Preface

Abstract

On behalf of the organizing committee of the 3rd TICATE 2020, I would like to welcome all delegates to attend this international conference with great pleasure. In the concern of COVID-19 pandemic, this international conference is being held virtually from August 3rd – 4th, 2020 from Campus I of Universitas Tarumanagara at Jl. Letjen S. Parman No. 1, Jakarta 11440, Indonesia. The 3rd TICATE 2020 is organized by Universitas Tarumanagara and technically sponsored by IOP Publishing. The reason why this conference was changed to virtual format is that due to COVID-19 Pandemic, there are travel restrictions and social distancing ruled by almost all governments in the world, including Indonesian government. We still hold partially the physical presentations regarding the healthy protocols suggested by World Health Organization.Instead of being postponed, we still hold this international conference virtually using Zoom Meeting because this conference is a forum for engineers, academics, practitioners, and students to exchange their experiences and knowledge. Many innovations and developments are being created from the last event to this one. These need to be shared among stake holders in the field of engineering and technology. Therefore, there is an urgent need to publish the newest results of researches in the conference proceedings.The 3rd TICATE 2020 has attracted many academicians, scientists, engineers, postgraduates and other professionals from many countries. This conference accepted 217 papers from 5 different countries, those are Australia, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The aim of the conference is to promote exchange of ideas among engineers, researchers, and scientists active in the related areas of technology and engineering.Our special thank goes to our Rector, Prof. Dr. Ir. Agustinus Purna Irawan, who has initiate this international conference, to our Plenary Speakers, Prof. Ir. Dr. Lee Sze Wei from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia, and Prof. Dr. Ir. Tresna P. Soemardi, S.E., M.S. from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, and to our Invited Speakers, Dr. Ayub Ahmed Janvekar from VIT University, Chennai, India and Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Zulkifli Abdullah from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Each keynote speaker will be given 30 minutes to hold his presentation and followed by 15 minutes Q&A session. At the parallel sessions, each presenter is given 15 minutes to present his/her work followed by 10 minutes Q&A session about the related topic. The parallel sessions are opened to all participants. The participants, including presenters at the parallel sessions, are attending this virtual international conference from Indonesia (Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Yogyakarta, Aceh, Depok, Surabaya, etc.), Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang (Malaysia), Australia, Taiwan, and India.The virtual format of the 3rd TICATE 2020 still provides very satisfying overall technical quality of the conference, e.g. in presenting the articles. Because we used Zoom Meeting as the platform and a good internet connection to hold this virtual conference, the conference can be attended by about 500 participants from 5 countries without any problem.We would like also to thank our partner international and national Universities in contributing and participating in this international conference. To all individuals and organizations such as the members of international editorial board, the conference organizers, the reviewers and the authors, for their contribution in making the 3rd TICATE 2020 as a successful international conference and a memorable gathering event. I am also grateful for the support of publication service of IOP Publishing.We hope that the conference could present you wonderful memories to bring home in addition to new insights and friendship congregated during the event. We truly value your participation and support for the conference. We hope that you will gather many experiences and benefits from this event.Dr. Hugeng, S.T., M.T. (SMIEEE)