The International Arab Conference on Information Technology in Sana’a, Yemen

Sheraton Sana’a Hotel
Sana’a, Yemen

The International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT) is a technique of specialized scientific conferences. It performs regularly in the Arab homeland. All his organs emerge from the Faculty of Computer and Information Society (CCIS), stemming from the Association of Arab Universities. This conference is considered the official scientific conference for CCIS. Zarqa Private University in Jordan has been selected for permanent residence for its General Secretariat.
ACIT’2009 will be organized by the University of Science and Technology in collaboration with the University of Al Hodeidah in Yemen, December 2009.

The 2009 International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT’2009) is a scientific conference with arbitration, which will act as a forum for scientists, engineers and professionals to present their latest research results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of information technology.

ACIT’2009 include presentations of papers and the state of the art lectures by invited speakers. Panel sessions on current issues related to information technology will be organized. This conference is considered the official scientific conference for the Colleges of Computer and Information Society, stemming from the Association of Arab Universities. The permanent base of the General Secretariat of ACIT is hosted by Zarqa Private University, Jordan.

General Chairman

Hameed M. Aklan, President of the University of Science and Technology (UST), Yemen

Organizing Committee Members

Najib Ghaleb, UST, Yemen,
Ammar Zahary, UST, Yemen,
Ali Al-Sharafi, UST, Yemen,
Abdussalam Al-Hazmi, UST, Yemen,
Mohammed Hazza’a, UST, Yemen,

Program Committee Chairs

Ammar Zahary, UST, Yemen,
Adnan Al-Zain Saggaf, UST, Yemen
Mohammed Al-Shaddadi, UST, Yemen,

Conference topics:

- AI & Expert Systems
- Algorithms and Applications
- Arabic Language Processing
- Bioinformatics
- Computer Architecture
- Computer Ethics
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Networks
- Computer Simulation
- Database systems
- Decision Support Systems
- Digital Telecommunications
- E-Commerce
- E-Learning
- Geographic Information Systems
- Human Computer Interaction
- Information Security
- Information Systems
- IT & Society
- Machine Learning
- Multimedia and Image Processing
- Neural Networks
- Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Pattern Recognition
- Pervasive & Adaptive Systems
- Reliability and fault tolerance
- Remote Sensing
- Software Engineering
- Virtual Reality Systems
- Semantic Web

Conference Agenda

Tuesday: December 15, 2009

08:00 – 09:00 Registration (in front of the Hall of the UST Hospital)
09:00-10:00 Opening Session (Hall of UST Hospital)
10:00 to 10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:30 Ceremony ACIT 10 years
11:30-12:30 Transfer to Hotel Sheraton Sana’a
12:30 to 13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Breakout Sessions # 1 (2 parallel sessions, 6 presentations of each)
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Breakout Sessions # 2 (2 parallel sessions, 6 presentations of each)

Wednesday: December 16, 2009

08:30-10:30 Breakout Sessions # 3 (2 concurrent sessions, presentations of 8 each)
10:30 to 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-13:00 ACIT Steering Committee Meeting
11:00-13:00 Breakout Sessions # 4 (2 concurrent sessions, presentations of 8 each)
13:00 to 14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Keynote Speech # 1
15:30 to 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Speech # 2

Thursday: December 17, 2009

08:30-10:00 Breakout Sessions # 5 (2 parallel sessions, 6 presentations of each)
10:00 to 10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:15 Breakout Sessions # 6 (2 parallel sessions, 3 presentations of each)
11:15 to 13:00 Closing Session (hotel ballroom)
13:00-15:30 Lunch
Cruise 15:30-19:30 (Old Sana’a City + Al-Saleh)
19:30-22:00 Banquet

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Kamal Bechkoum
Dean, professor of computer science at the University of Northampton. He will address avian influenza and the Arabic language.

Prof. Madjid Merabti
Professor Madjid Merabti is Director of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University (JMU). His lecture will address the state of the art wireless networks.

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