News & Achievements

A special workshop on "Robotics and Advanced Sensors" was conducted from 1st October to 3rd October, 2016 for the students of University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata. More than 550 participants attended the #workshop. The workshop was conducted by two #alumni_members of the IEM-UEM group - Rahul Sharma and Rohit Sarkar. They are having their own company of Robotics namely Distronix. They also have their office at the UEM Kolkata incubation centre at the University premises. They have already worked for companies like TCS R&D centre, KPMG etc. www.uem.edu.in The news of Former IEM-UEM Alumni Members having organized 2 Days Autonomous #Robotic_Workshop in September at IEM-UEM Campus, Kolkata got published in indiaeducation.net The link of the published post is as follows:- http://www.indiaeducation.net/…/former-iem-uem-alumni-membe… www.uem.edu.in [gallery columns="2" ids="3120,3130"]

Mr. Parthajit Dholey, alumni member of the IEM-UEM group and co-founder of HACKCIEUX, a startup by 2016 pass out IEM-UEM group students conducted special workshop on Ethical Hacking for the students of University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata on 26th September, 2016. More than 600 students participated in the #workshop. www.uem.edu.in [gallery columns="5" ids="3115,3116,3117,3118,3119"]

A #seminar on "Overview of Digital Marketing Strategies and its Practical Aspects" by Mr Raunak Jindal and Mr Varun Sharma was organized in IEM-UEM group campus. #Digital_marketing is an umbrella term for the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium. www.uem.edu.in [gallery ids="3106,3107,3109"]

#Demonetization is a real hot topic of discussion among each and every people in India. To study and gauge the effects and consequences of Demonetization in our country, IEM-UEM group organized a Debate on Demonetization on 24th November 2016. www.uem.edu.in [gallery columns="5" ids="3101,3102,3103,3104,3105"]

#Coding_Workshop being held at IEM-UEM premises for upcoming International Coding Olympiad - IEMCO-2016 There has been participation from coders all around the world in the competition. www.uem.edu.in

Autonomous #Robotics #workshop using Arduino was held at IEM-UEM campus on 25th and 26th September, 2016 organized by IEM-UEM group alumni members Rahul Sharma and Rohit Sarkar. There were more than 400 participants from IEM-UEM group, IIEST (Formerly BESU), Jadavpur University and others. www.uem.edu.in [gallery columns="2" ids="3086,3087,3088,3089,3090,3091,3092,3093,3094,3095"]

Mr. Mridul Paul, Associate Director, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS), addressed the students of University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata. www.uem.edu.in[gallery columns="2" ids="3081,3082"]

Prof. Dr. Ajanta Das of BIT, Mesra addressed the 2nd year CSE students of University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata. www.uem.edu.in

7th InternationalConference IEEE UEMCON 2016, was held at Columbia University, New York, USA from 20th-22nd October 2016. Delegates and speakers of the researchers and scientists attended IEEE UEMCON 2016 coming from every corner of the globe. IEEE UEMCON 2016 held at Columbia University, New York USA on 20th - 22nd October 2016, organized by the University of Engineering & Management (UEM) in association with IEEE USA and IEEE New York was published in the Telegraph on October 30, 2016. 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) Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay, Senior Research Scientist (SRS) at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA presented with a token of appreciation after his address. 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. Prof. Vladimir Privman of Clarkson University, USA was presented with a token of appreciation. 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. Dr.John Morrison was felicitated after his keynote address. 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). www.uem.edu.in Prof. Annie Liu was felicitated after her keynote address. Annie Liu is a Professor of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. She completed her Ph.D. and M.S. from Cornell University, M.Eng. from Tsinghua University, and B.S. from Peking University, all in Computer Science. Prof. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay of Virginia Commonwealth University delivered key note speech at IEEE UEMCON 2016. The coverage of IEEE UEMCON organized by the University of Engineering & Management at the Columbia University, New York in association with IEEE USA, IEEE New York, IEEE Region 5 in "The Times of India", Saturday, 19th November, 2016. Times of India press coverage of IEEE UEMCON 2016 organized by IEM and UEM [gallery ids="4363,4364,4365,4366,4367,4368"]