Conferences

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut C-SCAN 2016, the first of its kind, is a National Conference aimed at bringing in student teacher  fraternity of CSE Departments of all NITs across the nation under a single umbrella for exchange of ideas to spark innovation. The conference would serve as a platform to improve interaction and bridge the gap between faculty and students of different NITs. This would help identify patrons of  similar research areas and help initiate collaboration in research projects to subsequently publish research papers. This conference presents an  excellent opportunity for students among various NITs to collaborate and form strong ties of technical expertise. C-SCAN 2016 was hosted by National  Institute of Technology Calicut. The conference witnessed participation from 8 NITs all over the nation including NIT Calicut. The participants included HoDs, Professors, Research Scholars, Graduates and Undergraduates from various NITs. The discussions revolved around student internship schemes, faculty exchange programme, research collaboration, annual conference proposal and implementing a common curriculum for CSE/IT departments across all NITs.

The keynote speaker was Mr. Damodar Padhi, Vice President and Global Head for Talent Development function in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS). The conference was sponsored by TEQIP II of NIT Calicut. The conference was organized by the Computer Science & Engineering Association with a Technical Co-sponsorship from TCS.

More details of the event can be found here: http://www.cscan.org.in

The inauguration of the second FDP organized by the CSE department during this summer was done by Mr. Hasum Jacob Thenugad, Branch Head TCS Cochin.

The primary objective of the Indo-US   workshop   on   Biocomputing (ISB-2011) was to bring together domain experts from India and the US to create a bilateral forum, which would provide a platform for engineers, scientists and academicians to exchange views, develop curricula and improve the quality of research in the area of bioinformatics, for the benefit of both countries. The workshop was organized from 12-13 September 2011 at Taj Gateway Hotel at Calicut. This workshop was organized as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of NIT Calicut.

Sr. E.Ahamed, Honourable Minister of state for Human Resources and External Affairs inaugurated the Workshop. Mr.M.K Raghavan, Honourable member of Parliament Calicut and Prof. Sandeep Sanchethi were present during the inauguration.

The Organizing Chairs were Dr. S. D. Madhu Kumar, CSED, NITC, Dr. G. K. Rajanikant (NITC) and Dr. Mathew J. Palakal (Indiana University Perdue University Indianapolis [IUPUI], USA). The workshop was funded by the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF), New Delhi, India and  Department of BioTechnology, Govt. of India and National Science Foundation ((NSF) USA.

Following is the list of speakers of the event.

Participation:

The participants for the workshop were based on  invitation only  and about eighty delegates from India and USA participated. Delegates from different backgrounds and expertise sat together and discussed about the latest trends and future developments in the area of Biocomputing. The workshop consisted of thirteen expert lectures by eminent researchers both from India and USA on various aspects of Biocomputing.

The workshop also consisted of dedicated breakout sessions, where the participants were broken up into smaller groups, each one consisting of US and Indian experts for the purpose of discussing possible future research collaborations. During this session, the dynamic exchange of information resulted in a fruitful brainstorming activity.

Further, more than fifty scientific posters covering all the major areas of bioinformatics were displayed in the workshop. It was a golden opportunity for young participants (research scholars, post-graduates and undergraduates) from reputed research institutes (Rajiv Gandhi Center For Biotechnology, Central Food Technological Research Institute, National Chemical Laboratory, Indian Institute Of Technology Madras, Bose Institute, Indian Statistical Institute, Institute Of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, NIT Calicut etc to present their work.

Outcome of the Workshop: A centre of excellence for Biocomputing is being   setup at the Dept. of Computer science & Engineering at NIT Calicut, In collaboration with IUPUI USA. The director board of the centre has been formed. A panel of researchers from USA and India have signed up for doing result oriented research in the area of Biocomputing. 

International Symposium on Biocomputing (ISB 2010) during the period February 15 to 17, 2010 Organized jointly by Department of Computer Science and Engineering and School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) and School of Informatics and Department of Computer Science, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), in cooperation with the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).