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RiceMultiNet: Hybrid CNN-Based Rice Leaf Disease Detection via Multi-Model Feature Fusion with Explainable AI

The main contributions of this work are summarized as
follows:
1) We create a kind of framework that combines three
things: EfficientNetB1, ResNet50 and MobileNetV2.
This combination helps the framework to work when
it comes to classifying diseases in rice leaves that look
very similar.
2) We try out six pre-trained networks. VGG19, ResNet50,
DenseNet121, MobileNetV2, EfficientNetB0 and EfficientNetB1. To see which one works best. We keep
everything the same like how we prepare the data and
how we train the networks.
3) We also test the trained models using pictures of rice
leaves that were taken in the field. These pictures were
taken in light with different backgrounds and, with
different cameras. This helps us see how well the models
can work in life when the conditions are not perfect.
4) To make the models more understandable we use something called Grad-CAM visualization. This helps us see
which parts of the leaf the model is looking at when it
makes a prediction.

A Low-Cost Dual-Processor IoT Testbed for Real Time PV Monitoring: Fault Emulation and Threshold-Based Alerting

Currently, commercial single chip IoT monitors used in PV education have problems with ADC noise from the built-in Wi-Fi and expensive/unpredictable PV arrays. In this paper, we introduce a second processor-based testbed for emulating PV in off-grid settings, which is built with minimal cost. The major innovation here is the decoupled design, which uses an Arduino Nano (ATmega328P) to process analog signals (voltages, currents, temperature, irradiance) so that analog signals are not corrupted by digital signals created by the ESP32’s WIFI. In addition to passive loggers, Solar Sync has controlled fault injection capabilities to simulate partial shading, overcurrent and thermal drift in a lab environment. It was tested for 96 hours under a 2W resistive load, and was highly stable (avg 12.06V, low SD) and delivered MQTT data to a web dashboard that has real-time graphing and automatic alerts. The platform is AI ready and has a cost of less than $45 and it connects between Renewable Energy theory and hands on IoT training, giving resource constrained academic labs an accessible, repeatable solution.

Design and Analysis of a Multi-Stage High-Power Converter for Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging toward Sustainable Transportation

This paper introduces the design and analysis of a multi-stage high-power converter-based wireless power transfer system for electric vehicle (EV) battery charging. The grid-to-battery architecture proposed consists of an AC rectifier, a DC link filter, a high-frequency inverter, an inductive power transfer link, a secondary rectifier, an output filter and a battery-monitoring unit. Unlike most of the previous works on the single-stage converter optimization and/or the design of compensation network, this work considers the entire circuit level power conversion path, such as the switching devices, resonant components, coupled coils, measurement points, and state-of-charge monitoring. Key electrical parameters for evaluation of the system performance are the DC-link voltage, inverter output voltage, transmitter-coil current, receiver induced voltage, rectified DC output, battery voltage, charging current and state of charge. Special focus is placed on converter-stage integration, DC-link voltage stability, resonance tuning, output filtering and stage-wise monitoring, which prevents unreliable and ineffective battery charging. The proposed architecture and design offer a complete basis for the future development of closed-loop control, the compensation of coil misalignment, bidirectional power transfer, and hardware implementation. In summary, this research helps to deepen understanding and improve optimization of multi-stage wireless EV charging system for sustainable transportation.

Beyond Decarbonization Case Study: Agrivoltaics as a Dual-Use Solution for Food and Energy Security in Bangladesh

Bangladesh faces a critical dilemma: securing energy for agriculture while preserving scarce land for food production. Over 1.6 million diesel-powered irrigation pumps drive a $3.2 billion annual fuel-import bill and measurable greenhouse-gas emissions, prompting the country to pioneer solar irrigation pumps (SIPs) through a fee-for-service model that cuts farmer costs by 20–30% without accelerating groundwater depletion. Yet conventional solar installations occupy 13–30 decimals of land per system, intensifying land-use conflict in a country where agricultural land has fallen from 80% to 76% of total area since 1989. This paper examines agrivoltaics—the co-location of solar generation and crop cultivation—as a response to this trade-off. Through a comparative multi-case analysis of seven agrivoltaic and integrated solar-agriculture initiatives in Bangladesh, spanning 37 kW customer-level systems to a planned 100 MW utility-scale plant, we analyze technical design, crop performance, economic and social co-benefits, and policy readiness. Results show shade-tolerant crops such as turmeric, ginger and lettuce match or exceed open-field yields under elevated panels, while rice yields fall by 20–25%; irrigation costs drop by 20–30%; farmers save 5–6 hours of daily labor; and groundwater extraction remains unaffected under the fee-for-service model. The paper concludes with policy recommendations for scaling agrivoltaics as Bangladesh pursues its Renewable Energy Policy 2025 target of 20% renewable electricity by 2030.

A Comparative Investigation of Long-Term Performance Degradation Factors of Photovoltaic Modules

The long-term performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules is strongly influenced by environmental and operational degradation factors, yet existing studies typically report these factors in isolation, for a single site, module type, or fault mechanism, which makes it difficult to compare degradation behavior across climates and technologies. This paper addresses that gap by systematically consolidating twenty-two field, indoor, and simulation-based studies (2020–2024) into a single comparative framework that links module age, climate, panel technology, and fault mechanism to measured power loss. Performance indicators, including solar rating, test location, module age, annual power output, and long-term losses, are extracted and tabulated for direct cross-study comparison, alongside solar degradation mechanisms such as potential-induced degradation (PID), light-induced degradation (LID), and thermal cycling, and environmental stressors such as temperature fluctuation, humidity, soiling, and UV exposure. Across the compiled dataset, the maximum reported power degradation is 3.1912 W per year and the minimum is 0.0225 W per year, and degradation severity is shown to increase consistently with module age, from minor surface-level defects in 4–5-year-old modules to critical structural and electrical failures beyond 20 years. Building on this synthesis, mitigation techniques reported in the literature, including enhanced MPPT algorithms, anti-soiling coatings, and scheduled cleaning, are compared to identify which strategies are best suited to specific climates and installation types. The findings support the case for localized performance evaluation and adaptive, climate-specific maintenance planning to improve the longevity and return on investment of PV systems.

Modeling, Feasibility and Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Near-Shore Wind Farm Using BEM-Based Simulation

Near-shore wind resources present a viable opportunity for expanding renewable energy generation in coastal developing regions where offshore deployment may be economically restrictive. This paper presents a detailed feasibility and performance analysis of a proposed grid-connected near-shore wind farm in the Patenga coastal region of Bangladesh, with comparative benchmarking against the existing Muhuri Dam on-shore wind farm. A structured turbine layout is proposed to minimize wake interaction and improve spatial energy distribution. Aerodynamic performance is evaluated using both analytical formulations and Blade Element Momentum (BEM)-based simulations implemented in Q-Blade. A simplified “Area Use Efficiency” (ηAS) metric is introduced to quantify land utilization effectiveness, and the potential applicability of diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT) configurations is examined under low wind-speed conditions. Simulation results are cross-validated with manually derived calculations, showing consistent performance trends with an average deviation of approximately 30%. This deviation is critically analyzed in terms of scaling assumptions, aerodynamic simplifications, and loss modeling. The results demonstrate that near-shore configurations provide improved energy capture potential compared to conventional on-shore deployment in Bangladesh’s coastal regions. The study mainly provides a feasibility-level modeling preliminary framework and identifies key technical considerations for future high-fidelity simulation and experimental validation.

The major contributions of this work are summarized as follows:
1. A comparative feasibility framework between near-shore and existing on-shore wind farm configurations in
Bangladesh.
2. A structured turbine layout design to minimize wake losses and improve energy distribution.
3. Introduction of an “Area Use Efficiency” metric to quantify spatial utilization of wind farms.
4. Integration of analytical modeling with BEM-based simulation (Q-Blade) for cross-validation of turbine performance.
5. A critical, qualitative assessment of diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT) configurations under low wind-speed conditions.
This work is positioned as a primary feasibility and modeling study rather than a high-fidelity aerodynamic or experimental investigation.

A Home Energy Management Framework for Bidirectional EV Charging and Solar-Battery Peak Shaving in Residential Microgrids

The large-scale penetration of EVs into the road transport market creates major challenges for the grid especially during peak demand periods in residential and EV dense areas. This paper introduces an integrated renewable energy-based EV charging station, which integrates the solar PV generation technology, the bidirectional Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) application, and the battery energy storage system to reduce the peak load of a residential community and decrease its dependence on the grid. The proposed system includes a 10-kW solar PV array, 8-kWh lithium-ion battery, 5-kW bidirectional inverter, maximum power point tracking controller and home energy management system. The performance of the system is analyzed by simulation for different loads over a full day. Parameters that are studied are PV voltage and current, battery SoC, and power flow between the grid, solar PV, and battery storage. The results from the simulation show that the proposed system provides an almost 60% renewable energy supply and an average 40% reduction in peak load using the system as compared to using the grid alone. V2H operation ensures stable backup power in case of fluctuations in the power grid and battery efficiency of more than 90%. Grid Level 2 charging charges 0% to 80% in 6.5 hours, solar charging under full sun takes 8 hours. The findings of this study validate that smart integration of renewable energy, energy storage, and bidirectional EV charging can create a more sustainable, resilient, and economical residential energy system that can be a part of decarbonization efforts for the world.

IoT and AI-Driven Framework for Real-Time Accident and Traffic Management

This paper proposes an IoT and AI-driven intelligent framework for real-time accident detection and traffic management. The proposed system integrates IoT sensors, cameras, and AI-based machine learning algorithms to detect road accidents, analyze traffic conditions, and provide immediate alerts to emergency services and traffic authorities. The framework aims to reduce emergency response time, improve traffic flow, enhance road safety, and support smart city transportation through real-time decision-making and predictive analytics.

Robust-SemCom: An Adversarial-Resilient Semantic Communication Framework for Contextual Text Transmission

• We leverage LLaMA for both semantic encoding and
decoding to capture deep contextual dependencies and
to mitigate adversarial attacks in semantic communication.
• To address the limitations of strict lexical matching in
Token Error Rate (TER) and Jaccard Similarity, we
augment these metrics to prioritize semantic consistency
over literal word-for-word comparison.
• The performance of the proposed system is rigorously
evaluated across both ideal channels and adversarial attack environments to demonstrate its resilience against
semantic noise and disturbances.

Assessment of Chemical and Microbial Quality of Fermented Dairy Products in Bangladesh: A Region-based Assessment

As a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mohammad Shohel Rana Siddiki

EFFECT OF FERMENTATION TIME ON THE QUALITY OF DIFFERENT MANGO FLAVORED WHEY BEVERAGE PREPARED BY USING Lactobacillus fermentum

Research work supervised by corresponding author for her MS Degree

Multilabel Emotion Recognition Using a Label-Query Dynamic Dependency Network

A label-query decoding module is introduced to extract emotion-specific representations from contextualized token features, enabling more discriminative modeling of individual emotions. Furthermore, a dual-branch dependency modeling framework is proposed to capture both static corpus-level label relationships and dynamic instance-level label interactions, allowing the model to better exploit inter-emotion dependencies. Finally, a joint optimization strategy is adopted by integrating classification, ranking-aware, and calibration-aware objectives, thereby improving multilabel decision quality and enhancing the prediction of infrequent or rare emotion labels.

MathAssist: An Interactive Mobile Application for Mathematics Learners Specially for Developing Countries Using AI, LLM And RAG Based Approach

Mathematics forms the foundation of science, engineering, and technology education . However, many students struggle with mathematical concepts due to limited personalised guidance, insufficient learning resources, and difficulties in understanding problem-solving procedures . These challenges are more severe in developing countries such as Bangladesh,where approximately 16.4 per cent of students face difficulties in mathematics and 53.1 per cent fail to achieve satisfactory
performance.
Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have enabled intelligent tutoring systems capable of providing adaptive learning support and automated problem-solving assistance. Nevertheless, most existing solutions, including Photomath and Khan Academy, rely heavily on cloud computing and continuous internet connectivity. Such requirements
limit their applicability in rural and resource-constrained regions of Bangladesh, where internet access and digital infrastructure remain inadequate.
To address these challenges, this paper proposes MathAssist, an offline AI-assisted mobile learning framework that combines Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and lightweight Large Language Models (LLMs) to provide context-aware and step-by-step mathematical assistance using verified educational content retrieved from a local knowledge base. The proposed memory-efficient Serial RAG architecture enables deployment on low-resource mobile devices while improving the reliability of mathematical reasoning.
The major contributions of this work are summarised as
follows:
• Development of an offline AI-assisted mathematics learning framework with multimodal interaction capabilities
and lightweight execution suitable for devices with less than 2 GB RAM.
• Design of a novel Serial RAG strategy that integrates semantic retrieval and local knowledge indexing with LLM-based reasoning, where experimental benchmarking identifies WizardMath as the most effective mathematical reasoning model among the evaluated LLMs.

MathAssist:A Memory-Efficient On-DeviceAI Mathematics Tutor for Low-Resource Environments

Mathematics is at the heart of Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) education [1]. Unfortunately, many learners experience difficulties in comprehending mathematical ideas because of a lack of personalised assistance, inadequate learning
resources and difficulties in grasping problem-solving steps. This problem becomes even more acute in developing
countries like Bangladesh, where about 16.4 per cent of learners encounter difficulties in learning mathematics and 53.1 per cent of them could not attain satisfactory academic
performance.
Thanks to recent progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI), modern intelligent tutoring systems allow adaptive learning and automate problem-solving [5]. Nonetheless, the existing solutions, including popular applications like Photomath and Khan
Academy, are based primarily on cloud computing and a continuous Internet connection [6]. This restricts the use of these technologies in the rural regions of Bangladesh, which have poor access to the Internet and other digital infrastructure.
To overcome the limitations mentioned above, the current research aims to propose MathAssist, an offline mobile AI-assisted learning framework combining Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and lightweight Large Language Models (LLMs) to provide context-aware and step-by-step mathematical assistance with educational data retrieved from a
local knowledge base. The developed memory-efficient Serial RAG allows deploying the proposed system on resource-limited mobile devices and improves the reliability of mathematical
reasoning.
Major contributions of the current work are listed below:
• Development of an offline AI-assisted mathematics
learning framework with multimodal interactions and
lightweight execution allowing running on mobile devices with less than 2 GB RAM.
• Proposal of the novel Serial RAG approach incorporating semantic retrieval and local knowledge indexing along with LLM reasoning, where benchmarking experiments reveal WizardMath as the best mathematical reasoning model among all LLMs considered in the research.

Credit Approval System using Semi-Supervised Learning

A variety of supervised and unsupervised learning
algorithms from the fields of machine learning and pattern
recognition have been employed to enhance the efficiency of credit
approval systems. Supervised learning relies solely on labeled
data for training classifiers, which can be a time-consuming
process that often requires input from domain experts. In
contrast, unlabeled data is typically more accessible in many
real-world scenarios. Semi-supervised learning (SSL) effectively
addresses this challenge by combining a limited amount of labeled
data with a larger set of unlabeled examples. This dual approach
allows SSL to create stronger and more accurate classifiers than
traditional supervised learning methods alone. By utilizing both
data types, SSL capitalizes on the information contained within
unlabeled samples, thereby enhancing the model’s performance
and generalization ability. In this research, we have utilized self-
training and fuzziness-based semi-supervised learning strategies
tailored for credit approval systems within the banking and
finance sectors. Our experiments demonstrate that leveraging
samples categorized by self-training and fuzzy SSL significantly
enhances the overall accuracy and robustness of the credit
approval process compared to supervised classifiers.

A Memory-Efficient Bi-GRU Based Intrusion Detection System with Attention and Probability Calibration for Uncertainty Estimation

This paper proposes a memory-efficient BiGRU-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with an Attention mechanism to better learn network traffic patterns and improve attack detection. To make the model more reliable in real-world use, it also includes probability calibration and uncertainty estimation, so the system can indicate how confident it is about each prediction. In addition, focal loss, label smoothing, and oversampling are used to handle class imbalance, while model optimization techniques keep the system lightweight and suitable for resource-limited devices. Experimental results on the CIC-IDS-2018 dataset show that the proposed approach achieves high detection performance while providing more trustworthy predictions for practical network security applications.

On-Device Plant Disease Detection with CNN and Random Forest Ensembles

The study’s key contribution is an end-to-end, fully offline plant-disease detection system that combines features from six CNN architectures with a Random Forest classifier. Trained on a hybrid 81,686-image, five-crop dataset—including 10,000 field-collected images—the ensemble achieved 98.4% test accuracy and was deployed in an Android app for practical diagnosis in low-connectivity farming environments.

Development of a Real-Time Fall Detection Prototype with Transition Dynamics Using an IR Camera and IoT Alert System

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a real-time fall detection system intended to enhance safety monitoring for elderly individuals, with particular emphasis on night-time scenarios. The system integrates an infrared (IR) camera with the YOLOv8 deep-learning detector to localise the human body, while a rule-based transition-dynamics module interprets bounding-box geometry to confirm fall events. An Internet-of-Things (IoT) alert mechanism, comprising a local active buzzer and a Telegram notification service, provides immediate on-site and remote response. The prototype, deployed on a Raspberry Pi 4, achieved 84.62% live-deployment accuracy with an average detection latency of 0.8–1.2 s, while the underlying detector attained a mean Average Precision (mAP@50) of 98.4%. The IR imaging pipeline preserves occupant privacy through silhouette-based sensing and maintains effectiveness across illumination conditions. A comprehensive analysis of aspect-ratio thresholds, dynamic transition velocity, error sources, and end-to-end response times is provided. Experimental results confirm the feasibility of this non-intrusive, low-cost approach for continuous elderly care monitoring in residential environments.

Sine Cosine Algorithm-Based Proportional-Integral Controller for Low Voltage Ride Through Enhancement in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems

This paper’s key contribution is an SCA-optimized PI controller (SCA-PI) for reactive power control to enhance low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) in a 5 MW grid-connected PV system (MATLAB/Simulink), tuned via the ITAE objective function. It benchmarks SCA-PI against conventional PI and GWO-PI controllers across 10%, 20%, and 30% voltage sag scenarios plus varying irradiance/load conditions. For the most severe 30% sag, SCA-PI reduced voltage drop from 30.54% to 14.48% and overshoot from 26.07% to 14.35%, demonstrating that a low-cost, internal-controller-based metaheuristic tuning approach can outperform both fixed-gain and GWO-based alternatives without added hardware.

A Bangla Speech Dataset for Sentence Type and Emotion Classification Using Traditional Machine Learning

Mahmudul Haque Shakir and Md. Saef Ullah Miah designed the experimental pipeline, prepared and trained the machine learning models, and carried out the evaluation, results analysis, and discussion. Aidah Anah, Tirtha Das Tanu, Md Imamul Islam, and Ahmed Al Mansur contributed to the construction of the Bangla speech dataset, including recording collection, annotation, and preprocessing, and to the preparation of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final version.

Unified Risk Stratification for Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, and Birth Trauma

Postpartum depression, anxiety and childbirth post-traumatic stress are usually screened with separate screening instruments, even though these problems tend to coexist. This study aims at creating a combined risk stratification scale for maternal mental health, integrating the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the City Birth Trauma Scale. The approach was tested based on the data collected using the questionnaires administered to 410 postpartum mothers. Preprocessing of the data followed by calculation of individual scores, correlation analysis, and estimation of cumulative score allowed to classify participants into the low, moderate and high-risk categories. The findings proved the presence of a strong positive correlation between the scales, which confirms the closeness of symptom domains but makes them non-substitutable. Combined assessment allowed to highlight some participants who may be experiencing a psychological load exceeding what could have been concluded based on a single test. The proposed scale offers an interpretable measure of the cumulative risk of postpartum mental health problems while maintaining individual scores.

A Low-Cost Multi-Layer Water Filtration Prototype: Design and Experimental Evaluation

This research proposes a 3D-printed, low-cost, gravity water filtration prototype using locally available materials. Different filter media configurations were experimentally evaluated using EC and TDS measurements to identify an effective filtration arrangement. This

A Lightweight Hybrid CNN-Transformer Architecture for Interpretable Evil Twin Attack Detection in Wi-Fi Networks

The study’s key contribution is a lightweight, interpretable CNN–Transformer model for Evil Twin attack detection, developed after benchmarking 63 ML/DL models on 3.78 million Wi-Fi records. The 5.08 MB model achieves near-perfect accuracy while providing attention-based explanations and strong performance on unseen and cross-dataset traffic.

An Intelligent Hybrid Framework Integrating PERT/CPM, COCOMO, SLIM, Machine Learning, and Multi-Agent Systems for Software Project Schedule Planning and Risk Prediction

The main contributions of this paper are:
1. A novel three-layer hybrid framework integrating traditional algorithmic models, ML, and MAS.
2. Empirical evaluation using four real-world datasets: NASA93, Desharnais, Maxwell, and Zenodo.
3. A four-agent MAS architecture with rule-based reasoning for dynamic buffer optimization.
4. Explainability analysis using SHAP to identify influential risk factors.

Low-Cost Embedded Stereo Depth Estimation Using Dual ESP32-CAM Modules for Robotics Applications

Stereo vision is a technique used by a machine to
calculate distance by comparing 2 images. These are all taken in
slightly different spots. In this paper we introduce our proposed
solution for low-cost stereo depth system with two ESP32- CAM
modules. One of the modules functions as an access point (AP).
The second module acts like a client. They are grayscale cameras
that produce 160 x 120 pixel images. This system implements a
block-oriented Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD) procedure for
disparity finding. Stereo triangulation is then used to estimate
depth. The implementation is based on fixed-point aritmethic,
and also it takes advantage of PSRAM to save memory usage
and reduce processing costs. It has the ability to create depth
maps and simple 3D point plots. The output of the skript is
an object coming 35cm right infront of the system. This test is
performed with static (non-moving) depth scenesOpen in new tab
i.e. the results also supports that if we have flat and low texture
areas then more noisy depth maps we get. In its configuration,
the system is a low-cost starter for depth sensing in robotics.

Enhanced Dental Caries Localization in Intraoral Photographs Through Hierarchical Feature Learning and Multi-Scale Fusion

Dental caries is a widespread oral disease whose
early detection remains difficult because conventional visual
assessment is subjective, time-consuming, and prone to examiner variability. This study proposes an automated detection
framework that combines deep residual feature extraction with
bidirectional multi-scale feature aggregation to improve localization of small and low-contrast carious lesions in intraoral
photographs. Transfer learning, image normalization, and geometric and photometric augmentation are employed to enhance
robustness. The framework is evaluated on the publicly available
Annotated Intraoral Image Dataset for Dental Caries Detection
and compared with several alternative backbone architectures.
Experimental results show a precision of 0.8173, recall of 0.7601,
F1-score of 0.7877, mAP@0.5 of 0.7998, and mAP@0.5:0.95
of 0.6361. Image-level evaluation further yields a sensitivity
of 0.8894, specificity of 0.9502, and accuracy of 0.9283. These
findings demonstrate effective lesion localization and clinically
relevant screening performance while providing a reproducible
benchmark for future research on reliable computer-aided dental
caries detection.

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH STATUS IN GLOBAL: ADDRESSING THE SDG 3 AND 13

The study investigates the complex relationship between climate conditions and health status by categorizing countries into distinct clusters, focusing on how climate change disproportionately affects low-income nations despite historical emissions from high-income countries.The study investigates the complex relationship between climate conditions and health status by categorizing countries into distinct clusters, focusing on how climate change disproportionately affects low-income nations despite historical emissions from high-income countries

Solar Power Prediction using Meta-Residual Booster with Explainable AI

The key innovations of this research are:

1. Two-stage residual learning: Explicit error correction where the second model learns to predict residuals of the first, rather than modeling the target directly.
2. Meta-feature augmentation: Self-referential features (rolling statistics, prediction lags, magnitude) derived from base model outputs that capture temporal error patterns.
3. Self-aware prediction architecture: The model leverages its own intermediate predictions as additional input signals, creating a feedback loop for error refinement.
4. Interpretable ensemble: Built on SHAP explainability, enabling identification of both original feature contributions and meta-feature importance.

Multi-Dataset Dermatological Lesion Classification via Self-Supervised Feature Extraction and Attention-Driven Hybrid Resampling Networks

Automated classification of multi-dataset skin lesions
is constrained by severe class imbalances and poor cross-dataset
generalization across clinical and dermoscopic modalities. To
resolve these gaps, this paper presents a unified framework com-
bining deep self-supervised feature extraction with an attention-
enhanced hybrid resampling network. We utilize a frozen DI-
NOv2 Vision Transformer backbone to extract 384-dimensional
continuous image embeddings without specialized fine-tuning.
To eliminate dataset skewness, the continuous vector space
is balanced via a hybrid SMOTETomek resampling protocol,
followed by a downstream Multi-Head Attention neural network
that dynamically weights fine-grained pathological variations.
Rigorous stratified 5-fold cross-validation across four landmark
datasets (HAM10000, Skin Disease, ISIC 2019, and DermNet), en-
compassing over 70,000 images spanning 7 to 23 distinct classes,
validates our architecture against traditional machine learning
baselines. The proposed model demonstrates high computational
stability, yielding hold-out test accuracies ranging from 72.41% to
98.00% and macro-averaged AUC–ROC scores between 96.32%
and 99.88%. Notably, on the highly complex 22-class Skin Disease
hold-out pool of 12,108 images, the framework records a robust
accuracy of 84.07%, with a Cohen’s Kappa of 0.8332 and a
Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) of 0.8332. This study
highlights the potential of foundation models with structural
attention to support clinical decision-making, reduce diagnostic
delays, and improve equitable access to advanced dermatological
identification in resource-constrained environments.

KishiNet: A Lightweight Hybrid CNN–Transformer Architecture with an Attention and Out-of-Distribution Rejection Mechanism for Explainable Multi-Crop Plant Disease Detection and Mobile Deployment

Plant diseases remain a major threat to agricultural
output and food security in Bangladesh, where rural smallholders
often have limited access to trained plant pathologists. Deep
learning offers an alternative diagnostic route, but most existing
models are built for a single crop, are too heavy for lowcost mobile hardware, or behave as opaque classifiers that give
a label without any visual justification. This paper presents
KishiNet, a hybrid architecture aimed at efficient, multi-crop
disease diagnosis on-device. The model couples a MobileNetV2
backbone for lightweight feature extraction with a Convolutional
Block Attention Module (CBAM) that refines spatial and channel
features, followed by a compact Vision Transformer (ViT) head
that models long-range dependencies between leaf lesions that are
spread across a frame. The network was trained and evaluated
on a curated set of 17,990 images spanning 17 classes across
five economically important crops in Bangladesh plus a background/noise class, combining public repositories with roughly
1,000 field-collected samples. After MD5-based deduplication and
class balancing, training used a stratified 70/15/15 split under a
two-phase schedule. To reduce false positives caused by nonbotanical objects appearing in unconstrained field photos, an
Out-of-Distribution (OOD) rejection layer based on softmaxthreshold gating was added to the decision pipeline. On the
held-out test set, KishiNet reached 97.49% accuracy with a
weighted F1-score of 97.48%, and a macro-averaged validation
accuracy of 99.24% was obtained during model selection. GradCAM visualizations are used to expose the leaf regions driving
each prediction, and the trained network was exported to a 9.72
MB TensorFlow Lite binary that runs inside the KrishiBondhu
Android application, allowing offline inference in areas with
limited connectivity.

Toward Intelligent Cauliflower Disease Recognition: A CLAHE-Enhanced Image Processing and SVM-Based Classification Framework

1. Proposes an automated cauliflower disease recognition framework by integrating image processing techniques with ML for accurate disease analysis.
2. Develops a robust feature extraction pipeline using segmentation and GLCM-based texture features to enhance disease region representation.
3. Utilizes a SVM classifier for effective multi-class classification, validated through comprehensive experiments on a cauliflower disease image dataset.

Amar Surokha: An Integrated Mobile Application for Spatiotemporal Crime Prediction and Emergency Contact Management

Personal safety and emergency medical response
remain critical challenges in densely populated developing-country
such as Bangladesh, where rapid urbanization has been accompa-
nied by rising crime rates and delayed emergency assistance. This
paper presents Amar Surokha, an integrated mobile application
that unifies location-based crime prediction, proximity-aware
emergency response, and blood bank management within a
single platform. An XGBoost classifier was trained on 5,012
preprocessed records drawn from the Bangladesh Crime Dataset
(CrimeDataBD), using location, temporal, and weather-derived
features to predict one of three crime categories: Violent Crime,
Body Found, and Murder. XGBoost was benchmarked against a
Random Forest baseline under an identical pipeline; XGBoost
achieved the best overall performance, with 52.44% test accuracy
and a macro-averaged F1-score of 0.5192, validated through
5-fold stratified cross-validation (mean accuracy 51.43% ±
2.58%). The system was implemented using Flutter for cross-
platform mobile delivery, Firebase for real-time data storage,
the OpenRouteService API for road-network-based proximity
ranking of emergency contacts and blood donors, and a Flask
REST API deployed on Render for cloud-hosted model inference.
Results indicate that the proposed system is technically feasible
and provides a reproducible reference architecture for integrating
machine learning with mobile emergency-response infrastructure
in resource-constrained environments.

Automated Vehicle Plate Number Recognition System using YOLOv4

This paper’s key contribution is an end-to-end automated license plate recognition pipeline — combining YOLOv4 with a CSPDarknet-53 backbone for vehicle/plate detection, classical image processing (thresholding, contour-based dilation) for character segmentation, and EasyOCR for alphanumeric recognition — deployed via a practical Streamlit web interface for real-world use (e.g., residential parking management). Notably, it presents a dataset-size ablation (Table I), showing that scaling from 347 to 737 images improved precision to 99% despite a slight mAP dip (89.2% → 83.26%), offering a transparent, honest account of the precision-recall trade-offs and current limitations (below-average training mAP/recall) rather than overstating performance.

Chi-Square Feature Selection and SMOTE-Balanced Ensemble Learning for Cervical Cancer Risk Prediction

• A compact cervical cancer risk-prediction framework
using training-data-only Chi-square feature selection to
retain 27 informative features.
• A Soft Voting ensemble of Logistic Regression, XGBoost, and CatBoost combined with SMOTE-based classimbalance handling.
• A multi-level SHAP analysis providing global feature importance, feature directionality, and individual prediction
explanations.
• An interactive research prototype that unifies modelbased risk prediction, probability and threshold information, and feature-level explanations within a single
interface.

A Lightweight Ensemble Deep Learning Framework for Automated Malaria Parasite Detection from Microscopic Blood Cell Images

We have proposed a lightweight deep learning framework for automated malaria parasite detection from microscopic blood cell images, aiming to provide accurate and computationally efficient diagnosis.

We have introduced a weighted ensemble learning strategy by combining Custom CNN and DenseNet121 to improve classification performance, robustness, and generalization capability.

We have validated the effectiveness of the proposed framework using multiple evaluation metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, ROC-AUC, PR-AUC, confidence interval analysis, and 5-fold cross-validation.

An ROI-Guided Explainable Deep Ensemble Framework for Kidney Stone Detection from Coronal CT Images

We have introduced RDWS-EKSD framework, a dynamically weighted stacked ensemble with ROI-guided preprocessing for kidney stone CT image classification.

We have integrated Grad-CAM++ explainability to verify predictions against diagnostically relevant renal regions.

We have conducted a comprehensive comparative evaluation, demonstrating that the proposed framework achieves 99.71% test accuracy and outperforms all individual backbone models.

Machine Learning-Based Multi-Crop Soil Suitability Classification for the Bogura Region of Bangladesh

This study presents a region-specific machine learning framework for multi-crop soil suitability classification in Bogura, Bangladesh. It integrates 1,698 geographic soil records with 11 soil and environmental parameters to independently evaluate the suitability of rice, maize, banana, and papaya. Four supervised machine learning models are compared, with XGBoost achieving the highest agreement with the rule-derived suitability classes. The study also incorporates feature-group ablation, class-wise evaluation, and ranked decision-rule extraction to improve model interpretation and support data-driven agricultural decision-making.

SpecSynLite: Localization-Guided Residual Harmonic Synthesis for Energy-Efficient Real-Time Speech Enhancement

The main contributions are: (1) a hybrid enhancement-synthesis architecture with selective activation; (2) a localization-guided synthesis mask that restricts synthesis to speech-dominant regions; and (3) an energy-aware training objective that explicitly optimizes the quality-per-compute tradeoff for sustainable edge deployment.

Conformal Influence-Driven Realignment (CIDR): A Framework for Restoring Model Reliability under Distribution Shift

This paper proposes CIDR, a three-stage framework integrating entropy-based drift detection, influence-guided targeted unlearning, and conformal recalibration to restore model reliability under distribution shift. CIDR restores coverage to 0.903 ± 0.034 against a target of 0.90 with no statistically significant accuracy degradation, outperforms full retraining in accuracy (0.770 vs. 0.669) and efficiency (30% smaller prediction sets, 1/10 the cost), and provides a practical solution for maintaining trustworthy AI under drift.

EdgeSepLoc: A Lightweight Multi-Task Network for Real-Time Speech Enhancement and Spectral Localization on Resource-Constrained Devices

Three major contributions: (1) a unified low-latency archi-
tecture for joint enhancement and spectral localization given
a hard constraint on the amount of compute on the edge;
(2) a localization-guided attention gate, leveraging spatial
information to better enhance images, while also improving
the quality of the enhancement; and (3) an uncertainty-aware
confidence head, which flags spatially uncertain bins to avoid
degradation in reverberant environments

AI Large Language Model-Based Framework for Intelligent Software Test Automation

Software testing remains one of the most labor-intensive stages of the software development lifecycle, and conventional automation frameworks rely on brittle, manually written scripts that require constant upkeep as applications evolve. The recent emergence of large language models (LLMs) capable of understanding natural-language requirements and producing syntactically correct code has opened a new path toward intelligent test automation. This paper synthesizes current research and proposes a layered architecture, referred to as the LLM-Driven Test Automation Framework (LTAF), that integrates retrieval-augmented context ingestion, LLM-based test-case generation, automated script synthesis for common automation stacks, a self-healing locator component, and a closed feedback loop between test execution and the generative model. We describe the architecture and design rationale of each component, discuss how the framework could be evaluated against established baselines such as search-based test generation, and summarize the reported strengths and limitations of LLM-based testing approaches drawn from the current body of work. We further identify open challenges, including the test-oracle problem, hallucinated assertions, flaky-test diagnosis, and data-privacy concerns when proprietary code is shared with external model providers, and we outline directions for future research toward reliable, self-repairing test automation pipelines.

Explainable Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification using Cross-Attention Fusion

• Novel Attention-Guided Hybrid Framework:In this
paper, we propose highly capable and attention-based
deep learning framework, that combines ConvNeXtV2-
Tiny and EfficientNetV2-S using Cross-Attention Fusion
and Convolutional Block Attention Modules (CBAM) to
achieve accurate classification of the four Alzheimer’s
disease classes.
• High Classification Performance: The proposed frame-
work leads to an excellent overall test accuracy of 97.33%
and a Macro ROC-AUC of 0.9996 indicating highly
robust and reliable performance for automated early de-
mentia detection.
• Explainable AI for Model Interpretation: To improve
model interpretability, we integrate a comprehensive XAI
framework incorporating ten CAM variants, including
Grad-CAM, together with SHAP and LIME to provide
detailed visual explanations of the model’s predictions.
• Deep Latent Space and Misclassification Analysis:
We perform a thorough analysis of boundary cases us-
ing a purpose-built misclassification analysis and t-SNE
and UMAP clustering. These visualizations convert raw
model outputs into clinically meaningful insights about
structural decision boundaries.

Development of a Thematic Approach for Sustainable Green Campuses for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): Bangladesh Perspective

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) all around the world have progressively incorporated sustainability into their social, economic, and environmental operations since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were familiarized in 2015. The use of ecological and smart green construction practices in HEIs has accelerated due to the growing global emphasis on sustainable development. Nonetheless, in Bangladesh, comprehensive mapping of campus-based sustainability initiatives, such as smart green campuses, is still limited. This current study looks into the role of smart green campuses in increasing sustainability in Bangladeshi HEIs by utilizing energy-efficient technology, environmentally responsible materials, and intelligent resource-management systems. Furthermore, the study assesses how well campus sustainability initiatives match with key SDGs, specifically SDG 6 (clean water), SDG 7 (clean energy), SDG 11 (sustainable cities), SDG 12 (responsible consumption), and SDG 15 (life on land). This study utilized an exploratory research to gather insights from high-indexed journals (Scopus, Web of Science, etc.) related to sustainability in HEIs. A thematic model was developed by analyzing 50 papers to identify sustainability assessment indicators. The expected results will exhibit how smart green campuses can improve institutional sustainability performance and act as drivers for more extensive social change.

A Lightweight CBAM-ECGnet for Explainable Arrhythmia Classification

Cardiac arrhythmia is a major cause of cardiovascular mortality, therefore accurate and timely analysis of ECG is essential for early diagnosis. In this study, a lightweight One-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (1D CNN) with Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM) is proposed for explainable ECG classification according to the AAMI standard. The CBAM-ECGnet model performs convolutional feature extraction with channel and spatial attention with only 4,088 total parameters (≈16 KB). The proposed model is evaluated on the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database and achieves an overall accuracy of 98.53%, and a ROC-AUC of 99% . In this study we use Grad-CAM to visualize the regions of the ECG that contribute to each prediction, improving the explainability of the model. This model achieves high accuracy classification with low computational complexity and thus is suitable for real-time and low-resource ECG monitoring application.

SHAP Feature Attribution Consistency in Diabetes Prediction: Disentangling Feature Availability from Population and Label Differences

This paper investigates the consistency of SHAP feature attributions for diabetes prediction across clinical (PIMA) and survey-based (BRFSS) datasets. We introduce a category-level consistency analysis to distinguish the effects of feature availability from genuine population differences. The study identifies Age as a directionally consistent and bootstrap-stable predictor across both datasets and demonstrates that apparent disagreement in feature importance is largely driven by differences in measured features rather than underlying population characteristics.

CalForget: Calibration-Driven Selective Forgetting via Conformal Influence Attribution

This paper introduces CalForget, a four-stage pipeline that detects conformal prediction calibration drift under distribution shift, attributes miscalibration to specific training points using influence functions, selectively removes their influence via a soft-miscoverage objective, and restores finite-sample coverage guarantees through reconformalization. Unlike full retraining, CalForget recovers most of the calibration benefit while modifying only a small fraction (≈2.5%) of the training data, demonstrated across four UCI regression benchmarks and three shift severities.

HemaVision: EfficientNetV2 and CBAM-Based Explainable AI for Morphological White Blood Cell Classification and Clinical decision Support

• Novel Attention-Guided HemaVision Framework:
We propose HemaVision, an attention-enhanced deep
learning framework, integrating EfficientNetV2-B0 with
CBAM to precisely classify white blood cells into five
classes.
• High Classification Performance: The proposed frame-
work is able to accurately classify the white blood cells
with a validation accuracy of 99.04%, which shows a bet-
ter performance and reliability in automated classification
of white blood cells (WBCs).
• Grad-CAM Interpretability and Clinical Report Gen-
eration: To illustrate the model’s predictions visually,
we integrate Grad-CAM to the model that highlight the
image regions influencing the model’s predictions. After
that, we generate automated Clinical Decision Reports
that translate these visual localizations into valuable,
physiologically substantiated findings to support medical
decision-making.

Order Without Memory: Why a Vocabulary-Only Frequency Baseline Outperforms Every Sequential Model in Log Anomaly Detection

The first controlled ablation to separate vocabulary access, true chronological order, and learned memory in log anomaly detection, demonstrating that a vocabulary-only frequency baseline outperforms every order-sensitive architecture on HDFS.

A central dissociation where the true-order LSTM achieves lower next-token prediction loss yet yields substantially worse detection F1 than a fixed non-semantic shuffled-order LSTM, contradicting the assumption that better sequential learning improves anomaly detection.

A disclosed chronological split and pre-registered Bonferroni-corrected statistical protocol, with the performance gap driven entirely by false positives in the most common session-length band rather than by missed anomalies.

HMSGA-Net: Multi-Scale Gated Attention with Dual ConvNeXt Ensembling for Glaucoma Classification from Fundus Images

Glaucoma is a major cause of irreversible blindness,
and early screening from fundus photographs is essential because
structural damage may progress before noticeable visual symp-
toms occur. This paper proposes HMSGA-Net, a Hybrid Multi-
Scale Gated Attention Network for automated glaucoma classi-
fication. The framework combines a ConvNeXt-Small primary
branch and a ConvNeXt-Tiny auxiliary branch, each equipped
with an HMSGA module comprising parallel 1 × 1, 3 × 3, and
5 × 5 depth-wise convolutions, Efficient Channel Attention, dual
sigmoid gating, and residual feature refinement. The two branch
probabilities are fused using a validation-selected ensemble
weight and decision threshold. Integrated Gradients and Occlu-
sion Sensitivity are employed to assess whether predictions focus
on clinically relevant optic-disc and neuroretinal-rim regions. On
the ACRIMA dataset, the best seed-42 configuration achieved
98.84% accuracy, 98.97% F1-score, 99.72% AUC-ROC, and
100% glaucoma recall. Across three independent splits, HMSGA-
Net obtained mean accuracy and AUC-ROC values of 94.14%
and 97.28%, respectively, demonstrating strong discrimination
while also revealing sensitivity to data partitioning.

Anchor-Free vs. Anchor-Based Detectors for Multi-Scale Thermal Anomaly Detection in Solar PV Fields: An Empirical Study

This paper’s key contribution is a systematic empirical comparison of anchor-based vs. anchor-free object detectors for multi-scale thermal hotspot detection in solar PV fields, using a real UAV-acquired dataset (3,116 thermal images, Kelantan and Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) under a unified training protocol. It demonstrates that anchor-free models (YOLOv8/v10/v11) consistently and substantially outperform anchor-based detectors (Faster R-CNN, SSD, RetinaNet) — best anchor-free mAP0.5 of 95.78% and mAPsmall of 50.24% vs. best anchor-based 87.63% and 35.62%, respectively — directly attributing this to anchor-free dense regression avoiding the anchor-to-object mismatch caused by PV arrays’ extreme aspect ratios and tiny hotspot sizes. It also quantifies the accuracy-efficiency trade-off for edge/UAV deployment, providing an empirical basis for choosing detection architectures in real-time PV inspection systems — directly relevant groundwork for your own YOLOv9-based hotspot detection work.

Dynamic Support-Driven Adaptive Frequent Pattern Mining for Incremental Databases

This paper presents an adaptive incremental FP-Growth framework for mining frequent patterns in evolving transactional databases. The proposed method dynamically regulates the minimum support threshold and incrementally maintains frequent patterns without rebuilding the mining structure, resulting in improved processing efficiency and reduced memory consumption.

A GREET-Derived Machine Learning Framework for Life-Cycle Emissions Prediction of Electric and Combustion Vehicles

A reproducible GREET-derived lifecycle dataset con-
Training 58,905 BEV, gasoline ICEV, and diesel ICEV
scenarios across U.S. electricity-grid regions, overcoming
the scalability limitations of process-based LCA. A feed-forward tabular neural network (MLPRegressor) that serves as a computationally efficient surrogate for predicting total life cycle GHG emissions from vehicle and regional electricity grid characteristics. Permutation feature importance analysis to identify the key drivers of life cycle emissions, improving model interpretability and linking ML-based prediction with LCA-based vehicle comparison.

EfficientNetV2S with End Ensemble for Robust Bangla Handwritten Character Recognition

Recognizing handwritten characters continues to be an important challenge within the domain of image processing. Specifically, Bangla handwritten characters represent a difficult challenge due to their complex shapes, variation, and high interclass similarity. We introduce the EfficientNetV2S model to overcome the difficulties. It is adapted specifically to recognize the complex and visually similar characters in the Bangla language. Research on Bangla handwritten characters is still limited, although it is the world’s 7th most spoken language. This study presents a deep learning approach that was trained and tested on a dataset containing handwritten Bangla character samples. The model can properly extract the features of the images and classify the images correctly with high accuracy. This approach enabled the model to learn complex features of the images and achieve remarkable character recognition accuracy. We have increased the number of categories of the different characters by combining the “BanglaLekha-Isolated” and “Matrivasa-raw (Ekush)” datasets, which are used for training our model. Our
method achieves an impressive 96.63% accuracy, which proves our proposed technique works very effectively and can be trusted. The results confirm that the end-ensemble technique solves recognition challenges accurately. Our technique can offer strong potential for real-world applications such as automation and education. This work significantly advances the field of Bangla character recognition and encourages further exploration.

Beyond Two Modalities: Power–Network–Host Fusion for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Attack Detection — A Controlled Ablation Study

The first documented modality-by-attack-class coverage table for CICEVSE2024, revealing that only three of five attack classes are visible across all sensors and that Backdoor detection is a power-exclusive, unbridgeable ceiling.

The first fusion evaluation combining all three modalities, anchored against the best single modality under multi-seed paired testing, showing no statistically significant improvement over the best individual sensor for either the three-class or four-class subtasks.

A rigorously null result accompanied by the identification and correction of two methodological hazards (network session leakage and host timestamp leak), plus an honest explainability audit that explicitly treats degenerate permutation importance under a performance ceiling.

Sustainable Urban Electricity Transition in Malaysia: Feasible Renewable Energy Models and Policy Analysis

This paper’s key contribution is the first integrated PVsyst–HOMER Pro dual-simulation assessment of a Solar ATAP-compliant rooftop PV system with wind-battery hybrid for urban residential Malaysia (Kuantan, Pahang). The 6.60 kWp PV system achieves 81.62% performance ratio; the optimized PV–Wind–Battery–Grid hybrid delivers LCOE of RM0.145/kWh (73.3% below grid baseline), 18.8% IRR, and 4.96-year payback, becoming a net grid exporter under Solar ATAP’s credit mechanism. A PESTEL barrier analysis further benchmarks Malaysia’s regulatory environment (score 15/30) as substantially more enabling than Indonesia’s (23/30), directly informing NETR/NDC policy recommendations.

Weather-Aware and Perception-Driven Digital Twin for Urban Robot Navigation

Urban autonomous robots require navigation systems that can adapt to real-time environmental conditions and ensure safe path planning across complex road networks. Existing routing algorithms perform well in static settings using traditional shortest-path methods, but they often fail to account for dynamic weather conditions and integrate real-time perception, limiting their reliability during adverse scenarios when safetycritical decisions are essential. Therefore, this work proposes a digital twin framework that combines YOLOv11-based object detection trained on the KITTI dataset, live meteorological data from the Open-Meteo API, and adaptive routing applied to road networks generated via OSMnx. The system models roads as weighted directed graphs, where Dijkstra’s algorithm computes optimal paths using scenario-specific multiplicative penalties ranging from 8% for light rain to 50% for severe precipitation. An interactive IoT dashboard provides real-time monitoring of conditions and routing outcomes. Experimental validation on the urban road network of Cambridge, England (3,294 nodes, 7,227 edges) shows adaptive travel times from 12.2 minutes in clear weather to 29.1 minutes in heavy rain. Vehicle classes were detected with a strong mAP50 of 0.854 and precision of 0.917, while route lengths were adjusted from 4.33 km in clear weather to 12.77 km under severe conditions. This integration of perception, meteorology, and routing enhances the safety and robustness of autonomous urban navigation.

Multi-class Lung Disease Diagnosis Using Chest X-Ray with XAI

Abstract: Lung diseases including pneumonia, tuberculosis, COVID-19 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease remain leading causes of global deaths. This paper presents an explainable multi-class deep learning framework that classifies five lung condition- Bacterial Pneumonia, COVID-19, Normal, Tuberculosis and Viral Pneumonia from chet X-ray images with an explainable AI. The proposed system employs DenseNet201 with transfer learning, CLAHE contrast enhancement and comprehensive data augmentation. To address explainable AI we integrate Grad-CAM and LIME visualizations that highlight disease-specific anatomical regions, thereby providing clinical interpretability. Evaluated on a balanced dataset of 10095 images, the model achieves an overall accuracy of 87.41% with macro-averaged F1-score of 87.19%. Tuberculosis and COVID-19 achieves near perfect F1-scores of 98.8% and 98% respectively, while normal class achieves 98.5% Recall score confirming reliable screening capability. The system demonstrates that combining robust deep learning with explainable AI can build trust and facilitate real world clinical adoption, particularly in resource limited areas.

Polynomial Load Curve Modeling and Coyote Optimization Algorithm for Demand Side Management Under Time-of-Use Tariffs

The paper’s main contribution is applying the Coyote Optimization Algorithm (COA) to non-domestic TOU load optimization — a gap in literature, which has mostly focused on residential demand response with conventional algorithms (PSO, GA, GWO). Using real half-hourly campus data (UiTM Permatang Pauh), it develops sixth-degree polynomial load-profile models (weekday/weekend, R² up to 0.98) under Malaysia’s RP4 tariff, then uses COA to shift load from peak to off-peak periods without altering total energy or maximum demand. Results show modest but real cost savings (RM856.45, 0.18% in November; RM778.68, 0.19% in December), validating COA’s stability and fast convergence for institutional DSM.

Grading the Sweetness Level for Watermelon on Random Forest and Support Vector Machine

The paper’s main contribution is a lightweight, non-invasive watermelon sweetness classifier using only two easily computed features — RGB color averages and roundness — avoiding costly acoustic sensors, spectroscopy, or deep-learning overhead. Random Forest (100 trees) outperformed SVM (RBF kernel), achieving 90% accuracy on validation and 91% on 100 unseen images, with feature-importance analysis showing color (especially Red) as the strongest sweetness predictor over shape. The work demonstrates that a simple, interpretable, low-infrastructure-cost model can rival more complex CNN-based approaches (e.g., YOLOv8, ResNet50) for practical agricultural quality-control deployment.

Multihead Attention Based CNN BiLSTM for Aquatic Plant Classification

Aquatic plants constitute an ecologically vital component of freshwater ecosystems, serving as bioindicators of water quality, primary producers supporting aquatic food webs, and structural habitats for diverse biological communities. Despite their ecological significance, automated identification of aquatic plant species remains a challenging computer vision problem because of complex imaging conditions encountered in natural freshwater environments. In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid deep learning architecture that integrates a frozen ResNet50 convolutional backbone with a custom Multi-Head Attention (MHA) module and a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) network for fine-grained classification of 14 aquatic plant species. The ResNet50 pretrained on ImageNet extracts rich 7 × 7 × 2048 spatial feature representations, which are subsequently enriched through an 8-head attention layer that enables selective emphasis on discriminative spatial regions across multiple representation subspaces. The attention-enhanced representations are processed by a bidirectional LSTM with 128 hidden units per direction to capture higher-order sequential spatial dependencies before a softmax output layer assigns class probabilities. Evaluated on the AquPlantDS benchmark of 1,468 images spanning 14 categories, the proposed model attains 98.30% accuracy, with precision of 98.37% and recall of 98.30%. Visual interpretability via Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) confirms that the model activates biologically meaningful leaf regions, supporting its practical applicability in ecological monitoring, biodiversity assessment, and environmental management.

Voltage Regulation of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Output Using a PWM-Controlled DC-DC Boost Converter: Design, Simulation, and Experimental Validation

This paper’s key contribution is a complete, reproducible fuel cell–boost converter test platform — combining a custom EasyEDA-designed PCB, an Arduino-based 25 kHz PWM control scheme, and cross-validation across theoretical, LTspice simulation, and hardware results. It experimentally demonstrates open-loop voltage regulation of a low, load-variable PEM fuel cell output (3.3–6.8 V) up to 17.57 V, achieving 85% peak efficiency at D = 0.7. Notably, it identifies where non-idealities (R_DS(on) losses, diode drop, ESR) dominate — an efficiency plateau beyond D = 0.5 — providing a practical benchmark platform for future closed-loop and wide-bandgap converter research.

AI, Blockchain and Digital Data-Driven Transformation of Healthcare in Bangladesh

Crisis-related counterfeits, resource shortages and fragmented paper records hamper healthcare delivery in Bangladesh. We propose in this paper an AI-blockchain system for health data integrity and emergency resources distribution.

Classification of COVID-19 from Chest X-Ray Images Using a Machine Vision Technique

This paper proposes a disciplined image-enhancement-then-classification pipeline for COVID-19 chest X-ray screening. Its key contribution is objectively validating enhancement filters — comparing HE, AHE, and CLAHE using full-reference IQA metrics (MSE, RMSE, PSNR) — rather than relying on subjective filter choice, as prior work does. CLAHE (clip limit 1, 8×8 tiles) was identified as optimal, and a CNN trained on 400 CLAHE-enhanced images with ReLU activation achieved 0% classification error, outperforming prior COVID-19 classifiers (89–95% accuracy) that skip explicit, quantified enhancement.

An Online Barnacles Mating Optimization-Based PI Controller for DAB Converters in EV Charging

This paper’s main contribution is a non-linear, failure-mode-based degradation rate (Rd) model for solar PV, moving beyond the standard linear/performance-ratio approach. It introduces ΔT (DEL_T) — from thermal imaging — as a novel quantitative proxy for hotspot severity, combined with I–V-derived series resistance (R_s) as key ML inputs. Two models (LSTM and FFBP) are trained and cross-validated on an independent Telangana plant, achieving low RMSE and reasonable MAPE. It also argues an economical case: ~₹57,000 sensor-based ML approach vs. ₹16–45 lakh for conventional accelerated/on-field testing.

An Explainable Attention-Based Transformer Framework for Depression Detection Using Social Media Text

This research proposes an explainable transformer-based framework for automated depression detection from social media text by integrating contextual embeddings from BERT and RoBERTa with a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) network and an attention mechanism. The proposed model achieved an accuracy of **83.30%** and a **ROC-AUC of 0.9196**, outperforming several baseline methods on the Mental Health Twitter Dataset. To improve transparency, the framework incorporates SHAP analysis and attention heatmap visualization to identify influential textual features, while a semantic knowledge graph captures relationships among depression-related psychological concepts. By combining transformer-based learning, attention-enhanced sequence modeling, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), and semantic knowledge representation, the proposed framework provides an accurate, interpretable, and reliable solution for depression detection from social media data.

One-Year Performance Evaluation of a 157 kWp Floating Photovoltaic System under a Tropical Monsoon Climate at UMPSA, Malaysia

The significant research contribution of this work lies in providing an empirical, long-term performance validation of a 157.20 kWp floating photovoltaic (FPV) system utilizing bifacial solar modules over a full one-year operational cycle under the specific environmental stressors of a tropical monsoon climate. While the theoretical cooling effects and high-albedo benefits of aquatic PV setups are widely discussed, real-world field data—particularly regarding the actual yield advantages and Performance Ratio (PR) of bifacial technologies on water versus land—remains scarce and highly debated. By documenting a comprehensive, full-year dataset from the system installed at the UMPSA lake, this study bridges a critical gap in literature, offering solar developers and researchers actionable insights into the seasonal performance, technical viability, and efficiency gains of scaling bifacial FPV systems in hot, humid monsoon environments.

ANN and LSTM Models for Hourly Power Prediction of a Tropical Floating Photovoltaic System

The work focuses on the application of advanced computational techniques to floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems, specifically targeting performance prediction and day-ahead power forecasting.

The significant research contribution lies in addressing the dual complexities of FPV systems—namely, their unique environmental operating conditions (such as the cooling effects of water bodies) and the inherent intermittency of solar energy. By leveraging and comparing cutting-edge machine learning and deep learning architectures, such as Deep LSTM-RNNs and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), this research advances the state-of-the-art in predictive modeling. This contribution provides the solar energy sector with highly accurate, day-ahead forecasting frameworks that are critical for optimizing grid integration, improving operational efficiency, and validating the thermodynamic advantages of floating solar arrays over traditional land-based systems.

Techno-Economic Optimization of a Battery Energy Storage System for a Tropical Floating Photovoltaic Plant

The collective research contribution centers on the technical, economic, and operational advancement of renewable energy systems, with a particular focus on floating solar and energy storage integration. The works evaluate the techno-economic viability and carbon emission reductions of large-scale floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems, establishing their potential for regional energy roadmaps like Malaysia’s. This is complemented by broader assessments of the technical capacity of FPV systems on man-made water bodies across the United States, alongside comprehensive literature reviews detailing the overall evolution of floating solar technology.

Furthermore, the research bridges primary power generation with grid stability and modernization by examining fundamental wind and solar system operations, comparative battery storage options (such as lead-acid vs. lithium-ion) for electric mobility, and optimal sizing strategies for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to manage peak shaving under specific utility tariffs. Finally, the contribution extends into performance optimization, utilizing comparative studies on cutting-edge bifacial FPV arrays and implementing advanced machine learning techniques, such as teaching-learning-based optimization for extreme learning machines, to dramatically improve power forecasting accuracy in floating solar environments.

ECG Signal Processing on FPGA for Emerging Telehealthcare Applications

Bangladesh is projected to have a population of approximately 177.8 million in 2026 and is the eighth most populous country in the world \cite. Heart disease is a growing public health and medical problem and is the leading cause of mortality in Bangladesh. Heart diseases is a non-communicable disease. The Health and Morbidity Status Survey (HMSS)-2025 is conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) 31.32 per 1,000 population reported heart disease in the 90 days before their survey whereas their target group was rural and urban areas \cite. According to WHO, deaths per 100000 population ischaemic heart disease in 2021, female was 50.2 percent and in male was 67.6 percent \cite. The world heart observatory shows that overall number of deaths from CVD(2021) is 377,200 \cite{b4}. Risk factors such as lifestyle, habit, diet, smoking and air pollution can have a significant impact on people’s cardiovascular health. There are different breakdowns age, sex, location etc. According to United Nations Population Division’s World Urbanization Prospects, World Bank, approximately 67 percent (2025) of total population of Bangladesh lives in rural areas \cite. In those areas, there are lack of services such as education, health clinics and adequate roads particularly road links to hospitals. As a result of health problems or natural disasters, they are at risk of sliding deeper into poverty. This project helps to remove communication cost and the fees of doctors. It also removes the cost of ECG test. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to ensure sustainable medical treatment and improved survival rates. ECG test and analysis is an important means to understand the functionality of heart, diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and asses various treatments. However, most of the captured ECG signal will be distorted by power line interference noise, base line wander noise, electrode contact noise, motion artifacts, muscle contractions (EMG), baseline drift and ECG amplitude modulation with respiration, noise generated by electronic devices, electrosurgical noise and composite noise. If the noise mask the ECG signal and the signal become distorted then it is hard to be processed the ECG signal for further analysis. It is need to filter the ECG signals to avoid the failure detection of the signal. This project aims for implementation of Low Pass Equiripple FIR digital filter on FPGA that can remove the noise in ECG signal and also establish a unit of mobile telecare environment for rural people. Digital filter is used to filter the noise in ECG signal. Implementation option that satisfies the requirement on flexibility and portability such as speed enhancement and hardware cost. The output of ECG signal is compared with the ECG signal before filtering by plotting the signal in time and frequency domain using MATLAB. Since may current FPGA architectures are in-system programmable, the configuration of the device may be changed to implement different functionality if required. Highly adaptable and design-flexibility, FPGAs provide optimal device utilization through conservation of board space and system power important advantages not available with many stand-alone DSP chips. Bangladesh faces the challenge of ensuring health care, especially in the rural areas, plagued with resource shortage, inadequate ambulances, lack of medical equipment, existing medical equipment not in service and shortages of doctors. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to ensure sustainable medical treatment and improved survival rates. Emergency First Aid Center with physical and telemedicine serves as a promising cost-effective alternative in light of the fact that an early, tailored intervention has been shown to prevent deaths and improve functional recovery. Tele-ECG is a convenient tool to distinguish individuals with suspected heart diseases that may require urgent referral to a hospital or even emergency medical services. It utilizes m-Health technology, which involves the use of mobile phones for data transmission, so as to provide health care services to remote areas.

Empirical Study on Sustainable Technologies in Bangladesh Health Sector: Telemedicine and Socio-Economic Outcomes of Rural Centers

The study examines the socio-economic impact of using sustainable technology in the healthcare system in Bangladesh, including rural healthcare facilities and telemedicine.

Green Edge AI for Chest X-Ray Pneumonia Diagnosis: An EADA Benchmark

The use of clinical artificial intelligence (AI) for pneumonia detection is significantly limited by hardware constraints and the use of electricity that powers these systems in low-resource areas. This paper introduces a Green Edge AI benchmark of six CNN architectures to classify chest X-ray images using Post-Training Quantization (PTQ) and QuantizationAware Training (QAT). To explicitly quantify the trade-off between clinical efficacy and environmental impact, this paper come up with a new metric: Energy-Adjusted Diagnostic Accuracy (EADA) = F1-score/millijoule. This performance is measured on CPU only inference and calibrated on Bangladesh national grid (696 gCO2/kWh). It can be seen that the MobileNetV3-Large has the highest diagnostic quality (AUC-ROC 0.9869) and the ShuffleNetV2-x1.0 has the highest EADA (0.408), which has the
least energy consumption. QAT also lowers CO2 emissions by 27–46% over models without detectable diagnostic degradation. These lightweight models are statistically shown to have the same accuracy as their heavy counterparts, such as EfficientNet-B7, which has a carbon cost 13.5× heavier with no clinical advantage. In conclusion, INT8-quantized lightweight CNNs offer the most Pareto-efficient solution for deploying AI models in low-resource settings with a focus on climate-consciousness.

An AI-Based Legal Advisory System for Traffic Violation Verification Using Official Traffic Regulations

Automated traffic enforcement solutions are widely
implemented nowadays in order to enhance road safety and
efficiency of enforcement procedures. However, independent ver
ification of traffic violation notices by law is barely investigated.
Current studies also show that manual inspection of traffic
violations is a time-consuming and error-prone process [1],
whereas AI-powered enforcement systems now enable detecting,
classifying, penalizing, and notifying authorities about violations.
However, the reviewed literature lacks sufficient information
about the tools and methods that can be used to check whether
the recorded violation reason and the imposed penalty are
consistent with the existing traffic regulations from the legal
perspective. The importance of addressing this problem becomes
obvious taking into account that among the problems that traffic
rule digitization faces is the question of consistency with the
original purpose of traffic rules [2]. In order to fill this gap, the
proposed research introduces a solution to this problem based on
AI-assisted legal verification. In the case of AI-camera notices, the
framework is meant to authenticate both the reason behind the
violation in question and the fine imposed; in case of traffic police
receipts, where publicly available proof of violation would not be
available, the focus of verification will be on the amount of the
fine. There is also motivation from the field of legal-AI research
which argues that legal advice provided by an LLM comes with
certain dangers due to the necessity of expertise involved and
serious consequences [3]; there is also motivation from the RAG
area which stresses the importance of maintaining fidelity to
provided sources [4]. Furthermore, the framework also includes
a blockchain-based integrity system to maintain authenticity of
verification reports produced by the framework.

Clustering-Based Undersampling Using K-Means for Class-Imbalanced Data

This paper presents a data-level clustering-based undersampling method that uses k-means with nearest-centroid selection to rebalance severely imbalanced datasets before SVM classification. Rather than discarding majority samples at random, the method partitions the majority class into k clusters (k = minority-class size N) and retains the real sample nearest each centroid, preserving majority-class coverage while matching the minority size. Validated on the Protein Homology Prediction dataset (imbalance ratio 111.46:1), the balanced configuration (k = N) achieves 96.5% accuracy, 97.6% recall, 97.7% specificity, and a 96.4% F1-score, with the misclassification rate minimized at 3.5%. A per-metric sensitivity analysis over k clarifies how the undersampling ratio controls the precision–recall trade-off.

Sustainable Energy Management in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study with Neighboring Countries

In an energy constraints environment, role of
sustainable energy management is paramount. It ensures
optimum utilization of available resources, use of appropriate
technologies, reliable and affordable energy to consumers, and
ultimate energy justice. In this context, Bangladesh is currently
confronting with multiple cross-cutting challenges of depletion
of domestic natural gas resources, growing pressure to reduce
dependency on fossil fuels, steadily increasing reliance on energy
imports, and pressing demand for affordable electricity. This
study unfolds the importance of sustainable energy
management in Bangladesh, which can support and promote the
national dream, to becoming a middle-income country, and
fulfilling the commitment to global agenda on climate change.
The study critically analyzed the current sustainable energy
management practice in Bangladesh, and compared with the
neighboring counties. The domain area of this study is
electricity. The study adopted pragmatic worldview as research
approach, where both exploratory and explanatory methods
were applied. To conduct the study, both primary and
secondary data were used. Finally, through triangulation of
three key dimensions- energy, economy and environment, the
study identifies that Bangladesh is lagging behind from prudent
sustainable energy management practice and recommends the
necessity of a comprehensive data-driven energy policy
framework for future endeavor

Remote Sensing Imagery for Crop Yield Prediction Using Confidence-Weighted Ensemble Model with Explainable AI

1. Developed a Confidence-Weighted Ensemble model that outperformed Random Forest and XGBoost.

2. Engineered novel spectral-agronomic interaction terms, with the stress-health ratio identified as the most impactful predictor.

3. Achieved 86.46% prediction accuracy while maintaining model explainability—a critical bridge between high performance and actionable farming insights.

A Leakage-Free ML Framework for Cycle-Count Prioritization in Multi-Depot Distribution Networks

We study a real stock-reconciliation snapshot from
a large consumer-electronics distributor in Bangladesh covering
1,890 stock-keeping units (SKUs) across 18 depots (34,020 SKU–
depot cells). A key property of such reconciliation data is that
the recorded discrepancy is an exact arithmetic function of the
other two recorded fields; naive models that consume those
fields therefore achieve near-perfect but meaningless accuracy
through target leakage. We make this leakage explicit and instead
formulate an honest, decision-relevant task: predict, from only
contextual attributes known before a physical count, which SKU–
depot cells are most likely to exhibit a material discrepancy,
so that limited cycle-count effort can be prioritized. Among
seventeen benchmarked classifiers, a gradient-boosting model
attains a five-fold cross-validated ROC-AUC of 0.805 ± 0.006.
Translated into operations, auditing the top 20% of cells ranked
by predicted risk recovers 52.8% of all discrepancies, versus 20%
under random counting—a 2.64× efficiency gain. We further
provide permutation- and SHAP-based explainability, a budget-
constrained audit-optimization formulation, a sensitivity study
over the materiality threshold, and complementary ABC and
TOPSIS multi-criteria SKU prioritizations. We report results
candidly, including the limited predictability inherent to count
errors and the single-period nature of the data, and outline how a
second count period would enable genuine temporal forecasting.

From Verification to Forecasting: Monitoring Official Crime Trends in Bangladesh

Crime is one of the biggest challenges facing Bangladesh, where more than 170,000 incidents such as theft, robbery, kidnapping, murder, and violence against women and children are officially recorded every year. Bangladesh Police Headquarters (PHQ) publishes these counts every month, but this national data is only stored and reported, never used to look ahead and prepare. This paper builds a system that does exactly that. We collected 88 months of officially reported crime data (January 2019 to April 2026, 17 police units, 15 crime categories) and linked every number back to its public source. We then trained seven common forecasting models and a combined ensemble, and checked them two ways. First, we forecast crime 1, 3, 6, and 12 months ahead using only older data and measured the error. Second, we waited for the police to publish the real numbers for those months and compared them with our earlier forecast. For the national monthly total, our forecast matched the published numbers with 98.9, 97.8, 92.8, and 86.1 percent accuracy at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, and a rolling test over many starting points stayed between 92.6 and 89.1 percent on the steady categories. Because this check repeats every month as new data arrives, we built it into a working application that scores the previous forecast, adds the new month, retrains, and watches for drift, giving continuous monitoring instead of a one-time study. We forecast only reported crime and make no claim about crimes that are never reported.

GreenHybridECGNet: Edge-Federated CNN-Transformers for Arrhythmia Classification

GreenHybridECGNet is presented as a privacypreserving, edge-deployable hybrid CNN-Transformer framework for five-class AAMI EC57 arrhythmia classification on the MIT-BIH dataset. The model (443.1K parameters, 1.935 MB FP32) achieves test accuracy 97.84%, macro-F1 0.8956, MCC 0.9298, and AUC-ROC 0.9840, with five-seed confidence intervals (AUC-ROC CI [0.9806, 0.9849]) confirming reproducibility. All five AAMI EC57 classes satisfy the clinical sensitivity threshold (Se ≥ 0.75). A novel FocalSmoothedCE loss unifies Focal Loss (γ = 2) with label smoothing (ε = 0.05) to address severe class imbalance. An advanced federated learning (FL) framework is incorporated, combining K-Means clustered FedAvg, coordinate-wise trimmed-mean Byzantine robustness, stalenessweighted asynchronous aggregation, Secure Aggregation, and Top-k (k=1%) gradient sparsification, delivering only 1.6 MB cumulative communication over 20 rounds. Differential privacy is enforced via DP-SGD. INT8 quantisation (torchao) reduces model size to 1.124 MB and CPU inference to 1.00 ms (3.16× speedup) with negligible accuracy loss (macro-F1 delta = +0.03%). McNemar’s test confirms statistically significant prediction differences versus all three baselines (p¡0.001).

Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Route Feasibility Prediction in Quantum Networks

Quantum networking promises transformative advances in secure communication, yet entanglement distribution remains fragile due to photon loss, decoherence, and memory constraints, making analytical route selection impractical for dynamic operations. While machine learning has been explored for quantum routing, existing approaches often lack systematic generalization testing on unseen topologies, physics-based feature engineering, and rigorous cross-validation. This work proposes a physicsinformed machine learning framework for route feasibility prediction and routing policy selection. Using the SeQUeNCe simulator, we generate datasets from an eight-router asymmetric mesh for development and an unseen irregular ladder for external evaluation. Eleven physics-informed prerouting features capture fibre loss, hop count, bottleneck success, memory margins, and coherence time. A nested grouped cross-validation strategy (outer 5-fold, inner 4-fold) with scenario-level stratification mitigates data leakage and ensures robust model selection. Logistic regression is selected for interpretability and strong performance, with the operating threshold locked at 0.405 on validation data. Evaluation on the unseen ladder topology achieves a ROCAUC of 0.950 and an F1-score of 0.905, demonstrating a reliable cross-topology generalization. As a routing policy, the learned model reduces mean route-selection regret by 50.0% relative to random selection and remains competitive with deterministic heuristics. The framework establishes a
rigorous, reproducible protocol for data-driven quantum routing, highlighting the viability of interpretable models for operational network management.

Android Mobile Malware Detection Using Machine Learning

This paper presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Naive Bayes (NB) classifiers for Android malware detection using static feature analysis. Our approach achieves 98.7% accuracy with Random Forest, outperforming SVM (98.5%) while establishing Decision Tree and RF as transparent baselines for future research. The study contributes to the field by demonstrating the effectiveness of static feature based machine learning for detecting malicious Android applications and addresses critical limitations in data privacy for malware detection.

Adaptive Median-Based Clustering Approach to Restore MRI Images from High-Density Salt-and-Pepper Noise

In real-time medical imaging, it is crucial to extract detailed feature sets from high-density noise to recognize patterns that are indicative of disease symptoms. The noise present in MRI images introduces various errors, resulting in a grainy texture. In medical image processing, salt-and-pepper noise randomly changes the image pixels into isolated 0(s) or 255(s). A cluster-based analysis is proposed to achieve an accurate approximation of noise-free pixels in MRI images. Consequently, this study introduces the concept of high density to accurately estimate pixels alongside values of zero or 255. This is because MRI images frequently contain image pixels of 0 and 255. In this algorithm, the filter initially functions as a Standard Median Filter. However, when the densities of 0 and 255, along with salt-and-pepper noise, increased to approximately 40\% of the total pixels in the mask, the clustering process was initiated by creating a kernel size of (11×11). The pixels were divided into two groups, assuming k = 2. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed filter, it was compared with existing state-of-the-art filters, and its efficacy was confirmed using MRI and grayscale images. The simulation results of the peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms other filters in rendering noise-free medical images.

Explainable Deep Learning-Based Breast Cancer Classification Using Histopathological Images: A Comparative Study of CNN and Vision Transformer Architectures

This study presents a rigorous framework for improving the accuracy and clinical trustworthiness of computer-aided breast cancer diagnosis. The primary research contributions are organized below:

Comprehensive Architectural Evaluation: The work conducts a detailed performance comparison of six leading deep learning models—DenseNet121, EfficientNetB0, ResNet50, Xception, MobileNetV3, and Vision Transformer (ViT-B/16)—on the BreakHis histopathological dataset, providing a clear benchmark for binary breast cancer classification.

Strict Prevention of Data Leakage: By adopting a patient-wise data splitting strategy rather than a standard image-wise split, the study ensures that models are evaluated on completely unseen patients. This prevents artificially inflated performance metrics and provides a realistic measure of how the models will generalize in actual clinical practice.

Integration of Explainable AI (XAI): To overcome the traditional “black-box” limitation of deep learning, the framework integrates Grad-CAM++ to generate visual explanations of the model predictions. This highlights the exact cellular areas driving the classification, offering crucial interpretability for medical practitioners.

Optimization for Resource-Constrained Regions: The study successfully identifies lightweight, highly efficient pipelines (such as EfficientNetB0 and Xception) that balance strong diagnostic accuracy with low computational footprints, making them highly suitable for deployment in infrastructure-limited environments like Bangladesh.

Human-AI Co-Creation in Software Development: A Database-Centric Approach for Empowering Non-IT Students

With the rapid advancement of AI-native code
editors like Cursor, software development has become more
accessible to non-specialists. However, for liberal arts
students lacking deep technical backgrounds, reliance on
fragmented natural language prompts often leads to “garbage
code” and structural inconsistencies. This paper proposes a
Database-Centric Co-creation Approach as a collaborative
framework between humans and AI, positioning the
relational schema as a critical logical interface. In our
methodology, students first co-create a detailed database
schema through dialogue with generative AI, such as
ChatGPT, before proceeding to implementation. By injecting
this schema—a structured “Single Source of Truth”—into the
AI editor’s context, the schema serves as a powerful logical
constraint that mitigates AI divergence and ensures
architectural integrity. The effectiveness of this human
machine collaboration was demonstrated in a workshop
where a team of liberal arts students, with no prior IT
expertise, successfully developed a professional-standard
platform (“VetNearMe”) within only five days. Our findings
show that the database-centric approach shifts the human role
from “syntax-level coding” to “architectural decision
making,” effectively augmenting the creative capabilities of
non-IT students. This study suggests a new paradigm for
information education, emphasizing data modeling as the core
language for human-AI co-creation.

PolypSegNet: An Attention-Guided Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Network for Accurate Colorectal Polyp Segmentation

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of
cancer-related mortality worldwide, making early colorectal
polyp detection essential for improving patient outcomes. However, accurate polyp segmentation remains challenging due to
variations in polyp size, shape, and texture, along with low
contrast, blurred boundaries, and imaging artifacts in endoscopic
images. Although recent CNN-, Transformer-, and foundation
model-based approaches have improved segmentation accuracy,
many remain limited by high computational cost and architectural complexity. To address these issues, this study proposes
PolypSegNet, an efficient encoder–decoder architecture integrating a pretrained ResNet-50 encoder, Multi-Scale Feature Fusion
(MSFF), and Convolutional Block Attention Modules (CBAM).
The framework enhances multi-scale contextual learning and
attention-guided feature refinement while maintaining computational efficiency. Experiments on the Kvasir-SEG dataset achieved
a Dice score of 0.9164 and an IoU score of 0.8655, demonstrating
competitive performance for colorectal polyp segmentation.

Bridging the Gap: Use Symbolic Language as a Prompt Between Human Emotion and Machine Logic*

This study introduces an innovative hybrid framework that utilizes symbolic language as a prompt to bridge human emotion with machine logic. With SHAP analysis validating feature contributions, visual differences between the traditional sentimental model and the current emotional classification, the approach advances emotion recognition. With well-defined, distinguishable feature classes, the proposed hybrid model improves transparency and interpretability in AI-driven decision-making.

Explainable Machine Learning Framework for Cybersecurity Awareness Prediction and Behavioral Pattern Mining Using Survey Data

This paper presents a machine learning framework for predicting cybersecurity awareness using survey-based behavioral data collected from university students and faculty members. Along with prediction, the framework applies SHAP-based explainable AI to understand the factors influencing the model’s decisions, association rule mining to identify relationships among cybersecurity behaviors, and clustering techniques to group users based on their security practices. The findings provide practical insights into user behavior and can help educational institutions develop more effective and targeted cybersecurity awareness programs.

A Hybrid RAK Ensemble Model for Reliable ECG Based Arrhythmia Classification
Institutional Readiness for AI-Driven Sustainable Business Education: Evidence from Bangladesh

This study makes five significant contributions to the literature on AI-enabled sustainable education. First, it develops a novel institutional readiness framework grounded in Dynamic Capabilities Theory to explain graduate preparedness in AI-driven business education. Second, it integrates quantitative PLS-SEM and qualitative thematic analysis to provide robust empirical evidence on the institutional and technological determinants of sustainable graduate preparedness in Bangladesh. Third, the findings demonstrate that institutional and policy support, including digital infrastructure and AI-enabled learning systems, is a stronger predictor of graduate preparedness than curriculum reform alone. Fourth, the study proposes an AI-Enabled Smart Education Implementation Framework that links AI infrastructure, smart campuses, AI-enabled learning management systems, learning analytics, curriculum personalization, and graduate preparedness. Finally, the research offers practical, technology-oriented recommendations for higher education institutions and policymakers to accelerate AI-driven digital transformation and sustainable human capital development in developing economies.

Intelligent Web Attack Classification Using Ensemble Machine Learning Models

—Secure injection and traversal based attacks on web
Attacks on applications. is a growing issue, as attackers are
becoming more and more familiar with the attacks. Armed with
increasingly sophisticated attacks, payloads that can execute even
more dangerous tasks. Bypass traditional rules-based defence.
In this paper we present a multi-class HTTP request classifier
built on The features include character-level TF-IDF features and
LightGBM ensemble. approach of extended with the SHAP-based
post-hoc explainabil- ity to support. Analysis of Model Decisions
at Analyst level. Following experiments were carried out using the
datasets “CSIC 2010” and ”ECML/PKDD 2007”, which cover:
The accuracy of LightGBM In 11,347 labeled samples in five
categories, is shown. 94.32higher in value than the lowest value. A
controlled ablation is carried To test the accuracy of the character
n-grams over the In contrast, range-based tokenization is 6.12
points better than A word-based tokenization with a vocabulary
of [2,4] and 10,000 words. at the “knee” of the accuracy-memory
curve. The trained pipeline can be fitted in the memory of 80
MB and can run on a normal A CPU chipset that doesn’t
support GPUs, for use with CPU- only hardware. ModSecurity
compatible WAF deployment. In In the SHAP attribution maps,
the SQL metacharacters are shown as well as script-injection.
The following are the key factors: For their class, they were given
tokens, and sequences that lead to path traversal. An operator
of a WAF removes audit trail for every blocked request.

Feature-Efficient Android Malware Family Classification: A SHAP-Driven Analysis of Dynamic Behavioral Indicators

Android Malware is on the rise, and it is getting
sophisticated, The need to include automated family classification
as a fundamental part of mobile security. Ensemble machine
learning models achieve high accuracy, these models are complex
and hard to explain. Typically, they are black-box systems, and
they rely upon high accuracy. the number of features is thousands
of which makes them computationally expensive. Unavailable
to security analysts. This paper proposes a framework An
ensemble model combining LightGBM-based malware family
classification and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) to find
minimal explanations. feature set driving model decisions, then
investigates robustness The masking is adversarial, which means
it is done through adversarial feature masking. Experiments on
the CCCS-CIC-AndMal-2020 was used for dynamics analysis
data, and the results of the analysis indicate that XGBoost This
concludes that this particular tool will achieve an F1 score of
76.22The SHAP values show that 50A 3.9× higher accuracy,
speedup compared to training. Adversarial masking At top
ranked SHAP, up to 12% drop in accuracy when compared to
only 4 Usable blind spots for enhancing the model.

Robust Deep Transfer Learning Framework for Multi-Class Brain Tumor Classification with Explainable Decision Support

Accurate brain tumor identification from magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for early clinical decision
support, yet reliable multi-class classification remains challenging
because tumor appearance varies across shape, texture, and
intensity patterns. This study proposes an explainable deep
ensemble framework for four-class brain tumor MRI classification, covering glioma, meningioma, pituitary tumor, and
no-tumor cases. The pipeline applies image preprocessing and
augmentation, evaluates multiple pretrained convolutional base-
lines, and combines complementary transfer-learning models
through weighted decision fusion to improve generalization.
Model performance is assessed using accuracy, precision, recall,
F1-score, bootstrap confidence estimation, and train-validation
stability analysis. Experimental results on the Kaggle brain tumor
MRI dataset show that the proposed framework achieves a
verified accuracy of 99.44%, with precision, recall, and F1-score
above 0.994. Explainability analysis further supports the clinical
relevance of the learned decision regions. The results indicate
that ensemble-based transfer learning can provide robust and
interpretable MRI-based brain tumor screening support

PVT-v2-B2-FPN: A Multi-Resolution Transformer-Based Framework for Accurate Colorectal Polyp Segmentation

Colorectal cancer remains one of the leading causes
of cancer-related mortality, making accurate polyp segmentation
important for early diagnosis and treatment. This study proposes
a PVT-v2-B2 + FPN framework for automatic colorectal polyp
segmentation. The model combines a hierarchical transformer
encoder with feature pyramid decoding to integrate global
context and multi-scale spatial features for accurate boundary
localization. Geometric and photometric augmentations were applied to improve robustness under diverse colonoscopy conditions.
Experiments were conducted on Kvasir-SEG using a 700/150/150
train-validation-test split with multi-seed and multi-resolution
evaluation. The selected proposed configuration achieved a test
Dice score of 91.05% and IoU of 83.71%, while the best
individual run reached 91.08% Dice. Compared with CNN-,
transformer-, and hybrid-based baselines, the proposed model
showed competitive segmentation performance with 29.8M parameters. These results indicate that hierarchical transformer
features with FPN-based fusion can provide an effective balance
between segmentation accuracy and computational practicality
for colonoscopy-assisted polyp analysis.

An Explainable and Class-Balanced Gradient Boosting Framework for Heart Disease Prediction

This research presents an explainable, class-balanced gradient boosting framework for heart disease prediction that overcomes common limitations in existing models, such as restricted dataset sizes, class imbalance, and lack of clinical interpretability. The significant contributions of this work include: The development of domain-driven composite features (BloodPressure_BMI, Cholesterol_Age, and Health_Score) to capture complex interactions among cardiovascular risk variables. The implementation of minority class upsampling to reduce prediction bias and improve the identification of high-risk heart disease cases. The integration of SHAP-based explainability to provide transparent, clinically interpretable feature attributions at both the global and patient levels. Validated on a diverse dataset of 10,000 patient records, the framework achieves robust predictive performance with an accuracy of 90.08%, a macro-averaged F1-score of 0.90, and a ROC-AUC of 0.9644.

From First-Come-First-Served to EEVDF: An Empirical Survey of CPU Scheduling Using Google Borg Cluster Traces

The choice of a scheduling algorithm is one of the most important decisions for system designers. A scheduling algorithm dictates the overall latency, throughput, and fairness of the running process of that system. The goal of this study is to show how a practical implementation of CPU scheduling algorithm in the Linux kernel relates to the basic scheduling algorithms. This study reviews eight different scheduling algorithms (FCFS, SJF, RR, Priority, MLQ, MLFQ, EDF, CFS) and then discusses the implementation of EEVDF (the successor to CFS). This work utilizes the Google 2019 Borg cluster traces dataset to examine various scheduling algorithms. The experimental results are measured with various metrics such as throughput, turnaround time, waiting time, response time, fairness and context switches by applying 500 and 2000-job samples. This empirical study concludes that no algorithm dominates on all six metrics, SJF yields the lowest average waiting and turnaround time, MLFQ yields the lowest average response time, and CFS yields the highest fairness index. The effect of time quantum is analyzed using different time quantum ranging from 1 to 500 units. The results suggest using variable time quantum is better than using a fixed one. Furthermore, it also discusses a multi-core affinity study across 2 to 16 cores that demonstrates soft affinity having roughly 95% cache-hit rate, against only 6.2% for random placement. The experimental results demonstrate that no single CPU scheduling algorithm is optimal across all performance metrics. Instead, the appropriate scheduler depends on the workload characteristics and system objectives, while modern Linux schedulers such as EEVDF improve responsiveness by combining classical scheduling principles with fairness-aware design.

MER-SAMF: Multimodal Emotion Recognition in Bengali Using Sequence-Aware Multimodal Fusion

Multimodal emotion recognition (MER) infers emotion by fusing text, audio, and video signals. Most Bengali emotion recognition systems are unimodal (text or images), and few MER approaches use static fusion, which limits performance. This paper introduces a Bengali MER method (\textbf{MER-SAMF}) that extracts video features with Multilingual-CLIP, textual features with BanglaBERT, and acoustic features with YamNET. The technique preserves the video’s temporal structure, integrates textual information, and uses a cross-modal transformer to capture intra- and intermodal dependencies. Data augmentation is applied to the fear class to mitigate class imbalance in the MAViT-Bangla (Multimodal Audio Video Text Bangla) dataset. The proposed model achieves an F1 score of 0.91, surpassing the existing Bengali MER baselines.

FedXDDoS: An Explainable Federated Learning Framework for DDoS Attack Detection

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have
emerged as a significant security challenge in software-defined
networking (SDN) environments, where surges in malicious traffic
can disrupt network operations and degrade service availability.
Although deep learning-based intrusion detection systems have
achieved excellent performance in identifying malicious activities,
many existing solutions depend on centralized training and lack
interpretability. To overcome these challenges, This study introduces FedXDDoS, an explainable federated learning framework
for privacy-preserving DDoS attack detection and explanation in
distributed SDN environments. This framework utilizes multiple
deep learning architectures under both FedAvg and FedProx
optimization strategies to facilitate collaborative model training
with no sharing of raw network traffic data. To demonstrate the
effectiveness of the proposed approach, which achieves a best
accuracy of 99. 69% and an F1 score of 99. 67%, the experiments
were conducted on the DDoS-SDN dataset using four federated
clients. Additionally, LIME-based explainability is integrated to
enhance transparency and trustworthiness by offering featurelevel interpretations of model predictions. The results show that
FedXDDoS provides an accurate and interpretable approach for
detecting DDoS attacks in contemporary SDN environments.

TinyML Powered Real Time Rotating Machinery Fault Detection Using Vibration Spectral Analysis on ESP32

This research makes a significant contribution to the field of predictive maintenance (PdM) by successfully bridging the diagnostic gap between high-end industrial monitoring frameworks and low-cost consumer electronics. The primary contribution of this study is the development and physical deployment of a fully autonomous, real-time edge computing solution utilizing Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) on a highly resource-constrained ESP32 microcontroller. By relying entirely on continuous high-frequency data from a single MPU6050 MEMS accelerometer, this architecture completely eliminates the requirement for expensive multi-sensor arrays and bypasses cloud connectivity. This direct-to-edge approach effectively resolves systemic IoT limitations, including unpredictable network transport latencies, bandwidth saturation, and elevated power consumption. The technical novelty of this work lies in its highly optimized inference engine, which seamlessly integrates a robust Digital Signal Processing (DSP) pipeline—featuring a 256-point Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)—with an 8-bit integer quantized (int8) Feed-Forward Neural Network. Empirical profiling validates remarkable computational efficiency; the entire spectral processing and classification cycle requires a deterministic execution latency of just 2 ms while consuming a minimal 11.4 KB of Peak RAM and 42.0 KB of Flash memory. Despite operating under extreme sub-milliwatt power and memory restrictions, the system demonstrates high diagnostic robustness, achieving an 80.27% overall accuracy on completely unseen physical test data with zero false positives for structural fault states. Ultimately, this research substantiates that advanced, non-stationary vibration classification can function precisely and reliably at the extreme edge, providing a highly scalable and cost-effective predictive maintenance paradigm for domestic rotating machinery.

Explainable Fusion Model for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Risk Prediction

Abstract—Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is an emerging health issue across the world especially in less developed and middle-income nations like Bangladesh where early diagnosis is essential to avoid severe liver-related complications but the current screening procedures are invasive, costly, and not suitable to be applied at large scale. This paper proposes an interpretable machine learning-based model of NAFLD risk prediction on the basis of a custom real-world clinical dataset prepared from hospital records representative of the Bangladeshi population and a unified set of heterogeneous publicly available data. The combined dataset had a significant amount of missing data as a result of dissimilar feature presence that was filled in with low-rank matrix decomposition with the help of SoftImpute. SMOTE oversampling has been used to reduce the imbalance in the classes after the completion of the matrices. On the final balanced dataset, the Logistic Regression, Random Forest and XGBoost models were trained as well as a stacking ensemble model. Experimental findings confirm that Logistic Regression had a test accuracy of 97.99%, whereas Random Forest, XGBoost and the stacked ensemble had test accuracy of 99.28%, 99.31% and 99.40%. And the ensemble model provided the highest F1 score in both test and validation datasets. The SHAP-based explainability was added in order to offer both overall feature significance and patient-level clarifications.

Feature Fusion Model for Efficient Skin Cancer Classification

Abstract—Skin cancer ranks as the most prevalent cancer globally, occurring from generic reasons or ultraviolet radiation, which preliminary stage detection is necessary to reduce mortal- ity rates. Currently used diagnostic methods have limitations, including human error that can lead to misdiagnosis. Also, notable limitations are demonstrated in existing deep learning ap- proaches including classification accuracy, lack of generalization, and deployment challenges. An improved feature fusion model for binary skin cancer classification using VGG19 and MobileNet as the base model has been proposed. The methodology addresses the existing limitations in classification of dermoscopic images by achieving higher accuracy, increasing both true positive and true negative simultaneously, interpretability analysis for transparency, and deployment. The proposed method achieved a classification accuracy of 95.61%, outperforming both existing models and previously reported benchmarks. A user-friendly web application has been developed incorporating the fusion model, allowing interaction with the model and real time diagnosis of skin cancer.

Development of Smart Grid Distribution Systems in Emerging Economies: A Bangladesh Perspective

To meet the increasing demand of electricity and to make the power system smart, Bangladesh has to move from traditional grid to smart grid-based distribution system. The aim of this paper is to examine the meaning, the existing projects, the problems and the directions of the smart grid implementation in country. The study includes highlights on a few of the most important efforts including Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI),
distribution system modernization, renewable energy integration, and SCADA-based automation. However, legacy infrastructure, system losses, financial considerations, regulatory restrictions, and cybersecurity are still some of the challenges that remain in the way of large-scale deployment. This paper suggests a framework for a structured and phased implementation which focuses on infrastructure development, the development of ICT, policy reform, and investment strategies. Moreover, the use of new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial
Intelligence (AI), and advanced data analytics is recognized as a key enabler for a power distribution system that is efficient, reliable, and sustainable. The results obtained from this research can be useful for policy makers, utilities and stakeholders to speed up the implementation of smart grid technologies and achieve sustainable energy for Bangladesh in the future.