The Faculty of Engineering of the American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) organized the 3rd International Conference on Robotics, Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques 2023 (3rd ICREST ’23) on January 7-8, 2023. The two-day conference featured 7 keynote speakers, 12 invited speakers and several other distinguished academic scholars and industry experts. Nearly 16 technical sessions with 69 papers were presented and authored by researchers from 13 different countries on a diverse array of topics such as, Power, Renewable Energy, Microelectronics, Robotics, AI, Big Data and Networking, Nanotechnology, Telemedicine etc.
Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna (Chief patron of ICREST) inaugurated the conference. Later, Prof. Dr. A B M Siddique Hossain (General Chair of the Conference and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Prof. Dr. Mohammed Moshiul Hoque (Professor, IEEE BDS Chair; TPC Chair, 3rd ICREST’23, CUET) and Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz (Special Guest, and TPC Chair ICREST’23, SMIEEE, Professor, EEE Dept., BUET) delivered their speeches in the inauguration ceremony.
Keynote speeches were provided by Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz (Special Guest, and TPC Chair ICREST’23, SMIEEE, Professor, EEE Dept., BUET), Prof. Dr. M. Moshiul Hoque (Professor, IEEE BDS Chair; TPC Chair, 3rd ICREST’23; and ECE Department, CUET), Prof. Mohammad S. Alam (Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Texas, USA), Prof. Dr. Erchin Serped (Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA), Prof. Dr. A B M Siddique Hossain (General Chair of the Conference and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Dr. Nemai Chandra Karmakar (Director, Industry Engagement, Monash University, Australia) and Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah (TPC Chair ICREST’23, SMIEEE, Professor, Department of EEE, BUET) on their recent research topics.
The Closing and Award Distribution Ceremony started with a cultural program by the AIUB Performing Arts Club (APAC). The welcome speech of the closing ceremony was delivered by Prof. Dr. ABM Siddique Hossain. Later, Prof. Dr. Shaikh Anwarul Fattah thanked the organizing committee and suggested numerous future scopes for cooperation. The chief guest of the closing ceremony, Mr. Ishtiaque Abedin (Founder Member and Chairman, Board of Trustees, AIUB) gave an inspiring speech where he congratulated the AIUB team for the success of the program. He also handed over the Dr. Anwarul Abedin and Mrs. Hasna Abedin Scholar Grants. The Scholar Grants were delivered to winners of various categories such as Best Paper, Best Presentation (Male), Best Presentation (Female), Best SDG Posterity. In his concluding remarks, Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Pro Vice-Chancellor, AIUB) shared the future plans the 4th ICREST’25 in January 2025 along with thanking all stakeholders of the conference.