News & Achievements

Date of the competition - 6th November 2016 IEMCO - the international coding competition of IEM-UEM group is back with November challenge, a step towards a better coding culture and DNA among UEM and IEM students. Date is 6th November, Sunday between 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

The speakers at UEMCON-2016 were:- 1) Prof Annie Liu, Professor of Computer Science at SUNY Stony Brook, USA (She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from Cornell University, M.Eng. from Tsinghua University, and B.S. from Peking University, all in Computer Science) 2) Dr John Morrison, Senior Director and Product Manager of Samsung Research, America (John Morrison is a Senior Director and Product Manager for Samsung Research America. He develops requirements for Knox-enabled mobile platforms, digital credentials, and context aware mobile security. He manages cooperative R&D relationships including NSA’s Commercial Solutions for Classified Program, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Approved Products List, and a Cooperative R&D Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)) 3) Prof. Vladimir Privman of Clarkson University, USA (Vladimir Privman received his Doctor of Science degree in Physics from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in 1982, and continued as a postdoc at Cornell University and at California Institute of Technology, before assuming a faculty position at Clarkson University in 1985, where he presently holds the Robert A. Plane Endowed Professorship in the Departments of Physics; Chemistry and Biomolecular Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; and in New York State Center for Advanced Materials Processing) 4) Prof. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay a Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University where he directs the Quantum Device Laboratory. Research in the laboratory has been frequently featured in national and international media (newspapers, internet blogs, magazines such as Business Week and EE Times, CBS, NPR, journal highlights such as Nature highlights, and internet news portals). Inventions made in this laboratory have been featured in the US Army Nanoscience Poster prepared for the Pentagon and have resulted in multiple patents) 5) Zhenliang Zhang a research scientist at Intel Labs, USA (Zhenliang Zhang is currently a research scientist at Intel Labs. He is also an adjunct professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University) 6) Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay, currently a Senior Research Scientist (SRS) at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA (Goutam Chattopadhyay is currently a Senior Research Scientist (SRS) at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, and a Visiting Associate at the Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology) 7) Prof. Takeo Sasaki from Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Takeo Sasaki is a graduate of the Tokyo University of Science. In 1994, he received his doctorate from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Since 2000, he has been at the Tokyo University of Science as a Professor. He received the SPSJ Wiley Award (2004) and JLCS Best Paper Award 2004)  

Date of the IEEE UEMCON 2016 Conference - 20th, 21st and 22nd October 2016 at Columbia University, New York, USA Prof. Supriyo Bandopadhyay of Virginia Commonwealth University delivering keynote address on "Straintronics: Ultra Energy Efficient Computing with Nano-Magnets".

Date of the Challenge - 6th November 2016 Like last time, there will be cash prizes worth 50,000 INR. Code in your language of choice. Please engage, enjoy and learn. You can go solo or work in a team based on your preference.If you are a pro give others a run for the money. If you are a rookie, the "time is now". Do take the plunge. Queries, send to [email protected]. See you all on 6th.

Date of the conference - 20th,21st and 22nd October, 2016

Date of the event - 4th October 2016 The event offered an array of mouthwatering delicacies and handicraft items made by our students across all departments...With over 60 participants the event was a huge success and everyone went home with a brimming smile and a happy tummy...  

Date of the Visit - 5th October, 2016

Prof. Ghatak is currently the Research Director of IEM and the Dean of University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata. He is the author of 10 Springer monograms, the most reputed international monogram of the world. He has published more than 500 research papers in international reputed SCI journals, and has produced more than 40 Ph.Ds from reputed Universities and Central Institutes of the country. Please see the portal at:- https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/48998