| Important Dates |
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3-4 April 2010 |
| Paper Submission (extended): |
15 Jan 2010 |
| Acceptance Notification: |
22 Feb 2010 |
| Camera Ready Submission: |
15 Mar 2010 |
| Registration Deadline: |
22 Mar 2010 |
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| Speakers |
 N. K. Kishore: Engineering the Future with IEEE and Students
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N. K. Kishore
Senior Member, IEEE
Professor, IIT Kharagpur
Title: Engineering the Future with IEEE and Students
Time: 8:30 - 9:30 AM, 3 April 2010, Gargi Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: N. K. Kishore received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, in 1983, the M.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree from the IISc. Bangalore in 1991. Currently, he is a Full Professor with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He was a Scientific Officer with IISc Bangalore from 1987 to 1991. He joined the faculty of Electrical Engineering at the IIT, Kharagpur, in 1991. His research interests include high-voltage engineering, power systems, lightning, EMI/EMC, and condition monitoring of power apparatus. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). He has been reviewing papers for the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrcial Insulation, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, and IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks.
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Sushmita Mitra: Soft Computing
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Sushmita Mitra
Professor
Machine Intelligence Unit
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Title: Soft Computing
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 AM, 3 April 2010, Maitrayee Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Abstract: Soft computing is a consortium of methodologies that works synergistically and provides flexible information processing capability for handling real life ambiguous situations. The idea of fuzzy sets was proposed by L. A. Zadeh around 1965 in his seminal paper. Over the years this got integrated with concepts like artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms, and subsequently flourished into soft computing. This is unlike hard (or crisp) computing, and entails some amount of softness like elasticity and adaptivity. Soft computing is inherently capable of generating low-cost, low-precision (approximate), good solutions, in lieu of a globally optimum one.
Currently, the main constituents of soft computing include fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and rough sets. We utilize the learning ability of neural networks, uncertainty handling capacity of fuzzy sets and rough sets, and the searching potential of genetic algorithms, during processing. Soft computing has found several applications, particularly when dealing with huge amounts of incomplete or ambiguous data. This is true for Bioinformatics, particularly the high-dimensional microarray gene expression data.
The talk begins with a brief introduction to soft computing, as applied to pattern recognition. This will be followed by introducing the main constituents of soft computing, like fuzzy sets, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, and rough sets, along with some hybridization. An application of soft computing is presented for feature selection in gene expression data.
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Tuhin B Sinha: Industry Institute - A Knowledge Bank Initiative (IIKBI)
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Tuhin B Sinha
President
M/S Univista Inc., Bombay
Title: Industry Institute - A Knowledge Bank Initiative (IIKBI)
Time: 8:30 - 9:30 AM, 4 April 2010, Maitrayee Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Abstract: In India, it is observed that both Academics and Industry are moving ahead on parallel tracks and as a result are failing to meet each other's need, as well as the needs of a growing economy. Whereas, today when Indian economy is moving towards high growth trajectory and integrating rapidly with the global economy, there is an urgent need for an active and fruitful interaction between Industry and Institute. To initiate the process of better Industry-Institute interaction, we are in MEDC, Mumbai mooted the idea of establishing a PERMANENT CELL within MEDC to fulfill the needs of not only Educational Institutions but also the needs of Industrial Community as well as of fast growing economy at large. So MEDC along with Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) and Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), have established an Industry Education Partnership Cell (IEPC).
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Poornima Mohanachandran: Technology Trends in TeleMedicine
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Poornima Mohanachandran
Executive VP
i2i TeleSolutions, Bangalore
Title: Technology Trends in TeleMedicine
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM, 3 April 2010, Maitrayee Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Abstract: Talk would cover Technology trends in TeleMedicine and also explore the roles women can play in engineering in general. Telemedicine is the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. The talk will cover the many components and trends in building secure , robust telemedicine solutions that can enable accurate diagnosis. This will be followed by sharing of insights and experience as a woman engineer in industry and Q/A.
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Jivesh Govil: Communications and Collaboration Developments in Modern Healthcare Industry
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Jivesh Govil
Business Operations Manager
Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, California USA
Title: Communications and Collaboration Developments in Modern Healthcare Industry
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 AM, 3 April 2010, Gargi Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur, India
Abstract: The talk will be focused on TelePresence evolution in Healthcare and innovations in Connected Imaging, Clinical Workflows, Smart facilities and other solutions. I will also touch upon Cisco’s solutions portfolio in Healthcare vertical.
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Amit Patra: Power Management Circuits
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Amit Patra
Member, IEEE
Professor, IIT Kharagpur
Title: Power Management Circuits
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM, 3 April 2010, Gargi Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: Amit Patra received the B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, in 1984, 1986, and 1990, respectively. In 1987, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur as a faculty member, where he is currently a Professor and the Dean (Alumni Affairs and International Relations). His current research interests include design and testing of very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits, power management circuits, analog computer-aided design (CAD), and fault tolerant control of industrial processes. He has authored or coauthored more than 150 research papers. He is the coauthor of a research monograph entitled General Hybrid Orthogonal Functions and Their Applications in Systems and Control (Springer-Verlag, 1996). He has been a Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences during 1992-1997. He is also a member of the Institution of Engineers (India), and a Life Member of the Systems Society of India.
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B. B. Paira: Technology in Education
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B. B. Paira
Director, Heritage Institute of Technology,
Kolkata
Title: Technology in Education
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM, 4 April 2010, Gargi Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: An eminent personality in academic arena having more than 42 years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration in institutions of repute; published around 15 research papers in various National and International journals. A former Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta; a pioneer in the development of engineering and technological education in West Bengal, he was the founder Director of Haldia Institute of Technology till 1999 and also served as the Director (Academic), B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata. He is a member of Undergraduate and Post Graduate Faculty Council of Vidyasagar University, and Burdwan University, and a member of the Academic Council of the West Bengal University of Technology.
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Jayant Krishna: Technology in Healthcare
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Jayant Krishna
Resident Manger, Tata Consultancy Services,
Lucknow
Title: Technology in Healthcare
Time: 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM, 4 April 2010, Gargi Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: Jayant Krishna has over 20 years of experience in Project Management, Software Engineering, Information Systems and Sales & Marketing. He has served as Regional Director (UK & Ireland), Delivery Centre Head, Group Leader, Global Relationship Manager and Regional Manager during TCS tenure. He is President - Lucknow Management Association, Convener CEO Forum and Chairman - Computer Society of India's Lucknow Chapter, and Visiting faculty at IIM-Lucknow, IIT-Roorkee, ISB-Hyderabad, University of Leeds-UK and University of South London, UK.
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Tinku Acharya: Human Computer Interaction
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Tinku Acharya
Fellow, IEEE
Director of Invention Development, Intellectual Ventures India
Title: Human Computer Interaction
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM, 4 April 2010, Gargi Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: He served in AT&T Bell Lab, University of Maryland at College Park, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur as a visiting Professor, Arizona State University as an Adjunct Professor, National Informatics Center, Government of India, collaborated with Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Kodak, and other institutions worldwide. Dr. Acharya is inventor of 116 U.S. patents, 14 European patents, contributed to 100+ technical papers, author of four books - Image Processing: Principles and Applications (Wiley, 2005), JPEG2000 Standard for Image Compression: Concepts, Algorithms, and VLSI Architectures (Wiley, 2004), Information Technology: Principles and Applications (Prentice-Hall India, 2004), Data Mining: Multimedia, Soft Computing and Bioinformatics (Wiley, 2003).
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Shyam Vasudevarao: Technology in Healthcare
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Shyam Vasudevarao
Director Technology at Philips Healthcare,
Philips Innovation Center, Bangalore
Title: Technology in Healthcare
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM, 4 April 2010, Maitrayee Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: Shyam obtained his PhD from IISc Bangalore. Earlier, he has served as General Manager at Ericsson Software Center and at Ericsson Communication, India Project Lead at CG-Smith Software Pvt. Ltd. Shyam is an excellent manager. He always has smiles on his face and makes the team very comfortable, even when there was a crisis. He is a very knowledgeable and experienced man, who would help out the team with his skills.
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Ajoy K Ray: Health Care Grid in West Bengal - A Pilot Study
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Ajoy K Ray
Member, IEEE
Vice Chancellor, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah
Title: Health Care Grid in West Bengal - A Pilot Study
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM, 4 April 2010, Maitrayee Hall, Vikramshila, IIT Kharagpur
Biography: A. K. Ray had his Bachelor's degree from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, followed by M.Tech and Ph.D from Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. He joined IIT Kharagpur as a Faculty in 1980. Dr. Ray has successfully completed seventeen research projects, sponsored by several agencies like Defence Research and Development Organization, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Science and Technology and so on. He has also worked on several consultancy projects of multinational and national industries. He has co-authored more than 80 research papers in International journals and Conferences. He has authored five books published by International Publishing Houses, such as John Wiley, Tata McGraw Hill, Prentice Hall of India and Taylor and Francies Publication, including one in Chinese. His current research interest includes Medical Imaging and Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence.
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