Mysore/Mysuru: The Second International Conference on ‘Adaptive Computational Intelligence ICACI-2020’ organised by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women (GSSSIETW), in collaboration with  Springer journal and University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, was inaugurated at GSSSIETW premises recently.

The Conference was inaugurated by the chief guest Dr. Fabrice Meriaudeau, Distinguished Professor, University of Burgandy, guest of honour Dr. R. Logeswaran, Professor, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, Programme Chair Dr. Navakanta Bhat, Director, Centre for NanoScience and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and General Co-Chair Prof. Silvia Liberata Ullo, Engineering Department, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.

The inaugural function was attended by B.V. Srinivas Gupta, Vice-President, GSSS, Vanaja B. Pandit, Hon. Secretary, GSSS, O. Pratap Kumar, Joint Secretary, GSSS, R.K. Bharath, Management Committee Member and CEO GSSS, Dr. M. Shivakumar, Principal, GSSSIETW, Organizing Chair of ICACI-2020 Dr. Rajendra R. Patil, Professor and Head, Dept. of ECE and Organising Secretary Dr. S. Padmashree, Professor, Dept. of ECE. The presidential address was delivered by Vanaja B. Pandit, Hon. Secretary, GSSS.

Dr. Fabrice Meriaudeau, in his keynote speech, emphasised the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical imaging. He briefed the usage of MRI images in the detection of retinal and myocardial diseases. 

Dr. R. Logeswaran gave an overview of Big Data in terms of its volume, velocity, value, variety and veracity. He briefed about the applications of Data Science in retail, manufacturing, telecommunication, healthcare services, etc.

Video messages from Technical Program Chair, ICACI-2020 Dr. Bhanuprakash, Group Leader Signal & Image Processing, Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Singapore, General Chair, ICACI 2020 Dr. Naveen Chilumkurti, Director of Cybersecurity programmes, Department of Computer Science and IT La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Chin Kuan Ho, Vice-President, Multimedia University, Malaysia, Veena Puttalingaiah, Alumna, GSSSIETW, Sunil Shambhatnavar, General Manager, Advanced Electronic Systems and General Chair, ICACI-2020 Dr. Kamesh Namudri, Professor, Electrical Engineering University of North Texas, conveying their best wishes for the successful completion of the conference were presented in the inaugural function.

A total of 144 research papers were received from abroad (Australia, Ethiopia, Brunei and Pakistan) and from all over India. After peer review, 72 papers were selected for presentation under four tracks — Artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics, Computational Intelligence in IoT, Soft Computing Techniques and Data Mining. These papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN.