3RD NATIONAL COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE (NSCC 2015), IST Islamabad, 13-15 May 2015
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The 3rd National Computational Science Conference (NCSC 2015) was organized at 
Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad from 13-15 May, 2015. It was a joint venture of Pakistan Society for Computational Biology (PSCB), Institute of Space Technology (IST) and Government College University, Faisalabad in collaboration with National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS). The mission of the conference was to provide guidance and educational tools to the research community in the effective administration of research compliance to expand human knowledge and to benefit society through research integrated with education related to Computational Sciences.
The conference introduced by Dr. Asma Haque President Pakistan Society of Computational Biology, PSCB and opened by Dr. Engr. Imran Rehman Vice Chancellor of IST. The guests of honor Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro, President ECO Science Foundation and Vice Chancellor of the Government College University Faisalabad, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali also addressed in the opening ceremony.
President ECO Science Foundation, Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro in his speech highly 
applauded the establishment of a 2-disciplinary scientific society- Pakistan Society for Computational Biology (PSCB). He said that in real life and nature all disciplines function together in harmony but due to specialization trend and trend of working independently has developed over the last 5-6 decades; but it has lately been realized that experts of different subjects have to work together to solve the problems of the society. Subsequently, Dr. Soomro also gave a plenary lecture on importance of inquiry based science education (IBSE) at schools for career development of youth and economic growth of nations with emphasis on ECO region.
The conference attracted a galaxy of computational scientists from all over the country. Over 350 researchers representing 75 Pakistani institutions across the country participated in the conference and presented over 220 research papers and posters. Over 75 institutes of Pakistan participated in the conference.