*Forthcoming Events -- 2018-07-22* *Call for Participation: Five Days Faculty Development Programme on Computing Research Methodology* Department of Computer Science and Applications, Sri Sankara Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Kanchipuram, TamilNadu is organising a Five Days Faculty Development Programme on Computing Research Methodology during 25-29 July 2018 at the College in Kanchipuram. The main objective of the Five-Day FDP on Computing Research Methodology is to provide a platform for the research aspiring participants to pursue their research in a scientific and systematic way. The main focal points of this FDP is to provide the participants a strong foundation on Research Methodology in the domain of Computer Science. The participants will learn the topics through lectures and hands-on experiments. Also case studies and research issues will be discussed to stimulate research motivation of the participants. Targeted Audience: Faculty Members & Research scholars of CS / CSE / IT / Computer Science & Applications Department. FDP Resource Person: Dr. Lakshmi Narasimhan who has Bachelor’s degrees in Physics (BSc) and Electronics Engineering (BEng) from the University of Madras and the Indian Institute of Science respectively. He obtained his Master’s degree from the Anna University and his PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia. He worked as a Postdoctoral fellow, lecturer and then as a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland. Later, he moved to the Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) as a Principal Research Scientist. Narasimhan also worked as a full professor at the University of North Texas, USA and held a Chair in Software Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Presently Narasimhan is a full professor at the Computer Science Department at the University of Botswana, Botswana. Lakshmi is also a Vice President at to Srikar & Associates International Pty Ltd. His current research interests are in: Software Engineering (testing, visualization, instrumentation, product line engineering & CBSE), Information Engineering (business informatics, medical informatics, mobile systems, information management, information extraction & information fusion) and Computer Architecture (embedded system, reconfigurable computing & performance analysis). Narasimhan is a Senior Member of the IEEE, ACM, Fellow of ACS, IEAust and IEE (UK). He is a Technical Member (representing USA) on the Expert Panels of ISO (International Standards Organization), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and MIMOSA (Machinery Information Management Open Standards Organization, USA).Lakshmi has over 350 publications to his credit and has won over $8 million in research funding. Lakshmi is also deeply associated with the ABET and other accrediting bodies (e.g., NBA of India) that are involved in improving the quality of education around the world. Lakshmi was the Founding Chair of the ACM Chapter of Greenville, NC, UA, and IEEE Computer Society Chapter of Queensland, and is also an ACM Distinguished Speaker and an IEEE Distinguished Visitor. Lakshmi has been the Technical Chair and on the Organizing and Technical Committees of many leading ACM and IEEE International Conferences. Lakshmi is a Commissioner in ABET (USA), which is the world’s largest Accrediting body. The registration fee for the five days FDP is Rs. 2000/- It covers Kit, High Tea & Lunch for all five days. Accommodation for outstation participants will be arranged on request on chargeable basis. While the last date for registration is 23rd Jul, SPOT registration is also possible. For details, pl. refer the *FDP brochure http://sankaracollege.edu.in/news/pdf/31b514eSankara_FDP.pdf* For clarifications, pl. contact: Dr. L. Rajesh, HoD, Dept. of Computer Applications, Mobile: 91-9894112100 / 9445112100, Email: sankarafdp@gmail.com *Call for Participation: One day workshop on "Securing the Digital India" * Digital Security Association of India (DiSAI), one of the Non Profit initiatives of eMagazine PreSense organises a full day workshop on "Securing the Digital India" on Saturday, 28th July 2018 at Henry Maudslay Hall, Anna University, Chennai. Hon'ble Justice Smt. Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judge, Madras High Court has kindly consented to inaugurate the event. Shri Hansraj G Ahir, Hon'ble MoS (Home) is expected to deliver a key note address. Confirmation awaited. Shri R. Nataraj, IPS, DGP (Retd), MLA-Mylapore will deliver the valedictory address at 4.30 PM. Other speakers include the much acclaimed cyber law expert of the nation, Shri Naavi, Shri S Venkatachalapathy, Addl S.P., DVAC, S.P. Lavanya, Addl S.P. CB-CID and many CISA and other professionals in the areas of information security and banking. The day-long event includes interesting presentations, panel discussions and lectures on topics ranging from Digital Evidences, Security in e-Banking, Data Privacy related regulations in India, Individual Privacy in a networked world especially the legal issues in India etc. This workshop will be useful for IT professionals, lawyers, students and anyone interested in the area of cyber-crimes and info security. Registration for members of CySI, CSI, IEEE, HCC, Bar Council and such professional organisations is Rs.700/- and for general public Rs.900/-. Concessional registration for bona fide students of recognised institutions is Rs.500/- . Fee includes lunch, Tea and snacks. Since only limited seats are available, interested persons may kindly register their names through this link. http://www.tinyurl.com/disai28july For more information, please visit www.disai.in and for bulk registrations and Sponsorship opportunities, kindly contact info@disai.in or Shri V Rajendran, Chairman, DiSAI in 9444073849 or the Event Coordinator Shri Rajaji in 9150730263. *Call for Papers & Participation: 4th International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Computing and Communication Technology* The IEEE technically sponsored 4th International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Computing and Communication Technology (iCATccT - 2018) is being conducted at Alva's Institute Of Engineering & Technology, Mangalore, Karnataka , India on 6-8 September, 2018. Last Date for Submission: August 10th, 2018. More details at the conf. website at http://icatcct.org/2018/ *Call for Papers & Participation: International Conf. on Innovations and Research in Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering* The Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, AMET University in association with the National Institute of Wind Energy is organising the International Conference on "Innovations and Research in Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering" (ICIRMEEE 2018 ) during 27th & 28th September, 2018 at AMET Deemed to be University , Chennai. Last date for submission of Full Paper is 25th Aug 2018 More details at the conf. website at http://www.ametuniv.ac.in/icirmeee2018 With regards HR Mohan