Two Weeks Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Emerging Research Trends in CS & IT”
The FDP began with the Inaugural Session on 8th June, 2020. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, welcomed all the members and discussed the background note of conducting this FDP. He sensitized the participants about the changing teaching learning system in the backdrop of Industry 4.0, in general, and COVID-19, in particular. He also briefly discussed about Education 4.0, which may drastically transform the entire academic system and could prove to be a major disruption to the century old tradition processes of existing academic system. Prof. Prerna Gaur, Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, was the Guest of Honour and highlighted the activities of the IEEE Delhi Section. The Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session was Prof. Yogesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi. He discussed the urgent need of mentoring teachers for online teaching as current situations posed by COVID-19 pandemic are demanding to adapt virtual environments. He also emphasized on the issues of online examinations in such scenarios and encouraged all the participants of FDP to prepare themselves for delivering effective lectures using various online resources in coming days.
There were 20 interesting and knowledge imparting sessions in this two weeks FDP. Mentoring Teachers for Effective Virtual Teaching by Mr. Rajeev Jain, Nature Inspired Optimization and its Application to Complex Engineering Problems by Dr. A. P. Agrawal & Dr. Ankur Choudhary, Deep Learning Techniques and Applications by Dr. V. Ajantha Devi, Next Generation Innovations and Research: Opportunities and Challenges by Dr. Nasib Singh Gill, Industry 4.0 by Mr. Vijay Anand, Docker and Kubernetes by Dr. Vipin Gupta, SDN by Mr. Manish Aggarwal, Virtual Reality Application Development by Dr. George Tsaramirsis from King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia, Information Security in 2020 and Emergence of Blockchain Technology by Dr. Rahul Johari, New Dimensions of NAAC Accreditation by Dr. Peeyush Pahade, The Challenges of Online/Digital Learning Globally by Prof. Gurdeep Singh Hura from University of Maryland, USA, Internet of Things: Approach and Applicability in Manufacturing by Dr. Loveleen Gaur, Application of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic to Decision Making by Dr. Rekha Gupta, Data Protection Issues in Medical Imaging Techniques by Dr. Mohammad Athar Ali from University of Technology, Malaysia, Getting Ready for an AI Powered World by Mr. Rahul Agarwal, Predictive Computing Techniques and Applications by Dr. P. K. Gupta, Data Analytics using R by Dr. Umang Singh, Progression from Machine to Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis by Dr. Ibrahima Faye, Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Analytics by Mr. Gaurav from Altran and Role of Academia in Industry 4.0 by Dr. Mani Madhukar from IBM.
The FDP was aimed to provide an open exchange of ideas that gave all the participants an opportunity to learn about emerging trends in research and benefitted their academic career growth. The FDP observed active participation from various research scholars and faculties with positive outcomes. There were 156 participants from all over the world, including participants from University of Kashmir, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Villa Marie Degree College, Sharda University, JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida, Amity University, UP, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Delhi Technological University, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, B. S. Abdur Rahman University, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar to name a few.
Last day of the FDP witnessed Valedictory Session. Dr. Vishal Jain, Associate Professor, BVICAM, presented a brief report on two weeks FDP program. Prof. M. N. Hoda welcomed all the guests and thanked all the speakers for conducting interactive sessions on emerging research trends in CS and IT. He also discussed the art of writing research papers in digital age and good practices to be followed up while doing research.
The Guest of Honour of the event Prof. A. K. Nayak, Immediate Past President, CSI, discussed the need for conducting such FDPs in this digital era. Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Noted Academician, Chairman, NBA, New Delhi and Former Founder Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, New Delhi, was the Chief Guest. He expressed his appreciation on the success of FDP and acknowledged the need to format our Education System in order to cope up with the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic. Also present in the event were Dr. A. Murali M. Rao, Chairperson, CS Chapter, IEEE Delhi Section, Prof. Ajay P. Thakre, Chairman, TPPC, IETE. Mr. R. K. Vyas, President, CSI, expressed his satisfaction over conduct of such FDPs and felt that online FDPs will be the new normal of academic system.
At the end, few participants shared their experiences on two weeks program and gave their valuable feedback. The entire FDP was coordinated by Dr. Vishal Jain, Associate Professor, Mr. Manish Kumar, Assistant Professor and Mr. Uttam Singh, Assistant Professor, BVICAM. All the participants were awarded with certificates of participation electronically. Dr. Vishal Jain expressed his vote of thanks to all the attendees for making this event a huge success.
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- Start time: 08 Jun 2020 04:30 AM UTC
- End time: 12 Jun 2020 11:30 AM UTC
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- Co-sponsored by BVICAM, IEEE Delhi Section Standing Committee on Intersociety Relations, Ad-hoc Committee on Industry Relations, CSI, IETE, ISTE
- Starts 01 May 2020 04:30 AM UTC
- Ends 05 June 2020 12:30 PM UTC
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