Bhaderwah, May 12 : The week long programme on “Faculty Development
Programme on data analytics with Python concluded at Bhaderwah Campus
here today.
The week long programme was organized by Department of Computer
Science and IT , Bhaderwah Campus in collaboration with Indian
Institute of Technology –Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) as a part of “Golden
Jublee year Celebration of University of Jammu.
The valedictory ceremony which was held at Lal Ded Auditorium was
Presided over by Prof. Anil K Raina , the Rector Bhaderwah Campus and
chief Patron of this workshop. Prof. Lait Sen Sharma Head of the
Department Computer Sciences & IT, University of Jammu was the chief
guest while as Col. D D Pandey CO 4 RR was Guest of honour. Other
dignitaries present were Dr. Srriraman Raja Gopalan as IT expert
from IIT Roorkee and Dr Jatinder Manhas Head Computer Science and IT
and Organizing Secretary of this workshop besides computer experts
from different Universities of the state.
More than 70 participants (Academic and Research Scholars) from
different Universities and the state and outside the state attended
this workshop.
Speaking on the occasion , Rector Bhaderwah Campus and Patron of this
workshop , Prof. Anil K. Raina congratulated the Department of
Computer Science and IT , Bhaderwah Campus and E&ICT Academy of Indian
Institute of Technology –Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) for organizing this
workshop on the latest technology.
“With the culmination of this week long workshop, the participants
may have got in-depth information about this new technology which is
data analytics with Python. He futher said that both Bhaderwah Campus
and IIT Roorkee are working closely to organize more such seminars /
conferences which will help further help the budding scientists to
know more about the new technologies being adopted . “ We are also
working to sign an MOU with IIT Roorkee to strengthen this bond
further,”
Prof. Lalit sen Sharma Head of the Department Computer Sciences & IT,
University of Jammu spoke about the importance of such types of
workshop and encouraged the department to keep organizing such types
of academic activities in a ll times to come.
Dr. Jatinder Manhas, Head and organizing secreatray of the workshop
thanks all the the delegates and apprise about the complete academic
activities done during the entire six days of the workshop.
He said that during this workshop focus was given to the themes: (a)
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Algorithms (b) Deep Neural
Networks (c) Medical Image Processing (d) Data Science initiatives in
medical diagnosis, etc. (e) IoT Technology. “The Six days event
include three technical theory sessions followed by practical hands on
lab session every day.
Col. D D pandey CO 4 RR in his address motivated the delegates and
appreciated the efforts put in by the department of Computer Sciences
Bhaderwah Campus for organizing such workshop
Dr. Sriraman Rajagopalan IT expert form IIT Roorkee in his detailed
Power Point Presentation, spoke on the technical aspect of this
workshop he said that Python is a general-purpose programming language
that is becoming more and more popular for doing data science.
“Companies worldwide are using Python to harvest insights from their
data and get a competitive edge. “It is really a great experience to
work with department of Computer Sciences Bhaderwah Campus and this
workshop will further strengthen the relations between IIT Roorkee and
Bhaderwah Campus,”
He said that this one week faculty development programme (FDP) on
“Open Source Technologies in Data Science with special focus on
PYTHON” which started on May 11th , 2018 many issued related to this
soft wear were discussed. “This workshop on FDP discussed issues
related to Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning,and Image Analytics
with particular emphasis on the emerging research paradigms in data
science with respect to its applications in various fields,” he added.
Some participants shared their views and experience about this week long workshop
Dr. Abid Sarwar Assistant Professor conducted the proceedings and the
six days event was tirelessly coordinated by the faculty members and
staff of the department Mrs. Bablu Sharma, Mr. Abrar Ali, Mr.
Muzaffar, Ms. Shallu Kotwal, Ms. Neha Koul, Mr. Yasir Ali, Mr.
Parvesh, Mr. Nisar and Mr. Binny”
The valedictory function concluded with the distribution of
certificates to all the participants from different institution.
