On July 19-20, 2024, the 13th Conference on Information Technology and Its Applications (CITA 2024) is hosted by the the University of Danang, Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU), the ASEAN Consortium for Innovation and Research (ACIR), and Vietnam Association of Faculties-Institutes-Schools-Universities of ICT (FISU Vietnam), with professional sponsorship and partnership from Springer, IEEE SMC, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland), University College Dublin (Ireland), and financial support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) through the ODA project. The conference takes place in the beautiful and livable cities of Da Nang and Hoi An (Quang Nam), Vietnam.

Overview of the Opening of CITA 2024

Attending the opening ceremony, on behalf of the organizer, Vietnam – Korea University of Information and Communications Technology, University of Da Nang, there are: Associate Professor, PhD. Huynh Cong Phap – Rector, Vice Rector: Dr. Tran The Son, PhD. Huynh Ngoc Tho. For the co-organizer, the Vietnam Association of Faculty-Institutes-Schools-Universities of ICT (FISU Vietnam) includes Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thanh Thuy – President of FISU Vietnam.

Advisory and professional sponsorship board members include Prof. DSc. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh – Wroclaw University, Poland; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Khac Nhien An – Dublin University, Ireland; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Hoai Bac – President of the Editorial Board of the Information and Communication Journal (Ministry of Information and Communications); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Thu Lam, Secretary-General of FISU Vietnam.

On the side of international scientists, there are Prof. Christian Boitet (France), Prof. Vossen Gottfried (Germany), Prof. Dr. Kang-Hyun Jo (Korea), Prof. Franck Leprevost (Luxembourg), Prof. Lee Sunwoo (Korea), Prof. Chia Nan Wang (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan).

On the side of Vietnamese and international associations and higher education institutions, there are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thanh Bac – Deputy Director of the University of Danang; Prof. Dr. Somrerk Chandra-ambhorn – Vice President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (Thailand); Dr. Nguyen Long – General Secretary of the Vietnam Informatics Association; Dr. Doan Quang Hoan – General Secretary of the Vietnam Radio Electronics Association.

On the side of ACIR member units, there are: Prof. Dr. Tran Xuan Tu – Director of Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phung Trung Nghia – Rector of Information and Communications Technology University – Thai Nguyen University (ICTU); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Phu Khanh – Vice Rector of Phenikaa University; Dr. Nguyen Huu Hoa – Rector of College of Information and Communications Technology (CICT) – Can Tho University (CTU); Dr. Rottana Ly – Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT).

The conference featured the presence of nearly 70 authors/group authors presenting at 11 parallel sessions, 4 special sessions, and the entire faculty and students from Southeast Asian and international universities.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Cong Phap – Rector of VKU, Head of the CITA 2024 Organizing Committee gives the opening speech

In his opening speech, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huynh Cong Phap – Rector of VKU, Head of the CITA 2024 Organizing Committee, and Co-founder of the ACIR, welcomes and thanks FISU Vietnam, the community of scientists, the network of training and research institutions, and domestic and international enterprises, organizations for their support for VKU and the 13-year journey of the CITA conference. He emphasizes VKU’s role, position, and responsibility to the community and the development of science, technology, IT training, and digital transformation in Central Vietnam and the country.

Prof. DSc. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh – Wroclaw University, Poland give an orientation speech

Initiated in 2012, the CITA (Conference on Information Technology and its Applications) is an scientific conference on information technology and its applications organized by VKU annually. The primary goal of the conference is to create a forum for researchers, scientists, and experts to publish, discuss, and share new issues in information technology and applications.

CITA 2024 marks significant development, affirming its reputation, scale, and quality as an international conference. Volume 1 of the conference proceedings continues to be published in Lecture Notes in Network and Systems (Springer), indexed by DBLP, Scopus, and Web of Science. This year, the organizing committee received 173 scientific papers from more than 450 authors from over 25 countries worldwide, including Austria, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Norway, Poland, Luxembourg, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Vietnam. 

After a rigorous review process, each paper was reviewed by 2-4 reviewrers; under the leadership and professional advice of reputable scientists in information technology, communications and digital economy such as Prof. DSc. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh (Poland), Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Thuy (Vietnam), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Khac Nhien An (Ireland), Prof. Dr. Kang-Hyun Jo, Prof. Dr. Yeong-Seok Seo (Korea), Prof. Dr. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo (USA), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Dinh Thang (Canada), 43 papers were selected for publication in Volume 734 of Lecture Notes in Networking and Systems (acceptance rate of 25%). Additionally, 36 quality papers were published in Volume 2 (CITA 2024 International Conference Proceedings with ISBN 978-604-80-9774-5), including six high-quality reports selected for publication in the Special Issue of Research and Development on Information and Communication Technology (ISSN 1859-3526), a reputable journal of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Keynote Speakers present introductory reports

Notably, in the plenary session of CITA 2024, two keynote speeches of high quality are delivered: Prof. Dr. Kang-Hyun Jo (University of Ulsan, Korea) on “Bird-Eye Vision-based AI Service” and Prof. Dr. Gottfried Vossen (University of Münster, Germany) on “Sharing and Trading Data and Language Models”.

Besides, with its established reputation and quality, since 2022, the CITA conference has received professional sponsorship from prestigious international journals such as the “Journal of Information and Telecommunication” (Scopus, eSCI) by Taylor and Francis (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjit20/current) and the “Vietnam Journal of Computer Science” (Scopus, eSCI) by World Scientific Publishing. Both journals are indexed in Scopus and e-SCI databases. Consequently, more quality papers presented at CITA sessions will be selected for extended publication in special issues of these journals.

Authors/author groups are presenting at parallel sessions

The conference features 11 parallel sessions covering prominent and rapidly developing topics in information technology, communications, and the digital economy, including:

• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence;
• Image Processing and Natural Language Processing;
• Software Engineering and Information Systems;
• Networking and Communications;
• Digital Economy.

Additionally, CITA 2024 includes special sessions on Artificial Intelligence and Collective Intelligence for Social Media; Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, and Cryptography; Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy; and Computer Vision.

Award Student Best Paper, Regular Best Paper and Best Special Session to authors/author groups

At the closing ceremony of CITA 2024, the organizing committee evaluates and awards the “Student Best Paper” to the paper “A GAN-based Rain Augmentation for Enhancing the Accuracy of License Plate Detection” by authors Anh Tuan Nguyen Dai, Thanh Binh Nguyen from the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; the “Regular Best Paper” to “MCST-Net: A Multi-Cross-Spatial Attention U-Net with Transformer Block for Skin Lesion Segmentation” by authors Manh-Hung Vu, Du-Ngoc Tran, Hoang-Minh-Quang Le, Thi-Thao Tran, and Van-Truong Pham from Hanoi University of Science and Technology; and the “Best Special Session” to the Special Session on Cyber Security, Digital Forensics & Cryptography, chaired by Prof. Dr. Kim-Kwang Raymond Cho (Singapore), Dr. Huu-Tram Truong (Singapore), and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac (Ireland).

The 13th International Conference on Information Technology and its Applications (CITA 2024) witnesses breakthrough discussions and new ideas with effective collaboration that will help shape the future of technology and its applications. CITA 2024 once again affirms its reputation and professional quality, serving as a bridge for scientists at home and abroad to contribute their intelligence, science, and technology in the field of information technology, communications, and digital economy, promoting the development of science and digital transformation in the nation.

The CITA Organizing Committee presents the flag to the Representative of the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT) who will host CITA 2025 in Cambodia

On behalf of the organizing committee, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Cong Phap expresses his sincere gratitude to the scientists: Prof. DSc. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Khac Nhien An, Prof. Christian Boitet for their valuable contributions to CITA 2024. Special thanks are also extended to KOICA, FISU Vietnam, and the ACIR community for their support. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huynh Cong Phap, Head of the CITA 2024 Organizing Committee, also announces the call for papers for CITA 2025, expected to be held in Cambodia, hosted by the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology on July 11-12, 2025.

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