YUICT provides a forum of recent advances in various aspects of the theory and practice of information and communication technology to solve national challenges that are faced by KSA . YUICT allows the top tier of research and industry to interact.
YUICT will be held at Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, KSA. Riyadh is a vibrant city hosting large number of hitech and IT businesses companies, and higher education institutions. The main theme of this forum is the challenges, opportunities, and the state of the art solutions to national problems in light of the Saudi Arabia's vision 2030. The YUICT 2018 program will include guest speakers, panel discussions, industrial sessions, and peer-reviewed research presentations.
Information Security and Assurance
Information security Network security Security in the cloud Security in IOT
Security and assurance in pervasive / ubiquitous computing

Digital Transformation and Cloud Computing
Digital transformation in industrial systems and social media Cloud services and technologies
Software-defined data centers

Smart Cities
Smart grids
IoT for smart cities Smart healthcare
Intelligent transport systems
Monitoring and surveillance technologies

Information Science and Big Data
E-government in emerging economies IT adoption for innovation Multimedia data mining
Big data and deep learning
Big data analytics applications

Applications of Information Systems in Healthcare, Energy, Environment and Agriculture
E-agriculture
Smartphone mobile apps in agriculture Health information systems
Green applications and technologies
Environmental information systems


Criteria for the Participating Papers:
•The paper must address one of the Forum topics.
•The paper must not exceed 5,000 words including an abstract of no more than 300 words.
•The paper must be original and must not have been published or presented before.
•The paper must pass the review and selection process.
•Accepted papers will be published in the forum's proceedings.


Accepted papers will be published and indexed in King Fahad National
Library (KFNL)