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Volume : 7 Issue : 3 March 2010 Price : Rs. 3.00
Chairman’s MessageDr. T. Thyagarajan
From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan
Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dr. S. Salivahanan,
Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha
Esteemed Members, Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “NOTHINGGREAT WAS EVER ACHIEVED WITHOUTENTHUSIASM”. With such a great zeal, zest andenthusiasm the first ex-com meeting of the newofficer bearers of IEEE Madras Section was held on20th Feb, 2010 at NIOT. Fruitful discussions wereheld on several issues. Some of them include:Streamlining the procedure for sanctioning financial
assistance for conferences/seminars, sponsoring FDPs, Budget proposal forthe current financial year, Up-gradation of the website, senior membershipdrive, starting a new Society-Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT),registration of the Section & PAN card follow-up etc. The executive committee unanimously felt that the section has toencourage and motivate the IEEE student branches to organize conferences/seminars by giving technical and financial support. In this context, thestudent branches have been advised to follow the guidelinesformulated and given below. Submit the application (as per the format available in http://
ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras/) through proper channel, at least 30 daysahead of the event with the following attachments:
1 . IEEE members list–both students and staff with membership numberfor the current year.
2 . A draft copy of the brochure or first call letter of the event. (thesoft copy can be mailed before 8 th of the month [email protected] for publicity through the IEEE MAS LINK,our monthly bulletin)
Mail the conference details to [email protected] foruploading in the IEEE Explore, On approval by the Execom, thestudent branch will be suitably intimated by Section office. On receiptof the approval, the student branch counselors are advised to finalizethe communication and other related material such as Brochure,Invitation, Certificate, Proceedings both hard copy and soft copy withthe IEEE Logo with a mention “Sponsored by IEEE Madras Section”.
The sponsorship amount {(Rs. 5,000/- (20-50 members), Rs.10,000/-(51-100), Rs.15,000/- (101-150) and Rs. 20,000/- (above 150)} will besent to the student branch within a month of approval, in the form ofcheque drawn in favor of the respective student branch account. Kindlyacknowledge the receipt of the same.
The student branch counselors are also requested to submit the followingwithin 15 days of conduct of the event to the Section office: Stamped receipt signed by the branch counselor / Head of the institution Copy of the bill(s) signed by the branch counselor and Head of the
institute, for the amount sanctioned. Copy of the proceedings/souvenir (hard/soft copy), Certificate,
Brochure, Invitation etc., Brief report (in doc/rtf /txt format) with photos (in jpg format) to
[email protected] for publishing in the IEEE MAS LINK. Contd.........2
Dear Friends,As informed in the earlier month, the de-
tailed proceedings of the AGM held on 12th Feb havebeen published in this issue of LINK along with fewphotographs. Also, the contact details of the officebearers, committee members, and the chairperson’sdetails of the various society chapters have been pub-lished for reference and use by the members to facili-tate interaction with them. The student branches can
contact them for help and advice in organizing events at their institutions.
This month, we were flooded with reports on events held at variousstudent branches along with few conference reporting. While we havepublished a few of the event details, a no. of them have been carried forwardto the next issue due to space constraints. Please bear with us. If the in-creased activities trend continues, being the largest section in terms of theno. of student branches, we can become the most active if all the branchesorganize two or three events in the year and report them without fail.
The other items reported in this issue of LINK include: TECHEXPO’10 at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering; MBLAZZE’10: IEEEAwareness and Enhancement programme organized by Kumaraguru Collegeof Technology; Guest Lecture on “Industrial Automation Using PLC” heldat Arunai Engineering College; Motivation Program held at Jeppiaar Engi-neering College; Techstallion organized by Kongu Engineering College;Workshop on “Computer Hardware Installation and Servicing” conductedby Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Information Technology andDigital Literacy program held at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering.
The proceedings of the three day International Conference on “Wire-less Communication and Sensor Computing” and the two day workshop on”Engineering Principles in Science and Mathematics Classrooms” both heldat SSN College of Engineering appear in detail in this issue of LINK alongwith the reports on the technical presentation on “Satellite Communica-tions” organized by the Section along with Communications Society, Com-puter Society & CSI and the 13th Faculty Development Programme on“Natural Computation in Engineering” held at Velammal Engineering College,
LINK congratulates Mr. Melappalayam N. Gokul of Mahindra Satyamand Ms. M. Miruthula of Anand Institute of Higher Technology, the winnersof Info Contest - 1001 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/= each sponsoredby SRA Systems.
We draw the attention of our readers to the list of forthcomingevents published in this issue of LINK. They include call for papers andparticipation relating to conferences in the areas of VLSI, Embedded Sys-tems, Signal Processing & Communication Technologies, Computer Com-munication & Networking, Emerging Trends in Computing Technologies.Members, may pl. make use of this opportunity to share their researchexperiences with the world.
We reiterate our request to the faculty members. Please encouragethe students to become the members of IEEE & IEEE CS along with theaccess rights to the IEEE CS Digital Library at a combined discounted rate ofUSD 20, valid from 1st March and enjoy the membership till Dec 2010.Best opportunity one can get to be associated with the largest professionalbody in the world.
LINK requests the matter for publishing is sent by 8th of everymonth as per the guidelines available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/guidelines-matter-for-ieee-mas-link.pdf
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Technical Presentation on “Satellite Communications”
IEEE Madras Section, IEEECommunications Society and IEEE ComputerSociety along with Computer Society of Indiaorganized a technical presentation on SatelliteCommunications on 4th Mar 2010.
Shri S Ramesh, Station Engineer,Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai gave an excellentoverview of the satellite communication startingwith the history of satellite communications tothe present scenario. The components of asatellite communication system were wellexplained, including the telemetry, tracking andcontrol of the satellites. The types of satelliteorbits, the frequencies used and the applicationswere well illustrated. The requirements ofsatellite earth station and the antennas were alsodiscussed in detail. Shri Ramesh also shared withpride, the fact that India is one of the top sevencountries in the world in launching of satellites.The presentation was followed by a livelyquestion and answer session with enthusiastic
participation from the audience. Studentmembers who participated were also introducedto the in plant training offered by DoordarshanKendra Chennai. Shri S Ramesh expressed hiswillingness to help the students in this regard.
Earlier, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Chairman,IEEE Madras Section, welcomed the gathering.Dr. N. R. Alamelu, Secretary, IEEE MadrasSection and Chairperson, IEEE CommunicationsSociety, Madras Section introduced the speaker.Mr. S. Ramasamy, Chairman, CSI ChennaiChapter, presented the memento to the speakerShri Ramesh on behalf of the organizers joiningwith Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS. Afterthe presentation, Mr. P. Subramanian, Secretary,IEEE Communications Society, proposed thevote of thanks.
Workshop on “Engineering Principles in Science and MathematicsClassrooms” at SSN College of Engineering
IEEE Madras Section & IEEE StudentBranch of SSNCE jointly conducted a two dayworkshop on ”Engineering Principles inScience and Mathematics Classrooms” at SSNCollege of Engineering on 17th & 18th December2009. The program was conducted under theauspices of IEEE R10 Educational ActivitiesCommittee - TISP Educational outreachprogram. A total of 35 participants from variousGovernment higher secondary schools in andaround Chennai and Kanchipuram districtsparticipated.
Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chairman IEEEMadras Section and Principal, SSNCEwelcomed the gathering. Dr. S. Muthan,Professor of Anna University Chennai was theChief Guest of the program. He gave a veryinsightful talk on how learning should be madeinteresting for the next generation during hisinaugural address. Dr. M. Sreenivasan,Professor of Mathematics, SSNCE spoke abouthow Mathematics could be made easy at theschool level. After the tea break, the sessionwas handled by Dr. V. Raajini, Professor,Electrical Engineering Department, SSNCE on
“Understanding the engineering profession” andhighlighting how the engineering profession isa more satisfying career option for the newgeneration. After a sumptuous lunch, Prof.Singaravadivelu, Physics Department, SSNCEgave a talk on “Learning Physics is Fun”. Thiswas followed by a visit to the Physicslaboratory. The participants were given handson training in certain experiments. The programbroke for the day.
The second day started with a sessionon “Making Mathematics Simple” by Dr. B.Praba, Associate Professor, MathematicsDepartment, SSNCE. Participants then visitedthe English language lab where Dr. Divya John,HOD, English Department, SSNCEdemonstrated various tools used at the languagelab to improve the English pronunciation andvocabulary. The participants visited variousDepartments and the Central library. Afterlunch Dr. M. Siluvai Micheal, AssistantProfessor, Chemistry Department, SSNCEspoke about teaching Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering as a Career prospect. The sessionwas concluded with a visit to the Chemistry
lab. The valedictory function was presided overby Dr. K. Kasturi, Dean, SSNCE. There wasalso a feedback session where the participantsspoke about what they liked and suggestions asto what could be improved.
Chairman’s Message Contd.....
On behalf of the Executive Committeemembers, I request all the Student BranchCounselors to follow the above guidelinesscrupulously by recalling the saying, “HELPUS TO HELP YOU”.
A no. of events such as FDPs/Conferences/ Special Lectures/Workshops inassociation with IEEE Madras Section havebeen organized by our student branches andengineering colleges. Our Execom members haveparticipated in these events enthusiastically.These events have been reported in detail inthe newsletter.Let me conclude my message by recallingthe words of Francis Bacon“It is not what we eat that makes us strong,but what we digest that makes us strong.It is not what we earn that makes us rich, butwhat we save that makes us rich.It is not what we read that makes usknowledgeable but what we understand thatmakes us knowledgeable.It is not what we preach that makes usprofessional but what we practice that makesus true professional”
LET US PRACTISE WHAT WE PREACH(during the various professional activities)TO BECOME TRUE PROFESSIONALS
With regardsAffectionate office bearer
Prof. Thyagarajan
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TECH EXPO’10 at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering
The grand event “TECH EXPO ‘10” washeld on 28th Feb and on 1st Mar 2010 at M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur. TheIEEE Student Branch of the college joined handsin this technical exhibition by conducting a“Project Presentation” on the first day of TechExpo’10, and allowing the students from variouscolleges to exhibit their innovative ideas. Theresponse was good with nearly 148 abstractsfrom various colleges and 22 best projects wereshort listed for display.
The chief guest at the inaugural functionwas Mr.M. Subramanian, Assistant General
Manager of Tamilnadu Newsprint and PapersLimited (TNPL), Karur. Secretary Er. K.Ramakrishnan, principal Dr. D. Valavan, BranchMentor Dr. S. Chitra, Branch Advisor Prof. V.Kavitha and our Branch Counselor Prof. K.Sundararaju participated in the function. J.Gouthaman, Chairperson of IEEE StudentBranch welcomed the gathering. The vote ofthanks was given by S.Gokul Raj, ViceChairperson of IEEE Student Branch.
The chief guest examined the projectson display. He enquired the students on itsapplications and its working concepts. He
apprehended the efforts driven by the studentsand appreciated them for their committedinvolvement. To the participants surprise, Publicand school students from Karur and Velur, wereallowed to visualize and explore the projects.They were really happy and induced by thepositive comments from the public.
The projects were analyzed and enquiredby a qualified team of jury’s compromising ofsenior lecturerers from various departments. The1st prize was bagged by the students from RVSCollege of Engineering, Dindigul and received acash award of Rs.1500. The 2nd prize went tothe students from Muthayammal College ofEngineering, Namakkal and they were awardedRs.1000. The 3rd prize and a cash award ofRs.750 were received by the students fromS.R.M Institute of Technology. The prizewinners were awarded by the Branch advisor,Branch Mentor and the Branch Counselorrespectively. All the participants were providedwith participation certificates.
Report by, S. Gokul Raj, Vice Chairman,IEEE student branch
Faculty Development Programme on “Natural Computation in Engineering”
The IEEE Madras Section in associationwith the Dept. of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering, Velammal Engineering College,Chennai organized a Faculty DevelopmentProgramme (FDP) on the topic “NaturalComputation in Engineering” on 6th and 7thFeb 2010. This was the 13th FDP in a series ofprograms aimed at improving the quality ofteaching in Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu.
The programme was attended by 49faculty members of colleges and universitiesfrom all over Tamilnadu. The co-ordinators ofthis FDP were Dr. N. Kumarappan, Professor,
Annamalai University and IEEE MadrasSection Excom Member, Dr. P. Chidambaram,Professor of EEE, Velammal Engg. College andDr. C. Christober Asir Rajan, AssociateProfessor of EEE, Pondycherry Engg. College.
The programme started with an inauguralfunction in which Major. V V. Chandrasekharn,Treasurer IEEE Madras Section delivered theinaugural address.
The Resource Persons for this programwere Dr. N Kumarappan from AnnamalaiUniversity, Dr. C. Christober Asir Rajan from
Pondycherry Engg. College, Dr. GSaravanakumar from IIT Madras and Dr. V. S.Srinivasan, Scientific Officer, IGCAR.
The topics covered include: NeuralComputation, Evolutionary Computation,Swarm Intelligence, Artificial Immune Systems,Ant Colony Search, Simulated Annealing andFuzzy Logic. There were demos on NeuralNetwork and Fuzzy Logic Techniques.
The program ended with a valedictoryfunction which was presided by Mr. H.R.Mohan, Associate Vice President (Systems),The Hindu and the Chair of IEEE ComputerSociety, Madras Chapter.
The program received an excellentfeedback from the participants and they werehappy as it provided a very good opportunityfor them to listen and interact with the expertson various natural computation issues.
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IEEE MAS LINKSRA SystemsInfo Contest
H.R. MohanChairman, IEEE CS, Madras Chapter
Editor, IEEE MAS LINKAVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai
This is the 23rd edition in the series of InfoContest – a regular column in our newsletterIEEE MAS LINK. The content mix nowincludes some General Knowledge questions inaddition to IT related. This, we believe wouldprovide an overall exposure and also facilitatemore participation.
TWO lucky winners who answer to maximumno. of questions and early (selected by lot ifmultiple entries qualify) will receive an awardof Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRA Systems.
Members are encouraged to participate in thecontest and win prizes. Answers are to be sentby EMAIL ONLY. Please follow the guidelinesprovided at the end of the questions.
Info Contest – 1003
This contest has 25 questions in five sections— A, B, C, D & E — each having five questions.
A. Provide answer for these questionsrelating to SMS
A1. How do you write “Anytime, Anywhere,Anyplace”
A2. How do you convey that you are tired,bored and sleepy
A3. Guys refer girls as QT. What is QT
A4. What is equivalent to TTFN
A5. T+ means what
B. Provide the answer :
B1. Name the recently launched social mediafacility based on Gmail by Google
B2. Google allows “Stemming” in search. StateTrue / False
B3. Name the object oriented programminglanguage which has the first part of thename of the most visited paid monumentin the world
B4. What do you get when you enter the string“* # 0 6 #” on your mobile Phone
B5. Name the biggest IT Park in Tamil Nadu
C. Fill in the blanks.
C1. The Telco Uninor is the joint venture ofUnitech and ———
C2. iPhone : Apple = BlackBerry :———
C3. Cloud Computing includes SaaS, Paas and———
C4. Semantic Web is the vision of ———
C5. Photon+ : Tata Indicom = vFlash :———
D. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.
D1. Name the distinction that KathrynBigelow has achieved on receiving theOscar Award for the best director
D2. Name the model of the one lakh Maruticars being recalled due to faulty gaskets inthe fuel system
D3. —— had the distinction of country’slongest-serving chief minister
D4. Which new picture will replace the exitingones — scorpion and lungs on the cigarette,chewing tobacco and gutka packs
D5. World Kidney Day is observed on
E. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.
E1 “Your trusted partner in wealth creation”is the tagline of which Mutual Fund
E2. Mukesh Amabani & ——— are the twoIndians listed in the Forbe’s top Fivebillionaires in the world
E3. ——— has conferred the citizenship tothe Indian Picasso Mr. M.F. Husain
E4. Dubai is the capital of the United ArabEmirates (UAE) — a federation of sevenemirates. State True / False
E5. The women’s reservation bill was votedin favor when tabled on 9th March at theLok Sabha. State True / False
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Info Contest – 1002 :: Answers & Winners
Answers:Bangalore, Baidu, Spice group, Yahoo. 10 timesNexus One, Pi, Acer Liquid, Ovi Store, FacebookTelenor, P@SHA, $285b, Cyber Attack,Internet/TwitterGrammy, Bacillus thuringiensis KolkataKnight Riders, Ankleshwar, LifeHDFC Standard Life Insurance, ValentineDay, Pietermartizburg, South Africa, True
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Melappalayam N. GokulMahindra SatyamMem No : 80659991Email: [email protected]
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Both the above will be awarded a prize of Rs.500/= each. LINK acknowledges with thanksthe sponsorship of the awards by SRA Systems(www.srasystems.com).
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MBLAZZE’10: IEEE Awareness and Enhancementprogramme at Kumaraguru College of Technology
The IEEE students’ chapter ofKumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatorehad conducted the IEEE Awareness andEnhancement programme, MBLAZZE’10, on20th of Feb 2010. MBLAZZE’10, an inter-college event had a participation of 80 studentsfrom various engineering colleges.
The occasion got under way with theprayer song. The event was convened by Mrs.V.Sharmila Deve, IEEE coordinator and Mrs.R. Kavitha. Mr.Gridhari, coordinator Mblazze-
10 welcomed the gathering. Mrs.V.SharmilaDeve and R. Kavitha explained the benefits ofIEEE and Value of IEEE Membership. Dr. P.A.Balakrishnan, HoD, EEE provided tips andways to improve innovation concepts in paperpresentation. The event was conducted to createa new platform for the students in an innovativeway. The event included quiz competition,debate, and paper presentation.
The difference that is put forward in thequiz competition was it had a quick fashionwhere knowledge with presence of mind wasthe criteria. The students made it much difficultto scrutinize and the winners were awarded withcash prize and merit certificate.
In the debate, the ongoing social andtechnical issues ranging from drastic climate toethics in corporate were debated and thestudent’s brainstorming brought out mindblowing innovations and perfect ideas worthexpert considerations. The students exercised
their team spirit along with exploring theirindividual personalities in the forum.
The paper presentation was conductedwith the criteria such as student’s owncontribution in the paper, the depth of thecontribution and originality. Out of 75 papersfrom 50 colleges, 30 were selected under threecategories. The final stage faced severecompetition and multiple judges were neededto come to a much agreed result. The winnerswere awarded with cash prizes and meritcertificates.
The students had variety ofopportunities as volunteers, organizers andparticipants and they exhibited multitude oftalents. Many expressed their desire to conductsimilar events in their colleges. The IEEEmembership advantages were explained and thevast opportunity of knowledge on various fieldsand networking with experts were highlightedto students. The event received a great applausefrom the participants and provided a sense ofsuccess to the organizers.
ICWCSC 2010: International Conference on “Wireless Communication andSensor Computing” held at SSN
General Information
SSN is an institution that aspires alwaysto be in the forefront of research. With the growthof wireless communication, sensor computingwill assume a greater role in meeting the needsof the society. To fulfill these important needsof society, SSN put forward itself by hosting athree day International Conference on “WirelessCommunication and Sensor Computing”,ICWCSC 2010 organized by the Departmentsof ECE & IT during Jan 02-04, 2010.
ICWCSC 2010 intended to promoteresearch activities in various areas of WirelessCommunication, Sensor Networks, Mobile Adhoc Networks and Cognitive Radio byproviding a forum for exchange of ideas, bringing
the Scientists, Engineers, and Researcherstogether to showcase the exciting and challengingdevelopments in their research work, developinteraction among them and discuss the futuredirections in this area.
The conference had attracted a total of273 papers from around the globe. The expertpanel members of the technical committee andreview committee had a challenging task ofreviewing the papers submitted. The TechnicalProgram Committee recommended 65 papersfor presentation at the conference and forpublications in IEEE Xplore. The InternationalAdvisory Committee had envisaged acomprehensive technical program of 6 sessionsthat covered a broad spectrum of topics inWireless Communication, Ad hoc Networks,
Cognitive radio and Sensor Networks.
The organizers are grateful to IEEEMadras Section, Chennai Chapters of IEEEComputer Society and IEEE CommunicationSociety, Indian Nuclear Society, KalpakkamChapter, Department of InformationTechnology, BRNS, CSIR, DRDO, MoES,CTS, HCL, Agilent Technologies, Infosys, IOC,TMB, WinTek, FrontLine, ivetel and otherindustries located in and around Chennai forsponsoring this conference.
And also organizers were very gratefulto the IEEE Conference PublicationsManagement Group for publishing theconference papers in IEEE PDF eXpress.
Pre-Conference Tutorials
As a part of three-day conference, twopre-conference tutorials were organized on dayone, 2nd January 2010. The first Tutorial on“Distributed Sensor Networks” was offered byDr. S.S. Iyengar, Professor and Chairman,Department of Computer Science, LSU, USA.,The second tutorial on “Cognitive Radio –Technical Overview”, was offered by Dr. DavidKoilpillai, Professor, Department of ElectricalEngineering, IITM, Chennai in the forenoonsession and Dr. P. H. Rao, SAMEER, Chennai
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shared his relevant knowledge on “AntennaDesign Challenges for Cognitive Radio” in theafternoon.
Inaugural Session
The conference was inaugurated by Dr.S. Shanmughavel, Registrar, Anna UniversityChennai on 3rd January 2010. Dr. S.Shanmughavel delivered the inaugural addressand also released the Conference Proceedingsand Souvenir. Mr. Naresh Kumar, GeneralManger, South Asia Pacific, ApplicationEngineering Organization, Agilent Technologieswas the guest of honour. Dr. S. Salivahanan,General Chair, ICWCSC 2010, Principal, SSNCollege of Engineering and Chairman of IEEEMadras Section, welcomed the gathering andDr. S. Radha, Conference Chair, ICWCSC 2010,Professor and Head, Department of ECEpresented the conference highlights andprogramme details while introducing the chiefguest. Dr. T. Nagarajan, Conference Chair,ICWCSC 2010, Professor and Head,Department of IT introduced the guest of honour.
Technical ProgramTechnical Sessions
Following the conference inauguration,the technical sessions were scheduled on Jan3rd and Jan 4th in six sessions chaired by 12invitees from academia and industry. About 150participants including 70 outsiders participatedin the conference. Around 30 research papershave been presented by the authors.
The papers covered many topics but
reflected the growing with an increasing focuson security and routing issues in WSNs andMANETs, Wireless Communication, RFID andUnderwater Communication.
Keynote Addresses and Invited Talks
In addition to the normal technicalsessions, the technical program also includeseight keynote speeches. The four keynotespeeches on Day Two, January 03, 2010 were“Criteria and Strategies for SensorDeployment”, delivered by Dr. Sartaj Sahni,Professor and Chair, Department of Computerand Information Science and Engineering,University of Florida, USA, “Exo-Scale Studies:Algorithm for the Scattering Amplitude” by Dr.Paul Saylor, Professor, Computer ScienceDepartment, Louisiana State University and theUniversity of Illinois, USA, “Latest ResearchTrends in Broadband Communications” by Dr.Arokiaswami Alphones, Associate Professor ofSchool of Electrical & Electronic Engineering,NTU, Singapore, “Evolution of 802.11 WLANs”by Dr. S. Srikanth, Member Research Staff, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus, AnnaUniversity Chromepet, Chennai.
On Day Three, January 04, 2010, thefour keynotes were “3GPP” delivered by Dr.S. Sricharan, Project Engineer, WiproTechnologies, Chennai, “LTE Architecture andProtocol”, by Dr. Jackson Juliet Roy, SpecialistDesign & Development (Wireless Domain), TataElxsi Ltd, Chennai, “Emerging MobileBroadband Technologies - What and How willthey deliver?” by Dr. K. Giridhar, AssociateProfessor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
IITM, Chennai, “RF Sensor Networks forImproved Signal Detection and Geo-location”by Ms. Sonali Sarpotdar, Technical Consultant,Agilent Technologies Pvt., Ltd, Chennai.
All sessions, including tutorial sessions,oral sessions, and keynote sessions wereextremely well attended and produced activediscussions. The conference banquet was heldon the evening of 3rd January 2010 at QualityHotel Sabari Classic, Chennai.
Conference Proceedings
A CD-ROM containing all the papers ofthe conference, the details about ICWCSC 2010and the summary of pre-conference tutorialsand keynote addresses/invited talks wasprovided to each delegate.
Valedictory
Dr. Raj Reddy, Professor ofComputer Science & Robotics Department,Carnegie Mellon University delivered thevaledictory address and distributed certificatesto the participants. The Best Paper award waspresented to Bashir Ahmad, Zeeshan ShafiKhan, Adeel Akhtar for their paper titled “AnEnergy Efficient, Modified Hybrid AdaptiveIntraCluster Routing for Wireless SensorNetworks”. Dr. S. Salivahanan welcomed thegathering. Ms. Kala Vijayakumar, President,SSN Institutions delivered the presidentialaddress. Dr. S. Radha introduced the ChiefGuest and Mr. I. Joe Louis Paul, OrganizingSecretary, ICWCSC 2010, Assistant Professor,Dept. of IT, SSN CE proposed vote of thanks.
Guest Lecture on “Industrial Automation Using PLC”at Arunai Engineering College
A guest lecture on “Industrial AutomationUsing PLC” was organized by the Arunai IEEEStudent Branch on the topic on 12th of Jan2010. The Chief Guest was Mr. Gopu, ControlLogix, Pondicherry. The Chief Guest washonored by Mr. M. Arumugam, Director, R&D.Mr. Selvarasu, HoD, EIE welcomed thegathering and Mr. Arumugam offeredfelicitations. The participants at the programmewere pre-final year students of departmentsCSE, EIE and EEE.
The technical session started with a talk
by Ms. Sivakami, student member & 3rd yearEIE on “Medicine by Micro Machine”.Following this, a short introduction on the topicwas given by Mr. Kumaravel, staff member andEEE Dept. coordinator.
The Chief Guest addressed theparticipants in the remaining of the session,explaining about automation and its principleand working. He demonstrated a practical modelof an automated machine, which attracted thestudents greatly and made them attend the talkwith enthusiasm and interest. His presentationwas aided by many animated slides, whichimplanted the concepts of how an automatedmachine works into greater depths. He alsopresented a few clippings on real timeapplications in his company. There was a greatdeal of interaction from the students. This wasfollowed by another talk by Mr. B.S. Arun,student member & 2nd year ECE on “Wind
Energy”, an extract from the Spectrum.
On the whole, it was a very useful andmotivating day that helped the students to knowmore about the advancements in the area ofindustrial automation. The programme endedwith a vote of thanks by Ms. G. Preethi, studentmember & 3rd year CSE.
Section Membership as on15th March 2010
Life Fellow - 1Fellow - 1Life Senior - 6Senior Member - 71Life Member - 4Member - 768Associate - 52Affliate - 19Graduate Student Member - 754Student Member - 3192Total - 4,868
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Motivation Program at Jeppiaar Engineering College
IEEE student branch of JeppiaarEngineering College organized “MotivationProgram for the first Years” on 12th February2010.The chief guests and speakers for the eventwere Mr. Jaison Abey Sabu, Mentor ,MadrasSection Pilot Project, R10 Global Integrated
Network of IEEE (GINI) Member, StudentActivities Board, IEEE Kerala Section and RanjitNair, Student Mentor, Madras Section. Bothof them were most effective in actuating themind’s of the first years.
Mr.Jaison explained the various benefitsassociated with IEEE membership.Heemphasized that networking with other peopleand working together was one of the mainadvantages and the aim of IEEE membership.He kept the gathering intact with his frequentwitty and healthy interactions. The first yearshad a spanking and rattling time responding tohim. He also briefed on the Spectrum Magazinewhich is of immense use and its importance to
the engineers of tomorrow.
Mr. Ranjith Nair in his synergisticsession he brought out the talents of the firstyears by making them exhibit their talents. Itwas an astonishing and astounding session inwhich students had moments of gaiety andenjoyment .The students had become obliviousof the surroundings and understood the wholeaim of this program and we had successfullyaccomplished it through our esteemed andcharismatic speakers. In this endeavor, we hadthe able support of our chairman Dr. Jeppiaar,our dynamic directors Mr. Marie Wilson,Mrs.Regena Wilson and our branch counselorMr. Sellakumar.
Report by: V.J. Suryanarayana, ChairpersonNewsletter Committee
Techstallion at Kongu Engineering CollegeTechstallion - an everlasting, innovative
technical stall conducted by the IEEE studentbranch of Kongu Engineering College and itsaffinity group WIE on 5th and 6th of Feb 2010in order to exhibit the IEEE student branchactivities of our college. The day picked upwith an enthusiastic support from the studentsof KEC and also from the public. The youngbudding pillars of India, the school studentsexpressed their interest in knowing about whatis all about IEEE and what it does in Engineering.Techstallion aimed at creating awareness aboutthe benefits of IEEE membership.
The stall featured the copies of SpectrumMagazine, IEEE newsletter and other IEEEjournals. The students of our college and various
other colleges also showed a great interest inknowing the IEEE membership benefits. InTechstallion, we also conducted events like“Flash your Innovation” (Multimedia Contest),and “Flick your Click” (Photography Contest),where more than 60 students participated andwon prizes. The multimedia presentation wasabout this solution to overcome the existingcleavage and political crimes. OverallTechstallion projected the IEEE student branchof Kongu Engineering College and the IEEEmembership benefits to a large audience throughOpen House Exhibition at Kongu EngineeringCollege.
Workshop on “Computer Hardware Installationand Servicing” at Coimbatore Institute ofEngineering and Information Technology
IEEE Students Branch of CIET hadorganized a one day workshop on “ComputerHardware Installation and Servicing” for thebenefit of all the IEEE student members of thecollege on 30th Jan 2010.
Mr.B.Saravanan, IEEE Student BranchCounselor inaugurated the programme andintroduced the speakers Mr.S.Prem Babu,Manager – Servicing and S.Ramesh, Customer
Support Executive from Zenith Computers whoconducted the workshop. In the morningsession, the experts listed out the majorcomponents of the computers (motherboard,processor, memory systems, plug and playdevices, interfacing components, and expansionslots) and described the functionality of eachcomponent. They also explained variousprocessor architectures.
Practical session was conducted in theafternoon for the students. A model PC wasbrought and various components inside the PCwere shown to the audience. Practical demo ofWindows Server 2007 and Linux installationwere also done. At the end, students interactedwith experts and clarified their doubts.Certificates were distributed to all the studentparticipants at the end of the programme.
NCCCN-10 - second two dayNational Conference on ComputerCommunication & Networking: 9-10thof April 2010 at Chennai, organized byDepartments of CSE, IT and MCA, SMKFomra Institute of Technology OldMamallapuram Road, Thaiyur Village,Kelambakkam Chennai 603103 in associationwith IEEE Madras Chapter, CSI, and MCSI.Contact : Mr. Ramesh Organizing secretary,NCCCN10, [email protected] Website:www.smkfomra.net
NCSIP-10 - second two dayNational Conference on Signal andImage Processing: 9-10th of April 2010at Chennai, organized by Departments ofBiomedical, EEE and ECE, SMK FomraInstitute of Technology Old MamallapuramRoad, Thaiyur Village, KelambakkamChennai 603103 in association with IEEEMadras Chapter, BMESI, IETE and MCSI.Contact : Dr. T.M. Sridhar, Convenor,NCSIP 10, [email protected] Website:www.smkfomra.net
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NCVESCOM-10: 3rd NationalConference on VLSI, EmbeddedSystems, Signal Processing andCommunication Technologies: 2 – 3,Apr 2010 at Chennai, Organized byDepartment of Electronics &Comunications Engg, Aarupadai VeeduInstitute of Technology, Vinayaka MissionsUniversity and supported by Div II(Software) & Div IV (Communications) -Computer Society of India, IEEE ComputerSociety - Madras Chapter. Contact: Mr.R. Vijaya Arjunan, Organizing Secretarty–NCVESCOM-10at [email protected]: 044-27443802 / +91 9943368609 OR Mr.H.R. Mohan, Chair, Div II at [email protected]: www.avit.ac.in
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FORM IVStatement about ownership and other particulars about newspaper (IEEE-MAS LINK) to be published in the first issue every year after the last dayof February1. Place of publication IEEE Madras Section
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6. Names and addresses IEEE MADRAS SECTIONof individuals who ownthe newspaper andpartners or shareholdersholding More than oneper cent of the total capital:
I, Dr. KRISHNA V. PRASAD, hereby declare that the particulars givenabove are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
ICAET-10: International Conference on Advances And EmergingTrends In Computing Technologies: 21 – 24, Jun 2010 at Chennai,India, Organised by School of Computer Science & Engineering, SRMUniversity in association with University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA,Div II & Div IV, Computer Society of India, IEEE Computer Society,Madras Chapter. Contact: Dr. S. Chellaiah, Conference Chair ICAET-10 at [email protected] OR Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chair, Div II [email protected] Website: http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/events.php?page=icaet10
"Dr. Atmanand, Past Vice Chairman, IEEE Madras Section beingfelicitated for becoming Director of NIOT".
Digital Literacy program by M. Kumarasamy College of EngineeringA Team of eight students headed by
Mr.J.Gouthaman,Chair,IEEE StudentBranch,MKCE have conducted DIGITALLITERACY- A Computer AwarenessProgramme at Pugalur Government HigherSecondary School on 9th February,2010 anddemonstrated the computer with six laptopcomputers and its function to 240 schoolstudents through the IEEE Women InEngineering Affinity Group. The demos were
organized in batches of one and half hours for60 students at a time and after the training asmall test was also conducted.
Branch Counselor Prof. K. Sundararajupresided over the function and faculty membersof the school also joined the student team inthis programme.
Report by: Gouthaman.J, Chairperson-IEEE Student Branch, [email protected]
A-Z of Facing the Challenges• Ask questions, Analyze• Build solutions• Create awareness• Dedicate effort, Delegate• Encourage teamwork• Fix accountability• Generate ideas• Highlight benefits• Institutionalize change• Jump over hurdles• Kill fear of failure• Lead by example• Manage, Measure progress, Mitigate risk,• Negotiate for more• Offer assistance
• Plan• Quantify quality• Reward ideas• Sell your ideas, change the mind set• Test the waters• Understand others• Value add• Win thru win-win• Xerox best practices• Yearn for Success• Zoom your successExcerpts from the talk by Mr. B.Ezhilan, Head- IT Systems at the Conf. on Latest Issues inInformation Technology, held at RMDEngineering College
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1. The Section Chairman Dr. S. Salivahanan,welcomed the members.
1.1 In his address, chairman gave a briefaccount of the activities of the sectionduring the year 2009.
1.2 The section chair expressed his gratitudeto all the Execom members and appreciatedand thanked for their wonderful supportand cooperation extended.
1.3 He also highlighted on the FacultyDevelopment Programs conducted duringthe year 2009 and the amount receivedfrom the IEEE HQ.
1.4 He informed that a new society MTT hasbeen formed under the Madras Section andwill be active from 2010.
1.5 He was pleased to inform that IEEE HQhas sanctioned $500 for the activitiesconducted by Industrial ApplicationsSociety.
2. The Section Secretary Dr. T. Thyagarajanhighlighted the major activities of theIEEE Madras Section during the year 2009:
The Section has the credit of having thehighest number of Student Branches (143Student Branches) among all the Sectionsin the world.
The Section celebrated the 125th year forIEEE in a grand manner on 27th August2009 at the MIT campus Anna UniversityChennai.
Number of Execom members receivedawards for their performance and some ofthem include: Mrs. M. Ramalatha, Chair, WIE has
won MGA Achievement Award for2008, Geographic ActivitiesAchievement award and Life TimeAchievement Award from Lions Clubfor the year 2009.
Mr. Sampathkumar, GOLD Chair,IEEE Madras Section has won thepeople choice award along with theIEEE Outstanding StudentHumanitarian Award in the IEEEpresident’s Change the Worldcompetition for the project“Information System on Human andHealth Services (ISHHS)”.
Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal ExecomMember & Chair Student Activitiesand Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Secretaryreceived IEEE cert ificate ofappreciation award for outstanding
IEEE Madras Section Minutes of the AGM held on 12th February 2010 at HotelPalmgrove, Chennai. mentoring from WIE & GOLD (2009).
Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chairman, Dr. P.Suresh Chander Pal, Ex Member&Chair Student activities and Dr. T.Thyagarajan, Secretary received theIEEE certificate of appreciation foractive participation in organizing R-10 student congress at SSN during2008.
HR Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CSreceived the cert ificate ofappreciation for his contributionstowards the advancement of IEEE andthe Engineering Professions inComputer Society.
Mr. HR Mohan , Mr. Darwin Jose Raju andMrs. Radha were elevated as a SeniorMembers
14 Technical Lectures. 13 GOLD Affinity Group Meetings. 27 WIE Affinity Group Meetings. 5 WIE – Student Branches Affinity Groups
were started. 86 IEEE Society Meetings. 12 Administrative Meetings of the
EXECOM members. 6 Faculty Development Programs,
including the one at Karunya University,and the other at Kalasalingam Universityfor the benefit of out station facultymembers.
21 National/International Conferences/Workshops were organized by the StudentBranches in different Engineering Collegesand Chapters of the IEEE Societies andthey were co-sponsored by the MadrasSection.
A membership development program wasorganized on 14th December 2009 atSAMEER center.
Facilitation of individual membership feepayment in Indian Rupees and conversionby the Section.
Saving the postal expenses by registeringthe newsletter.
Regular dispatch of the Section Newsletter– IEEE MAS LINK to the members.
Formation of Special Committees to focuson key areas of activities such as:
Technical; Publications; Educational;Membership Development; StudentActivities; Gold Affinity Group; Fellowship,Publicity & PR; Section By-laws; Finance;Section Web-site; Membership
Advancement and Awards Addition of new computer, a higher
resolution digital camera at the sectionoffice.
3. The secretary’s report was approvedunanimously (with few minor changes tobe incorporated ) by the members present.
4. The Minutes of the last year Section AGMheld on 11th Feb 2009 was approved by themembers after discussion. It was proposedby Major V.V. Chandershekar and secondedby Prof. G. Narashimalu.
5. The representatives of the society chapterspresent (PES, TMC, CS, COMSOC, WIE,GOLD, IAS) briefly presented on theiractivities during the year 2009.
6. Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, chair studentsactivities explained about GINI activitiesand also highlighted about the increase inthe student branches during the year 2009.
7. To encourage the Student Branches andSocieties to organize more activities,certificate of appreciation and cash awardswere presented to different student branchesand societies.
8. All the outgoing and incoming Execommembers and the society chairs presentwere felicitated during the meeting.
9. The Treasurer, Mrs. Ramalatha presentedthe treasurer’s report for the year 2009and clarified the queries raised by themembers.
9.1 The treasurer’s report was approved subjectto the changes suggested during the queriesby the members. It was proposed byShankaranarayanan and seconded by Dr.Renganath Muthu.
9.2 The current auditors were re-appointed andthe existing terms and remuneration withthe approval of the member present at theAGM.
9.3 The members present were informed thatthe IEEE Madras Section Auditor will bemade available at the AGM to clarify thequeries by the members from the next AGMonwards.
10. The incoming Chairman, Dr. T.Thyagarajan welcomed the new theExecom members for the Year 2010 andassured that the activity level of the sectionwould be maintained with the support ofthe members and also outlined some of theimportant activities to be carried out bythe Section in 2010.
11. A hearty vote of thanks was proposed bythe Secretary, Dr. N. R. Alamelu.
12. The AGM concluded with dinner.
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IEEE Madras Section AGM held on 12th February 2010at Hotel Palmgrove, Chennai.
Presentation of Secretary ReportWelcome Address by Chairman
Presentation of Treasurer Report
Section of Audience Section of Audience
Presentation of IEEE Student Activities
Presentation ofIEEE Computer Society Activities
Presentation ofIEEE Communication Society Activities
Presentation ofIEEE TMC & Power Energy Society Activities
Presentation ofIEEE Gold Affinity Group Activities
Installation of Vice Chairman Installation of Treasuer
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IEEE Madras Section Execom Officer Bearers - 2010
Dr. T. ThyagarajanChairmanCell : +91 94441 04850Email : [email protected]
Mr. S. RajvelVice-ChairmanEmail : [email protected]
Dr. P. Suresh Chander PalCell : +91 94440 16608Email : [email protected] [email protected]
Mr. T.S. RangarajanVice-ChairmanCell : +91 98410 02643Email : [email protected]
Dr. N.R. AlameluSecretaryCell : +91 98413 53400Email : [email protected]
Major V.V. ChandrasekharanTreasurerCell : +91 98410 14969Email : [email protected]
Dr. S. SalivahananPast-ChairmanCell : +91 94441 89433Email : [email protected]
Dr. Amitava Das GuptaCell : +91 98402 67995Email : [email protected]
Mr. R. ChellappanTel : +91 44 2467 9732 (O)
+91 44 2499 3266Email : [email protected]
Dr. N. KumarappanCell : + 91 99420 55263Email : [email protected]
Dr. Sheila AnandCell : +91 92821 12694Email : [email protected]
Er. H.R. MohanCell : +91 98414 32179Email : [email protected]
Prof. M.RamalathaCell : +91 94438 56444Email : [email protected]
Mr. P. A. ManoharanCell : +91 94441 13736Email : [email protected] [email protected]
Mr. V.V.S. Srinivasa RaoCell : +91 99401 57390Email : [email protected]
Dr. G. A. RamdasCell : +91 94443 99818Email : [email protected]
Execom Members - 2010
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