Preface

The International Conference on Science & Technology (2nd ICoST 2020) is an annual conference organized by Hemispheres. This year, the conference has been held on November 28, 2020. Hemispheres is committed to keeping the conference going even in difficult times due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This affected the implementation of this conference, which was originally offline due to large-scale restrictions and transportation policies, causing this conference to be held virtually. However, this conference was still well organized. It is predicted that the corona virus pandemic will change the pattern of human life and the environment for a long time. The world of science and technology also cannot be separated from this influence. Long distance interaction and digital life will be a way of socializing. Challenges and ways to survive in difficult conditions make human creativity try to solve these problems. This prompted Hemispheres to take up the theme at this year’s conference entitled “Challenges of globalization in the Pandemic Era”. The papers included in this conference consist of predictive modeling and monitoring device prototyping of COVID-19, identification, classification and detection of diseases, development of smart green buildings, design of SIMO converters for mitigation, use of algorithms and other computational methods. Hopefully the papers in this conference will be able to contribute to the literature on the challenges in this pandemic era. Editor of the 2020 2nd ICoST Ferry Wahyu Wibowo ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1913-436X Committee 2020 2nd International Conference on Science & Technology (2nd ICoST 2020) List of Committee, Steering Committee, Organizing Committee and Committee Members are available in the pdf