NCS Ogun Chapter Holds Conference on Applied Computing Emerging Trends

The Ogun State Chapter of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in conjunction with Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State conceptualized an International Conference on Applied Information Technology (AIT 2015).

The conference, Prof. Adio Akinwale‎, chairman of the local organizing committee, in a statement made available Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, by Olatunde Tijani, LOC Secretary, AIT 2015 said, the conference will hold at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria between October 7-9, 2015.

Akinwale said as the world is now a global village, thanks to the power of innovative technology and power of creativity in the form of human resources, the likes of the early fathers of computer, Pascal Blaise, Charles Babbage and more recently, Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates; Dell Founder, Michael Dell; Apple cofounder, late Steve Jobs and many more have revolutionize the way the world communicates and exchanges information.

According to him, from the era of giant computer which occupies a whole room, generating excessive heat to the present world where a micro-computer (smartphone) now fits into a pocket and performs even better functions.

“From desktop computers with CPU, keyboards and mouse to portable laptops and netbook, one can access the internet and exchange information and date with a click. New inventions of computers include changes to their different screens and touch screen enabled configurations.

“Our communication systems like telephones have also changed. Bulky analogs characterised with broken network signals have now been transformed into small and handy mobile phones. The fax machine, Internet for chat and emails keep our communication with our loved ones and people around us, easy and fast”.

Akinwale added that the availability of information through innovations in ICT has made the world a better place. All thanks to the British computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee who created the World Wide Web (w3).

“With the click of a link on the internet, you are guaranteed of host of information and more recently the power of social media, the world is now truly a global village. Facebook, twitter, hi5, skype, myspace and google+ just to mention a few have intertwined the world and make communication even better.

“Here in Nigeria, Daily Independent Newspaper of February 10, 2015, reported that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has approached the Osun State Government in Nigeria, seeking to adopt the e-learning device Opon Imo (Tablet of Knowledge) created by the Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration.

“UNESCO also requested to re-produce and adapt the educational learning resource material and content of ‘Opon-Imo’ to promote its’ educational programmes in Nigeria.” Opón Ìmò, ‘Tablet of Knowledge’ was developed to revolutionize learning and support education in developing states around the world”.

He recalled that in Ogun State of Nigeria, a giant stride was achieved in the application of IT, when the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration implemented the about to be launched Geographic Information System (GIS) for the administration of land processing.

This project according to the Ogun State Government “will improve the overall performance of government, by building a robust platform to centrally manage land and all related activities.”

Technologies have no doubt evolved greatly right from nothing to the Stone Age and lastly into a world full of machines, equipment and inventions which are continuously changing our lives.

Speaking specifically on the conference with the theme, “Emerging Trends in Applied Computing” is to address, discuss and exchange knowledge on all disciplines of Information Technology (IT), he said, AIT 2015 will provide a key forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state-of-art and practice of applications of Information Technology.

On his part, Tijani, said the conference, apart from meeting the international standard will not only produce useful scholarly works, it will also offer participants the platform to network and share ideas on the information technology and computing world which is expected to give rise to a new technological innovation that the world will be proud of.

The  conference will focus on  Cryptography and Information Security, Intelligent Information Systems, Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing, Mobile Communications and Networking, e-Health/e-Banking/e-Agriculture/e-Commerce/e-Government, Bio-Informatics, Learning and Education Technologies and Computer Aided Designs.

“The conference organizers are calling for papers from students, authors, researchers and professionals in the IT field.

Instructions for submitting such papers can be found on the conference website www.ncsogunait2015.com.

“Selected papers will be published in the Journal of Natural Science, Engineering and Technology published by Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta or International Journal of Computer and its Applications published by Nigeria Computer Society.

“Registration for the AIT 2015 conference is strictly online on the conference website www.ncsogunait2015.com,” he said.