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Volume : 7 Issue : 9 September 2010 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman’s MessageDr. T. Thyagarajan

thyagu_vel@yahoo.co.in

From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan

hrmohan@gmail.comEsteemed Members

You are aware that, in every issue of IEEE-MAS Link, the updated membership details ofthe section are published. Out of the 9094members, 1962 are non-student members.Among the 1962 members, majority of them arefrom academic institutions. As 5th Septemberis celebrated as the Teacher’s day and alsoas the new academic session has just started,

you will agree with me that, a re-cap on the thoughts about the“Teaching skills for College Level Teachers” and also “The Roleof the Teachers in the Teaching Profession” will be a worth exerciseunder the chairman message for this month. A teacher is the chiefarchitect in molding the students’ career. In this connection, let me highlightthe 10 useful tips to make the classroom teaching more effective.

10 Useful Tips for Effective Classroom Teaching

Review: Make a quick review of previous day’s lesson Objective: At the beginning of the class, clearly state the objective

of that day’s class Interaction: Interact with the students by encouraging their

participation, to avoid monotony Black Board Management: BBM includes Legibility, letter size,

optimal utilization of BB space Mnemonics: Use Mnemonics (VIBGYOR for Rainbow colors) for

easy memory-recall Tutorials & Assignments: Conduct/give the T/A while teaching

analytical Teaching Aids: Use OHP/Multimedia projectors/ Charts/

Interactive CDs, PPT slides Summary: Give brief summary at the end of each class References: Inform the students about the reference books for

further reading Feedback: Obtain periodic feedback from students and take

necessary corrective action

Similar to BBROY OF GREAT BRITAIN…. for the resistor colorcode, remember the above 10 tips by using the mnemonics - MR. F.BRITTOS (M for Mnemonics, R for Review, F for Feedback etc..,).

The second point I wanted to share with you is the role of theteacher in the teaching profession. This can be classified into 4categories: (Academic, Research, Admin and Extension activities). Thevarious activities under each category are highlighted below:

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Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dr. S. Salivahanan,

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

Dear Friends,Our Chairman, as a true teacher has highlighted

“Tips for Effective Classroom Teaching” and “Role ofthe Teachers in the Teaching Profession” in his message.

After the re-opening of the colleges, we areable to see an increase in the level of the activities ofour student branches. This issue of LINK reports arecord no. of (about 20) activities held at variousstudent branches in our Section.

The activities reported in this issue of LINK include: Inauguration ofI-GROW at Arunai Engineering College, Guest Lecture at K. S. RangasamyCollege of Technology, Technical Conference at Bannari Amman Instituteof Technology, Inauguration of the student branches at M.A.M Collegeof Engineering, College of Engineering at Guindy and S.A. EngineeringCollege, Activities such as Guest Lectures, APT sparkle workshop, SeminarQuiz etc., at M. Kumarsamy College of Engineering, Technical Seminarat Kumaraguru College of Technology, Project / Paper Contest andWorkshop on “Computer Networks” at Coimbatore Institute of EngineeringTechnology, New Member Orientation Programme at Sri Krishna Collegeof Engineering, Guest Lecture at M.P.Nachimuthu M. JaganathanEngineering College, Seminar on “Applications with Oracle 9i – Database”at Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Ferret-10, Interdepartmentalfunction at Kongu Engineering College, Guest Lecture at Anand Instituteof Higher Technology, Seminar on “Soft Computing Tools For MedicalDiagnostics” at Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology andSeminar on “Static Timing Analysis” at Francis Xavier Engineering College.

Brief notes on the IEEE Computer Society activities such as freeseminar on “Access to Knowledge”, technical talks on “Challenges of ERPImplementation in SME Companies” and on “Intelligent Robots” heldduring Jul and Aug 2010 appear in this issue of LINK along with a detailedreport on the three day workshop on “Cloud Computing” organized jointlywith the CSI Division on Communication and CSI Special Interest Group onDistributed Systems. This workshop supported by 18 major companiesproviding cloud based services was attended by over 350 delegates and itcovered various aspects of Cloud Computing, Status in India, SecurityConcerns, Migration Strategies and Research Directions etc.,

LINK congratulates Mr. P. Sivaram Krishna of Sri VenkateswaraCollege of Engineering and Mr. Rohit Bothra of MNM Jain EngineeringCollege, the winners of Info Contest - 1007 who will receive a prize ofRs. 500/= each sponsored by SRA Systems.

The response for the funding of student projects is overwhelming.The Section is looking for Experts among our professional members toreview the projects and shortlist them for financial support. Membersmay pl. communicate their interest to the Chairman or the Section Office.Readers’ attention is drawn to the following: IEEE COMSOC Web Page Deisgn Contest NCMAN-2010: National Conference on “Mobile and Ad Hoc

Networks” Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Communication Systems and

Technologies” Student Competition for the design of Student Autonomous

Underwater Vehicle (SAVe)

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Inauguration of I-GROW at Arunai Engineering College

The grand inaugural function of the I-GROW for the academic year 2010-11 was heldon July 16th, 2010 at Arunai EngineeringCollege. Mr. H. R. Mohan, the chairman of IEEEComputer Society and Mr. Subash from SpringBoard Technology, adorned the function as guests.

The event got under way with thewelcome address by Dr. M. Arumugam,Director, R&D and it was witnessed by theHeads of various departments.

I-GROW (Information Global ReachObjective Wing) is an active association ofComputer Engineers carried on by the studentsof Department of Computer Science andEngineering. It is a forum which contributes alot in the development of technical skills of thestudents by organizing seminars, guest lectures,workshops and related events.

“Best leaders are the ladders for asuccessful organization” .The office bearers for

the academic year 2010-2011 were elected andannounced.

Mr. H. R. Mohan gave an inspirationaltalk on IEEE Computer Society and the benefitsof being an IEEE computer society member. Hebriefed about the various opportunities availablein today’s world and insisted the audience tobecome an IEEE-CS member and make the bestuse of the membership.

Following him, Mr. Subash from SpringBoard Technologies presented an interestingsession on Cloud Computing. He carried outthe session in an interactive way by giving manyreal-time examples. On the whole it was a veryuseful and motivating day that helped thestudents to know more about the advancementsin the area of cloud computing.

The vote of thanks was given by Mr. T.Jagannathan president of I-GROW. The functioncame to a successful end by extending gratitudeto our motherland through National Anthem.

Report by: M. Valarmathi,v.mathi56@yahoo.com

Guest Lecture at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology

The IEEE student branch ofK.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,

Tiruchengode Organized a Guest Lecture on“VLSI System Design” on 13th Aug 2010. Theday began with the ceremonial tribute to theAlmighty. Mrs. T. Preetha, IEEE GraduateStudent Member, KSRCT welcomed thegathering.

Mr. S.SARAVANAN, IEEECoordinator / AP, ECE, KSRCT introducedthe Chief Guest, Mr.C.Prithiviraj, SeniorProject Engineer, Wipro Technologies,

Bangalore. He explained about the VLSI SystemDesign. The lecture was highly interactive andthought provoking with questions by theparticipants. The lecture was attended byfaculty members, PG students.

Ms. THA. Sugapriyaa, IEEE GraduateStudent Member thanked all who made the eventa grand success.

Report by: Mr. S. Saravanan, AP/ECE,KSRCT, saravanans@ksrct.ac.in

The Role of the Teachers in the TeachingProfession

ACADEMIC: Teaching UG / PG courses,Handling Laboratory courses, Guiding UG/PG student projects, Question papersetting and evaluation, ConductingTutorials /Quiz/Seminars, Maintenance ofrecord of class work/attendance/assessment, Suggest modifications in thecurriculum/syllabus

R & D: Pursue research (Ph.D) in the fieldof interest, Pursue Post Doctoral research,Publish/Present research findings in theJournals/Conferences, Supervise Ph.D/MSscholars, Secure funded projects, EstablishCentre of Excellence

DEPARTMENTAL: Purchase of newequipment, Maintenance/Repair of old

equipment, Establishment of new labs,Conduct of stock verification, ArrangeIndustrial visits/tours/special lectures, Helpin registration/enrollment, Arrange parent-teacher meeting, Helping the administration

EXTENSION: Co-ordinate Professionalsociety/Placement/Student hostel/Alumni/Career guidance activities, Organize/ attendShort term courses/Seminars/Workshops/Conferences/ Exhibitions/Open houses,Undergo industrial training etc.,

I tried my best to use my two and halfdecades of teaching/research/administrativeexperience to make the above list as comprehensiveas possible. I am sure it will be of some help toyoung teaching professionals who would liketo make a mark in their professional career.

Affectionate office bearerT.Thyagarajan

Student CompetitionUNDERWATER ROBOT-SAVe

Partner:IEEE - Oceanic Engineering Society -

India chapter

National Institute of Technology(NIOT), Ministry of Earth Sciences,announces a competition for studentspursuing engineering degree to visualize anddesign STUDENT AUTONOMOUSUNDERWATER VEHCILE (SAVe). Thefocus is on developing innovativeunderwater water technologies needed forocean observation. For details andsubmission please visit web sitewww.niot.res.in 

Chairman’s Message continued....

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Student Technical Conference at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

A nation becomes great because of itswealth and resources. India always remains greatnot only due its natural resources but also dueto its sparkling and efficient young citizens.Global warming makes people disenchanting butconcentrating research on green house effect,this problem can be alleviated. We have enoughman power. Technical knowledge of Indians isrespected all over globally, said Mr T NSivakumar, Chairman, Electronics ControlCorporation, Coimbatore in his inauguraladdress delivered at the IEEE Student Branchof Bannari Amman Institute of Technology,Sathyamangalam on Saturday the 21st August2010.

Around 700 Students from 23 engineeringcolleges in Tamilnadu and adjoining statesparticipated in the IEEE National StudentTechnical Conference. Mr R Karthikeyan IEEEStudent Branch Chairman welcomed thegathering. Dr G Gurusamy Sr.M.IEEE andStudent Branch Counselor enlightened the senseof belonging while a student enrolling as an IEEEStudent Member and the enormous reputationhe brings in to himself and to IEEE organizationby his participation in its activities.

Dr A Shanmugam Principal of the collegewhile felicitating the successful conduct of thetwo day Technical Conference lauded the waysin which IEEE is extending its helpline for thebenefit of the young engineers. He said that byparticipating in the IEEE Programmes, thestudent members grow technically andprofessionally. The students on becoming themember of this global organization develop selfconfidence and personality skill by participatingin the skill oriented programmes organized byIEEE every now and then.

The highlight of the conference was thetechnical paper presentation. Papers wereinvited from the students of engineering colleges

all over India. There was overwhelmingresponse for the conference as the committeereceived 250 papers. The review committee hada hectic task of selecting 60 papers which werepresented in the four technical sessions on thefirst day of the conference. The separate posterpresentation was conducted for another set ofpapers to avoid disappointment among theyoung students. Students were also invited toexhibit their project models and the best threeprojects were selected and awards werepresented.

A Workshop on “Neuro Fuzzy SystemsApplications” – a neural network study on parwith human brain was conducted by Mr U SRagupathy, Assistant Professor, EEEDepartment, Kongu Engineering College. ALogic on types and modeling of uncertaintiesand its control using fuzzy implementation wasswiped through. Defuzzification also takes itsturn along with this logic. Control of “Continousco-polymerization reactor” a real time exampleof fuzzy logic made the life crisp. A set of fuzzyrules implemented using Matlab is gaining itsprominence because of its efficient simplicity.

In the evening there was a relaxationmoved among the student faces as a technicalgame with Robots driving called Robomania wasconducted.

The second day of the conference beganwith a opening professional lecture by MrAnand Sharma, Chief Mentor IMS LearningResources, Coimbatore. He strolled the audienceby his inspiring speech: Life must haverelaxation, but relaxation alone must not be thelife. Individuals need to realize the cost of energydepleting behaviors and then take responsibilityfor changing them regardless of circumstancesthey are facing. Most of the team leaderssquander the time with ineffective planning only

to realize a short fall later. Time Managementtechniques must be sincerely adopted.Personality is a package of you. Not onlyspeaking in English gives your personality ahigh score, but the way of communication thatmatters. IEEE helps in a “change of collectivebehavior” that provides effective timemanagement and personality skills. After allsuccess depends on the knowledge that youacquire in life.

Then various technical contests like E –Fusion, Brahma & Embryo and Quiz wereconducted for the students and best three placeswere selected in each contest. At the end of theday the Student Branch Counselor Dr GGurusamy gave away the prizes to the winners.The function ended with the vote of thanksproposed by Mr S Jayaprakash, Chairman,Student Technical Conference.

Report by Dr G Gurusamy,hodeee@bitsathy.ac.in

Section Membership as on15th September 2010

Life Fellow - 2

Fellow - 1

Life Senior - 7

Senior Member - 78

Life Member - 4

Member - 1874

Associate - 115

Affliate - 38

Graduate Student Member - 1090

Student Member - 6042

Total - 9,251

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Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch at M A M College of Engineering

“THE GRAND GENESIS”, the inauguralfunction of the IEEE Student Branch was heldat MAM College of Engineering on 25th Aug2010.

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Chairman,Student Activities Committee, IEEE MadrasSection inaugurated the IEEE Student Branchand Dr. M. A. Maluk Mohamed, Principal,MAM College of Engineering presided over thefunction.

In his inaugural address Dr. SureshChander Pal encouraged the students to activelyparticipate in various activities of IEEE. Hewanted the students to be innovative. Heenlightened the students to make self evaluationof their own strengths and weaknesses and askedthem to develop their self confidence and acquirevarious skills, viz., leadership, communication,project management skills etc., by joining IEEEand excelling in studies and extra-curricularactivities.

Dr. M. A. Maluk Mohamed, Principal ofthe college, in his presidential address, expressedhappiness in fulfilling his long felt dream ofstarting IEEE student branch at MAMCE. Healso expressed his desire and request forestablishing a separate IEEE sub-section withstudent branches of the Colleges located in

Trichy and congruent areas. There are 80engineering colleges affiliated to Anna Universityof Technology, Trichy. He encouraged thestudents to utilize the IEEE resourceseffectively. He said initiatives will be taken toincrease the student membership strength to500 by Dec 2010.

The principal officers of IEEE studentbranch were introduced by Mr. R. Joshua ArulKumar, S.B. Counselor. Various committeeswere constituted by the chief guest and therewas enthusiastic response from the students.The session was interactive and very useful. S.Sriram, S.B. chairman presented the annual planof activities and M. Rubiya, Treasurer, thankedthe gathering. The IEEE Student membersagreed to launch their Student Branch Websiteand Newsletter and start the WIE Affinitygroup, during the next fortnight.

IEEE Student Branch Inauguration at College of Engineering, Guindy

The inauguration of the IEEE StudentsChapter, CEG Campus for the year 2010 tookplace on 9th Aug 2010 at Maxwell Auditorium,Dept. of ECE, College of Engineering, Guindy.

The chief guest for the program was theVice Chancellor of Anna University, Prof Dr. P.Mannar Jawahar who had kindly consented topreside over the function. The dais was shared

by several dignitaries such as the HOD/ECE,Dr. N. Kumaravel, the Dean / CEG, Dr. M. Sekar,the treasurer of ECEA, O. Uma Maheswari andthe special guest, the Chairman of IEEE MadrasSection, Dr. T. Thiagarajan.

There event was also had the participationof HOD/EEE, Dr.M.R. Mohan, HOD/CSE,Dr. K.S. Easwarakumar, HOD/Dept. ofPhysics, Dr.K. Sivakumar and the staff membersand IEEE members of the Dept. of ECE.

The program began with the lighting ofkuthuvizhaku followed by the welcome addressby Dr.N. Kumaravel, HOD/ECE. Later, the chiefguest, Prof. Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, the Dean,Dr. M. Sekar and the special guest Dr.Thiagarajan addressed the gathering.

All the dignitaries stressed theimportance of having an active student chapterand remembered the vibrant activities of thestudent chapter when it was in full swing tenyears ago. A proposal to bring in all the studentsbelonging to various departments under theIEEE roof was mooted. Other methods tostrengthen the IEEE student branch were alsosuggested. There was also a small sessionwherein the office bearers of the IEEE StudentsChapter, CEG campus were introduced.

The vote of thanks was given by thetreasurer of ECEA, and counselor, IEEEStudents Chapter, Dr. O.Uma Maheswari. Theinaugural event was a grand success.

Report by: C. Nagarajan, Secretary,IEEE SB, CEG

Guest Lecture and Quiz at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

A guest lecture on ‘Career Growth inEmbedded Systems’ was conducted on 21st Jul2010 by the IEEE COMSOC in associationwith the ‘EMINENCE Association’, Dept. ofECE of M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering,Karur for the benefit of IEEE members.

Shashi Kiran. K, Technical Lead, E proTechnologies (I) Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore conductedthe session interactively and explained well fromthe alphabets of embedded systems to its recenttrends. Many real time applications wereexplained on the basis of embedded system soas to make the students think innovatively onday-to-day applications. This guest lecture wasmainly helpful for the final year studentsplanning to do their projects in the field ofembedded systems.

Along with this guest lecture, an inter-departmental quiz, ’The SIXTH SENSE’ wasalso conducted. Students participated actively

and were very eager not only to answer thequestions but also to keep them stuffed andupdated.

The month of July was packed with lotsof activities by the student branch chapter andproved its active participation within a withina very short period of inaugural.

Report by: Mr. Parthiban. S, Chairperson,IEEE-COMSOC, s.parthi03@gmail.com

Visit our Websitewww.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras

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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems

Info ContestH.R. Mohan

Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK

AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai

This is the 28th edition in the series ofInfo Contest – 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 tomaximum no. of questions and early (selected bylot if multiple entries qualify) will receive an awardof Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRA Systems.

To coincide with the CommonwealthGames at Delhi, the GK part of this contest isdedicated to the world of sports and games.

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

Info Contest – 1009This contest has 25 questions in five

sections — A, B, C, D & E — each having fivequestions.

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

A1. POST

A2. CERT

A3. MTBF

A4. TQM

A5. MOSFET

B. Provide the answer.

B1. What was the first ARPANET message?

B2. ‘.INI’ extension refers usually to whatkind of file?

B3. Who created Pretty Good Privacy(PGP)?

B4. Which company created the most usednetworking software in the 1980’s

B5. Which is higher? Kilobyte or Kibibyte

C. Provide the answer.

C1. ——— is the latest US state to banspending of Govt. money in outsourcingIT jobs

C2. ——— is the science of applying touchsensation and control to interaction withcomputer applications

C3. Which is called the “three-fingered salute”

C4. In a multimedia context, the practice ofsaving streamed data as a file is known as———

C5. ——— is the deliberate alteration of ane-mail address online with the intent ofmaking the address unusable for web-based programs that build e-mail lists forspamming purposes

D. Provide the answer.

D1. Commonwealth Games are held once in——— years

D2. After Delhi in 2010, the nextCommonwealth Games will be held in———

D3. ——— is the mascot of the XIXCommonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi

D4. ——— is the theme song of the XIXCommonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi

D5. The CWG 2010 at Delhi is estimated tocost about ——— crores

E. Provide the answer.

E1. Kabaddi is the state game of Tamilnadu,Andhra Pradesh and ———

E2. Find the odd man wrt Commonwealthnations. Canada, India, China, Singapore

E3. The animal ——— is associated with thegame Polo

E4. The game kilikiti is one form of ———

E5. ——— is the hunting of hares, rabbits,and occasionally foxes with beagles

Guidelines to submit the answers tothe Info Contest by email.

In the Subject,

Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –1009) in the subject line.

In the body of the mail,

In the first line, write the contest No:Info Contest – 1009

In the second line, write your membershipno.

In the third line, write your email id.

In the fourth line, write your name.

In the fifth line, write your college /organization name

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The last date to receive the answers by emailis 5th Oct 2010.

Info Contest – 1007Answers & Winners

Answers:Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Frances E Allen,Twitter, “I’m Feeling Lucky”Samsung, paper mill, Zain,Egypt, TrueHyderabad’s Cherlapally Central Jail, Epic,cadabra.com, Dvorak, web ringVuvuzela, Deloitte, Flyer, Car Racing, BadmintonDevanagari Ra, South Africa, False, Krona,piastres

Winners:

Mr. P. Sivaram KrishnaSri Venkateswara College ofEngineeringMem No.: 90679655Email: sivaram1247@gmail.com.

Mr. Rohit BothraMNM Jain Engineering CollegeMem No.: 90702970Email: bothrarohit@gmail.com

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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Student Chapter Inauguration & TechnicalSeminar at Kumaraguru College of Technology

INAUGURAL FUNCTION:

The IEEE inaugural function at KumaraguruCollege of Technology was conducted on 17th

July 2010. The programme started with a prayersong and lighting of the lamp.

Prof. Rani Thottangal, HOD of EEE Dept.welcomed the gathering. Mr. Ramachandran,Principal enlightened the students about theimportance of an association and its objectives.

N. Giridhari, Secretary of EEE associationproposed the activities and functions to beconducted in the academic year 2010-2011.

The Chief Guest was Mr. GeorgeAlexzander, General Manager, LakshmiTechnology Ltd, Coimbatore who had took partin the production of 2nd stage engine of PSLV andalso had his hand in the Russian StrategicTechnology Transfer Programme. He spoke to

the students on the various aspects of association,how it will help to improve communication andsoft skills. He shared his experiences about anindustry’s part in the scientific development,which inspired the students to explore both theindustrial and scientific activities.

Ms. Aarthi, Joint Secretary extended hergratitude to the Chief Guest and thanked thegathering.

TECHNICAL SEMINAR:

A seminar on “Microcontrollers madeEasy” was conducted on 17th Jul 2010 by Mr.Ragavendra, IIT alumni who is therepresentative of the innovation company Li2-innovations. He explained the need forimplementing the theory into the practical. Heinteracted with students and inspired them. Heshowed some of the company’s products(HEXAPOD, ELECTRONIC EYE, etc...)which are so innovative and motivated thestudents to come up with many questions aboutbuilding the microcontroller based projects. Heextended the technical support by the opensource product of his company, ARDUINOwhich is available in arduino.cc, which can beeasily used by the students. The seminar wasvery informative.

Project / Paper Contest at CIET

CIET - IEEE Student Branch hadorganized a one day Project / Paper contest forthe II, III and IV Students on 7th Aug 2010. Mr.B.Saravanan, IEEE Student Branch Counselorinaugurated the contest by welcoming all theparticipants and judges.

In total, 11 Projects and 36 Papers were

submitted for the contest. A team of facultyevaluated all the submitted projects and papers.Finally 5 Projects and 20 Papers were selectedfor presentation. The presentation took placeon 7th Aug 2010 with 5 judges namely Prof. S.Narmadha, Associate Professor & HOD / Dept.of CSE, Prof. B. Kaarthik, Associate Professor/ Dept. of ECE, Mr. S. Praveen Chakkravarthy,Senior Lecturer / Dept. of ECE, Ms. C.V.Pavithra, Senior Lecturer / Dept. of EEE andMr.A.M. Manjunath, Lecturer / Dept. of IT.

The students were given 10 minutes forthe presentation, 5 minutes for the questionand answer and another 5 minutes for demo (ifany). At the end of the presentation, thefollowing 3 batches of students were selectedand given cash awards.

Sl. No Name of the Student Project / Paper Title Prize

1 Gopinath. M Harmonic Reduction Technique for a ISudharsanraju. S.S Cascade Multilevel Inverter (Rs. 1500/-)

Sivaprakash. VDeepakchandran. B

2 Karthikeyan. A CFLS Embedded System Using IIProgrammable System on Chip (Rs. 1000/-)

3 Gowtham Raaj.R Adaptive Brain – Computer Interface IIINavien Krishnaa.D (Rs.750/-)

New Member OrientationProgramme at SKCET

IEEE student branch of Sri Krishnacollege of Engineering and Technology,Coimbatore, conducted ‘IEEE New MemberOrientation’ on 03 rd Aug, 2010. Thisprogramme gave an overview of IEEEmembership and benefits of being a studentmember.

IEEE student branch faculty advisor,Mr. N. Krishna Prakash welcomed thenew members and conveyed the greetingsof the branch counselor Prof. MuthuramanRamasamy. He stressed the importance ofbeing an active member of the studentbranch and its benefits in enhancing theskills of the students. He insisted the IEEEeligible voting members to participate inthe forthcoming IEEE annual election toelect IEEE President-Elect 2011 and IEEERegion10 Director–Elect 2011.

The new members took oath on thecode of ethics of IEEE. 40 student membersincluding 20 new members participated inthis programme.

Report by: Mr N Krishna Prakash,krishnaprakash@ieee.org

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Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch at S.A. Engineering College

The IEEE student branch of S.A. Engg.College, Thiruverkadu was inaugurated onWednesday, 11th Aug 2010. Dr. P. SureshChander Pal, Chairman, Students ActivitiesCommittee, IEEE Madras Section, was the chiefguest and also inaugurated the student branch.The event commenced with invocation song.Dr. P. Murugesan, Head of EEE Departmentwelcomed the gathering.

Mr. P. Venkatesh Raja, Director,motivated the students by his brief talk, sharinghis views on the keys to success. The Principal,Dr. S. Suyambazhahan encouraged the studentsto join IEEE, describing the primary objectiveof obtaining the profound knowledge with thehelp of IEEE Student Branch.

The Chief Guest Dr. P. Suresh ChanderPal delivered the inaugural address, stressing

the need for the students to keep in pace withthe competitive world through cultivating themandatory skills like communication skills,project management skills and leadership skills.He also highlighted the benefits of being themembers of IEEE. He nominated the officebearers Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary,Treasurer of IEEE Student Branch and theCommittee Chairpersons for Program,Publicity, Newsletter, Website, Membership,Women in Engineering Affinity group etc. Whileoffering felicitations on the starting of theStudent Branch, at this College, he welcomedthe whole-hearted support and encouragementgiven by the Management and the faculty. Herequested faculty to start IEEE Student BranchSociety Chapters in various engineeringdisciplines, with the blessings and support ofthe Management.

The interactive session with the studentswas very lively and it was nice to witness theoverwhelming enthusiasm displayed by theStudents to join IEEE in large numbers. Mr.Ramanan, final year ECE delivered the vote ofthanks. 

Guest Lecture at M.P.Nachimuthu M.Jaganathan Engineering College

The Inauguration of Electrical andElectronics Engineering association and IEEEstudent branch of M.P.Nachimuthu.M.Jaganathan Engineering College for theacademic year 2010-2011 was held on 23rd Jul2010.

Mr.V.Sankaranarayanan, Addl.Chief

Engineer (Retd.) and External Faculty of PCRA,Government of India inaugurated the functionand delivered inaugural address. In his addresshe explained about the new technologiesinvolved in power generation and jobopportunities related to Electrical Engineering.Correspondent Tmt. Vasantha Sudhanandhenpresided over the function. AdviserDr.T.Shanmugam and Principal InchargeProf.S.Shanmuga Sundaram offered theirfelicitation.

A guest lecture on “Gas Insulatedsubstation” was also delivered by the ChiefGuest in which he explained different types of

substations and their functioning. He advisedthe students to visit substations and understandthe concepts practically. Prof P.Selvan HOD/EEE welcomed the gathering. IEEE StudentBranch Counselor, Mr.D.Sabapathi introducedthe Chief Guest. Association Secretary Selvan.B.Harishankar readout the activities planned forthe year 2010-11. Association Jint TreasurerSlvan. M. aveen Prasad proposed the vote ofthanks

The arrangements were made by Head ofthe Department Prof.P.Sevan, Associationcoordinator Mr. P.Manikandan in associationwith all the students of EEE department.

Seminar on “Applications With Oracle 9i – Database” at AVIT

IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter,Association of Information Technology

Engineers and Dept of Information Technology,Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technologyorganized a One Day Seminar onAPPLICAIONS WITH ORACLE 9i –DATABASE on 26th August 2010. Mr. S.Srinivasan, Associate Professor (IT), AVIT andMs. R. Jenefer Sofia, Lecturer (IT), AVITfocused the importance of Oracle 9i - Databasewith its applications.

Dr. (Mrs.) N.R. Alamelu, Principal, AVITdelivered the presidential Address. Dr. A.

Anthony Irudhayaraj Dean (IT) AVITwelcomed the gathering and briefed theimportance of Database.

The Seminar covered a wide range oftopics in the field of ORACLE 9i-DATABASE.Faculty members and students from theDepartment of Information Technologyattended the sessions. Mr. C. Karthikeyan Headof The Department (Information Technology)delivered the Vote of Thanks.

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FERRET ’10 at Kongu Engineering College

“FERRET-10”, an interdepartmentalfunction for the IEEE members was organizedby the IEEE student branch of KonguEngineering College on 19th August 2010.

“FERRET-10” was a hang-on packageof talents, enthusiasm, knowledge, innovationand fun. Preliminary rounds were conductedfor the various competitions from and theselected students were short listed for the finals.The one day function began with prayer songat 9:00 a.m. The function was declared open byMr. Pannambalam, IEEE staff coordinator.

The events for the day started with“Audio Visual Hunt”. It had various rounds like

Memory game, Audio Visual round, Identifyingads which was a test to the student’s spontaneity,general knowledge, reasoning and shrewdness.

The next event was “Debate” which wasconducted between the short listed teams of sixmembers each on the topic “Indians areINVENTORS or FOLLOWERS”. It created afeel of being in a battle field with instant cheersfrom the audience.

The day geared up with the excitementfor the event “Creativity”, which was moreabout the students’ creative ability with itsrounds like “ping pong” and designing using icecream sticks.

It was followed by “Treasure Hunt” and“Situation Handling” which focused onenhancing the “Crisis Management” skills ofthe students. In Treasure Hunt, students weregiven a clue based on which they have to findthe next clue to reach the final treasure. InSituation Handling, students were given asituation on the spot and they were given thirtyseconds to think, and one minute to speak as tohow they will react in the particular situation.

After the lunch break, various on the spotevents like “Traffic Jam” and “Cognizance”were conducted which enhanced the managementand strategic planning skills of students.

The next contest was “Quiz” which hasvarious rounds like “X-Factor”,”BethovanBuzz”,”Misc” that were quite informative evenfor the non-participants.

It was followed by “Marketing” whichmanifested the spontaneity and the ability toblend communication skills with humour.It gavean excellent finish to the function.

On the whole,”FERRET-10” was a oneday fun-feast and an innovative platform forthe students to excel in every ground.

Activities at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

The IEEE student branch ofM.Kumarasamy College of Engineering hadconducted a program on “Innovative Ideas” on10th Aug 2010. The welcome address was givenby Ms.P.Soundharya of pre-final EEEdepartment. IEEE members of variousdepartments have participated in innovativeactivities. To start with, we had conducted theprogramme named “how stuff works” in orderto assess the skill of participants.

In technical dumsharad event whichfollowed, technical terms were identified by theparticipants base on their actions. Next to thatthe innovative topics were given so as theparticipants could to express their creative ideason the topics.

The first prize was won by L. Poornimaand M.Ragavi of pre-final year EIE and thesecond prize by P. Maheswary and A. Subha of

pre-final year EEE. At the end of the programme,vote of thanks was given by T.Sangeetha ofEEE department pre final year.

Other events held in Jul & Aug:

A Guest Lecture by Mr.B.Nagarajan,Asst. Plant Engineer from Tamil NaduNewsprint Paper Limited (TNPL) on “Role ofInstrumentation in Industry” was organized on9th July.

A Guest lecture by Mr.Vamsi KrishnaRao and Mr. Vijay Krishna Rao, engineers fromPower Research Development Corporation(PRDC) on “Power System in INDIA” wasdelivered on 14th July.

APT-sparkle workshop on personalitydevelopment and communication skills programwas conducted by Mr.Krish and Mss.Mirdulaon 16th and 17th July to pre-final IEEE members.

Technical quiz was conducted on 19 th

July to final year IEEE members.

One day industrial visit to MetturThermal Power Station on 28 th July wasarranged for pre-final IEEE students.

Seminar by Mr.Ramakrishnan, MicrosoftStudent Partner who is pursuing Final CSE gavethe interactive seminar on the topic “IBOX” on31st July.

Guest Lecture by Prof. K. Jeyaraman ChiefMentor and ICET competency developer on thetopic “Industrial Automation” on 5th august 2010for IEEE members of EEE and EIE department.

Report by: P. Soundharya

IEEE COMSOCWeb Page Design Contest

IEEE Communications Society MadrasChapter is organizing a Web Page DesignContest for its own webpage. The Contestis open for all students. Selected web pagedesign will be recognized suitably.

Interested Students may contact Mr PSubramanian, Secretary, IEEE COMSOCMadras Chapter, Mobile : 98405 99754,Email : ieeecomsocmadras@gmail.com

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Workshop on Cloud Computing

A three day workshop on CloudComputing was jointly organized by the IEEEComputer Society, Madras, Chapter, andComputer Society of India (CSI) Div IV onCommunication, Chennai Chapter and SpecialInterest Group on Distributed Systems (SIG-DS) during 18-20, Aug 2010 at IIT Madras,Chennai.

This workshop, provided a platform inwhich experts from top notch organizations thatare rewriting computing history such as Yahoo,Google, HP, IBM, Amazon, HCL, TCS,Hitachi, Netmagic, VMware, Novell, CSS Corp,Ramco, Trend Micro, Cognizant, Zscaler andZoho shared their experiences and demystifiedthe various aspects of cloud computing.

The workshop started with an inauguralsession in which Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman,Div IV of CSI & IEEE CS welcomed thegathering and narrated about the genesis of theworkshop and highlighted the overwhelminglypositive response of the cloud vendors anddelegates in supporting this workshop. He alsogave an outline of the activities of CSI & IEEECS in popularizing the new technologies. Prof.D. Janakiram, Chairman, SIG-DS, CSI, in hisaddress spoke about the activities of the specialinterest group on distributed systems. Mr.Ramesh Gopalaswamy, Chairman of theprogrammes highlighted the session details ofthe three day workshop and the goal of theworkshop to provide both the business andtechnology perspectives of cloud computing.Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapterat the end of the inaugural session proposed thevote of thanks.

Mr. P.W.C.Davidar, IAS, PrincipalSecretary for Information Technology, Govt.of Tamil Nadu, in his inaugural address saidthat cloud computing presents opportunitiesto all sections of IT users and added that theState government is very much interested in the

concept of cloud computing where storage andprocessing are distributed over a network. Butsome key problems including security of thedata, the pricing, sustainability and the legalframework for data access from a countrydifferent from the country of its origin neededto be resolved, he said. The government isplanning to launch some key IT solutionsincluding a Labour Department applicationwhich would enable both the government andthe private sector easy access to labourresources throughout the State, he said.

Mr. S. Mahalingam, CFO & ED, TCS, inhis keynote address said cloud computing as atechnology had already “arrived” but itsbusiness implications needed to be understood.While hardware, software and networkingsolutions all would benefit from the arrival ofthe technology, the creation of an IntellectualProperty regime and a legal framework werealso important, he added.

Dr. M.S.Ananth, Director, IIT-Madras,in his presidential address said the institution isdivided on the issue of whether cloud computingwould benefit the institution. Noting thatNPTEL videos on YouTube are seeing the mosthits in the country, he said cloud computing inits various forms could help the education sector.

The sessions of the workshop startedwith an overview presentation on “CloudComputing Landscape - Opportunities,Challenges & Way Forward” by Mr. PariNatarajan, Co-Founder & Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt.Ltd.

The following other sessions spread overthe three days of the workshop dealt with thevarious aspects of the cloud computing conceptsand practices

Large Scale Distributed Infrastructures(using Hadoop): Mr. Chidambaran

Kollengode, Director Cloud Computing,Yahoo! India R&D

Developers, Testers, and Students: Thecloud is ready for you right now!: Mr.Gaurav Lochan, Staff Engineer, VMware.

Everything as a Service: HP’s CloudComputing Vision & Strategy: Mr.Hemanth Thalak Dattatreya, HP.

Smarter Clouds on the Horizon: Mr.Subram Natarajan, Country Manager,Deep Computing & Systems SolutionsCenter, IBM.

Private Cloud - A win-win for anorganization: Mr. Jayabalan. S, CTO andCo-Founder, Netmagic Solutions

Agile Cloud Infrastructure for aSustainable Future: Mr. Sunil Chavan,Director, Software Group & CloudSolutions, Asia Pacific, Hitachi DataSystems

Security Challenges in the Cloud: Mr.Anuj Khandelwal, Technical Consultant-South India, Trend Micro

On Demand ERP on Cloud: Mr. V.S.Sundara Raman, Chief Architect, OnDemand ERP, Ramco

Secure and Fast Internet Experience withCloud Web Security: Mr. Atul Anchan,Technical Consultant, Zscaler.

Developing a multi-paradigm platform forthe Cloud: Mr. Sundar Mudupalli,Associate Vice-President, EnterpriseTransformation Services, HCLTechnologies.

Build your Cloud using IntelligentWorkload Management: Dr. P.K. Mishra,Principal Consulting Architect, Novell.

CloudTestGo Platform: Mr.Ramakrishnan Sitaraman, DirectorTesting Practice, CSS Corp

Next generation work on cloud: Mr. RajBala, CTO, Cognizant

Cloud Computing for the SME: Mr.Hyther Nizam, Product ManagementDirector, Zoho

Research Directions in Cloud Computing:Dr. D. Janakiram, Prof. Dept. of CSE,IIT Madras

Security Issues in the CloudEnvironment: Dr. M. Sasikumar, Director(R&D), Centre for Development ofAdvanced Computing (CDAC)

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Emerging Trends in Cloud Computing:Mr. Jaideep Mirchandani, Sr. ProductManager, Google

Amazon Web Services covering AmazonEC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront,Amazon RDS: Mr. Simone Brunozzi,APAC Technology Evangelist for AmazonWeb Services, Singapore

User Experience: Cloud Computing as aLeveler — Success Story in MicroFinancing: Mr. Dasarathy Ramaswami,Vice President (IT & Special Projects),Janalakshmi Financial Services Pvt. Ltd,Bangalore

Selection of Right Cloud Partner: Mr. K.Murugan, Associate Vice President-ICT,iSOFT, Chennai

Best Practices & Migration Strategies forCloud Computing: Mr. K. AnanthKrishnan, CTO & Vice President, TCS.

An interesting panel on “Are We Readyfor Cloud?” was the highlight on the last day.The panel was moderated by, Mr. S.Ramanathan, Vice President (Region - VII), CSIand the eminent panelists debated on the variousfacets of cloud computing as detailed below:

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Cloud for IT / ITES Segment: Mr. V.Balakrishnan, CIO, Polaris

Cloud & Security Issues: Mr. GanSubramaniam, Information Security Lead,Global Asset Protection, Accenture

Cloud for SMEs: Mr.Vijay Venkatesh,President, Consortium of ServiceProviders for Upgradation of Enterprises[CAPSULE] & Founder and ManagingDirector - Syscon Solutions Private Ltd

Cloud for Corporate Segment: Mr. T.G.Dhandapani, Group CIO, TVS MotorCo. Ltd

Transformational Leadership and CloudComputing: Dr. E.S. Krishnamoorthy,Hon. Secretary & Chief Executive, VHSand Founder CEO & Chief Consultant,TEJAS Healthcare Solutions

In the feedback session, the participantsexpressed their appreciation for the workshop.They added that this is the first time they areable to attend a three day workshop at a cost ofRs. 1250/- to 1500/- (depending on the memberor non member category) and are provided withan excellent book on Cloud Computing (worthRs. 475/-) plus Amazon Web Services coupon

worth USD 25/= along with the workshop CDcontaining the presentations, whitepapers, casestudies and success stories by the supportingorganizations.

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS &CSI Div IV said that the registrations had to beclosed well in advance since it exceeded thecapacity of the hall and with the help of IITMadras facilities, video streaming was plannedon the intranet to accommodate additional 100delegates. On the whole about 350 delegatesattended the workshop. Mr. Mohan furtheradded that multiple in-depth sessions on specificareas of cloud computing with the support oforganizations participated in this workshop arebeing planned in the near future and informedthat both industry and academic communitywill be accommodated. The workshop picturesare hosted at http://bit.ly/amHUod and thepresentations are made available at the workshopwebsite at http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/

A limited no. of copies of the workshopCD containing the presentations, whitepapers,case studies and success stories by theparticipating organizations are available at Rs.200/- For details pl. contact Mr. Mohan athrmohan.csi@gmail.com or Mr. S. Ramasamyat sypsys@vsnl.com

Guest Lecture at Anand Institute of Higher Technology

The IEEE student’s branch organized aGuest Lecture followed by IEEE inaugurationfor the year 2010-2011 at Anand Institute of HigherTechnology on 31st Jul 2010. Dr.T.Thyagarajan,Chairman of IEEE, Madras Section & HOD/Instrumentation Engineering, MIT Campus,Chennai was the chief guest. The function wasstarted with lighting of kuthu vilakku by the

chief guest. The welcome address was deliveredby Dr. T. A.Raghavendiran, Principal. The chiefguest was introduced by Dr.L.Premalatha,HOD/EEE.

Dr. T. Thyagarajan spoke on benefits ofIEEE and various activities that can be utilizedfor students level in worldwide. He deliveredan enthusiastic lecture on “Effect of ReverseResponse and its Control Measures” used forrelays design and lectured about the design ofmathematical modeling of relays in interactivemanner. He provided an overview of severaltechniques used for intelligent control andchallenging industrial application domainswhere these methods may provide particularlyuseful solutions. This lecture was a resource

for those in the early stages of considering thedevelopment and implementation of intelligentcontrollers for industrial applications. The focuswas on giving the main ideas that have beenfound most useful in industry. Examples of howthese methods have been used were given, andreferences for further study were also provided.In addition, a complex intelligent control system,where the goal is to achieve autonomousbehavior, was summarized. He further explainedin broad terms how to go about applying themethods to challenging problems. After finaldiscussion, he summarized the advantages anddisadvantages of the approaches and discussedcomparative analysis with conventional controlmethods. The event concluded with vote ofthanks followed by national anthem.

Workshop on “Computer Networks” at CIETCIET - IEEE Student Branch had

organized a half a day workshop on “ComputerNetworks” for the benefit of IEEE studentmembers on 21st Aug 2010. Mr. B. Saravanan,IEEE Student Branch Counselor introduced theChief Guest Mr. R. Naveen, Network Engineer,Core Network Solutions, Coimbatore.

Mr. R. Naveen explained various topics

like OSI model, TCP / IP Model, the differencebetween them, Protocols used in each layer. Healso explained the various networking devicesand their operations. Further, he showed a demoindicating how the packets are routed from onenetwork to another network.

At the end of the programme, the studentparticipants asked queries and got their doubtscleared. Certificates have been issued to all theparticipated student members.

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NCMAN 2010National Conference on Mobile and

Ad Hoc Networks29-30, Oct 2010

Organized by:Department of Computer Science and

Engineering andDepartment of Computer Applications.Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and

Technology, Pollachi &Computer Society of India (CSI)

Coimbatore Chapter

Supported by:IEEE Computer Society, Madras ChapterComputer Society of India Division III,

IV and Region VII

CALL FOR PAPERS & REGISTRATION

The objective of NCMAN 2010 is to highlightthe latest developments, strategies,techniques and applications of Mobile AdHocNetworks. The conference will provide aforum for the dissemination and exchange oflatest research findings by academicians,researchers and industry delegates. NCMAN2010 invites papers in the following areas(but not limited to) MANET Wireless Sensor Networks VANET Mobile Computing Mobile User Interface SOA Pervasive Computing Wireless Technologies Cloud Computing Network Security

Papers should be in two column IEEE formatnot exceeding six pages. Contributors arerequested to email the softcopy toncman@drmcet.ac.in on or before 04.10.2010.

Registration Fee:

Members of CSI & IEEE: Rs. 500/-Research Scholars & Students Rs. 500/-Faculty from College / University Rs. 1000/-

For further details please contactDr. A. Rathinavelu

Convenor, NCMAN 2010,Professor, Dept. of CSE,

Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering andTechnology, Pollachi. Mobile: 9842304211

E-Mail: starvee@drmcet.ac.inWebsite: www.mcet.in/ncman2010

An one day free seminar on “Access toKnowledge” for IPR professionals, librarians,information & communication technologyprofessionals, research scholars and library &information science students to discuss on IPR,Copyright law, problems in access toknowledge was organized on 31st Jul 2010 tocreate awareness among the community andspread deliberate on the access barriers, impactson violation of the IPR, open source materialsetc. The IEEE CS joined with ConsumersAssociation of India, Madras Library Association(MALA) and Computer Society of India,Chennai Chapter in organizing this seminar

A talk on “Challenges of ERPImplementation in SME Companies” by Mr.K. R. Natarajan, Director, Integreatz ERP IndiaPvt. Ltd, Chennai was jointly organized by IEEECS & CSI Chennai on Saturday, 14th Aug 2010.In his talk, Mr. Natarajan said that SMEsegment of the Industry cannot think of an ERPpackage as the cost of the packages isprohibitively high for them and also theimplementation time of any ERP package isnormally around 10 months to one year whichSME segment cannot  afford  to  spend  thatamount of time. He added that to meet the needsof this type of industry a small affordablepackage with one month implementation timeis devised by Integreatz ERP solution whichcovers all the functions right from the receipt ofSales Order to the delivery of the productproviding an interface with any popular small

Finance packages. He briefed on the challengesfaced - in conceiving the requirements of thistype of industry, designing, testing, customizingto a limited extent, implementing, training thepeople & sustaining the product. Mr. H.R.Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS welcomed thegathering and highlighted the need for integratedapplications for the sustainability of the SMEsegment. Dr. P. Sakthival, Chairman, CSIChennai Chapter introduced the speaker and atthe end of the talk, Mr. G. Ramachandran, Fellowand Past Vice President of CSI presented amemento to Mr. Natarajan.

A talk on “Intelligent Robots” by Dr. N.Natarajan, Associate Prof. of E&CE, Univ. ofMichigan, Dearborn, USA was jointly organizedby IEEE CS & CSI Chennai on Wednesday, 25th

Aug 2010. The talk provided a broad overviewof intelligent robots with examples of what isthe current state of the art. The talk alsoaddressed on what the professionals in the fieldcan do to include intelligent robots at a veryearly stages of ones educational experiencestarting at the elementary schools (1-5thstandards), middles and high schools (6-12thstandards) and beyond. Mr. H.R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE CS welcomed the gathering andhighlighted the growing importance of theRobotics. Dr. P. Sakthival, Chairman, CSIChennai Chapter introduced the speaker and atthe end of the talk, General A. Balasubrahmaniam,Fellow and Founder Secretary of CSI presenteda memento to Dr. Natarajan.

IEEE Computer Society Activities

IEEE student branch of Jayaram Collegeof Engg & Tech organized a seminar on “SoftComputing Tools For Medical Diagnostics” forthe benefit of students on 18th Aug 2010. Dr. N.Sivakumaran, Asst. Prof., Dept. ofInstrumentation and Control Engg., NationalInstitute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, presidedover the program. IEEE Student membersparticipated in the program.

Dr. N. Kannan, Principal & BranchMentor delivered the presidential address.Welcome address was given by IEEE Student

Seminar on “Soft Computing Tools For MedicalDiagnostics” at Jayaram College of Engg & Tech

Branch Chairperson Mr.S.Sriram, and then hehad also introduced the Chief Guest.

Dr. N. Sivakumaran presented a broadoverview on new computational techniques inthe field of computer science, artificialintelligence, machine language, and many otherapplied and engineering areas. He emphasizedthat IEEE will be the best launch pad for theyoung engineers in their future real life projectsand also stressed the IEEE’s importance onprofessional ethics.

At the end, vote of thanks was given byIEEE student branch vice chairperson Mr. S.Dinesh Kumar in which he extended his gratitudeon behalf of all who had attended the program.

This Program was organized with thesupport of the branch mentor and principal,Dr. N. Kannan and branch counselor Mrs. A.Kavitha, Asst. Prof., Dept. of ECE.

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group of institutions and then began thebrainstorming session over the topic.

The program was aimed to provide theimportance of timing requirement in ASICDesign. The topics covered include timingterminologies, steps for STA and maximumfrequency calculation. The speaker alsopresented a brief introduction about the EDAtools used in industry for STA. The resourceperson also explained the openings for VLSIengineers in various areas of industries such asfull custom design, semicustom design, testingand verification.

The seminar was very interactive andreceived excellent feedback from theparticipants. As the session gave perspectivedetails about the industrial application of VLSIDesign, the students found the session hadmet the academic-industrial gap.

The program ended up with a vote ofthanks by Mr. J. Mervin, Chairman of IEEEStudent Branch.

Report by: M.Chitra Evangelin Christina,IEEE Student Branch Vice-Chairman.

Seminar on “Static Timing Analysis” at FrancisXavier Engineering College

The IEEE Student Branch of FrancisXavier Engineering College organized a seminaron “Static Timing Analysis” on 27th Aug 2010.The resource person was Mr. R. Selvakumar, AP,M.S. Ramiah School of Advanced Studies,Bangalore.

About 30 students and seven facultymembers participated in the seminar. The sessioncommenced with a welcome address by Mr. G.Raja Kumar, Faculty Advisor of M.E., VLSIDesign. The Student Branch Counselor, Mrs. M.Selvi, HOD/ECE, introduced the speaker Mr. R.Selvakumar. The Presidential address was givenby Dr. T.V. Ganesh Babu, Dean-R&D, SCAD

ONE DAY SEMINAR ONEmerging Trends in

Communication Systems andTechnologies

Oct 09, 2010Organised by

IEEE Communications SocietyMadras Chapter

VenueAlumni Center, College of Engineering

Anna University CampusGuindy, Chennai – 600 025

Resource PersonsDr K Francis Jacob I.T.S.

General Manager, FCI South Zone, ChennaiProf Talabattula Srinvas

Associate Professor, IISC, BangaloreDr K Gunavathi

Professor, ECE Dept, PSG TechDr P T Vanathi

Associate Professor, ECE Dept, PSG Tech

For Details ContactMr P Subramanian, Secretary

IEEE COMSOC Madras ChapterMobile : 98405 99754

Email : ieeecomsocmadras@gmail.com