Welcome to International Conference on Science and Engineering 2021 (ICSE2021). The theme of this conference is “Beyond the New Normal: Challenges in Science and Engineering”.

The ICSE2021 is an annual international conference organized by the Faculty of Science and Technology of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. This year, the ICSE is again held virtual via Zoom due to covid-19 pandemic. This is the fifth conference.

The topics on this conference are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Bio Chemistry; Biotechnology; Computational Theory and Mathematics; Biomedical Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Applied Mathematics; and Statistic and Probability.

All submitted papers were reviewed by technical program committee and reviewers.

I hope this conference would be a great forum for exchanging your research. Apart from that, I hope it also build your network.

I would like to express my gratitude to honourable rector UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Prof. Dr.Phil. Al Makin, S.Ag., M.A., honourable vice rector of academic, Prof. Dr. Iswandi Syahputra, S.Ag., M.Si., honourable vice rector of treasurer, Dr.Phil. Sahiron, M.A., honourable vice rector of students and cooperation, Dr. Abdur Rozaki, S.Ag., M.Si., honourable chairman and secretary of the UIN Sunan Kalijaga senate, Prof. Dr. H. Siswanto Masruri, M.A and Prof. Dr. H. Maragustam, M.A.

I also thank to keynote speakers, Prof. Tsutomu Arie from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Japan, Associate Professor Dr.Haslifah Hasim from Heriot-Watt University Dubai, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chongdee Buranachai from Prince of Songkla University, Thailand and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arief Gusnanto from University of Leeds, UK. It is an honor for us to have such great speakers.

Thanks also to the entire ICSE2021 committee, steering committee, organizing committee and of course technical program commitee for their hard-works.

In addition, I would also like to thank all authors and participants of ICSE2021.

Finally, wish you all a great success at ICSE2021.

Best regards,
Sri Utami Zuliana, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D.