BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170814T042405Z UID:F3D66E99-E5B6-11E7-833E-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20170806T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20170806T151000 DESCRIPTION:The Executive Committee Meeting was held at Srestha Bhawan\, RD SO\, Lucknow from 02:00 PM to 03:10 PM on August 6th\, 2017.\n\nMembers Pr esent:\n\n- Dr. R. K. Misra\n- Mr. Sujeet Mishra\n- Dr. Nishchal K. Ver ma\n- Dr. Rahul K. Sevakula (on call)\n- Mr. Narendra K. Dhar (on skype) \n- Mr. Vikas Singh (on skype)\n- Ms. Teena Sharma (on skype)\n- Dr. Br ajesh Varshney (on call)\n- Mr. Tarun Maini (on call)\n\nWelcome and Anno uncements:\n\nChairman and Secretary both welcomed all the members present in the meeting.\n\nAgenda Item #1: Ratification of minutes of the previou s meeting.\n\nDiscussion: The minutes of previous meeting was read by the Secretary.\n\nAgenda Item #2: Proposal of hosting a round table meeting fo r Ministry of Railways on CI Applications.\n\nDiscussion: Secretary inform ed that a proposal is brought by Vice Chairman and suggested to discuss th e logistics and location of round table meeting for Ministry of Railways. Vice Chairman explained the objective of round table meeting. He elaborate d the application of condition based monitoring in the Railways using Comp utational Intelligence (CI) techniques. He informed that Indian Railways r outinely collect large amounts of data and this data using CI mediated int erventions can be very important resource for ascertaining condition of as sets (Condition Based Maintenance). He suggested that the senior member of Indian Railways (from PMU/SRESTHA) with collaboration of IIT Kanpur or II T BHU can be included to share the insights of Railways.\n\nTowards Logo s upport for ICCI-2017 from other Ministries like Ministry of Power\, Minist ry of Heavy Industries\, Ministry of External Affairs\, Ministry of Urban Development\, PMUSRESHTHA\, Ministry of Transport and TIFAC etc.\, will be contacted with the help of Mr. Sujeet Mishra. Secretary would be sharing key conference information which would be forwarded to these bodies solici ting their support.\n\nAction item: Vice Chairman (Mr. Sujeet Mishra) will contact the other Ministries towards Logo Support for ICCI-2017. Secretar y would be sharing key conference information which would be forwarded to these bodies soliciting their support.\n\nAgenda Item #3: Discussion about ICCI-2017 during December 6th– 8th\, 2017.\n\nDiscussion: Secretary ask ed about the number of submissions received till now for ICCI-2017. Ms. Te ena informed that till now\, ICCI-2017 received approximately 133 submissi ons. Secretary informed that the second deadline of submission for ICCI-20 17 is August 10th\, 2017. Secretary requested to present members to submit their research work in ICCI-2017 and also asked to circulate the Call for Papers (CFP) of ICCI-2017 among their colleagues. He also requested the m embers to make them available during the conference. He informed that ICCI -2017 received a grant of USD$200 for membership drive.\n\nAction item: Al l the present members were asked to circulate the Call for Papers (CFP) am ong their colleagues for submission.\n\nAgenda Item #4: Problem statements on current challenges in research field.\n\nDiscussion:As part of the reg ular research related work\, one comes across several interesting problems /issues/aspects/cases which may or may not finally feature in researcher ’s dissertation. It was suggested by the Vice Chairman that such problem s/issues/cases/aspects be seeded to student community to get them encourag ed and better exposed to the practical challenges. Say\, we come across a particular case study or application of CI-we can encourage young students to do their bit of research and present in small round tables or in some other mutually convenient format. These would encourage dissemination of k nowledge and whet the appetite of youngsters. CIS members can step in role of mentors who spend a certain number of hours with these groups. This wo uld also help in students polish their skills in making technical presenta tions.\n\nMr. Narendra Dhar suggested to assess these problem statements t o break them down in smaller steps for the younger researchers so that the y would able to adapt the exposure of it.\n\nAction item: Researchers are asked to write the problems/issues/aspects/cases in research for exposure to youngsters.\n\nAgenda Item #5: CIS Chapter did not receive its operatin g expenses US$200/year since 2016.\n\nDiscussion: It was discussed in the meeting that CIS Chapter did not receive its operating expenses US$200/yea r since 2016 and it is now difficult for the chapter to manage day to day expenses for CIS related activities.\n\nAction Item: The Chairman of CIS C hapter will send a letter to CIS with a request to release the money as so on as possible.\n\nAgenda Item #6: Next CIS Chapter meeting at Kanpur Inst itute of Technology\, Kanpur\n\nDiscussion: Chairman suggested to schedule the next meeting at Kanpur Institute of Technology\, Kanpur on August 26t h\, 2017. Dr. Varshney gave his consent to arrange the meeting. Chairman a lso suggested to schedule some lectures on the same day from 10:00 AM to 0 2:00 PM followed by lunch. Secretary asked to invite the faculty members f or the lectures.\n\nAction item: Convener CIS Student Activities (Dr. Braj esh Varshney) was asked to arrange the lectures and meeting on August 26th \, 2017 at Kanpur Institute of Technology\, Kanpur.\n\nNext Meeting: Augus t 26th\, 2017 (Saturday) at Kanpur Institute of Technology\, Kanpur\n\nMin utes Prepared by: Teena Sharma\n\nMeeting was adjourned with vote of thank s at 03:10 PM.\n\nLucknow\, Uttar Pradesh\, India LOCATION:Lucknow\, Uttar Pradesh\, India ORGANIZER:tee.shar6@gmail.com SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:[Legacy Report] Executive Committee Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/150453 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Executive Committee Meeting was held a t Srestha Bhawan\, RDSO\, Lucknow from 02:00 PM to 03:10 PM on August 6<su p>th</sup>\, 2017.</p>\n<p><strong>Members Present:</strong></p>\n<ol>\n<l i>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Dr. R. K. Misra</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Mr. Sujeet Mishra</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\ ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Dr. Nishchal K. Verma</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\; Dr. Rahul K. Sevakula (on call)</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\; Mr. Narendra K. Dhar (on skype)</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Mr. Vikas Singh (on skype)</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Ms. Teena Sharma (on skype)</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Dr. Brajesh Varshney (on call)</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Mr. Tarun Maini (on call)</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>Welc ome and Announcements:</strong></p>\n<p>Chairman and Secretary both welcom ed all the members present in the meeting.</p>\n<p><strong>Agenda Item #1: </strong> Ratification of minutes of the previous meeting.</p>\n<p><strong >Discussion:</strong> The minutes of previous meeting was read by the Secr etary.</p>\n<p><strong>Agenda Item #2:</strong> Proposal of hosting a roun d table meeting for Ministry of Railways on CI Applications.</p>\n<p><stro ng>Discussion:</strong> Secretary informed that a proposal is brought by V ice Chairman and suggested to discuss the logistics and location of round table meeting for Ministry of Railways. Vice Chairman explained the object ive of round table meeting. He elaborated the application of condition bas ed monitoring in the Railways using Computational Intelligence (CI) techni ques. He informed that Indian Railways routinely collect large amounts of data and this data using CI mediated interventions can be very important r esource for ascertaining condition of assets (Condition Based Maintenance) . He suggested that the senior member of Indian Railways (from PMU/SRESTHA ) with collaboration of IIT Kanpur or IIT BHU can be included to share the insights of Railways.</p>\n<p>Towards Logo support for ICCI-2017 from oth er Ministries like Ministry of Power\, Ministry of Heavy Industries\, Mini stry of External Affairs\, Ministry of Urban Development\, PMUSRESHTHA\, M inistry of Transport and TIFAC etc.\, will be contacted with the help of M r. Sujeet Mishra. Secretary would be sharing key conference information wh ich would be forwarded to these bodies soliciting their support.</p>\n<p>< strong>Action item:</strong> Vice Chairman (Mr. Sujeet Mishra) will contac t the other Ministries towards Logo Support for ICCI-2017. Secretary would be sharing key conference information which would be forwarded to these b odies soliciting their support.</p>\n<p><strong>Agenda Item #3:</strong> D iscussion about ICCI-2017 during December 6<sup>th</sup>&ndash\; 8<sup>th< /sup>\, 2017.</p>\n<p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Secretary asked about t he number of submissions received till now for ICCI-2017. Ms. Teena inform ed that till now\, ICCI-2017 received approximately 133 submissions. Secre tary informed that the second deadline of submission for ICCI-2017 is Augu st 10th\, 2017. Secretary requested to present members to submit their res earch work in ICCI-2017 and also asked to circulate the Call for Papers (C FP) of ICCI-2017 among their colleagues. He also requested the members to make them available during the conference. He informed that ICCI-2017 rece ived a grant of USD$200 for membership drive.</p>\n<p><strong>Action item: </strong> All the present members were asked to circulate the Call for Pap ers (CFP) among their colleagues for submission.</p>\n<p><strong>Agenda It em #4:</strong> Problem statements on current challenges in research field .</p>\n<p><strong>Discussion:</strong>As part of the regular research rela ted work\, one comes across several interesting problems/issues/aspects/ca ses which may or may not finally feature in researcher&rsquo\;s dissertati on. It was suggested by the Vice Chairman that such problems/issues/cases/ aspects be seeded to student community to get them encouraged and better e xposed to the practical challenges. Say\, we come across a particular case study or application of CI-we can encourage young students to do their bi t of research and present in small round tables or in some other mutually convenient format. These would encourage dissemination of knowledge and wh et the appetite of youngsters. CIS members can step in role of mentors who spend a certain number of hours with these groups. This would also help i n students polish their skills in making technical presentations.</p>\n<p> Mr. Narendra Dhar suggested to assess these problem statements to break th em down in smaller steps for the younger researchers so that they would ab le to adapt the exposure of it.</p>\n<p><strong>Action item:</strong> Rese archers are asked to write the problems/issues/aspects/cases in research f or exposure to youngsters.</p>\n<p><strong>Agenda Item #5:</strong> CIS Ch apter did not receive its operating expenses US$200/year since 2016.</p>\n <p><strong>Discussion: </strong>It was discussed in the meeting that CIS C hapter did not receive its operating expenses US$200/year since 2016 and i t is now difficult for the chapter to manage day to day expenses for CIS r elated activities.</p>\n<p><strong>Action Item:</strong> The Chairman of C IS Chapter will send a letter to CIS with a request to release the money a s soon as possible.</p>\n<p><strong>Agenda Item #6:</strong> Next CIS Chap ter meeting at Kanpur Institute of Technology\, Kanpur</p>\n<p><strong>Dis cussion:</strong> Chairman suggested to schedule the next meeting at Kanpu r Institute of Technology\, Kanpur on August 26th\, 2017. Dr. Varshney gav e his consent to arrange the meeting. Chairman also suggested to schedule some lectures on the same day from 10:00 AM to 02:00 PM followed by lunch. Secretary asked to invite the faculty members for the lectures.</p>\n<p>< strong>Action item:</strong> Convener CIS Student Activities (Dr. Brajesh Varshney) was asked to arrange the lectures and meeting on August 26th\, 2 017 at Kanpur Institute of Technology\, Kanpur.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><s trong>Next Meeting:</strong> August 26<sup>th</sup>\, 2017 (Saturday) at K anpur Institute of Technology\, Kanpur</p>\n<p><strong>Minutes Prepared by :</strong> Teena Sharma</p>\n<p><strong>Meeting was adjourned with vote of thanks at 03:10 PM.</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR