Welcome to the 2nd International Symposium on Information and Communication Technology - SoICT 2011!

Following the success of SoICT 2010, the School of Information and Communication Technology - Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) organizes the second edition SoICT 2011 in a very special occasion, the 55th anniversary of the University. Since establishment, HUST has always been one of the most prestigious centers in engineering education and training as well as scientific research in the country.

SoICT 2011 is a scientific symposium for research in all major areas of computing. The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government for technical discussions and interactions on specific computing topics. Interested authors are invited to submit both research and tool papers in the following topics:

• Computing Algorithms and Paradigms
• Knowledge-based and Information Systems
• Computer and Communication Engineering
• Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Software Engineering
• Applications

The proceedings of SoICT 2011 will be published as a volume in ACM ICPS and indexed by ACM Digital Library and DBLP.

Your participation in SoICT 2011 is surely to be a great experience and one that you will long remember with many benefits to your future technical knowledge and your preparations to enhance your career and for embarking into the future. We look forward to seeing you in Hanoi.

Honorary Chair Prof. Nguyen Trong Giang	General Chair A/Prof. Huynh Quyet Thang