Preface

Abstract

It is our honor to present the proceedings of the 15th International Engineering and Computing Research Conference (15th EURECA 2021). Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the 15th EURECA 2021 was held virtually on the 30 June 2021 at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Malaysia. 15th EURECA 2021 aims to provide an ideal academic platform for researchers to present the latest research findings and describe emerging technologies and directions, developments and applications in Engineering and Computing, addressing 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering as identified by the National Academy of Engineering, USA. For the first time, we are including the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as part of our challenge, with the hope that our research will help to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. As these goals require the cooperation of people from different background, our theme for the 15th EURECA 2021 is “Innovative and Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Future”.During the conference, we were pleased to be joined by three knowledgeable keynote speakers, who are Ir. Muhammad Firdaus Kamaruddin, General Manager, OXO Complex (BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.), Prof. Hamid Dehghani (University of Birmingham) and Dr. Kit Windows-Yule (University of Birmingham). More than 200 participants were benefited through each of the 30 minutes keynote speech. Besides, there were more than 130 technical papers presented during the conference day, which were split into 3 presentation sessions and 1 final year project poster presentation. The parallel sessions were arranged in Zoom Meeting and carefully monitored by the organizing team.Indeed, it is challenging to organize a virtual conference. The 15th EURECA 2021 was planned, executed, and monitored via online platform. We acknowledged the shortcomings when conducting conference virtually. For instance, lack of communication and complication in managing the parallel sessions. Despite the hardship, we managed to pull through with the cooperation and support given by the organizing committee team.We truly believe that the 15th EURECA 2021 is a great platform for researchers, academician, industry players and student to brainstorm and exchange research idea, communicate their new research findings and eventually leading the world to meet the sustainable goals. Dr. Oh Kai Siang Chairperson of the 15th EURECA 2021,School of Computer Science and Engineering,Faculty of Innovation and Technology,Taylor’s University Lakeside CampusEmail: kaisiang.oh@taylors.edu.my List of Steering Committee and Organizing Committee are available in this pdf.