International Conference on
Technology Advances for Green Solutions
and
Sustainable Development
(ICT4GS - 2024)


09 - 10 AUGUST, 2024

ORGANISED BY






SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

NIST UNIVERSITY
BERHAMPUR-761008, ODISHA, INDIA

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

In a world facing pressing environmental challenges, the need for innovative and sustainable technological solutions has never been more crucial. The International Conference on Technology Advances for Sustainable Development and Green Solutions serves as a dynamic platform for researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and academicians to converge, exchange ideas, and explore cutting-edge advancements that contribute to a sustainable and green future.

WHERE

The Conference will be hosted in Hybrid Mode
(Online as well as On-Site).
School of Computer Science and Engineering
NIST Institute of Science and Technology (Autonomous) , Institute Park, Pallur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha, India

WHEN

Friday-Saturday
9th - 10th August, 2024

About the NIST


The NIST Institute of Science and Technology (Autonomous), Institute Park, Pallur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha, was established in 1996 as first NRI higher educational venture in the state of Odisha. It is promoted by SM Charitable Educational Trust - a nonprofit Trust. It was the vision and dream of the founding members to have NIST as a center of academic and research excellence at par with International Research Universities in their home state of Odisha, India. Please visit

Today NIST is a premiere research institute in the country offering undergraduate, graduate, master, and Ph.D. programs in Engineering, Science and Management and Liberal Arts. NIST is NACC “A”. Over years it ranked highly in the country by NIRF, MHRD (Govt. of India), Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) by Ministry of Education (Govt. of India) and other ranking organizations. In 2023 it ranked 49th in the country in engineering by Times Engineering ranking.


NIST has set benchmarks for its outstanding multi-disciplinary research in the areas such as VLSI Design, Data Science, IoT, Renewable Energy, 5G and Future Communication, Robotics, AR/VR and Multimedia, and computer Vision etc. NIST faculties are among BOYSCAST and Fulbright scholars, INSA fellows, USRI scientist award recipients including other achievements. NIST has research collaboration with many Universities around the globe [e.g., IAMS (Taiwan), Univ. of Electro-Communication (Japan), Brunel University (London), and NJIT (USA) and has strong industry-academia partnership with multiple industries in different sectors.


Department School of Computer Science:
The department of Computer Science and Engineering was established in the year 1996 with student strength of 60. Now the Student strength in the department of CSE is 180. The Computer Science graduate is specialized in the theory of Computing and designing Computational Systems. As a discipline it focuses on Computer Science engineers with upgraded technical skills required to solve computing problems of industry and society in general. At the same time there is tremendous demand and App Development which has kept research work alive and attracting many students to opt for higher studies.

The School of Computer Science runs the following programs:

1: B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)
2: B.Tech. (Information Technology )
3: Bachelor of Computer Application
4: B.Sc. (Computer Science)
5: B. Sc. (Information Technology Management)

6: M.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)
7: Master of Computer Application (MCA)
8: M. Sc. (Computer Science)
9: M. Sc. (Data Science)
10: Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering)

Call for Papers

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit well-crafted research papers presenting original and unpublished findings from conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical investigations. These contributions should span various domains within Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing. Authors are invited to share their high-quality work in these fields. The topics covered (but are not limited to) in the conference are enlisted below.

Manuscript Submission and Guidelines

Paper submission

Paper will be submitted through the form:


Before submission make sure that

1. Manuscripts must less than 15% plagiarism.

2. Paper length must be 10 pages at least.

3. Only Less than 5% AI-generated / machine-generated content is allowed.

Authors need to follow the plagiarism policy and AI content policy of Springer very strictly for publication.


Publication

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published in the Springer [approval pending]. Selected papers may be invited for submission to a special issue of [Journal Name].

Plagiarism check

ICT4GS-2024 is utterly intolerant of plagiarism. Submitted papers are expected to contain original work executed by the authors with adequate, proper and scholarly citations to the work of others. It is the job of the authors to clearly identify their own contribution(s) and also published results / techniques on which they depend or build.

If the author is found to commit an act of plagiarism, the following actions will be taken:

• Reject the article submitted or delete the article from the final publications.

• Report the author violation to his/her supervisor(s) and affiliated institution(s)


Review Process

By submitting a paper to ICT4GS-2024, the authors agree to the review process and understand that papers undergo a peer-review process. Manuscripts will be reviewed by qualified experts in the field selected by the Conference Committee, who will review the work and-if the submission gets accepted, the authors will have to submit a revised ("camera-ready") copy. All papers are reviewed using a double-blind review process: authors declare their names and affiliations in the manuscript for the reviewers to see, but reviewers do not know each other's identities, nor do the authors receive information about who has reviewed their manuscript.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline:

31st May 2024

Notification of Acceptance:

1st July 2024

Camera-Ready Paper Submission:

15th July 2024

Registration:

20th July 2024

Conference Dates:

9th and 10th August 2024

REGISTRATION & PUBLICATION FEES

Indian Author

Students (UG / PG)
1000 INR

Research Scholars
2000 INR

Academician
3000 INR

Industry Delegates
4000 INR

Participants
750 INR

Foreign Author

Students (UG / PG)
$ 100 USD

Research Scholars
$ 150 USD

Academician
$ 200 USD

Industry Delegates
$ 300 USD

Participants
$ 50 USD

PAYMENT DETAILS

Authors of the finally accepted papers are requested to pay registration fee in the following bank account.

Account Name

NIST Conference

Account No.

091701000036126

Bank Name

INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

IFSC Code

IOBA0000917

Branch Name

Golanthara

Branch Code

000917

MICR Code

761020506

Swift Code

IOBAINBB

Bank Address

AT-GALANTHARA
DIST-GANJAM
ORISSAM, India

Bank transaction charges will be applicable in addition to the registration fee.

NOTE

  • The registration fee would be non-refundable in any case.
  • Against every paper registration one nominated author from the paper get registered. Other author if wish to participate in the conference need to register themselves under the participant registration category.
  • Presentation certificate will be given to Presenter only.
  • Co-author must register in participant category per person only, in case they want to be part of the conference and get presentation certificate as a conference delegate.
  • No more than three papers should be submitted by the same author.

About the University

Banaras Hindu University is an internationally reputed temple of learning, situated in the holy city of Varanasi. This Creative and innovative university was founded by the great nationalist leader, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, in 1916 with cooperation of great personalities like Dr. Annie Besant, who viewed it as the University of India. Banaras Hindu University was created under the Parliamentary legislation - B.H.U. Act 1915. The area of the main campus of this premiere Central University is 1300 acres, having well maintained roads, extensive greenery, a temple, an air strip and buildings which are an architectural delight. Another campus of the university at Barkachha, in Mirzapur district, covering an area of 2700 acres is coming up. The university comprises 3 Institutes, 14 Faculties, 140 Departments, 4 Inter disciplinary Centers a constituent college for women's and 3 Constituents Schools, spanning a vast range of subjects pertaining to all branches of humanities, social science, technology, medicine, science, fine arts and performing arts. It has 6 centres of Advanced Studies, 10 Departments under Special Assistance Programme and a large number of specialized Research Centers. Four Degree Colleges of the city are affiliated to the University. Bharat Kala Bhavan, the reputed museum of the university, is a treasure trove of rare collections. The 927 beds hospital of the University is equipped with all the modern amenities. The university provides a wide range of facilities for sport and hobbies, has large playgrounds, a big auditorium, a flying club and many auxiliary services and units like Printing Press, Publication Cell, Fruit Preservation Center, Subsidized Canteens, Employment and Information Bureau, Security etc. The University family consists of about 15000 students belonging to all streams of life, castes and religions and races, about 1700 teachers, and nearly 8000 non-teaching staff A large number of students from foreign countries like the U.S.A, the countries of Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa etc., come to study here. The university has taken a leadership role in promoting new ideas, the spirit of integration of the world, and cultivation of intellect and culture. Banaras Hindu University is small virtually the universe in microcosm.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Computer Science was established in the year 1987 with the main objective of providing trained manpower in the area of Computer and Systems Sciences and to promote state of the art research in Computer Sciences, Applications and related areas. In the beginning the department offered an undergraduate course B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science. Teaching at postgraduate level was started with M. Sc. (Computer Science) program in the year 1990. The MCA program started in 1994. In addition to teaching programs, the department also offers research program leading to Ph.D. degree in Computer Science. The department has a relaxed and informal atmosphere - which we cherish. The faculty is enthusiastic and easily approachable. Learning is not confined to classrooms.

Call for Papers

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute high quality research papers describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing. The topics covered (but are not limited to) in the conference are enlisted below.

Blockchain Technology
Cloud, Edge & Fog Computing
Distributed Computing
High Performance Computing
Internet of Things
Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Networks Security
Social Networking
Software Defined Networks
Wireless Sensor Networks

Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Evolutionary Algorithms
Fuzzy Systems
Genetic Algorithms
Machine Learning
Video, Speech & Text Processing using AI
Neural Networks
Recommendation System
Soft Computing

AUTHORS GUIDELINES

Ethical Responsibilities

All authors must comply with Springer ethical standards, as detailed in Springer Code of Conduct. Please read all of the sections of this Code carefully and make sure that your paper complies with them. In addition, authors are instructed to read the following documents for complete authors guidelines.
Instructions for Proceedings Authors

Preparation of Your Paper

Your contribution may be prepared in LaTeX or Microsoft Word. Please use the following templates provided on the authors’ page.
LaTeX2e Proceedings Templates
Microsoft Word Proceedings Templates
Microsoft Word 2003 Proceedings Templates
Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Another feature Springer now offer is the inclusion of embedded videos in proceedings papers. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are available in Overleaf. Overleaf is an open-source online real-time collaborative LaTeX editor used for writing, editing and publishing scientific documents.

Length of Papers

The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (12–15+ pages) and short papers ( <12 pages), formatted in Springer Template, where a page constitutes 300-400 words. We only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Very short papers (<6 pages) are not allowed.

License-to-Publish Form

You will have to send us the signed copy of License-to-Publish form as a scanned PDF, after the acceptance of your manuscript. The corresponding author (one per paper), who must match the corresponding author marked in the header of the paper, must have the full right, power, and authority to sign the agreement on behalf of all of the authors of a particular paper, and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on their behalf. Digital signatures are not acceptable. The corresponding author should be available to check the paper before it is published. Please note that once a paper has been delivered to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the paper cannot be made. Authors’ names cannot be added or deleted, their order cannot be changed, and the corresponding author cannot be altered. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper.
CCIS License to Publish form

Open Access or Open Choice Option

If any of the authors contributing to ANTIC-2023 are interested in Open Access or Open Choice, please refer to Springer webpage for prices and additional information.