Key Dates

  • Abstract submission: 31 March 2023
  • Paper submission: 5 May 2023
  • Final submissions: 31 July 2023
  • Conference dates: 22-24 August 2023

Enquiries

Technical Programme Committee: [email protected]

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The Command and Management Information Systems (CMIS) Division strives towards Information Excellence through information advantage, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) security and ensuring digital sovereignty in the Department of Defence (DOD).

The goal above is achieved through the reliance on universities and research institutes for discovering and developing the latest knowledge, methods and techniques and the ICT industry to provide effective and economical ICT goods and services to the DOD. This support will enable the CMIS Division to optimise the current ICT systems and modernise the new ICT systems for DOD by maximising the output with limited resources using the Pareto Principle. This can only be achieved through the cooperation between the CMIS Division, academia, research institutes and the ICT industry to contribute to the overall achievement of Information Excellence, i.e., the right information, to the right user, in the right format, at the right time and at the right place.

ICT is the nerve system of any organisation. In the current fourth industrial revolution (4IR), the CMIS Division cannot deliver an effective ICT capability to the DOD without the relationship and support of universities, research institutes and industry. MICSSA is an opportunity to explore and enhance these relationships.

The CMIS Division will be hosting the ninth Military Information and Communications Symposium of South Africa (MICSSA) on behalf of the DOD with the conference over the period 22 to 24 August 2023.

The theme of the conference is "Digital Transformation in Achieving Defence Information Excellence in the Journey to Greatness"

The theme is further supported by the following sub-themes

  • Using Data Science to achieve a Common Operating Perspective in the African Battlespace and its impact for the DOD
  • Effective Military ICT Solutions to achieve the Military-End-State-Advantage inspired by African ICT Solutions
  • ICT Business Drivers to attain the Decisive Edge in the "New Military Normal" to adapt and adopt ICT trends
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The topics in support of the conference Theme and Sub-theme includes, but are not limited to:

Topics of Relevance Topics of Relevance
3D Printing and Automated Industrialisation Human Computer Interaction
Adaptive Computing ICT for Education
AI Security And Cryptography ICT for Health and Smart-Grid
Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Internet of Everything
Bandwidth Compression and Optimisation Interoperability
Big Data Internet and Web Applications
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering Management of ICT Systems
Cloud Computing and Services Multimedia Tools and Applications
Computer Games, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Network Enables Communication
Computer Networks Natural Language Processing
Cyber Battlespace Open Source Development
Cyber Law and Protection of Private Information (PPI) Quantum Computing
Cybersecurity Pattern Recognition
Cyber Security Governance Frameworks RF and Satellite Communication
Data De-Identification Robotics and Automation
Database and Information Systems) Security in Information and Telecommunication Systems
Data Mining and Information Retrieval Sensory Technologies
Data Security/Protection Social Networking
Digital Signal and Image Processing Software Defined Storage
Digital System, Logic Design and Embedded Systems Software Engineering
Distributed and Parallel Processing Tactical Data Links
Data, Text and Web Content Mining Ubiquitous and Distributed Computing
Digital Signal Processing Ubiquitous and Mobile Applications
E-Commerce and E-Governance Visualization
Emulation, Simulation and Holographic Web and Social Media Technologies
Energy Efficient Computing and Communications Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing
Forensic Data Analysis

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The conference presentation format will be either a poster or session presentation. Identified back-up papers will need to prepare both a poster and a session presentation.

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers including results, tables, figures and references (which have not previously been submitted or published or are not under consideration elsewhere) in PDF format. The papers should be six to eight pages long including, tables, figures and references using the A4 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference Template, Internet Link: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html (Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings). Note: Copy and paste the link onto your Interner Browser.

Papers are to be submitted through the MICSSA Internet Website (once live). A double blinded peer review process will be followed. In submitting your paper for peer review, do not initially list the author names or their affiliations. The corresponding authors will be notified of the review results by email. Upon acceptance of paper, author names and their affiliations will be requested.

Authors are requested to register for the conference to present the paper as either a poster or during a session (details to be provided on the conference Internet Website once live). The presented papers (both posters and conference session) will be published in the official conference proceedings on the official MICSSA Internet Website.

Abstracts can be submitted through email at [email protected]