Given your interests and contributions to research and academia, we invite you/your research students to submit papers to 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT 2019)
which will be held on 16th-17th November 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan (https://icict.iba.edu.pk)

ICICT is a biennial event and has entered its second decade of disseminating quality research in the area of Information and Communication Technologies. This year’s theme "Next Generation Technologies" has the following three tracks weaved around it: Internet of Things; AI and Data Science; and Blockchain, FinTech & Entrepreneurship. We look forward to your participation and hope that you will enjoy the traditional Pakistani hospitality at ICICT 2019, Karachi.

All papers should be submitted via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icict20191.

Research-in-progress submissions are also encouraged. The accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in ICICT 2019 proceedings, archived and indexed in IEEE Xplore.

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
Next-Generation Networking and Future Internet Architectures:
SDN and 5G networks in IoT, Internet of Nano Things. D2D and M2M Communications. Computational and artificial intelligence algorithms for IoT. Cloud, Mobile, Fog/Edge Computing for IoT. Mobility management and models. Massive data reduction and simplification for energy efficient IoT. IPv6 and other scalable addressing/identification mechanisms for IoT. Routing and MAC protocols for IoT. Intrusion Detection, Information security and privacy. Big Data, data analytics, stream processing and scalable data management. Wireless Sensors and Actuators Networks, Personal Area and Body Area Networks, Vehicular, Mobile, Ad-hoc networks. Performance Analysis Simulation and Modeling, Prototypes, Test-beds, Industrial deployments. Cross-layer optimization and control, Context-aware Algorithms, Models, Networks for IoT. Applications of IoT


ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA SCIENCE
Machine Learning. Neural Networks and Deep Learning. Fuzzy Logic. Big Data Infrastructure Development. NoSQL Databases. Distributed Machine Learning. Real-Time (stream) Processing and Analytics. Parallel Processing. Text Processing and Analytics. Evolutionary Computation. Incremental and Online Learning. Big Data
Processing and Analytics. Cloud Computing. Security in Data Mining. Data Mining Applications. Computational Intelligence. Speech Recognition. Video Analytics. Face Recognition. Control Theory. Data Visualization. Information Retrieval. Knowledge Management and Reasoning.


BLOCKCHAIN, FINTECH, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Distributed Consensus and Fault Tolerance Mechanisms.
Security, Privacy and Trust of Blockchain and Decentralized Schemes. Performance Optimization of Blockchain and Decentralized Schemes. Data mining and Knowledge Discovery on Blockchain. Regulatory Framework & Policies for Blockchain Technology. Mitigating Risks in Crypto-finance. Use of Blockchain in Distributed Simulations, Big Data, Internet of Things, Next Generation Internet, 5G Networks, Edge and Cloud computing and Cybersecurity. Blockchain empowered businesses and communities: Financial Services, Digital Currency, Supply Chain Management, Health Management, Public welfare and management, Gaming, Smart Contracts Management. Digital innovation and Blockchain. Entrepreneurship Education and Blockchain. Innovativeness and entrepreneurship for sustainable development. Agile and Lean Development of Blockchain Technology. Efficient Fundraising through Blockchain.

Important Dates:

Deadline for paper submission:30 July 2019
Initial decision notifications to authors: 10 September 2019
Deadline for camera-ready paper submission: 30 September 2019

Conference dates: 16 – 17 November 2019

For more information, please visit the ICICT website: https://icict.iba.edu.pk

Regards,

ICICT Secretariat
Ph: +92-21-111-422-422 Ext: 1842
Email: icict@iba.edu.pk
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/IBA.ICICT