The fourth International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Networks and Computing Technologies (FTNCT-2021) scheduled from 10th to 11th December, 2021 at Department of Computer Science Engineering, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The initial two versions of the conference were held in India at JUIT Waknaghat and CDAC Mohali, followed by the third version of the conference held at SFU, Russia. The conference has gained diversity as it is hosted at various places and the organising team comprises very highly experienced professionals capable of handling such events. There were four technical tracks; (i) Network and Computing Technologies, (ii) Wireless Networks and Internet of Things (IoT), (iii) Futuristic Computing Technologies, and (iv) Communication Technologies, Security and Privacy. The target audience of FTNCT ranges from senior researchers, academicians, PhD scholars, Masters as well as undergraduate students. Researchers and engineers from companies are welcome and may greatly benefit from the broad vision provided by this conference. Research papers from each track after the positive blind peer review by at least two reviewers with good scores will be selected for oral presentation during the conference. Selected and presented papers will be submitted to the Springer book series for inclusion in their database. The organising team is thankful to the Patron, Shri K K Patel, Vice President, Nirma University, India and Dr Anup Singh, Director General, Nirma University, India, for extending their unconditional support during the event. The committee would like to extend their sincere thanks to the Co-Patron, Dr R. N. Patel, Director, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India, and Shri G Ramachandran Nair, Executive Registrar, Nirma University, India, for their approvals and administrative support. The Principal General Chair, Dr Madhuri Bhavsar and General Chair, Dr Sudeep Tanwar of the conference would like to extend their thanks to the entire organising team of the conference and all members from CSE, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India, for their hard work, planning and execution of the event.
The FTNCT-2021 received an overwhelming international response and had participation from 16 countries with 283 submissions in different areas, including networking, computing, machine learning, data mining, wireless communications, big data, cloud computing, augmented reality, image processing, mobile and optical communications, cyber security, etc. which were divided into four major conference tracks which were Network and Computing Technologies, Wireless Networks and Internet of Things, Futuristic Computing Technologies and Communication Technologies, Security and Privacy. Only 28% of research papers were selected for presentations after the positive blind peer review by at least two reviewers with good scores. Total 81 papers were presented in 15 virtual rooms in four technical sessions. One of the presented papers from each track was given the best paper award. Selected and presented papers will be submitted to Scopus indexed Lecture Notes of Electrical Engineering (LNEE) Springer book series. We have arranged 15 Technical sessions with 30 sessions chaired across the globe who have chaired these technical sessions.
Renowned dignitaries like chief guest, Shri. Nilesh Desai, Director, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad and our Guest of Honor, Dr. Rajeev Sharma, Scientist-F, Frontier and Futuristic Technologies Division, Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, have given their insights during the inaugural as well as the valedictory function of the conference. They had shared their ideas and knowledge on many research projects going on in their research organizations.
Experts from various countries like Prof. Yassine Maleh, National School of Applied Sciences at Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain, Prof. Paolo Rocca, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, Huashan Scholar Chair Professor, Xidian University, Xi’an, China, Ms. Kamiya Khatter Editor, Springer Nature India, New Delhi, India and Dr. Pietro Bartocci, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy Editor-in-Chief, Energy Nexus have given keynotes on various topics such as machine intelligence for cyber security, data analytics, green energy, next-generation wireless communication, and scientific writing.
