1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems

http://uvsc.om
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The 1 UVS-Oman 2019 Conference is organized by  Security
H.E. Dr. Ali bin Saud Al Bemani, VC SQU the College of Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University  Simulation
(SQU). This three-day event aims to bring together  Smart sensing and avoidance
Conference General Chair leading academicians, researchers, engineers,  Training and education
Prof. Hadj Bourdoucen, Dean of the College industrials, and regulators to increase awareness, share
 Transportation in UVS
views, and exchange ideas and field experiences on
Executive Committee numerous aspects of Unmanned Vehicle Systems  UVS Applications (Disaster Relief, Tourism,
Prof. Rashid Salim Al-Maamari, HoD, PCED (UVS). This first event organized by SQU, is expected Telecom, Agriculture, Surveillance & Border
Dr. Nasser Hosseinzadeh, HoD, ECED to provide an opportunity to network researchers, Patrol, Cultural Heritage Preservation,
Dr. Ali Al-Nuaimi, HoD, CAED practitioners, students, and hobbyists to enrich Filmmaking, Remote Assessment, etc.)
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Kindi, HoD, MIED interdisciplinary UVS and related platforms and present  UVS Embedded Architectures
Dr. Abdullah Al-Saidy, Assistant Dean for PGSR the most recent innovations, trials, future trends,  UVS Reliability and performance
Dr. Issam Bait Bahdoor, Assistant Dean for UGS applications, concerns as well as challenges and  UVS Transportation Management
Dr. Ghazi Al-Rawas, Assistant Dean for TCS solutions developed and applied in the various fields of
Prof. Ahmed Al Naamany applications. A number of workshops, students’
Dr. Amer Al Hinai projects competition, and an exhibition on UVS will be Location
scheduled during the event. Sultan Qaboos University
Organizing Committee Chair
P.O. Box 50, Postal code 123
Prof. Rashid Al-Maamari Selected papers will be published in IEEEXplore Al-Khoud, Muscat
Technical Program Committee Chair Sultanate of Oman
Prof. Tasneem Pervez
Main Topics Submissions
Workshops Chair All submission should be done through EDAS:
The range of targeted topics is very broad, but priority
Dr. Amur Al Yahmadi https://edas.info/N24900
is given to subjects on real world applications;
Exhibition Chair including: research, industry, business, and education.
Submission should include the following details:
Dr. Ghazi Al-Rawas Based on this, the Technical Program Committee is
 Name, title, work address, email and phone
inviting proposals for paper presentations,
Technical Secretary number,
demonstrations, and poster contributions on any
Dr. Ahmed Al Maashri engineering topic relevant to UVS. These include but  Short biography of the main contributor
not limited to the following: (including qualification, occupation and
Publication Chair affiliations about 100 words).
Dr. Ashraf Saleem  Summary or abstract of the contribution up to
 Airspace control and management
200 words
Publicity Chair  Algorithm & Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 More details on electronic submissions will be
Dr. Chaham Alalouch  Autonomy posted later.
 Anti-drone systems
Students Competition  Business opportunities
Dr. Mojtaba Ghodsi  Certification and Standardization Parallel Activities
Treasurer  Energy Efficient UVS In parallel with the conference event, workshops will
Mr. Ibrahim Al-Saifi  GIS and mapping be organized on a number of specialized subjects for
 Guidance, Navigation and Control UVS developers and end-users. In addition, an
Important Dates  Innovative UVS applications exhibition of UVS products will be presented.
Submission of full manuscript 20 October 2018  Integration of UVS systems
Notification of acceptance 1 December 2018  Intelligent Materials for UVS
Camera ready submission 1 January 2019  Networked UVS and Communications
Student’s Summary submission 20 October 2018
(V2V, Satellites, etc.)
Student’s Project submission 1 December 2018
 Open Source Software applications
Information  Operations and maintenance
Any comments or requests should be submitted through:  Payloads
secretary@uvsc.om eng@squ.edu.om  Regulations and environmental challenges
 Safety

Conference website: http://uvsc.om @UVSOman #UVSOman

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UVS-Oman, February 2019
College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University
P.O. Box 50, Al-Khod, Muscat P.C.123, Sultanate of Oman
Tel: + (968) 24141301, + (968) 24142511 Fax: + (968) 24413416 Email: secretary@uvsc.om & eng@squ.edu.om