On the morning of December 12, 2021, the opening ceremony of the 14th National Scientific Conference on Research and Application of Information Technology - Fair' 2021 took place in Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry (HUFI). The conference is held online with many participants from all over the country.

Under the theme “Digital transformation in the fourth industrial revolution” with the participation of more than 600 delegates from more than 80 research institutes, academies, universities, and colleges across the country. The Conference Organizing Committee received more than 200 reports and selected 72 best ones to be presented at 6 sessions. Also at the conference, the Organizing Committee held the 85th birth anniversary of the Late Prof. Phan Dinh Dieu, who is a former first Director of the Institute of Information Technology, and the first President of the Vietnam Informatics Association.

 

The conference is held online with many participants from all over the country.

 

The Opening Ceremony was attended by:

 

On the guest delegations side:

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Xuan Tu – Director of Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

 

The Management and Organizing committee:

 

Prof. Dr. Vu Duc Thi – Head of the Conference Organizing Committee;

 

Prof. Dr. Dang Quang A – Head of the Program Committee;

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Lang – Deputy Head of the Program Committee;

 

Prof. Dr. Tu Minh Phuong – Deputy Head of the Program Committee ;

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Manh Thanh – Deputy Head of the Program Committee.

 

On the side of HUFI:

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hoan – Secretary of the Party Committee, HUFI President, Co-head of the Organizing committee of Fair’ 2021;

Dr. Thai Doan Thanh – HUFI Vice-President;

And all are the Heads, Deputy heads of departments, staff members, and the students of the Faculty of Information Technology.

The delegates attending the Opening Ceremony.

With the two main parts, the first one, plenary sessions include The 85th birth anniversary of the Late Prof. Phan Dinh Dieu, summary session, and closing session. The second one, the thematic subcommittee session is divided into 6 subcommittees include Artificial intelligence and Applications, Data Science, Databases and Information systems, Image Processing and Computer vision, Speech and Language Processing, Network and Information Security).

Thematic subcommittee session.

The conference is sponsored by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, in collaboration with HUFI and other Scientific Agencies, Scientists from various Institutes, Research Centers, and Universities. And besides, the conference was also sponsored by organizations and businesses such as Vingroup Innovation Fund (VINIF), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE), Cisco Systems Vietnam Company Limited, Agribank - Tan Phu Branch, Vietcombank – Tan Binh Branch, Saigon Advanced Joint Stock Company (ASC), 

VNPT Ho Chi Minh City - Branch of Telecommunication Service Corporation Business Center, Esuhai Education Company Limited, PV Engineering Technology Company Limited, and NetNam Corporation.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hoan gave flowers to thank sponsors and companions

For contribution to the promotion of Research and Applications on Information Technology in Vietnam, and as a time for sharing and discussion between the researchers. The National Scientific Conference on Research and Application of Information Technology is a highly prestigious conference for researchers, scientists, and lecturers who are interested in scientific research in the Information Technology field.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hoan - Principle of Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry gave the flag to host the Fair 2022 to the Institute of Cryptography

The best reports will be honored and awarded, including 2 awards for best articles, and 1 for the young author. Besides that, qualified reports will be published in the Scientific Reports Proceedings at the National Scientific Conference on Research and Applied Information Technology (FAIR).