{"id":759,"date":"2026-10-06T06:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T06:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2026\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2026-10-06T07:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:03:27","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2026\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.elementor-759 .elementor-element.elementor-element-4f48eba5{margin-top:-44px;margin-bottom:0px;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );line-height:var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );}@media(max-width:1024px){.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );line-height:var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );}}@media(max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );line-height:var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"759\" class=\"elementor elementor-759\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;profecient_custom_cursor_toggle&quot;:false}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f48eba5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f48eba5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;profecient_background_motion_effects_toggle&quot;:0,&quot;profecient_custom_cursor_toggle&quot;:false,&quot;profecient_parallax_effects_toggle&quot;:0,&quot;profecient_mouse_effects_toggle&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7885336e\" data-id=\"7885336e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;profecient_background_motion_effects_toggle&quot;:0,&quot;profecient_custom_cursor_toggle&quot;:false,&quot;profecient_parallax_effects_toggle&quot;:0,&quot;profecient_mouse_effects_toggle&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702924d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"702924d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><style>\n.icosst-history {\n  width: 100%;\n  color: #222;\n  font-family: inherit;\n}\n.icosst-history .history-intro {\n  margin: 0 0 24px;\n  line-height: 1.8;\n  text-align: justify;\n}\n.icosst-history .history-row {\n  display: grid;\n  grid-template-columns: 150px minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);\n  align-items: center;\n  gap: 16px;\n  padding: 16px;\n  border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e5e8;\n}\n.icosst-history .history-row:nth-child(even) {\n  background: #f5f8fa;\n}\n.icosst-history .history-year {\n  font-size: 16px;\n  font-weight: 700;\n  color: #0b536b;\n}\n.icosst-history a.history-button {\n  display: inline-flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  justify-content: center;\n  box-sizing: border-box;\n  width: 100%;\n  max-width: 240px;\n  min-height: 44px;\n  padding: 10px 14px;\n  border: 1px solid #0b536b;\n  border-radius: 5px;\n  background: #0b536b;\n  color: #fff;\n  font-size: 14px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  line-height: 1.4;\n  text-align: center;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  transition: background .2s, color .2s;\n}\n.icosst-history a.history-button:hover {\n  background: #083d50;\n  border-color: #083d50;\n  color: #fff;\n}\n.icosst-history a.history-button.proceeding {\n  background: #fff;\n  color: #0b536b;\n}\n.icosst-history a.history-button.proceeding:hover {\n  background: #0b536b;\n  color: #fff;\n}\n.icosst-history a.history-button:focus-visible {\n  outline: 3px solid #e0a326;\n  outline-offset: 3px;\n}\n.icosst-history .history-unavailable {\n  color: #777;\n  font-size: 14px;\n}\n@media (max-width: 767px) {\n  .icosst-history .history-row {\n    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);\n    gap: 12px;\n    padding: 16px 12px;\n  }\n  .icosst-history .history-year {\n    grid-column: 1 \/ -1;\n  }\n  .icosst-history a.history-button {\n    max-width: none;\n    font-size: 13px;\n  }\n}\n@media (max-width: 380px) {\n  .icosst-history .history-row {\n    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);\n  }\n}\n<\/style><\/p><div class=\"icosst-history\"><p class=\"history-intro\">KICS initiated work on OSSs fifteen years ago, triggered by a customer push for zero deployment cost. Since then KICS focused on customizing and developing OSSs and achieved several important milestones in this domain, such as:<\/p><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2025<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2025\/conference-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/11315138\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2024<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Icosst-2024-Program-v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/10016770\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2023<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2023\/?page_id=4208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/10016770\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2022<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2022\/conference-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/10016770\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2021<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2021\/program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ieeeshutpages\/xplore\/xplore-shut-page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2020<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2020\/program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ieeeshutpages\/xplore\/xplore-shut-page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2019<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Icosst-2019-Program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ieeeshutpages\/xplore\/xplore-shut-page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2018<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/CP\/ICOSST2018-Program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/8624241\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2017<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uet.edu.pk\/newsannouncement\/newssection\/images\/2017\/dec\/ICOSSTConferenceProgram-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/8267450\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2016<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2016\/main\/prog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/7824664\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2015<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2015\/sites\/icosst2015\/files\/downloads\/ICOSST-2015_Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ieeeshutpages\/xplore\/xplore-shut-page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2014<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2014\/icosst_2014\/conf_prog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ieeeshutpages\/xplore\/xplore-shut-page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2013<\/div><span class=\"history-unavailable\">Program link unavailable<\/span> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/6712174\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2012<\/div><span class=\"history-unavailable\">Program link unavailable<\/span> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/conhome\/6470768\/proceeding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2011<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2011\/home.html?RID=_icosst_prgrm_detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2011\/home.html?RID=_icosst_prgrm_detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2010<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2010\/home.html?RID=_icosst_prgrm_detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2010\/home.html?RID=_icosst_prgrm_detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2009<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2009\/_icosst_prgrm_detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2009\/_icosst_prgrm_detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2008<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2022\/history\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/icosst.kics.edu.pk\/2022\/history\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2007<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2007\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icosst2007\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Proceeding<\/a><\/div><div class=\"history-row\"><div class=\"history-year\">ICOSST 2006<\/div><a class=\"history-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icost2006\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Program<\/a> <a class=\"history-button proceeding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uet.edu.pk\/Conferences\/icost2006\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference 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