Innovations in Machine, Engineering, and Digital Conference (IMED) Conference 2026
IMED-2026, an IEEE sponsored conference is co-sponsored by World Research Union. This conference will have all recent research and developments in the field of Machines, Engineering, and Digital Technologies.
About IMED Conference
Join Us in Sabah
Jesselton University College at Sabah, Malaysia is hosting this conference in their venue. Join us to explore the scenic landscape of Kota Kinabalu, a familiar tourist destination of Malaysia.
Keynote Speakers


Dr. Shilpa Bade-Gite
Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science & Technology, Pune, India


Dr. Vladimir Bartosek
Brno Univ. of Technology
Brno, Czech Republic


Prof. Dr. Massila Kamalrudin
Vice Chancellor, UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia


Dr. Neyara Radwan
Liwa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE


Dato Dania Abdul Wahab
MAHSA University, Malaysia


Prof. Dr. Subha A/P Bhassu
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Invited Guests


Dr. Azadeh Amoozegar
INTI International University, Malaysia


Dr. Sharmili Binti Mohammad
Kolej Komuniti Bentong, Malaysia
Organizing Committee


Dr. Arvin Movafegh
Publicity & Promotions
AMAS Events, Kyrenia, Cyprus


Dr. Nithesh Naik
Program Chair
Asst. Professor (Senior Scale), Manipal Institute of Technology, India


Prof Dr. Datuk Yuk Fong Chin
Chief Advisor
President, Jesselton University College, Malaysia


Prof. Dr. Afzhan Khan
Advisor
Vice Chancellor, Jesselton University College, Malaysia
People
Program Committee
A/Prof. Dr. Zdeňka Konečná, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Dr. KK. Ramachandran, University of Southampton, UK
Dr. Jayant Jagtap, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune, India
Dr. Hesham Ameen Saif Al-Abbasi, Ph.D. (USIM), Malaysia
Dr. Goutam Kumar Das, Dean, Abacus Institute of Engi. & Mgt., India
Publication
A/Prof. Dr. K. Vijaykumar, St. Joseph's Insti. of Tech., India
Program Track Chairs
Dr. Loveleen Gaur, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Dr. Nagamani Nagaraja Chief of Strategy and Systems, National Education Foundation, India
Dr. Ramakrishnan Raman, Symbiosis International University, India
Dr. Ravindra Gobinath, SCRI, Symbiosis International University, India
Dr. Princy Randhawa, Dayananda Sagar University, India
Dr. Arun Balodi, Dayananda Sagar University, India
Dr. Mohammad Farukh Hashmi, NIT Warangal, India
Dr. Solomon Jenoris Muthiya, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, India
Dr. Murgayya S Basavankattimath, Alliance University, India
Dr. Swetha Shekarappa G, Alliance University, India
Dr. Ajay Kumar, Faculty of Science, Technology & Architecture, Manipal University, India
Dr. Kaiss Redouane, Hassan 1st University, Morocco
Dr. Vijay Tambrallimath, Global Academy of Technology, India
Dr. Preethi Subramanian, Asia Pacific University, Malaysia
Dr. Venkatesh Kumar N, Global Academy of Technology, India
Dr. Binu Paul, Global Academy of Technology, India
Dr. Shivashankar, Global Academy of Technology, India
Dr. Vimuktha Evangeleen Salis, Global Academy of Technology, India
Dr. Deepika Masand, Global Academy of Technology, India
Session Chairs
Dr Mihlayifani Nicholas Nyoni, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
Dr Sarwat Jahan, Symbiosis International University, Dubai
Dr Sharmili Binti Mohammad, Kolej Komuniti Bentong, Malaysia
Dr Deepika Masand, Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Dr Ruma Sinha, Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Dr Farzana Nazera, Programme Leader & Senior Lecturer, Spectrum International University College, Malaysia
Dr Mohammad Haq, Cape Breton University, Canada
Debrath Banerjee, Individual Researcher, United States
Dr Nilkanth Deshpande, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, India
Dr Pallavi Adke, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, India
Dr Muhammad Naseer, Quaid e Azam University, Pakistan
Naveen Kumar Puppala, Lead Architect — AI & Data Platforms, ptum (UnitedHealth Group), Enterprise Technology Division, United States
Nikita Chawla, Independent Researcher, USA / Maharishi Dayanand University, India
Dr Yagnesh Shukla, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Atmiya University, Rajkot, India
Dr Hemantkumar Sonkusare, Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Atmiya University, Rajkot, India
Balakumaran Sugumar, AVP, Principal Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States.
Dr. Nitika Vats Doohan, Chair IEEE MP Section EA 2025-26, SAGE University, India
Dr. Latika Pinjarkar, Symbiosis Institute of Technology Nagpur, India
Jitendra Gopaluni, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USA
Vinod Kumar Thottempudi, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cybersecurity, United States.
Kajendran Jayaram, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
Chandramouli Viswanathan, Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India
Xiaochao Pu, Ernst & Young, USA
Kiran Babu Boddapati, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India
Swathi Suddala, Data Scientist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States.
Yashwanth Teja Donga, Northern Illinois University, United States
Dr. Mehrunishah Begum, International Medical University, Malaysia
Dr. Gunjan Bhatia, Founder, Shivohini TechAI, India
Rakesh Ramakrishnan, Senior Data Scientist, PayPal, United States.
Akshatha Madapura Anantharamu, San Jose State University, California, United States
Jofia Jose Prakash, Enterprise AI Architect, United States
Dr. G. Soniya Priyatharsini, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates
Sathish Kumar Velayudam, Principal Architect, Cox Automotive Inc., United States.
Wazir Ali, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
Manikarthik Konakalla, Oracle Corporation, United States
Dr. Prerna Mahajan, Professor, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, Indi
Jahnavi A Kachhia, Global Product Owner, AI & ML, Abbott, United States.
Syeda Faiza Nasim, Program Lead – CS, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan
Avdhesh Kumar Bhardwaj, VP, DevSecOps Engineer, TRUIST BANK, United States.
Dr. Sonam Gupta, Professor, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India
Rajesh Lingam, AI Evaluation Platform Architect & TrustOps Researcher, Adobe Inc., United States.
Rishabh Agarwal, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Pennsylvania, United States
Dr. Princy Diwan, Symbiosis institute of technology, Nagpur, Symbiosis university, Pune, India
Ramakrishnan Sathyavageeswaran, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, United States
Sharathkumar Bandaru, AWS Connectivity Engineer, Lewis University, United States
Milan Parikh, Lead Enterprise Data Architect, Cytel, United States.
Dr. Rekha R Nair, Alliance School of Advanced Computing, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
Satish Reddy Budati, Lead Quality Assurance Engineer, RICEFW Tech, United States
Dr. Tina Babu, Alliance School of Advanced Computing, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
Veera Venkata Ramana Murthy Bokka, Application Architect, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Shimpy Ralhan, Professor and Head of Department, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai, India
Rama Krishna Reddy Arumalla, Staff Software Engineer, Tesla Inc., United States
Dr. Damanpreet Kaur, Associate Professor, Rayat Bahra Professional University, Punjab, India
Vijayachandar Sanikal, Senior Member IEEE, Independent Researcher, Michigan, United States.
Amit Kumar Padhy, Senior Computer Scientist II, Adobe Inc., United States
Dr. Albert Alexander S, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Aruna M, College of Business, Liwa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sourabh Subhash Rajput, Sr Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States.
Amina Sambo-Magaji, Director, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria
Dr. Firdous Ahmad Malik, University of People, United States
Senkamalam Chinnasamy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Rajasthan, India
Ramesh Lakshmikanth, Unified Communications Engineering Manager, Nvidia, United States.
Rang Ganesh Singh Alampur, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Dr. Sounik Kiran Dash, Research Assistant Professor, SRM IST, Chennai, India
Ramadevi Nunna, Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Karnataka, India
Sharathkumar Bandaru, AWS Connectivity Engineer, Amazon, United States.
Hassan El Bari, Professor, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
Sandeep Dasnam, Vice President in Information Technology, Bank of America, United States.
Prof. Balamurugan Balusamy, School of Engineering and IT, MAHE Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sriharsha Makineni, Sr. Business Engineer, Meta, United States.
Nasrullah Masud, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Varendra University, Bangladesh
Jiwan Prakash Gupta, Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore, India
Dr. Amreen Khan, Associate Professor, MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune, India
Riaz Ahmed Mohammed Sait, Principal Engineer, Oracle Corporation, United States
Dr. Jawad Hussain Awan, Head of Cyber Security, Iqra University, Main Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
Nithish Nadukuda, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont, California
Mohammed Majbah Uddin, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), University of Florida, USA
Rajkumar Kuppuswami, Manager – Data Scientist, Applied Materials, United States
Swarnamouli Majumdar, CEO & Founder, Zenext AI, Canada
Nanda Manchukonda, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India, India
Srinivas Reddy Kosna, Senior Engineering Architect, Cisco Systems Inc., United States
Bhavya Lahari Bommireddy, Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft, USA
Toufik Mzili, Professor, Chouaib Doukkali University, Faculty of Sciences, El Jadida, Morocco
Aneesh Upasanamandiram Baladevan, Kerala University, Kerala, India
Technical Program Committee
Dr. Shilpa Bade-Gite, Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science & Technology, Pune, India
Dr. Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, Barak Valley Engineering College, Govt. of Assam, India
Dr Divyang Vyas, Registrar, Atmiya University, Gujarat, India
Dr Rupali Singh, Director - Learning Resource Centre, Atmiya University, Gujarat, India
Dr Yagnesh Shukla, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Atmiya University, Gujarat, India
Dr Vishal Khasgiwala, Dean - Faculty of Business & Commerce, Atmiya University, Gujarat, India
Dr Kevin Garala, Associate Dean - Faculty of Health Sciences, Atmiya University, Gujarat, India
Dr. Swati Sharma, Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science & Technology, Pune, India
Dr. Amita Soni, Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science & Technology, Pune, India
Dr. Sarika Kalyankar, Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science & Technology, Pune, India
Dr. Ruturaj Patil, Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science & Technology, Pune, India
International Advisory Committee
Professor IR. Dr. Harikrishnan A/l Ramiah, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Sathish Kumar Velayudam, Principal Architect, Cox Automotive Inc., United States.
Pradeep Kumar Muthukamatchi, Principal Cloud Architect, Microsoft, United States.
Riaz Ahmed Mohammed Sait, Principal Engineer, Oracle Corporation, USA, United States.
Yogiraj Awati, Instacart, United States.
Jeevan Mendu, Senior Engineer, Leadsoc Technologies Pvt Ltd, India
Sivakumar Dhanasekar, Lead Software Engineer, Equifax Inc, United States.
Akshay Sonawane, Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Apple, Apple Intelligence Platform, United States.
Manju George, Staff Software Engineer, GE Healthcare, United States.
Manikarthik Konakalla, Software Engineering Manager, Oracle Corporation, United States.
Kiran Veernapu, Manager, Engineering Delivery, Intermountain Health, United States.
Balakumaran Sugumar, Independent Researcher, IEEE, United States.
Deepak Singh, Principal Solution Architect, Gainwell Technologies, United States.
Dr. Nitika Vats Doohan, Chair IEEE MP Section EA 2025-26, SAGE University, India
Dr. Smita Nirkhi, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
Prof. Ir. Dr. Malathy Batumalay, INTI International University, Malaysia
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, RVSCET, Jamshedpur, India
Arunkumar Amaran Tech Manager, Engineering Leader, Retail, Macy’s Systems and Technology, Macy’s Inc, United States.
Vikranth Kumar Shivaa, Founding Engineer, Attilio One Inc., United States.
Rajgopal Devabhaktuni, SME, Data Engineering & Cloud Systems, Retail Industry, United States.
Dr. Nivine Guler, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Balaji Salem Balasundram, Manager, Amazon, United States.
Dr. Antony V Samrot Manipal University College Malaysia, Malaysia
Tarun Kalwani, Principal Engineer, IEEE SM, United States.
Surya Teja Meesala, Senior Engineer, Raymond James Financial, United States.
Yashasvi Makin, Senior Software Engineer, Meta Platforms Inc, United States.
Sharathkumar Bandaru, AWS Connectivity Engineer, Lewis University, United States.
Nikita Chawla, Independent Researcher, USA / Maharishi Dayanand University, India
SarthakSesha Kiran Gonaboyina, Senior SME, Systems Architecture, IEEE, United States.
Mrinmoy Aich Principal AI Architect, Oracle Corporation, United States.
Maulik Bhatt Senior Software Engineer, Amazon, United States.
Rajkumar Kuppuswami, Manager, Data Scientist, Applied Materials, United States.
Sukumar Reddy Beereddy, ERP and Treasury Systems Lead, FinTech, USA.
Dr. Subha A/P Bhassu, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Bhaskar Somani, University of Southampton, UK
Vishal Verma, Specialist Master, Deloitte Consulting LLP, United States
Keynote Speakers (with Partnered Universities)
Kartik Venkataraman, Independent researcher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Tarun Kalwani, Principal Engineer, IEEE Senior Member, United States
Dr. Amb.Diplomat Shaymaa Abdel Nabi, Founder&CEO of Dr. Beauty Care, UAE
Dr. Regiane Relva Romano, Facens e VIP-Systems, São Paulo, Brasil
Dr. Prabhu Jyot Singh, Churchill Institute of Higher Education, Sydney, Australia.
IR. TS. DR. Prakas, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia
Ayush Garg, AnswerThis, USA
Arunkumar Amaran, Technology Manager/Leader – Retail, United States
Dr Aasik Abulcassim, Head of the Department of IT, Hardy ATI, SLIATE, Srilanka
Sivakumar Dhanasekar, Lead Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Dr. Malathy Batumalay, NTI International University-Malaysia, Malaysia
Jahnavi Anilkumar Kachhia, Abbott, California, USA
Maulik Bhatt, Senior Software Engineer, Amazon, United States
Dr. Nivine Guler, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Amit Kumar Padhy, Senior Computer Scientist II, Adobe Inc., San Jose, California, United States.
Sathish Kumar Velayudam, Principal Architect, Independent Researcher, United States
Dr. Princy Randhawa, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, India
Nithesh Gudipuri, Associate Director, Technology, Raymond James Financial, United States
Kiran Veernapu, Manager – Engineering Delivery, Intermountain Health, USA
Balakumaran Sugumar, Independent Researcher, IEEE, United States
Kranthi Naayini, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Karthik Cheekuri, Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft, USA
Chandrayee Kumar, Senior Software Engineer, Walmart, United States
Prithvi raj Veluchamy, Staff Software Engineer, The Home Depot, United States
Prof. Dr. Hassan El Bari, Professor, Ibn Tofail University in Morocco
Professor IR. Dr. Harikrishnan A/L Ramiah, Universiti of Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Supaprawat (Dr. Ake) Siripipatthanakul, Faculty of Public Health at Bangkokthonburi University, Thailand
Deepak Singh, Principal Solution Architect, Gainwell Technologies, USA
Sharathkumar Bandaru, AWS Connectivity Engineer, Lewis University, United States
Sesha Kiran Gonaboyina, Senior SME – Systems Architecture, IEEE, United States
Sourabh Subhash Rajput, Senior Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Invited Speakers
Ravi Teja Reddy Mandala, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Oracle America, Inc., United States
Sowjanya Karri, Principal Technical Engineer, Oracle Corporation, United States
Sayarnil Banerjee, Solution Architect, Independent Researcher, IBM, IEEE, United States
Chirag Devendrakumar Parikh, Individual Contributor, California State University, United States
Sesha Kiran Gonaboyina, Senior SME, Systems Architecture, IEEE, United States.
Sourabh Subhash Rajput, Senior Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Maulik Bhatt, Senior Software Engineer, Amazon, United States.
Rajkumar Kuppuswami, Manager, Data Scientist, Applied Materials, United States.
Mrinmoy Aich, Principal AI Architect, Oracle Corporation, United States.
Sriharsha Makineni, Senior Business Engineer, Meta Platforms, Inc., United States
Balakumaran Sugumar, Independent Researcher, IEEE, United States.
Sathish Kumar Velayudam, Principal Architect, Independent Researcher, United States
Yogiraj Awati, Software Development Manager, Instacart, United States
Pradeep Kumar Muthukamatchi, Principal Cloud Architect, Microsoft, United States
Arunkumar Amaran, Tech Manager, Engineering Leader, Retail, Macy’s Systems and Technology, Macy’s Inc, United States
Naveen Puppala, New Mexico State University, United States
Rajgopal Devabhaktuni, SME, Data Engineering & Cloud Systems, Retail Industry, United States.
Yashasvi Makin, Senior Software Engineer, Meta Platforms, Inc., United States
Ravi Teja Reddy Mandala, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Oracle America, Inc., United States
Nirmal Kumar Jingar,Lead – Software Developer Engineer in Testing, Concentrix Catalyst, United States
Vikranth Kumar Shivaa, Founding Engineer, Attilio One Inc., United States
Surya Teja Meesala, Sr. Engineer, Raymond James Financial, United States
Milan Parikh, Lead Enterprise-Data Architect, Cytel, United States.
Emine Yilmaz Butun, Founder & CEO, ITT Nexus – Innovation Think Tank, UAE
Akshay Sonawane, Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Apple, Apple Intelligence Platform, United States.
Debrath Banerjee, Arkansas State University/Walmart, United States.
Vishal Verma,Manager, Deloitte Consulting, United States
Dr. Shruti Patil, Director (Symbiosis Artificial Intelligence Institute), SIT, Pune, India
Nareshkumar Soundarajan, Lead - Software Developer Engineer in Testing, Concentrix Catalyst, United States
Sivakumar Dhanasekar, Lead Software Engineer, Equifax Inc, United States.
Balu Chavan, Lead Tech Product Manager, AT&T Services, Inc., United States
Smita Singh, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur Campus, India
Nithesh Gudipuri, Associate Director, Technology, Raymond James Financial, United States
Registration
Dr. Mihlayifani Nicholas Nyoni, Mae Fah Laung University, Thailand
Publicity
Dr. Azad Abul Kalam, Dhaka
Local Arrangement Committee
Chian Seng Lee, Jesselton University College, Malaysia
Website Management Committee
World Research Union Team


