Recommender systems are widely used in many fields. These systems work by recommending a personalized list of items to users based on their interests and thus helping users to overcome excessive information offered to them. For users such as students, selecting the right courses is a very challenging task while joining a new academic level. Picking the wrong courses may affect a student’s academic life as well as their future career. This paper aims at exploring the use of recommender systems to assist students in selecting courses that correspond to their abilities and interests. The results from this review showed that the Hybrid recommendation approach/system could be the best method to help students to choose the right courses in preparation for their future careers.

A smart city is a future solution to better management of the city and people. Recent researches have highlighted the necessity of smart city projects to improve urban lifestyle for the growing population. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Despite being a developing country, Bangladesh still lacks a smart city. A smart city framework is required to ameliorate urban lifestyle. The purpose of this study is to address a conceptual framework for a smart city project focusing on sustainable development in Bangladesh. The research approach follows an exhaustive literature review to collect suitable information to design the new smart city framework. Necessary information to design a smart city framework such as the core smart city dimensions and the sustainability indictors are identified through the thorough literature review. From the extracted information a new smart city framework is developed focusing on sustainable development. The findings of this study offer a clear overview of the smart city core dimensions and factors that influence sustainability in a smart city. The research presents a smart city framework that can be followed in a developing country like Bangladesh.

Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) system is very crucial for service operations and competencies in Higher Education Institutions. Some studies show that SISP enhances competitiveness and improves operational efficiency. Currently, many Institutions of Higher Education all over the world are faced with a lot of significant problems that have hindered their implementation of useful programs such as strategic information systems that would promote quality teaching and learning. Strategic information systems planning is a very important part of the education sector since it aligns Information Technology with business structure, and this helps organizations to quickly reach their desired goals in the shortest time possible. This research aims at introducing the ASWOT analysis method to implement strategic information systems planning in Ugandan Higher Education. This paper benefits Ugandan university leaders and strategists by increasing the awareness and understanding of SISP and its implementation to promote Higher Education systems.