[Legacy Report] Executive Committee Meeting
The Executive Committee Meeting was held at Srestha Bhawan, RDSO, Lucknow from 02:00 PM to 03:10 PM on August 6th, 2017.
Members Present:
- Dr. R. K. Misra
- Mr. Sujeet Mishra
- Dr. Nishchal K. Verma
- Dr. Rahul K. Sevakula (on call)
- Mr. Narendra K. Dhar (on skype)
- Mr. Vikas Singh (on skype)
- Ms. Teena Sharma (on skype)
- Dr. Brajesh Varshney (on call)
- Mr. Tarun Maini (on call)
Welcome and Announcements:
Chairman and Secretary both welcomed all the members present in the meeting.
Agenda Item #1: Ratification of minutes of the previous meeting.
Discussion: The minutes of previous meeting was read by the Secretary.
Agenda Item #2: Proposal of hosting a round table meeting for Ministry of Railways on CI Applications.
Discussion: Secretary informed that a proposal is brought by Vice Chairman and suggested to discuss the logistics and location of round table meeting for Ministry of Railways. Vice Chairman explained the objective of round table meeting. He elaborated the application of condition based monitoring in the Railways using Computational Intelligence (CI) techniques. He informed that Indian Railways routinely collect large amounts of data and this data using CI mediated interventions can be very important resource 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.
Towards Logo support for ICCI-2017 from other Ministries like Ministry of Power, Ministry 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 soliciting their support.
Action item: Vice Chairman (Mr. Sujeet Mishra) will contact the other Ministries towards Logo Support for ICCI-2017. Secretary would be sharing key conference information which would be forwarded to these bodies soliciting their support.
Agenda Item #3: Discussion about ICCI-2017 during December 6th– 8th, 2017.
Discussion: Secretary asked about the number of submissions received till now for ICCI-2017. Ms. Teena informed that till now, ICCI-2017 received approximately 133 submissions. Secretary informed that the second deadline of submission for ICCI-2017 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 members to make them available during the conference. He informed that ICCI-2017 received a grant of USD$200 for membership drive.
Action item: All the present members were asked to circulate the Call for Papers (CFP) among their colleagues for submission.
Agenda Item #4: Problem statements on current challenges in research field.
Discussion:As part of the regular 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 problems/issues/cases/aspects be seeded to student community to get them encouraged 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 knowledge 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 would also help in students polish their skills in making technical presentations.
Mr. Narendra Dhar suggested to assess these problem statements to break them down in smaller steps for the younger researchers so that they would able to adapt the exposure of it.
Action item: Researchers are asked to write the problems/issues/aspects/cases in research for exposure to youngsters.
Agenda Item #5: CIS Chapter did not receive its operating expenses US$200/year since 2016.
Discussion: It was discussed in the meeting that CIS Chapter did not receive its operating expenses US$200/year since 2016 and it is now difficult for the chapter to manage day to day expenses for CIS related activities.
Action Item: The Chairman of CIS Chapter will send a letter to CIS with a request to release the money as soon as possible.
Agenda Item #6: Next CIS Chapter meeting at Kanpur Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Discussion: Chairman suggested to schedule the next meeting at Kanpur Institute of Technology, Kanpur on August 26th, 2017. Dr. Varshney gave 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.
Action item: Convener CIS Student Activities (Dr. Brajesh Varshney) was asked to arrange the lectures and meeting on August 26th, 2017 at Kanpur Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Next Meeting: August 26th, 2017 (Saturday) at Kanpur Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Minutes Prepared by: Teena Sharma
Meeting was adjourned with vote of thanks at 03:10 PM.
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- Date: 06 Aug 2017
- Time: 02:00 PM to 03:10 PM
- All times are (UTC+05:30) Chennai
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- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- India