SLIIT hosts 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Education

SLIIT hosted the 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Education (ICCSE) 2013 between the 26th and 28th April at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. The conference was organized by the National Research Council of Computer Education in colleges and universities a�� China, with technical co-sponsorship provided by the IEEE Sri Lanka Section. Sri Lankan Airlines came on board as the Official Airline for the event.

Initiated in Xiamen a�� China in 2006, the International Conference on Computer Science and Education was subsequently held all over the world, attracting many internationally renowned experts, academics, technicians and scientists in the fields of Information Technology and Education from diverse foreign institutions, higher education institutes and enterprises.

This broad international influence of ICCSE has resulted in collaborative efforts to publish numerous international journals, with the conference acting as a forum to recommend a considerable proportion of manuscripts to the International Journal of Systems and Control (IJSC) and the Journal of Computers (JCP).

Each year this conference brings together scientists and practising engineers around the world to discuss and share knowledge in the latest trends and findings in the field of computer science and education. The conference program has been compiled with three keynote speeches, sixteen technical sessions and eleven special online sessions. The contributed papers were selected from 618 submissions from 15 countries and regions and 293 high quality manuscripts were accepted for presentation in the final technical program through a rigorous review process conducted by the conference Program Committee.

Hon. Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy graced the event as Chief Guest. The conference unfolded through key technical sessions held by visiting specialists, including Clarence W. de Silva, Professor and Senior Canada Research Chair in Mechatronics and Industrial Automation at The University of British Columbia a�� Canada, Asok Ray, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University a�� USA and Zhong Wende, Professor in Communication Engineering at Nanyang Technological University a�� Singapore.