Call For Papers

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The 16th Annual Undergraduate Conference on Applied Computing (ZURC2025) seeks to establish a platform where both students and faculty can showcase their research concepts and engage with fellow emerging researchers hailing from educational institutions throughout the Arab world, as well as distinguished faculty members and IT industry leaders. Consequently, if you are an undergraduate student currently engaged in a computing-related final-year project, we enthusiastically encourage you to submit a one-page abstract for participation in a lightning talk, live demonstration, poster exhibition, or even a comprehensive research paper for a dedicated track. Every submission will undergo a thorough evaluation by esteemed faculty members, who will subsequently offer constructive feedback to the authors. Beyond the student presentations, the conference agenda will encompass presentations from academia and industry experts as well. We invite you to join us in presenting your project and expanding your professional network.

Download the call for research project abstracts in PDF format.

Conference Format

Submissions are welcome in four categories. Participants will have a chance to get published in the e-book of abstracts or IEEE Xplore and get a chance to win one of the presentation awards.

1. Lightning Presentations: present your research project in a short oral presentation style.
2. Live Demos: present a novel application, system, or tool you have fully developed – a live demo of how it works.
3. Poster Presentations: present your project in an exhibit-style setting with a poster
4. Special Tracks: submit a full paper to a special track. See the conference website for details.

Submission Guidelines

• All submissions must be made online.
• All submissions must be written in English.
• You may have one or more co-authors, but the first author must be an undergraduate student.
• You may have more than one submission.
• Use this template in MS Word format for your submission. For your information, here are some sample abstracts (please follow the same style) - sample-abstract1.doc, sample-abstract2.doc, sample-abstract3.doc
• Make sure you specify whether you want to present your work in a live demo, lightining presentation or a poster presentation format

All submissions must be made online at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=zurc2025 Note: If you don't already have an account, sign up for one (click on create an account)...it is free and it only takes 2 minutes. Once you login, create a new submission and fill out the necessary information. Please make sure you upload your MS Word (.doc or .docx) file containing the abstract. Please use this template for abstract submission.

Submission Guidelines for Full Papers to Special Tracks

• All submissions must be written in English
• Please use this IEEE template in MS Word format for your submission. Your submission must be a full paper of 4 - 6 pages using the IEEE template.

All submissions must be made online at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=zurc2025 Note: If you don't already have an account, sign up for one (click on create an account)...it is free and it only takes 2 minutes. Once you login, create a new submission and fill out the necessary information. Please make sure you upload your MS Word (.doc or .docx) file containing the abstract. Please use this template for abstract submission.

Conference Proceedings

• Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to finalize their abstracts before final submission for inclusion in the ebook of abstracts (for your information, here is the book of abstracts from URC2024).
• ZURC2024 Abstracts will be published in the URC2024 e-book of abstracts, and full papers in IEEE Xplore.