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The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Electronics Engineering (CEEE 2026) brought together researchers, academicians, industry experts and technology professionals from across the world on October 23–24, 2026. Organised jointly by Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA, and the Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), the conference provided an international platform for presenting research findings, discussing emerging technologies and fostering collaboration between academia and industry. The IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section and MIR Labs, Gwalior, extended technical sponsorship to the event. Prof. G. S. Tomar, Chair of the IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section, served as the Honorary Chair of CEEE 2026.

The conference attracted substantial interest from the research community, receiving 3,818 paper submissions from researchers across 16 countries. Following a peer-review process involving 588 reviewers, 170 papers were accepted and registered, resulting in an acceptance rate of approximately 5%. The conference proceedings are to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. The technical programme featured 31 tracks spanning Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Electrical and Energy Systems; Electronics, Communication and Embedded Systems; and Emerging Technologies and Smart Systems. Conducted in a hybrid format, the conference enabled participants to attend the inaugural ceremony and plenary presentations at Trinity University while also facilitating participation in online technical sessions.

The inaugural ceremony brought together distinguished academic leaders and professionals. Dr. Eva Tuba, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Trinity University, San Antonio, USA, and Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia, welcomed participants and presented an overview of the conference. Prof. Jagdish Chand Bansal, President of SCRS and Professor at South Asian University, New Delhi, addressed the gathering on the activities and initiatives of the Soft Computing Research Society. Prof. Milan Tuba, Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering and Head of the Artificial Intelligence Project at Singidunum University, Belgrade, highlighted the importance of research and technological innovation. Prof. Yu Zhang, Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Trinity University, was among the distinguished academic leaders associated with the conference. Prof. Paul Myers, Caruth Distinguished Professor of Computing Science at Trinity University, Texas, USA, attended as the Chief Guest and delivered the inaugural address.

The plenary programme featured international experts whose work spans cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and related disciplines. Prof. Touhid Bhuiyan, Professor and Assistant Director at the School of Information Technology, Washington University of Science and Technology, USA, delivered a plenary presentation drawing on his expertise in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, trust management, big data analytics, health informatics and e-learning. Ms. Varshitha Manjunath of Lasell University, USA, also delivered a plenary talk. She serves as Assistant Professor and Cybersecurity Program Lead at Lasell University, faculty advisor to the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) student chapter, and Co-Director of Tech Walk Boston. Her professional interests include cyber threat intelligence, threat detection, machine learning and data-driven solutions.

The keynote programme featured professionals and researchers from diverse academic and industrial backgrounds. The keynote speakers included Prof. (Dr.) Quazi Taif Sadat, Director at Bangladesh University; Anil Mandloi, Technical Leader; Sumit Sachdeva, Technical Manager in Predictive Analytics and Business Intelligence at The Scotts Company LLC; Srikanth Puram, Independent Researcher based in Novi, Michigan, USA; Dhirenbhai Kalal, Texas-Licensed Physical Therapist; Vamsi Krishna Bhavana, Application Support Engineer; Bilal Saiyad, Associate Director and Field Medical Systems Lead for Operations, Analytics and Innovation at Biogen; Sanjeev Vemireddy, Staff Software Engineer; Naga Bhuvaneswari Chinnam, Senior Software Engineer; Rishith Chinthamani, Software Engineer; Venkata Kalyan Polamarasetty, Independent Researcher; Krishna Sukanth Randhi, Senior MuleSoft Developer; Praveen Kumar Bandaru, Staff Engineer; Gokul Gurunathaswamy, Manager of Commercial Technology and Intelligence; Sharath Chandra Kampili, Staff Enterprise Architect; Vinay Dittakavi, Distinguished Engineer; Venkata Subba Rao Kakani, Senior Integration Architect; Sridhar Mysula, Integration Engineer; Ramakrishna Kommineni, Senior DevOps Engineer; Sreedivya Sharma, Staff Software Engineer; Ajay Bharadwaj Raghavapudi, Java Backend Developer; Siva Shankar Konjerla, Senior Director of MarTech, CRM and Analytics at Cotulla Education; Praveen Kumar Billa, Senior Software Developer at Intone Networks Inc.; Raju Chavan, Principal Architect, Quality Engineering at T-Mobile; Ashok Kumar, Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech and IEEE Senior Researcher; Urvish Gajjar, Senior Test Manager at Health Care Service Corporation; Upendra Singh Jadon and Ankit Anand, Independent Researchers; Pritesh Gehlot, Enterprise Data and AI Platforms at Staples Inc., USA; Soumyajit Mukherjee, Senior Manager of Data and Analytics Engineering at Shutterfly Inc.; Dr. Muhammad Amir Quraishi, Senior Cyber Technical Consultant at LAUKOA; Maysa Meredova, Shahriyar Mammadli, Ugur Karakuzu, Fedai Coskun, Somnath Banerjee and Samet Metin Karaman, all Independent Researchers.

The invited speaker programme further strengthened the conference’s industry-academia engagement. The invited speakers included Anupam Anand, Software Manager at Accenture LLC; Jayesh Radadiya, Senior Electrical Engineer at Meta; Nitin Sharma, Senior Principal Enterprise Architect at Perforce Software Inc.; Shrey Shah of Consultadd Inc., USA; Shalima Bhalla of Amazon, USA; Cornell Anthony, Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS); Vikas Gangadhara of Akamai Technologies; Manjunath Shivarudrappa of GEICO, USA; Anaswara Thekkan Rajan, Senior Software Engineer at Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology University, Thanjavur, India; Venudhar Hajari, Staff Design Quality Engineer at Smith+Nephew and Chair of the ASQ Austin Chapter; Shubham Patel, Staff Software Engineer at Vestmark Inc.; Manjeera Chanda, Senior MuleSoft Architect at GoodRx; Patricia Bagzai, Software Engineer at Salesforce and Northeastern University, Massachusetts, USA; Archana Bandhuvula, Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase; Rounak Burad, Data Analyst II at Samsung Electronics America; Abhishek Pandurang Benke, Occupational Health and Safety Officer; Dave John, Data Scientist; Priya Darshini Palo, Microsoft D365 SME; Saurabh Mishra, Global Field CTO for Data and AI at Oracle North America Cloud and Technology Sales; Isha Sharma, Program Manager at MiniMed, formerly Medtronic Diabetes; Aditya Bhoga of EXL Service USA; Neetu Uthaman, Independent Researcher; Rajesh Kumar Kanji, Principal Technical Engineer at Salesforce; Saksham Srivastava, Independent Researcher; Renjith Ramachandran, Senior Solutions Architect and Independent Researcher; and Prathyusha Vasireddy, Solutions Engineer at Zpaper Inc.

The technical sessions covered research across artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, electrical and energy systems, software engineering, communication technologies and emerging smart systems. The session chairs included Ajay Upadhyay, associated with Software Engineering at Mastercard; Shrey Shah of Consultadd Inc., USA; Shalima Bhalla of Amazon, USA; Tarun Kumar Chatterjee of Presidio, USA; Md Ismail Jobi Ullah, doctoral student in Computer Science at the University of the Potomac, USA; Kamana Parvej Mishu, Independent Researcher; Sakera Begum, doctoral student at the University of the Potomac; Mir Nafiul Nagib, doctoral researcher and DBA student at the University of the Potomac, Washington, D.C., USA; Md Sajedul Karim Chy, Junior Business Analyst at Digital Creation Plan LLC; Md Mashfiqur Rahman, Systems Administrator at Southeast Texas Classic Automotive Inc.; Intiser Islam, Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Bridgeport; Srivardhan Jalan, Staff Software Engineer at Meta; Devashish Patel, Engineering Manager at IBM; Rohith Venkata Sai Kumar Potladurthy, Software Engineer; Anurag Dani of Carnegie Mellon University; Mahzabin Mahmud, Consultant Sonologist at LAB 4 General Hospital; Israt Jahan of AdSkill Consultancy Inc., USA; Praveen Kumar Vagala, Staff Silicon Design Engineer at AMD; Manish Uniyal, Independent Researcher; Vinayak Vashishtha, Software Development Manager at Amazon; and Maysa Meredova, Shahriyar Mammadli, Ugur Karakuzu, Fedai Coskun, Somnath Banerjee and Samet Metin Karaman, all Independent Researchers. Their collective professional expertise encompassed software engineering, cybersecurity, AI-driven supply chains, predictive maintenance, intelligent manufacturing, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, silicon design and other emerging technologies.

Recognising excellence across multiple technology domains, CEEE 2026 also honoured professionals and researchers for their contributions to engineering, computing, artificial intelligence and robotics. Rafi Anowar, Independent Researcher, received the Excellence in Environmental Engineering award, while Akhilesh Chaganti, Staff Software Engineer, received the Next-Gen Computing & Cloud Architecture Award. Jagan Ankam, Enterprise Solution Architect at CGI Inc., and Sairamakrishna Buchireddy Karri, Director of Engineering at theailab, were recognised with the Technology Leader of the Year Award. Anurag Dani, Senior Engineering Manager, received the Emerging Tech Leader – AI & Data Science Award. Chandrani Mukherjee, Independent Researcher and Generative AI Architect with an affiliation to Liverpool John Moores University, and Gopalakrishna Karamchand, associated with Cyberseal6X and IIT, received the AI & Robotics Excellence Award. Vivek Banka, Senior Staff ServiceNow Architect at Nutanix Inc., was also honoured with the Technology Leader of the Year Award.

Through its international participation, peer-reviewed research programme, plenary and keynote presentations, invited talks and professional awards, CEEE 2026 provided a forum for knowledge exchange and collaboration across academic institutions and industries. The conference highlighted the growing role of artificial intelligence, advanced computing, electrical and energy systems, electronics and emerging technologies in addressing contemporary research and engineering challenges. It also reinforced the importance of international academic-industry engagement in advancing innovation and strengthening the global research community.

Further details about the conference are available at https://www.scrs.in/conference/ceee2026.

Photographs of the event are available at the following Google Drive link: CEEE 2026 Photographs