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Volume : 6 Issue : 7 July 2009 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman’s MessageDr. S. Salivahanan

salivahanans@hotmail.comsalivahanans@ssn.edu.in

Mobile: 94441 89433

From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan

hrmohan@gmail.com

Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. S. Salivahanan, Dr. M. Ponnavaikko,

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha

Dear Friends,

I am happy to mention that IEEE MadrasSection in association with IEEE ComputerSociety, Madras Chapter and Computer Societyof India, Chennai Chapter organized an invitedtalk on “eLearning - A new trend in Education”

by Ms. Latha Ramesh, Vice President, Cyber School TechnologySolutions Pvt. Ltd, Chennai on June 20, 2009. Also IEEE Madras Sectionin association with IETE Chennai Centre, IET Chennai Network & IEEECommunications Society, Madras Chapter organized an invited talk on“Power Sector Reforms today” by Dr. B. Jayaraman, Member, TamilNadu Electricity Regulatory Commission on June 27, 2009.

Hearty congratulations to Mr. Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan ofIEEE Madras GOLD Affinity Group for having won the people choiceaward along with the IEEE Outstanding Student Humanitarian Awardin the IEEE president’s change the world competition for the projectInformation System on Human and Health Services (ISHHS).

I am pleased to inform our members that Mr. H.R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter has been presentedwith a Certificate of Appreciation for his notable services and contributionstowards the advancement of IEEE and the Engineering Professions duringthe year 2008. It may be noted that the IEEE CS had organized 42 eventsin 2008. My hearty congratulations to Mr. Mohan.

IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter in association with IITMadras, NRCFOSS - National Resource Centre for Free/Open SourceSoftware, National Informatics Centre, Computer Society of India andIITM Alumni Association organized a one day workshop on “GreenICT - making it FOSSible” was held at IIT Madras on July 11, 2009.

Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter and IEEE ComputerSociety, Madras Chapter organized a technical talk on “Virtualisation -Architecture, Infrastructure, Strategy” by Mr. V. Balakrishnanm, Partner& CIO, Polaris Software Lab Ltd, Chennai on July 18, 2009.

A Workshop on “Software Reliability & Testing” is being be held on31st July & 1st August 2009. This is being organised by Department ofInformation Technology, SSN College of Engineering in association with IEEEComputer Society, Madras Chapter, Div II on Software, Computer Societyof India, Centre for Reliability, Ministry of Communication and IT.

IEEE Communication Society and Computer Society, ChennaiChapters joined SSN College of Engineering, Chennai in organizing anInternational Conference on Wireless Communication and SensorComputing – ICWCSC 2010 during January 02 – 04, 2010 in associationwith Indian Nuclear Society, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. This conference islisted in IEEE Conference Calendar http://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/

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Dear Friends,

We are just one month ahead of the IEEEMadras Section’s programme to celebrate the 125th

Anniversary of IEEE. Apart from the address by theIEEE President, Dr. John Vig and the Anna UniversityVC, Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, two special invitedlectures – “Towards Technology Leadership in

Wireless Communication” by Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT Madrasand “Technologies for Sustainable Development” by Dr. M. Anandakrishnan,Chairman, IIT Kanpur & Science City Madras have been arranged. In theafternoon, student centric programmes are organised. The participationin this celebrations is FREE for all our members but on prior registration.If you have not already registered, pl. visit the Madras Section website athttp://ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras/ and fill-up the online registration form.

LINK congratulates Mr. Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan, GOLD memberand Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, Computer Society for receiving honoursfrom the IEEE HQ. The details are published elsewhere in this issue.

The reports of the five events – three talks dealing with “eLearning”,“Electronic Payment Systems” and “M’Power: ERP Solutions” — onepresentation cum demo on “Dance Therapy” and one workshop on“Technologies of the Future” organized by the IEEE Computer SocietyMadras Chapter appear along with a report on the “AdministrativeMeeting of the IEEE Education Society and a Technical Seminar” held atHindustan Inst. of Technology & Science, proceedings of the felicitationsto Ms. Ramalatha , the IEEE MGA Awardee and the launch of “NovelScreening System – humanitarian project for children” and a detailedreport on the FDP on “Challenges in Information Security” held atKarunya University appear in this issue of LINK.

LINK congratulates Mr. J. Brighton Vino of SSNCE, and Mr. P. PraveenKumar of Velammal Engg. College, the winners of Info Contest 0906who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/= each sponsored by SRA Systems.

During Feb 2009, an initiative for Digital Literacy for Rural Areas toempower the women and youth was launched in the city by the RotaryClub, Exnora International and the IEEE CS Madras Chapter. Now, wewish to take it forward to other regions with the support of IEEE studentbranches and WIE affinity groups. Pl. see the announcement appearingin the current issue of LINK in this regard and respond positively.

Reader’s attention is drawn to the announcements relating to theWorkshop on Software Reliability & Testing, DLP by PES at IIT, and ahost of forthcoming conferences in which they can participate either bycontributing papers or as delegates.

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Presentation on “M’Power ERP Solutions”A presentation on

“ M ’ P o w e r E R PSolutions” by Mr. K.Ravichandran, FounderDi r e c t o r , I n d U SCybertech Pvt Ltd,Chennai was organizedjointly by the IIT MadrasAlumni Association,Chennai Chapter, IEEE

Computer Society, Madras Chapter andComputer Society of India, Chennai Chapteron Saturday, 27th Jun 2009 at 5.30 p.m. at theDept. of Management Studies, IIT Madras.

Prof. L.S. Ganesh, President, IIT MadrasAlumni Association, Chennai Chapterwelcomed the gathering and wished many suchjoint meetings could be organized to highlightthe innovative projects and products beingundertaken by the IIT Alumni. Mr. RajVaradarajan of IIT Alumni Association gave abriefing on the activities of the Association.Following this, Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman,IEEE Computer Society said that EnterpriseResource Planning Applications are expensiveand the success rate of implementation is lowand these solutions are not affordable by SMEsand added that handholding becomes essentialto get the maximum benefit from such solutions.Mr. K. Krishnan Kumar of Indus Cybertechintroduced the speaker Mr. K. Ravichandran.

Mr. Ravichandran, who had an extensivemanufacturing experience, said that out ofpassion for software development, got involvedin the design and development of M’power, acomprehensive and a fully integrated ERP

Solutions catering to the mid sizedmanufacturing companies in the followingsegments: Bulk Drug and Pharmaceuticals;Chemical Processing and fine Chemicals; FoodProcessing; Engineering and ComponentAssembling; Trading, Distribution and Retail.

He added that M’Power can handle thedata requirements of ISO 9000, GMP/FDA andoffers a Just-in-Time material planning and leanmanufacturing environment for the discrete andprocess industries and has following modules:Materials; Sales; Finance; Production Planning,Production and Quality Assurance;Maintenance; Logistics; Human Resources;Reports (over 300 pre built reports); SystemAdministration (Security, Data Transfers andBack-up/ recovery) and Power writer ( togenerate your own reports). M’Power coversa large scope of functions and features that candirectly fit at least 85-90% of any industries’requirements and with a bit of customization,well over 95%. Indus through its proprietary

implementation methodology, gives you thecomfort of a quick implementation balanced withright training for successful implementation.

Mr. Ravichandran, said that selecting theright ERP solution is like finding a bride andadvised to beware of the glitzy, glamorous pinup model, who offers herself without much ado(thanks to the recession), may be easy to acquire,but pretty expensive to maintain. According tohim, the right ERP may be the one whosematurity level matches with that of yourorganization and that can trust to be responsiveto your organization needs. Ensure that the ERPyou chose works for you, rather than youhaving to work for your ERP and ending upcarry somebody else’s burden on your shouldersall your life. More info on M’Power is availableat http://www.induscyber.com/.

The presentation was attended by about50 professionals and few academic facultymembers. At the end of the presentation, Mr. S.Ramasamy, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapterpresented a memento to the speaker andproposed the vote of thanks.

Administrative Meeting of IEEE Education Societyand Technical Seminar at HITS

At Hindustan Institute of Technology &Science (HITS), on 13th Jul 2009, in the

forenoon, IEEE Education Society chapter andIEEE Madras Section had an administrative

organized. There were four speakers.

Dr. Rob Reilly, Secretary IEEE-ES gave alecture on “Can you win the Nobel Prize youcertainly can”. Dr. Oliver K. Ban, IBM, USA,delivered a lecture on “EE’s future a few thoughtsfrom industry perfective”.

In the second half of the afternoon session,a detailed lecture on “Medical Imaging Systemand Applications” was presented by Dr. KasiRajgopal, Chairman IEEE India Council.

Dr. Suresh Chander Pal, Chairman,Students Committee, IEEE Madras Sectionaddressed the students. He spoke on thebenefits of becoming an IEEE member. He alsoinitiated the formation of various committeesof IEEE student branch of HITS. Nearly threehundred students attended the seminar.

meeting with Dr. Rob Reilly, Secretary, IEEE-Education Society, USA and Dr. Oliver K. Ban,IBM, USA.

Dr. R. Devanathan, Vice Chair IEEE-Education Society under IEEE India Councilchaired the meeting session. Dr. Kasi Rajgopal,Chairman IEEE India Council and Dr. SureshChander Pal, Chairman Students Activity, IEEEMadras Section were also present in the meeting.

The guests addressed the students ofHindustan Institute of Technology and Science.Nearly 50 students were present in the meeting.

In the afternoon, a technical seminar was

Dr. S. Salivahanan

Chairman’s Message continued....

search/index.html. Accepted papers will bepublished in the proceedings of the conferenceand IEEE Explore and the extended version ofthe selected papers will be published in theInternational Journal of Distributed SensorNetworks. For further details, visitwww.ssnicwcsc2010.in. The IEEE memberscan utilize this opportunity to present theirresearch findings.

This is my gentle reminder to everymember to register to the programme being

organized by the IEEE Madras Section inconnection with the IEEE’s 125th AnniversaryCelebrations - 2009 at Madras Institute ofTechnology, Chrompet, Chennai on August27, 2009 with the participation of Dr. JohnVig, IEEE President and Dr. P. MannarJawahar, Vice Chancellor, Anna UniversityChennai. All the IEEE Student BranchCounsellors, Student Volunteers and othermembers are requested to be free on this dayfor the celebrations of this memorable eventat Chennai.

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Presentation on “eLearning - A new trend in Education”

A presentation on “eLearning - A new trendin Education” by Ms. Latha Ramesh, Vice

President, Cyber School Technology SolutionsPvt Ltd, Chennai was organized jointly by IEEEMadras Section, IEEE Computer Society,Madras Chapter and Computer Society of India,Chennai Chapter on Saturday, 20th Jun 2009at ISTE Professional Centre, GandhiMandapam Road, Chennai.

Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chairman, IEEEMadras Section welcomed the gathering adintroduced the speaker, Ms. Latha Ramesh.

Ms. Latha, in her introductory remarks,said that the present day education is facedwith a number of problems such as inadequatequalified teachers, lack of infrastructure and lackof standardization in what is taught and thesituation is not isolated to schools alone and isthe same when it comes to higher education tooand went on to add that very few organizationsallocate adequate budgets for education andtraining of their employees. According to her,eLearning, aims to provide solutions and addressmany of these issues and the cyber culture whichhas advanced significantly, offers many

different levels of academic engagement. Theworldwide eLearning industry, estimated to beworth over 38 billion euros, is expected toprovide very many opportunities.

She defined that eLearing is the pedagogyempowered by digital technology and is anumbrella term that refers to any of the following:

• CBT (Computer Based Training referringto CDs/DVDs),

• WBT (Web-Based Training using PDFs,HTML pages or digital content createdwith tools like Flash—with or withoutanimation, graphics, audio, or video),

• Video lectures (also known as InteractiveVideo Lectures - iVL) and audio lectures(also known as Interactive Audio Lectures- iAL),

• Live Virtual Classroom• mLearning, which includes PODcasting

(Audio Lectures), VODCasting (VideoLectures), etc

While talking about the Key drivers fore-learning usage, she identified the three majoritems namely, the Need, Environment and theSolution Offered. She added that the Effectivee-learning material should fulfill the followingcharacteristics: Applicability: Strong connectionbetween the course content and learner benefits;Instructional structure: Material should relateto reading level, depth and experience of thetarget audience; Interactivity: Learner to content,learner to instructor and learner to learner andNavigation: Ease with which student learns and

ability to find their way.

She briefed the audience on the E-learningcourse development cycle which is similar tothe software development and includes thephases such as planning, requirement analysis,production, customer evaluation and customercommunication. She emphasized that ineLearining, “Pedagogy comes First andTechnology comes Next”.

Ms. Latha then dealt with LearningManagement System (LMS), SCROM – a setof technical standards for e-learning softwareproducts, eLearning Deployment options suchas DVDs / CDs / Flashdrives; Host in Instituteserver / web (VLE or MLE); iPOD; IPTV,Mobile and digital streaming. She concluded thatthe target audience for eLearning is quite broadand include: Learners in schools and colleges;Learners who do not have access to formaleducation; Special learners; Teachers; Parentsand Corporates (for skill upgrade)

An interactive demo on a biology modulewas also done as a part of the presentation.

The presentation was attended by over60 40 professionals and faculty members. Atthe end of the presentation, Mr.H.R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, in hisremarks said that eLearning has already hasbecome popular and will be the future model toenrich our skills. Mr. S. Ramasamy, Chairman,CSI Chennai Chapter proposed the vote ofthanks and General A. Balasubhramaniam,presented a memento to Ms. Latha Rramesh.

Workshop on “Technologies of the Future” at RMD Engineering College

A workshop on “Technologies of theFuture” was organised at RMD Engineering

College in  association with EMC Corporation,

CSI Div II on Software & Chennai Chapter andIEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter on25th June 2009. The workshop was aimed to

provide an update to the faculty members ofthevarious engineering institutions and wasattended by over 40 from all over the country.

 Inaugurating  the workshop,  Dr. T V.Geetha , Chairperson, Board of Studies –Information and Communication Engineering,Anna University, Chennai, addressed on thechallenges today’s information world has setfor educational institutions to effect changes intheir infrastructure, technology and mode ofteaching, and take responsibility to makestudents actively participate in their owneducation and become professional in theirchosen fields. On Future Trends in Educationand Web Collaboration, she added that thepressing need for the institutions is to be openfor creative teaching and teamwork as theemerging technologies would enable studentsand teachers interact across the globe.

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IEEE serves societal needs–Lions in District 324-A6 join!

Novel Screening System-a humanitarianproject for children with special needs,

was launched by PMJF Lion KamalaMahadevan, Lions Governor, District 324-A6at a function organized by the IEEE GOLDAffinity group and IEEE Women in EngineeringAffinity group, along with the InternationalAssociation of Lions Clubs (Lions ClubsInternational) on 4th June 2009 at the MultitrackAuditorium,All India Radio Station, Chennai,with the lighting of kuthu vilakku and vedicchanting.

MJF Lion Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal,Chair, SAC, IEEE Madras Section,who is alsothe Lions District chairperson for the Welfareof the differently abled, welcomed the gatheringof Lions’ dignitaries, Lion members and thepublic.

The project “Novel Screener” launched,was a unique one as it was a software developedby Er. Sampath Kumar Veeraraghavan,Researcher at Tufts University, USA who isalso the Section Chairperson, GOLD AffinityGroup & RAB/Asia-Pacific AchievementAwardee, to evaluate quickly the degree or the

extent to developmental disorders in children,particularly in the 0 to 2 and 2 to 6 age-groups,so that early intervention for remedial actioncan be taken for them to return to mainstream& normalcy without anguish, suffering or misery.

Er. Sampath Kumar Veeraraghavanexplained the features of the Novel Screenerand its benefits through video-presentation andsaid that this scheme has been approved foradoption by Tamil Nadu Government in 31Districts and the survey for data collection, hasbeen undertaken village/town wise.

Mrs. Jaya Krishnaswamy, Director,Madhuram Narayanan Centre for exceptionalchildren, who has been helping the children withdisability in Chennai for over two decades spokeon the importance of early intervention. Hervivid presentation on the screen, seen withMother Theresa lauding AVM Krishnaswamy-Jaya couple’s efforts and the practical traininggiven by them for evaluation of the child’s motor,social & language skills and treatment with parentsas co-teachers and co-therapists was praise worthy.

Prof. Ramalatha IEEE WIE Asia-PacificCoordinator, offered felicitations and spoke

about the Career Guidance programme and theIEEE WIE’s successful efforts in takingtechnology to rural areas.

Dist Governor, PMJF Lion KamalaMahadevan and the Governor-Elect, PMJFLion G. Gajendiran were all praise for thislaudable project and the development of trainingand WIE programmes.There was a very usefulinteractive session with the guest speakers andthe participants.The presentations were reallymoving and touched their hearts! It was assuredby the Lion dignatories that the Lions Clubswill identify schools for pilot studies, region-wise and spread the awareness and avail theservices offered by the young and successfulResearcher and IEEE volunteer, Er.SampathKumar Veeraraghavan and Mrs. JayaKrishnaswamy, Director, MNC to help thecommunity. Help will also be sought for theCareer Guidance programmes for studentsstudying 10th and plus two standards in schools.

MJF Lion George Fernandez, LionsDistrict Public Relations Officer offeredfelicitations and informed that is the first timein the History of Lions movement in India thatthis kind of a program was launched to help theneed of the children with developmentaldisorders. Past District Governor, PMJF LionRamesh Babu also expressed his appreciationand wished the project all success. After thethanks giving remarks by MJF Lion Dr.P.SureshChander Pal, dinner was served to the attendees.It was an unforgettable experience!

Report by: Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal,Chair, SAC, IEEE Madras Section

 Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman - IEEE CSMadras Chapter & CSI Div II on Software andAssociate VP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai,traced the historical developments in the areaof storage and software and wished theparticipants to take up a serious course onInformation Life Cycle Management and newertrends such as On Demand / Cloud Computingand other advanced technologies.

 Mr.  Krishna  Kant,  Senior  ProgramManager, EMC Academic Alliance, EMCCorporation, in his session on the Challenges &Opportunities in the expanding DigitalUniverse, said  like  the  physical universe,  theDigital Universe is not just expanding butexploding. As per the recent IDC study onDigital Universe, 487 exabytes of data wasgenerated in 2008. By 2012, there will be fivetimes as many bits created or captured and

added to the Digital Universe as in 2008. Asdata growth accelerates, information storage isbecoming a central function in IT infrastructures.Befitting its elevated status, it is imperative thatcompanies place the same level of focus onmanaging storage as they do with other elementsin the IT infrastructure. The problem is that ITprofessionals with information storage skills arehard to find. Predictably, he said, the skills gapneeds to be addressed as data growth continuesand information storage and managementcomplexity increases.

Dr. K. Sivaram, Principal, RMDEngineering College delivered the presidentialaddress; Dr. R.M. Suresh, Vice Principal,welcomed the gathering; Mr. S. Muthukumar,Training and Placement Officer, rendered Voteof Thanks.

EMC Corporation declared RMDEngineering College as its privileged partner inChennai region for the academic year 2009-2010. Dr. T V. Geetha & Mr. H.R. Mohanreceived a copy of the book Information Storageand Management: Storing, Managing andProtecting Digital Information which isa definitive reference on the full spectrum ofstorage technologies for everyone who mustunderstand how to efficiently store, manage andprotect digital information—from students, toAcademicians, to IT professionals in the fieldand senior technology decision makers.

 Mr.  Smartha Thakurta,  TechnologyConsultant, EMC Corporation, Mr. RajeshNambiar, Program Manager, EMC Corporationwere the other dignitaries present and addressedthe participants.

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Felicitations to IEEE MGA Achievement Awardee and Honouring the Mentorsof WIE & GOLD

Major national professional societies suchas Broadcast Engineering Society,

Institution of Electronics and TelecommunicationEngineers, Computer Society of India andInstitution of Engineers joined together at HotelPamgrove on 2nd Jun 2009 to felicitate Mrs.Ramalatha Marimuthu, who won the IEEEMGA Achievement Award this year. Mrs.Ramalatha Marimuthu received the MGAAchievement award for the year 2008 from theInstitution of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers Inc., USA and the award wasdistributed during the Region 10 meet inVietnam, on February 28th 2009. She receivedthis award for her efforts on mentoring thestudents and increasing their socialresponsibility which benefited a lot of ruralsocieties into reaping the results. The nationalsocieties honored this Achievement on thisauspicious evening.

The meeting started after High Tea at 6p.m. After invocation, Mr. SampathkumarVeeraraghavan, Chair, IEEE GOLD welcomed

the gathering. Dr. Salivahanan, Chair, IEEEMadras Section gave the presidential address.In his address, he mentioned that Women inEngineering is one of the most active societiesin Madras Section which has put the Section inthe First place among its contemporaries.

The Chairs and Executive members of theorganizing societies were invited to offer thefelicitations next. The first ones to be calledwere Er A. Ganesan, Former DGM, BSNL andEr Appakutty, Former Chief Engineer,Doordarshan & AIR on whose efforts thisfunction had materialized. Next followed thefelicitations of Dr D. Thirunakkarasu, Chair,The Institution of Engineers, Er V. Mohanadoss,Council Member, Broadcast EngineeringSociety, Er H.R. Mohan, Chair, SoftwareDivision, Computer Society of India. Er.Venkateshwarlu, Executive CommitteeMember, BES also shared a few words inappreciation of the awardee.

The awardee was then invited to shareher gratitude and during her speech she thanked

the Chairs and Executive Committee membersof all the professional societies who have joinedhands to honor her.

After this, IEEE Madras GOLD andIEEE Madras WIE together honored theirMentors. Mentoring is an important part ofIEEE and Mrs. Ramalatha mentioned how theguidance, counseling and encouragementprovided by some of the veterans of IEEEMadras Section had helped her to achieve hergoals. In recognition of the services extendedby these mentors, Madras IEEE GOLD andMadras IEEE WIE joined together to honorthose mentors. The “Lifetime AchievementAward” was presented to Dr. Suresh ChanderPal, Dr. G.V. Rao and Er. K.V. Rupchand fortheir guidance to the GOLD and WIE membersin executing the activities. “Outstanding MentorAward” was presented to Dr. T. Thiagarajan forhis constant support and encouragement to theGOLD and WIE activities and the awards werepresented by Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chair, IEEEMadras Section.

IEEE Madras Sectionand

IEEE Power & Energy Society

Organizes a

Distinguished Lecture Programme on

‘LMI approach to damping controldesign by FACTS devices’

B y

Dr. Bikash C PalDepartment of Electrical and Electronic

EngineeringImperial College London

On 12th Aug 2009 at IIT Madras

Invites with timing and other details willfollow shortly

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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems

Info ContestH.R. Mohan

Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK

AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai

This is the FIFTEENTH contest underInfo Contest – a regular column in our newsletterIEEE MAS LINK. The content mix now includessome General Knowledge questions in additionto IT related. This, we believe would providean overall exposure and also facilitate moreparticipation.

Members are encouraged to participatein the contest and win prizes. Answers are to besent by EMAIL ONLY. Please follow theguidelines provided at the end of the questions.

TWO lucky winners who answer tomaximum no. of questions and early (selectedby lot if multiple entries qualify) will receive anaward of Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRASystems.

Info Contest – 0907

This contest has 25 questions in fivesections — A, B, C, D & E — each having fivequestions.

A. In the following acronyms/abbreviations “P” stands for what.

A1. HPC

A2. SMTP

A3. POST

A4. OLAP

A5. POSIX

B. Provide the answer.

B1. Name the largest Telco in India

B2. “Do the new” is the tagline of whichmobile service

B3. What is the codename of the new andfree antivirus package from Microsoft forWindows designed to protect the OSfrom viruses, spyware, rootkits andtrojans

B4. Who has been appointed to head theUnique Identification Authortity of India

B5. Name the National Portal of India

C. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.

C1. Bike : Apache = Car : ——— (clue:Software)

C2. Drivers and many of the other settings inMicrosoft Windows 95 and higher arestored in the ———

C3. The original Apple computer companylogo had Sir Isaac Newton sitting underan apple tree. State True or False

C4. Black : #000000 = White : ———

C5. Paste: Ctrl + V = Cut : ———

D. Provide the answer.

D1. When a cube of 4cm is cut into 1cm cubes,what will be the percentage increase insurface area

D2. Name the best selling album of all time

D3. Name the floating retail store/mall recentlylaunched in the backwaters of Kuttanadregion in Kerala

D4. Identify the airlines whose tagline is“Flying for Everyone”

D5. The movie “Slumdog Millionaire” wasbased on the novel ——— written byMr. Vikas Swaroop

E. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.

E1. King of Pop: Michael Jackson = Queenof Pop: ———

E2. The phrase “Eve Teasing” was coined inSingapore. State True or False

E3. The first sea link bridge in India connectsBandra and ———

E4. India: Rupees = South Africa : ———

E5. Which Indian City is known as “Veniceof the East”

Guidelines to submit the answers tothe Info Contest by email.

In the Subject,

Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –0907) in the subject line.

In the body of the mail,

In the first line, write the contest No:Info Contest – 0907.

In the second line, write your membershipno.

In the third line, write your email id.

In the fourth line, write your name.

In the fifth line, write your college /organization name.

In the sixth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section A, separatedby comma.

In the seventh line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section B, separatedby comma.

In the eighth line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section C, separatedby comma.

In the ninth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section D, separatedby comma.

In the tenth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section E, separatedby comma.

As the evaluation of the entries isautomated, pl. ensure the above guidelines arefollowed.

Email the answers to:hrmohan.infocontest@gmail.com

The last date to receive the answers by emailis 5th Aug 2009.

Info Contest – 0906Answers & Winners

Answers:

Format, Frequency, Failures, For, FieldGynoid, True, Gary Thuerk, Bing, MiltonSirottaTux, Web 2.0, Moblin, 1999, anti-virussoftware,Nipper, Azharuddin, Aila, Lufthansa, eightSubha Griha, Mahindra & Mahindra, Nayak,GM, 153

Winners:Mr. J. Brighton VinoSri Sivasubramaniya NadarCollege of EngineeringMem No: 90309900Email: brightonvino@gmail.com

Mr. P. Praveen KumarVelammal Engineering CollegeMem No: 90485115Email: pprawinkumar@gmail.com

Both the above will be awarded aprize of Rs. 500/= each. LINK acknowledgeswith thanks the sponsorship of the awards bySRA Systems (www.srasystems.com).

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Section Membership as on15th July 2009

Life Fellow - 1Fellow - 1Life Senior - 5Senior Member - 69Life Member - 3Member - 1381Associate - 80Affliate - 37Graduate Student Member - 717Student Member - 3813

Total - 6,107

Presentation on “Electronic Payment Systems”

A presentation on “Electronic PaymentSystems” by Mr. G. Kannan Director,

FIS Global Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd,Chennai was organized jointly by the ComputerSociety of India, Chennai Chapter and IEEEComputer Society Madras Chapter onSaturday, 13th Jun 2009. Mr. H. R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE Computer Society Madras

while welcoming the gathering, said that in thegrowing e-commerce space, an understandingof the electronic payment systems is a mustand this programme is a timely one. Mr. RameshBhashyam, member of the managementcommittee of CSI Chennai Chapter thenintroduced the speaker.

Mr. Kannan, with extensive experiencein Information Technology & Banking industry,is now responsible for Software Developmentactivities in Electronic Payments domain andplays the role of Chennai center-head of theglobal organisation, responsible for strategicplanning of his organization in terms of Cost,Resources, Facilities, Infrastructure, etc. Hispresentation covered the following aspects:

Different channels of ElectronicPayments & how they work (viz. ATM,

POS, E-Commerce, M-Commerce, ...)

Introduction to gorgons/terminologies(Cards, Types, EMV, Embossing,Encoding, …)

Security in Payment Systems(Encryption, Key-Exchange, NeuralNetworks, …)

Expectations from consumers/users (Easeof Use, Safety, Reliability, Availability,…)

Future Trends (Role of Govt., RBI, LegalSystems, …)

The presentation, attended by over 50participants was highly interactive with a no.of questions and sharing of the experiences bythe participants. After the talk, Mr. S.Ramasamy, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapterpresented a memento to the speaker Mr. Kannanand proposed the vote of thanks.

Presentation cum demonstration on “Dance Therapy”

A presentation cum demonstration on“Dance Therapy” by Mr. Muthiah

Ramanathan, Director – Training of MindDynamics Center and Ms. Gitu Pappu @Gayathri, Dancer and Yoga practitioner onSaturday, 6th June 2009 was organized jointlyby the Computer Society of India, ChennaiChapter and IEEE Computer Society MadrasChapter. Mr. H. R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEEComputer Society Madras while welcomingthe gathering, said that with the increased levelof stress among the IT professionals, relaxationtechniques and therapies would go a long wayin balancing the work and life. Mr. S.Ramasamy, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapterthen introduced the resource persons.

Dance therapy, is the psychotherapeuticuse of movement and dance for emotional,cognitive, social, behavioural and physicalconditions. It is believed that dance therapystrengthens the body/mind connection throughbody movements to improve both the mental

and physical well-being of individuals and thepurpose of dance therapy is to find a healthybalance and sense of wholeness. Dance therapy,recognized as a distinct therapeutic discipline,attempts to unlock our body’s ability tocommunicate through the use of creativemovements. By getting people to move freely,this program aims to begin the process of self-expression and reveal ourselves morecompletely

Although dance therapy is promoted toreduce stress and center the body, this therapyis considered to be effective in helping to healdisabilities and diseases too. Some of theminclude: Autism, Learning disabilities, Mentalretardation, Visually impaired, Eating disorders,Parkinson’s disease etc.,

The resource persons explained thevarious forms of movements such as FingerPencil - Follow Finger, Streamer and made thegroup to practice them. The entire session was

made as participative where in all theparticipants took part and practiced the variousmovements. Participants in groups staged skitswith emotions and expressions and at the end,the Ice Meltdown Relaxation was alsoadministered.

The participants numbering about 45,enjoyed the presentation cum demonstrationand practice. They felt that the whole sessionwas refreshing and assured that they wouldpractice it regularly. After the talk, Mr. S.Ramasamy, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapterpresented a mementos to the resource personsand Mr. Kamalak Kannan, Secretary, CSIChennai Chapter proposed the vote of thanks.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 6 Issue : 7 July 2009

FDP on “Challenges in Information Security” held at Karunya University

T he School of Computer Science andTechnology of Karunya University

organized a two day Faculty DevelopmentProgram (FDP) on “Challenges in InformationSecurity” at Karunya University campus on19th and 20th of June 2009. The programmebegan with the inaugural function graced by theVice Chancellor of Karunya University, Dr. PaulP. Appasamy, Dean PG, Dr. Michael N. Kumar,Dr. E. Kirubakaran, Deputy General Managerof Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Trichy, Mr.S. Gopinath, Senior Systems Engineer NationalInformatics Centre and Dr. Elijah Blessing,Convenor, IEEE FDP & Director-in-charge ofSchool of Computer Science and Technology.

The guests and delegates participating inthe FDP were warmly welcomed by Dr. ElijahBlessing. The presidential address was deliveredby the Vice Chancellor, where he highlightedthe importance of information security. Hisspeech was followed by Dr. Michael’sintroduction to the IEEE and its activities. Healso invited the faculty members who had notregistered with the IEEE to also become a partof the organization. Thereafter, the keynoteaddress was delivered by Dr. E, Kirubakaran,where he spoke about the role of InformationSystem Security in the current business scenario.He gave a number of illustrations that broughtout the perils of data security in the Internet; healso spoke of methods to avert the danger.

In the following session by Mr.AlamuriSitaramaiah, General Manager, Fluke Networks,India, he explained in detail the need for

Network Monitoring, which is a prerequisitefor network security. He explained themechanism to identify the abnormal behaviorsin the network and the solutions to defend themby using Baselining. He finished by quoting,“If you cannot measure it, you cannot manageit, if you cannot manage it, you cannot secure it”.

The afternoon session was handled byMr. Gopinath, Senior System Engineer, NICChennai. He gave an overview of informationsecurity and then shed light on some of therecent trends in security. He also described theimportance of virtualization in corporate sector.He then gave demonstrations on some of theLinux based network tools like pktstat, nmap,ListScan, Pingscan and explained how they canbe used for the identification and prevention ofthreats. The session concluded with ademonstration of N – MAP which is an opensource utility for network exploration andsecurity auditing.

During the second day of the FacultyDevelopment Program Mr. Mathan Babu, ISSP,Regional Manager, Symantec delivered a lectureon Network Security and its Challenges. Heexplained Cross Site Scription, Phishing,Password Attacks and the risk involved in usingpirated software. He also discussed in detailthe vulnerabilities in network security and howSymantec efficiently provides solution to allsecurity vulnerabilities.

In the afternoon session Mr.HozefaTopiwala, Network and Security specialist,Certified Trainer of Kaspersky labs, Moscowand Microsoft, took an interesting presentationon Ethical Hacking and its countermeasures. Heexplained how to be a structured hacker for thebenefit of humanity. He also focused on howthese tools are powered in disclosing theconfidential data, and how we the users ofnetwork can protect ourselves from suchhacking attack with the help of Internet SecuritySuite provided by Standard vendors Symantec,McAfee Kaspersky, BitDefender etc.

Dr.(Mrs.)Ann Mary Fernandez,Registrar, Karunya University presided overthe valedictory function, delivered thefelicitation address and handed over thecertificates for the participants. Dr. ElijahBlessing, Convener, IEEE FDP, and Director i/c, School of Computer Science and Technologythanked IEEE Madras Section Committeemembers and the Management for their supportto make the IEEE FDP a grant success.

The feedback from the participants wasvery encouraging. They stated that the FacultyDevelopment Program was informative,illustrative, interactive and interesting. Theyappreciated the organizing team for arrangingsuch a wonderful FDP and felt that the lecturefrom industry experts was very useful for theirresearch work and their career.

IEEE MAS LINK congratulates Mr. Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan,past chairman, IEEE Madras GOLD Affinity Group for havingwon  the people choice award along with  the IEEE OutstandingStudent Humanitarian Award in the IEEE president’s change theworld competition for the project Information System on Humanand Health Services (ISHHS). Under this categories stated, ISHHShas stood as a winner among 200 entries across the globe.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 6 Issue : 7 July 2009

Two Day National Level Workshop on

Software Reliability & Testing31st July & 1st August 2009

Organised byDepartment of Information Technology

SSN College of Engineering

In Association withIEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter

Div II on Software, Computer Society of IndiaCentre for Reliability, Ministry of Communication and IT

SESSIONS: The sessions in the workshop will cover the key conceptsof software reliability and testing in a nutshell, and will include:

“Software Reliability Principles, Models & Metrics” by Mr. DDamodharan, Scientist D & Joint Director, Centre for Reliability,Ministry of Communication and IT, Chennai.

“SQM aspects in Project Development” by Dr. T. V. Gopal, Prof.,Dept. of CSE, Anna University Chennai.

“Setting up the right expectations for Software Test Automation” byMr. Aravindhan R, CoE-Automation, Maveric Systems, Chennai.

“Software Testing Principles, Strategies & Test Case Design” byMs. Rekha TMS, Asst. Manager, Testing Services, CTS, Chennai.

“Best Practices for Testing focusing on Financial Applications inBFSI Sector” by Ms..B..Rajalakshmi, Senior Manager-Technology,Thinksoft Global Services, Chennai.

‘Software Test Architecture & Live presentation of Test AutomationTools” by Mr. Jayakumar KR, Director, AmitySoft TechnologiesPvt Limited, Chennai.

VENUE: SSN College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR),Kalavakkam-603 110

DATE & TIMINGS: July 31st and August 1st 2009:: 08.30 to 15.30 hrs

REGISTRATION FEE: Academicians : Rs. 1000 ; Industry Delegates:Rs. 1500; Students : Rs. 500

Industry delegates who are members of CSI & IEEE CS will get 10%discount on the registration fee of Rs. 1500/-.

PAYMENT DETAILS: The registration fee should be paid in the formof Demand Draft drawn in favour of “The Principal, SSN College ofEngineering” and payable at Chennai and to be sent along with theregistration form.

Last date for the receipt of registration form along with DD: 25th

July 2009

For registration and other information, please visit the website http://www.ssn.edu.in/IT_Workshop/home.html or contact the WorkshopCo-ordinators

Ms. S. Mohanavalli, Assistant Professor, Department of InformationTechnology, mohanas@ssn.edu.in :: Phone: (044) 2747 4844 / 45 /46Extn: 370 Mobile: 98403 04135

Mr. I. Joe Louis Paul, Assistant Professor, Department of InformationTechnology, joelouisi@ssn.edu.in :: Phone: (044) 2747 4844 / 45 /46Extn: 368 Mobile: 98415 14138

Digital Literacy Project forRural Areas

Digital Literacy Exnora (DLE) has taken up the cause of DigitalLiteracy to empower deserving women and youth, using self pacedmultimedia eLearning content. DLE proposes to join hands with IEEEComputer Society in implementing the Digital Literacy Project jointlywith the IEEE student branches and WIE Affinity Groups at variousinstitutions. In this project, training would be extended to rural womenand youth at each of these centres (institutions) who wish to volunteerto partner with DLE through their student branches. The eLearningcontent was developed by INDISS (Indicom Software and Services).The pilot project was launched on 20th April 2009 and for the reportappeared in IEEE MAS LINK, pl. visit http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/link-web/0905/0905link-02.pdf

The uniqueness of this project is the self-paced eLearning contentwhich will be the medium of training. With this, large scale trainingprogrammes can be implemented rapidly with minimal manpowersupport. The eLearning content plays video like simulations and alsoallows the learner to practice and take self-tests. The content has beendeveloped with Tamil voice over and will cover Basics of Computer,Windows, Emailing and Internet, MS Word and MS Excel. These digitalskills will enable the community to participate in eGovernance, eHealth,eEducation programmes. The content will also have English voice over,in addition to the Tamil voice over.

The digital literacy project can also be extended to students andfaculty members who would benefit from the project. Parents andpeople from the community too can be trained in digital literacy. Thetraining could be conducted at the centres (institutions) who volunteerto be part of this initiative at times when their PCs are free and could bemade available for use by the community. The Master Trainers at thecentres (institutions) will be trained by INDISS and will also be providedwith all resources needed for providing successful training. Facultymembers and students of the IEEE student branches can volunteer tosupport the programme.

This project eventually will benefit a section of rural populationand can be a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of variousinstitutions.

For more details on how to go about partnering with this digitalliteracy project, please contact Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CSMadras Chapter at hrmohan@gmail.com or Mr. K.B. Sridhar, ChiefExecutive, INDISS at sridhar@indiss.co.in

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 6 Issue : 7 July 2009

Announcement & Call for Papers

ICOGCAC’09First International Conference on

GLOBAL COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS9 – 11, December 2009

Organized byFaculty of Computing Sciences

Hindustan University, Padur, Chennai, India

Supported byIEEE Computer Society — Madras Chapter

IEEE Communications Society — Madras ChapterComputer Society of India — Div II & Div IV

About the conference: ICOGCAC’09 will bring together national and international researchers to present papers and discuss on current research anddevelopment in various areas, like, networking and mobile communications, high performance computing, data base technology and software engineering.Since, it is clear that computers and workstations do not exist as standalone entities but communicate with other similar equipment globally; specialemphasis is given to related technology tracks leading to Global Convergence. This conference is expected to be conducted once in two years, with theselected papers published in the conference proceedings. The conference activities will include tutorials on cloud computing, IT for health sector, greencomputing and mobile computing. Doctoral Symposium is being deliberated as well, for providing separate stage for Scholars, who would like topresent papers for the purpose of pursuing their PhD program. We welcome the academicians, researchers, industrial personnel and others who areinterested to be a part of this conference, while enjoying the scenic beauty of Tamil Nadu and its high cultural heritage and the hospitality at Padur.

Call for papers: We invite original papers describing new research, applications, covering technical and other areas, related to the conference. Paperswill be selected on the basis of originality, relevance to the conference and quality of presentation. All papers will be reviewed by at least three membersof the program committee. Authors of selected papers are expected to personally attend the conference and present the paper at their own cost. Selectedpapers will be recommended to be published in IEEE & CSI journals. All papers, not more than 6 pages in 2 column format with 10 point font inpdf format must be submitted by email at cse@hindustanuniv.ac.in. We also invite proposals for tutorials in addition to what have been indicated.

Important dates: Full Paper Submission: 31st Aug 2009; Paper Acceptance Notification: 26 th Sep 2009; Camera-Ready Copy Submission:2nd Nov 2009; Conference Dates: 09 -11, Dec 2009.

For details, email at cse@hindustanuniv.ac.in OR visit the website at www.hindustanuniv.ac.in/ICOGCAC09

Programme Fee

Delegates / CSI/IEEE/ACM Members Non MembersParticipants Industry Academic Students Industry Academic Students

From India INR 3000 INR 2500 INR 1500 INR 4000 INR 3000 INR 2000

From Abroad US$ 250 US$ 200 US$ 150 US$ 300 US$ 300 US$ 200

For Further Assistance, pl. contact:

Dr. M.Roberts Masillamani, Conference Chair-ICOGCAC’09, Hindustan University, P.B No: 1, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Padur,Chennai-603103, Phone: 044-27474395 / 252: Fax: 044-27474208. deancs@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Prof. Abbas Jamalipour, Group Head, Wireless Networking, School of Electrical an d Information Engineering , University of Sydney.abbas@ee.usyd.edu.au

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS-Madras Chapter. & CSI Div II (Software) hrmohan@gmail.com

Dr. C. R. Chakravarthy, Chairman, CSI Div IV (Communications & Security). drchakra32@gmail.com

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Forthcoming Events Invitation to exhibitors to put upstalls at IEEE’s 125th Anniversary

Celebrations - 2009

IEEE Madras Section is celebrating the IEEE’s 125th Anniversaryon Thursday, 27th August  2009  at Anna University, M.I.T. Campus,Chromepet, Chennai.

Dr. John Vig, President, IEEE will be joining us on that day anddeliver the presidential address. Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor,Anna University Chennai will be the Guest of Honour and willinaugurate the function which has events for the whole day. 

Interested exhibitors are invited to put up exhibition stalls at thevenue for the whole day. This will be a unique and memorableopportunity to showcase your products and services to the largestprofessional association of engineering community in the world.

Each exhibitor will be allotted 150 sq.ft space for exhibition at anominal rate of Rs. 100 per sq.ft. Allotment of exhibition space will beon first-come-first-served basis.

Please hurry up and contact IEEE Madras Section Office at Ph:044-24423939, Mobile: 9382328776, E-mail: ieeemas@airtelmail.inOR Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mobile: 9821002643, E-mail: ranga@ieee.org