Workshops in ICT to be held again
The success of the first national ICT conference held a few weeks ago has led the organisers to start planning for next year's edition, i-Tech can reveal. Called Workshops in ICT (WICT), the conference was held on November 17 and 18 at the Old...
The success of the first national ICT conference held a few weeks ago has led the organisers to start planning for next year's edition, i-Tech can reveal.
Called Workshops in ICT (WICT), the conference was held on November 17 and 18 at the Old University Building, Valletta, and showcased 36 original papers dealing with both theoretical and practical aspects of ICT research. The research topics included social networks, user-adaptive systems, location-based services, cognitive networks, computer security, computer graphics, video streaming, and hardware design and verification, and computer simulation.
"We were expecting 150 participants but got 200 so we're really pleased," explained Alexiei Dingli, lecturer in the Faculty of ICT at the University of Malta and promoter of this event. "When we reached the 150 mark, we closed the registration process but then the demand was so overwhelming that we had to reopen it."
The conference also featured three high-profile speakers: Tim Regan from Microsoft Research Cambridge, Pythagoras Papdimitriou from Sun Microsystems, and Marjes Zammit from Google."The Microsoft person showed us some novel technologies which we should be expecting in the near future (such as Microsoft Table). The Google speaker gave us a taste of the Googleplex and how they work, while the Sun speaker dwelled into the internet issues," added Dr Dingli.
With the primary aim of promoting innovation, WICT exposed current research efforts by university students, researchers and academics, enabling researchers to direct their efforts to areas of national and international relevance; enabling students to investigate their potential research areas in line with industry requirements; and giving the opportunity to market players to see what the academic arena has to offer in terms of research and development and recruitment opportunities.
The main sponsors for this event were Go, Ericsson, Microsoft, Mitts, the Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications and SmartCity Malta.
Asked about the prospects of holding the event again next year, Dr Dingli gave a positive reply, though he suggested improvements, such the introduction of workshops in order to make the even more interactive.
"It gives space to researchers to showcase what they did and from the feedback we got, there's a need for it," concluded Dr Dingli.
Called Workshops in ICT (WICT), the conference was held on November 17 and 18 at the Old University Building, Valletta, and showcased 36 original papers dealing with both theoretical and practical aspects of ICT research. The research topics included social networks, user-adaptive systems, location-based services, cognitive networks, computer security, computer graphics, video streaming, and hardware design and verification, and computer simulation.
"We were expecting 150 participants but got 200 so we're really pleased," explained Alexiei Dingli, lecturer in the Faculty of ICT at the University of Malta and promoter of this event. "When we reached the 150 mark, we closed the registration process but then the demand was so overwhelming that we had to reopen it."
The conference also featured three high-profile speakers: Tim Regan from Microsoft Research Cambridge, Pythagoras Papdimitriou from Sun Microsystems, and Marjes Zammit from Google."The Microsoft person showed us some novel technologies which we should be expecting in the near future (such as Microsoft Table). The Google speaker gave us a taste of the Googleplex and how they work, while the Sun speaker dwelled into the internet issues," added Dr Dingli.
With the primary aim of promoting innovation, WICT exposed current research efforts by university students, researchers and academics, enabling researchers to direct their efforts to areas of national and international relevance; enabling students to investigate their potential research areas in line with industry requirements; and giving the opportunity to market players to see what the academic arena has to offer in terms of research and development and recruitment opportunities.
The main sponsors for this event were Go, Ericsson, Microsoft, Mitts, the Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications and SmartCity Malta.
Asked about the prospects of holding the event again next year, Dr Dingli gave a positive reply, though he suggested improvements, such the introduction of workshops in order to make the even more interactive.
"It gives space to researchers to showcase what they did and from the feedback we got, there's a need for it," concluded Dr Dingli.