IX International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education
Technology Education for the Future: from simple Growth to Sustainable Quality of Living
May 10-13, 2015 - ®ilina, Slovakia.
With great pride and honor I take this opportunity to welcome all the participants of ICECE'2015 – IX International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education for a very productive period of discussions. This 9th edition of ICECE happens in ®ilina, the metropolis of Northwest Slovakia, on May 10 to 13, 2015.
The congress theme "Technology Education for the Future: from simple Growth to Sustainable Quality of Living" has received many contributions of quality from different parts of the globe and we are sure that it will be a success like the past congresses. It seeks to provide a platform for participants to deepen their knowledge showing their ideas, opinions and professionals contributions in lectures with international specialists in their areas of performance, plenary sessions, and presentations of works and workshops of high quality.
®ilina is a center of northwest Slovakia and one of the largest towns of the Slovak Republic. It is a seat of administration of the ®ilina Region, one of the 8 regions of the Slovak Republic. The Region of ®ilina involves 4 historical regions: Kysuce, Liptov, Orava and Turiec. It consists of the following districts: Bytèa, Èadca, Dolný Kubín, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Liptovský Mikuláš, Martin, Námestovo, Ru¾omerok, Turèianske Teplice, Tvrdošín and ®ilina. The District of ®ilina covers an area of 815 sq. km, and has 50 villages and 3 towns ®ilina, Rajec and Rajecké Teplice.
As the General Chair of ICECE'2015 – IX International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, on behalf of COPEC team I am glad to thank first of all the University of ®ilina for hosting the congress. It is imperative to acknowledge and thank in special all the people involved in the organization of this edition of ICECE such as the Rector Prof. Tatiana Corejova, Local Chair of ICECE'2015, without whom this event would not have been possible. I would like also to thank the vice-dean for science and research Prof. Radovan Madleòák, Vice Local Chair of ICECE'2015 for their great work.
The ICECE'2015 - International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education is organized by COPEC – Science and Education Research Council Technical Cooperation (in alphabetical order): AAMP (Fishing Museum Friends Society), ABENC (Brazilian Society of Civil Engineers), ABENGE (Brazilian Society for Engineering Education), AENUI (Asociación de Enseñantes Universitarios de la Informática), ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education), ASIBEI (Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education Institutions), GCMM (Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management), IEEE-Ed.Soc. (Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IFEES (International Federation of Engineering Education Societies), IGIP (Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpädagogik), INTERTECH (International Council for Engineering and Technology Education), ISTEC (Ibero-American Science & Technology Education Consortium), OERN (Institute of Engineers of Portugal – North Region), Porto Gente (PortFolk), RBE (Brazilian Network of Engineering), RCI (Réseau Carthagène d’Ingénierie), SBA (Brazilian Automation Society), SEFI (Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs), SHERO (Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization ), SPEE (Portuguese Society for Engineering Education), SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development), WCCA (World Council on Communication and Arts) and WCSEIT (World Council on Systems Engineering and Information Technology).
I want to thank in special our sponsors FAPESP (State of São Paulo Research Foundation), CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and CAPES (Coordination for Improvement of Personnel of Superior Level).
Before I close, I would like to thank each of you for attending our congress and bringing your expertise to our gathering the 9th ICECE congress meeting. You are truly our greatest asset and we could not accomplish what we do without your collaboration and participation.
Welcome to ICECE’2015.
Thank you all
Prof. Dr. Claudio da Rocha Brito
GENERAL CHAIR
President of COPEC