International Conference on Smart Computing and Systems Engineering 2022

The International Research Conference on Smart Computing and Systems Engineering (SCSE), was held for the fifth consecutive time on the 1st of September, 2022. The conference brought together learned delegates from corporates and academia including leading academics, research scholars and industry experts and provided a forum to discuss recent innovations and trends as well as practical challenges encountered in the industrial and service sectors in the areas of Smart Computing and Systems Engineering. The conference was technically sponsored by IEEE Sri Lanka Section, SLASSCOM and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).

Cadre Chair and Senior Professor Nilanthi de Silva, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kelaniya graced the event as the Chief Guest. Keynote addresses of the conference were delivered by Dr Nageswaran Kumaresan, Vice PresidentVice President at London Metal Exchange. His thought-provoking keynote speeches set a perfect platform for the speakers to deliver their presentations in the technical sessions afterwards.

The distinguished guests presented at the occasion were Senior Professor S.R.D. Kalingamudali, Dean, Faculty of Science, Chairman, Research Council, Prof Kapila Senavirathne, Dr. Prof. Janaka Wijayanayake, Head, Department of Industrial Management, Conference Chair, and Dr.Ruwan Wickramarachchi. Other academic and non-academic staff members of the department, researchers along with the undergraduates of the Department of Industrial Management and the invitees embellished the occasion with their courteous presence.

The conference included presentations of fifty-four papers (out of more than hundred) under two tracks, Smart Computing and Systems Engineering. Though the conference papers were presented in a virtual setting, the discussions at the presentations were thought provoking and informative and there is no doubt that the minds of all participants would have been nourished with the innovative exchanges, ideas, and words of wisdom from the learned audience