From The Editor s Desk. Chairman s Message. Volume : 9 Issue : 1 January 2012 Price : Rs Dr. T. Thyagarajan thyagu_vel@yahoo.co.

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1 Volume : 9 Issue : 1 January 2012 Price : Rs Chairman s Message Dr. T. Thyagarajan thyagu_vel@yahoo.co.in Esteemed members, At the outset, on behalf of the Executive committee of the IEEE Madras Section, I wish all the members a very happy and prosperous new year. The tenure of the present executive committee is coming to an end and slate for the year 2012 is announced. At this juncture, I am furnishing the highlights of the activities in the year 2011 for your quick reference. Receiving DISTINGUISHED LARGE SECTION AWARD from R10 for the year 2010, for the first time since inception (1978) Enhancing the membership and making the current membership to cross 10,500 Encouraging the formation of new Society Chapters (2) Encouraging the formation of new Student Branches (19) Encouraging the formation of new Student Branch Societies (3) Encouraging the formation of Affinity Groups: WIE (5) Encouraging the formation of new Societies (2 Electron Devices; Systems, Man and Cybernetics) Facilitating the elevation of members to Senior Member Grade (3) Giving Financial Assistance to 25 conferences worth Rs.2,55,000 Bestowing Cash Awards to16 Student Branches for overall activities - (Rs 29,000/-) Conferring Special Awards to 3 large Student Branches (Rs10,000/-) Bestowing Cash Awards given to 8 Section Societies- (Rs19,000/-) Conferring Cash Awards to IEEE Madras Section Office staff (Rs 3,000/-) Disbursing Rebates to 19 Student Branches (Rs.2,47,895/-) Recommending Financial Assistance to 7 UG Rs15,000 each Receiving US$ 700 as special assistance from HQ for Web Competition Award, WIE Support, S-Pave Event activities and distributing them to Arunai Engg College, Dr. NGP Institute of Technology, Jeppiaar Engineering College Conducting 3 special functions (Commemoration Function of R10 Distinguished Large Section Award for IEEE Madras Section, Student Branch Office Bearers Meet & Launching of IEEE Madras Section Website) contd... page 2 From The Editor s Desk H.R. Mohan hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com Blog: Dear Friends, LINK wishes its readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year Pl. have a look at the following inspirational clips when you find some free time. May You Be Blessed: Finding Joy: The Power of Kindness: If Life Is A Game.. These Are The Rules: The Chairman s message published in this issue highlights the activities carried out in the year 2011 in a comprehensive manner. The Madras Section AGM for the year 2011 has been scheduled on Saturday, 11 th Feb 2012 at 6.00 p.m. at the Conference Hall, Alumni Centre, College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai Members may pl. make it convenient to attend the AGM in large numbers. As usual, in the AGM, we will be recognizing the Student Branches and Society Chapters based on the no. of activities organized by them. LINK congratulates Mr. F.C. Kohli, former Director and Dy. Chairman of TCS for being awarded IEEE Founders Medal and becoming the first person outside of US, UK and japan to get this honour. In this issue, we have published the reports on events organized by the SBs of the following institutions ranging from guest lectures, seminars, workshops, conferences, symposiums, paper presentations, social service activities etc.,; K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology ; Kongu Engineering College; Mepco Schlenk Engineering College; Aarupadai Veedu Inst. of Technology 2 events; Jeppiaar Engineering College 4 events; KCG College of Technology; M. Kumarsamy College of Engineering ; Knowledge Inst. of Technology 2 events; Muthayammal Engineering College; Francis Xavier Engineering College 2 events; Sona College of Engineering; Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Technology; Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology. The other items published include: Summary of events organized by IEEE CS, PCS & TMC chapters during the last quarter of 2011, Faculty Development Programme on Intelligent Control using Matlab, Section technical meeting on User Identification with Multimodal Biometrics, Short note on 10 Business IT Trends for 2012 and brief reviews of the books Climate Change & Natural Resources, Computer Graphics, Microwave Engineering and Modeling & Simulation Using MATLAB Simulink. We draw the attention of our readers to the list of forthcoming events workshops (NWRM), conferences (NCVESCOM, NCISE) & student congress and request them to participate and also contribute papers and benefit professionally. We look forward to seeing you all at the AGM on 11 th Feb

2 Activities at K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology Engineer s Day Celebrations Engineer s day was celebrated with various activities such as Technical Quiz and other general events on 15 th Sep The quiz consisted of 4 rounds and 3 divisions dealing with General Knowledge, Logies & Manias and True or False; Fun world- Movies, Word in Word and Dumb-C ; and the Rapid Fire where the questions are based on Sports, Science, History, Inventions and Technology and Current Affairs. Under the general events, Technical Marketing where the students have to prove and show their managerial skills, Flashtronics (Ad Zap) in which the participants were shown various logos and advertisements of different brands & its heartening to see how immense their knowledge about world happenings, LaKring Nova (Fun Games) where their creative skills were explored, last event is Track Dealing (Circuit Tricks) in which program debugging & logical reasoning abilities were tested were held. In the valedictory function, IEEE SB Cocoordinator Mr. C. Rajasekaran addressed the gathering. IEEE SB Member Ms. R. Ramya thanked the beloved HOD Dr. K. B. Jayanthi, Co-ordinator, organizers, and participants of the events and staffs to make the function grand success. Followed by it, prizes for the winners and runners were awarded. Finally, vote of thanks was delivered by Miss.A.V.Gayatri, IEEE member, who thanked everyone for extending their support. INTUIT 2011 at Kongu Engineering College The INTUIT 2011, one day function on non-technical events was organized by WIE an affinity group of IEEE student branch on 17 th Dec The events conducted in INTUIT include: Infinite Intelligence, Nick of Time, Taffeta flair, U, u & me, In-dash and Tight Spot. Guest Lecture on Simulation of Artificial Neural Network Using MATLAB A guest lecture on Simulation of Artificial Neural Network Using MATLAB was organized on 15 th Oct by Dr. P. Somasundaram, Asst. Prof., EEE, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. The speaker briefly described about the Neural Network concepts and discussed about the significance of Neural Networks with real time applications and with expamples on using MATLAB. The lecture was attended by the faculty members and students of various departments. Report by: Mr.C.Rajasekaran, raja7ksrct@gmail.com The programme started with the event of Indash in which the creativity was the basic need to participate. It was followed by the event of Infinite Intelligence which tested the student s ability of recognition and memory. The afternoon session had the events Nick of Time the test for the time management and Taffeta Flair a word game which tested the vocabulary and language knowledge of the students. While the event, Tight Spot tested the student s reasoning and logical thinking ability the final event was U, u & me which was a technical quiz program. The INTUIT 11 was a blowout for the creative minds of our college. Report by: M.S.Vardini, vardi.sukumar@gmail.com Chairman s Message continued... Providing Medical Insurance for the 3 office staff (Rs.1,00,000 /- each ) Installing the Name board of the succession list of Past Chairmen of IEEE Madras Section in the office Encouraging the Societies and Affinity Groups to organize technical lectures (63) Organizing Technical Lectures by the Section (10) Conducting Execom Meetings (11) Organizing FDPs for the benefit of faculty members (4) Publishing Comprehensive Monthly news bulletins (12) Upgrading the IEEE Madras Section Website Participating in the IEEE Section Congress Providing funding to student members for attending Student Congress, WIE and GOLD Congress ($500 Rs.22,076/-) Improving infrastructure in the Section office. Compiling a small booklet about IEEE Madras Section to commemorate the receipt of R10 Distinguished Large Section Award. Providing monthly conveyance allowance to the 3 members of the office staff (Rs.1,000/-) each Taking steps for registration of the Section (Advanced stage of registration) I take this opportunity to thank all the members, my colleagues in the execom and in the societies, affinity groups, student branches, section office and all the well wishers for their guidance, support and encouragement throughout my two year tenure as the Chairman. I wish the new office bearers, all the best, for their endeavors. Affectionate Colleague Dr. T. Thygarajan 2

3 International Conference on Recent Advancements in Electrical, Electronics and Control Engineering at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College The first International Conference on Recent Advancements in Electrical, Electronics and Control Engineering (IConRAEeCE 11) was organised during 15 17, Dec 2011 by the Dept. of EEE with the technical sponsorship from IEEE Madras Section and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Las Vegas, USA with an objective to provide a forum for growing researchers, educators, engineers, scientists and post graduate students from different parts of the country and abroad to exchange their ideas, explore enabling technologies, discuss innovative methods of integration and deployment, address potential problems and to share their trial experiences. M/s Metal Powder Company, DRDO, CSIR, TamilNad Mercantile Bank, M/s PROSOL Instruments and Services, M/s Lovely Cards, Oxford University Press, and Anuradha Publications, provided sponsorship for this conference. IConRAEeCE 11 had a tremendous response of diverse fraternity from all over the globe. The conference had attracted more technical papers for presentation that includes representations from China and South Africa. The papers were from different allied fields of electrical engineering like electrical special machines, improved controllers for drives, power systems, power quality, FACTS applications, power converters and inverters, design of advanced controllers and application of soft computing techniques etc.,. All the papers were peer reviewed by renowned experts in the respective field and nearly 125 delegates from leading institutes/universities across our nation and abroad presented their research findings in this conference. At the inaugural session on 15 th Dec 2011, the Chief Partron and the Correspondent of our College Shri. A. Tenzing presided over the function. The gathering of technical galaxy of delegates and other invitees were welcomed by the Patron and the Principal of our College Dr.S.Balakrishnan. The Chief Guest for the function was Dr. P. Sivakumar, Director, CVRDE, DRDO, Chennai and Dr. N. Ammasai Gounden, Prof. of EE, NIT, Tiruchirapalli & Dr.Narayana Prasad Padhy, Prof. of EE, IIT Roorkee, were the guests of honour. The organizing Chair of the conference and HoD/EEE, Dr.V.Jayasankar presented the conference report in which he outlined the various technical events that are going to take place in the conference. The Chief Guest delivered the inaugural address in which he briefed about the activities carried out at DRDO and stressed how the researchers and engineers can contribute technically for the advancements in various fields. Guests of honour for the function delivered the felicitation speech in which they pointed out the recent advancements taking place in the allied fields of electrical engineering. The Souvenir of the conference was released by Dr. P. Sivakumar and our Principal Dr.S.Balakrishnan received the first copy. The conference proceeding in DVD was released by Dr.N.Ammasai Gounden and organizing Chair Dr.V.Jayasankar received the same. Eleven technical sessions were arranged to accommodate all the selected papers as per the domain area. Seven key note addresses by the eminent academic and industrial experts in the prime areas had also been arranged. In the valedictory function held on 17 th Dec 2011 the Chief Guest Dr.T.Thyagarajan, IEEE Chairman of Madras Section and Professor of Instrumentation Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai delivered the valedictory address outlining the role played by the IEEE in technical education and research and the importance of being an IEEE member. He also stressed the importance of organizing such international conferences and he praised the college and department for arranging seven important keynote addresses by experts from both industry and academia and distributed the certificates to the participants. During forenoon session on the same day, Dr. T. Thyagarajan also delivered keynote address on the topic, Modeling and control of benchmark processes using relay feedback test. During the feedback session the delegates stated that the arrangements were incomparable, the hospitality was highly appreciable and the assistance rendered by the staff and students was homely and nice. They also pointed out that, the theme of this conference has been highly relevant and very appropriate at this juncture. Organizing Secretary of the conference and HoD/EEE Dr. V. Jayasankar proposed the vote of thanks. Book on Climate Change & Natural Resources This is a recent book of activities for environmental education from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a public interest research and advocacy organization. This book of 128 pages and priced at Rs. 290/= unfolds in two sections: Climate Change: how to make sense of it all, & Natural Resources: how to share and care. While the first section on Climate Change deals with the key issues Rising Temperatures, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, and Equity & Negotiations, the second section on Natural Resources covers Water, Air, Land, Energy (electricity, biofuels, solar energy, micro-hydro power, wind energy, bio-mass, LPG, fossil fuels) and Waste (paper, plastics, e-waste). The subject matter adheres to curriculum guidelines and introduced to students as an activity to do. Each activity sheet presented in four pages has brief note to teachers, background information, tasks to be carried out. References to external information and online linkages are also provided. This book will be useful to all interested in environment related issues. 3

4 Activities at Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology Workshop on Automation Testing A one day workshop on Automation Testing was organized on 20 th Dec 2011 which was attended by about 150 delegates including faculty members and students. Ms. H. Bhuvaneshwari, R&D Test Engineer and Ms. V. Vivitha, Buisness Developer, Amity soft Technologies, Chennai were the resource persons and made presentations covering a wide range of topics in the field of Automation Testing and Quick Test Professional (QTP) tool. Mr. Jayakumar, Director, Amity soft Technologies, Chennai addressed the delegates during the valedictory function and distributed certificates. Ms. J. Mary Praveena Assistant Professor (IT), delivered vote of thanks. At the inaugural session, Dr. (Mrs) N.R. Alamelu, Principal delivered the presidential address and Dr. A. Anthony Irudhayaraj, Dean (IT) briefed on the theme of the workshop and importance of Software Testing. Mr. C. Karthikeyan, HoD/IT welcomed the gathering. Webinar on Recent Trends in Intelligent & Knowledge Systems A one day Webinar on Recent Trends in Intelligent & Knowledge Systems was organized on 28 th Dec Dr. S. Justus Lead IVS, Infosys Technologies, Chennai briefed the participants on the importance of research requirements in Intelligent & Knowledge Systems, implications and open issues in Knowledge Sytems. Dr. (Mrs.) N.R. Alamelu Principal, AVIT delivered the presidential Address. Dr. A. Anthony Irudhayaraj Dean (IT), Advisor, IEEE CS Branch Chapter AVIT, welcomed the gathering and briefed the importance of career planning. Faculty members and students from the Department of Information Technology participated and benefited from this webinar. Mr. C. Karthikeyan HOD/IT delivered the Vote of Thanks. Activties at Jeppiaar Engineering College GO-GREEN CAMPAIGN With the world climatic condition posing a great threat to us, it s an alarming sign that we must adapt ourselves to eco-friendly measures and save our mother earth. As an initiative towards achieving this target, the IEEE SB conducted a GO- GREEN CAMPAIGN on 13 th Dec 2011, raising awareness among the youth to enhance the greenery in their college premises. STUDENT PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS CONFERENCE (S-PAC). On Dec 13 th 2011, the IEEE SB conducted the STUDENT PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS CONFERENCE (S-PAC). The event aimed to enable engineers to be proficient, professionally astute, and clearly aware of their responsibility to society. Mr. Anand, Chairman, JEC IEEE SB, shared his experience during placement and suggested certain key points to be incorporated by a candidate. He laid the emphasis on one of the criteria to achieve a professional career, i.e., GROUP DISCUSSION (GD). The key aspects included different roles, types, various DO s and DO NOT s in a GD. Mr. Felix Fedalies, Test Engineer in the FSI- IVS unit of Infosys in MCity Chennai, has served as a Secretary of GINI Madras Section, Hub leader for 18 colleges in Madras Section, Chairman, JEC IEEE SB, and Communications Head, CII Student Branch, Jeppiaar Engineering College. Being a dynamic speaker, he inspired the students to turn into professionals. He explained almost every step towards a successful job oriented career prospect. Starting from the resume to the preparation for the interviews involving the skills and grooming as well, he trained the members to face the HRs in a very short span. The communication skills, being the most significant criteria were emphasized in the whole session. IEEE MAS GINI STUDENT BRANCH NETWORKING MEET As the next step towards the better implementation of GINI in Madras Section, the IEEE SB of Jeppiaar Engineering College in association with IEEE GINI Madras Section conducted the Student Branch Networking Meet on 16 th Dec This event targeted to meet the current and future office bearers and interested volunteers as well. It aimed at training the office bearers to lead their Student Branches into sustainable ones. Around 40 students from four colleges such as SRM Easwari Engineering College, Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology, SSN College of Engineering and Jeppiaar Engineering College attended the session. The speakers Mr. Anand B. and Mr. Hari Krishnan trained the students to work in the network for the purpose of improving their Student Branch activities solve general issues related to their Student Branches and also to utilize opportunities in GINI such as Student Branch Networking, Collaboration Platform and Industrial Collaboration. Achievers Day 2011 The IEEE SB celebrated its silver jubilee event on 21 st Dec 2011 with the Achievers Day celebrations to recognize the volunteers working for the sustainability of the Student Branch. 4

5 Mr. Manoj Reddy welcomed the gathering. The journey of the SB from 2010 was depicted in a video presentation and Ms. Niveditha emphasized the footprints and milestones of the SB. The guests invited were the principals The IEEE Student Branch was established at KCG College of Technology in the month of Sep 2011 and the formal inauguration was done on 16 th Dec Dr. Elizabeth Verghese Chairperson of Hindustan Group of Institutions presided over the function. Dr. P. A. Balakrishnan Dean (A&R) extended a warm welcome to the gathering. Dr. C. Vaithilingam, the Branch Counselor & HOD/EEE provided information about the activities being planned and emphasized the need to channelize the student s potential. of both UG. and PG sections and the HODs of various branches. The HODs of corresponding distributed the certificates to their student members for volunteering in the events such as Technical Awareness Program (TAP) and paper Inauguration of Student Branch at KCG College of Technology IEEE Communication Society, a student branch chapter of MKCE had organized an informative and educative guest lecture program on Electromagnetic Fields and its Real Time Dr. T. Rengaraja Principal gave the presidential address in which he insisted the students to realize their abilities and potentials and to find the way to succeed in life. Mrs. G. Nalini Priya, Associate Prof.(IT) introduced the chief guest Major. V. V. Chandrasekharan, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section. The chief guest, Major V.V.Chandrasekharan in his inaugural address, inspired the students to be an able leader and be innovative in their approach. Dr. Elizabeth Applications on 28th Dec Mr. M. E. Paramasivam, Asst. Prof., Dept. of ECE & Research Team Member of Sona Signal And Image Processing Research Centre was the guest of honour. Ms. M. Saambavi, Pre-Final ECE, and member of IEEE COMSOC welcomed the gathering. Prof. K. Sundararaju, IEEE SB Counselor, in his felicitation, briefed about the importance of electromagnetic field in today s context. Prof. V. Kavitha, IEEE SB Advisor addressed the gathering and highlighted on the numerous ways of gaining knowledge with the use of IEEE COMSOC. presentation. SB Counselor, Mr. S. Sellakumar gave away the cash prizes of Rs.2000 and Rs.1500 to the paper presentation winners and Rs. 1500, Rs.1000 and Rs.500 to the aptitude contest winners. Our alumni, Mr. Felix, Mr. Bertin and Mr. Hemanth have always been a support to us. They were awarded for their outstanding performance in the year The volunteers Mr. Anand B, Mr. Anto Cruz, Mr. Anish and Mr. Antony Venus were awarded the best volunteer awards for the year Ms. Anjali, Ms. Divya, Ms. Jennifer and Ms. Snehaline were also rewarded for their contribution in the year Report by: Apoorva P Naidu, apoorva_7191@hotmail.com Verghese, in her address, spoke about the importance of professional societies in engineering education. Mr. Soumya Kundu III Yr EEE student presented the vote of thanks. OFFICE BEARERS: Chairman : G.Arun Velaayudhan IV year, IT. Vice chairman : Suryakanth Lenka III year, EEE. Student activity Lohesh Babu.R, chairman : III year, EEE. Secretary : Ramesh Subbhu III year, ECE. Joint secretary : Sushma Matcha Subramaniam III year, IT. Treasurer : Sorna Prabhu.M III year, EEE. Report by: Kiruthika Somasundaram Pillai, kiruthika1992@gmail.com Guest Lecture on Electromagnetic Fields and its Real Time Applications at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering The guest of honour presented an interactive and informative session on Electromagnetic Fields and its Real Time Applications starting with the basic concepts of Electromagnetic Fields and elaborating on the importance of this field in today s world. Towards the end, a video on Sixth Sense was screened. The session concluded with the vote of thanks by Ms. Christina Nancy, Pre-Final ECE, and member of IEEE COMSOC. Report by: Ms. M. Saambavi, saambu28@gmail.com 5

6 Activities at Knowledge Institute of Technology Workshop on Next Generation Wireless Networks A two days workshop on Next Generation Wireless Networks sponsored by IEEE Madras Section was organized on 16 th & 17 th Dec The workshop started with formal inauguration by the IEEE SB Counselor Dr. N. Santhiyakumari and the Directors of KIOT Trust felicitated the function. Dr. Padmanaban Ramasamy was the chief guest and the workshop sessions were handled by him. About 100 participants from various colleges attended the workshop along with the internal participants of 43 IEEE members. In the first day, Dr. Padmanaban Ramasamy gave brief introduction about the evolution of various generations of networks through 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G and followed by a briefing on the various techniques used in the companies regarding wireless networks. On the second day, the session was made practical using computers in which he briefed on the packet transmission during communication process and explained about the Ethernet. The session was very lively and interactive in which the participants raised many queries which were answered by the resource person with keen interest. The valediction was presided over by the Principal P. S. S.Srinivasan and the certificates of participation were presented to all the attendees by Dr. Padmanaban Ramasamy. Report by: Ms. K. Kavipriya, msece@kiot.ac.in Seminar on Leadership Skills A one day seminar on Leadership Skills for active IEEE members was organized on 27 th Dec 2011 which was attended by 43 IEEE student members from various branches. Mr. Baranabas Muthu, R10 IEEE GINI MAS Coordinator, was the chief guest who delivered the keynote on leadership skills. Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, IEEE SB Counselor welcomed the gathering. Mr. T. Praveen Kumar, Chairman, IEEE SB delivered branch address and Mr. K.S. Jagan, Treasurer IEEE SB introduced the chief guest and a special honor to chief guest & presidential address was given by Dr.PSS. Srinivasan, Principal/KIOT, Dr. K.Rajagopal, Director/ MBA offered felicitations. The seminar focused on leadership qualities and answered to the question who is the leader? and what are all his/her responsibilities. The speaker encouraged students to become a leader and elaborated on how to lead a team. Generally these kinds of seminar are arranged to make the student to improve their personality and leadership skill which is in them. The chief guest also interacted about some benefits of being an IEEE members like online SB reporting system, IEEE web hosting etc., in the afternoon session. Report by: Mr. Kumaravel. V, msece@kiot.ac.in Workshop on Embedded Applications Using PIC Microcontroller at Muthayammal Engineering College Muthyammal Engineering College, Rasipuram, IEEE SB in association with STEPS Knowledge Services Private Limited, Coimbatore organized a six days workshop on Embedded Application Using PIC Microcontroller during 24 th -29 th Nov The workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Nirmala Professor & HOD/ECE. In her inaugural address, she insisted the students to make use of the opportunity to enrich their knowledge to meet the technical world. Mr.R.Arumugam & Mr.S.Karthikeyan, trainers from STEPS Knowledge Services conducted the workshop. The workshop (30 hours) sessions included fundamentals of PIC16F877 features, Architecture, Development tools and setup, Embedded C programming, Interfacing peripherals of PIC. During the hands on training, individual students were provided with a PIC Microcontroller trainer kit. The trainers instructed the students with hands on approach in the area of ADC interface & UART interface. The exercises also helped to work with PIC microcontroller. The participants were also introduced to various application of PIC microcontroller and where given with exercises to prove their innovation and were also assigned various innovative projects to get practical knowledge and enhance their skill. In the valedictory function, Dr.M.Madeshwaran, Principal distributed certificates to the participants. Mr.T.R.Sureshkumar, Associate Prof. of ECE proposed the Vote of thanks. Visit our Website 6

7 Activities at Francis Xavier Engineering College Faculty Development Program on Vision and Image Processing using MATLAB IEEE SB of Francis Xavier Engineering College and Dept. of ECE organized a one day Faculty Development Program on Vision and Image Processing using MATLAB on 19 th Dec About 30 faculty members from various colleges attended the program. Dr. K. Rajagopal, Principal, Francis Xavier Engineering College and Dr. T. V. J. Ganesh Babu, Dean R&D SCAD Group of Institutions felicitated the gathering. Dr. R. Balasubramanian, Assistant Professor/ Mathematics, IIT Roorke was the resource person. The morning session was dealt analytically and the importance of vision with respect to Image Processing was discussed. Dr. R. Balasubramanian pointed out the significance of MATLAB in the field of image processing and provided many interesting ideas. In the afternoon session, he elaborated practically the use of graphical tools for image processing, analysis and visualization. Prof. M. Selvi, IEEE SB Counselor and Dr. R. Narayanamoorthy, Prof & Head Mechanical Engineering coordinated the program. At the latter part of the program the participants thanked the resource person for the useful notes. Report by: M. Selvi 10 Business IT Trends for 2012 The Productive Enterprise: Successful companies will move beyond the social enterprise and use social tools to drive business growth, not play Farmville at work. The Cloud Changes Development: Cloud environments let companies deploy and then adapt technologies as business needs change; cloud dev can be done from anywhere, at any time. SAP Reemerges: Business ByDesign gives risk-averse customers serious financial controls; the cloud makes it easier to deploy than traditional ERP. Big Wins Over Best of Breed: Comprehensive solutions gain favor over products needing integration; focus on usability and TCO grows. Oracle and IBM use acquisitions to become one-stop shops. Managing Big Data: Analytics will drive smarter decisions based on huge stores of data; sophisticated software and data appliances will emerge, innovators will move quickly. Workshop on ARM Based System Design A one day workshop on ARM Based System Design was organised on 15 th October 2011 in which about 60 participants from various colleges participated. Mr. J. Mervin, Project Engineer from CDAC Solutions, Bangalore was the resource person. Mr. G. Raja Kumar Associate professor, ECE was the coordinator of the workshop. The session started with a prayer by Mr. Ravindran of II ME Communication Systems, Mr. R. Parthiban Chairman, IEEE student branch welcomed the gathering. In the morning session Mr. J. Mervin explored the importance of embedded software and embedded processors, with the embedded architecture. He gave the overview of system Fewer Workers, More Machines: Unemployment remains high as companies invest in technology to improve productivity of existing employees; 50% of US companies plan to spend more on tech. Smarter Software: Intelligent applications emerge to find the information workers need and push it to them; usability will increase for analytical and text-mining tools. Labor Gets Optimized: Workforce management vendors help managers with worker scheduling, attendance, and productivity via analytics; slackers beware. Healthcare Investments: Electronic health records drive investment in data capture devices, services, and management applications; government incentives spur change. Renewed Focus on the Customer: Investment grows in CRM to retain and attract profitable customers, crunching of social networking data; security and identity management issues persist. design process with some examples. He als explained about real time and hard real time operating system along with some examples. The evening session dealt with the ARM development tools and programming model in which the resource person explained how to program an ARM core with some practical examples. At the end of the session the participants clarified their doubts regarding the ARM core and thanked the resource person. At the end of the session, Dr. T. V. J. Ganesh Babu, Dean, R&D SCAD Group of Institutions and Mrs. M. Selvi IEEE SB Counselor distributed the certificates to the participants. The workshop concluded with the vote of thanks by Ms. Gayathri V.M. of II ME Communication Systems. Report by: R. Parthiban Orphanage visit by IEEE SB & WIE members of Sona College of Technolgy On 24 th Dec 2011, office bearers and the members of IEEE and WIE visited AGAPE Home for orphans, located in Salem. Generous IEEE members from Sona College of Technology donated some funds to the orphanage. The orphanage was in need of a list of groceries, and we were able to donate as per their need. Total of 52 children are being grown and educated in the orphanage. The members also spared their time to keep the children engaged in dance and games for a few hours. Report by: Dr. C.Easwarlal 7

8 Activities of IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & IEEE TMC during Oct Dec , Oct 2011: IEEE CS along with IEEE PCS and CSI Chennai Chapter had organized a two days workshop on Empowering Yourself Through Communicative Skills in association with Victory Mind, a Chennai based organization engaged in Skill Development initiatives. This program focused on theories, cases, and practices of analyzing needs of communication English, writing skills, speaking skills, presentation and working in group. It also considered those skills deemed essential for the successful communicative skills and tried to identify where there are any gaps. Students & professionals participated had an opportunity to consider the best way to address the skills gap and understand to build it accordingly. At the inaugural session, Dr. R.M. Suresh, Chairman, CSI Chennai welcomed the gathering. Mr. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS provided an overview of IEEE and sister societies and their role in professional development. Then, Mr. Hirdesh Singhal, Global Head, Project Management Center of Excellence, Mahindra Satyam outlined the workshop programme details. Mr. S. Shivram, Director, Deloitte, Chennai was the chief guest and had delivered a keynote address on Communication Skills need of the hour. Dr. P. Sakthivel, Student Coordinator (TN & Pondy), CSI proposed the vote of thanks. The workshop covered the subject in the following eight sessions spread over two days. Skill Audit Understanding Communicative Skills; Understanding your Learning Style; Understanding about Communicative English Language Writing; Understanding about Communicative English Language - Spoken; Writing Effectively; and Giving a Talk. The programme consisted of a unique blend of interactive discussions, presentations, lectures, audio/video clips, out bound training, games and assessment tests. The following from Victory Mind were the key resource persons at this programme. Chhaya Ballav Sahoo: A highly successful professional from IIM Calcutta, with specialization in leadership and strategy competency. Hirdesh Singhal: Global Head, Project Management Center of Excellence and responsible for Learning World PMO at Mahindra Satyam. Dr. Vishal Talwar: Leads the Marketing Strategy courses at London School of Economics, London, UK and contributes to the Enterprise Development courses. Sunil Kumar Sarangi: A Dale Carnegie certified global trainer with over ten years of experience across industry and academia. At the valedictory session on the 2 nd day, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section and Mr. S. Ramasamy, CSI Regional Vice President participated. The participants were all praise for the progamme, course material and the Pedagogy. They also desired an advanced version of the programme to be conducted. Mr. Mohan, informed that IEEE CS & PCS along with CSI had planned to organize this type of progammes focusing on employability skills at different student branches. He also added an egroup will be formed to provide a platform to share ideas and improve the skills. The workshop had attracted about 110 participants both from student, academic and professional community. 29 th Oct 2011: A presentation by Mr. S. Johnson, Manager-Human Resources, The Hindu, Chennai on Making Effective Presentations was organized by IEEE CS in association with CSI Chennai, IEEE PCS and IEEE TMC. The presentation broadly covered the following aspects: Purpose of presentations; Essentials of a good presentation; Why presentations fail?; Standards in PowerPoint; Presentation tool kit; Presenter s tool kit; Presentation checklist; Dealing with questions; and Learning from feedback. 31 st Oct 2011 to 5 th Nov 2011: IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & CSI organized the following six inhouse orientation progarmmes on Employability & Soft Skills for the benefit of all students (right from fresher and PG and research level) and the faculty including the members of IEEE and CSI. Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy Imayam College of Engineering, Trichy EGS Pillay Engineering College, Nagapttinam Kongu Engineering College, Erode Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore The duration of each progarmme was about 90 minutes followed by a Q & A session. The programme broadly covered: Employability /Workplace Skill Needs; Assessing Your Competencies for Future Career; Knowing Your Learning Style; Understanding Communicative English Language; Importance of Writing Effectively; and Focusing on Effective Speaking Skills. A team of experienced faculty from 8

9 Victory Mind which included Mr. Chhaya Ballav Sahoo & Dr. Vishal Talwar from LSE, UK, conducted the programme. Over 1200 students and faculty members attended this orientation progamme and got benefited. As the response for this progamme was good, it is planned to repeat the programme during Jan/ Feb th Nov 2011: IEEE CS supported the National Workshop on Network Simulator organized by the Dept. of CSE, R.M.D. Engineering College in association with CSI Div IV & Chennai Chapter and ISTE Local Chapter. The workshop covered the fundamentals of Network Simulator NS-2, Installation of NS-2, and its Components, Exploring the simulation of both wired and wireless Network with case studies on Protocols. 19 th Nov 2011: IEEE CS supported the National Workshop on MATLAB organized by the Dept. of CSE, R.M.D. Engineering College in association with CSI Chennai Chapter and ISTE Local Chapter. The workshop focused on learning the fundamentals of MATLAB-7, installation and its various tool boxes, exploring the simulation of both image pre-processing and case studies in image processing. 22 nd Nov 2011: IEEE CS supported the National Workshop on Recent Issues on Computer Science organized by the Dept. of CSE, R.M.D. Engineering College in association with Chennai mathematical Institute, CSI Chennai Chapter and ISTE Local Chapter. The workshop focused on how to do identify the research problems in theoretical computer science, research methodology, and how to do literature survey. 24 th & 25 th Nov 2011: IEEE CS supported RING 11-3 rd National Conference on Recent Issues in Network Galaxy 2011 organized by the Dept. of CSE, R.M.D. Engineering College in association with CSI Div IV & Chennai Chapter and ISTE Local Chapter. The objective of this conf. was to provide a platform and an opportunity to come out with innovative ideas based on their interdisciplinary explorative work / research on networks and also provide a forum for researchers and practioners to present their contributions results related to network programming. 24 th Nov 2011: IEEE CS & CIO Forum of CSI Chennai in association with CIO Magazine & Computer World organized a half a day seminar on Realize The Cloud Asia Pacific 2011 in which the leading independent business and technology research company Forrester, as they provided a deep local stateof-the-market address on cloud computing and adoption in the Asia Pacific region, as well as forward-thinking and practical strategic advice for the CIO to focus on in the year ahead. Thereafter, the cloud technology experts CA technologies presented on how IT Leaders can transform cloud strategy into a cloud reality with practical innovation and customer insights that would enable the professionals to build and deploy, secure, assure the performance and manage the use of private, public or hybrid clouds. In the panel discussion on the adoption of cloud computing, industry experts including Mr. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS presented their views. 28 th Nov 2011: A presentation by Mr. Rajaram Venkataraman, Principal Research Analyst, Center of Innovation for Tomorrow s Enterprise, Infosys Labs, Chennai on New Age Business Models And Quantum Shifts was organized by IEEE CS in association with ASQ, Chennai LMC, CSI, Chennai, IEEE TMC and SPIN Chennai. The topics discussed in the presentation included: What, Why, Where, When and How of business models?; Business Model deconstruction; Changing customer preferences; Emergence of new age business models; What kind of processes and competencies do these involve?; Disruptive Business Models and What can we learn from successful business model innovators including Google, Dell?; and IT Industry business models and emerging business models. Faculty Development Programme on Intelligent Control using Matlab The IEEE Madras Section, in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore organized a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on the topic Intelligent Control using Matlab on 16 th and 17 th Dec This was the 20 th FDP in a series of programs aimed at improving the quality of teaching in Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu. The programme was attended by 42 faculty members of colleges and universities from all over Tamilnadu. The co-ordinators of the program were Dr.N.Kumarappan, Professor, Annamalai University and IEEE Madras Section Educational Activity Chair, Excom Member and Mrs. V. Sharmila Deve, Asst. Prof., KCT. At the inaugural session, Dr. Rani Thottungal, HoD/EEE, KCT welcomed the gathering and Dr. N. Kumarappan, delivered the inaugural address. While Dr. S. Ramachandran, Principal, KCT delivered the presidential address, Dr. J. Shanmugam, Director-Research, KCT delivered a special address. The Resource Persons for the program were Dr. N. Kumarappan, Professor, Annamalai University, Dr. A. Immanuel Selvakumar, Karunya University, Dr. S. Balamurugan, Amirita University, Dr. S. Thangasamy, Kumaraguru College of Technology and Dr. R. Rajeswari, Kumaraguru College of Technology. The topics covered included an introduction to intelligent control, artificial neural network using Matlab, implementation of fuzzy logic controller using Matlab, genetic algorithm using Matlab and implementation of neuro fuzzy controller using Matlab. The participants were given hands-on training in Matlab Toolboxes. At the valedictory function, Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthu, Global Chair WIE and HoD/IT, KCT delivered the valedictory address. The program received an excellent feedback from all the participants. The FDP provided an excellent opportunity to listen to the experts and also to discuss various intelligent control using Matlab and its application issues. Report by: Dr. N. Kumarappan, kumarappan_n@hotmail.com 9

10 Technical Meeting on User Identification with Multimodal Biometrics. Dr. Sitalakshmi Venkatraman, Research Degree Coordinator & Sr. Lecturer in Information Technology, School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ballarat, Australia delivered a presentation on User Identification with Multimodal Biometrics in the Dec month technical meeting organized by the IEEE Madras Section along with the IEEE CS, IEEE TMC, CSI Chennai and IIT Madras Alumni Assn. Mr. HR Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS, while welcoming the gathering, highlighted the importance of Biometrics in the context of growing e-commerce business, online banking and various e-governance initiatives including UID project. Mr. Rupchand, Chairman, IEEE TMC formally introduced the speaker, Dr. Sitalakshmi Venkatraman, an alumni of IIT 52 IEEE SB members of Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology made an Industrial Visit to the prestigious Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR ISRO, Sriharikota on 7th Dec 011. The participants after several security checks and administrative formalities at the SDSC, assembled at the Brahmaprakash Hall. A brief introductory talk was made by a coordinator at the centre which brought the framework of the visit in perspective under the eyes of the gathered members and an introductory video clip was also streamed. After the lunch, the tour around the space centre began. Launch Control Centre was the first complex where the students gathered. A video footage on controlling the path of spacecrafts, maintaining the trajectory, subsequent controlling commands upon deviation from its nominal path, the voice- Intercom facilities were introduced to the eager learners followed by a short talk where doubts Madras and NITIE Mumbai, having about 25 years of rich international work experience in developing turnkey projects for IT industry, and in teaching a variety of IT courses for tertiary institutions, in India, Singapore, New Zealand and now in Australia. In her, presentation Dr. Sita said that due to the increasing demand for secure electronic applications, biometrics systems are becoming very important for many real world applications. Over the years, biometric technologies based on face, fingerprint, DNA samples, speech, keystroke and other personal features have advanced to a great extent leading to sophisticated user identification systems. She reviewed the developments and the issues surrounding biometrics worldwide and in addition relate it to the recent Proof-of-Concept (PoC) study of biometric enrolment conducted by UIDAI in India. Considering case instances from various literatures, she concluded that multimodal biometrics is the way forward for a highly reliable adoption of biometric identification systems in various applications, such as banks, businesses, government and even home environments. She also illustrated a solution model for implementing multimodal biometrics based on industryoriented research projects being undertaken at the University of Ballarat, Australia. Towards the end, Dr. Sita shared the related research project opportunities and funding details for pursuing higher research degrees in Australia in general and in particular at the University of Ballarat. The presentation was quite interactive and the participants raised a no. of queries after the formal presentation. The participants, from the industry, who carrying out the microfinancing and banking projects shared their experiences. Mr. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & Major. V.V Chnadrasekaran, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section, presented mementoes to Dr. Sita. Dr. R.M. Suresh, Chairman, CSI Chennai, while proposing the vote of thanks, urged the students and academic community to make use of the offer of collaborative research with the Australian universities. About 85 participants representing, academia, industry and student community attended the presentation. Visit to Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR ISRO, Sriharikota by Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology IEEE SB were raised by the ever-probing minds. Then a visit was made to the Rocket Testing Centre where the efficiency of the motor is tested and other parameters such as temperature, Vibration levels, thrust, and pressure are examined. Students realized that separate testing centres are maintained for Stages 1 and 3 (Solid and Cryogenic Propellants) and for stages 2 and 4 (Liquid Propellants). Launch Pad 1 (Integrate on Pad-IOP) and Launch Pad 2 (Integrate Transfer Launch-ITL) were visited. Launching Mechanisms, Lift-Off Speeds, measures undertaken to withstand the exorbitant heat of exhaust gases were taught by the on-site Engineers. The last leg of the visit was to the Telemetry Ground Station where the controlling machineries and system were shown around. The overall experience was enthralling and inspiring. It helped us appreciate the complex working and tireless effort of the scientists who work to make each launch a success. The inspiration derived was well worth the time spent. Report by Pooja Vijayaraj, Monica T.N and Ramya Section Membership as on 15th January 2012 Life Fellow - 2 Fellow - 2 Life Senior - 9 Senior Member - 99 Life Member - 5 Member Associate Affliate - 40 Graduate Student Member Student Member Total - 11,295 10

11 Workshop on Ethical Hacking at Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology IEEE SB of CIET had conducted a two days workshop on Ethical Hacking during 27 th & 28 th Dec The programme was inaugurated by Mr. B. Saravanan, IEEE SB Counselor. During his inaugural address, he highlighted the importance of IEEE, activities conducted under the IEEE banner in the last year and the importance of the workshop. About 130 students from II, III and IV year participated in the workshop. The workshop sessions were conducted by technical experts from iseclabz. In the workshop, the experts covered Ethics & Hacking, Basics of Internet, Networking, Windows Security, SQL Injections Attacks, MITM Attack, Cross Site Scripting Attack, Phishing, Cookie Garbing & Session Hacking, Trojan & Viruses and Forging & Cyber Laws. At the end of the workshop, the students clarified their doubts and participation certificates were distributed to the attendies. Report by: Saravanan.B Forthcoming Events Training the Trainers Workshop on Team Building and Leadership. 21 st Jan 2012 at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. For registrations, pl. contact: Prof. V. Sharmila Deve, AP/EEE, Mobile: or Prof. P. Shenbagam, AP/IT, Mobile: National Workshop on Research Methodology , Jan 2012 at RMD Engineering College, Kavaraipettai , near Chennai. Organized by Dept. of CSE, R.M.D. Engineering College in association with CSI Div IV & Chennai, IEEE Computer Society, Madras, IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras and ISTE Local Chapter. For details, contact dr. R.M. Suresh, Phone: (044) , 63, 64 and rmsuresh@hotmail.com OR vp@rmd.ac.in Web: IEEE Student Congress on the theme Professional Ethics. 28 th Jan 2012 at Theagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. Contact: Dr. P. Venkatesh, at pveee@tce.edu Phone: Extn. 225 NCISE-2012: National Conference on Information and Software Engineering. 9-10, Mar 2012 at Chennai. Organised by Dept. of IT, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology in association with IEEE Madras Section, IEEE Computer Society. Last date for paper submission: 20 th Dec Contact: Dr. Anthony Irudhayaraj, Phone: , ncise2012@gmail.com, Web: Congratulations LINK congratulates Mr. Faqir Chand Kohli, Former Director and Deputy Chairman of TCS for having been conferred the IEEE Founders Medal recently by the IEEE Foundation. This honour was given to F.C. Kohli in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession. What is even more commendable about this achievement is that F.C. Kohli becomes the first person outside of US, UK and Japan to get this honour. The citation also acknowledges his early vision and pioneering contributions to the development of the IT industry in India. About the Medal: The IEEE Founders Medal was established by the Institute of Radio Engineers in It derives its character and purpose from the inspiring example of leadership and service set by the three founders of the Institute, Alfred N. Goldsmith, who was Director Emeritus and Editor Emeritus of IEEE, and Messrs. John V. L. Hogan and Robert Marriott. NCVESCOM th National conference on VLSI,Embedded Systems, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies 21-22,March, 2012 at AVIT, Chennai Organised by Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Chennai Co Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IETE Chennai Centre Computer Society of India, Div IV (Communications) Broadcast Engineering Society (India) Papers are invited in the areas of VLSI, Embedded Systems, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies. All the registered papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN Number by leading publisher. Last date for paper submission: Jan 30, 2012 & notification of acceptance: 14 th Feb Address for Correspondence Convener, NCVESCOM 2012 ECE Department Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Paiyanoor Kancheepuram District.Tamil Nadu. ncvescom2012@gmail.com Website: 11

12 Registrar of Newspapers for India. No.: TNENG/2004/16284 W.P.P No: TN/PMG(CCR)/WPP-618/12-14 Postal Regn. No: TN/CC(S) Dn.63/12-14 Book on Computer Graphics Author: Rajesh K. Maurya. Publisher: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. Pages: 400. This book presents topics from elementary display systems to the most advanced animation and explains them with their theoretical, mathematical and programming perspectives. The coverage includes: Introduction to computer graphics and image analysis; Scan conversion; 2D & 3D transformation; Viewing & clipping; Solid area scan conversion; Curve design; Surface generation; Visible and hidden surfaces; Object rendering and color models; and Computer animation. The solved examples, review questions and MCQs at the end of each chapter supplentes the learning. The companion CD has smaple programmes in C/C++ and programming excercises to understand the subject better. This book will be useful to the UG students of CSE & IT and professionals. Book on Microwave Engineering Author: K.T. Mathew. Publisher: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. Pages: 428. Price: Rs. 429/= This book introduces microwaves and explains the salient features. In the initial six 6 chapters, the basic electromagnetics is discussed. Further chapters deal with electromagnetic wave propagation in free space, bounded media including transmission lines and wave guides, microwave generators, important waveguide components, microwave radio propagation, Radar, ionospheric and satellite propagations. An exclusive chapter, at the end is meant for those who are doing research on microwave propagation and materials study and deals with the essentials of microwave propagation. Solved problems, MCQs, review problems and questions are provided at the end of each chapter for practice. At the end of the book six useful appendices including laboratory experiments are provided. This book will be useful to the students pursuing course in Electronics. Book on Modeling & Simulation Using MATLAB Simulink Author: Dr. Shailendra Kumar Jain Publisher: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. Pages: 676. Price: Rs. 429/= This book, designed as a text book for the UG students of EC/EE/CSE, MCA Students & Research Scholars enables them to understand the theoretical concepts through modeling and simulation with ease of visualization. It explores the role and possibility of MATLAB, Simulink and its toolboxes in electrical and electronics engineering curriculum to promote modeling, simulation and virtual experimentation with emphasis on analysis, design and simulation study. The subject is covered in 11 chapter as under: Simulation Mechanism and Simulation Tools; Introduction to MATLAB; MATLAB Basics; Introduction to Plotting; Programming in MATLAB; Basic Electrical and Networks Applications; Introduction to Simulink; Control System Applications; Power Electronics Applications; Script File Approach to Model and Simulate Circuits; and Fuzzy Logic and Applications. The companion CD includes 150 programs and models to facilitate quick learning. Editorial Team Mr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dr. S. Salivahanan, Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha, Dr. Krishna V. Prasad Visit our Website Posted On : 24 th January 2012 Posted at: Egmore RMS (Patrika) FROM: TO: Room No. 3, ISTE Professional Centre Gandhi Mandapam Road Chennai Tel : Cell : Fax : ieeemas@airtelmail.in, ieeemas@gmail.com ieeemaslink@gmail.com Published by Dr.Krishna V.Prasad on behalf of IEEE Madras Section, Room No. 3, ISTE Professional Centre, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai Printed by : R. Ravi, Vignesha Printers, No. 325/2, Triplicane High Road, Triplicane, Chennai Ph :