Sensors and sensing

The 15th International Conference on Computing and Information Technology takes place in a time of rough and fast changes and contributes to the solution of new kinds of problems. New computer interfaces as well as the abilities of machines and services offered drastically changed within the last few years. And this is only the beginning: the obtained research results let all of us expect more significant progress and challenges in our life within the next decade. A major contribution to these developments was brought about by achievements in the area of artificial intelligence.

Two of the most important worldwide challenges we need to face are to increase food production and protect the environment against factors such as climate change and environmental degradation. This requires the development of optimum environmental management strategies supported by the access to better information on environmental media condition (e.g., soils, waters, sediments, wastes). Intelligent systems represent alternative analysis tools by providing cost effective, rapid and real time measurement of environmental media, resulting in a new era for their characterisation and assessment.