Pakistani Researchers contributes in holding
Memorable GCWOT and The CENTRAL Project Workshop and Meeting at University of Malaga, Spain

The fifth edition of the Global Conference of Wireless & Optical Technologies in Hybrid Mode was held Online and Onsite at the University of Malaga, Spain by paying Tribute to The Late Professor Javier Poncela who was one of the founders of GCWOT.
After the Opening remarks by Chairs of GCWOT’21Prof Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, Prof Pablo Otero of the University of Malaga, Vice Chancellor SSUET Karachi Prof Dr Valiuddin and Dean SSUET Prof Dr Muhammad Aamir, Technical Sessions started in which various authors presented their outstanding research contributions and innovations.
Various researchers across the globe participated in the Conference physically as well as online.
Four Technical sessions were conducted on the First Day. Technical Session namely“Applications of Image Processing” was chaired by Prof Pablo Otero of the University of Malaga. Technical Session namely “Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks and Vehicular Adhoc Networks” was chaired by Prof Dr Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, Advisor MUET, and Chair IEEE Karachi Section.
Three sessions were held on the second day i.e on 15th February 2022. The Fifth Session of the Conference and the first session of the second day were chaired by Prof Agata Manolova of Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. The sixth session Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning was chaired by Prof Enrique Nava of the University of Malaga, Spain. The seventh Technical Session namely “Applications of IoT and other Emerging Technologies” was chaired by Vice Chancellor SSUET Karachi Prof Dr Valiuddin.
Three sessions were held on the third day of the conference i.e Wednesday 16th February 2022. Prof Nicholas Harris from the University of Southampton, UK participated as Keynote Speaker. The Final session (Closing session and closing ceremony) was chaired by Prof Dr Muhammad Aamir, Dean SSUET Karachi. Prof Abbas Barabadi of the Arctic University of Norway also became part of the conference by participating physically.
On Thursday, 17th February 2020, a Special Session of Project CENTRAL at GC-WOT 2022 on Digital Technologies for Business Transformation was conducted which was chaired by Prof Vladimir Poulkov of Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. This session also included a Workshop on “Valorisation of the Graduate Talent Pool at the Asian HEIs – How to Foster Technological Competencies in Graduates in an Entrepreneurial, Intrapreneurial and Interpreneurial context” and CENTRAL Project Technical Meeting chaired by Prof AlbenaMihovska of Arhus University Denmark. Dr LubnaLuxmiDhiranifrom University of Limerick, Ireland also participated as Keynote Speaker. At the end of the conference, various traditional souvenirs were presented to all the distinguished guests.
The platform of GCWOC was established in partnership with three Universities i.e. Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi; Mehran University of Engineering & Technology and its European Partner i.e. the University of Malaga. The platform was established in the middle of the year 2015 and organizers managed to organize its first edition in September in the year 2016. 30 research papers were presented in GCWOC’16 while GCWOC’17 witnessed presentations of 50 research papers. It was followed by the presentation of 48 research contributions in the third edition of the conference held in October 2018.
This year, around 45 contributions were part of the final technical program and this time, Riphah International University was co-sponsor of the conference for the second time under the leadership of Dr Jameel Ahmed. The proceedings of the conference will become part of IEEE XPLORE.
Málaga is a world apart from the adjoining Costa del Sol: a historic and culturally rich provincial capital that has long lived in the shadow of the iconic Andalucian cities of Granada, Córdoba, and Seville. Yet, it has rapidly emerged as the province’s city of culture with its so-called ‘mile of art’ being compared to Madrid, and its dynamism and fine dining to Barcelona.