American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) recently organised the 1st International Conference on Robotics, Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (ICREST) on its campus.
Department of Computer Engineering (CoE), and Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Faculty of Engineering of the AIUB arranged the three-day conference on 10 – 12 January 2019.
The opening address and welcoming remarks were given by Prof. Dr. ABM Siddique Hossain, General Chair of the Conference and Dean, Faculty of Engineering of the AIUB, says a media release.
The Chief Patron of the Conference Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna, the Vice Chancellor of the AIUB, inaugurated the function.
She highlighted on the academic and research excellence achieved by AIUB as well as encouraged the young researchers to contribute to the development of the country through their engineering research.
The opening ceremony was also graced by Mr. Mike Hinchey, Former Director of NASA Software Engineering Lab, Prof. Dr. Henry Reiser, President of the College of New Caledonia, Canada, Prof. Dr. A. M. M. Safiullah, the Vice Chancellor, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair of IEEE Bangladesh Section, Dr. M Shamim Kaiser, Chair of IEEE Computer Society, Bangladesh Chapter and Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman, Organising Chair of the Conference & Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB.
The event featured a number of keynote speakers and other distinguished guests, says a release.
About 10 keynote speeches were presented by world renounced researched from home and abroad on subjects as diverse as, Power, Renewable Energy, Nanotechnology, Telemedicine, and others.
Nearly 20 academic sessions with 134 papers were presented, authored by nearly 500 researchers coming from 13 different countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand, UK, USA, and Vietnam) including Bangladesh.
These panel sessions were designed to elicit maximum debate and conversations between the audience and the experts on the panel.
In addition, three-day long workshops, project exhibition, poster competition were organised during the vibrant conference.
On Friday evening, before the banquet, a cultural programme was presented by the AIUB Performing Arts Club to entertain the participants and guests.
Prof. Abdul Mannan, Chairman, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, attended the cultural programme and the banquet as chief guest.
He thanked the organisers as well as AIUB for organising this international conference and also shared his valuable knowledge and experience with others.
The recognition and award part of the programme was dignified by the presence of Ms. Nadia Anwar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Founder Member of AIUB.
After her inspiring speech, she handed over the Dr. Anwarul Abedin and Mrs. Hasna Abedin awards for the top position in different categories.
The organising committee of the ICREST 2019 expressed their utmost gratitude to Dr. Hasanul A. Hasan, Founder Member & Treasurer, AIUB and Mr. Ishtiaque Abedin, Founder Member, AIUB for their crucial support to organise the conference.
The Organising Chair of the Conference & Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman announced the closing of the conference after delivering the vote of thanks.