Conference Programme

13–15 November 2026 · AUT City Campus, Auckland

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Last updated 27 October 2026, 22:07 · all times NZDT (UTC+13)

Saturday 14 November 2026

13:30
Technical Session A1: Large Language Models: Evaluation, Retrieval and Agents
13:30–15:00 · WG126
  • 13:30
    Episodic Progress Reward Models for LLM-based Reward Generation in Reinforcement Learning
    Ruiyuan Zhang, Xianchao Zhu and Van-Nam Huynh Full paper
  • 13:50
    Measuring What RAG Reranking Hides: A Behavioral Framework and the Fragility of Correctness Metrics
    Gehad Abdullah Amran, Shihang Sun, Junyi Qu, Yitao Wang and Xianneng Li Full paper
  • 14:10
    Access to Peer Review! EASE: An LLM-Assisted Evidence-Augmented Screening Engine
    Yijia Ma and Xijin Tang Full paper
  • 14:30
    PECA: A Position-Exchange Conversational Agent for Mutual Understanding in Left-Behind Families
    Yilin Zhang, Ziying Zhao, Changxue Wu and Weihua Li Full paper
  • 14:50
    fakaoEval: A SOLO-Grounded Framework for Evaluating Legal Reasoning in Large Language Models
    Zhiwei Zhou and Xianneng Li Abstract
Technical Session B1: Social Media, Information Dynamics and Public Policy
13:30–15:00 · WA224A
  • 13:30
    Research on the Network Public Opinion Characteristics and Risks of “Deepfake” Image Incidents in Natural Disaster Scenarios
    Yuxue Chi and Mingzhu Wang Full paper
  • 13:50
    Rumor propagation in higher-order networks with trust-skepticism dual cognitive mechanisms
    Zhihua Yan, Xijin Tang and Zhenpeng Li Full paper
  • 14:10
    Fake News Detection via Key-Entities Knowledge-Enhanced Prompt Learning
    Yanxuan Wang, Jindong Chen and Wen Zhang Full paper
  • 14:30
    The Vertical-Penetration Causal Structure of Urban Gas Accidents and Tiered Governance: A Hybrid-Methods Empirical Study
    Zijun Qie Abstract
  • 14:40
    Human-bot collaborative performance in an online community: Complementary capabilities and the mediating effect of collaborative patterns
    Jiangnan Qiu Abstract
  • 14:50
    Uncovering Policy Coordination for Integrated Development in the Cultural, Tourism, and Sports Industries: An LLM-Enabled Three-Dimensional Analysis from China
    Wei Wei and Yuan Wu Abstract
Technical Session C1: Learning, Optimisation and Autonomous Systems
13:30–15:00 · WA224B
  • 13:30
    A Three-Stage Pareto Decision Support Framework for Sustainable Computing Scheduling: Bridging the Gap Between Optimization and Decision Making
    Ming Sun Full paper
  • 13:50
    Dynamic Label Assignment via Reinforcement Learning for Tiny Object Detection
    Xingke Li, Jue Wang, Zhongzhao Zhang, Deqiang Hu, Junyi Qu, Yitao Wang and Xianneng Li Full paper
  • 14:10
    Dual-Policy Coordinated Proximal Policy Optimization for Asynchronous Multi-UAV Dipping Sonar Search
    Dequan Yang, Deqiang Hu, Yang Yu and Xianneng Li Abstract
  • 14:20
    Evolutionary coverage planning with unmanned aerial vehicles for cooperative dipping sonar search for lost autonomous underwater vehicle
    Yiwen Wu, Xianneng Li, Zhongzhao Zhang and Jun Li Abstract
  • 14:30
    Multi-AUV Cooperative Encirclement of a Speed-Advantaged Target: A Future-Aware Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework
    Huanxin Peng, Xianneng Li, Zhongzhao Zhang and Deqiang Hu Abstract
  • 14:40
    Multi-sensor fault diagnosis of automated guided vehicles in container terminals using MCNN-SEGate-Transformer
    Yongrui Su Abstract
  • 14:50
    KMMGC: K-Means with Multi-Granularity Completion for Incomplete-Data Clustering Based on Granular-Ball Computing
    Junting Guo, Zihang Jia, Zhen Zhang and Chonghui Guo Abstract
15:30
Technical Session A2: Knowledge Systems, Human–AI Collaboration and Collective Dynamics
15:30–17:00 · WG126
  • 15:30
    Towards Harmonic Intelligence in Human-AI Collaborative Knowledge Creation
    Shuangling Luo, Siyao Jiang and Haoxiang Xia Full paper
  • 15:50
    AI-Enabled Knowledge Filtering Before Human Judgement: Evidence from Art Investment Decision-Making
    Yibo Wang Abstract
  • 16:00
    Adaptive Multi-Agent Coordination in China’s New Energy Transition: A Stage-Dependent Evolutionary Simulation
    Yuan Wu and Wei Wei Abstract
  • 16:10
    Combination of Systems Engineering and Model-based Systems Engineering Ontologies: IOF Approach
    Mengru Dong, Guoxin Wang, Jinzhi Lu and Aoting Yu Full paper Online
  • 16:30
    Building Sustainable and Resilient Digital Futures: A UTAUT-Based Cybersecurity Intervention Protocol and Synthetic Analytical Demonstration
    Md Rajib Hasan, Noor H S Alani and Nurul I Sarkar Full paper Online
  • 16:50
    A Higher-order Two-layer Opinion–Behavior Dynamics Model for Consensus Evolution and Behavioral Synchronization in Social Systems
    Tianwei Xu, Haoxiang Xia and Jiangning Wu Abstract Online
Technical Session B2: Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning Methods
15:30–17:00 · WA224A
  • 15:30
    Conformity Dynamics in LLM Multi-Agent Systems: The Roles of Topology and Self–Social Weighting
    Chen Han and Xijin Tang Full paper
  • 15:50
    Benchmarking KARMA Inspired Semantic Structuring for LLM Based Retrieval of UAV Propulsion Components
    Tianning Liu, Xiaodu Hu, Bangjun Guo, Yifan Bai, Ye An and Jinzhi Lu Full paper
  • 16:10
    In-Batch Global-Objective-Preserving Candidate-Listwise Dual-Tower Learning for Fine-Grained Intent Recognition
    Jingchao Wang and Xingfen Wang Full paper
  • 16:30
    Discovering Causal Graphs and Interpretable Structural Equations in Nonlinear Time Series
    Bing Yan, Guangfei Yang and Wenli Li Full paper
  • 16:50
    Structure-Aware Valuation of Interaction Evidence for In-Context Learning based Recommendation
    Hanlin Wang, Xiaoying Xu and Shanshan Zhang Abstract
Technical Session C2: AI in Health and Wellbeing
15:30–17:00 · WA224B
  • 15:30
    What the Agent Inherits: Auditing Epistemic Hazards in Clinical Screening Benchmarks for Agentic AI
    Phuong H. N. Dang, Khang Dang, Minh Nguyen and Samaneh Madanian Full paper
  • 15:50
    ConXCLIP: Concept-Enhanced Vision-Language Learning for Chest X-ray Classification
    Dang-Man Nguyen, Toan Nguyen-Mau, Duc-Vinh Vo and Van-Nam Huynh Full paper
  • 16:10
    Prototype-Guided Cross-Behavior State Interaction for Mobile Sensing-Based Depression Risk Detection
    Bo Zhu, Zhu Zhang, Zhijun Yan and Fei Peng Full paper
  • 16:30
    Discovering Later-Life Volunteer Participation Patterns through Latent Class Analysis: Evidence from Older Adults in Beijing
    Aihua Li, Sifan Chen and Juxiang Hu Full paper
  • 16:50
    Cause or Symptom? How Medical Task Type Shapes Patients’ Willingness to Seek Help from Medical AI
    Chen Yang Abstract

Sunday 15 November 2026

10:45
Technical Session 3: Digital Economy, Finance and Management
10:45–12:00 · WA224A–B (combined)
  • 10:45
    Automated Identification of Systemically Important Banks with Graph Representation Learning and Graph Classification
    Yi Qu, Muyang Li, Shuyang Peng and Yong Shi Full paper
  • 11:05
    Predicting Credit Risk in Technology Finance by Incorporating Risk Contagion Intensity: A Multilayer Network Perspective
    Shuxiang Li, Zhihong Li and Peijia Ren Abstract
  • 11:15
    The Impact of Corporate Digital Risk Disclosure on Firm Value: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms Using a Large Language Model
    Xinyu Hou Abstract
  • 11:25
    The emerge of digital technology: firms’ recombination strategy and innovation performance
    Siqi Yang Abstract
  • 11:35
    Generative AI Recommendation in E-Commerce Platforms: Adoption Decisions and Competitive Implications
    Yina Li and Aofeng Xu Abstract
  • 11:45
    TeamRVA: Relation-Aware Team Modeling with Rank–Value Alignment for Team Selection
    Shihang Sun and Xianneng Li Abstract
12:00
KSS 2026 Forum: AI Impact in Education
12:00–12:45 · WA224A–B (combined) · Forum
Special Forum on AI in Education, 45 min: two forum-abstract presentations (5 min talk + 5 min Q&A each) followed by a panel discussion. Chair and panellists to be confirmed.
  • 12:00
    Autoethnography, Critical Thinking and Authentic Assessment: moving from AI Detection to Reflexive Authentication
    Daria Vasileva Forum abstract
  • 12:10
    What Student Activity Traces Reveal After Generative AI Feedback: Limits for Detecting Appropriate Reliance
    Liping Zhou Forum abstract
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