International Conference on advances in ICT for emerging regions

The International conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer 2012) organized by the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC), will be held on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th of December 2012 at BMICH , Colombo.

The International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer) is the successor to the seminal International Information Technology Conference held in Sri Lanka since 1998, the IITC. IITC and the ICTer, a premier gathering for those working in the field of IT, has been able to attract more and more delegates each year from different parts of the world. ICTer2011 was held last year with resounding and remarkable success where several advanced concepts in ICT were introduced and led to start off of many innovative research projects throughout the region.

ICTer, one of the topmost ICT conferences held annually, promotes computing research in the fast emerging regions of the world especially in Asia-Pacific by bringing together local and foreign IT professionals from well renowned universities and the industry. This year's conference provides a forum for local and foreign academia, industry practitioners and students to keep up-to -date with current advanced technology trends and network with peers. Hence ICTer2012 will be an excellent opportunity for professional development and networking.

This year the conference focuses on several important areas such as Language Processing, Image Processing and Virtual Reality, Systems and Performance evaluation, e-learning, Knowledge based Systems and Machine Learning and Social Applications. The Delegates will be addressed by several keynote speakers and guest speakers. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Professor R.K. Shyamsunder, Senior Professor & JC Bose National Fellow, Faculty of Technology & Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, INDIA; Dr. George Weir, Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and Professor Love Ekenberg, Headof Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden.

ICTer2012 comprises two parallel sessions for author presentations: Day 1 session A includes Language Processing and Systems and Performance Evaluation. Session B includes Image Processing and Virtual Reality and Web and Software Technology. On Day 2 session A will be on e-Learning while session B on Knowledge based systems and Machine Learning and Social Applications.

In addition to the general sessions a series of workshops are scheduled for 12th and 15th December in University of Colombo School of Computing.

A full day student symposium will also be held at the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) on 15th December as part of the ICTer2012 Conference. Selected undergraduate and postgraduate research/project work will be presented and demonstrated in the Symposium.

Sponsors of the ICTer2012 are CODEGEN, 99X Technology, Millennium Information Technologies, Cambio Healthcare systems. Technical sponsor is IEEE. The Conference is managed by the University of Colombo School of Computing.

More details on the conference and method of registration could be obtained from http://www.icter.org/conference/. Alternatively this information can be obtained by contacting the University of Colombo School of Computing.