Archive - 50th INSC (2025)

Memorial Lectures (16th June, 2025)
Speakers Institute Topics
Professor Claudia de Rham Director Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics, Imperial College, London
  • How Do We Communicate with the Universe?
Professor Fernando Quevedo Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • Abdus Salam Legacies
Activity - I: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (16th – 21st June, 2025)
Speakers Institute Topics
Muhammad Shafique Professor, New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Introduction: Challenges, Trends, and Applications
  • AI for Autonomous Systems and Healthcare
  • Security of Machine Learning Systems
  • Emerging Trends: Multimodal LLMs/VLMs/VLAs, Agentic AI Systems, Quantum Machine Learning
Adeel Razi Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • NeuroAI: Bridging Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence to Uncover the Principles of Learning and Intelligence
  • Dynamic Causal Modelling: Theory and Applications
  • Foundational Models for Neuroscience
Kun Zhang Professor, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
  • Introduction to Causal Inference and Counterfactual Reasoning
  • Causal Discovery: Discovering Causal Structure from Data
  • Causal Representation Learning
Bernard Jansen Professor, Qatar Computing Research Institute Hammad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
  • The Illusion of Data Validity: Why Numbers About People are Likely Wrong
  • Cipherbot: Inspire Inquiry and Foster Understanding Through an AI-Enhanced Classroom
  • The Journey of Journal Publishing
Valentina Emilia Balas Professor, Department of Automatics and Applied Software, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
  • Human-Centered AI in LLM-Based Chatbots
  • Soft Computing as a Paradigm for Solving Complex Problems: Methodologies and Applications, Part-1
  • Soft Computing as a Paradigm for Solving Complex Problems: Methodologies and Applications, Part-2
Faisal Shafait Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
  • From Code to Clinic: The Transformative Power of AI in Neurological Healthcare
Omer Rana (online) Cardiff U., UK
  • Partitioning Machine Learning Algorithms Across the Edge-Cloud Continuum
Grace Li Zhang (online) TU-Darmstadt, Germany
  • Efficient and Robust Hardware for Neural Networks
Activity - II: Nuclear-Renewable Integrated Energy Systems (16th - 19th June, 2025)
Speakers Institute Topics
Frederik Reitsma Section Head, Nuclear Power Technology Development, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Progress in IAEA Member States on Nuclear Power Technology Development – prospects and challenges
  • Advances in Modular High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor and Microreactors Technology Development and their Applications
  • Status of Molten Salt Reactor Technology – based on Technical Report Series no. 489 (2023)
  • IAEA Programmatic Activities to assist Member States in Nuclear Power Technology Development and their Non-Electric Applications
  • The Roles of Nuclear Power for Climate Change Mitigation
Mochammad Hadid Subki Technical Lead, SMR Technology Development Nuclear Power Technology Development Section Division of Nuclear Power, IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy
  • Advances in Research and Development for Small Modular Reactors
  • Modularity and Design Simplification Approaches in Integral PWR-type SMRs
  • Overview of Reactor Technology Assessment Methodology based on NE Series Report, NR-T-1.10 (Rev. 1, 2021)
  • Outcome of the completed Coordinated Research Projects (CRPs) a. CRPI32010: Design and Performance Assessment of Passive Engineered Safety Features in Water Cooled Small Modular Reactors
  • Case Study b. CRPI31029: Technical Basis for the Emergency Planning Zone in SMR Deployment
  • Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems”, based on the IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NR-T-1.24
  • IAEA: Nuclear-Wind Hybrid Energy System Part–Task Simulator and Nuclear Concentrated Solar Power Hybrid Energy System Part-Task Simulator
Marco Enrico Ricotti Professor of Nuclear Power Plants at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy, Italy
  • Various European initiatives to support R&D and innovations of SMRs including Microreactors
  • Design, Safety Fundamentals, Experiments and Testing for the integral-PWR type SMRs
  • The economics, cost and deployment competitiveness of SMRs against Alternative sources, e.g., renewables
Mohamed Saad Mohamed Elashkar Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Reactors Division, Egypt
Xiang Wang (online) Associate Professor College of Nuclear Science and Technology Harbin Engineering University, China
  • Multi-Physics Aspects of Possible Nuclear–Renewable Integration
  • Innovative Small Modular Reactors and Associated Non-Electric Applications in an Integrated Nuclear–Renewable Energy System
Fu Li (online) Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University, China
  • HTGR features and the possibility for co-generation and issues related to the integration of nuclear with renewable energy
Zhe Dong (online) Division of Instrumentation & Control System, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) Tsinghua University, China
  • Load-following and AI techniques supporting Nuclear-Renewable Integration, which consists of two parts:
    • Load Following Control Supporting Nuclear and Renewable Integration
    • R&D Status of Artificial intelligence in NPP Operation and Control
Activity - III: Plasma Technologies & its Industrial Applications (20th - 22nd June, 2025)
Speakers Institute Topics
Dr. Mikhail Polkanov (online) Project Manager of Thermal technologies, FSUE "RADON", Enterprise of the State Corporation "Rosatom", Russian Federation
  • Technology of plasma treatment of radioactive waste in a shaft furnace
  • Features of the operating modes of the plasma shaft furnace
  • Purification of technological gases of waste plasma treatment
Dr. Ella Barinova (online) Head Department of Decommissioning Technology, “Rosatom" Russian Federation
  • Russian experience in plasma treatment of medical and municipal waste
  • World experience of plasma treatment of radioactive waste
  • World experience of plasma treatment of municipal waste
Ting Zhu (online) Thermal technologies, FSUE "RADON", “Rosatom" Russian Federation
  • Related equipment and systems of the plasma shaft furnace
  • Plasma equipment for waste thermal treatment facilities
  • Features of plasma equipment operation of thermal waste treatment facilities
Dr. Rodrigo Miranda (online) Plasma Physics Laboratory, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil
  • Low-power helicon plasma thrusters for CubeSats
Jean-Pierre Boeuf (online) CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), University of Toulouse, France
  • Understanding the Physics of Hall Thrusters: Insights from Theory, Simulations, and Experiments