The 14th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2020) is going to be held from 09 to 11 December 2020 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Faculty of Engineering,  Universiti Putra Malaysia will be the host of the conference.  The conference aims to bring together researchers and experts in Knowledge Management, Software Engineering and Information Systems to share their ideas, experiences and insights. We welcome researchers and practitioners from academia, industries, research institutions, R&D enterprise services and governmental organisations to exchange innovative contributions around the conference topics. This conference series was started in an international collaboration context between research professionals in Western and Asian countries in Chiang Mai, Thailand 2006. Subsequently, the next SKIMA conferences were organized in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2008; Fez, Morocco in 2009; Paro, Bhutan in 2010; Benevento, Italy in 2011, Chengdu, China in 2012, Chiang Mai Thailand in 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2014, Kathmandu Nepal in 2015, Chengdu China 2016, Colombo Sri Lanka in 2017, Phnom Penh Cambodia in 2018 and Ukulhas, Maldives in 2019. The research topics of SKIMA 2020 are very significant for developed and fast growing region. 

The topics include but are not limited to:

    Applied Artificial Intelligence
    Agile and Complex systems
    Medical Informatics & eHealth
    Blockchain Technologies
    Big data and Deep Learning
    Business ecosystems modelling & simulation
    Business intelligence
    Cloud computing
    Collaborative systems
    Complex system management
    Data engineering & mining
    Distribution systems & strategies
    E-Learning & technology enhanced learning
    Enterprise interoperability
    E-strategy & e-Business models
    e-Tourism
    Future Internets
    Fuzzy, GA  & neural systems
    Information search & retrieval
    Information interfaces & presentation
    Information systems  & infrastructure
    Intelligent manufacturing systems
    Internet of things
    KM techniques & Multi-agent systems
    Knowledge based entrepreneurship
    Mobile technology
    Life-cycle engineering and PLM
    Modern production management & mechatronics
    Multi-level multi-objective optimization
    Network-based computing systems
    Network management & security
    Next generation of infrastructure
    Ontology and mapping mechanisms
    Representation techniques to semantic modelling
    Research informed learning & teaching
    Robotics and mechatronics
    Sensor design, integration & fusion
    Service oriented architecture
    Smart sensors networks
    Smart home environments
    Smart vision and image processing
    Software engineering
    Supply chains & logistics management
    System and Information Security
    Technology enhanced learning
    Travel search & meta-search
    Website design/evaluation
    Wireless & telecommunications