A two-day 20th International Conference on ‘Frontiers of Information Technology’ (FIT-2023), organized by COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) started on Monda at COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad. Over 200 industry experts, researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs and senior ranked officials from COMSATS University Islamabad led by the varsity Rector Prof. Dr. Sajid Qamar were present at the opening ceremony.
Program Chair of the conference Dr. Usama Ijaz Bajwa, extended a warm welcome to the attendees and provided an overview of the event. FIT serves as a platform for hosting a wide array of research and intellectual activities.
The current edition received 258 technical paper submissions, underwent a rigorous blind review process, resulting in the acceptance of 59 papersi.e. an acceptance ratio of 23 percent.
Speakers from France, Netherlands, China, Ireland, Portugal, UK, USA and Pakistan are participating in the two-day conference. The event was honored by the presence of Mr. Ahmed Bilal Masood, Deputy CEO of Huawei Technologies, who highlighted that Huawei dedicates 10 percent of its worldwide revenue to foster innovation and research.
He also mentioned that, followed by Chinese, Pakistanis constitute the second-largest nationality working with Huawei.
