1st International Conference Of Applied Computing & Smart Cities (ICACS21 ) - 1st day
<p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Cities stand to benefit the most from connecting people, processes, data, and things. A Smart City exploits sustainable information and communication technologies to improve the quality of life, health, education, and also the performance of urban services for citizens. </span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Under the supervision of the board of trustees and the presidency of</span><a href="https://knu.edu.iq/index.php"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> Knowledge University</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">, on Saturday 22/1/2022</span> <a href="https://knu.edu.iq/index.php">Knowledge University</a> <span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">held the first day of the International Conference entitled: 1st International Conference of Applied Computing & Smart Cities (ICACS21) at 9:00 am,</span> <a href="https://knu.edu.iq/index.php">KNU campus</a> <span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">in the city of Erbil, Iraq. This is a 2-day event.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">The conference started with an opening speech by ICACS21 General Chair,</span> <a href="https://knu.edu.iq/president_word.php">Asst. Prof. Dr. Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor</a> <span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">the president of</span> <a href="https://knu.edu.iq/index.php">Knowledge University</a></p><p><a href="https://knu.edu.iq/news-single.php?newsId=227">The speech of the president of KNU at 1st International Conference of Applied Computing & Smart Cities (ICACS21 )</a></p><p> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Overall, in terms of participation in ICACS21, almost half of the papers submitted were international. A total of 35 papers were received. In order to guarantee the quality of the papers published our international technical program committee comprises of 21 experts in the fields relevant to ICACS21. Each submitted manuscript was reviewed by at least 3 reviewers and only 19 papers made it to the final round; with almost a 54% acceptance rate.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">The importance of this scientific occasion is seen in this scientific coordination between the four universities: </span><a href="https://www.wlv.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Wolverhampton University</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> and Sanniga, </span><a href="https://www.svsu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">St. Valley University,</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> and </span><a href="http://en.tu.edu.iq/" target="_blank"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Tikrit University</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">, where each is a high academic profile holder.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Number of attendees: more than 500</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Below are the links relevant to this event:</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Accepted Papers: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icacs21/home/accepted-papers?authuser=0"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">ICACS21 - Accepted Papers (google.com)</span></a></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Agenda link: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icacs21/home/agenda?authuser=0"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">ICACS21 - Agenda (google.com)</span></a></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Organizing Committee: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icacs21/home/organizing-committee?authuser=0"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">ICACS21 - Organizing Committee (google.com)</span></a></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Technical Committee: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icacs21/home/technical-committee?authuser=0"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">ICACS21 - Technical Committee (google.com)</span></a></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Keynote Speakers: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icacs21/home/keynote-speakers?authuser=0"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">ICACS21 - Keynote Speakers (google.com)</span></a></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">YouTube video: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quzlWPjhJjI"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">1st International Conference of Applied Computing & Smart Cities (ICACS21 ) - YouTube</span></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><strong>Topics included:</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">AI and Machine Learning for secure and sustainable smart cities</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Cloud/edge/fog computing for smart cities</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">IoT and Cyber Physical Systems for smart cities</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Secure and Trustworthy Computing for smart cities</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Energy harvesting and sustainability in smart cities</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Employment of IoT and mobile network technologies in education</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">AI enabled IoT education systems </span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Machine learning for IoT Systems</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">IoT for health care systems</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Sustainable power system based on IoT and AI </span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Protocols and algorithms for wireless sensor networks</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Internet of Flying Things </span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in IoT</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Social media and urban awareness</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Blockchain for IoT networks</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">5G and beyond 5G networks</span></li><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Wearable devices for communications and computing</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">The next step is coordinate with </span><a href="https://www.itm-conferences.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">ITM Web of Conference</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> (Europe, France) to publish all accepted papers with DOI and other indexing services.</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">The local proceedings of the conference will be available soon on the</span><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);"> </span><a href="https://knu.edu.iq/index.php"><span style="color:hsl(240,75%,60%);">KNU</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">’s website.</span></p>
