General Chair's Welcome

On behalf of the ICAST 2012 Committee, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to Kumasi City, the second popular city in The Republic of Ghana, for the IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology 2012 (IEEE ICAST 2012).

Established in 2006, ICASTR8 is the most research-oriented, open-call, peer-reviewed & international technology conference held in the West African sub-region. We aim to nurture ICASTR8 to the status of esteemed IEEE conferences such as GLOBECOM and ICC. ICAST was established to ease the collaboration and interaction between stakeholders of engineering, technology & science through research and associated activities.

IEEE ICAST brings together researchers from academia and industry working in all areas of technology, electrical engineering, telecommunications and networking. Kumasi City reigned as the capital of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. With the theme of "Development Through Research," the conference is expected to provide opportunities to rethink about how to bridge the digital divide between developing and developed countries. The technical program will consist of several technical symposia, tutorials, workshops and business forums. Additionally, industry-led exhibitions in technology s will be held. We sincerely hope you will find the conference attractive and fascinating.

Your participation in ICAST 2012 is surely to be an enduring experience. It is an opportunity for you to experience the spectrum of opportunities available to you in Ghana, including professional networking, culture and investment. It will be an experience that you will long remember with many benefits to your future technical knowledge and your preparations to enhance your business portfolio or your career and for embarking into the future of greater success. The organising committee of this great conference will be privileged to say AKWAABA! to you on 22 November 2012 in Kumasi.

This conference is technically-sponsored by the IEEE, and thus the proceedings shall be available online at IEEE xplore database.

Sincerely

Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei,
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Health & Computing, Pentecost University College, Ghana
Chair, IEEE Ghana Section
General Chair of IEEE ICAST 2012
Tel: +233 302 767 262