Ibcast 2013 - 2013 10Th International Bhurban Conference On Applied Sciences And Technology (Ibcast-2013)

Despite the information revolution provided by communication, the most effective way of sharing scientific and technological knowledge and experiences is through symposia and conferences. In this modern era, there is a realization of synchronization with the fast-growing technologies as well as the identification of allied areas for the country needs. This led to the idea of holding a series of conferences, addressing the contemporary research areas what is known as the International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST). This effort was not only to promote the latest trends in the research and applications but also to make it accessible to those in need for industrial and economic growth of the country
Starting from the year 2002, the IBCAST is being held consecutively for the past decade in the vicinity of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Until the year 2005, four technological areas namely; Advanced Materials, Control Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Wireless Communication & Radar were covered. Afterwards, two more research areas - UnderwaterAcoustics and Medical Sciences were included. So far more than 5000 scientists and engineers have participated from Pakistaniand foreign universities as well as scientific organizations with around 1200 research papers having been presented. The proceedings of the conference are published and catalogued in renowned international journals on yearly basis. So far 8 conferences have been successfully organized by the CESAT, Islamabad, which is a setup of Centers of Excellence on Science and Technology of the country with the research activities being in-line with the conference theme.
To enable the horizon of this conference to touch new heights, IBCAST has formed associations with universities from China, Hong Kong and Turkey. In the year 2010, IBCAST took place in collaboration with Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing and Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an. This year more than 40 foreigners are expected to attend as a result of the achievements of the pervious conference.
This conference has successfully provided a platform for bringing together the researchers from the advanced and developing countries to discuss the research problems with reference to the development needs of this part of the world. Every year the IBCAST technical programme aims at appropriate selection of the topics both at the frontiers of knowledge and their applications.
The 10th IBCAST will consist of the following six activities:
1. Advanced Materials
2. Control & Signal Processing
3. Fluid Dynamics
4. Wireless Communication & Radar
5. Underwater Technologies
6. Medical Sciences
7. Biological Sciences