Prof. Mathew Palakal, Director, Informatics Research Institute, School of Informatics, Indiana University Purdue University (IUPUI), Indiana, USA visited the Department during the period from March 23 to April 2, 2009 as part of a collaborative effort between Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut and School of Informatics, IUPUI. During this period, he gave a series of lectures in the areas of Bioinformatics and Data Mining.