ICITSD - VIT

About VIT

VIT was established with the aim of providing quality higher education on par with international standards. It persistently seeks and adopts innovative methods to improve the quality of higher education on a consistent basis. The campus has a cosmopolitan atmosphere with students from all corners of the globe. Experienced and learned teachers are strongly encouraged to nurture the students. The global standards set at VIT in the field of teaching and research spur us on in our relentless pursuit of excellence. In fact, it has become a way of life for us. The highly motivated youngsters on the campus are a constant source of pride. Our Memoranda of Understanding with various international universities are our major strength. They provide for an exchange of students and faculty and encourage joint research projects for the mutual benefit of these universities. Many of our students, who pursue their research projects in foreign universities, bring high quality to their work and esteem to India and have done us proud. With steady steps, we continue our march forward. We look forward to meeting you here at VIT.

About UTS

UTS is a public university of technology defined by our support for the economic, social and cultural prosperity of our communities. UTS has a culturally diverse campus life and vibrant international exchange study and research programs that prepare graduates for the workplaces of today and the future. Continuing a 10-year period of major development, the ongoing transformation of the UTS campus will ensure we continue to maintain and develop a purpose and sustainably built campus to support innovation in education and research. With a total enrolment of over 44,000 students, UTS is one of the largest universities in Australia. UTS world leading research centres span a range of disciplines, including physical, biological and engineering sciences, and contemporary fields such as design, nanotechnology and sustainability.

About ICITSD 2021

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of ICITSD 2021, we take great pleasure in welcoming the academic scientists, researchers, students, industry professionals, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations in the applicatory fields for the International Conference on Innovative Technology for Sustainable Development with the theme smart and sustainable computing that will be held on January 27th – 29th, 2021 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India in collaboration with University of Technology Sydney, Australia through online. ICITSD 2021 will comprise the main conference and several co-located workshops and tutorials. With its high quality it will provide an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers. ICITSD 2021 will have 6-8 world class established Keynote speakers. In addition, variety of poster presentations along with workshops and special sessions would be delivered. We sincerely hope that ICITSD 2021 serves as an international platform for meeting researchers from around the world, widen professional contact and create new opportunities, including establishing new collaborations.

Objective of ICITSD 2021

The objective of ICITSD 2021 is to bring together leading researchers, academicians, students industry professionals, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, etc., to learn, share, build fruitful and long-term collaborations by exchanging their experiences and research results in most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields on all aspects of computer science under a common platform.

About Centre for Cyber Physical Systems

Centre for Cyber Physical Systems (CCPS) aims promoting collaborative research activities with impetus on developing and interfacing intelligent devices with enhanced cyber security.The much contemplated Smart cities, Industry 4.0 and Health care 4.0 are quintessentially dependent on the advances realized in CPS, targeting in the process a more responsive, precise, reliable and efficient systems. It is therefore axiomatic that innovation in CPS holds the key in reshaping the world. With the intention to align with the evolution, VIT CCPS will spearhead and support advances in the fundamental knowledge and tools, to make Cyber Physical Systems a pragmatic reality.

About School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCOPE)

History of computing discipline at VIT Chennai dates back to 2010, when the School of Computer Science & Engineering was established to meet the demand for well-qualified computer professionals. The mission of the school is to create and maintain an environment for Excellence in Instruction, Learning and Applied Research in the area of Computing Science and Engineering and allied disciplines so as to equip our students with necessary knowledge and skills for higher education/employment and to meet the societal demands. With an aim to carve a niche for itself in Computer Science and allied domains, the School strives to:

Produce graduates thoroughly acquainted with the principles of modern Computing Science who are able to apply the principles in the design and construction of reliable systems.
To equip students with the fundamental understanding and practical skills needed by the potential organizers of a demanding profession.
Provide cost-effective Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based solutions and value-added services to a variety of organizations and to meet the expectations of stakeholders.
Foster a learning and creative community that strives to continuously advance the frontiers of knowledge and promote the deployment and usage of ICT-based applications for betterment of society.
The School offers research programmes such as M.Tech (By Research) and Ph.D(Internal and External ). Practical skills must also be developed and the majority of the subjects are linked with the project based learning which bridges theory and practices including wide variety of hardware and software technology and their applications.
The School has one of the best infrastructure including domain-specific labs associated with the above technical divisions- many of these labs are sponsored by industry leaders e.g. IBM, Cisco, Sun Microsystems and Red Hat. The School has a good record of organizing guest lecture, seminars, workshops and conferences in emerging technological areas.Various Industrial visits organized by the School gives the vision of Industry atmosphere to the student.

In developing the core competence in the respective subject matter specialization includes:

Theoretical Computer Science
Data Analytics
Imaging and Computer Vision
Network and Security
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Cyber Physical Systems

Our Patrons

Dr. G. Viswanathan

Chancellor, VIT

Mr. Sankar Viswanathan

Vice-President, VIT

Dr. Sekar Viswanathan

Vice-President, VIT

Mr. G V Selvam

Vice-President, VIT

Ms. Kadhambari S. Viswanathan

Assistant Vice-President, VIT

Dr. Sandhya Pentareddy

Executive Director, VIT

Dr. Rambabu Kodali

Vice Chancellor, VIT

Dr. V. S. Kanchana Bhaaskaran

Pro Vice Chancellor, VIT Chennai

Speakers

Dr. Mariofanna Milanova

Professor, University of Arkansas, USA

Dr. Nabin Sharma

Co-Director (Intelligent Drone Lab), University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Dr. Nebojsa Bacanin

Vice-rector for Scientific Research, Singidunum University, Serbia

Dr. Jeganathan L

Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai

Dr. J R Kulkarni

Scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,Pune

Dr. Sivakumar V

Scientist, C-DAC, Pune

Dr Vimal Kumar

University of Waikato, New Zeland

Committee

General Chairs

Dr.Jagadeesh Kannan R

Dean and Professor

VIT,Chennai

Dr.Geetha S

Associate Dean and Professor

VIT,Chennai

Dr. Farookh Hussain

Associate Professor and HoD

University of Technology Sydney

Conference Chairs

Dr. Asha S

Dr. Abdul Quadir Md

Co - Conference Chairs

Dr. Christy Jackson J

Dr. Prassanna J

Advisory Committee

Dr. Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Ron Doyle, Durham, USA
Dr. Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA
Dr. Lakshmi S. Iyer, Appalachian State University, USA
Dr. Jino Ramson, Purdue University, USA
Dr. Sakkaravarthi Ramanathan, Cegep Gaspesie, Canada
Dr. Piet Kommers, University of Twente, Netherlands
Dr. Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia
Dr. Priyadarsi Nanda, University of Technology, Australia
Dr. Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK
Dr. Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Dr. Wathiq Mansoor, University of Dubai, UAE
Dr. Atreyi Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Ali El-Zaart, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Imad Fakhri Al-Shaikhli, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Dr. Mohammad Abdul Matin, North South University, Bangladesh
Dr. Poongodi M, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Dr. Pranab Kumar Mohapatra, IIT Gandhinagar, India
Dr. Vaidehi Vijayakumar,Vice Chancellor, Mother Teresa Women’s University, India
Dr. M.D.Selvaraj, IIITDM Kancheepuram, India
Dr. Banshidhar Majhi, IIITDM Kancheepuram, India
Dr. S. Murugan, NIT Rourkela, India
Dr. Rajeswari Sridhar, NIT, Trichy, India
Dr. Ramjeevan Singh Thakur, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India
Dr. R. Vishnu Priya, NIT Bhopal, India
Dr. R.Geetha Ramani, Anna University, Chennai,India
Dr. S.Neelavathy Pari, Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
Dr. J.Indumathi, Anna University, Chennai,India
Dr. S.Venkatesan, IIIT Allahabad, India
Dr. P.Arun Rajkumar, NIT Calicut, India
Dr. K. Umamaheswari, PSG College of Technology, India
Dr. A. Shahina, SSN College of Engineering, India

International and National Technical Program Committee

Dr. Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK
Dr. Shounak Chakraborty, NUST, Trondheim, Norway
Dr. Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Ron Doyle, Durham, USA
Dr. Siva Sankari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Dr. Sakkaravarthi Ramanathan, Cegep Gaspesie, Canada
Dr. David Asirvatham, Taylors University, Malaysia
Dr. Julfikar Haider, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Prof. Abd EL-Aziz Ahmed, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr. Poongodi M, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, KAUST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Muhammad Ali Imran, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dr. Emil Björnson, Linköping University, Sweden
Dr. Ali El-Zaart, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Professor Gabriel Kabanda, Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences, Zimbabwe
Dr. Andrea M. Tonello, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Dr. Umashankar Subramaniam, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Dr. David Asirvatham, Taylors University, Malaysia
Prof. Liangxiu Han, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Dr. Saad Harous, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Dr. Yousef Ali Al-Hammadi, College of Information Technology, UAEU
Dr. Imad Fakhri Al-Shaikhli, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Prof. Vimal Kumar, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
Dr. Sherzod Turaev, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Dr. Aravind Sukumaran Rajam, Washington State University, USA
Dr. B. Vijayakumar, BITS Pilani, Dubai
Dr. Gerassimos Barlas, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah
Dr. Prema Soundararajan, University of Alabama, Birmingham, UK
Dr. Sudipta Som, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Dr. Pranab Kumar Mohapatra, IIT Gandhinagar, India
Dr. Banshidhar Majhi, IITDM Kancheepuram, India
Dr. Arun Raj Kumar P, NIT Calicut, India
Dr. Abdul Nazeer KA, NIT Calicut, India
Dr. K Chandrasekaran, NIT Surathkal, India
Dr. Rajeswari Sridhar, NIT Trichy, India
Dr. B.Surendiran, NIT Puducherry, India
Dr. Virender Ranga, NIT Kurukshetra, India
Dr. Kanwalvir Singh Dhindsa, BBSBEC, Punjab, India
Dr. Krishna Pal Sharma, NIT Jalandhar, India
Dr. Malaya Kumar Nath, NIT,Puducherry, India
Dr. B. Surendiran, NIT,Puducherry, India
Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Pati, NIT Jamshedpur, India
Dr. Akash Kumar Bhoi, SMIT Sikkim, India
Dr. Jyoti Srivastava, NIT Hamirpur, India
Dr. Vikram Singh, NIT Kurukshetra, India
Dr. Koppala Guravaiah, IIIT Kottayam, India
Dr. Antriksh Goswami, IIIT Vadodara, India
Dr. Jagadeesh Kakarla, IIITDM, India
Dr. Masilamani, IIITDM, India
Dr. S.Nicholas, NIT Trichy, India
Dr. Mary Anitha Rajam, Anna University Chennai, India
Dr. R.Geetha Ramani, Anna University Chennai, India
Dr. S.Neelavathy Pari, Madras Institute of Technology Chennai, India
Dr. T.Mala, Anna University Chennai, India
Dr. Rathy Ananth, NITTTR Chennai, India
Dr. S.Poonkuzhali, REC Chennai, India
Dr. T R.Reshmi, SETS, India
Dr. A. Shahina, SSN College of Engineering, India
Dr. S.Udhayakumar, Saveetha School of Engineering, India
Dr. R Dhanalakshmi, KCG College of Technology, Chennai, India
Dr. V. V. Ramalingam, SRMIST, Chennai,India
Dr. K. Sreekumar, SRMIST, Chennai,India
Dr. Shree Hari, IIIT, India
Dr. Muruganantham B, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. Manikandan V. M, SRM University AP, India
Dr. Kshira Sagar Sahoo, VNRVJIET, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Vivekananda G N, MITS Madanapalle, India
Dr. Ranjeet Kumar, MITS Madanapalle, India
Dr. Diwakar Tripathi, SRM University AP, India
Dr. Rashmi Laxmikant Malghan, MITS Madanapalle, India
Dr. A.VijayaKumar, JEC, Chennai, India
Dr. K.Sujatha, Dr.MGR Educational and Research Institute, India
Dr. A.Murugan, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. R.S.Ponmagal, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. G.Nalinipriya, Saveetha Engineering College, India
Dr. S.Ganesh Kumar, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. M Kanchana, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. S.Karthick, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. Arun Nehru J, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. V. Sivakumar, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. K.Venkatesh, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. Sabhanayagham T, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. T. Senthil Kumar, SRMIST, Chennai, India
Dr. Jayashree K, REC, Chennai, India
Dr. U.Karthikeyan, REC, Chennai, India
Dr. Angelina Geetha, HITS, Chennai, India
Dr. S.Revathy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, India
Dr. G Sudha Sadasivam, PSG College Of Technology, India
Prof. Jignesh Patoliya, Charusat University, India
Dr. Jose Anand, KCG College of Technology, Chennai, India
Dr.Kalaivani P, St.Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, India
Dr. M.K.Sandhya, Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, India
Dr. Jeeva S, Brilliant Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
Dr. Amit M Joshi, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
Dr. G S N Murty, Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, A.P, India
Prof. Latha Ramasamy, PSG College of Technology, India

Program Committee and Session Chairs

Dr.Jagadeesh Kannan R

Dr.Geetha S