2nd World Congress on Smart Computing
(WCSC2025)

Organized by 

School of Engineering, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India

Technically Sponsored by 

Soft Computing Research Society

February 22-23, 2025 

The after-conference proceeding of the WCSC 2025 will be published in Springer Book Series, ‘Studies in Smart Technologies’.

PREVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. Vivek Shrivastava

National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand

Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala

Department of Applied Data Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

Talk: AI or Die - or AI and Die?

Shubhankar Shilpi

Software Engineering Director II at Truist (USA)

Talk: Zero-Downtime Payments (DR & Rotation), AIOps for High-Value Payments

Rohit Tewari

Unisys Corporation

Talk: Agentic AI in Financial Crime Prevention

Navin Chhibber

Product Owner / Infinity Tech Group Inc

Talk: Improving Stock Price Forecasting Using Neural Prophet and MLP-Based Deep Neural Networks

Sunil Khemka

Engineering Manager - (AI/ML Architect) At Persistent Systems Inc

Talk: Beyond the Black Box: Engineering 'Circuit Breakers' and Compliance Guardrails for Autonomous Agentic Workflows

Padmanabham Venkiteela

Senior Enterprise Architect, Trellix, IEEE Senior Member

Talk: Agentic AI and Multi-Cloud Integration: The Next Frontier of Smart Computing in Global Enterprises

Yashovardhan Jayaram

Director of Enterprise Content and Digital Experience, Sparient, Inc

Talk: AI-Driven Intelligent Forms Automation in Higher Education

Jayant Bhat

Director of Enterprise Solutions, AI and Innovation, Sparient Inc

Talk: AI-Powered Transformation of Legacy ERP in Higher Education

Dilliraja Sundar

Director of Data Analytics, AI and Cloud Engineering, Sparient, Inc

Talk: AI-Driven Data Lakehouse Modernization for Scalable Intelligence in Higher Education

Shrutika Prakash Mokashi

BI Lead at Assa Abloy, Independent Researcher

Talk: Psychosocial Digital Twins: Soft Computing Models for Worker Emotion, Stress, and Human Behavior in Smart Factories

Dharmateja Priyadarshi Uddandarao

Senior Data Scientist - Statistician, Amazon

Talk: Building Data-Driven Financial Ecosystems: ML-First Strategies for Modern E-Commerce Economics

Abhik Sengupta

Hakkoda, an IBM Company

Talk: How to Build a Resilient Data Strategy in an AI-Driven World

Navneet Kumar Tyagi

Finance of America

Talk: AI-Native APIs: Enabling Smarter Cloud Architecture

Kumar Kasimala

Software Engineering Architect, Salesforce Inc

Talk: Prompt Engineering in the Agentic AI Era: The AI Co-Engineer That Will Redefine—Not Replace—Software Developers

Mr. Arun Kumar Elengovan

Security Engineering Leader, Okta, Inc. BCS Fellow, Author of 2 Security books

Talk: The Foundational Imperative: Mastering Cryptographic Key Management in the Era of Multi-Cloud, Zero Trust, and Quantum Disruption

Srikanta Datta

Coupang Global LLC, and IIT Kanpur

Talk: Secure Multi-Tenant GPU-as-a-Service on Kubernetes: Architecture, Isolation, and Reliability at Scale

Rahul Karne

Digital Forensic and Incident Response Analyst/American Airlines

Talk: DFIR-Chain - Integrating Memory Forensics, YARA Scanning, and LLM Summarization for Automated Triage

Harvendra Singh

Publix Super Markets Inc, IT Delivery Manager/Cloud Architect

Talk: Event-Driven Intelligence: Building Cloud-Native Smart Systems with AI

Gajendra Babu Thokala

Senior Engineering Leader in the Field of Data Engineering and AI, BCS Fellow

Talk: The Data Platform Imperative for AI

Sai Rupesh Kagga

Senior Full-Stack Java Developer, SanQuest Inc.

Talk: Multi-Modal AI for Early Detection of Dialysis Complications Using EHR, Machine, and Sensor Data.

Tanvi Mittal

Test Automation Lead, USBancorp

Talk: Smart Test Data Engineering: AI, Privacy, and Automation for the Next Generation of Digital Systems

Rakesh Kumar Pal

Computer Science and Engineering

Talk: The Next Frontier: Governance Architecture for Intelligent Agents

Tanvi Desai

Sr. Cloud consultant, Computer Science

Talk: Beyond the Chatbot: Architecting Auditable Governance for the Era of Agentic AI

Srikumar Nayak

Senior Principal Architect (AI & ML) , Incedo Inc , IEEE Senior member

Talk: Fraud Detection in Financial Transactions with AI & ML

Parameswara Reddy Nangi

Sr Hadoop Engineer, Independent Researcher

Talk: Serverless Computing Optimization Strategies Using ML-Based Auto-Scaling and Event-Stream Intelligence for Low-Latency Enterprise Workloads

Kartikkumar Ashokbhai Pandya

Student Researcher, Mesa Community College, USA | Sigma Xi Member

Talk: Human-Centered Smart Computing: Advancing Trustworthy and Explainable AI Systems

kalpesh Rathod

Director of Engineering, Lecorpio LLC (An Anaqua Company), USA

Talk: Trustworthy AI in High-Stakes Enterprise Workflows & Automation.

Mihir Dhakan

Data Engineering Manager at Upshop

Talk: From Data Pipelines to Intelligence Pipelines: Rethinking Data Architecture

Geetha Krishna Sangam

IT Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services

Talk: Future Trends in AI-Driven CRM Ecosystems

Sandeep Kumar Nanagowda

Principal Software Engineer, NC, USA

Talk: Orchestrating Intelligence: The Next Chapter of BPM and Enterprise Automation

Vallikranth Ayyagari

Technical Lead, DaVita Inc.

Talk: Computational Intelligence Approaches for Intelligent Decision Support Systems in Healthcare

Sandeep kumar reddy Basireddy

Sr.Cloud and Devops Engineer | IEEE Senior Member|Elected Full Member,Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honor Society

Talk: Driving Enterprise Agility: Cloud-Centric Network Modernization for Digital Transformation.

Isan Sahoo

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle

Talk: Smart Cloud Provisioning for AI-Driven Systems: Challenges & Best Practices

Shalmali Joshi

Elevance Health, Senior Advanced Analytics Analyst

Talk: Predictive Models for Behavioral Health Disengagement

Henry Cyril

Principal Systems Architect Independent Researcher

Talk: Intent-Driven Autonomous Networks: Smart Computing Foundations for Zero-Touch 5G and 6G Systems

SHIVA KUMARA

Principal Cybersecurity Architect

Talk: Post-Quantum Identity Mesh for Autonomous 5G, IoT, and National Connectivity Systems Quantum-Resilient Identity Architecture for Future Digital Infrastructure.

Sunnykumar Kamani

SoftSages Technology

Talk: AI-Driven Governance Automation: Transforming Access Certification for the Digital Enterprise

Peda Venkata Rao Pagidipalli

Technical Systems Engineer / Cisco Systems Inc.

Talk: Agentic AI Orchestration: Revolutionizing Smart Computing for Autonomous Enterprise Automation

Deepak Kole

Member of Technical Staff, eBay Inc

Talk: From Clicks to Conversations: The Rise of GenAI in Enterprise eCommerce

Rajesh Vasa

Technical Architect & Technical Manager, ValueMomentum | Affiliated with Osmania University

Talk: Applying Machine Learning to Event-Driven Architectures for Real-Time Intelligence

Mohammed Nayeem

IT/Cybersecurity Engineer at Franciscan Health Alliance, USA

Talk: Bridging Zero-Trust Architecture and Windows 11: Enhancing Security in Modern Enterprise Environments

Siddhartha Parimi

Dell Technologies

Talk: The Evolution and Impact of Open Table Formats in Modern Data Architecture

Rajgopal Devabhaktuni

Macys

Talk: Agentic Smart Computing: Designing Autonomous Systems with Human-in-the-Loop Control

Reeshav Kumar

Independent Researcher, USA

Talk: Building Resilient AI Infrastructure: Strategic Architecture & Implementation

Sanjay Mereddy

Software Engineer/Moodys Investors Inc

Talk: Frontend Application Architecture: Driving Enterprise Modernization and Integration

Nirav Rana

Amazon

Talk: ML Framework for Enterprise Data Enrichment: Scaling to Massive Datasets

Sapan Pandya

senior software engineer

Talk: Designing Trustworthy AI Driven Decisions in IoT Systems

Jaykumar Ambadas Maheshkar

Vice President | Senior Application Manager, U.S. Bancorp, Atlanta, USA.

Talk: Agentic AI in Cloud Engineering

Linga Reddy Alva

IEEE Senior Member - Sr Data Engineer, USA

Talk: Engineering Enterprise-Grade AI Agents on Databricks: From Vector Search to Autonomous Intelligence

Praveen Hegde

Associate Director - Emerging Commercial Platforms, Verizon, USA.

Talk: AI/ML in Telecommunications: Driving Network Efficiency, Customer Retention, and Revenue Assurance

Saugat Nayak

Portfolio & Risk Analytics Specialist | Machine Learning Researcher, FinTech

Talk: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning for Early Risk Detection in FinTech Lending

Vijay Narayanan

Senior Engineering Leader in Financial Technology

Talk: Designing Scalable Mobile Financial Platforms Through Modern System Architecture and Experience Engineering

Sudheekar Reddy Pothireddy

Senior Architect – AI & Digital Transformations, SAEITS

Talk: AI-Driven Digital Transformation Using Microsoft 365: Modernizing Enterprise Systems with SharePoint, Power Platform & Copilot

Divya Jain

Quanata LLC

Talk: Mobile AI for Social Good: Enabling Resilient Communities Through Intelligent Offline Networks.

Darshankumar Prajapati

Network Architect, Sr Independent Researcher

Talk: Secure Infrastructure for Smart Cities

Nandagopal Seshagiri

Senior Security Architect at Okta

Talk: When Humans—and Hand-Programmed Systems—Can’t Keep Up: AI-Mediated Trust Decisions in Smart Systems

Prahlad Chowdhury

Fujitsu America Inc, Managing Solution Architect

Talk: Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) in Automotive using SAP DM Orchestration of Cobot Work-Cells

Poojitha Kalaru

Teksolve IT Solutions LLC End Client: Adobe Systems, Software Developer

Talk: Cognitive Assistance for Cross-Platform Cloud Configuration Management

Sesha Sai Sravanthi Valiveti

Software Developer, Bank Of America

Talk: Dynamic Operations Insight Engine: AI Techniques for Securing Evolving Physical Operations