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Name of Conference :
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART AGRICULTURE(ICSTA 2023)
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Location :
Biswa Bangla Convention Center, NewTown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Date :
December 19 - 20, 2023
Phone :
913323579846
Welcome to ICSTA 2023

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Kolkata, in association with the University of Calcutta, is hosting an International Conference on Systems and Technologies for Smart Agriculture (ICSTA 2023) on December 19 and 20, 2023 at Kolkata, India. This two days program is based on the theme “Cultivation of civilization through sustainable agricultural practices-Together We Make it Possible”.  

Agricultural practices are designed to preserve the Earth’s natural resources, enhance crop quality, protect the environment, and restrict the health hazards of farmers, the ultimate founders of human civilization, through the intervention of electronics and ICT technologies. The program covers all aspects of tools and techniques for Smart Agriculture, including the Internet of Things, Mechanization and Automation, AI and ML, Computer Vision for Agriculture & Horticulture, Animal Science & Dairy, Fisheries & Aquaculture etc.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Key Dates
  • Date of Conference

 :

  19 - 20 December 2023
  • Last Date for Submission

 :

  31-07-2023
  • Acceptance Notification

 :

 15-09-2023
  • Camera Ready Paper Submission

 :

  01-10-2023
  • Early Bird Registration

 :

  01-11-2023
  • Registration

 :

  To be Updated Soon....

ICSTA 2023 will highlight significant research and its applications in agriculture and showcase emerging technologies and information management for agriculture. It will offer oral and poster presentations and exhibits, as well as discussions and exchanges of information on various aspects of agriculture. This platform will allow scientists, researchers, academicians and young stud

                

ents to interact with eminent scientists/ technologists working across the globe in interdisciplinary cyber-physical systems to make agriculture a profession of hope.

Sessions will offer information on key topics for scientists, Agriculture Engineers, farm practitioners, crop consultants, advisors, extension personnel, agronomists, producers, and other practitioners. ICSTA 2023 will serve as a common platform for discussing the new ideas/developments/breakthrough and prospects on multifunctional agricultural practices with leading scientists/technologists and to be acquainted with their experience and knowledge.

 

Regular papers should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers (Work-in-Progress) are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results. Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/ project presentations. Topics and technical areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:

                              

  • Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the conference.
  • ICSTA 2023 conducts a plagiarism check on all submitted papers. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism apply to all works.
  • Selected abstracts will be published in the proceedings. It is also proposed to publish selected works in a Scopus-indexed journal of Springer. 
  • Papers must strictly adhere to the Springer template, and authors need to submit their papers online through EasyChair conference management systems.

KEYNOTE TALK SERIES

  

Phillip G. Bradford 

Dr. Bradford is a computer scientist with extensive experience in academia and industry. Dr. Bradford has a strong conviction about applying research to industrial challenges.  He is currently on the Computer Science and Engineering faculty at the University of Connecticut. He worked for General Electric Asset Management, BlackRock, Reuters Analytics, and he co-founded a firm. He occasionally consults and often works with early-stage startups. He was on the faculty at the University of Alabama School of Engineering and at Rutgers Business School. Phil was a post-doctoral fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik.  Phil has several best-in-class results.  He earned his Ph.D. in computer science at Indiana University, an MS in computer science from the University of Kansas, and a BA in mathematics from Rutgers University.                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 
 

Anupam Chattopadhyay

Anupam Chattopadhyay received his B.E. degree from Jadavpur University, India, MSc. from ALaRI, Switzerland and PhD from RWTH Aachen in 2000, 2002 and 2008 respectively. From 2008 to 2009, he worked as a Member of Consulting Staff in CoWare R&D, Noida, India. From 2010 to 2014, he led the MPSoC Architectures Research Group in RWTH Aachen, Germany as a Junior Professor. Since September, 2014, Anupam was appointed as an Assistant Professor in SCSE, NTU, where he got promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure from August, 2019. In the past, he held visiting positions at Politecnico di Torino, Italy; EPFL, Switzerland; Technion, Israel; Kyoto University, Japan and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. His research interests are in Internet-of-Things, Application-specific Architectures, Electronic Design Automation and Security. Anupam is an Associate Editor of IEEE Embedded Systems Letters and editor of Springer Book Series on Computer Architecture and Design Methodologies. Anupam received Borcher's plaque from RWTH Aachen, Germany for outstanding doctoral dissertation in 2008, nomination for the best IP award in the ACM/IEEE DATE Conference 2016 and nomination for the best paper award in the International Conference on VLSI Design 2018 and 2020. He is a fellow of Intercontinental Academia and senior member of IEEE and ACM.                                                                                                

 

Submission Instructions:

Submission of papers will be handled electronically via Easy Chair.

PAPER SUBMISSION LINK 

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsta2023

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION [ONLY FOR REVIEW]

All submitted manuscripts will be evaluated on their quality and relevance using a double-blind peer review, which hides the authors’ identity from the reviewers. All review manuscripts should fulfil the double-blind submission guidelines for review purposes.

Papers must strictly adhere to the Springer template, and authors need to submit their papers online through EasyChair conference management systems.

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work that is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere via the various track mentioned below. The paper will go through a peer review process by the review committee, and authors will be notified.

 

Guidelines for Presentation:

 The final program schedule will be available online about 10 days before the conference. The time and date of the presentation of each oral/ poster presentation will be there in the program schedule.

Download the template for paper submission :

Download ZIP File

 

 

Patrons:

  • Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta
  • Mr. Magesh Ethirajan, Director General, C-DAC
  • Ms. Sunita Verma, Scientist G and Group Coordinator- R&D in Electronics Group

Advisory Committee Chair:

  • Mr. Aditya Kumar Sinha, Director, C-DAC, Kolkata

Advisory Committee:

  • Dr. Aloknath De, Chairman, NSC (AgriEnIcs)
  • Shri Pramod Kumar Meherda, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), MoA&FW
  • Dr. Atmakuri Ramakrishna Rao, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), ICAR-IASRI
  • Shri Tara Shanker, Special Invitee, NSC (AgriEnIcs), MeitY
  • Prof. Nabarun Bhattacharyya, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), MAKAUT
  • Dr. Vijay Makhija, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), INFAH
  • Dr. Sudeep Marwaha, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), ICAR-IASRI
  • Shri Ronit Kumar, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), NEC India
  • Dr. Gaurav S. Kasbekar, Member, NSC (AgriEnIcs), IIT-Bombay
  • Prof. Prabir Pal, Ex-Scientist H, BARC
  • Dr. S. A. Pasupathy, KCT
  • Dr. Dip Narayan Ray, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur
  • Mr. Naresh Kantoor, Enconsys Pvt. Ltd.
  • Prof. Rajib Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University
  • Dr. Nagahanumaiah, Director, CMTI, Bangalore
  • Prof. (Dr.) Nazir Ahmad Ganai, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST Kashmir
  • Dr. R. N. Chatterjee, Director, DPR, Hyderabad
  • Prof. Dheeraj Kumar, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
  • Dr. Ajoy Mondal, NDRI, Kalyani
  • Dr. Basanta Kumar Das, Director ICAR – CIFRI, Kolkata
  • Dr. A. K. Singh, Director, IARI, New Delhi
  • Dr. Nachiket Kotwaliwale, Director, CIPHET, Ludhiana
  • Prof. Philip G. Bradford, University of Connecticut, USA
  • Prof. Ganesh Bora, Fayetteville State University, USA
  • Dr. Osamu Tabata, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
  • Dr. D.K. Shahi, BAU, Ranchi
  • Col. A.K. Nath (Retd), C-DAC Pune
  • Mr. Kalai Selvan A., C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Dr. S D Sudarsan, C-DAC, Bengaluru
  • Cdr L R Prakash (Retd), C-DAC, Chennai
  • Ms. Lakshmi Eswari P. R., C-DAC, Hyderabad
  • Mr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, C-DAC, Mohali
  • Dr. Sasikumar M., C-DAC, Mumbai
  • Mr. N K Jain, C-DAC, Delhi
  • Mr. Vivek Khaneja, C-DAC, Noida
  • Mr. Jitesh Choudhary, C-DAC, Silchar
  • Mr. Asok Bandyopadhyay, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Ritesh Mukherjee, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Biswajit Saha, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Ms. Mina Hiteshkumar Desai, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Ms. Arti Noor, C-DAC, Noida
  • Dr. Andrew Park, Trinity Western University, Canada
  • Dr. Jurgen seitz, DHBW, Germany
  • Dr. Nabeeh Kandalaft, Grand Valley State University, USA
  • Dr. Babak Esfandiari, Carleton, Canada
  • Dr. Detlef Streitferdt, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
  • Dr. Lanier Watkins, Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • Dr. Sruti Das Choudhury, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
  • Ms.Avimita Chatterjee, Pennsylvania State University

Organizing Committee:

General Chairs:

  • Dr. Alokesh Ghosh, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti, University of Calcutta

Program Chairs:

  • Dr. Amitava Akuli, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Dr. Subhankar Mukherjee, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Dr. Himadri Nath Saha, University of Calcutta

Technical Program Chairs:

  • Prof. Soumya Sen, University of Calcutta
  • Mr. Sanjay Kumar Choudhury, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Dr. Souvik Pal, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Dr. Om Krishan Singh, MeitY
  • Mr. Kamlesh Kumar, MeitY
  • Mr. Ritesh Dhote,C-DAC,Patna

Proceeding Editor:

  • Dr. Hena Ray, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Dr. Himadri Nath Saha, University of Calcutta
  • Dr. Philip G. Bradford, University of Connecticut, USA

Publication Committee:

  • Dr. Bipan Tudu, Jadavpur University
  • Dr. Syed Zameer Hussain, SKUAST Kashmir
  • Dr. Jaspal Singh, C-DAC, Mohali
  • Dr. Hari Babu Pasupuleti, C-DAC, Bangalore
  • Dr. Santosh Sam Koshy, C-DAC, Hyderabad
  • Dr. Arun Jana, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Anish Sathyan, C-DAC, TVM
  • Mr. Shashipal Singh, C-DAC, Pune
  • Mr. Gopinath Bej, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Sangit Saha, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Tarun Kanti Ghosh, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Soumik Layek, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty,C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Prasanta Das, C-DAC, Kolkata

Local Arrangement Committee:

  • Mr. Devdulal Ghosh, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Abhra Pal, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Tamal Dey, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Ravi Sankar, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Tapas Sutradhar, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Sabyasachi Majumdar, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Subhajit Bhar, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Soumyadeb Bhattacharyya, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Arindam Niyogi, C-DAC Kolkata
  • Mr. Varun Pramod Shrotri, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Debabrata Doloi, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Ms. Debkana Bhattacharjee, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Sandeep Kumar, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Dr. Kirani Singh, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Santanu Kamilya, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Ms. Ranjita Chakraborty, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Ms. Aparna Pramanik, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Anupam Biswas, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Tapas Parua, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • Mr. Somenath Das, C-DAC, Kolkata
  • MD. Tausif  Mallick, University of Calcutta
  • Ms. Dola Sen, University of Calcutta

 

Registration will be handled electronically. It will be updated soon. At least one author of each paper/ poster must register at the Author registration rate. For a single paper, a single-author registration is required. Attendee registration is not an author registration.

Registration Fees

 

Head

Early Bird Registration

Registration After November 01, 2023

Presenting Student/ Research Fellow

₹ 3000

₹ 6000

Presenting Faculty/Scientist

₹ 6000

₹ 8000

Industry/start-ups

₹ 5000

₹ 8000

Accompanying/ Attendee Delegate

₹ 5000

₹ 6000

Foreign participants

$ 300

$ 500

 

Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, India


Biswa Bangla Convention Centre is a convention centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was built by West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) and opened in the year 2017. It was built to attract meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) tourism in the city.

It is a ten-storeyed building which houses a convention hall, two auditoriums and four banquet cum exhibition halls, with each having 3200 seats, 400 seats and 270–72 seats respectively. There are 822 parking spaces, executive lounges, swimming pool, gymnasiums etc. It also has a hotel behind the main building, with 100 rooms, which is operated on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The convention centre is spread over a 40,470 square metres (435,600 sq ft) area, with total built up area of 56,932 square metres (612,810 sq ft) which includes parking spaces, roads and service areas.

Getting to Kolkata and Things to do

By Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is situated at Dumdum, which is about 17 kilometres away from the heart of the city. This airport has good connectivity across major cities in India and abroad. From the airport you can take a taxi or a bus to your final destination. Volvo buses ply on multiple routes so just confirm at the airport the bus you should be taking for your address.

By Train

Kolkata has an efficient network of railways and is well linked to cities across the country. Superfast trains such as Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express connect Kolkata from Delhi and nearby places. There are two major railway stations in the city – one is located in Howrah and the other at Sealdah.

Road/Self Drive

Kolkata is connected with most of the Indian cities by road. The National Highway number 2 and 6 connect the city with other cities and states in India. Kolkata has a broad network of government and private buses. The Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC), Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) and West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation (WBSTC) run regulars bus service in the city. The Esplanade Terminus in the heart of the city is the main bus terminus.

Sponsorship

SPONSORSHIP CATEGORIES AND BENEFITS

  • 3 levels of sponsorship: Platinum, Gold, Silver.
  • Benefits are prices listed in the table.
  • Additional benefits are negotiable.
  • Registration includes Lunch and Gala Dinner.

 

Benefits

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Logo on Proceedings

Yes

No

No

Reception Stand

Yes

Yes

Yes

Promotion materials in delegate gift

Yes

Yes

Yes

Playing of promotional videos 2-3 min video.

Yes

Yes

No

Registration Pass

Yes (2 Nos.)

Yes (1 Nos.)

No

Price (Rupees)

2,00,000/-

1,00,000/-

50,000/-

 

 

OTHER SPONSORSHIP

CATEGORIES

Technical session sponsorship Rs  30,000/-

A 2-3 min video will be played before the session is going to be started.

Company flyer Rs 20,000/-

Company provided flyer will be inserted in the registration kit.

 

Organizations are also invited to explore with the conference organizing committee directly to propose other conference materials and requirements, such as lunch, conference gala dinner, refreshments, etc. For these sponsorship items, the organization’s name and logo will feature on the relevant items’ appropriate places.

 

Address  : Plot - E-2/1, Block-GP, Sector-V, Salt Lake Electronics Complex.

                  Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700091

Phone      : 033 2357 9846 (ext. 266/ 288/ 298/ 300)

Email       : secretary.icsta2023@cdac.in

 

Website and registration/ submission/ payment/ General quarry  :   info.icsta2023@cdac.in