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Ayudha Pooja Celebrations Ayudha Puja being an integral part of the Navratri festival was celebrated on 30 th September,. All the departments and labs made elaborate arrangements for the worship of tools, gadgets and implements on this auspicious day. The campus was decorated with flowers and Rangoli. Pooja, invoking the blessings of Goddess Durga, followed by bhajans and songs filled the air with festive fervor. Blood Donation Camp As part of Prerana (Social Outreach Club) activity, a Blood Donation Camp was organized in coordination with Rashtrothana Blood Bank on 17 th October,. The event was inaugurated by Director Br. Dhanraj. The event turned out to be successful by the active participation and support of student volunteers and teachers. 314 units of blood were collected. OCTOBER PAGE 1

AAROHAN - Reaching for the Stars Aarohan 14, the Annual Science Fest, was organized by Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, for high school and intermediate students. 30 th and 31 st October, saw the sixth edition of the fest providing a scientific exposure to the students. Around 20 schools enrolled with a turnout of more than 700 participants. Every year, with the increase in the number of participants, there is an inundating surge of innovative ideas. National Public School (Koramangala); Amrita Vidyalayam (Bengaluru, Mysore, Mangalore, Davangere); Presidency School (East, South); Delhi Public School (East, South) etc., were among the schools that participated. Aarohan 14 was declared open by Director Br. Dhanraj. There were various events like Twisterz, Planets of Earth, Avishkara, Maths & Science Olympiad, Mock Tail that provided an enthralling experience to students. Laser Tag and Treasure Hunt were popular among young minds. Each event was drafted in a challenging way to bring out the best from the participants. The participants in turn were fully geared up to meet the various challenges and eventually made the event a grand success. Project Exhibition was the scientific and creative floor for the students to propose their innovative ideas in the form of exhibits. Presidency School, Bengaluru South, secured the 1 st place for creating a self sustainable model called Smart City. The winners and runners up of all the events were awarded with certificates and cash prizes worth INR 4 lakhs. The rolling trophy was bagged by National Public School, Koramangla, Bengaluru for the second consecutive year. Energetic participation by the students proved, yet again, that Aarohan is a platform to explore various fields of science and technology for the young minds and will continue for years to come. OCTOBER PAGE 2

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Papers Published International Journal NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL Saravanan S. B. Uma Maheswari Sanju S. (M.Tech. student) Nippun Kumaar A.A. T.S.B. Sudarshan Juhi R. Srivastava (Research Scholar) T.S.B. Sudarshan Papers Presented Analyzing Large Web Log Files in a Hadoop Distributed Cluster Environment Autonomous Robotic ARM with Enhanced Intelligence Energy-efficient cache node placement using genetic algorithm in wireless sensor networks September,. September, October, International Conference International Journal of Computer Technology and Applications (IJCTA), Volume-5, Issue-5. Indexed in Scopus International Journal of Advanced Computational Engineering and Networking, ISSN: 2320-2106, Volume-2, Issue-9. Journal: Soft Computing Publisher: Springer ISSN: 1433-7479 (electronic version) and 1432-7643 (print version) NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT Supriya M. K. Sangeeta G.K. Patra Estimation of Trust values for Varying Levels of Trustworthiness based on Infrastructure as a Service October, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Applied Computing (ICONIAAC ) held at AmritaVishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. (Indexed by Scopus) Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition Ms. Tripty Singh was invited to be a Technical Program Committee member at the: International Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Conference at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia held between 28 th September & 1 st October, International Symposium on Research of Arts, Design and Humanities (ISRADH ) Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah AlamSelangor, MALAYSIA held between 28 th September & 1 st October,. OCTOBER PAGE 4

Dr. Rakesh N.: Was invited to serve as as Technical Program Committee Member for: IEEE IBP 2015 (International Broadband and Photonics Conference 2015). IBP 2015 to be held during 23 rd -25 th April, 2015 in Bali, Indonesia. eqess 2015 (2015 International Conference on e-quality & e-service Sciences). The conference will be held during 24 th - 25 th February, 2015 in Dubai, UAE. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI) will be held in Aluva, Kochi, India during 10 th - 13 th August, 2015. Invited to serve as Program Committee Member and he also reviewed technical papers for the VLSI-SATA 2015 (International Conference on VLSI Systems, Architecture, Technology and Applications) Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham (University), School of Engineering, Bengaluru Campus to be held between 8 th & 10 th January, 2015. Invited to serve as a PEER REVIEWER for 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (2015 IEEE ICECCT) which is scheduled during 5 th - 7 th March, 2015 at SVS College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Invited to serve as International Review Committee Member and he also has reviewed technical papers for IEEE ICCCI - International Conference on Computer, Communication and Informatics 2015, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India which will be held during 8 th - 10 th January, 2015. OCTOBER PAGE 5

Other News Amrita-Computer Society of India Chapter Amrita - Computer Society of India Student Chapter organized a technical talk on esecurity Technology which was held on 29 th October, at Krishna Hall. The talk was delivered by Dr. C.R. Chakravarthy Ex-Director and Scientist DRDO, who is presently the Chairman of Special Interest Group of Information Security (SIG-IS). He emphasized on the concept of Cryptography and its importance, security measures, challenges, job avenues and research work in this area. Forum Activities Seminar - Computer Graphics A seminar on Computer Graphics was organized on 16 th September, at Krishna Hall. The seminar was given by Mr. Sandilya Jandhyala of third year CSE. He gave the audience a brief and informative tour on the architecture and working of the basic Graphic Processing Unit and Graphic User Interface. He explained the concept of Computer Graphics in an easy language to the audience, for, to many of them this topic was new. He also explained more technical aspects of the topic such as 3D modeling, 3D rendering and Graphics pipelines etc., in an hour long session. The role of graphics card and illumination technique was also briefly dealt with. Close to 100 students attended the seminar. OCTOBER PAGE 6

Seminar - How Web Works An informative seminar on How the Web Works was held on 19 th September, at Krishna Hall. Around 30 students availed the opportunity to clear their concepts on the working of the web. Various important points about IP address, ports and protocol were covered by the speaker, Mr. Sricharan Chiruvolu, a third year CSE Student. His detailed description with appropriate presentation made the seminar effective for the computer enthusiasts. The session was interactive and enriching. The seminar concluded with a small video about networking and trafficking. Seminar - Internet of Things A seminar on Internet of Things (IoT) was conducted on 17 th September, at Krishna Hall. Over the last decade, Internet has made significant impact on our economy and society by bringing in remarkable communication and networking infrastructure. To follow up this trend, Internet of Things (IoT) emerged and served as a platform where the physical world meets the web. The seminar was conducted by Mr. Pranav Girish of second year CSE student. He put across the essence of IoT in layman s terms with the help of various examples. The growth of IoT has not only facilitated new businesses but has also expanded the usage of cloud storage and servers as a reality search engine. Pranav also emphasized on how we can use IoT as a medium to access remote day-to-day appliances. However, the expansion of Internet of Things also includes privacy issues and other concerns regarding the authenticity of the user. The various security concerns associated with the same was also discussed at length. The hour long session ended well in time, allowing the host to interact with the audience and answer their queries. Around 40 students attended his talk. OCTOBER PAGE 7

Papers Presented International Conference NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT Sruthi A.S. (M.Tech. Student) Ms. Archana A.M. (M.Tech. Student) Ponni M. P.R. Vaya Study of Device Physics Impact Ionization MOSFET Using Synopsys TCAD Tools October, International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications (ICAECC) Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER DATE VENUE P. Sathish Kumar Kirti S. Pande Synopsys University Symposium Eigen Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 10 th October, Hotel Fortune, Bengaluru. Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition Dr. Shikha Tripathi has been included as Program Chair for the 19 th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT-2015, which is flagship event of VLSI Society of India. Mr. R. Karthikeyan under the guidance of Dr. Shikha Tripathi successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis defense on Parallel Cascade Control Using Intelligent Techniques on 20 th October, at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. Ms. Suja P. successfully defended here Ph.D. Proposal titled Emotion Recognition from Facial Expression Using Images under the guidance of Dr. Shikha Tripathi on 15 th October, at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. Dr. N.S. Murty: Attended the Design and Verification Conference & Exhibition India (DVCon) at Hotel Park Plaza, Bengaluru held on 25 th & 26 th September,. Attended User2User India, The Mentor Graphics User Conference at Hotel Vivanta, MG Road, Bengaluru on 31 st October,. OCTOBER PAGE 8

Forum Activities Organized the following events during Aarohan 14 held on 30 th & 31 st October, : Quantum Quest (Laser Tag) - This event was a great success with a participation of 65 teams with each team consisting of 3 students. The concept of this game attracted many school children, who were engrossed in this gaming event. They were introduced to the fun world of electronics. Many students showcased an urge to learn about the circuits and its working principle. We received positive feedback, with wishes for even more next year. The event was well organized and proceeded systematically by the efforts put on by ECIF and SANKHYA. Twisters - This even saw 51 teams (juniors and seniors), with a maximum of 3 students per team participating in the first round of this fun, yet informative event. The participants were expected to move forward through the tiles numbered from 1 to 30 by correctly answering the questions corresponding to the tile numbers within the given time limit. The students performed well despite the music and simultaneous game-play that was designed to distract them. Out of the 51 teams, 6 teams, 3 from each category were selected on the basis of accuracy and time-taken to answer the questions. The teams were allowed to compete with stricter rules such as negative evaluation and tougher time constraints in their own respective categories. Out of the three teams in each category, the team with highest accuracy and the highest number of tiles conquered was pronounced winner and the second best team was awarded the runners up. The students from NPS, Koramangala, Bengaluru, were victorious in both the categories. However, students from DPS East were very competitive and emerged as runners-up in Juniors category. The students were enthusiastic and were exposed to a very intellectual and entertaining event. OCTOBER PAGE 9

Papers Presented International Conference NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT Baldwin Immanuel T. Suresh A. Rashmi M.R. A Novel Multi Input Converter for Three Non-Conventional Energy Sources with Reduced Complexity for a Three Phase Induction Motor 9 th & 10 th October, Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ICEECE'), Antalya (Turkey) NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER DATE VENUE Ilango K. One-week Coordinators Workshop on Control Systems Conducted by IIT Kharagpur MHRD 15 th - 19 th September, IIT Kharagpur Forum Activities The forum arranged for an Industrial visit to BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICAL LIMITED, Electronics Division, Mysore Road, Bangalore on 13 th October, for second year EEE students. The students were accompanied by 2 faculty members- Ms. Sireesha K. and Mr. S. Shankar. OCTOBER PAGE 10

Papers Presented International Conference NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT Smita Singh Experimental Investigation on Red mud Based Geopolymer Mortars 17 th - 18 th October, International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure by ASCE Forum Activities A Wax Casting event was organized at the Foundry Lab by Ingenium and Kala (the Fine Arts club) on 18 th October,. 20 teams participated in this event each having 2 members. The participants were required to make a mould and pour molten wax into the moulds to obtain castings of the mould. There were cash prizes of Rs.350/- and Rs.200/- respectively for first and second winning team. Visit to Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment Student of S7 & S5 visited Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment, HAL, Yemalur, Bengaluru, on 8 th October, as a part of industrial visit organized by the forum under the mentorship of Mr. Ravi Kumar V. The students were accompanied by Mr. Raghavendra Ravikiran, Mr. Dileep B.P. and Mr. Akhil J., faculty from the department. Students had a close interaction with engineers of ASTE and they had a chance to learn about their valuable experiences. They saw various aircraft designs and models. OCTOBER PAGE 11

Papers Published International Journal NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL M. Dharani Basudeb Sahu C.S. Shastry Threshold conditions and bound states for locally periodic delta potentials October, Central European Journal of Physics, Vol. No. 12, Issue. 10, Page No. 755-766 Impact Factor : 1.07 OCTOBER PAGE 12

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head Chief Editor Mr. Rajesh M. Assistant Professor Department of CSE Editor Ms. Sangita Khare Assistant Professor Department of CSE Editor Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean Editor Board Members Ms. Sreevidya B. (Department of CSE) Ms. Kirti S. Pande (Department of ECE) Ms. Lakshmi S. (Department of EEE) Ms. Mrudula Prashanth (Department of ME) Mr. H. Manjunath (Department of Physics) Ms. Sarada Jayan (Department of Mathematics) Ms. Deepa K. Narayanan (Department of English) Mr. Shiju Kumar (ICTS)

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