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Kuju/Aso, Japan ยท August 27-29

IWCS 2026

The 2nd International Workshop on Cyber-Synergy

Event The 2nd International Workshop on Cyber-Synergy
Date August 27-29, 2026
Location Kuju Joint Training Center

Outline

Make borderless synergy

Following the success of IWCS 2024, IWCS 2026 will bring together researchers, students, and international partners for academic exchange in the Kuju/Aso area of Kyushu. The workshop aims to strengthen collaboration between Japan, Korea, and broader international research communities, while providing students with a supportive setting for presentations, discussion, and future research synergy.

Registration

Registration details

URL
https://iwcs2026.peatix.com/
Deadline
July 17th, 2026
Registration fee
25,000 JPY

Program

Presentation formats

01

Oral

10-15 minute speech with 5-minute Q/A.

02

Poster

Free format poster presentation in A0 size.

3 Days

Detailed schedule

Day 1 (8/27 Thu.)

Time Session Presenter Affiliation Title
16:00 Arrival at Venue
16:30-17:30 Oral Session 1 Sungjun Yun Pusan National University Near-Data Processing for Homomorphic Ciphertext Operation Offloading over NVMe-oF
Jisuk Chae Sungkyunkwan University ViLaR-IMO: Vision-Language Route Selection with Camera-2D LiDAR Fusion for Indoor Robots
Hye-min Shin Sungkyul University Formalizing Safe Inference Scheduling for Energy-Harvesting Physical AI under Non-stationary Conditions

Day 2 (8/28 Fri.)

Time Session Presenter Affiliation Title
09:00-10:20 Oral Session 2 Atsuhiro Yano The University of Osaka Real-Time Pedestrian Flow Prediction in Indoor Digital Twins by Selective Re-simulation
Taehun Kim Pusan National University Parameter-Efficient Attractor Tuning for Improving Reasoning in Pretrained Small Language Models
MUGABARIGIRA BIEN AIME Sungkyunkwan University Computing-Aware Traffic Steering of Context-Aware Navigation Protocol in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Joseph Ahn Sungkyunkwan University An Integrated Security Service System for 5G Networks using an I2NSF Framework
10:40-12:00 Oral Session 3 Amu Suemoto Kyushu University GRoFA: Noise-Gated Adapters for Learning Fair and Robust Face Embeddings
Min-Jae Kim Pusan National University Demo-Efficient Hierarchical VLA Learning with VLM-Generated Atomic Skill Sequences
Jimin Lee Sungkyunkwan University IPv6 Wireless Access in Satellite Networks (IPWASN)
13:00-14:00 Poster Session 1 ZHUANG YANHAO Chiba University Design of a Temporal-Difference Event-Driven Convolution Accelerator for Low-Time-Step Spiking Neural Network Inference
Lee Liu Cheng Kyushu University Toward Cognition-Aware Debiasing in Knowledge Tracing: Conditioning Abnormal Behavior on Bloom's Taxonomy
Rami Naeem The University of Osaka A Questionnaire-Only Counterfactual Machine Learning Approach to Assess the Spatial Impact of Green Mobility Vehicles in Urban Parks: A Wakayama Castle Case Study
Takao Yuta The University of Osaka Wi-Fi CSI-Based Propeller RPM Estimation for Indoor Drones During Actual Flight
JunHwan Huh Tokyo University of Science Empirical GNN-Based Performance Modeling for Indoor Multi-RAT Networks
Ryoichi Suzuki Kyushu University Engagement of Conversations between Elderly People and AI
Junhaeng Lee Chung-Ang University BerryFormer: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework for Strawberry Growth Stage Classification Using Visual and Environmental Sensor Fusion
SoonIL Hong Chung-Ang University Cross-user Generalization of HMD Based Head Gesture Recognition Models for XR Interaction
Jung-Hyun Kim Pusan National University A Channel-Wise Encoder and SSM Inspired Model for sEMG Gesture Recognition
Hwang Woochan Pusan National University KV-Native RAG: Unified Retrieval and Generation for Efficient Edge Inference
Jaeho Lee Sungkyul University An ADC-Free Low-Power Conductivity Sensor Node with LoRa for Road Surface Ice Detection
Junha Yoon Sungkyul University Real-Time Learner Engagement Estimation Using Multimodal Behavioral Signals
Ji-Hyeon Jeon Sungkyul University Determinants of n-gram Speculative Decoding Speedup on Single-Stream Mobile CPUs and Its Degradation with Larger Models
Younglim Choi Dong-A University Integrity Diagnosis of Effluent Total Nitrogen Data in a Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant Using TMS Status Information
14:20-15:40 Oral Session 4 Keisuke Matsuda Kyushu University Toward an Exploratory Definition of High-Stimulus, Low-Satiety Videos on YouTube and a Selective Grayscale Intervention for Thumbnails
Sunghun Kim Pusan National University A Multi-Dimensional Evaluation Framework for Catastrophic Forgetting in Vision-Language Models
Jinho Jang Pusan National University LLM-Enhanced Adaptive Proactive Edge Caching for 5G/6G Networks
WANG XUDONG Sungkyunkwan University AA-STGCN-Based Predictive Dynamic Routing for Large-Scale UAV Delivery in Urban Airspace
16:00-17:20 Oral Session 5 Yue Su Chiba University Performance Enhancement of Sharded IoT-Blockchain Systems through Broker Selection
Youngtae Goh Pusan National University FedCAO: Class-Aware One-vs-Rest for Personalized Federated Learning
Yun-Seob Kim Pusan National University Toward Fully Neural LoRa Demodulation: Learned Offset Compensation Beyond Preamble Detection
KiHyun Shim Sungkyunkwan University Intent-Driven Management for IoT Devices with 3GPP Data Models

Day 3 (8/29 Sat.)

Time Session Presenter Affiliation Title
08:20-09:20 Poster Session 2 Yamin Theint Chiba University An Implementation of Semantic Conflict Detection and Resolution for Intent-Based Networking
Wataru Aiura Kyushu University Designing an XR Picture-Book Storytelling System through High School Practice
Koushi Hiraoka Kyushu University Can Vision-Language Models Serve as Proxies for Subjective Privacy Judgment?
Riku Nakao The University of Osaka A Diffusion Model-based Approach to Solve the Transportation Plan for Adult Daycare Facilities
Nakata Hiroya The University of Osaka Autocorrelation-Based Respiratory Rate Estimation Using Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Choi Eram Chung-Ang University On-Device Lightweight Deep Learning for Human Activity Recognition System for Low-Power Always-On Monitoring
Keunbyeoul Park Chung-Ang University Speech-Based Sentiment Analysis of YouTube Shorts Product Reviews: An Automated Pipeline for Analyzing Creator Sentiment Expression
euihyeon kim Pusan National University RAG Pipeline Offloading via NVMe-oF for Edge LLM Inference
Insung Jang Pusan National University Identifying and Mitigating Cross-Device CSI Heterogeneity via Transfer Learning
DongHee Yun Pusan National University Gated Aggregation for Forecast-Time Misalignment in Federated Online Time-Series Forecasting
Eunyoung Cho Pusan National University Towards Deploying Mamba-Based ASR on NPU-Enabled MCU Edge Devices
AJeong Kim Pusan National University Search Before You Predict: Toward Search-Augmented Reasoning for 3D Visual Grounding
09:30 Depart venue

Venue & Access

Kuju Joint Training Center

The workshop will be held at Kuju Joint Training Center in the Kuju/Aso area of Japan.

View location on Google Maps

Chartered Bus Tentative

  1. Boarding
    • 12:00 Hakata Station
    • 12:30 Domestic Terminal, Fukuoka Airport
    • 12:50 International Terminal, Fukuoka Airport
  2. Drop-off
    • 16:30 International Terminal, Fukuoka Airport
    • 16:50 Domestic Terminal, Fukuoka Airport
    • 17:20 Hakata Station

Chartered Bus Boarding Places

Bus boarding location at Chikushi Gate side, Hakata Station
Hakata Sta.
Bus boarding location at Gate A, Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal
Domestic Terminal (FUK)
Chartered bus boarding area at Fukuoka Airport International Terminal
International Terminal (FUK)

Notice

Notice

01

Bus Boarding

We are unable to track where each participant will board the bus.

The bus will depart according to the schedule below, so please be at your boarding point before the time.

  • 12:00 Hakata Station
  • 12:30 Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal
  • 12:50 Fukuoka Airport International Terminal
02

What to Bring

  • Towels (not provided by the facility)
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste

The shared bath provides only soap, shampoo, and conditioner.

If you tend to get cold easily, we recommend bringing a light jacket.

03

Nearby Natural Hot Spring

The shared bath at the accommodation facility may be crowded.

You may alternatively visit Sujiyu Onsen Utaseyu, a natural hot spring about a 15-minute walk from the venue.

Inquiry

Contact

Organizer Hyuckjin Choi choi@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Registration Office Innovation Base Kyushu t.sawada@ib-kyushu.jp

Previous Event

IWCS 2024, Fukuoka

The 1st International Workshop on Cyber-Synergy was held in Fukuoka. The archive remains available on the previous event site.

View IWCS 2024 archive