Program

Following is the tentative program for the ICE Cube 2021.

All times are in GMT + 5h.

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Conference Program

Day 1 – 26th October 2021

Opening Ceremony – Venue: Orange Hall

11:00 AM	Arrival of Chief Guest
11:05 AM	Recitation of the Holy Quran
11:10 AM	Welcome Note by Conference Secretary
11:15 AM	Opening Remarks by Conference Chair
11:20 AM	Keynote: Dr. Faisal F. Khan A case for precision medicine in Peshawar: where data, signals and patterns meet in biology and medicine.
12:05 PM	Keynote : H.E. Mrs. Androulla Kaminara EU – Pakistan cooperation and the opportunities available for Pakistan from digitalisation
12:35 PM	Address by Chief Guest
12:45 PM	Refreshments

Pink Hall
1:15 PM	Invited Speaker (Virtual): Dr. Sufian Hameed Talk Title: Adaptive Security for Collaborative Services in Smart Cities Session Chair: Dr. Syed Attique Shah
1:35 PM	Computing and Intelligent Systems: (4 Papers)
2:35 PM	Lunch Break
3:45 PM	Invited Speaker (Physical): Dr. Zartash Afzal Uzmi Talk Title: Supporting Low-Latency Mobile Edge Applications via Control Plane Interventions Session Chair: Dr. Zartash Afzal Uzmi
4:05 PM	Communication Theory and Systems: (5 Papers)
5:20 PM	Invited Speaker (Physical): Dr. Muhammad Waqas Talk Title: Secure Emergency Information dissemination in vehicular Networks Session Chair: Dr. Muhammad Waqas
5:40 PM	Information Systems and Services & Network and Distributed Systems: (4 Papers)

Orange Hall
1:15 PM	Invited Speaker (Physical): Dr. Syed Ali Hassan Talk Title: The 6G Wireless Networks: What to Expect and How to Excel Session Chair: Dr. Syed Ali Hassan
1:35 PM	Digital Signal Processing: (4 Papers)
2:35 PM	Lunch Break
3:45 PM	Invited Speaker (Virtual): Dr. Muhammad Abdelawwad Talk Title: Applications of functional safety in industrial human-robot collaboration Session Chair: Dr. Syed Mudassir
4:05 PM	Invited Speaker (Virtual): Dr. Uzair Aslam Bhatti Talk Title: Feature based image processing and security Session Chair: Dr. Syed Mudassir
4:25 PM	Electronic Devices, Circuit Design and Applications: (6 papers)

Purple Hall
3:45 PM	Women & Digitisation (EU Panel Discussion) Moderator: Dr. Bushra Naeem

HBL-4 Computer Lab
No Session

8:00 PM	Gala Dinner, Takatu Lodges, BUITEMS

Day 2 – 27th October 2021

Keynote Talks – Venue: Orange Hall

9:30 AM	Keynote (Virtual): Prof. Dr. Josef Börcsök Future Oriented Cyber Physical Safety Systems on Chip
10:15 AM	Keynote (Virtual): Prof. Dr. Dirk Draheim Blockchains: Money for Nothing or Something for Everything?
11:15 AM	Refreshments

Pink Hall
11:45 AM	Invited Speaker(Physical): Dr. Faisal Khan Uthmanzai Talk Title: Advances in Flux Switching Machine Session Chair: Dr. Faisal Khan Uthmanzai
12:05 PM	Invited Speaker (Virtual): Dr. Qammer Hussain Abbasi Talk Title: Contactless Sensing for enabling in home monitoring Session Chair: Dr. Faisal Khan Uthmanzai
12:25 PM	Electrical Energy System: (6 Papers)
1:55 PM	Lunch Break
3:05 PM	Invited Speaker (Virtual): Prof. Dr. Navrati Saxena Talk Title: Towards a greener tomorrow: Steps beyond 5G wireless networks Session Chair: Dr. Hamayoun Yousaf Shahwani
3:25 PM	Emerging Engineering and Technology Trends: (6 Papers)

Orange Hall
11:45 AM	Invited Speaker (Physical): Habibullah Khan Nasar Talk Title: Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support (MAPS) for SDGs in Balochistan. Session Chair: Habibullah Khan Nasar
12:05 PM	Sustainable Development & Society: (5 Papers)
1:55 PM	Lunch Break

Purple Hall
12:00 PM	Tutorial 1 Trainer: Dr. Syed Ali Hassan Tutorial Title: The Nexus of Beyond 5G and 6G Networks: Opportunities and Challenges Session 1: Timings: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
1:55 PM	Lunch Break
3:00 PM	Tutorial 1 Trainer: Dr. Syed Ali Hassan Tutorial Title: The Nexus of Beyond 5G and 6G Networks: Opportunities and Challenges Session 2: Timings: 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

HBL-4 Computer Lab
12:00 PM	Tutorial 2 Trainer: Prof. Dr. Faisal Karim Shaikh Tutorial Title: Recent Internet of Things Trends in Smart Agriculture Session 1: Timings: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
1:55 PM	Lunch Break
3:00 PM	Tutorial 2 Trainer: Prof. Dr. Faisal Karim Shaikh Tutorial Title: Recent Internet of Things Trends in Smart Agriculture Session 2: Timings: 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Closing Ceremony – Venue: Orange Hall
4:30 PM	Arrival of Chief Guest
4:35 PM	Recitation of the Holy Quran
4:40 PM	Conference Roundup – Technical Program Committee Chair
4:45 PM	Platinum Sponsor Talk (DHA) – Brigadier Akhtar Subhan
5:00 PM	Talk by Vice President, Telenor – Mr. Waqas Aman Ullah
5:10 PM	Remarks by Honorable Chancellor (Governor Balochistan)
5:20 PM	Remarks by Vice Chancellor, BUITEMS
5:30 PM	Refreshments

Detailed Program Schedule

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Day 2

Tutorials Program

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1. Recent Internet of Things Trends in Smart Agriculture
Instructor Name: Dr. Faisal Karim Shaikh, Senior Member, IEEE
Date and time: 27th October 2021, 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Conference Day 2)
Venue: HBL-4 Computer Lab, SS block BUITEMS Takatu Campus

2. The Nexus of Beyond 5G and 6G Networks: Opportunities and Challenges
Instructor Name: Dr. Syed Ali Hassan, Senior Member, IEEE
Date and time: 27th October 2021, 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Conference Day 2
Venue: Purple Hall, SS block BUITEMS Takatu Campus

For queries regarding conference and session program, please fell free to contact us at program.chair@icecubeconference.org.

Venue

BUITEMS Takattu Campus, Quetta, Pakistan

Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), has given a new vision and distinct meaning to education. BUITEMS is located in Quetta, also called the fruit basket of Pakistan. Quetta is one of the most beautiful cities of Pakistan distinguished by the unique backdrop of mountains, beautiful lakes and fruit orchards in the outskirts.