2/23/$31.00 ©2024 Crown
- or papers in which all authors are employed by the European Union, the copyright notice is:
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- For all other papers the copyright notice is:
  979-8-3503-1926-2/23/$31.00 ©2024 IEEE
Copyright Transfer:
- Use "Copyright form" in paper page in EDAS.

Presentation

Please update in EDAS system who among the authors will be attending and presenting the paper.
Make sure the presenter’s name is correct as it will be used in the certificate.
Also update a short biography of the presenter in his/her EDAS profile.
Prepare your presentation slides and upload in EDAS system.
Every presenter will be given 15 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes for Q&A.
On the day of your presentation, report to your assigned session 10-15 minutes before commencing the session.

Review Panel

Local Reviewers

Prof. Uditha Rathnayake , Open University of Sri Lanka
Prof. S. Vasanthapriyan , University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Prof. Kapila Rathnayake , University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Prof. A.S. Karunananda , University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Prof. Ruwan Gopura, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Ms. SCM Sirisuriya , General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Ruwan Weerasinghe, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka
Dr. DU Vidanagama , General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Waruna Premachandra , University of Wayamba, Sri Lanka
Dr. Upeksha Ganegoda , University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Thosini Kumarika , University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Subha Fernando , University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Sidath Liyanage , University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Shantha Jayalal , University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Ruwan Nawarathne , University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Mihirini Wagaarachchi , Univeristy of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Dr. Menaka Ranasinghe , Open University of Sri Lanka
Dr. Kasun Jinasena , University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka
Dr. EJKP Nandani , Univeristy of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Dr. Chinthanie Weerakoon , University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Budditha Hettige , General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. ATP Silva , University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Asela Gunasekara , General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. (Mrs.) N. V. Chandrasekara , University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Pubudu Jayasena, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Dr. Manjula Perera, University of Sri Jayawardhenapura, Sri Lanka
Dr. Kudabadu J.C. Kumara, Univeristy of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Dr. E.J.K.P. Nandani, Univeristy of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Dr Lochandaka Ranathunga, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Rukshima Dabare, Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Dr. Surani Tissera, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka
Dr. Thilini Piyathilake, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Rasika Rajapaksha, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Pasan Maduranga, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Saminda Premarathna, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Kaneeka Vidanage, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Priyanga Thalagala, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Romesh Thanuja, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr Pradeep Kalansooriya, General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Anusha Jayasiri, Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
Dr. C.R.J. Amalraj, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Pansujee Dissanayake, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Ms Dileepa Samankula, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Ms. Shenali Fernando, BCI Campus, Negambo
Ms. Nadeera Meedin, Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Ms. Uma Meththananda, General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Ms. Kalani Ilmini, General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Eng. Dinesh Asanka, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Mr. Nilupul Senevirathna, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

International Reviewers

Prof. Sri Parameswaran, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Dimuthu Arachchige, DiPaul University, Chicago
Dr Kalana Withanage, Senior Software Engineer Lockheed Martin,Australia
Dr. Arfat Kahn, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Prof. Xu Wei, Renmin University of Beijing, China
Prof. Wei Du, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Prof. T.H. Lee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS, Singapore
Prof. S. Giridhar, IIT Madras, India
Prof. Petr Skobelev, Magenta Corporation Ltd, UK
Prof. Nikhil R Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Prof. Li-Lin Tay, National Research Council, Canada
Prof. Li Xin, City University of Hong Kong
Prof. LAU Yiu Keung Raymond, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Jianshan Sun, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
Prof. Jian Ma, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Janaka Rajapakse, Tainan National University, Taiwan
Prof. Jagath Rajapakse, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, Singapore/li>
Prof. Indumathi Raghavan, Mepco Schlenk engineering college, India
Prof. Gang Wang, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
Prof. Gagan Jindal, Chandigarh engineering college, India
Prof. G.N. Pillai, IIT Roorkee, India
Prof. G. Rzevski, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Complexity and Design, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Prof. Dipti Srinivasan, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. C.T. Guan, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, Singapore
Prof. Chandika Annasiwatta, Muskingum University, USA
Mr Thushan Sivalingam, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Venkat Subramanian, University of Texas, Austin
Dr. Vanithamani, Avinashilingam University, India
Dr. Vanathi, PSG College of technology, India
Dr. Sriram Vasudevan, Amrita University, India
Dr. Srinivasan, Sri Ramakrishna engineering college, India
Dr. Selvathi, Mepco Schlenk engineering college, India
Dr. Santhanam Lakshmi, Jeppiar engineering college, India
Dr. S. Raghavan, NIT Trichy, India
Dr. S. J. Pan, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, Singapore
Dr. Owen Newton Fernando, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, Singapore
Dr. Omid Geramifard, Senior Data Scientist, NUS, Singapore
Dr. Nitin Choubey, Amaravati University, India
Dr. Mamta Mittal, G B Pant engineering college, India
Dr. Libo Liu, Swinburne University, Australia
Dr. Lalit mohan Goyal, Bharthi vidyapeethâ€™s college of engineering, India
Dr. Kumar Ganesh, Paavai Engineering College, India
Dr. Jayaram Siddhaganga, institute of technology, India
Dr. Hamad Mozzaffari, Research Officer, National Research Council,Canada
Dr. Dongming Xu, University of Queensland, Australia
Dr. Cai Jianfei, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, Singapore
Dr. Asha, Bangalore Institute of Technology, India
Dr. Ang Kai Keng, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, Singapore
Dr. A.Vasuki, Kumaraguru College of Technology, India
Dr Perumal Ramasubramaniam, Shadan Women's College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad
Dr Harsha Kalutarage, Robert Gorden University, UK
Dr Chinthaka Premachandra, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Registration

Registration is open to all persons interested in attending SLAAI-ICAI-2024

The goal of SLAAI-ICAI-2020 provides a forum to interconnect world class researchers in AI and to share smart innovations which addresses the greatest challenges faced by the businesses and society at large. All persons intending to attend the Conference must complete the Registration Form. Please read the below registration information before you complete the Registration Form. Should you experience any difficulties, please contact the Conference chairs at the email address given on the homepage.

Payments for Registration

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Conference Charges for

Local Affiliations*

(in Sri Lanka Rupees - LKR)

Description	IEEE Member LKR	Non-IEEE Member LKR
Presenter (Student)	18,000	20,000
Presenter (Non-student)	16,200	25,000
Additional Paper Registration - Presenter (Student)	13,500	15,000
Additional Paper Registration - Presenter (Non Student)	18,000	20,000
Participants	6,000

^* A concessional rate of 10% will be given for Early bird registrations

^* Early bird registrations open untill 27th of October 2024

Conference Charges for

Foreign Affiliations (USD)

(in United States Dollars - USD)

Description	IEEE Member USD	Non-IEEE Member USD
Presenter (Student)	135	150
Presenter (Non Student)	162	180
Additional Paper Registration - Presenter (Student)	117	130
Additional Paper Registration - Presenter (Non Student)	135	150
Participants	130

^* A concessional rate of 10% will be given for Early bird registrations
^* Early bird registrations open untill 27th of October 2024
^** Students in undergraduate level in any University

To view the current foreign exchange rates, please visit www.x-rates.com

8^th SLAAI - Building Trustworthy AI: From Principles to Practice

Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements

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