A two-day International Conference on 顿补迟补听厂肠颈别苍肠别, AI and Applications (ICDSAIA 2025) kicked off on Friday at EATL聽Innovation Hub, located at Kaliakoir Hi-Tech City in Gazipur district.
The event brings together renowned researchers, academicians, policymakers,聽and technology experts from Bangladesh and around the globe to explore the聽transformative potential of data science and artificial intelligence across various sectors.
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed attended the inaugural session of the聽conference as chief guest while vice-chancellor of the University of聽Dhaka Niaz Ahmad Khan, managing director of Pubali Bank PLC聽Mohammad Ali and VC of Digital University Mohammad Abu Yousuf were聽present as special guests.
Managing director of EATL Innovation Hub MA Mubin Khan delivered the welcome聽speech while chairman of EATL Innovation Hub Md Abdul Karim聽 presided over聽the session.
The conference is jointly organised by EATL Innovation Hub, Bangladesh鈥檚聽first private innovation centre, and the University of Salford, a prestigious聽public university in the United Kingdom, with over a century of academic聽excellence.
The primary objective of the conference is to promote innovative applications聽of data science and AI, and to define future directions in education,聽healthcare, industry and public policy through these emerging technologies.
This year鈥檚 technical programme received 218 full paper submissions from聽across the world.聽
Head of computer science and software engineering at the University of聽Salford Mo Saraee chaired the Technical Programme Committee.
On the opening day, IEEE fellow and director of the Big Data Analytics and聽Management Lab at the University of Texas, Dallas Latifur Khan delivered聽the keynote address.
On the second day, that is today, Sushmita Mitra of Indian Statistical Institute聽will present a keynote on advancements in machine intelligence.
The closing session will feature a welcome speech by director of聽international development at the University of Salford Nancy Cooke while chief guest will be secretary of the ICT Division Shish Haider Chowdhury.
Bangladesh National University VC ASM Amanullah, professor of聽the University of Salford Mo Saraee and managing director of EATL Innovation聽Hub MA Mubin Khan will attend the session.
Shivkumar Palaniappan will conduct a workshop on emerging trends in聽artificial intelligence. Another workshop will also be held on the聽applications of AI in the healthcare sector, with participation from leading聽physicians and policymakers in the country.
Throughout the two-day event, there will be workshops, panel discussions,聽poster exhibitions and the presentation of 16 research papers across four聽thematic tracks.
MA Mubin Khan remarked, 鈥楾his conference will open new frontiers in聽technology and research. We are proud to host such a prestigious聽international event in Bangladesh.鈥�
For registration and further details, please visit: www.icdsaia.org website.
