International conference on Innovation in IT and Business organised

MUSCAT: The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Modern College of Business and Science (MCBS) organised the second international conference on Innovation in Information Technology and Business on April 29 and 30.

This event was organised in collaboration with two reputed international universities; Singidunum University, Serbia and Christ University, India.

The hybrid mode of the event started with a grand opening ceremony at MCBS Campus. Eng. Bader Bin Saud Al Zaidi, CEOVodafone, Oman was the Chief Guest of the ceremony. Dr Moosa Al Kindi, Dean, MCBS delivered the inaugural speech, followed by a keynote speech on ‘ Machine Learning’ delivered by Eng. Ahmed Al Saidi, Senior Specialist in Data Science, Vodofone, Oman.

A Panel Discussion on ‘ ‘Machine Learning - its capabilities, limitations, ethical implications, and societal impact’ was moderated by Dr Abdullah Al-Zakwani, Executive Director, Research &

Innovation, Lamad. The panel comprised Laila Al Hadhrami, Executive Director, Smart Sustainable Cities Advisor, Dr Haider Al-Lawati, Sr. Manager - Artificial Intelligence, Oman Data Park and Nasr Al-Nabhani, Chief Executive Officer, Tatweer Cybersecurity as its members.

Dr Nebojsa Becanin, vice-rector for scientific research at vicerector for scientific research at Singidunum University, Serbia delivered a keynote speech on ‘Swarm Intelligence ‘ on the second day of the conference. The conference mainly focused on innovative ideas, approaches, research, and developments in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain Cyber Security and Data Analytics. More than 50 speakers from several countries presented their research findings at this conference either face to face or virtually. Many meritorious students also found a place at this conference. They presented their research findings at the conference to make the event extremely successful.