Intl speakers NED University organizes 2nd ICONICS International Conference 2018
NED University of Engineering and Technology, one of the oldest institutes imparting engineering education in Pakistan organized the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Computer Science & Software Engineering (ICONICS’18). This 2-day conference provided researchers both national and international a platform to exchange novel and contemporary ideas in the emerging fields of computing. The conference was aimed to provide a forum for researchers from academia and industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field of Computer Science & Software Engineering.The conference brought together a wide spectrum of international experts to help create a conducive environment for collaboration and transfer of knowledge.
The conference particularly acted as a bridge between academia and major industry movers to help promote an active research environment in the country.The conference solicited significant contributions in all major fields of Computer Science and Software Engineering from conceptual and practical aspects.Authors were invited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrated research results, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the field of computer science and software engineering.The chief guests of the conference were Mr. Hussein Hassan Ali, Head IT Audit HBL Pakistan and the President of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and Miss Agathe Merceron from BEUTH University Germany.
While talking to Engineering Review they described the conference and its key points through which industry-academia linkage can be improved in Pakistan. Hussein Hassan Ali said the conference was very informative and NED tried hard to make it a success by inviting international guest speakers for making it more interesting. Talking about major benefits he said students were promoted as junior researches. They were given the opportunity to present their research work which played as the source of inspiration for fellow students Secondly, the poster competition was beneficial for the prosperous future of Pakistan which will also improve research work and diagnostics which is all very practical and is according to the need of the time.
He further said industry-academia linkage was the pain point at this moment. The linkage is very weak and it is not good. When a student is graduated from any of the universities in Pakistan, he or she must be clear conceptually but there are some things which are missing when it comes to practical implementation. There is a need to send students to industries in the middle of semesters for practical work so when they will be graduated then they will find no difficulty to work in industries because they had got an idea during studies that how industries actually work. Students found to be already experienced after graduation.
To improve this linkage is very important. If we will resolve this issue then we will be able to compete India in IT Sector.” Agathe Merecelon, an international researcher from BEUTH University, Germany said the conference was very beneficial. We also organize such conferences where people from different sectors meet and share their work. I am pleased that Pakistan is also trying to do the same. I value such type of conferences where people can meet and can reflect on what they do, can get feedback on what they do and can get better ideas for you, so for me, they are quite important. In order to compete with India in the IT sector, Pakistan should take benefit of Pakistanis who are living abroad in countries like USA, Japan and etc.
The people from India captured key Ideas from the USA and put them into practice back home for improving their IT sector. Something similar can happen also in case of Pakistan. In order to improve industry-academia linkage, Pakistan has to arrange quality internships and training for the students during their Bachelor’s program. The student should know how industries implement the concepts being taught in the university. This process is very important for the future of Pakistan.
