Welcome to Fiji
3rd
APWCE 2017, the International Conference on Engineering aims to bring
researchers, academics, scientists, and industry people in a common platform
yearly basis for presenting and discussing new innovative technologies in the
area of various Engineering. In particular, Biomedical, Civil, Electrical and
Renewable Energy, Mechanical and Mechatronics, and Transport Engineering. The
Conference will be a forum for participants to discuss state-of-the-art
innovations in technologies which have been made available by the engineers and
will feature plenary and panel sessions as well as technical paper
presentations and poster sessions. Tutorials by international experts on
engineering applications will also be available. The overall theme for 2017 is
"Technology for Sustainable Development¡±. APWCE 2017 is also aimed to
promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new technologies to
Asia-Pacific region.
Conference General Chair
Conference General Co-Chairs
Professor
Dongsoo Har, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology, Republic of Korea
Local Arrangement Chair
Krishneel Prakash, The University of
the South Pacific, Fiji
Publication and Publicity Chair
Professor
Seung-Hyun Kong, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology, Republic of Korea
Dr.
Kabir Mamun, The University of The South Pacific, Fiji
Industry Engagement Chair
Dr
John Ronczka, University of Tasmania, Australia
Award Chair
Web Coordinator
Jashnil Kumar, The University of Fiji,
Fiji
Keynote Speech
Talk One
Keynote Speaker: Professor Young-Ho Lee , Korea Maritime &
Ocean University(KMOU), South Korea
Topic: Experimental and CFD studies to
optimize the turbine system applied to wind, hydro and marine renewable energy
Abstract: TBA
Talk Two
Keynote Speaker: Professor
Shizhang Qiao, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Talk Three
Conference Track Chairs
Track 1: Environmental Engineering
Chair:
Dr. Ajay Singh, The University of Fiji, Fiji
Track 2: Civil Engineering
Chair:
Dr Mizanur Rahman, The university of South Australia, Australia
Track 3: Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
Chair:
Professor Alok Sharma, RIKEN, Japan
Track 4: Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering
Chair:
Dr. Muzathik A M, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Track 5: Renewable and Sustainable
Energy
Chair:
A/Professor Hemanshu Pota, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Track 6: Sustainable Transport
Engineering
Chair:
Professor In Gwun Jang, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Republic of Korea
Track 7: Industry Relations
Chair:
Dr. John Ronczka, Australia
Chair: Mr. Zakir Ahmed, Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport, Fiji
Call For Papers
This
conference welcomes papers addressed on, but not limited to, the following
areas:
Track 1: Environmental Engineering
•Agricultural
production systems
•Crop cultivation systems
•Processes and machines of agro-engineering systems
•Livestock production systems
•Energy & Agriculture, Biofuel
•Agricultural Biotechnology
•Agricultural machinery
•Precision farming, Remote Sensing and Agri GIS
•Nanotechnology in agricultureBio-signal sensors and signal processing
•Body Track Network (BAN) for medicine and healthcare
•eHealth systems and pervasive healthcare
•Preventive care & long-term patient management
•Privacy and security issues for biomedicine
•Smart textiles for wearable BAN
•Telemedicine and Telemonitoring
•Wearable and implantable devices/systems
•Various species of materials and materialistic properties
•Electronic and photonic materials
•Catalytic materials for energy
•Mining and metallurgy
•Computational materials science
•Optimization of materials and structures
•Polymer material technology
•Applied material chemistry
•Surface engineering
•Current innovation in chemical and material engineering
Track 2 : Civil Engineering
•Civil
Engineering Design
•Civil Engineering Materials
•Computing in Civil Engineering
•Sustainability in Civil Engineering
•Civil and Structural Engineering
•Architecture, Design & Planning
•Hydraulics and Hydro-Power Engineering
•Sustainability in Bridge Engineering
•Transportation Engineering
•Land and Construction Surveying
•Coastal Engineering and Management
•Civil and Environmental Engineering
•Types of Tunnels & Construction Methods •Others
Track 3: Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
•Power
Systems &Power Electronics
•Electrical Machines
•Applications of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
•Telecommunications&Wireless Communications
•Signal Processing
•Electronics and Electrical-Global Market
•Embedded Electronics Systems
•Control Systems
•Smart Grids
•Others
Track 4: Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering
•Acoustics
and Noise Control,Dynamics and Vibration,Instrumentation and Control
•Aerodynamics
•Structural Dynamics
•Applied Mechanics,Biomechanics,Computational Mechanics,Solid Mechanics
•Automobiles, Automotive Engineering,Internal Combustion Engines
•Energy Engineering and Management, Fatigue and Fracture,
•Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Machinery
•Heat and Mass Transfer, HVAC
•Finite Element Analysis and structure optimization
•Machinery and Machine Design, Mechanical Design
•Mechanical Power Engineering
•Tribology, Turbulence
•Manufacturing Process Simulation,CIMS and Manufacturing System,Vibration
Measuring and Reliability Analysis
•Mechatronics
•Intelligent Mechatronics
•Industrial Robotics and Automation
•Intelligent control: neuro-control, fuzzy control
•Industrial, Automation and Process Control, Distributed Control System,
Embedded System,
•Sensors, multi-sensor data fusion algorithms
•Advanced measurement and Machine Vision system
•Opto-electronic elements and Materials
•Laser technology and laser processing
•Applications of micro and nano systems
•Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics
•Others
Track 5: Renewable and Sustainable
Energy
•Energy
and Sustainability
•Carbon Capture & Storage, Sequestration Technologies
•Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency
•Solar Energy Engineering, Photovoltaics
•Energy Storage
•Green Computing
•Hydrogen and Fuel cells
•Electric Vehicles
•New Energy Applications
•Wind Energy Systems
•Climate Change, Global Warming
•Waste Management, Biodiversity
•Potential Benefits of Energy Efficiency, Emerging Gaps and Challenges
•Emissions Reduction Policy
•Distribution Generation and Rural Electrification Policy
•Others
Track 6: Sustainable Transport Engineering
•Roads
and Railway Engineering
•Transportation Planning
•Civil Construction and Operation
•Modern Logistics Systems and Supply Chain
•Automotive Engineering and Other Vehicle Tools
•Intelligent Transportation Theory and Application
•Transportation Control and Information Technology
•Traffic and Pavement Engineering
•Others
Track 7: Industry Relations
•Venture
Capital Model' and 'willingness to invest' in the presented proposals
•Fiji industry, academia and students have a mechanism to participate as equal
partners and in harmony
•Showcasing of technology and science needs, wants and capabilities
•An 'international' perspective' with the context being 'Fiji
•External concepts and partnerships are able to be fostered ( e.g. conference
attendees: industry, academia, students etc) to progress Fiji
•Opportunities for venture capital initiatives are able to be showcased
•Technology transfer through leadership and management
Paper Submission
Authors
can submit their original work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing
completed and validated research about an issue discussing ideas, facts,
situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on
one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted under the following
IEEE guideline through the online submission. After the paper submission,
authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.
Publication
3rd
APWCE 2017 will follow two publication models. All the conference paper
submission will go through first for the peer review process. Then the accepted
papers will place in the Digital IEEE conference proceedings. Few top ranked
paper based on the reviewers ranking will be selecting for the following below
journal special issues.
Journal of Software
The
Conference content will be submitted Abstracting and Indexing (A&I)
databases. IEEE reserves the right not to publish any proceedings that do not
meet these standards.
Important Dates
Paper
Submission End: August 30, 2017
Author Notification: October 10, 2017
Camera ready / registration deadline: October 30, 2017
Conference Date: 11-13th December, 2017.
3rd APWCE 2017
Program Committee
Ashfaqur
Rahman, CSIRO, Australia
A H M Razibul, Visionstream Pvt Lt., Australia
Abdul Mazid, Central Queensland University, Australia
Ahmad Almogren, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Alok Sharma, University of South Pacific, Fiji
Al-SakibKhan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Aman Jantan, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Andrew Kusiak. The University of Iwoa, United States
Andrew Hellicar, CSIRO, Australia
Andrew Chiou, Central Queensland University, Australia
Ayub Ali, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Azizul Rahman, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Azizur Rahman, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Azlin Nordin, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Basem Almadani, King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals,Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Bimal Aklesh Kumar, Fiji National University, Fiji
Charlotte Sennersten, CSIRO, Australia
Clifton Phus, SAS, Singapore
Depeng Li, University of Hawaii, USA
Daniel Smith, CSIRO, Australia
Ekramul Hamid, Shizuoka University, Japan
Fariza Nasaruddin, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Ferdous Sohel, The University of Western Australia, Australia
FikretS Gurgen, Bogazici University, Turkey
Fionn Murtagh, De Montfort University, United Kingdom
Gancho Vachkov, The University of The South Pacific, Fiji
Greg Smith, CSIRO, Australia
GM Shafiullah, Murdoch University, Australia
Hua Wang, Victoria University, Australia
Jesmin Nahar, The University of Fiji, Fiji
Jin Wang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Jose Borges, University of Porto, Portugal
K R Kashwan, Sona College of Technology, India
Kasturi Dewi Varathan, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Khondaker Abdullah AlMamun, University of Toronto,Canada
Laiha Mat Kiah, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Liam O¡¯Brien, Geoscience Australia, Australia
M. A. Zullah, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Republic of Korea
Mahbubur Rahim, Monash University, Australia
M H Assaf, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
M N H Mollah, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Manmeet Kaur, UniversitiSains Malaysia, Malaysia
Manoranjan Paul, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Maurizio Cirrincione, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Mazliza Othman, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Meena Jha, Central Queensland University, Australia
Md Asaduzzaman, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
Md Aktaruzzaman, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Md RafiqulIslam, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Md Samsuzzoha, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Mohamed Guerroumi, USTHB University, Algeria
Mohammad Azam, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Morshed Chowdhury, Deakin University, Australia
Mustafizur Rahman, Defence Science and Technology Organisation,Australia
Nigel Yee, UNITEC, New Zealand
Nirmal Kanti Mitra, Fiji National University, Fiji
Norsaremah Salleh, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Nor Badrul Anuar, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Omar Farooq, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Praneel Chand, TheUniversity of the South Pacific, Fiji
Ragib Hasan, University of Alabama, United Kingdom
Rafiul Hasan, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Rafiqul Islam, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Rafiqul Zaman Khan, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Rakib Ahmed, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
Rashid Ali, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Ravin N Deo, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Richi Nayak, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Roberto Sassi , UniversitàDegli Studi di Milano, Italy
Rohitash Chandra, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Ulrich Engelke, CSIRO, Australia
Saddat M Alhashmi, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
Salahuddin Al-azad, Central Queensland University, Australia
Saleh Wasimi, Central Queensland University, Australia
Sanjay Jha, Central Queensland University, Australia
Seiya Imoto, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Shadi Basurra, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
Shareeful Islam, University of East London, United Kingdom
Shivakumara Palaiahnakote, University of Malaya,Malaysia
Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, RCCIIT, India
Siew Hock OW, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Sohail Asghar, COMSATS Institute of IT, Pakistan
Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Tamas Szecsi, Dublin City University, Ireland
Tamjidul Hoque, University of New Orleans, United States
Tarek M. Sobh, University of Bridgeport, United States
Tofazzal Hossain, Dixon Advisory, Australia
Tugrul Yanik, Celal Bayar University, Turkey
Kam Chuen Winco Yung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Yu Wang, Deakin University, Australia
Yi Zuo, Nagoya University, Japan
Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Temple University, United States
Zeyar Aung, Masdar Institue of Technology, UAE
Conference Venue
Mana Island Resort & Spa
Mana
Island Resort & Spa a hidden paradise nestled in the heart of the Mamanuca
group, only 32km West of Nadi and is situated on a 300 Acre lush tropical
paradise, amongst white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters. The resort
offers an extensive range of accommodation from honeymoon bures to luxury
suites rooms or the Modern yet traditional Fijian Bures with each category
having their own ambiance and features to suit different needs
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MANA ISLAND RESORT & SPA WEBSITE
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Event Chairs
General
Chair
Victoria
University, Australia
General
Co-Chair
Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
General
Co-Chair
Fiji
National University, Fiji
General
Co-Chair
The
University of Fiji, Fiji
Best Paper Winner 2016
Best Paper Award Winner 2016
Guidelines & Templates
Submission Guidelines
Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct
grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or
topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its
technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to
which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method,
authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any
reference to any of the authors, including the authors¡¯ personal details, the
acknowledgements section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose
the authors¡¯ identity. All papers must be submitted through the online
submission process which is accessible in the conference main page under
'Actions' and should follow the instructions and templates provided in the
documents below, which are also the templates for the camera-ready submission.
After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will
receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.
Conference
Paper Formats, including Special Sessions
Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing
completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying work in
progress or an arguable opinion about an issue.
Regular
Papers
Submission: Regular Papers should be 8 pages long, including references,
tables, graphs, images and appendices. Submissions with less than 6 pages or
more than 10 pages will be automatically rejected.
Acceptance: After a double-blind peer review, qualifying Regular Papers may be
accepted as either Full Papers or Short Papers.
Presentation: Regular Papers classified as Full Papers are awarded a 30¡¯
minutes slot for an oral presentation at the conference. Regular Papers
classified as Short Papers are given either a 20¡¯ minutes slot for an oral
presentation or assigned to present at a Poster Session. Authors who have been
assigned an oral presentation, either Full or Short, may however also choose to
present at a Poster Session instead, should they prefer it.
Indexation: The proceedings will be submitted to Thomson Reuters Conference
Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus
for indexation.
Abstract Submission
Submission: Abstract should be 2 pages long, including references, tables,
graphs, images and appendices. Submissions with less than 2 pages or more than
6 pages will be automatically rejected.
Acceptance: After a double-blind peer review, qualifying Abstract will be
accepted as regular Papers.
Presentation: Abstarct papers are given either a 20¡¯ minutes slot for an oral
presentation or assigned to present at a Poster Session. Authors who have been
assigned an oral presentation may however also choose to present at a Poster
Session instead, should they prefer it.
Publication: The Conference papers will be submitted for publication into IEEE
Digital Library as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
IEEE reserves the right not to publish any proceedings that do not meet these
standards.
Indexation: The proceedings will be submitted to Thomson Reuters Conference
Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus
for indexation.
Templates and Formatting
Using these templates is strongly advised to all authors submitting a paper
for reviewing and mandatory for those uploading the camera-ready version of
their papers. Failure to produce correctly formatted camera-ready submissions
may result in the paper¡¯s exclusion from the Proceedings. We strongly encourage
to authors to use IEEE templates only.
Copyright Transfer Agreements to IEEE
One form per paper, not per author.
IMPORTANT: The IEEE Copyright Form must be completed and return to Mr. Neeraj A
Sharma via e-mail: NeerajS@unifiji.ac.fj
.
Online Paper Submission
Quick guide for Authors
Step 1: Please click Here
to Submit
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Step 3: Either Choose a password of your choice or generate automatically
Step 4: Login Using your Username and Password
Step 5: You will be directed to the upload page>> Upload your
file>> and You will recieve an confirmation on your Email.
Note: If there have any issue about paper submission, please e-mail: JashnilK@unifiji.ac.fj
Co-located
Events
Asia-Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering 2017 (APWConCSE
2017), 11-13th December, 2017. Mana Island Resort & Spa, Fiji
The International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing System (IDCS 2017),
11-13th December, 2017. Mana Island Resort & Spa, Fiji
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Contact
Neeraj Anand Sharma (Mr.)
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology
School of Science and Technology
The University of Fiji
Fiji
Phone: (+679) 9379056
Email: NeerajS@unifiji.ac.fj
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