Theme: Harnessing emerging technologies for innovation and industrialization
Venue: Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe
Date: November, 2 – 3, 2023
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=2ndzcict
Whilst emerging 4IR technologies present massive potential for innovation and industrialization, we have barely tapped into what these technologies have to offer. Higher Education Institutions have been given a pivotal role to play in unlocking that potential of 4IR for the benefit of societal development and poverty reduction.
Against this background of a crying call for the need to go beyond basic research to applied research with a focus on producing goods and services, this call for papers invites full papers and research in progress on empirical studies that aim to address the need to harness emerging technologies for innovation and industrialization in developing countries.
The suggested topics and research areas for the 2nd ZCICT conference include but are not limited to:
◆ Disruptive Technological innovation
◆ e-Learning Systems and Models Under Education 5.0
◆ Identity Access Management systems
◆ e-Commerce in the lockdown economy
◆ Secure Remote Access to medical diagnosis
◆ e-health systems
◆ Universal Access Management Models
◆ Identity Governance and data justice
◆ Content Security for e-learning system
◆ Transaction and fraud protection
◆ Security in Virtualized Systems
◆ Infrastructure for Affordable Access
◆ Cloud computing
◆ Edge Computing
◆ Cyber Physical System (CPS) security
◆ Cyber Security
◆ Blockchain Technology
◆ Project Management
◆ Database Management Systems
◆ Data Center Network Control, Security and Optimization
◆ Internet of Things (IoT) Security
◆ Internet Security, Applications Security & Network Management
◆ Intrusion Detection and Prevention
◆ Performance Evaluations of Protocols & Security Applications
◆ Security of Virtual Machines
◆ Mobile commerce
◆ Smart City and e-governance
◆ Ubiquitous Computing Security
◆ ICT4D
◆ Sustainable Development in ICT
◆ Secure Software Development Principles and Practices
◆ Software Quality Assurance
◆ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
◆ Bio-Informatics and Genomics
◆ Applied Informatics
◆ Robotic Process Automation
◆ Broadband Internet access for marginalized communities
◆ Community Networks
◆ DNS and IPv6
◆ ICT in Energy
◆ Smart Agriculture
The Conference contributions:
◆ Full Papers –Comprising research papers of 6 to 8 pages (maximum 5,000 words).
◆ Short Papers –work in progress reports or new developments with up to 4 pages (maximum 2,500 words).
◆ Posters / Demonstrations – These contain implementation information or work-in-progress and have two pages at maximum (1,250 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.
◆ Tutorials – by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
◆ Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
◆ Keynote Speeches – Comprising contributions from distinguished scholars and industry experts. An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings.
◆ Doctoral Consortium – A Doctoral Consortium will meet in groups by related research interests to discuss on-going work. Reports for PhD work should be a maximum of 4 pages (2,500 words).
◆ Corporate Exhibitions – Organisations have an opportunity to present state-of-the-art ICT developments and applications in the industry, appraise the audience on future trends to look out for and through an exhibit booth to showcase their products and services such as ICT infrastructure (hardware, software), tools and services.
Review Process: Papers will be subjected to double blind peer review
Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.