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Volume : 5 Issue : 11 November 2008 Price : Rs. 3.00
Chairman’s Message
Dr. S. [email protected]
[email protected]: 94441 89433
From The Editor’s Desk
H.R. [email protected]
Dear Friends,
LINK congratulates Mr. V. T. Lakshminarayananof SVCE & Ms. G. Selva Amal Arasi of KLNEC, thewinners of Info Contest - 0810 who will receive an awardof Rs. 500/= each sponsored by SRA Systems. Itmay be of interest to know that Mr. Laksminarayananis getting the award for the second time.
The colleges in and around Erode seem to be competing with eachother in organizing programmes. We are happy to note that Kongu EnggCollege is topping in no. of events being organized followed by MPNachimuthu M Jagannathan Engg College with two events and VelalarCollege of Engg inaugurating activities of EMBS, CSS & WIE along withthat of main student branch. We are glad to see the revival of the studentbranch at RMD Engg College. Valliammai Engg College had conductedEMERGE, the national level technical symposium in a grand manner. Allthese have been covered in this issue along with the Project Contest heldat Kumaraguru College of Technology and the lecture programmes by Dr.Prabhaker Mateti organized by the IEEE Computer Society and held atVIT University and Pondicherry University.
The article on Automated Guide ROBOT by Ms. G. Selva AmalArasi of KLNEC is an interesting survey type article and provides anexcellent overview.
We are happy to have the Oceanic Engineering Society Chapterinaugurated at Chennai with the efforts of Dr. Atmanand.
Attention of readers is invited to the announcements relating to theFaculty Development Programme at Trichy, Volunteers for HumanitarianTechnology Projects, IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition.Take benefit from the list of forthcoming events — workshops, conferencesbeing organized or supported by IEEE and its sister societies
The proceedings of the monthly technical meeting held along withthe IEEE PELS Madras Chapter on the topic “Global Warming” was a timelyone. Time has come to take note of the alarming issues and impacts ofGlobal Warming and act judicially to lesson the impact though we can notavoid them totally. The sites http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/and http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html and http://www.climatehotmap.org/ provide interesting info on Global Warmingand worth seen by every one.
While there has been a reasonable compliance with regard to thesubmission of material for publication in the newsletter, we still get mailsnot addressed to [email protected] and the IEEE Office mail ID, whichhas now changed as [email protected], where the consolidation takesplace. Pl. co-operate with us by sending the matter by 8th of every month.
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,
The Faculty Development Program(FDP) is an ambitious project of the IEEEMadras Section aimed at improving the qualityof teaching. In this program, the participants,who are faculty members in various EngineeringColleges, are exposed to the teaching
methodologies of some of the best teachers in their field.
The first Faculty Development Programme was conducted inNovember 2006 at IIT Madras. In the subsequent years, four FDPs inApril / May and November / December 2007 and two FDPs in April /May 2008 were organized at the Department of Electrical Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai.
It gives me immense pleasure to announce that the IEEE MadrasSection is going to conduct another Faculty Development Programme on“Trends in Computing” during December 20 – 21, 2008 at TechnologyPark, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 023. The Facultywho are the IEEE Members are welcome to utilize this opportunity toattend this program at free of cost.
The apparent slowdown of the US economy is botheringeconomists all over the globe. Emerging economies such as India andChina are well aware of their dependence on the US economy and arebracing themselves for the impending impact. In this scenario, the IEEEtakes an initiative to help the students to find appropriate positionsworld wide in MNCs like Microsoft. A program called IEEE StudentBranches Industry Relations (ISBIR), which was started by studentsand run by students effectively in other countries, proved that it wouldbring together industry, university and students through an extensiveonline career centre with huge database of CVs and job offers. The ISBIRprogramme shall be introduced in India also shortly. Through ISBIRportal, the companies can access to talents globally in many disciplines,
Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Sectionwith Dr. Gordon Earle Moore, Co-founder and
Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and theauthor of Moore’s Law, at IEEE Section Chairs
Congress 2008, Quebec, Canada
and the students maybe involved in socialresponsibility andt e c h n i c a l b a s e dprojects.
In IEEE SC Congress2008 at Quebec,Canada, the IEEEHonours Ceremonywas held on September20, 2008 evening,resulting in the largestattendance ever for anHonours Ceremony. IEEE President Lewis
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India Chapter of IEEE, Oceanic EngineeringSociety has been inaugurated on 25th Sep
2008 at National Institute of OceanTechnology (NIOT), Ministry of EarthSciences, Govt. of India, Chennai, India. Dr.P.S. Goel, Former Secretary, Ministry of EarthSciences and Dr. James McFarlane, President,International Submarine Engineering (ISE),Canada has inaugurated the chapter by lightinga traditional lamp along with the otherdignitaries. Dr. S. Kathiroli, Director, NIOTwelcomed the members and other invitees. Dr.P.S. Goel delivered the inaugural address andappreciated the efforts of IEEE, OES membersand office bearers. He dwelled on theimportance of interaction among the OceanEngineering Community of India. He felt thatsuch initiative has to be encouraged by theInstitutes involved in Research andDevelopment activities in the field of OceanEngineering. Dr. M.A. Atmanand presentedthe need for membership in IEEE byprofessionals and the vision of IEEE, OES, India
Inauguration of IEEE, OES, India Chapter
Chapter and introduced the office bearersof the India Chapter. The inauguraltechnical lecture was delivered by Dr.James Mc Farlane. He gave a lecture on“Underwater vehicles: Past, Present andFuture”. Mr. B.K. Miller from South WestResearch Institute (SWRI), USA,presented their activities in developingvarious submersibles in associationwith ISE.
The inaugural session was attendedby representatives from research institutes like,NIOT, Indian Institute of technology (IIT),Madras and Ocean Engineering industry. 28IEEE members and 57 others attended thefunction. The meeting ended with vote of thanksby the Vice President of IEEE, OES, IndiaChapter, Prof. P.R.S. Pillai, Cochin Universityof Science and Technology, Kochi, India.
On-line registration facility to join IEEE,OES was provided at the venue for the benefitthe invitees and other participants. The meetingwas web-cast live, sponsored by NI SystemsIndia.
For more information, please contact Dr.M. A. Atmanand, Chairman, IEEE OES IndiaChapter at [email protected] or Dr. G. A.Ramadass, Secretary, IEEE OES India Chapterat [email protected].
IEEE student members are invited toparticipate in the IEEE Presidents’ Changethe World competition, being held inconjunction with the 125th anniversarycelebrations. The competition will rewardstudents individually or in teams who applyengineering, science, computing, and leadershipskills to solve real-world problems. Thiscould include, for example, the design andimplementation of projects to improve the livesof the poor, the sick, or those with disabilities,or that could lead to a more sustainable world.
“The competition is designed torecognize the passion IEEE student membershave for helping humanity,” says John Vig,IEEE President-Elect. “It’s an opportunityfor students everywhere to communicatetheir ideas, apply their creativity, anddemonstrate their ability to make a differencein the world. Surprises are welcome.”
Submissions will be accepted between1 September 2008 and 28 February 2009.Entry forms can be found on the competitionWeb site at http://www.ieee125.org/change-the-world/index.html
The top three prizes are US $10 000,$5000, and $2500, with other awards of$1000 and $500. Winners will be notifiedby 10 May 2009.
CompetitionChallenges Studentsto Change the World
Technical Meeting on Global Warming
A technical meeting on the topic “GlobalWarming” by Dr. S. Renganathan,
Former Vice-Chancellor Bharath University& Former Dean MIT was organized jointlyby the IEEE Madras Section, IEEE PELS,Madras Chapter, on 18th Oct 2008.
Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chairman, IEEEMadras Section welcomed the gathering. Dr.Pappa, Excom Member, IEEE MadrasSection, introduced the speaker.
Dr. S. Renganathan, in his presentationstated that our mother earth is getting warmer,faster than what we expected and this rise inearth average temperature is due to green houseeffect. The energy from the sun enters the earththrough radiation at the optical visiblewavelength for which the atmosphere + co2layer is transparent. But when it gets reradiated
into the space, it is at the infrared wavelength(long waves) for which the atmosphere + co2layer is partially opaque. Hence part of energyis trapped inside the layer and the earth getswarmer. This effect is increasing if the amountof co2 is more. In the last few decades the co2emissions by the thermal power plants,
automobiles etc. are on the increase at analarming rate.
He informed that according to a Germanscientist estimates, the earth temperature willraise by 20 by the turn of the century and themean sea level will go up by 1m., if we do notcontain and reduce the co2 emissions.
He elaborated with illustrations on theproblems due to global warming which include:land area reduction, Europe will freeze and novegetation will grow, deserts will become hotter,pond water availability will reduce, manytsunami’s incidents may happen. He stressedthat the only way to contain the global warmingis to reduce co2 emissions.
After the talk, Dr. S. Salivahanan,Chairman, IEEE Madras Section Presented thememento to Dr. S . Renganathan. Mrs. SailajaIEEE PELS Madras Chapter proposed the voteof thanks.
Note the new e-mail id of theIEEE Madras Section
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Revival of IEEE Student Branch at RMD Engineering College
Though the IEEE Student Branch of RMDEngineering College was started in the year
2006, the activities could not becontinued due to administrativereasons. However, the Student Branchwas revived on 19th Sep 2008 in thepresence of Dr. P. Suresh Chandar Pal,Chairman, IEEE Madras SectionStudent Activities Committee. Newoffice bearers for IEEE Student Branchwere nominated. Also theChairperson, from among the willingstudents, for Woman In Engineering(WIE), was also nominated. VariousCommittees such as Membershipdevelopment, Programme, News
Letter and Website design, were formed and thestudents of 2nd and 3 rd year, from various
disciplines enthusiastically joined. The meetingwas very lively and there was an over-whelmingresponse from the students. Many were veryeager to become members.
A separate session was conducted by ourGuest Speaker, Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, inthe afternoon, for the benefit of the students offirst year B.E / B.Tech and they showed keeninterest to become IEEE members. Shri. R. M.Kishore, Vice Chairman of the RMK Group ofInstitutions also took part in the function andhe was very happy about the revival of theIEEE Student Branch of RMD.EngineeringCollege.
Report by : Prof. N. Sundaresan, HOD/EEE
Inauguration of Students’ Technical Chaptersand Affinity Group at Velalar College ofEngineering and Technology
T he students’ technicalchapters - Control System
Society chapter (CSS) and Engineeringin Medicine and Biology Societychapter (EMBS)) and affinity group -Women in Engineering (WIE)) of IEEEstudents’ branch, VCET Erode wasinaugurated on 6th October 2008. Dr.P. Suresh Chander Pal, Chairman,Students’ Activity Committee, IEEEMadras Section and Dr. B. Santhanaraj,Chair, EMBS Chapter, Madras Sectionwere the guests of honour. The function beganat 10:30 am with welcome address by Ms. S.Pradhebaa Rubina, Vice-Chair, CSS Chapter.
Mr. V. G. Pratheep, the branch counselor,introduced the office bearers of the technicalchapters and affinity group. Following that allthe student members took oath (Code ofEthics), which was read by Ms. A. Shammi,Treasurer, EMBS Chapter. Mr. N. Dhanasekar,Vice-Chair, IEEE SB gave a brief note about theIEEE SB activities carried out till date.
Mr. P. Ravikumar, Chair, CSS Chapter,Ms. K. P. Aarthy, Chair, EMBS Chapter,Ms. V. Madhumathi, Chair, WIE affinity grouppresented their respective action plans for thisyear.
The chief guest gave the inaugural addressand also elected members for certain committeeswith which the activities of IEEE SB can beenhanced more. Dr. P. Sabapathi, Administrative
Director, VCET delivered the presidentialaddress. Dr. K. Palaniswamy, Principal, VCETand Dr. B. Santhanaraj felicitated the function.
In the afternoon, an interaction sessionwas arranged for students to clarify their querieson IEEE in which they interacted with Dr. P.Suresh Chander Pal and Ranjith R. Nair,Secretary, GINI, Madras Section.
The function came to an end with athanking note given by Ms. C. R. Varalakshmi,Vice-Chair, WIE affinity group and followedby National Anthem.
Office Bearers- 2008IEEE Student branchBranch Counselor : Mr.V.G. PratheepChair : B. Arumugam
Final year BMEVice-Chair : N. Dhanasekar
III year BME
Secretary : M.ArunrajaFinal year BME
Treasurer : M.PreethiFinal year BME
Engineering in Biology & Medicine Society(EMBS)Faculty Advisor : Dr.B. SanthanarajChair : K.P.Aarthy
Final year BMEVice-Chair : S.Monica
III year BMESecretary : K.Lavanya
Final year BMETreasurer : A.Shammi
Final year BMEControl System Society (CSS)Faculty Advisor : Mr.U.RagavandranChair : P.Ravi Kumar
Final year EEEVice-Chair : S.Pradheba Rubina
III year EEESecretary : T.Raja Gopal
Final year EEETreasurer : M. Sarangan
Final year EEEWomen In Engineering (WIE) Affinity GroupChair : V.Madhumathi
Final year BMEVice-Chair : C.R.Varalakshmi
III year BMESecretary : N.A.K.Shalini
Final year BMETreasurer : C.S.Abinayah
Final year BMEReported by : Ms.K.Lavanya,
Secretary, EMBS Chapter.
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A guest lecture on Agile Developmentby Mr. P. V. Sri Hari, Assistant
Manager, Telecom section, TataConsultancy Services was delivered atKongu Engg. College on 13th Sep 2008.
Ms. Purnima Jothikrishnan,Secretary, and IEEE Student Branchwelcomed the gathering and introduced thespeaker. Prof. R.Asokan, AssistantProfessor, Dept. of ECE delivered thepresidential address.
ABOUT THE GUEST LECTURE
Project processing is building blocks ofsoftware. Hence the best practices give the bestoutput. One such practice is agile development.
THE AGILE MANIFESTO IS
Individuals and interactions overprocesses and tools
Working software over comprehensivedocumentation
Customer collaboration over contractnegotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
THE KEY PRINCIPLES IN AGILE ARE
Highest priority is to satisfy thecustomer through early and continuousdelivery of valuable software.
Welcome changing requirements, even latein development. Agile processes harnesschange for the customer’s competitiveadvantage.
Deliver working software frequently,from a couple of weeks to a couple of
months, with a preference to the shortertimescale.
Business people and developers mustwork together daily throughout theproject.
Build projects around motivatedindividuals. Give them the environmentand support they need, and trust them toget the job done.
The most efficient and effective methodof conveying information to and within adevelopment team is face-to-faceconversation.
Working software is the primary measureof progress.
Agile processes promote sustainabledevelopment. The sponsors, developers,and users should be able to maintain aconstant pace indefinitely.
Continuous attention to technicalexcellence and good design enhancesagility.
Simplicity - the art of maximizing theamount of work not done - is essential.
The best architectures, requirements, anddesigns emerge from self-organizing teams.
At regular intervals, the team reflects onhow to become more effective, then tunesand adjusts its behaviour accordingly.
KEY AGILE PRACTICES Stand up calls Iterative development Release planning Test automation Continuous integration RetrospectivesAGILE WORKING - OBSERVATION &GOOD PRACTICES Implement Agile principles for
development engagements Avoid Agile working for maintenance &
enhancement work for large legacyapplications
Avoid Agile for projects mandatingrigorous documentation
Optimize the level of documentation Involve Designers in development team Dedicated development teams for
specific business functionality Automate Build & Install process Automate Testing
The valedictory address and vote ofthanks was given by Ms. Aruna, Vicechairperson, WIE.
Report by : Ms. Purnima Jothikrishnan,Secretary, [email protected] OR
Guest Lecture on Agile Development at Kongu Engg College
IEEE Seeks Volunteers for Humanitarian Technology Challenge
The Humanitarian Technology Challenge(HTC) is a partnership between IEEE and
the United Nations Foundation designed tobring together technical professionals andhumanitarians to develop technologicalsolutions for pressing challenges facinghumanity.
A small number of IEEE members areneeded to help shape the early stages of theprogram, working with humanitarians to furtherdetail challenge definitions and outline a solutionprocess. This is a unique opportunity for IEEEvolunteers experienced in systems engineeringto work directly with prominent humanitarianvolunteers.
The following initial challenges wereidentified by focus groups composed of
representatives from ten humanitarianorganizations: Reliable Electricity – Availability of
power for electronic devices Data Connectivity of Rural District
Health Offices – Capability of exchangingdata among remote field offices and centralhealth facilities
Local Management and Tracking ofSupply Distribution – Ensure thatsupplies are getting to the people thatneed them in order to maximize the impactof assistance
Incident Tracking – Determine locationsand extent of medical problems in orderto focus resources
Patient ID and Tie to Health Records –Maintain consistent patient records,including when patients visit differentclinics and when they relocate.IEEE volunteers should be experienced
in the application of technology to solvehumanitarian issues and be willing to commitapproximately two to four hours per week tothe project. A conference call/webcast for earlystage volunteers is scheduled to take place inlate November, 2008. This will be followed byan in-person conference scheduled for the firstquarter of 2009, where additional volunteerswill be needed. For more information, visit theHTC Web site at http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/tab/htc/index.html Interestedvolunteers should contact IEEE HTC ProjectManager Harold Tepper at [email protected].
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Technology Awareness Program at Kongu Engineering College
A s a part of IEEE Student Branchactivity the Technology Awareness
Program was arranged on 9th Sep 2008. Atotal of 30 students including the IEEEstudent branch office bearers and IEEEstudent members from our college visitedthe GIRLS HIGHER SECONDARYSCHOOL, Nambiyur- Gobi- Erode district.The students of 6th to 12th standard wereengaged from 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Thevarious activities conducted include: Technology awareness: Live demo to
students in every class on: Computer;Laptop; Pen drive, flash drive; CD, DVDdrives; Internet; Data card; Modem;Search engines
Students of the higher standards were
given brief idea about the various coursesthey can take up and the ample amountof opportunities present. The details forthe under graduate courses they can takeup was given.
Memory games. Creative drawing competition. Basics of Electrical and Electronics that will
help students in daily life were explained. Health related issues and tips to have
healthy body and mind. Information about the new technologically
advanced products that have entered themarket.Then Q & A session was arranged in which
students enthusiastically participated and posedvarious questions an they were clarified.
Report by: Ms. Purnima Jothikrishnan,Secretary, [email protected] OR
DO
Market yourself : If you’re hoping to score anew job or simply want to build newrelationships on a business networking site, pickwhat you want to be known for andcommunicate that clearly. Some recruiters usebusiness networking sites as if they were a giantrolodex. You’ll get better job leads if your profileis clear and up to date.
Get personal : At least a little. To buildrelationships on social networking sites,consider sharing a bit of your personal life suchas a hobbies or volunteer work as a small part ofyour profile. It makes you appear human and itresonates with others.
Set guidelines : Make sure to clarify companypolicies about employee conduct on social orbusiness networking sites. People in the 25 to54 age bracket are the fastest growingdemographic at MySpace. Some of them maybe your employees.
Expect honesty : If you’re creating advertisingcampaigns for social networks such as MySpaceand Facebook, you have to be prepared forfeedback. Not all of it will be pleasant, but ifyou listen, you just might learn how to improveyour product.
Make it relevant : Advertising on MySpaceand Facebook can easily backfire if it doesn’tstrike a chord with young people. Burger Kinghas made more than 114,000 friends onMySpace by giving away free episodes of Foxshows such as 24 and American Dad.
Social Networking: Tip Sheet
DON’T
Skip details : If you’re trying to foster businessrelationships on business networking sites,make sure your profile includes your completework history, even those entry-level jobs. Somesites allow you to search by company, andformer colleagues might want to contact you.They just might have job offers.
Be selfish : Master networkers who are tryingto connect with other executives don’t expectpayback from every person right away. Instead,they build relationships for the long haul. Ifsomebody helps you, try to reciprocate.
Play the numbers game : The more peopleyou are connected to on business networkingsites, the shallower those relationships are likelyto be. Recruiters may find value in linking to asmany people as possible but one executive sayshe feels that more than 150 contacts is toomuch.
Forget privacy : If you’re installing softwarewithin your company to automatically trackemployee contacts, make sure to calibrate theprivacy settings to match your employees’ levelof comfort. Executives may balk at sharingpersonal contacts with sales people, especiallyif they have no control over how and whenthose contacts are used.
Hoard information : If you’re planning to builda customer network for branding or marketresearch purposes, consider sharing insightsgleaned from these networks with participants.It helps keep them engaged. Intuit, for example,lets its Quicken community know how theyhave helped shape product features.
Chairman’s message continued...
M. Terman presented 22 awards at theceremony, including the Medal of Honor to Dr.Gordon E. Moore, co-founder and chairman ofthe board, emeritus, of Intel Corporation.
All the IEEE members who have notrenewed their memberships are hereby informedto renew the same at the earliest to avail theIEEE benefits.
The nominations of the NominationCommittee for the offices of the Executivecommittee for the year 2009 has been received.The recommended slate for the year 2009 isannounced on November 3, 2008 as given below:
No. Name Post
1 Dr. S. Salivahanan Chairman2 Dr.M.A. Atmanand Vice-Chair3 Dr. Amitava Das Gupta Vice-Chair4 Dr. T. Thyagarajan Secretary5 Prof. M. Ramalatha Treasurer6 Dr. M. Ponnavaikko Immediate
Past Chair7 Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal Member8 Mr. T.S. Rangarajan Member9 Dr. C. Kumar Member1 0 Mr. H.R. Mohan Member1 1 Prof. G. Narasimhalu Member1 2 Dr. N. Kumarappan Member1 3 Mr. V. Sampath Kumar Member1 4 Dr. T. Michael N. Kumar Member
A minimum of 28 days is allowed fromthis date for the members to make additionalnominations by petition, signed by 15 or morevoting members. If no petition is received,election will be announced at the annual meeting.If additional nominations are made, election willbe by ballot mailed to the members by November30, 2008, with the vote counted by a Tellerscommittee appointed by the Section Chairman.
Dr. S. Salivahanan
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M. P. Nachimuthu M. JaganathanEngineering College, Department of Electricaland Electronics Engineering in association withIEEE Student Branch conducted ELECZY’08,a National - Level Students’ TechnicalSymposium on 30th September 2008.
Capt. S. Arulmani, Deputy GeneralManager, Indian Airlines, Chennai adorned thefunction as chief guest. “Udyog Rattan” Thiru.J. Sudhanandhen, Correspondent presided overthe function and Dr. K. Jagadeesan, Principalfelicitated the function. Mr. P. Selvan, HOD /
ELECZY’08 — Technical Symposium at M. P. NachimuthuM. Jaganathan Engineering College
EEE, welcome the gathering, Mr. D.Sabapathi, IEEE Student BranchCounselor, introduced the chiefguest.
In the inaugural address, Capt.S. Arulmani stressed the importantof parents & teachers in one’s life.He also narrated the opportunitiesfor the budding engineers in IndianAirlines. Selvan. R .Karthikeyan,Association Secretary proposed thevote of thanks.
Er. G. Ravichandran, DeputyGeneral Manager, Lakshmi Electrical Controland Systems, Coimbatore participated in thevaledictory the function as chief guest.Selvi.N.R.Anujadevi, Association jointtreasurer, introduced the chief guest.
Er. G. Ravichandran in his valedictoryaddress quoted the importance of the ElectricalEngineers and also about energy conservationin present scenario. He also covered on timemanagement, goal setting and discipline amongthe upcoming engineers.
Students from various colleges all overIndia presented their papers so as to prone theirtechnical skills. During the valedictory function,the winners were awarded by the distinguishedchief guest. The First prize was hugged byBannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathy& Sona College of Technology, Salem. TheSecond Prize was won by Government Collegeof Technology, Coimbatore & MahendraEngineering College, Mallasamudhiram.
Mr. R. Palanisamy, Association Co-ordinator, proposed the vote of thanks.
Workshop on Issues and Challenges in Hydro Electric Power atM. P. Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan Engineering College
M. P. Nachimuthu M.JaganathanEngineering College, Association of Electricaland Electronics Engineering in association withIEEE Student Branch conducted a National -Level One Day Workshop on Issues andChallenges in Hydro Electric Power on 3rd
October 2008.
In the morning session Er.S.ChristianJohnson, Sr.Manager Training Division, Hydro
Training Institute, TNEB,Kuthiraikkalmedu, Erode delivered a talkon “Issues and Challenges in Hydro ElectricPower”. In his speech he explained theimportant role of recent trends in hydroschemes and small hydro power schemes.He also explained about pumped storageschemes and Black Smith Technology.
In the afternoon sessionEr.G.Venkatesan, DGM, Hydro TrainingInstitute, TNEB, Kuthiraikkalmedu, Erodedelivered a talk on “Renovation and
operating issues and silting problem in hydroelectric power”. He also explained about thepower system operation and control methods.
Around 145 students (including IEEEMembers) and 20 faculty members from thecollege participated.
The welcome address was given byMr.P.Selvan, Head of the Department,
Department of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering and the vote of thanks was proposedby Selvan.J.Thiruvaasagam, Final Year CivilM.P.Nachimuthu M.Jaganathan EngineeringCollege.
The arrangements for the workshop weremade by Mr. D. Sabapathi, Branch Counselorof IEEE Student Branch, Mr.R.Palanisamy, Co–Ordinator, Association of Electrical andElectronics Engineering.
Report by Mr. D. Sabapathi ,Branch Counselor
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H.R. MohanChairman, IEEE CS, Madras Chapter
Editor, IEEE MAS LINKAVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai
This is the seventh contest under InfoContest – an ICT quiz, a regular column in ournewsletter LINK. The members are encouragedto participate in the contest and win a prize.Answers to the contest questions can ONLYbe sent by email following the guidelinesprovided at the end of the questions. TWO luckywinners who answer to maximum no. ofquestions and early (selected by lot if multipleentries qualify) will receive an award ofRs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRA Systems.
Info Contest – 0811
This contest has four sections A, B, C &D having five questions each. The number inbracket at the end of the questions denotes theno. of characters in the answer string.
AA. Identify the terms which are definedbelow.
A1. Variable used in the definition of afunction: its value determines the valueof the function.
A2. A program which translates the mnemoniclanguage understood by the programmerinto a binary form understood by thecomputer.
A3. Representation of numerical values bymeans of physical variables.
A4. Defined process which provides a set ofrules for solving a given problem.
A5. The means by which a particular portionof a storage medium is identified.
B. Identify the company / product /magazine / service from the Tag Line.
B1. Access Every Network
B2. Sharing. Caring. Trustworthy
B3. Trusted Advisor of Storage
B4. Everywhere you imagine
B5. At the heart of technology
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Info Contest
C. Provide the Answer.
C1. Name the first peta scale supercomputerbeing built as a joint effort of NationalCenter for Supercomputing Applications,the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and IBM.
C2. Which famous media company coined thephrase ‘Web 2.0’?
C3. DRAM is slower than SRAM – True /False?
C4. Name the suite of open-source Indicprogramming languages.
C5. Who contested with Alexander GrahamBell and lost the patent rights for theinvention of Telephone?
D. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.
D1 A point-by-point refutation of a blogentry is known as ———
D2. Safari is the browser from ———
D3. ——— formulated the Laws of Robotics
D4. ——— Award is widely considered tobe the computing world’s equivalent tothe Nobel Prize
D5. Name the meal assistance robot whichhelps people with disabilities to eat whichwas recently launched in Japan
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Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –0811) in the subject line.
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In the second line, write your membershipno.
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In the fourth line, write your name.
In the fifth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section A, separatedby comma.
In the sixth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section B, separatedby comma.
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As the evaluation of the entries isautomated, pl. ensure the above guidelines arefollowed.
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Info Contest – 0810Answers & Winners
Answers:
Telecommuting, Telnet, Virus, Vortal, WebcastMicro Star International (MSI), Ubuntu,Novatium, EMC, Express ComputerPassport eSeva, Samsung, Abhinav Bindra,Hitachi, Elephants DreamThunderbird, Elgg, True, Android,Warren Buffett
Winners:Mr. V.T. LakshminaryananSri Venkateswara College ofEngineeringMem No. : 90392451Email: [email protected]
Ms. G. Selva Amal ArasiIV Year, EEE,KLN College of Engg.Mem No. : 85029178Email: [email protected]
Both the above will be awarded a prizeof Rs. 500/= each. LINK acknowledges withthanks the sponsorship of the awards by SRASystems (www.srasystems.com).
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Machines that resemble humans oranimals have fascinated mankind for thousandsof years, but only in the 16th centurytechnology and craftsmanship becamesufficiently advanced both in Europe and inJapan to allow the construction of automateddolls. The robots are machines that incorporateat least some computational intelligence, andsuch machines have existed only for a fewdecades. The most wide-spread robots todayare industrial robots. They are useful andimportant for the production of goods, but theyare not very intelligent and have very littlesensory abilities. They can operate only incarefully prepared environments and under thesupervision of experts. For safety reasons theymust stop moving whenever a safety barrier isviolated by a person or an object. Another kindis mobile robot. Its purpose is not theproduction of goods in factories, but the deliveryof various services, so far mainly in the areas offloor cleaning, mail delivery, lawn-mowing,giving tours in a museum, and surgical assistance.They have been employed in environmentswhere they may, or even have to, come intocontact with the public, and some of themactually interact with people. They can, to avery limited extent, perceive their environmentand they display traces of intelligence, e.g., innavigation and obstacle avoidance. The goal isto build an autonomous mobile robot that guidespeople in a known environment. The motivationis to create more awareness of the laboratoriesfor prospective students and their families aswell as act as an aid to visitors, current students,and faculty in providing navigation using visionsystem. The robot will use human interactionto provide directions around the building.
2.0 LITERATURE SURVEY
2.1 RHINO: Rhino is an indoor navigationrobot designed at the University of Bonn inGermany in the mid 1990s. Rhino’s main goalswere to be able to navigate within an officespace, move from point A to point B, andrecognize a number of objects on the floor anddispose of them in a garbage can. Rhino uses
Automated GuideROBOT
Markov localization which is an algorithm thatuses sensor data, which are in turn used to locateimmediate obstacles and create a trajectory tonavigate around the obstructions Rhino alsoincluded a user friendly interface whichcommunicated with users through its smalldigital screen and received input from fourbuttons.
2.2 MINERVA: Minerva is a second generationtour guide robot created by a team made up ofmembers from Carnegie Mellon University andUniversity of Bonn. Its goal was to entertainand educate museum visitors about the exhibitsby guiding them through the museum andproviding brief explanations of some exhibits.
2.3 ALFRED: Alfred was designed bySwarthmore College for entry to the AmericanAssociate of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)national robot competition in 1999. Itsuccessfully served food while recognizinghumans and repeat visitors interacting witheveryone in a friendly human-like manner.Alfred distinguished people from inanimateobjects by using motion and skin detection withan eye template matching algorithm and colormatching.
2.4 GRACE: GRACE (Graduate RobotAttending ConferencE) is a robot designed toarrive at a conference, register for the event,and navigate itself to the correct location at thecorrect time to give a short talk about itself.The team responsible for Grace was made upof members from Carnegie Mellon University,the Naval Research Laboratory, NorthwesternUniversity, Metrica Inc., and SwarthmoreCollege. GRACE used Markov localization andMarkov decision process planners were usedfor navigation.
2.5 Virgil: In early 2001, a team from RiceUniversity sought out to create a robot namedVirgil that could give an outdoor tour of part ofRice’s campus. It used GPS and odometryreadings for navigation through busy sidewalksand streets. The GPS readings were used tocheck the margin of error in the odometryreadings and to calculate the error of Virgil’sinternal location, ensuring that the robot neverveered too astray.
3.0 PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
To design and construct an autonomousguide robot that helps people to reach theirdestination. The robot gives a pre-scripted, pre-planned guidance using dynamic navigation andlocalization using genetic algorithm.
4.0 METHODOLOGY
4.1 HARDWARE DESIGN
a) MOTOR: The Gear motor has beenselected for this Robot. One gear motoris used for driving and other for steeringpurpose.
b) MICROCONTROLLER: Atmel89C51 is selected for robot movementcontrol. It is a low-power, high-performance CMOS 8-bitmicrocomputer with 4 Kbytes of FlashProgrammable and Erasable Read OnlyMemory (PEROM). The on-chipFlash allows the program memory tobe reprogrammed in-system or by aconventional nonvolatile memoryprogrammer. The Atmel 89C51provides the following standardfeatures: 4 Kbytes of Flash, 128 bytesof RAM, 32 I/O lines, two 16-bit timer/counters, a five vector two-levelinterrupt architecture, a full duplexserial port, on-chip oscillator and clockcircuitry.
c) SENSOR: The sensor is used fornavigation and localization purposes.There are many types of sensorsavailable like Infrared sensor, Touchsensor, RF sensor etc.In this projectRetro-reflective sensor has beenselected because recognize objectsindependent of their surface qualities.
4.2 SOFTWARE DESIGN
Software coding is to be developed forrobot movements using microcontrollerprogramming. Another code is to be developedfor interfacing robot with PC using RS 232Cserial interface.
4.3 ALGORITHM
Genetic algorithm is proposed to use forproviding guidance to the new user with in theknown environment. .
5.0 PLAN OF ACTION
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6.0 CONCLUsION
Thus the literature survey has been doneand the objective and methodolgies has beenclearly defined
7.0 REFERENCE:
1 J. Buhmann, W. Burgard, A.B. Cremers,D. Fox, T. Hofmann, F. Schneider, J. Strikos,and S. Thrun,.” The Mobile RobotRHINO”. AI Magazine, 16(2):31–38, 1995.
2 Bruce A. Maxwell, Lisa A. Meeden, NiiAddo, Laura Brown, Paul Dickson, JaneNg, Seth Olshfski, Eli Silk, and JordanWales, ” Alfred: The Robot Waiter WhoRemembers You”. AI Magazine, 1999.
3 Reid Simmons, Dani Coldberg, AdamGoode, Michael Montemerlo, NicholasRoy, Brennan Sellner, Chris Urmson, AlanSchultz, Myriam Abramson, WilliamAdams, Amin Atrash, Magda Bugajska,Michael Coblenz, Matt MacMahon,Dennis Perzanowski, Ian Horswill, RobertZubek, David Kortenkamp, Bryn Wolfe,Tod Milam, and Bruce Maxwell, ”GRACE: An Autonomous Robot for theAAAI Robot Challenge”. AI Magazine,2003.
4 Sebastian Thrun, Maren Bennewitz,Wolfram Burgard, Armin B. Cremers,Frank Dellaert, Dieter Fox, Dirk Hahnel,
Charles Rosenberg, Nicholas Roy,Jamieson Schulte, and Dirk Schulz,“MINERVA: A Second-GenerationMuseum Tour-Guide Robot”. In ICRA,1999.
5 Richard Thrapp and Christian Westbrookand Devika Subramanian Department ofComputer Science , “Robust LocalizationAlgorithm for an Autnomous CampusTour-title” In ICRA, 2001.
6 Jianping Tu and Simon X. Yangt ,” GeneticAlgorithm Based Path Planning for aMobile Robot” ICRA 2003.
EMERGE-08: National Level TechnicalSymposium at Valliammai Engineering College
The symposium had a numberof technical and non-technical eventsspread over the two days. In all 450students from around colleges acrossthe country participated. The pool oftechnical events included paperpresentation, robotics, circuitdebugging. A practical demonstrationof generation of electricity from Hydelsources through prototype of HydroAlternator made by R. Karthik, G.Kumaran and M. Deepan of third
year EEE drew much appreciation and attention.In the non-technical pool events included ad-zap, dumb charades, treasure hunt, mockinterview, ship-wreck and quiz.
In the paper presentation, out of 150papers received, 15 were short listed for thefinals. The papers were tested in innovation,result analysis, social relevance. ‘IntelligentAccident Prevention Using Wireless SensorNetwork’ by students from VelammalEngineering College was adjudged as the bestpaper. The second prize went to ‘Staircase
Climbing Wheel Chair’ by students of Sri SairamEngineering College.
The Second day of the programme, 17th
Sep 2008, started with an enlightening seminar.Finals for several events like gaming, technicalquiz, puzzles, Dumb-charades, mock interviewand robotics were held. Events like mockinterview, JAM were conducted to assess thestudents of their communication skills and actedas a morale booster to instill confidence in themto face interviews. Events such as ad-zap, dumbcharades fostered team spirit in the participantsand instigated their creativity and spontaneity.Gaming proved to be a real time fun for theparticipants. In Technical quiz participants wereput in to test their techie quest.
The two day fiesta was concluded withthe valedictory function which was presided overby Thiru. M. Myilvaganan, General ManagerHR & Admin., ESAB India limited. He distributedthe prizes to the winners. Cordinators ofEMERGE’08, Mr. G. Madhusudhanan and Mr.S. Parthasarathy gave vote of thanks. In all, a galoreof hidden talents was brought to the limelightover the two days. The event also fomented asense of cooperation and team spirit among thestaff and students of EEE department.
A National level technical symposium“Emerge08” was conducted by the
department of Electrical and Electronicsengineering in association with IEEE Valliammaistudent branch on 16th and 17th September 2008.The symposium was inaugurated by the chiefguest Thiru. S. Rajavel-Vice President and Head,Electrical Instrumentation and CommunicationSector, Larsen and Turbo Limited and ViceChairman, IAS, IEEE Madras section. The guestof honour was Thiru. H .R. Mohan-AssociateVP Systems, “THE HINDU” and the Chairmanof IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter.
The presidential address was presentedby professor R. Venkataramani-Director, CAand S, SRM University. The welcome addresswas given by DR. M. Balasubramanian,Principal, VEC. Following this Dr. D. PadmaSubramanian, HoD, Department of EEE, inher felicitation briefed about the achievementsof the department and objectives of thesymposium. The souvenir magazine and CDwere then released by the chief guest and guestof honour respectively.
NCISE: National Conference on Information and Software Engineering; 13-14,Feb 2008 at Chennai. Organized by Dept.of Information Technology and IEEE CS StudentBranch Chapter, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Chennai in association with IEEEComputer Society, Madras Section & CSI Division-II on Software. Last date for Papersubmission: 31st Dec, 2008. For details, pl. contact: Dr.A.Anthony Irudhayaraj, Convener,NCISE, Department of Information Technology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology,Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Paiyanoor – 603104, Phone: 09443884732, 09444812756,Email: [email protected]
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An Open House Exhibition wasconducted by IEEE Student
Branch of Kongu Engineering Collegeduring 8-9, Aug 2008.
The various events conductedinclude: multimedia contest, displayof the spectrum magazines, softwareawareness, and treasure hunt.
Students from various schoolsin and around Erode district, studentsfrom various colleges, public bodiesand social people visited the OpenHouse Exhibition. Students of Kongu hadexhibited various models and projects. Schoolstudents had also presented various exhibits.
The IEEE stall was arranged in am ITPARK class room. The spectrum magazine,IEEE Madras Section newsletter, and theInstitute issues of past two years weredisplayed in the stall. People enthusiastically
Open House Exhibition at Kongu EngineeringCollege
read the various articles and enhanced their ideasregarding the new technologies.
A large no. of teams participated in thetreasure hunt competition. There were a totalof six rounds. The first clue consisted ofdecrypting the given codes to get the secondclue which was a crossword. The participantshad to find the location in the crossword to find
their next clue which was a puzzle. The teams,who solved this, were given a mirror image asthe fourth clue. The location of the next cluewas the solution of the mirror image. Afterunraveling the location, the fifth clue was foundthat was based on problem solving. Finally, ifteams found the answer to the puzzle, theywould win the treasure. On 8th no teams wereable to reach the treasure. On 9th three teamswon the treasure and awarded prizes.
A multimedia contest open to all IEEEmembers was conducted. A total of 19 entrieswere received. The topic for the presentationwas awareness, where students submittedprojects on Global warming, Cell phone radiation,etc. Three best projects were acknowledged andall the multimedia projects were displayed inthe stall for creating awareness to the public.
Various software like flash, Photoshop,etc were explained to the general public. Thissession mainly concentrated on improving thebasic knowledge of the public about computersand the software available.
Report by: Ms. Purnima Jothikrishnan, Secretary
India IT 2020: Theme: Globalleadership for Business & Society - coveringBusiness, Technology, Infrastructure andSociety at Mumbai during 2-4, Dec 2008,Mumbai. Jointly organized by the ComputerSociety of India and the Bombay ManagementAssociation. For details pl visit http://www.it2020india.com
NCSOFT 08: National Conference inSoftware Engineering; 4-5, December 2008at Cochin University of Science & Technology,Kochi; For details pl. contact Ms. Mini Ulanat,email: [email protected] , [email protected] / [email protected]
INDICON 2008: IEEE Conference andExhibition on Control, Communication andAutomation at IIT Kanpur by IEEE UttarPradesh Section and IEEE India Council duringDecember 11-13, 2008. For details http://w w w.ewh. ieee .org / r10/u t ta r_pradesh/indicon2008/
ADCOM 2008: InternationalConference on Advanced Computing andCommunication; 14 – 17, December 2008,MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India;For details, pl. visit http://annauniv.edu/adcom2008/
Forthcoming Events ICCCN 08: International Conferenceon Computing, Communication andNetworking; 18-20, Dec 2008 at ChettinadCollege of Engg and Technology, Karur.Supported by IEEE ED Society & ZIPSResearch Foundation. For details pl. contactDr A.P. Kabilan, email: [email protected] ,[email protected].
TIMA: 6th International Conferenceon Trends in Industrial Measurements andAutomation; Theme: Intelligent sensing andcontrol (towards energy management andenvironmental preservation); 4 – 6, Jan 2009,Chennai, India; Organised by: Dept. ofInstrumentation Engg., MIT Campus, AnnaUniversity, Chennai; For further details pl.contact: Dr. T. Thyagarajan, email:[email protected]
ICETiC 2009: Internationalconference on Emerging Trends inComputing; 8-10, Jan 2009, Virudhunagar,Tamil Nadu; Organized by: Dept. of CSE,Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology;Supported by: IEEE Madras Section, IEEEComputer Society - Madras Chapter, ComputerSociety of India - Div II (Software). For Furtherdetails, pl. contact: Er. N. Saravana Selvam,email: [email protected], Website:www.icetic2009.org/
ICWIS-09: International Conferenceon Web Intelligent Systems; 8 – 10 January2009, Chennai, India; Organized by:Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai; InAssociation with: IEEE Computer Society -Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India -Div II (Software) & Chennai Chapter, IndianInstitute of Information Technology andManagement – Kerala. For further details, pl.contact: Website: http://www.rajalakshmi.org/icwis09, email: [email protected]
NCCSE 2009: National Conferenceon Computational Science AndEngineering: 6 – 7 Feb, 2009 at Kochi.Organized by: School of Computer Science,Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Cochin inassociation with Computer Society of India(CSI) Div II on Software and CSI CochinChapter. Send the papers by 15th Dec 2008 toMr. Madhu S. Nair at the email:m a d h u _ s _ n a i r 2 0 0 1 @ y a h o o . c o m /[email protected]. For details visit thewebsite at visit www.rajagiri.edu
I E E C O N S - 2 0 0 9 : N a t i o n a lConference on Innovations in Electrical,Electronics and Control Systems: March 20- 21, 2009 at Kumaraguru College of Technology,Coimbatore. For details contact: Convener Prof.K. Regupathy Subramanian, Dean R&D/EEE.Email: [email protected]
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The IEEE-KCT Student Chapter,organized “Technotrix-08” project
contest on 6th Sep 2008 for engineeringcollege students. In total 104 studentsparticipated and demonstrated 28projects. This project contest was tomotivate the students so as to enhancetheir technical and practical knowledge.The KCT Management, Staff andStudents showed great interest andenthusiasm in organizing this contest.Three cash prizes were awarded for thefollowing best projects.
Technotrix-08: Project Contest at KumaraguruCollege of Technology
Award College Project Students
I Vickram College of Engineering Ground Water Depth Detector C. Nithyanandamand Informer N. Jaheerhussain
A. ElangoM. Vasudevan
II Kumaraguru College of Speed Control of 12v DC V. PradeepTechnology Motor by using Short Message S. Hariprashadh
Service R. SriramayyapanP.L.J. Nirmal Raja
III Vickram College of Engineering Automatic Irrigation Pump M. Siva Baarathiusing Solar System S. Gouse Mydeen
S. ArvindM. Krishnaraja
Date: 20 – 21, December 2008
Venue: Technology Park, BharathidasanUniversity, Tiruchirappalli - 23
Participants: The FDP is aimed at facultymembers of Engineering/Science colleges inTamil Nadu, specifically for those who havetaught courses on trends in computing.
Course Fee: There is no course fee for IEEEmembers and for non-members the course feeis Rs.1000/. Non members will be refundedthe course fee if they become member withinone year. The number of seats is limited andthe participants will be chosen on a first-come-first-served basis provided they satisfy thecriterion of having taught a course in relatedarea. The fee includes course material andlunch. Accommodation and transport will bethe responsibility of the participants.
Course Title: Title: Trends in Computing
Course Content: Pervasive Computing;Autonomic Computing; Open SourceComputing; Web Mining; Text Mining; GridComputing; Image Processing
Course Instructors: R M Chandrasekar,Anna University, R Krishnamurthy, AnnaUniversity; S. Nickolas, NITT; MalukMohammed, CSI; A.Vadivel, NITT;S. Kalaivani, BUTP.
Contact Address: IEEE Madras Section,Room No. 3, ISTE Professional Centre,Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai 600 025.Tel : +91 44-24423939, Cell : 9382328776, Fax: 044-24423939, Email: [email protected] Prof. Gopinath Ganapathy, Director,Technology Park, Bharathidasan University,Khajamalai Campus, Tiruchirappalli–620023,Ph: 0431-2331663, Fax: 0431-2331662,Email: [email protected]
Faculty Development Programme on TRENDSIN COMPUTING
Dr. Prabhaker’sProgramme at VITUniversity
As a part of the Distinguished LectureProgramme, co-ordinated by the IEEE
Computer Society Madras Chapter, Dr. M.Prabhaker, Associate Professor, Dept. CSE,Wright State University visited the leadingIndian universities and institutes during July-Aug 2008.
During his visit to VIT University on20th August 2008, he interacted with seniorofficials of VIT and faculty members of Schoolof Computing Sciences.
In the morning session on 20th August,he conducted a tutorial on open source softwarefor the target audience 3rd Year M.S. (SoftwareEngineering) Students. This tutorial wasattended about 180 students (including a fewstudents from other Schools of VIT andengineering colleges from near by regions). Thetutorial was coordinated by Ms. P. Swarnalatha,Sr. Lecturer and her student organizing team.
In the afternoon session, Dr. Prabhakerinteracted with the newly admitted students of1st year MS-Software Engineering programme.He had delivered an interactive talk on “TheComputer, Society and You” which wasattended by about 200 students. The sessionwas coordinated by Mr. R. Thandeeswaran, Sr.Lecturer and his team of students. It was verysignificant day for the MS-SoftwareEngineering, VIT’s largest academic programme(and perhaps, India’s largest softwareengineering programme). This five-yearintegrated master of software engineeringprogramme has about 1500 students on its rollas of now in the 40th year of software engineeringdiscipline being celebrated internationally. Dr.Prabhaker was also very special as it coincidedwith 15 years completion of computingeducation at VIT and also 15 years completionof IEEE Student Branch.
Report by Prof. H. R. Vishwakarma,VIT University
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Distinguished Lecture Programme (DLP) byDr. Prabhaker Mateti at Pondicherry University
As a part of the DLP organized by IEEEComputer Society, Madras Chapter,
Distinguished Lecture Programmes on“Everything You Should Know About Linux”& “Cluster Computing With Linux” by Dr.Prabhaker Mateti, Associate Professor,Computer Science and Engineering, Wright StateUniversity, Ohio, USA.was organized byDepartment of Computer Science, PondicherryUniversity on 22nd of August 2008 atDepartment of Computer Science, RamanujanSchool of Mathematics and Computer Science.The welcome address was delivered by Dr. G.Aghila, Professor and Head, Department ofComputer Science.
About 60 participants, mostly, facultymembers from Department of ComputerScience, Department of Banking Technology,Department of Bio-Informatics, PondicherryUniversity and Post graduate students fromthe Department Computer Science,Pondicherry University attended the Lecture.
The lecture was presented in twosessions. Session I: Everything you shouldknow about Linux & Session II: Cluster
computing with Linux. The lecture was verydetailed in nature. To summarize, the titlescoverage were very depth and providedfundamental information also.
The summary of feedback provided byparticipants of the Lecture include: The lecturewas able to cater for all levels of ability and itwas very much enjoyable; At times when peoplefound it hard to understand the resource personwent back over the steps without letting anyonefeel that they were lagging behind; The lecturesessions were peculiar, continually fascinatingand enriching the ideas related to the topic; Theyall found the lecture very interactive anddiscussion oriented; Many of the participants
wanted some practical sessions on the topicscovered. More emphasis would have been givento research possibilities and opportunitiesregarding the field.
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