The 2025 (8th Edition) International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD) is a leading conference in the soft computing and communication systems. icABCD 2025 will be held physically at the Lagoon Beach Hotel & Spa in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from all over the world working on soft computing, big data technologies, data communication systems and computer security on a common platform so that they can present and discuss emerging ideas and trends in these highly challenging research fields.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Authors MUST anonymise (remove all contact details from) their papers before submission.

Format your paper strictly according to the ACM template.

https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-workflow

The paper must have a strict minimum of 5 pages and at least 3500 words. Papers having more than 12 pages will carry extra page charges. The maximum number of pages is 16.

The submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icabcd2025

Paper submission deadline: 14th February 2025

List of Topics

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning 
• Communication Technologies
• Information Security & Cybersecurity
• Computer Vision & Robotics
• Software Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• ICT in Society and Emerging Trends in Technology
• ICT for Sustainable Development
• AI/ICT in Education

Committees

Organising committee

• Professor (Dr) Bruce Watson, Chief Advisor (Technology) at Canada’s National Security Centre of Excellence
• Associate Professor (Dr) Upasana Singh, UKZN, South Africa
• Associate Professor (Dr) Sameerchand Pudaruth, University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Keynote Speakers

• Professor (Dr) Arthur G.O. Mutambara, Director of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa
• Professor (Dr) Maureen Tanner is the Head of Department for Information Systems at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Publication

icABCD2025 papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library provided they meet all ACM requirements.

Authors should read this: https://icabcd2025.org/paper-submission/

Venue

The conference will be held at the Lagoon Beach Hotel & Spa, Cape Town, South Africa.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icabcd.org@gmail.com

Sponsors

Society of Information Technologists and Engineers