IT Students Participated in Symposium SNSIR4.0 2022 in Muscat

The University of Technology and Applied Sciences – Muscat organized a 2-day symposium which is dubbed as the Student National Symposium IR 4.0 (SNSIR4.0) which aimed at focusing on emerging technologies and innovative ideas in the Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) which was held in 11th and 12th October 2022.

Two (2) teams from the IT department (UTAS-Ibri) where details of these students are presented below participated in the said symposium and presented their research abstracts/projects.   Such student symposium will enable students to think differently and creatively in a new perspective. By participating and exposing students in SNSIR4.0, IT student teams have gotten great awareness on the latest technologies and innovations towards the Industrial Revolution. 

Anwar Humaid Hamed Al Shamali was given the chance to present his propose novel idea which is to predict the psychological state of the people. As an initial step, he has reviewed various sources and research articles and made a comparative study on predictive models to get in to the core research. This presentation made a spark to outspread his research and survey. 

Similarly, Aysha Nasser AL Shamsi attended the symposium via online and presented her teams research project. The main aim is to design and implement an indoor vertical farming monitoring system to help monitor the physical conditions of crops and enhance their productivity and quality. This design of an intelligent farm system is vital for agricultural regions to improve it. The proposed system utilizes Ardunio MKR. The controller reads the field soil moisture, humidity, and temperature sensors and outputs appropriate actuation command signals to operate irrigation pumps and cooling fans, alarm and motion, and fire detector.