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PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE STATE LEVEL RECOGNITION: DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AUGUST 21, 2015 • Campus News • Achievements • Alumni • Aptitude test • Social issues & New launches • Department News • Personality to be known & Students’ art work • Upcoming fests & Placement News • Other Activities e Honourable Chief Minister iru.N.Rangasamy honoured Dr.D.Loganathan,HOD, CSE, PEC for host- ing the website for Puducherry Backward Corpora- tion Board, which was designed and developed by the MCA students Mr.G.Balakrishnan and Mr.R.Dinesh Kumar as their MCA final year project in the year 2014. It is currently being hosted in the State Data Centre and the link is http://PBCMDC.PY.Gov.in . MIND CREEPER,CSE’S NEWSLETTER,PEC 1 ANOTHER FEATHER IN A CAP: One of the dedicated student of CSE,PEC, SUSHMA.K(2011-2015) has got Masters admission in IIM Calcutta.(contd page 3)..... (E-NEWSLETTER) MIND CREEPER Issue No:1

Transcript of AUGUST 21, 2015 MIND CREEPER - Department of …cse.pec.edu/mindcreeperv1.pdfDEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER...

PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE

STATE LEVEL RECOGNITION:

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

AUGUST 21, 2015

• Campus News• Achievements • Alumni• Aptitude test• Social issues &

New launches • Department News• Personality to be known & Students’ art work• Upcoming fests

& Placement News

• Other Activities

The Honourable Chief Minister Thiru.N.Rangasamy honoured Dr.D.Loganathan,HOD, CSE, PEC for host-ing the website for Puducherry Backward Corpora-tion Board, which was designed and developed by the MCA students Mr.G.Balakrishnan and Mr.R.Dinesh Kumar as their MCA final year project in the year 2014. It is currently being hosted in the State Data Centre and the link is http://PBCMDC.PY.Gov.in .

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ANOTHER FEATHER IN A CAP:One of the dedicated student of CSE,PEC, SUSHMA.K(2011-2015) has got Masters admission in IIM Calcutta.(contd page 3).....

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There has to be a global mission of human progress-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

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DIGITAL INDIA Our Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi initiated “The Digital India Movement”, so as to digitalize the certificates of students. In relation to this event an essay competition was conducted on the topic “ROLE OF DIG-ITAL TECHNOLOGY IN EMPOWERING INDIA”. On last week of July, The Governor of Pondicherry, A. K. Singh addressed the gathering and prizes were distrubuted to the winners of the essay competition. He pro-vided digital locker number to the students.

CAMPUS NEWS:

INDEPENDENCE DAYOn Independence day, the flag hoisting ceremony was arranged by NSS head Mr. N. Sivakumar and was headed by Prin-cipal of PEC. As a tribute to late Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, saplings were planted in and around the college. The HOD’s and Principal initiated this noble cause.

FIRST YEAR INAUGURATION:The inaguration function for newly admitted Engineering students(2015-2019) was organ-ised on 10th August, 2015. The Honourable Chief Minister, Mr. N. Rangasamy presided the gathering and inspired the new comers with his thought provoking oratory. It was followed by the respected Principal and Dr. K. Vivekanand-han’s, Dean(students)speech. Around 400 stu-dents along with their parents were gathered & attended the subsequent orientation program.

TRIBUTE TO DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAMAs a tribute to Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam, vid-eo presentation contest and Tamil elocution competition was held on 17th and 18th August re-spectively at CSE seminar hall. The students fromall the departments made an active participation.

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Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident-DR.AP.J.ABDUL KALAM

ACHIEVEMENTS: The list of candidates who were awarded Ph.D from Depart-ment of CSE/PEC from April 2014 - till date.

SL.NO NAME SUPERVISOR1. Dr.V. Govindasamy Dr. P. Thambidurai

2. Dr.P. Salini Dr. S. Kanmani

3. Dr. C.Dhaya Dr. G. Zayaraz

4. Dr. K. Poonkavithai Dr. G. Zayaraz

5. Dr. K.Indira Dr. S. Kanmani

6. Dr.J.Jayabharathy Dr. S. Kanmani

7. Dr. R. Lakshmi Dr. K. Vivekanandhan

8. Dr. Terrance Frederick Fernandez Dr. N. Sreenath

9. Dr.K.Muthuraj Dr. N. Sreenath

10. Dr.Danapaquiame Dr. E. Ilavarasan

11. Dr.J.I.Sheeba Dr. K. Vivekanandhan

ANOTHER FEATHER IN A CAP: contd from page 1...• Sushma secured 96.72%in CAT 2014 among 1,97,000 applicants, 98.32% in

XAT 2015 among 90,000 applicants• She secured 98.68% in SNAP 2014, 97.07% in NMAT 2014 among 63,000

applicants.• She converted admits to IIM-Calcutta, Lucknow and Indore.She recieved in-

terview calls from premier B-schools like 18 IIMs, XLRI, FMS, NITIE, SIBM and IMI in 2015.

• She interned at ISI, Kolkata-Cryptology division during May-July, 2014.• When the students asked her the question, “What helped you to achieve your

dreams?” She replied, “It was moslty self preparation with the help of TIME Institute materials and the consistent support from my project guide,HOD and all the faculty members who helped me to achieve my dream.”

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If we are not free, no one will respect us-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

Rajarajan Sivaraj, is an alumnus of the Com-puter Science and Engineering Department at Pondicherry Engineering College, gradu-ating from the 2009 B.Tech batch. He is cur-rently a Ph.D candidate in Computer Science at the University of California, Davis, USA, where he is working on problems concern-ing Radio Research Management in next gen-eration wireless telecommunication systems.He won the award for honourable mention in rec-ogntion for out-standing gradu-ate research at the Computer Sci-ence department of UC Davis in 2015. During his

ALUMNI:

academic research career spanning five years, he had over 10 research publications in highly selective conferences and jour-nals, which include the likes of IEEE INFO-COM, IEEE JSAC and his works have been cited over 150 scholarly articles worldwide. He has worked in some of the top most tel-ecommunication research labs and industries which include AT&T, NCE, BROADCOM and INTEL. He has Pioneered some of the key re-search works in 4G/5G LTE-Advanced Sytems and has delivered research talks in some of the most prestigious academic and R&D venues.

HIS ADVICE FOR EMERGING ENGINEERS: Computer Science & Engineering, as of to-day and for the near future , is “The Stream” .

where most of the state-of-art innovation happen. So, if you are contemplating (post-)graduate studies and career in CS, Take a Bow-You have made the right choice! I whole-heartedly welcome you to this world of profound sci-entific excellence and innova-tions, which will define every aspect of our lives tomorrow. To succeed in your academic ventures you should train your mind to think in the fol-lowing ways.• Formulating a problem.• Design a solution.• Performance evaluation.At the end of the day, your design should be novel, inno-vative, efficient, out-of-the-box and simple to understand and appreciate.WHEN AND WHERE DID YOU START: My research career primarily started during the course of my final year B.Tech project under the guidance of Prof.Dr. R. Manoharan. A consist-ent and honest focus on the project in all the above eluci-dated aspects paid-off lucra-tively for me. I sincerely urge you to make use of the excellent op-portunity, you have got in equipping yourself in CS, at a renowned institution.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

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NUMERICAL APTITUDE:

1. How many key strokes are needed to type numbers from 1 to 1000 ?

a.)2894 c.)2890b.)3000 d.)2893

2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘CORPO-RATION’ be arranged so that the vowels always come together?

a.)810 c.)2880b.)1440 d.)50400

3. Find the total number of 9 digit numbers which have all the digits different.

a.)9*9! c.)9!b.)10! d.)none of these

4. The sum of the digits in the unit place of all numbers formed with the help of 3,4,5,6 taken all at a time is.

a.)18 c.)432b.) 108 d.)144

5. What is the angle between the minute hand and the hour hand when the time is 3:40?a.)120 c.)130b.)140 d.)150

VERBAL APTITUDE:1. Give the synonym of “PARSIMO-NY”

a.)Donation c.)Bankruptcyb.)Affuluency d.)Partiality

2. Give the synonym “Embezzle”

a.)Balance c.)Surpriseb.)remunerate d.)Misappropriate

3. Find the one word substitute:“Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space”

a.)Dungeon c.)Acrophobiab.)Claustrophobia d.)Astraphobia

4. Choose the one which can be sub-stituted for the given sentence. “That which cannot be corrected”

a.)Unintelligible c.)Indelibleb.)Illegible d.) Incorrigible

5. Give the synonym “Annul”

a.)Renew c.)Cancelb.)Withdraw d.)Finally

6. Find the one word substitute “A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge.”

a.) Pedantic c.)Pompousb.)Verbose d.)Ornate

Suffering is the essence of success!!!-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

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NEW LAUNCHES: DIGITAL LITERACY TO GET PROMOTED THROUGH NEW APP LAUNCHED BY TELECOM MINSTER:

DISHA handbook re-leased as well. The handbook has been prepared by ‘Com-mon Service Centre’ that contains pictorial lessons on comput-ers to make the people to understand it eas-ily. According to this scheme there are 52.5 lakh people including Anganwadi and ASHA workers and authorized

Ravi Sankar Prasad, the Telecom Minister of India launched a new mobile app named ‘DISHA’-Digital Sak-sharta Abhiyan in Bi-har recently. This app would promote digi-tal literacy in Bihar and would be used to educate the tribal and Dalit women in the region. Along with this app there was a

ration dealers around the nation are provided with IT training.The training is conducted in partner-ship with INTEL which works with CSCs and provide training over 500 women in Bihar. The main aim of this scheme is to provide digital literacy to non IT-literate people.

each and every family.

The task is not too difficult to achieve. The honesty and sin-cerity on the part of those involved is a must. If lots of wom-en change, definitely it will have a positive impact on society. Hence, the womens’ empowerment is the need of the hour.

“To awaken the peo-ple, it is the women who must be awak-ened. Once she is on the move, the fam-ily moves, the vil-lage moves, the Na-tion moves”. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.Since the older times, women have been treated as second rate citizens of all across the globe. The situa-tion is almost the same everywhere, irre-spective of the devel-oped country or the developing country

Empowerment of wom-en needs to begin with participation in different spheres of life. Educa-tion is a great determi-nant in this regard. To achieve empowerment women have to be edu-cated to be aware of their rights and privileges in a modern society. Besides, economic independence is a major factor which can contribute in em-powering women. To get the high level goal, it should be promoted from the childhood in

SOCIAL ISSUES:

If you want to shine like a sun, First burn like a sun. - DR.A.P.J Abdul Kalam

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DEPARTMENT NEWS:B.TECH (2014-18) students were warmly welcomed into the CSE dept on 29 th July 2015 by conduct-ing freshers party which was organ-ised in the presence of HOD and the most respected faculty mem-bers .There was a celebration, then freshers were enlightened by the valuable advice of HOD and teach-ers.Afternoon, technical and non technical events were organisedwherein freshers were active-ly participated on a grand note.

The freshers of the M.Tech were welcomed on 18th August 2015 by their seniors to the CSE de-partment by organising freshers party. There was a celebration and HOD of CSE addressed the new comers. The respect-ed faculties of the department delivered speech individually.The gifts were presented to the students by the HOD which was followed by technical and non-technical events. The par-ty really broke the ice between the seniors and the juniors.

The CSE Department offers three PG programmes namely M.Tech(DCS), M.Tech(IS) and MCA. A formal inaguration for all the three PG courses was organised by the department on 12th August 2015. The new comers were enlightened about autonomous regulation and curriculum.They were also informed about the general rules and regulations of the college.

Suffering is the essence of success!!!-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

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I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

PERSONALITY TO BE KNOWN:

Pichai Sundararajan better known as Sundar Pichai, was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in 1972 . His father Regunatha Pi-chai was a senior electrical engi-neer for the British conglomerate General Electric Company (GEC) and managed a factory that man-ufacture electrical components. Sundar Pichai earned his degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) in Metallur-gical Engineering. He holds an MS degree from Stanford University in Material Sciences and Engineer-ing and he obtained MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar. Pichai joined ‘Google’ in 2004,

where he led the product man-agement and innovation efforts for a suite of Google’s client soft-ware products. On 19th Novem-ber, 2009, Pichai demonstrated Chrome OS. The Chromebook was released for trial and testing in 2011 and released in public in 2012 . He was a Director of Jive Soft-ware from April 2011 to July 2013.Pichai Sundararajanis a technolo-gy executive who is Prod-uct Chief at Google Inc. He became the CEO of Google on 10th August, 2015.He added glory to India, especially Tamil Nadu and became the global icon.

STUDENTS ART WORK:

Asif.M (MCA 2nd year)

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No sanction can stand against ignited minds-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

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PLACEMENT NEWS: The present final year CSE students brought laurels to Pondicherry Engineering College by getting placed in leading Multi-National Company ‘UNISYS’ with a salary package of 6.3 lakhs per annum.The candidates who got placed are:1. Mr.Sankaranarayanan.M2.Ms.Harshitha .S.V3.Ms.Sangavi.R4.Mr.Vigneshwari.S5.Ms.Vaishnavi.R6.Mr.Martell Richard.L Mr.Sankaranarayanan.M and Ms.Banupriya.J were selected for internshipin a mobile app developing company ‘CLOUD FACT’, Hy-derabad . They were offered jobs on account of their excellent tech-nical skills and performance during their internship program.

UPCOMING FESTS:

DATE FEST NAME FEST TYPE COLLEGENAME &CITY

26-Aug-2015

Zenista ‘15 Technical Symposium

Sri Sai Ram Engg College,Chennai

28-Aug-2015

International Conference on ICCSIT

International Conference

MGIT, Hyderabad

04-Sept-2015

SoCon ‘15 Conference VIT University,Vellore

09-Sept-2015

Aaruush ‘15 Techno Management Fest

SRM University,Chennai

19-Sept-2015

Workshop on Robot Technolo-gy-Robo War

Workshop Top Engineers Pvt Ltd, Chennai

26-Sept-15 Workshop on Multimedia Effects

Workshop Top Engineers Pvt Ltd,Chennai

29-Oct-15 Tathva ‘15 Techno Management Fest

IIT, Calicut

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

PECOFES’15: Pecofes, A National Level Inter Collegiate Cultural Festi-val organised every year, is to promote the Traditional and Classical In-dian Culture and the spirit of competition among the youth of the college. Technical and Non-Technical events, which are conducted are cultural, fine arts and literary spanning over three days of celebration.With each passing year, the Grandeur increases and so is the celebration. This year also the legacy continues and we welcome you to this most awaited fest on 13th of September.

A teacher should have a creative mind-DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

About 30 faculty members of PEC have participated in the four weeks online course on “MOOC on MOOC” organ-ized by IIT-Kanpur. This course was at-tended by hundreds of participants from India and abroad. Six faculty members have successfully completed the course requirements and received Certificate of Participation with Distinction. Dr. K. Saruladha and Dr. P. Salini were two among them.

MHRD, Govt. of India under TEQIP scheme has launched live video con-ferencing classes piloted by IIT Ma-dras during the year 2013. B.Tech., M.Tech., and M.C.A students of CSE dept. have been actively participating in the live classes on topics such as Op-erating Systems, Software Engineer-ing, Embedded Systems and Com-puter Organization and Architecture.

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