We proudly announce that Ohm Hareesh Kundurthy from the Santander Bank will give the keynote talk of the 38th FRUCT conference: Topic: Ethical AI in Database Systems: Governance Architecture for Financial Institutions

Abstract: AI is transforming financial services, but its deployment inside database and reporting systems comes with hidden risks: biased models influencing credit decisions, opaque outputs that regulators can’t trace, and data drift that silently undermines capital reporting. In this talk, he will share a practical governance architecture designed specifically for financial institutions to make AI not just powerful but trustworthy. Drawing on real-world implementations, he will walk through how model registries, policy enforcement engines, and responsible AI audits can be embedded directly into data platforms. He will explore use cases in which fairness, explainability, and automated drift monitoring turned compliance into a capability.

Ohm Kundurthy is a strategic data architect with over 18 years of experience designing and leading enterprise data platforms across regulatory compliance, credit and market risk, capital adequacy, liquidity, and financial reporting in the global banking sector. Currently working as Director, Application development at Santander Bank. His expertise lies in modernizing legacy ecosystems, leading cloud transformations, and architecting scalable solutions. He brings a rare blend of deep technical architecture, regulatory domain fluency, and leadership experience, having delivered large-scale programs across global banks and FinTechs. He is passionate about simplifying complexity, aligning architecture to business outcomes, and unlocking strategic insights through next-generation data platforms.

We are proudly announcing that the Data journal is a patron of the 38th FRUCT conference. The Data (2306-5729) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on data in science, with the aim of enhancing data transparency and reusability. The journal is published by MDPI and is now indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index - ESCI (Web of Science, JIF 2.2) and Scopus (CiteScore 5.0). We welcome to learn more about the journal and target to submit your extended papers in it.

We are proudly announcing that the Computers journal is a patron of the 38th FRUCT conference. The Computers (2073-431X) is an open access journal that is indexed by the ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus, DBLP, Ei Compendex, and other databases. They received the Impact Factor of 2.6 and the Citescore of 7.5, the JCR Category Rank Q2 (Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications). More information about the journal you can find at the journal site. The best conference papers will be invited to publish an extended version of the paper in the Computers journal. We welcome to learn more about the journal and target to submit your extended papers in it. If you have difficulties to pay the publication fee, you can contact the journal board, explain your situation and request for a discount.

The 38th FRUCT conference will be organized as a mix of onsite and remote participation, i.e., distant participation is allowed. If you select distant participation please don’t forget to send 8-10 min video of your presentation to info@fruct.org by 10 October 2025 at latest. Video files over 20Mb better to upload to google drive, dropbox, or other repository. The video shall at least present your slides with audio track of the talk. The preferred formats for your video are MP4 and WMV. If you use MS PowerPoint you might use instructions from the following link to prepare your video https://support.office.com/en-us/article/record-a-slide-show-with-narrat….

We welcome patrons/sponsors to join the conference team. Please refer to the overview of patrons’ packages and contact us in case of any questions and proposals.

The program of the 38th FRUCT conference will be published on 17 October 2025.

In preparation of the paper please follow provided paper templates: MS Word, LaTeX. Please note the following major changes in the templates: The size of page should be Letter (21.59 cm × 27.94 cm). If you are using Word margins must be: top - 1.9 cm, bottom - 1.6 cm, left - 1.57 cm and right – 1.57 cm.

The selected conference papers will be invited to submit extended versions to our partner journals, e.g., the International Journal of Embedded and Real-Time Communication Systems (IJERTCS).

Submission of papers to the 38th FRUCT conference is now open. Information on conference fees and other details can be found at CFP and Registration pages.

The conference submission deadline is 8 September 2025 and authors will receive a notification of accepted by 3 October 2025. If due to travel and visa arrangements you need to have earlier decision then use early-bird submission deadline - 11 August 2025. Authors of the papers received before the earlier submission deadline will receive an early notification of accepted by 5 September 2025. If you need even earlier arrangments please write to email info@fruct.org and be prepared to make even earlier submission of your paper.