CSIR Sponsored National Seminar ADATEWA'11-a report

The CSIR sponsored National seminar titled 'All Round Development Achieved Through Embedded systems and Wireless Applications “ADATEWA’ 11” was organised at Vickram college of Engineering from 19th to 23rd Dec’2011. There were 11 Resource Persons who gave their valuable insights upon the topic and explored the possibilities of research study in this area. Assistant Prof. Ms. M.Parisa Beham welcomed the gathering. 120 participants and staff from various colleges participated in this programme.

  Dr. K. Hariharan of Thiagarajar College of Engineering gave his presentation on ARM Processing for Embedded Systems. He listed out the advantages of ARM Processor and discussed  the instruction set. Er. R. Subramanian, Sub Divisional Engineer-NW & NIB, BSNL Madurai gave his presentation on IP Networking. He explained about the format and methodology of IP allocation and networking procedures. He also discussed upon the scope for enlargement of IP network. Dr. G. Athisha, Prof.& Head, Department of ECE, PSNA College of Engineering, Dindigul gave her presentation on Wireless Sensor Network. The session was quite informative and encompassed all modern security systems and concepts. Er. F. Mansoor Hassan, Junior Telecom Officer, NIB-BSNL, Madurai gave his presentation on Broad band & Wi-Max. The management concepts of broadband and process of switch over between generations were clearly explained by him.  

Dr. R. Rajaram, Dean Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vickram College of Engineering explained the details and the concepts of embedded systems and brought out how wireless applications were realizable through embedded systems. He covered details of various hardwares including core processors and explained the methodology. Dr. S. Mohamed Mansoor Roomi, Assistant Professor, Thiagarajar College of Engineering explained a complex topic N Dimensional Data Processing for Wireless Applications in an admirably lucid manner. Dr.P.Venkatakrishnan, Head of the Department of ECE, Vickram College of Engineering gave his presentation on Wavelet Transform and its Application and explained about the usage of wavelet transform as an efficient mean to represent images. He explained the multistage analysis in detail. Er. D. Pandidurai, Junior Telecom Officer-NW & CDR, BSNL, Madurai gave his presentation on Network Security and explained about firewall and network security methodology. This session concluded with the hands on training on the QUCS simulator and Wavelet Simulation Tools conducted by Mr. R.M. Manickam and Dr. P. Venkatakrishnan respectively.

Dr. M.S.K. Manikandan, Assistant Professor, Thiagarajar College of Engineering took the session on the topic Configuring and Management of CISCO Network System. Detailed organization, interconnection, priority levels and topologies were well presented. A session on Impact of Embedded systems & Wireless Application on Aerospace was taken by Prof. M.S. Krishnan, Department of ECE, Vickram College of Engineering. He explained the advantages and revolution caused by embedded system in Aerospace. Prof.Krishnan stressed the need for the student participants to choose a career which has some share of social responsibility, which should be of core engineering; not pure IT alone. Mr. R.M. Manickam, Department of ECE, Vickram College of Engineering gave his presentation on Embedded System. He further explained the process of generating schematic circuit diagram and its performance simulation. Valedictory function was held on 23rd December, 2011.The Principal of the College. Dr. S. Kathirrvelu gave the valedictory address. Dr. P.Venkatakrishnan, Head of the Department of ECE proposed a vote of thanks.