Peshawar (Khyber Mail): The two-day 5th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Internet of Things (ICCIIoT) 2024, organized by the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FECE) and ORIC UET Peshawar, concluded successfully. The conference aimed to bring together experts, researchers, and professionals in the fields of computational intelligence and IoT to discuss the latest advancements, innovations, and challenges in these domains.
Mr. Sajid Hussain Shah, Director General of the Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, addressed the audience as the Chief Guest. He praised UET Peshawar for successfully conducting the conference and assured full support to bridge the gap between government, industry, and academia by holding a round-up in the near future. Shah emphasized the importance of harnessing the immense potential of the youth studying in universities with the support of government and private sectors.
Dr. Nasru Minallah, Director ORIC, highlighted that the two-day conference served as a valuable platform for sharing knowledge, fostering collaborations, and addressing gaps that can be filled through understanding technological best practices related to IoT systems and computational intelligence. The conference, supported by Springer and Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, featured 40 research papers with SCOPUS indexing, ensuring global visibility for the cutting-edge research presented.
Dr. Laiq Hassan, Conference Technical and Publicity Chair and Chairman of the Department of Computer Systems Engineering, mentioned that the last four conferences on Computational Intelligence and the Internet of Things were held in India. This year, for the first time, the conference was brought to Pakistan and hosted at UET Peshawar. He credited UET Professor Dr. Haseeb Zafar, currently serving at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, for spearheading the efforts to hold the conference at UET Peshawar.
The conference included three parallel sessions on “Graduate Employability and Industry-Academic Synergy Bridging” to align academic outputs with industrial expectations. It also featured various talks and seminars with eminent speakers from the UK, Canada, India, and South Korea, as well as notable panelists from leading Pakistani universities, including GIKI, NUST, FAST, and IBA Karachi. These sessions focused on different aspects of computational intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The event concluded with a prize distribution ceremony where Prof. Dr. Waqar Shah, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Conference Chair, presented souvenirs to the chief guest and other members of the conference organizing committee.