Welcome message [ISCAIE 2012]

ISCAIE 2012 was held from 3-4 December 2012 at the The Magellan Sutera Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The event is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Malaysia, the IEEE Malaysia Power Electronics (PEL) / Industrial Electronics (IE) / Industrial Applications (IA) Joint Chapter and the IEEE Malaysia Power and Energy Chapter. The occasion creates a forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners on the varied Computer Applications, Industrial Electronics related areas and its associated applications. We have received approximately some 135 paper submissions for the event. In line with the quality control emphasis in recent IEEE initiatives; over 800 reviewers worldwide volunteered to evaluate papers of which finally only 60 papers are to be presented. The CHUSER 2012 & PECON 2012, which runs concurrently, provides a combined 8 parallel technical sessions, 3 parallel tutorial sessions and 4 distinguished keynote speakers with a combined total of over 400 papers contributed with authors of over 35 countries.