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IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 14 No.5 May 2017 Page 1
Vol. 14 : No. 5 : May 2017
Message from Chairman
Dear Members,
We are in peak summer throughout India and specifically in Tamil Nadu. For
those from Chennai, the cyclone in December last year proved to be a major hit.
With tree cover almost completely gone, city and suburbs are reeling under the
summer heat.
Of course this is the time when +2 students have to really work hard to decide
their future. With many entrance exams round the corner, I am sure all of you
will get the course of their choice.
IEEE has been organizing various events and competitions for students all over
the world. Competitions in the area of robotics, drones, internet of things, hackathons, IEEE Xtreme 24
hour programming competition etc. are some of the popular events. Many of these are global challenges,
where participating is more challenging than winning. These will help students to broaden their horizon,
instead of having just book knowledge. Recruiters look at overall growth of students and not on academic
excellence alone. There are students who fare extremely well in academics with very high marks but land
up taking up non-engineering jobs as they do not have overall development. IEEE offers many such
extracurricular activities for overall development.
For those into academics, to take up higher studies, they can participate in International Conferences of
various societies. By this, I mean flagship conferences of societies and not the general ones held without
much rigour. Some of them, I had indicated in my previous columns and am not repeating here. These
conferences will have provision to support travel and registration for selected papers accepted as student
posters. While applying for higher studies, those who present papers at such conferences will have an
edge above others. So try to go through IEEE web site and understand the ones which suit your area of
work.
Also consider extending your project work or midterm project work as a publication in IEEE International
conference. It will pay you in the long run.
For all activities of IEEE, volunteers are required. I urge IEEE members to take up activities and put up
proposals as per IEEE guidelines. It will help in their career growth as well.
Till next time,
Yours voluntarily
M A Atmanand
Chairman, IEEE Madras Section
IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 14 No.5 May 2017 Page 2
Prashant R Nair
Editor
Message from the Editors
H.R. Mohan
Chief Editor
Dear Readers,
IEEE MAS LINK is happy to present the fifth issue in 2017. This issue includes 19 college-level reports on
activities held at Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering, Kanyakumari; Cape Institute of Technology,
Tirunelveli ;Hindustan University, Chennai;Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai; Karpagam College of
Engineering, Coimbatore; Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem; Kongu Engineering College, Erode; Mar
Ephraem College of Engineering and Technology, Marthandam; Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and
Technology, Pollachi; National Engineering College, Kovilpatti; Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai;
St.Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai; St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology, Chennai; Sri Ramakrishna
Engineering College, Coimbatore;SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam;St. Xavier’s Catholic College of
Engineering, Nagercoil; Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur; Valliammai Engineering
College, Chennai; VIT, Vellore.
The newsletter also carries brief reports on activities of IEEE Madras Section, IEEE COMSOC, IEEE CS, PCS,
TEMS and the IEEE Madras Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee Madras Chapter.
Under “Forthcoming Events” various events technically sponsored by Madras Section and Madras Section Societies
which will be of interest to our members are presented. The details of financial assistance extended by IEEE Madras
Section to SBs to organize events and details of funds transferred from IEEE HQ to IEEE Student Branches through
Madras Section are also provided.
We had compiled and presented a number of announcements which would interest the members and SBs to gain
maximum advantage from IEEE and its offerings. We are sure that members will find our regular column on
Information Resources useful.
We draw the attention in particular to the announcements relating to IEEE Madras Section Student Branch
Revamping, IEEE MAS Hub Congress, Google’s Applied CS with Android IEEE R10 Paper Contest, 2017 IEEE
Volunteer Leadership Training Program (VoLT), R10 Awards and IEEE MAS SB Website Contest.
To facilitate better interaction with the Student Branch Counselors, we are requesting them to provide their contact
coordinates through a google form. Pl. refer the announcement in this regard.
IEEE has recently announced its plans to host its second IEEE Cybersecurity Development Conference (IEEE
SecDev) at Cambridge, Massachussets, USA from 24 to 26 September, 2017. Authors are invited to submit papers
by 30th
May and tutorials by 2nd
June that present a new direction or future vision of how to build security in for
new and existing systems. For more event details, please visit https://secdev.ieee.org or visit
http://cybersecurity.ieee.org/ In the context of Digital India initiative and the need for greater security, it would be
good idea for section volunteers and cyber security researchers to participate in this cutting-edge conference.
We look for contributions from all to make the MAS LINK a sought after publication from the Section. While doing
so, pl. adhere to the guidelines at https://goo.gl/bYB44p As we still get reports without following the guidelines,
we have published the guidelines in this issue of MAS LINK.
The MAS LINK issues are archived in a shared folder at https://goo.gl/nrpibv
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Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering, Kanyakumari
Seminar on Involving Students to Monitor Road
Traffic and Prevent Accidents
IEEE SB organized a Seminar on “Involving
Students to Monitor Road Traffic and Prevent
Accidents” along with IEEE Madras Section SIGHT
and Kanyakumari District Athletic Association
(KDAA) on the 6th
Mar 2017 at the Rotary
Community Centre, Nagercoil. Deputy
Superintendent of Police Mr. Gopi inaugurated the
seminar and gave a special talk on “Accident
Prevention”. Other speakers include Mr. Rajinikanth,
Regional Transport Officer, Nagercoil; Mr. Godwin
John Rajan, Secretary, KDAA; Mr. Arul Sekar, Sub
Inspector (Traffic), Nagercoil; Mr. Vincent Jain,
Chairman, IEEE Madras section SIGHT and Mr. G.
Gaswin Kastro, SBC. The event coordinators were
SB volunteers, Mr. I. Tamil Selvan and Mr. S. Mani
Raj.
Technology Introduction Program
IEEE SB jointly organized a Technology
Introduction Program with IEEE ADSF SIGHT at
Thoothoor on 10th
Apr 2017. In the program a newly
developed mobile app called “Fishers' Guide” was
introduced to the fishermen of Thoothoor.. This app
can be used by the fishermen to know the weather,
potential fishing zones, wind speed and other
parameters. Mr.Vincent Jain, Chairman, IEEE ADSF
SIGHT; Mr. I. Tamil Selvan, SB Chair and Mr. G.
Gaswin Kastro, SBC spoke.
Awareness Program on Sea Safety
IEEE SB organized an awareness program on Sea
Safety at Colachel on 20th
Apr 2017. Volunteers
visited the office of Assistant Director of Fisheries,
Colachel and the Colachel harbour to issue awareness
handbills on “Safety Precautions For Fishermen
During Fishing” prepared in consultation with IEEE
ADSF SIGHT. The event was coordinated by
Ms.Anisha J. and Mr. I. Tamil Selvan, SB Chair.
Report by: Mr. G. Gaswin Kastro,
Cape Institute of Technology, Tirunelveli
Seminar on Voice Recognition
IEEE SB organized a seminar on "Voice
Recognition" by Mr. R. Selvin Rethna Raj, AP/ECE
on 3rd
Apr 2017. The event was coordinated by IEEE
student members Ms. S. Maheswari, Ms. M.A.
Suchitra and Mr. L. Arivazhagan, AP/ECE.
Workshop on GSM Technology and Path
Following Robot
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IEEE SB organized a workshop on GSM Technology
and Path Following Robot by Mr. Soloman Roach,
AP/ECE on 11th
Apr 2017. The workshop was
coordinated by Mr. L. Arivazhagan AP/ECE and the
IEEE student members Ms. K. Anugraha, Ms. P.
Sahaya Ezhil PriyaTharshini and Ms. V.K. Virushne.
Report by: Ms .Virushne V K, [email protected]
Hindustan University, Chennai
International Conference on Sustainable
Environment and Energy (ICSEE 2017)
IEEE SB and Depts of EEE & Civil organized a two-
day International Conference on Sustainable
Environment and Energy (ICSEE'17) on 6th
and 7th
Apr 2017 at Hindustan University.
The conference attracted 260 participants of which
150 of them presented papers in tracks namely
Structural/ Construction Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Hydrogen Production & Storage and
Renewable Energy. The
Resource persons and distinguished speakers
included:
Dr. Valerie Keller, Senior Scientist, University
of Strasbourg, France
Dr. Ajayan Vinu, Professor on Nanomaterials,
University of South Australia, Adelaide
Dr. R.N.Das , GM, BHEL
Mr. K.Saravanan, Vice President, Eversendai
Construction
Dr. B.Vishwanathan, Professor Emeritus, IIT
Madras
Dr. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor; Dr. G.
Ilavazhagan, Director-Research and Dr. Jessy Rooby,
conference convener addressed the participants.
The conference was organized with the support of
IEEE PES, Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) and Dept.
of Science and Technology (SERB).
IEEE Membership Benefits
IEEE SB organized a Lecture on 'IEEE Membership
benefits’ by Mr. H.R. Mohan, Vice Chairman, IEEE
Madras on 23rd
Apr 2017. Dr. R. Devanathan,
Professor Emeritus; Ms. M. Maheswari, IEEE SBC
and Mr. Praveen Tanta, SB Chair also graced the
occasion.
Inauguration of Hadoop Workshop
IEEE CS SBC organized Hadoop workshop on 27th
Apr 2017. Mr. H.R. Mohan , Vice Chairman, IEEE
Madras Section was the Chief Guest and delivered a
key note address on “Big Data Analytics – Its
Opportunities”. Mr. Mr. Kiran Kumar Pulamolu, AP,
Sasi Institute of Technology was the resource person
for the workshop. Dr. G. Ilavazhagan, Director-
Research; Prof. .Sathyalakshmi, Coordinator, IEEE
CS SBC; Ms. D. Chitradevi, CSI SBC; Mr.
Trivikram Muralidharan, Student Chaur and Mr.
Akash Arora, Vice-Chairman also spoke.
Free Medical Camp
IEEE SB and Youth Red Cross (YRC) organized
Free Cardiac camp in association with The Madras
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Medical Mission, Mugappair for the staff members
and under privileged villagers of Padur,
Kelambakkam and Thiruporur at the university
premises. 151 members benefited from this camp.
Mr.Philip Mathew , Dy. Manager – Corporate
Relation; Dr. Aby K Thomas, Coordinator and Dr.
AL. Vallikannu played an active role in the conduct
of the camp.
Report by: Ms. M. Maheswari.
Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai
Humanitarian Sojourn
IEEE SB organized an event, Humanitarian Sojourn
at Good Life Center orphanage on 12th
Apr 2017. The
orphanage which had 30 children of 5 to 18 age
group were motivated by the activities conducted for
them.
Design Hunt
IEEE SB organized a Design Hunt event on 30th
Apr
2017. 15 students from different colleges
participated. Mr. Ajith Singh M of 3rd
IT won first
place.
With(2)Out
IEEE SB organized With(2)Out a Photography event
on 4th
May 2017. 20 students from different colleges
participated.
Report by: Yasmin Fathima S A,
Google CEO Sundar Pichai received a compensation
package of $200 million (₹1,285 crore) from parent
firm Alphabet in his first year at the helm of the
company. Pichai received a salary of $650,000 in
2016 besides a $198.7 million stock award, roughly
double of his stock in 2015. Pichai was paid $100.6
million in 2015, half of his current compensation.
Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore
Two day Summer workshop on Make Wonder
with Java
IEEE SB and CSE Dept. organized a Summer
Workshop on Topic "Make Wonders with Java" by
Mr. Manikandam, AP/CSE on 28 & 29th
of Apr 2017.
The workshop was organized by Mr. Arunkumar,
AP/KIC.
One day workshop on Big Data Analytics
IEEE SB organized a one-day summer workshop on
Big Data by Dr. Mahalakshmi, Prof/IT on 28th
Apr
2017. The event was organized by Mr. Prem AP/
CSE.
One-day Seminar on “Real Time Implementation
of Raspberry Pi”
IEEE SB and ECE Dept. organized a One-day
Seminar on “Real Time Implementation of Raspberry
Pi” by Mr. Arunkumar AP/ECE on 29th
Apr 2017.
Report by: Dr.B.Nagaraj, [email protected]
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Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem Presentation on Innovative Thoughts
IEEE SB in association with Centre for Innovation
and Product Development (CiPD) organized a
Presentation on Innovative Thoughts on 24th
Mar
2017
Lecture on Electromagnetic fields
IEEE SB and INTEC Association organized a lecture
on Electromagnetic fields by Dr.R.Nandakumar,
Head / ECE, K.S.R Institute on 11th
Apr 2017.
One Day National Level Seminar
IEEE SB organized one-day National Level Seminar
on ‘Research Challenges for Consumer Electronics in
India’ on 12th
Apr 2017. Dr. PSS. Srinivasan,
Principal; Dr.K.Visagavel, Vice Principal; Dr.L.
Subramaniam, Dean/KIOT and Dr.N.
Santhiyakumari, SBC addressed the participants. The
seminar was graced by Prof. M. Shenbagapriya,
AP/ECE, Mr. M. Bharanidharan, IEEE Faculty
Incharge, Ms. R. Hemalatha-WIE Faculty In charge
and student members.
IEEE Spectrum Analysis
Supremely Small BICSEL Laser Traps
Light in Open Air on 13th
Apr 2017
Invasion of the Hardware Snatchers: Fakes
Pollute the Market on 17th
Apr 2017
Deep Learning AI Listens to Machines For
Signs of Trouble on 18th
Apr 2017
INTEC Association Valedictory
IEEE SB and INTEC Association Conducted
Valedictory function for Students with Dr. R.
Nandakumar, Head / ECE, K. S. R. Institute for
Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode as chief
guest. Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, IEEE SBC also
participated.
Demonstration on PCB Prototype Making
Machine
IEEE SB organized a Demonstration on PCB
Prototype Making Machine by Mr. Moorthy, Enthu
Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore on
4th
May 2017
Report by: M.Bharanidharan, [email protected]
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Kongu Engineering College, Erode
Python Interactive Programming for Engineers
(PIPE) Workshop
EEE Computer Society Student Chapter in
association with IEEE Madras Entrepreneurship &
Innovation committee conducted Python Interactive
Programming for Engineers (PIPE) Workshop on 24th
& 25th
Feb 2017. The training team consisted of Mr.
M. Joseph Auxilius Jude, Mr. V.C.Dinesh, Mr. Arun
Prakash, and Mr.N.Prabhu Ram, All AP/ECE.
Report by: Mr. Dhanu Sankar M,
Mar Ephraem College of Engineering and Technology, Marthandam
IEEE Training Program on Python
IEEE SB organized a workshop on python by Mr. S.
Gavaskar AP of St. Xavier’s College, Nagercoil.on
8th
Apr 2017. Correspondent Rev. Fr. Josphin Raj;
Principal Dr. Lenin Fred; SB Chair, Mr. Varghese
Sunny; Ms. Rintu Ann Cherian, II EEE and Ms.
Shilpa Shyam, SB senate member also addressed the
gathering.
Report by: Mr. Varghese Sunny,
Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi
Student Professional Awareness Conference
IEEE WIE AG organized a Student Professional
Awareness Conference (TECHIE MEET 2K17) on
10th
and 11th Mar 2017. The event was inaugurated
by Dr. S. Elangovan, Chair-SPF, IEEE MAS. Dr. M.
Ramakrishnan, Principal and Dr. A. Sakthivel, IEEE
Faculty Advisor, participated in the function. Various
events for the conference included paper presentation
and workshops on Development of GUI using
MATLAB; RF circuit design using ADS; Power
Quality Audit Methodologies and Tools; Multilayer
PCB Manufacturing Process and Design
Construction. 500 students participated in the
conference.
Seminar on Tools for Harmonic Assessment
IEEE WIE AG organized a seminar on Tools for
Harmonic Assessment by Dr.R.Sudhakar, SBC on
19th
Apr 2017
Induction of new office bearers
The new office bearers of IEEE SB and WIE were
inducted on 25th
Apr 2017. Dr. M. Ramakrishnan,
Principal; Dr.R.Sudhakar, SBC; Dr. A. Sakthivel,
IEEE Faculty Advisor and Ms.S.Abinaya, WIE-Vice
Chair Person graced the occasion. Dr. A. Sakthivel
delivered a talk on benefits of IEEE.
Report by: A.Senthil Kumar,
Google's parent company Alphabet's market
valuation passed $600 billion for the first time on 24th
Apr 2017, making it the world's second company to
achieve the milestone after Apple.
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National Engineering College, Kovilpatti
Operating System Installation
On behalf of IEEE ITS Madras Chapter,
demonstration on operating system installation by
Ms. B. Venkadeswari, Senior Technician/CSE on 18th
Apr 2017. 35 students attended the demonstration
session. Report by: Dr. B.Paramasivan, [email protected]
Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai
Industrial visit
IEEE CS SBC organized an Industrial Visit to
Neyveli Lignite Corporation on 22nd
Mar 2017.
Report by: Soma Prathibha,
St.Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai
Identify the Bugs in Circuits
IEEE PES organized Identify The Bugs In Circuits
on 2nd
Mar 2017. The event was coordinated by Mrs.
Chamundeeswari, Ms. V.Gomathi and Ms. K.Geetha.
Problem Solver
IEEE WIE organized the event titled Problem
Solveron 2nd
Mar 2017. The event organizers were
Ms. I. Sai Swaroopa, Ms. R .Surya, Ms. S. Sruthi,
Ms. M. Sumitha, and Ms. R. Sandhya.
Think Tech
IEEE IAS organized Think Tech on 4th
Mar 2017. 20
students participated in the event organized by Mr. R.
Sreekanth, Ms. R. Surya, Ms. S. Sruthi, Ms. M.
Sumitha, Ms. I. Sai Swaroopa and Ms. R. Sandhya.
The first prize was won by Akash and Abinath
Report by : Jannath Nisha ,
St. Joseph’s Inst of Technology, Chennai
Technical meet on Intelligent Automotive Vehicle
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IEEE RAS & Dept. of ECE organized a Technical
meet on “Intelligent Automotive Vehicle” by Dr.
Dillip Limbu and Mr. Derrick Loh, Co-Founders,
MooVita Pte Ltd, Singapore & Dr. K Swaminathan,
CEO, Arobot, Chennai on 1st Apr 2017. 130 faculty
and students attended the meet.
Faculty Development Program on Advances in
Robotics and Autonomous system
IEEE Madras section sponsored two-day FDP on
Advances in Robotics and Autonomous system from
10th
to 11th
Apr 2017 was organized by the Dept.. of
ECE in association with IEEE RAS & WIE. 23
Faculty Members benefited through the FDP. The
FDP was graced by Dr. B. Babu Manoharan,
Chairman & Managing Director; Mr. B. Shashi Sekar
& Mrs.B.Jessie Priya, Directors; Dr. P.
Ravichandran, Principal and Dr. C.Gnana Kousalya,
HOD/ECE. Resource persons were Dr. K.
Swaminathan CEO & Founder; Dr. Sathish
Ramachandran Co-Founder;
Mr. Darshan Rajagopal & Ms. Varshini Balaji,
Programmers, all from Arobot, Chennai
Report by : Dr. Gnana Kousalya C,
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore
Seminar on Internet of Things for Industrial
Applications
IEEE SB organized an IEEE Communication
Society-sponsored one-day seminar on “Internet of
Things for Industrial Applications” on 7th
January,
2017. Resource persons included Mr. K. Bhagath
Singh, CEO, Kalycito Infotech Private Limited,
Coimbatore; Mr. Muthupandi P, CEO, V021RLabs,
Coimbatore; Mr S Manickaraj, Director, MELZ
Indcosys Solutions LLP, Coimbatore and Dr.
S.Jeyanthy, Prof/ECE. Mr. P Subramanian,
Chairperson, IEEE Communication Society Madras
Chapter; Dr.N.R.Alamelu, Immediate Past
Chairperson, IEEE Madras Section and Prof.
K.Balamurugan, IEEE SBC also addressed the
seminar.
TECHKOSMOS 2017
IEEE SB organized “Techkosmos – 2K17”, a
national level technical fest on 11th
Mar 2017. The
event was inaugurated by Dr.N.Kumarappan, Vice
Chairperson, IEEE Madras Section. Dr.S.U.Prabha,
Prof/EEE and Mr.K.Balamurugan, SBC also
addressed the participants.
IEEE Member Drive Program 2017
IEEE SB organized “IEEE Member Drive Program
2017” on 19th
Apr 2017
Report by: Mr. K. Balamurugan,
Mastercard has created a credit card with a built-in
fingerprint scanner, allowing its users to make
payments by scanning their fingerprint instead of
providing a PIN or a signature. The card is no thicker
than a normal credit card. It works with all existing
chip-and-PIN readers and is currently being trialled
in South Africa.
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SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam WiSPNET 2017
IEEE SB and Dept. of ECE hosted a 2nd
edition of
three day IEEE international conference on
Wireless Communications, Signal processing and
Networking (WiSPNET 2017) during 22 to 24 Mar
2017 under the theme of ‘Advancement in
Information Communication towards the creation of
smart world’. This conference was technically
sponsored by IEEE MAS Section, IEEE ComSoc
Madras and financially supported by DST – SERB,
New Delhi, ISRO, Bangalore & Pearson Education
Pvt. Limited. This edition has received 1450
submissions and 600 papers were accepted of which
561 were presented. The conference also hosted two
workshops, titled ‘New Technologies in 5G’ and
‘Visible Light Communications’ and one Panel
Discussion titled ‘5G and Internet of Things.
Distinguished speakers included:
Dr. Lajos Hanzo, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
IEEE Communications Society and the
Vehicular Society, Univ. of Southampton, UK
Dr. Ozan Tonguz, Prof/Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Dr. David Akopian, Prof/Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Texas at
San Antonio, USA
Dr. Giacomo Morabito, Assoc Prof/ Computer
Engineering and Telecommunications,
University of Catania, Italy
Dr. Raed Mesleh, Vice Dean, German Jordanian
University, Jordan
Dr. Kota Solomon Raju, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani
Mr. Vijay Anand, Director, Aricent
Mr. Vishal Sharma, Engineering Manager at
Intel, Bangalore
Dr. Santi P. Maity, Prof/IT, Indian Institute of
Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Mr. Vishwas Lakkundi, IoT Specialist &
Consultant, Bengaluru
Dr. S. Radha functioned as conference chair and Dr.
R. Kishore, Asso.Prof / ECE & Mr. N. Prabagarane,
AP / ECE were the organizing chairs for the
conference.
ICBSII 2017
2017 IEEE Third International Conference on
Biosignals, images and instrumentation, was
organized by the IEEE SB, Dept. of Biomedical Engg
and Centre for Healthcare technologies in association
with IEEE MAS Section between 16th
to 18th
Mar
2017. The organizers of the conference were Dr. A.
Kavitha, Head/BME, Ms. R. Nithya AP/BME and
Ms. M. Dhanalakshmi AP/BME. ICBSII 2017
received international speakers such as Mr. Omar
Saleh, Founder and CEO of Recyl3Dc, Canada; Ms.
Nicole McCallum, Executive Director, Recycl3D;
Dr. Laxmi Iyer, MD, Biotechin, Asia Singapore; Dr
G.Sudhir Ortho Spine surgeon, SRMC; Dr. Debdoot
Sheet, AP/EEE, IIT Kharagpur; Dr. Devanathan
Raghunathan, Chief Medical Officer, Advanced First
Aid Research Pte. Ltd, Singapore Eye Research
Institute, Singapore; Mr. Hrushikesh Garud,
Technical Lead, Advanced Driver Assistance
Systems, Embedded Processing Texas Instruments (I)
Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. G. Karthikeyan, Co-Founder,
Wildbox technologies, Singapore. 42 papers were
presented for the conference.
Idea Registration in IEEE MADC
IEEE student volunteers have proposed their idea in
IEEE MADC. The following teams were selected in
IEEE MADC idea registration. They have informed
to develop the app for the idea they have proposed.
Valedictory function of SSN IEEE SB
The valedictory function of IEEE SB was held on
13th
Apr 2017. Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, SBC
appreciated the active volunteers and the office
bearers of 2016-2017, namely
1. Chair: Mr. D. Kavin
2. Vice chair: Mr. P. Arjun
3. Secretary: Mr. D. Madhavan
4. Treasurer: Mr. P. Vasanth Kumar
5. SAC Chair: Ms. Ramya
6. Co-chair: Ms.Ruba
7. Web Development: Mr. J. Chandramowli
Report by: Dr.T. Sree Sharmila,
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St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Nagercoil Technical Gathering
IEEE SB organized a Technical Gathering on 4th
Apr
2017. Ms. M. Ivana Bhagya, SB Secretary; Ms. H. L.
Shelfa Lambert, 2nd Year ECE; Ms. M. Aruna, 2nd
Year ECE; Ms. Jhonu Evangeline Jenifa, 2nd Year
IT; Mr. A. Arunkumar, SB Chair and Ms. B. Asmiya
of 2nd
Year CSE attended the meet.
Review Meeting
IEEE WIE AG organized a meeting on 22nd Apr
2017. Mr. A. Arunkumar, SB Chair; M. Ivana
Bhagya, SB Secretary; Ms. N. Asiya Beevi,
Chairperson WIE; Mr. J. G. Benny Jackson,
Treasurer of IEEE EduSoc SBC; Ms. C. Bertino,
Secretary of IEEE WIE attended the meeting in the
presence of the Prof. A. Darwin Jose Raju, SB
Coordinator; Prof. J. Bright Jose, SBC and Prof. A.
Subitha, WIE Faculty Advisor
Valedictory Function
IEEE SB organized the Valedictory Function for the
academic year 2016-’17 on 22nd
Apr 2017. 40
students attended the function. Rev. Fr. Dr. M. Maria
William, Correspondent and Ms. T. Jeba Tharisini,
Former Chairperson, IEEE WIE were the guests. Dr.
S. Joseph Sekhar, Principal and Mr. M. Bala
Murugan, Treasurer, IEEE WIE also graced the
function. The Winners of Richard E. Merwin
Scholarship and AIYEHUM contest were honored.
Report by: Ms. A.S. Karthika,
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur
IEEE SB activities inaugural function -2017
The inauguration of the IEEE SB activities for 2017
was done by Dr.N.Kumarappan, Vice-chairman,
IEEE Madras Section on 11th
Feb 2017.
Mr.T.Raghavendran, SB Treasurer also spoke.
Workshop
IEEE SB organized a one-day workshop on
“Nanoscience and Nano-Engineering”, on 7th
Mar
2017. Dr. R. Muthucumaraswamy, Dean Research
and Dr. S. Moorthy Babu, Director, Centre for Nano
Science and Technology, Anna University were
resource persons for the workshop. Dr. KR. Santha,
Organizing chair of SB and Dr. Sudhakar K
Bharatan, Professor, EEE also addressed the
workshop participants.
Report by: Mr. G.Bharath Raj,
Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai Faculty Development Programme
IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized two-day Faculty
Development Programme on the subject of “EE6302-
Electromagnetic Theory” on 24th
and 25th
Apr 2017.
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Resource persons included Mr.D.Maharajan, AP,
SRM University and Dr. Sabitha Gauni.The FDP was
organized by Dr.K.Elango, HOD and team.
Faculty Development Programme on “EE6501-
Power System Analysis”
IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized two-day Faculty
Development Programme on the subject of
“EE6501- Power System Analysis” on 27th
and 28th
Apr 2017. Resource persons were Dr.R.Jegatheesan,
Prof, SRM University and Mr. P. Kanakaraj, AP,
SRM University. The FDP was organized by Dr. K.
Elango, HOD.
Faculty Development Programme on the subject
of “EE6007- Micro Electro Mechanical Systems”
IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized two-day Faculty
Development Programme on the subject of “EE6007-
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems” on 2nd
and 3rd
May 2017. Resource persons were Ms.L.Chitra,
Assoc Prof, AVIT and Dr.N.Pragadish, Assoc Prof,
KCG College of Technology.
Report by: Santhosh kumar,[email protected]
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba's Founder, Jack
Ma on Tuesday said the internet should be a utility
available to the whole world. He added, "The internet
should be treated as the infrastructure of global
development". Ma further said, "Everything will be
online and everything online will have data. And data
will be the energy for innovation".
VIT, Vellore
A+
IEEE SB organized the latest edition of its Android +
initiative on 14th
Apr 2017. After a brief review of
basics of Android app development, the workshop
then moved on to explain the different
implementations of a fragment and how it could be
used in an application. The participants were taught
the basic tab layouts and view pagers while
showcasing their use in real world problems.
C+
IEEE SB organized a workshop on ‘C+’ or Coding
plus, as a sub-division of the weekly Techloop+
sessions on 15th
Apr 2017 The session was attended
by 24 student members.
E+: Analog Returns
IEEE SB took a Techloop+ workshop on 16th
Apr
2017, The workshop was attended by 33 students.
The workshop covered topics such as interrupts,
timers, SPI and I2C communication protocols and a
brief doubt clearing discussion took place.
D+
IEEE SB, organised the latest edition of its D+
initiative on poster creation on 17th
Apr 2017. Ms.
Aishwarya Rao, Vice-chair helped the students
understand what and which tools to use to obtain the
final poster. 38 students benefitted.
ML+
IEEE SB organised its second workshop on ML+
(Machine Learning) on 20th
Apr 2017.
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i-PACT 2017
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University-
Vellore, School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
in association with VIT- IEEE Nuclear and Plasma &
Science Society (NPSS) had organized an
“International Conference on Innovations in Power
and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT
2017)” technically co-sponsored by IEEE Madras
Section to during 21st and 22
nd April 2017. The focus
of the conference is to provide a unique platform for
exchange of ideas and synergy among researchers,
academicians, industrial experts and entrepreneurs
across the globe in a gamut of divergent engineering
and technology disciples. State of the art innovations
in power and advanced computing technologies
including latest research trends and developments in
emerging areas such as smart and micro grids,
automatic control & computing technologies in
Green Commercial Buildings, Molecular Imaging,
Smart Photonic Systems, Cognitive Computing etc
are deliberated during the conference.
i-PACT 2017 has received an overwhelming
response from the participants and researchers with
more than 700 research papers received, 420 papers
were shortlisted after extensive review process and
over 350 registered participants from several
countries. 22 parallel sessions for presentation of
research papers on a wide variety of themes such as
Renewable Energy Systems, Signal Processing,
Communication Engineering, Soft-computing & Big
Data Analytics was presented. In addition, a galaxy
of 21 keynote expert lectures will be delivered by
industry experts and researchers from world-class
universities, both national as well as international
such as RMIT University- Australia, Nanyang
Technological University-Singapore, IBM Systems -
Singapore, University of Malaya, Federal University
of Maranhao, Brazil and Universiti Teknologi –
Malaysia, University of Moratuwa- Sri Lanka,
Aswan University- Egypt, Naresuan University-
Thailand, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories-
India, Department of Atomic Energy- India, IITs,
NITs etc. Shri. S. Rajavel, Sr. Vice President & Head
- Water, Smart World & Communications, Larsen &
Toubro Limited, Chennai was the chief guest. Shri.
Venkat Kumar Tangirala, President, Windstream
Energy Technologies India pvt. Ltd, Dr. Saad
Mechklief, Professor, University of Malaya,
Malaysia, Dr. Narayana Prasad Pathy, Dean
Academics, IIT, Roorkee and Dr. H. R. Mohan, Vice
Chairman, IEEE Madras Section were the guest of
honour.
A panel discussion on “Smart Energy Grid
Engineering” was organized on the first day of the
conference. Smart Grid, Smart Energy, Smart
building Automation, IOT and Cognitive Computing
were the topics of discussion.
The highlight of i-PACT 2017 was the congregation
of experts and researchers from around the globe
which provided the much needed impetus for joint
collaborations, interactions and exchange of
expertise.
NASA SpaceApps Challenge 2017
SpaceApps is a NASA incubator innovation program.
For 48 hours across the world, problem solvers join
in for NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge,
one of the largest hackathons in the World. VIT,
Vellore being one of the seven locations in India out
of 200 across the globe this year from 183 countries.
Empowered by open data from NASA, IEEE-SB at
VIT offered hobbyists, colleagues and friends a
chance to solve perplexing challenges in new
unexpected ways this 29th
and 30th
of April, 2017.
The Hack started at 9:00 a.m. on the 29th
of April
2017 with around 150+ participants witnessing
healthy participation from institutions like IIT
Madras, SRM Univ., VIT Chennai and 15 other
colleges from Mysore, Coimbatore, Bangalore and
Trichy. There was a Hack Shop with all possible
electronic components like raspberry pi3, Arduino,
Mpu050 and sensors at the disposal of the
participants at all times during the hack. Mentors
from Bellatrix, Endurance International Group
(Mayank Sehgal) and Lattice Innovations (Soura
Bhattacharya) joined the hack to guide and assist the
participants with their projects. A researcher at the
US Army Aero flight dynamics Directorate at NASA
enlightened the participants in the field of Data
Science via Skype conference.
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The Vice Chair and Chair, SAC, IEEE Madras
Section Mr. H.R. Mohan along with Madras Section
Executive Committee member, and the SAC Co-
Chair Dr. S. Koteeswaran and Treasurer of IEEE
Madras, and the Chair of IEEE CS, Dr. P. Sakthivel
were the Guests of Honour for NASA SpaceApps
event.
The Hack came to an end after the pitching of
prodigious projects by the participants. Three teams
namely Team Go (VIT Vellore), Team Tech-Narvi
(Sri Krishna College of Engineering, Coimbatore) &
Team Kepler (VIT Vellore) won the Challenge held
at VIT Vellore by addressing problems related to
finding water resources using satellite images,
predetermining and improving safety for beach-goers
and creating a virtual space-ship simulator
respectively. These teams get a chance to participate
at the Global-level Challenge being organized on 5th
May 2017.
Report by: Krishit Arora , [email protected]
IEEE MAS & IEEE COMSOC Madras Chapter
Distinguished Lecture
The IEEE Communications Society Distinguished
Lecture on “Security Challenges and Opportunities in
SDN/NFV and 5G Networks” was delivered by Dr.
Ashutosh Dutta, AT&T, New Jersey and Director -
Industry Outreach & Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE
COMSOC. The event was organized along with
IEEE Madras Section, IEEE CS, IEEE PSES, IEEE
CSS & IEEE RAS on 21st Mar 2017 at Anna
University Chennai. Dr.P Sakthivel, Chair, IEEE CS
and Mr. P. Subramanian, Chair, IEEE COMSOC
graced the occasion.
Report by: P. Subramanian, [email protected]
IEEE Madras Section, CS, PCS, COMSOC, RAS & TEMS
Digitalization Trends in Enterprises
A technical presentation on the topic “Digitalization
Trends in Enterprises” by Mr. Pon Manivannan,
Principal Technology Leader, L&T Technology
Services, Chennai was organized by the IEEE
Madras Section along with the IEEE CS, PCS, RAS<
COMSOC, TEMS & CSI Chennai. Mr. H.R. Mohan,
Vice Chair of IEEE MAS & Chair, PCS welcomed
the gathering and briefed about the importance of the
topic of presentation in the context of globalization
and technical advances and the VUCA scenario
existing in the enterprises.
The speaker, in his presentation emphasized that
digitalization is not an option but a way to improve
the overall business performance. Consumers are
sharing information implicitly and explicitly through
various channels of communications which
companies have to listen and respond to with agility
and velocity. Digital company’s market cap is better
than analogue companies. Business model innovation
is being continuously getting disrupted by start-ups
and big companies have to work with all stake
holders towards realizing the goal. Skill
development, acquisition and retention are major
challenges to be addressed by companies if they have
to adopt digitalization significantly.
IEEE Madras Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee Madras Chapter
Design Thinking Workshop
IEEE Madras Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Committee in partnership with TiE Chennai
organized the “Design Thinking Workshop” by Mr.
Arun Jain, Chairman, Intellect Design Arena on 19th
Apr 2017 at IIT Madras Research Park. The
workshop gave a comprehensive idea about how
career building, skill development, entrepreneurship
can be tackled with a design focus.
Report by: Vijay Srinivas, [email protected]
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Information Resources Compiled by
H.R. Mohan
Vice Chairman, IEEE Madras Section
Chief Editor, IEEE MAS LINK
ICT Consultant & Former AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai
Next List 2017: 20 Tech Visionaries Who Are Creating The Future: Microsoft will build computers even more
sleek and beautiful than Apple’s. Robots will 3-D-print cool shoes that are personalized just for you. (And you’ll get
them in just a few short days.) Neural networks will take over medical diagnostics, and Snapchat will try to take
over the entire world. The women and men in these pages are the technical, creative, idealistic visionaries who are
bringing the future to your doorstep. You might not recognize their names—they’re too busy working to court the
spotlight—but you’ll soon hear about them a lot. They represent the best of what’s next. https://goo.gl/2o5JSQ
Global In-house Centers in India: The Indian Global In-house Center, or GIC, landscape has evolved significantly
over the last 20 years. Originally called captive centers in the early 1990s, GICs are offshore centers that perform
designated functions for large organizations. GICs in India now number about 1,100, employing more than 800,000
individuals and generating approximately $23 billion in revenue. GICs’ ability to create cost savings for an
enterprise—while tapping India’s talent pool—have led to that impressive growth. However, due to unprecedented
digital disruption in industries worldwide, the role of Indian GICs needs to evolve. The National Association of
Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and Bain & Company partnered to explore the changing role of
Indian GICs—specifically, to define the key priorities that will enable them to become GICs of the future.
https://goo.gl/tBPt0a
Digital Strategy for a B2B World: It’s easy to see why so many view companies like Uber, Amazon and Google as
the business models of the future. They’ve redefined their industries. They’ve rewired the customer experience.
They’re not afraid to fail fast, learn from mistakes and make the changes necessary to stay well ahead of the market.
None of this is news to leaders of industrial and other business-to-business (B2B) companies. But these executives
also know full well that what works in the consumer realm doesn’t always translate in a B2B context. Failing fast?
That’s problematic in industries such as chemical processing or offshore drilling, where the smallest mistake can
trigger epic disaster. Moving quickly? We’ll get back to you when our channel partners get back to us. Redefining
the industry? Easier said than done in a business like aviation, where many stakeholders operate in a complex,
interdependent ecosystem. The truth is B2B is different than business-to-consumer (B2C) when it comes to digital
strategy, and it requires a different approach. https://goo.gl/4zSUio
How Digital Technology Supercharges Zero-Based Redesign: Zero-based budgeting is back, and interest has
never been higher. Companies that take this radical approach to budgeting can reawaken their ownership mindset
and align resource allocations closer to strategic goals. Some go further, undertaking what we call zero-based
redesign (ZBR), a blank-sheet approach that realigns the operating model, reengineers processes and workflows, and
unlocks the potential of digital productivity. But not everyone is satisfied with the results. Less than half of all large
companies (with sales greater than $2 billion) report success from their efforts. However, the numbers get more
interesting when you look at what led to positive outcomes. Companies that used zero-based budgeting as part of a
comprehensive effort were nearly twice as likely to say they were satisfied or very satisfied with the results as their
counterparts who pursued limited initiatives. The most successful outcomes use zero-based budgeting in concert
with zero-based redesign. Successful programs typically reduce costs by at least 25% for the targeted functions and
processes. In contrast, companies that deploy zero-based budgeting solely for the lure of cost cutting run a double
risk: They can cut into growth muscle and hurt the customer experience. Even among companies that take a broader
approach to zero-based redesign, few tap the full potential of the technologies that are increasingly available and
affordable to help companies automate tasks, manage processes and help make decisions. https://goo.gl/bJD2HM
Timeline: The Rise of Robots: How mechanical helpers have evolved during the past four decades.
https://goo.gl/ec3Gtx
Timeline: The Evolution of 5G: How each generation of wireless technology brought us to the age of 100-Gb/s
communications. https://goo.gl/s4QNGf
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Timeline: The Evolution of the LED: How light-emitting diodes moved forward during the past 40 years. https://goo.gl/AgqrB0
Timeline: The Evolution of the Photovoltaic Cell: How solar photocell technologies have advanced during the
past 40 years. https://goo.gl/3qqOgl
What are Hackathons for?: A swift execution from idea to market has become a key competitive advantage for
software companies to enable them to survive and grow in turbulent business environments. To combat this
challenge, companies are using hackathons. A hackathon is a highly engaging, continuous event in which people in
small groups produce working software prototypes in a limited amount of time. F-Secure, a software product
company, views hackathons as a possible solution to the fundamental business problem of how to make revenue
from an idea, spanning the phases from creating the idea to producing a software prototype. However, hackathons
pose the challenge of how to transform those promising prototypes into finalized products that create revenue and
real business value. https://goo.gl/aa1TyJ
Sunlight-powered purifier could clean water for the impoverished: One-tenth of the world’s population lacks
clean water. Now, researchers report they have developed a cheap solar still, which uses sunlight to purify dirty
water up to four times faster than a current commercial version. The raw materials cost less than $2 per square
meter. The technology will “allow people to generate their own drinking water much like they generate their own
power via solar panels on their house roof,” says Zhejun Liu, a visiting scholar at the State University of New York
(SUNY) in Buffalo and one of the study’s co-authors. https://goo.gl/MifKe8
Self-taught artificial intelligence beats doctors at predicting heart attacks: Doctors have lots of tools for
predicting a patient’s health. But—as even they will tell you—they’re no match for the complexity of the human
body. Heart attacks in particular are hard to anticipate. Now, scientists have shown that computers capable of
teaching themselves can perform even better than standard medical guidelines, significantly increasing prediction
rates. If implemented, the new method could save thousands or even millions of lives a year.
https://goo.gl/OWWUCn
This new solar-powered device can pull water straight from the desert air: You can’t squeeze blood from a
stone, but wringing water from the desert sky is now possible, thanks to a new spongelike device that uses sunlight
to suck water vapor from air, even in low humidity. The device can produce nearly 3 liters of water per day for
every kilogram of spongelike absorber it contains, and researchers say future versions will be even better. That
means homes in the driest parts of the world could soon have a solar-powered appliance capable of delivering all the
water they need, offering relief to billions of people. https://goo.gl/bjLHJn
New software can track many individuals in a crowd: In 2015, more than 2000 people died in a stampede during
the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. In 2013, two terrorists deposited backpacks carrying bombs at the Boston
Marathon and slipped away, leaving three spectators to die. If technology could in real-time track and analyze the
movement of individuals in dense crowds, we might better predict dangerous pileups or spot suspicious behavior,
saving many lives a year. A pair of researchers has just taken a large step in that direction, writing software that for
the first time can track hundreds of people in a crowd simultaneously. https://goo.gl/MPzEC7
Watch this robotic manta ray speed through the water: Building a robot is easy. Building a robot with soft,
bendable parts is still doable. But building a soft robot “fish” that can swim as well as the real thing: a much trickier
task. But now, a team of scientists in China has gotten much closer, creating a robotic fish that can swim twice as
fast as the next best bot of its kind. The 9.3-centimeter-long fish (18.5 centimeters including its tail) can also swim
for more than 3 hours on one battery charge, thanks to a clever propulsion system that acts like a muscle. The new
system could lead to lifelike bots that can explore the ocean, monitor water quality, and discover new creatures.
https://goo.gl/42koT2
Meet the 2017 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies: In the fifth annual Disruptor 50 list, CNBC features private
companies in a range of industries — from biotech and machine learning to transportation and retail — whose
innovations are changing the world. These forward-thinking starts-ups have identified unexploited niches in the
marketplace that have the potential to become billion-dollar businesses, and they rushed to fill them. A startling 31
are unicorns that have already reached or passed the billion-dollar mark. In the process, they are creating new
ecosystems for their products and services. https://goo.gl/0IUqZu
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Forthcoming Events
Events Technically Sponsored by Madras Section and Madras Section Societies
2017 International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics (ICEI); 11-12 May 2017 at SCAD College
of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli. http://icoei.com/index.html
2017 International conference of Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA); 20-22 Apr
2017 at RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore http://icoeca.com/index.html
2017 Third International Conference on Sensing, Signal Processing and Security (ICSSS); 4 - 5 May 2017 at St.
Peter's College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai.
2017 International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science(ICCIDS); 2-3 Jun 2017 at Sri
Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai. http://www.iccids.in/
2017 International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICICCS); 15-16 Jun 2017 at Vaigai
College of Engineering, Madurai. iccs2017.com/index.html
2017 International Conference on Innovative Research In Electrical Sciences (IICIRES): 16-17 Jun 2017 at E G S
Pillay Engineering College. http://iicires2017.egspec.org/
2017 International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control (I2C2); 24-25 Jun 2017 at Karpagam
Innovation Centre Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore. i2c2.in
2017 International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC); 18-19 Jul 2017 at
Surya Engineering College, Erode. http://iccm2017.com/index.html
2017 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSPC); 28-29 Jul 2017 at Karunya
University, Coimbatore. http://www.karunya.edu/ece/icspc17/
2017 International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS); 1 -2
Aug 2017 at SKR Engineering College, Chennai. http://www.ecds.org.in/
2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies and Management for Computing, Communication,
Controls, Energy and Materials (ICSTM); 2-4 Aug 2017 at Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of
Science and Technology, Chennai. http://www.veltechuniv.edu.in/icstm2017/
2nd
International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT); 24-25 Aug 2017at RVS Technical
Campus, Coimbatore. http://icoict.com/index.html
2017 Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT): 3rd - 5th Nov 2017 at ABV Indian
Institute of Information Technology and Management at Gwalior. http://cict2017.org/
2017 International Conference on Inventive Computing and Informatics (ICICI); 23-24 Nov 2017 at Ranganathan
Engineering College, Coimbatore. http://icici17.com/committee.html
2017 International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS); 7 - 8 Dec 2017 at SCAD Institute of
Technology at Palladam http://www.icoiss.com/
2017 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC); 14-16 Dec
2017 at Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore. www.itfrindia.org/2017ICCIC/
Events Financially Sponsored by Madras Section (in-principle approved)
Workshop on application of Simulation Tools for Electrical Research; 5-6 May 2017 at St. Joseph Institute of
Technology.
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Financial Assistance to organize events
SB College Name Event date Topic Amount (Rs.)
Sri Sai Ram Engineering
College 7-9 Dec 2016
Workshop on Emerging Trends and
Future Perspective in Image
Processing and Computer Vision
10000
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering
College 17
th Mar 2017
National Conference on Emerging
Trends in Instrumentation Systems
- NCETIS'17
5350
B. S. Abdur Rahaman
University 5-6 Apr 2017
4th National Conference on Recent
Trends in Information Technology
- NCRTIT 2017
7600
Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College
of Engineering 5
th Aprl 2017
One Day National Workshop on
Controllers and Communication
System Design using Lab VIEW
3500-
Details of funds transferred from IEEE HQ to IEEE Student Branches through IEEE Madras Section
College Name Amount (Rs) Remarks
VIT University Chennai Campus 4,06,320
CIS support for Winter School on Computational
Intelligence: Fundamental Theory and Practical
Application
Kumaraguru College of Technology 16,930 IEEE Sea SIGHT Seed Funding
Announcements
IEEE Madras Section Student Branches Revamping
The IEEE Madras Section has been proud to have a large no. of SBs. However, over the period of few years, number
of SBs has become dormant and inactive.
A revamping committee steer headed by Dr. S. Elangoavan for the last one year was in constant communication
with all the SBs and guided those which are inactive for over three years. Further the inactive SBs were also
informed through multiple communications that they will be recommended for closure to IEEE R10 if the
membership status is not improved. This exercise had resulted a reasonable response and about 30 SBs were
revamped.
However, out of 271 SBs attached to IEEE Madras Section, still we had 158 SBs are not meeting active SB criteria.
They have been grouped under two categories -- SBs recommended for closure – 128 and SBs put on wait listed for
recommendation to closure – 30. These lists were shared with the SBs and their views were sought (on or before 15th
May 2017) to finalize the lists and send the recommendations to IEEE R10.
Based on the responses received from SBs till 15th May 2017, the status of the SBs has been re-worked. The current
status is as under:
Active SBs -- 115
SBs recommended for closure – 127 &
SBs wait listed – 29
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You can find these three lists along with the SBs total database (271) shared in the gDrive at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5jxEnDN1CofVDBJeUlZYzBjQzg?usp=sharing
The following is the action plan.
The IEEE Madras Section website at http://sites.ieee.org/madras/ will host the list of 115 active SBs in the Section
for all official purposes including AICTE and other statutory bodies.
The IEEE Madras Section will send the list of 127 SBs (which are not meeting the active status requirements) to
IEEE R10 with a recommendation for closure.
The 29 SBs which are currently wait listed will be given time till 31st Jul 2017 to meet the active status
requirements. The status will be reviewed on 1st Aug 2017 and the SBs do not meet the active status criteria will be
recommended for closure to IEEE R10.
All the SB Counselors are requested to make a note of the above.
If you need any further clarifications, pl. email the revamp committee chair Dr. S Elangovan at
[email protected] with a copy to SAC Chair, Mr. HR Mohan at [email protected]
Call for Proposals - IEEE Madras Student Hub Congress
The Madras Section SAC invites proposals from SBs to host IEEE MAS Student Hub Congress across all
six Hubs of the Section to be held during the next semester. The Entrepreneurship & Innovations Subcommittee will
join SAC and help in organizing an Entrepreneurship Track in these Congresses. A funding of Rs. 10K (for a one
day congress) and Rs. 15K (for two day congress) will be provided by the Section. The host SB will be suitably
recognized at the Annual Meet apart from being given 10 points during the annual evaluation of the SBs.
The proposals with a detailed budget and institutional support to be provided may pl. emailed
to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] For clarifications if any, you may contact Mr.
H.R. Mohan, Chair SAC / Mr. Nivas, Chair E&I Sub Committee.
Deadline: 31st May 2017
Google’s Applied CS with Android
Google’s Applied CS with Android content is designed for final and pre-final Computer Science students and
enhances various concepts from their current curricular work. The program revisits concepts from Data Structures
and Algorithms, as well as Artificial Intelligence. We use Android as a platform for development because it’s
modern, has an easy to use graphical interface and, it’s just fun for the students to interact with.
Program website: https://cswithandroid.withgoogle.com/
Course content: https://cswithandroid.withgoogle.com/content
The course will follow a flipped classroom model, currently comprising of 10 units with 1 code sprint. Each unit
contains a self-study portion along with one workshop problem. The workshops are aimed at sharpening the CS
application and android skills of the student.
Here’re the units:
1. Unit A: App Inventor (optional); 2. Unit 1: Getting Started; 3. Unit 2: Starting from scratch; 4. Unit 3: Binary
Search and Application State; 5. Unit 4: Trees; 6. Unit 5: Priority Queues; 7. Unit 6: Code Sprint; 8. Unit 7: Graph
traversal; 9. Unit 8: Monte Carlo and Unit Testing; and 10. Unit 9: Dynamic Programming
More details on this programme will be mailed soon.
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Call for participation: 2017 IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training Program (VoLT)
The MGA Training Committee is pleased to announce the launch of the Volunteer Leadership Training Program
(VoLT) for this year. The program enters its fourth successful year of implementation with >120 graduates
representing all IEEE geographic Regions.
VoLT is targeted to volunteers who have a true desire to learn about the broader IEEE and are considering taking
leadership positions within their local units and future IEEE committee roles. Those who have 2+ years of
experience volunteering in their local units and have not held a Section Chair position are highly encouraged to
participate. The program runs as follows:
Track 1 - All IEEE volunteers are invited to participate in Track 1, which covers the core organizational units of
IEEE and focuses on the foundation knowledge of the organization. These pre-requisite courses will be available to
all IEEE volunteers through the newly redesigned IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) web site from 23
May through 19 June 2017. Participants will be asked to complete a short quiz at the end of each session.
Track 2 - Volunteers who complete Track 1 above can apply for consideration for Track 2 of the program, which is
planned to start in September 2017. Track 2 will last about three months and consists of weekly live
webinars focused on leadership related topics. Participation in Track 2 will be determined by the MGA Training
Committee based on predefined criteria.
On 23 May, Access Track 1 courses (Log in with your IEEE account and click on the “VoLT Program” icon to
begin) - Participants who complete the courses before 23 May or after 19 June, will not be eligible to apply for
Track 2 of the program.
Important Note about 2016 VoLT: Participants who completed (or started to complete) Track 1 in CLE after the
June 2016 deadline and before the start of Track 2 on September 2016, are welcome to take the 2017 Track 1
sessions. Please note that most of the materials have been updated.
For questions, contact VOLT staff <[email protected]>.
IEEE Region 10 Paper Contest
Applications are now open for the 2017 Paper Contest, in the categories of Postgraduate (PG) and Undergraduate (UG), by
the IEEE Region 10 Student Activities Committee. The Paper Contest aims to recognize technical, written and verbal
communication skills of IEEE student members in the Region. The deadline for submission is 31 May, 2017
The details about the Contest can be found from : http://sac.ieeer10.org/competitions
Also, the attached documents, and the submissions can be made at : http://ieee.fluidsurveys.com/s/2017papercontest.
IEEE TENSYMP 2017 – Technologies for Smart Cities
IEEE TENSYMP 2017, the spring conference of IEEE Region 10, will be held during 14-16 July 2017 at Le
Meridien, Cochin, Kerala, India. IEEE TENSYMP 2017 will be the meeting point of researchers, industry and the
Government and will explore the latest developments in the technologies for Smart cities. Cochin itself has been
selected by Government of India, to be developed as a Smart city. TENSYMP 2017 will also feature high quality
tutorials, workshops and Industry sessions, as well as keynotes from prominent research and industry leaders. For
more info, please visit the conf. website at http://www.tensymp2017.org
IEEE International Conference on Micro-electronic Devices Circuits and Systems (ICMDCS 2017)
This conference being hosted at VIT Vellore during 10-12, Aug 2016 is technically co-sponsored by Electron
Devices Society and supported by Global Foundries will cover: digital IC design, Analog /RF/Mixed Signal IC
design, Device Modeling and Technology, RF communication circuits, embedded systems; nonlinear circuits and
systems. It aims to provide an excellent platform for the exchange of thoughts between researchers interested
broadly in the area of Microelectronics, Nano-devices, circuits and system design. Last date for paper submission is
4th
Jun 2017. More at http://www.icmdcs2017.com
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IEEE MAS SB Website Contest
The IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Professional Communication Society in association with the IEEE Madras
Section announces a Website Contest for all the Student Branches (SBs).
The website of an entity is the web identity of the entity and can be used to let the world know about the entity
through periodical updates about the entity, its organisation and its events etc.
IEEE Madras Section (IEEE MAS) desires all its SBs to have web presence through an exclusive website for each
SBs. In fact, IEEE MAS recognises the SBs having their websites by providing 10 points during the annual
evaluation of the SBs for awarding them at the annual meeting. However, it is noticed that not many SBs have their
websites.
To encourage the SBs to have their websites, the IEEE CS & IEEE PCS along with IEEE MAS have come forward
with this contest.
The contest will be open for two months from 15th
May 2017 to 15th Jul 2017.
The SBs can form a website team with a maximum of THREE persons with the 1st one being the leader and the
other two as the members. A team can have just TWO also – leader and a member.
The website team is expected to create a website for their SB. The essential information of the website to include:
SB Leadership (SB Counsellor, SB OBs, SB Advisors, Mentors), Society / Affinity Groups of the SB, SB events for
the year, SB events archives for at least one year and Awards/Recognitions to SB. Additionally, the website can
have Resources Column, Photo Gallery and other items of interest to IEEE members.
The website team is free to develop the website using any software / utility of their choice. Even simply by using
word document and storing them in gDtive of the SB email ID (presented during the IEEE MAS SB Officers
Meeting in Feb 2017 – Pl. refer https://goo.gl/gkp54A ) is also OK as long as it meets the minimum criteria.
The SB website hosting can be done using the IEEE web hosting services (http://sites.ieee.org/) or the Google sites
(https://sites.google.com/ ) or sites like blogger (https://www.blogger.com/) or using the services of free website
hosting sites or at the SB college website itself.
At the end of the contest period (after 15th
Jul 2017) the websites developed by the SBs will be evaluated and the
following cash prizes along with the certificates will be presented to the teams.
Three Top Prizes: First Prize: Rs. 5000 :: Second Prize : Rs. 3000 :: Third Prize : Rs. 2000
Five Consolation Prizes: Rs. 1000 each & Certificate of Participation and Appreciation to all
All the IEEE MAS SBs are encouraged to participate in the Website Contest and ensure that their SBs have the web
presence which is most desirable in the current context.
A nominal registration fee of Rs. 200/- per team from each SB is applicable to participate in this Contest. This
registration fee of Rs. 200/- may pl. be paid by DD / Cheque favouring “IEEE Madras Section” payable at Chennai
and be sent to the IEEE Section Office at IEEE Madras Section, Room No. 3, ISTE Professional Center, Gandhi
Mandapam Road, Chennai – 600025. Tel: +91 44 24423939, Mobile: +91 9382328776
Further, all the participating SB Website Teams should register at https://goo.gl/L6egRg and provide the details of
SB, SB Counsellor and Team leader & members. All communications will be made through email with the SBC and
the team leader.
If you need any clarifications, please feel free to contact the following:
Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chair, IEEE CS at [email protected]
Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chair, IEEE PCS at [email protected]
We look forward to the participation of all the SBs in this contest. We wish and hope the IEEE Madras Section
becomes the first Section to have websites for all its SBs.
IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 14 No.5 May 2017 Page 22
R10 Awards & Recognitions -- Call for Nominations
IEEE R10 WIE Awards:
WIE Section Affinity Group Award
WIE Student Branch Affinity Group Award
WIE Outstanding Student Volunteer Award
WIE Outstanding Professional Volunteer Award
Nomination Deadline is 24th, June 2017, For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit
http://wie.ieeer10.org/
IEEE R10 SAC Awards
Volunteer Award
Student Volunteer Award
Student Branch Award
Nomination Deadline is 30th
May 2017. For more information please visit http://sac.ieeer10.org/r10-sac-awards/
R10 Distinguished Large, Medium and Small Sections Awards of the Year - to recognize the excellent work of the
Section in the prior year. - No submission needed. R10 Award Committee will evaluate the Sections based on
submitted reports.
R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award of the Year - to recognize the excellent work and contribution of outstanding
volunteer to the Section. – Please refer to attached “R10 Outstanding Volunteer Nomination Form”
R10 Outstanding Individual Award for Humanitarian Technology Activities – to inspire scientists and engineers to
become socially responsible and be engaged in developing technological solutions to improve living conditions and
livelihood of people thus making a difference in peoples’ lives in a cost effective and sustainable manner. –
Submit to R10 HTA Coordinator, Prof. Parkash Lohana at: [email protected]
R10 Outstanding Section Award for Humanitarian Technology Activities – to recognize the Sections who have done
outstanding work in identifying social issues and made efforts to solve those issues through the use of technology or
any other means. Submit to R10 HTA Coordinator, Prof. Parkash Lohana at: [email protected]
R10 Best Young Professionals Volunteer Award - to recognize the efforts and achievements of those individuals
who have made substantial contribution to IEEE and Young Professionals Affinity Groups. The award is conferred
upon three young professionals; one from academia, one from industry and one entrepreneur. Submit to R10 YP
Coordinator, Mr. Nivas Ravichandran at: [email protected]
R10 Best Young Professionals Affinity Group Awards – to help Young Professionals AGs in its membership
development by member’s satisfaction. The award will be conferred for two best Affinity groups who have done
quality activities and had secured high member increase and retention. Submit to R10 YP Coordinator, Mr. Nivas
Ravichandran at: [email protected]
Region 10 Educational Activities Group Award - to recognize Section/Student Branch/Affinity Group who have
exhibited exemplary and substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in implementing activities in the scope of
EA, as stated above, at the local, regional, national, and/or international level. Submit to R10 EA Coordinator, Dr.
Zuhaina Zakaria at: [email protected]
Region 10 Educational Activities Volunteer Award - to recognize individuals who have exhibited exemplary and
substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in implementing activities in the scope of EA, as stated above, at
the local, regional, national, and/or international level. Submit to R10 EA Coordinator, Dr. Zuhaina Zakaria at:
For guidelines visit: https://goo.gl/3THJZH
IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 14 No.5 May 2017 Page 23
IEEE MAS Student Branch Particulars
After the SB revamping exercise, we wish to have closer interaction with the SBs to make our Section a vibrant one
among all the Sections in the India Council. In this context, some essential details about each SB are being collected
through a google form at https://goo.gl/QK426B All the SB officers are requested to kindly fill-up this google for
with all fields.
IEEE Madras Student Conference cum Paper Contest
We had received seven valid proposals for our call for proposals to the IEEE Madras Student Conference cum Paper
Contest of which four were from Chennai and three were from outside Chennai. Since the last year paper contest
was held in Chennai, the execom desired that this year contest hosting opportunity could be given to a SB outside
Chennai. Based on the budget and the facilities being offered to conduct the contest, Sri Eshwar College of
Engineering, Kinathukadavu, near Coimbatore is being selected to host the Conf cum Paper Contest in 2017 during
the month of Aug/Sep. We thank all the SBs who have responded to our Call for Proposal. We look forward to their
continued support in hosting other events of the Section such as Hub Congress, Xtreme Programming Competition,
Entrepreneur & Innovation meets etc., A formal call for papers will be circulated shortly. We request all our
student members to participate and get benefited and recognized. We also request the SB Counselors to encourage
participation.
Publicity to events supported / approved by IEEE Madras Section
The SBs organizing events either supported or approved by the IEEE Madras Section may request for publicity
through email blasts to the Section members and by inclusion in the IEEE MAS LINK. Such request should be sent
at least four weeks prior to the event date to [email protected] with a brief note about the event and the
website / contact information. Pl. avoid sending the brochures or large attachments. If the event is a major one such
as international conference, India Council may also consider sending the details of such events through a “monthly
event bulletin” to all the members of the India Coucil. Such requests should be sent on or before 25th
of every month
to the IEEE India Coucil webmaster Dr. Suryanarayana Doolla at [email protected] The IEEE India Info, the
newsletter of IEEE India Council may also include those event details yet to be conducted. Please make use of the
opportunity and get maximum participation to your events.
ICEMGT-2017: 2nd
International Conf. on Environmental Management and Green Technologies
ICEMGT-2017: 2nd
International Conf. on Environmental Management and Green Technologies, technically
supported by IEEE Madras Section will be held during 27-29 Sep 2017 at St. Peter’s College of Engineering and
Technology, Avadi, Chennai. For more details, contact [email protected] or visit the conf. website at
http://www.spcet.ac.in/ICEMGT2017/menu.html
Guidelines for submitting reports and articles to get published in the IEEE MAS LINK newsletter
We are still getting the reports not adhering to the guidelines. While we write back to the SBCs and request them to
re-submit the reports as per the guidelines, some respond positively and quite a few do not. The editorial team is
constrained to ignore such reports. Further, it takes considerable time to communicate and keep track. Once again
we request all SBCs to follow the guidelines while submitting the reports.
Report only the events held under IEEE umbrella by the SB. Please avoid all events held in the college as
IEEE events.
Submit the report for each activity separately. Do not include more than one activity in a single report.
It is preferred to have a picture associated with the event with IEEE logo and name prominently visible.
Reports on activities to be sent within a max of six weeks of the activity. Reports received late may not be
considered.
The matter may be in doc / rtf / txt format. Other formats including in pdf, jpg, zip will not be considered.
Use SINGLE column format.
DO NOT embed the photograph in the document relating to reports. However, images referred in articles
may be embedded at appropriate places in the article document.
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Send ONE relevant photo per activity. Send the photo separately even if the photo is embedded in the
report.
Preferred format of the photo is “jpg”. Pl. avoid sending the photos in “bmp”,“png” formats.
Photographs in digital form SHOULD NOT exceed 1024 pixels in width and size restriction is about 300
KB. Larger than this size will not be considered. You may use the Picture Menu in the Microsoft Office
Picture Manager to crop and re-size the pictures.
Provide the sender’s name, full affiliation, membership no. and email id at the end of the document and in
the email.
Send the matter by email with the subject “Report on <Event Name in short> held on <date of the event>
at <College name in short>” For Example: Report on Symposium held on 6th
Feb 2016 at KSRCT.
Another Example: Report on TAP held on 9th
Feb 2016 at Kongu. One more Example: Report on Tech
Talk held on 5th
Feb at NEC.
Send the matter to the email at [email protected] Pl. note that the matters sent to other email ids
may not be considered.
Submit the matter by 10th of the month to facilitate inclusion in that month’s issue of LINK.
We may ignore the submitted materials, if they do not follow the above guidelines.
Pl. co-operate with us by adhering to the guidelines specified.
Pl. see below (in the next page) some problems encountered by us in the reports submitted for publishing. We have
also provided “some Dos” while reporting the matter publishing. Pl. follow them and help the Editorial Team in
bringing out a good quality newsletter
You can also see a brief presentation on reporting for newsletter in the shared folder at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3HJ2knpFzKHXzhYdjk0bU8wdmc?usp=sharing
From this shared folder, please download the presentation ieee-mas-link-reporting-x.ppt and view it.
Problems encountered
Last day reporting (around 10th
of the month)
Not in word doc format but PDF / zip files
Embedding pictures in document & not sending picture separately
Large size pictures
Uncropped pictures with large whitespace
Multiple pictures
Multi column document
Tables in the report
Reporting events not related to IEEE / not organised under IEEE banner
Sending to other than [email protected]
Reporting -- some DOs
Reports
Use good language in drafting the report
Use Active voice
Avoid including too many names. However credit organisers
Avoid rudimentary items – prayers, welcome, felicitations, thanking, lunch etc.,
Provide the gist of the talk / essentials of the event
Avoid tables, multi columns in reporting
Read, edit, revise and spell check before submitting
Follow the guidelines
If more info / pictures / presentations to be included, share them through gDrive or SB website
Learn and follow the style from the edited & published report of your activity in the newsletter
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Pictures
Select ONE good picture to include in the report. For major events multiple pictures are accepted
Review the picture using MS Office Picture Manager
Crop the picture for white spaces & unwanted details
Re-size the picture to 800x600 / 1024x768 pixels
Check the brightness – Use “Auto Brightness” to optimize
General
Provide subject (in short) as per guidelines and avoid lengthy subjects
o Report on STTP on Digital system design using Xilinx /Tanner tool held during 20th -22nd Dec
2016 at RIT
o Report on Seminar on Overview of Analog Electronics and Its Real time Applications on 29th
November 2016
o Faculty Development Training Programme (FDTP) on Cs 6004 – Cyber Forensics 14th Nov 2016
to 15th Nov 2016 @PIT
Mail the report with attachments to [email protected]
Send the reports as soon as the event gets over and do not wait till the last date
Reply / Act on mails if the editorial team interacts with you
If you need any clarifications, pl. email to the editorial team at [email protected]
IEEE Madras Section membership status as on 1st May 2017
Affiliate 14
Associate Member 20
Fellow 4
Graduate Student Member 547
Life Member 7
Life Senior 12
Member 1067
Senior Member 190
Student Member 3414
Total 5275
For Private Circulation
IEEE MAS LINK Newsletter of the IEEE Madras Section
Vol. 14 No.5 :: May 2017
Editorial Team
Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chief Editor
Mr. Prashant R. Nair, Editor
Mr. M. Arun, Associate Editor
Dr. M.A. Atmanand, Dr. N.R. Alamelu, Dr. P.A. Manoharan, Mr. A. Ashok Vardhan
IEEE Madras Section
Room No. 3, ISTE Professional Center, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai – 600025
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