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HOD's Desk
As the Head of Computer Engineering
Department, I would like to welcome all the
stakeholders- Students, Industries, Academics,
Research Organizations, Alumni, Teachers and
Parents. We have a Strong Vision to become the
Premier hub in Computer Engineering Education
and Research.
Computer Engineering is the most flourishing
discipline that cultivates the cross road for new
trends in field of engineering. It provides the most demanding skills one can learn to
excel in his profession.
The objective is to empower our students with latest technical knowledge and skills by
providing them with the best teaching faculties, state of the art lab facilities and
excellent research and development environment. The motivation is not just to nurture
their technical skills but to provide professional grooming and guidance so that our
students come-up as thorough professionals and inspiring individuals.
Department of Computer Engineering endeavors to provide best professional
opportunities to our students and look forward to their bright future. We as a team
resolve to take the department to heights of success and glory and prepare for the
forthcoming challenges.
I congratulate to the team of Faculty members and the students for their brilliant and
genuine efforts. I wish all the Students and Faculty a great academic career.
Regards,
Dr. K. Rajeswari
Head of Department,
Computer Engineering
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VISION
To be a Premier Hub in Computer Engineering in Education and Research.
MISSION
To build technologically competent and ethically strong individuals for
serving the needs of industry and society by providing, state-of-the-art
resources, opportunities for Learning and Research in Computer Engineering.
PEO’s
• Graduates of the Program will leverage Engineering fundamentals in
their successful careers.
• Graduates of the Program will exhibit innovation and technological
competence in computing all through their careers.
• Graduates of the Program will perform to the expectations of the
employers, explore the opportunities for higher studies and/or show
awareness of self-business challenges.
• Graduates of the Program will demonstrate ethical practices, lifelong
learning with the awareness of needs of society.
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PO’s
• An ability to apply the knowledge of computing and mathematics to
solve various problems
• An ability to analyze the problem and define the computing
requirements appropriate to its solution.
• An ability to design and develop a computer based system, process,
components or program to meet desired needs.
• An ability to use research based knowledge.
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CESA
PCCOE ACM Student Chapter
Set up in 2012, the PCCOE ACM Student Chapter is striving hard for the development of students. This chapter encourages students to showcase their talents and develop their skills in all aspects. The Chapter which is now in its fourth year is improving rapidly on all counts with the motivating guidance of the faculty sponsors. This Student chapter conducts various activities in accordance with the various cells.
About CESA
CESA, an association at the Computer Engineering Department of PCCOE, develops its members in motivational aspects, team building, academics etc. In a nutshell, CESA develops an individual at both personal and professional level.
Keeping this in mind, CESA includes the prestigious ACM Student Chapter and various cells.
Everything you see here is for the students to exhibit their skills.
Computer Engineering Students Association
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PARENTS MEET
The Parents Meet was organized by Department of Computer Engineering on 25th Feb
2015.
Prof. Namrata Gawande successfully coordinated the event. The event was organized with
an objective to aware parents about Placement, Academic Results, Research Projects,
Industry-Institute Interaction, student development carried out in the department. The
outcome of the event was academics and beyond academics inputs from faculties to
parents, suggestions by parents.
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Techlligent 2k16
Date: 11/01/15 to 12/01/15
Mega technical event “Techlligent 2016” was organized by Department of Computer
engineering.
Dr. Subramanian (Founder and President, E-ISSA) and Dr. Vinay Dharmadhikari (Director
General, CEDTI-DIT) graced the occasion of the inauguration of Techlligent 2k16 with their
presence.
Various events were organized under Techlligent 2016. Dr. Sonali Patil, Mr. Atul Pawar and
Mr. Rahul Pitale coordinated all these events. The details of the events are as given below:
a. Code-E-Azam Event Report
Objective: To inculcate programming habits among students, increase their problem
solving skills within given time constraints and work in a team efficiently.
Outcome: The Students were able to enhance their problem solving ability and work
effectively in team under competitive environment while managing their time.
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b. Hack This Event
Objective: To analyze given programs and find out existing errors in the code.
Outcome: This event helped students to develop their program analyzing skill.
c. A Minute-To-Win
Objective: To test the presence of mind of the students as well as to be a fun event.
Outcome: Students learnt to be quick on their foot. Also everyone left the event feeling
happened stress free.
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d. Short Movie Making
Objective: To provide a platform to all the budding directors and actors to exhibit their
skill.
Outcome: Students lent to express their creative skills. They got acquainted with the art of
making movies.
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E. Poster Presentation
Objective: To develop creativity and to make students learn visual presentation on
technical topics and to develop ability of teamwork.
Outcomes: Students are now able to analyze the problem and define the computing
requirements appropriate to its solution, and also able to work effectively as an individual
or as team member to communicate effectively with the range of audiences to achieve a
common goal.
f. Project Competition
Objective: To test the application of Computer science knowledge to solve real world
problems and to judge the participants’Presentation skills, and their understanding of
Technical Concepts.
Outcome: Participant teams were judged based on their respective project’s Completion
status, Presentation Skills, Contribution, Soundness of Ideas and Technical knowledge.
Based on the judges’ feedback, the technical talent of the students was rightly assessed
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and the participation of S.E and T.E students was appreciable. Thus, the event created
awareness among the students about projects and increased their presentation skills.
g. Technical Writing
Objective: To provide a platform to the students to showcase their technical paper writing skills.
The topics could be chosen from the domains such as Artificial Intelligence, Database Management,
Parallel Computing and Distributed Programming, Information Security, Algorithms etc.
Outcome: The students gained depth in knowledge of their selected topic. Also, they got
acquainted with the format of technical paper writing.
h. Cryptext
The Cryptext (Programming Contest) was organized by SIG Information Security, Department
of Computer Engineering on 12th January 2016. Dr. Sonali Patil, Mrs. Rajasree R. S. and Mr.
Kapil Tajane successfully coordinated the event. The event is organized with an objective of
creating the awareness among the students about the domain “Information Security”. The
outcomes of the event were: Students got the awareness about various encryption and
decryption techniques. Students applied the knowledge of mathematics to solve problems.
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UG LEVEL PROJECT COMPETITION
The UG Level Project Competition was organized by Department of Computer Engineering
on 1st and 2nd April 2016. Prof. Sonali Tidke and Prof. Rajesh Lomate successfully
coordinated the event.
The project titled Design of e-Placement management system won first prize. The project
titled Hotspot based calling and messaging for zero balance mobile phones won second
prize. The project titled Hadoop API for advanced content based search and retrieval won
third prize.
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CPDC CELL
Communication and
Personality Development Cell
SCOUT SESSIONS
Scout sessions were conducted by the CPDC cell for students of SE and TE which involved
Soft skill and Aptitude training. The duration of course was 80 hours which includes
communication, email writing, resume writing, logic development etc.
GLOBARENA SOFTWARE
Focus:
To provide students a sustainable access to self-instructional, language learning
software as complementary to classroom teaching.
Objectives:
• To enhance the proficiency of students in all four primary learning and speaking.
• To facilitate the students to shed fear and anxiety while using English to
overcome their mother tongue influence.
Outcomes:
• Students will able to expedite the process of learning skills with more emphasis
on LSRW.
• Students will be able to portray good language skills.
FORMAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SEMINAR
A Seminar on 'Formal Business Communication’ was organized by the CPDC cell of
Computer Department for S.E, T.E and B.E students of Computer Department on 3rd
February 2016. The session was conducted by Ms. Prachee Mahambre, MD of Institute of
rofessional Excellence (PROFEX).The session focused on Listening skills, Body language,
Email etiquettes, Video conferencing and Telephone etiquettes tips for the students. The
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importance of business communication was conveyed to students with appropriate
examples which also included the right 'Tone and Pitch' during telephonic conversations.
Lot of emphasis was given on usage of correct grammatical sentences and its usage. The
session was very informative and beneficial to the students at large.
PRESENTATION AND GROOMING SKILLS SEMINAR
A Seminar on ‘Presentation Skills and Grooming’ was organized by the CPDC cell of
Computer Department for T.E Computer students on 10th March 2016. The session was
conducted by Mr. Kushal Raut, CommuniCare – Training and Content Solutions. The
seminar was an articulation of a set of stories based on Public Speaking and successfully
making a connection with the audience, Do’s and Don’ts of Public Speaking,
Presentation Skills (with or without PPTs) and Grooming Skills. Major emphasis was given
on the importance of the students to come out of their comfort zone and be more vocal.
The session was highly appreciated by the students and a very positive feedback of
students was obtained.
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SPOKEN ENGLISH SESSION
A session on Spoken English for Primary students of Zilla Parishad School- Yelse, Maval
A Session on ‘Spoken English for Primary students of Zilla Parishad School- Maval’
was organized by the CPDC cell during NSS Camp on 29th December 2015. The session
was conducted by Mrs. Deepa Abin, CPDC (Comp) coordinator and S.E students Ms. Neha
Punjabi, Ms.Manasi Sonawane and Ms. Anuja Wararkar. The focus of the lecture was on
framing small English sentences correctly, to give proper self-introduction, basic know
how’s of English language. Simple fun filled activities were arranged to motivate the small
students to come forward and speak out. The session was very well received by the
students and the experience was unique of its kind
PATENT WRITING WORKSHOP
The Patent Writing Workshop was organized by Department of Computer Engineering on
18th Dec 2015. Dr. Harish Tiwari, Dean R&D, PCCoE has explained students and faculties
about procedure of Patent Writing and explained various documents required for writing a
patent.
Prof. Reena Kharat and Prof. Sonali Tidke has successfully coordinated the event.
The event was organized with an objective of IPR filing by departmental students through
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their projects. The outcome of the event was 14 Copyrights and 3 Patents are filed and
other are still in progress.
LITERATURE REVIEW LECTURE
The Guest lecture on Literature Review was organized by Department of Computer
Engineering from 10th to 15th March 2016. Prof. Reena Kharat and Prof. Rajesh Lomate
successfully coordinated the event. This workshop helped SE, TE and ME students to
finalize their research domain through Literature review.
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PDC CELL
Professional Development
Cell
JAVA WORKSHOP
Workshop on technology "JAVA" for SE Computer Engineering Students was organized by
Department of Computer Engineering on 02/01/2016. Prof. S. S. Sambare successfully
coordinated the event.
Students learned some basic concepts of Java, OOPS etc.
J2EE TRAINING COURSE
Training course on Project - Enterprise Application Development using J2EE was
organized by Department of Computer Engineering during January and March 2016. The
course was conducted by IBM and Web Tech Lab Pvt. Ltd.
The course helped students to develop the projects using Java. The duration of
course was 50 hrs. 37 Students attended the session.
WORKSHOP ON QT
Date: 19/12/15 to 20/12/15
The QT workshop was conducted successfully by Department of computer engineering
under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Sonali Patil. TE students Mr. Vishal Mourya, Ms. Parveen
Shaikh and Ms. Tanvi Vidhate conducted the workshop. Second Year Computer
Engineering Students attended the workshop. The workshop was mix up of interactive
sessions with OOPS concepts and their implementation using hands-on learning. The
workshop received an overwhelming response from the students.
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Objective: To develop interest among students in coding using QT tool
Outcome: Students learnt how to use QT Tools to build software projects. Students
implemented mini projects using QT tool.
CISCO WORKSHOP
The workshop on Cisco Routing and Switching was organized by Department of Computer
Engineering on 12/03/2016 to 16/03/2016. This workshop was organized to learn and
understand basics of networking like Router, Switches and routing using these devices.
Prof. Ganesh Deshmukh successfully coordinated the event. The event was organized with
an objective of to learn and understand basics of networking. The outcome of the event is
students are able to design networking topology for any small application.
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KERNEL COMPILATION WORKSHOP
The Workshop was organized by Computer Department on date 18th Mar. 2016 for BE
Computer students on “Kernel Compilation”. Prof. Santwana Gudadhe and Prof. Pallavi
Dhade” successfully coordinated the event. The event was organized with an objective of
that student should get the knowledge of Linux Operating System and Kernel Compilation
Techniques. The outcome of the event was student got the knowledge of Linux kernel
Compilation.
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SIG Special Interest Groups
D&IM: NEXT-GEN ARCHICTECTURE SESSION
Session on ”Architecting the next generation governance, Lessons Learnt
and Future directions” was organized on 11th Jan 2016 under SIG- D&IM, Computer
Engineering in Techlligent 2016. The expert talk was delivered by Dr. Subramanian. The talk
was arranged with an objective to gain awareness of the e-governance projects and some
future research directions. The outcome of the event was the students and faculties gained
awareness on the thrust areas in e-governance and the ongoing projects and most
importantly the research prospect in e-governance domain. The event was successfully
coordinated by Mrs. Deepa Abin and Mrs. Shweta Khoparde.
ALGORITHMS: EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS SESSION
The “Session on Evolutionary Algorithms” was organized by Computer Dept. under SIG
Algorithms on 12/01/2016.
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Prof. Shailaja Pede and Prof. Pallavi Dhade successfully coordinated the event. The event
was organized with an objective of understanding and introduction of Evolutionary
Algorithm and its applications in real life. The session was delivered by Dr. J. S. Umale the
outcome of the event was students understood how to apply evolutionary algorithms in
problem solving.
ALGORITHMS: APPLICATION OF ALGORITHMS SESSION
The “Applications of Algorithms” was organized by Computer Dept. under SIG
Algorithms on 12/01/2016.
Prof. Shailaja Pede, Prof. Pallavi Dhade successfully coordinated the event.
The event was organized with an objective of use of various algorithms in real life.
The session was delivered by Prof. A .M. Kurkure. The outcome of the event was
students and faculties understood how to apply various sorting and searching
algorithms in industry for solving various problems.
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ALGORITHMS: COMPLEXITY OF ALGORITHMS
This workshop was conducted successfully by Department of computer engineering under
the guidance of Prof. Dr. Sonali Patil. The event was divided into mainly three parts. First
Part focused on explaining the ways to decrease the time complexity of simple programs
like generating Fibonacci series for big numbers.
Objective: To develop interest among students in coding and various algorithms like
greedy algorithms and dynamic programming
Outcome: Students learnt how to write same algorithm in Java, Python and C++. Also they
learnt how to decrease the time and space complexity of standard algorithms.
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH LECTURE
The Guest lecture on Introduction to Research was organized by Department of Computer
engineering from 10th to 15th March 2016.
Prof. Reena Kharat and Prof. Rajesh Lomate successfully coordinated the event. The event
was organized to guide SE, TE and FYME students on research.
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HIGHER STUDIES CELL
Activity 1
Date & Time: 22/01/2016 11.00 am to 2.00 pm
Mock GATE 2016 examination is conducted on 22/01/2016 for BE GATE club students. The
details are as follows:
Objective: To conduct the mock GATE examination.
Topic: Mock GATE.
Resource Person: Mrs. B. Mahalakshmi, Mr. Kapil Tajane
Outcome: 56 students attended the Exam.
Activity 2:
Date & Time: 11/2/16 to 12/2/16 - 9 AM to 2 PM
The session on GATE counseling has organized for SE and TE students on 11/2/16 to
12/2/16. Following are the details
Objective: To motivate the students about the GATE exam and importance of qualifying
the exam
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Topic: GATE counseling.
Speaker: Mr. Paresh Gugale
Imperial Institute of Excellence
Event Description:
Mr. Paresh Gugale has counseled regarding GATE examination and opportunities in public
sector companies and motivated the students to take the GATE coaching for better score.
Total Students: 400
Outcome: 20 students enrolled for GATE coaching.
Activity 3:
Date & Time: 4/3/16, 10.00 am
Experience sharing session on GRE has organized for interested TE students on 4/3/16.
Following are the details.
Objective: To motivate students for GRE.
Topic: Experience sharing session on GRE.
Speaker: Mr. Nishant Pai (BE student)
Event Description:
Nishant Pai shared his GRE preparation and examination experience with TE students. How
to start preparation? How to select or prioritize the universities for admission? How to
prepare Verbal ability, Quantitative and reasoning to score more easily.
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Activity 4 :
Date & Time: 8/3/16, 3.00PM to 4.00PM
Counseling session on IES
Objective: To motivate students to appear for IES
Topic: Counseling session on IES.
Speaker: Mr. Vaibhav Shrivastav
Made Easy Group
Event Description:
Mr. Vaibhav guided students the importance and opportunities after qualifying the IES
exam. How Computer engineering students are eligible for IES that also explained by him.
He discussed about the exam pattern and evaluation method. Also about the elective
subjects.
Outcome: Outcome: 12 students attended the session.
Activity 5 :
Date & Time: 10/3/16, 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm
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CAT/GMAT/CET-MBA counseling session
Objective: To motivate students to appear for MBA entrance exam.
Topic: CAT/GMAT/CET-MBA counseling session
Speaker: Mr. Pravin Bakal
Time Institute
Event Description:
Mr. Pravin first elaborated about all the entrance examination which are conducted for
MBA admission. He guided students the importance and opportunities after qualifying the
CAT/GMAT/CET-MBA exam. He discussed about the exam pattern and evaluation method.
Also he mentioned about the cutoff of all exams.
Activity 6 :
Date & Time: 11/3/16, 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Counseling session on GRE
Objective: To guide students for opportunities in different universities..
Topic: Counseling session on GRE
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Speaker: Mr. Hiren Rathod
Imperial Overseas Education Consultants
Event Description:
Mr. Hiren started seminar with the importance of GRE. He listed down the top universities
and fellowships available with them. He provided the handouts of all universities
considering the GRE score rank wise. Also they provided GRE course preparation coupons
to students.
Outcome: Outcome: 41 students attended the session
Activity 7 :
Date & Time: 31/3/16, 11.00 am to 12.00 pm
Seminar on Overseas Education opportunities
Objective: To guide students regarding fellowships and Overseas Education opportunities.
Topic: Seminar on Overseas Education opportunities
Speaker: Ms. Pollina and Mr. Milind Joshi SIEC Education Pvt. Ltd
Event Description:
Mr. Milind started seminar with some GK questions. Ms. Pollina guided students who wish
to pursue Overseas Education, with complete knowledge about these exams, score, and
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over all worldwide expectations. She listed down the top universities and fellowships
available with them.
Outcome: Outcome: 41 students attended the session
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T & P CELL Training and Placement Cell
TRAINING AND PLACEMENTS
• Oracle Course delivery was conducted for BE students on 5th Jan 2016.
• TCS Webinar was conducted for SE,TE,BE Students on 28th Jan 2016
• KPIT ES Module training was conducted for BE students from 10th Feb 2016-till
March.
• PRE-ASSESS® Co-Cubes test was conducted for BE students on 19th & 20th January
2016.
• Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was organized for SE, TE, BE Students on
30/01/2016 & 31/01/2016.
PLACEMENT DETAILS
Total 134 students of Computer department have been placed till date in companies of
repute as follows:
KPIT Technology Ltd. (60), L&T Infotech(08) and Capegemini(10), Newgen(07), 3DPLM(04),
Mercedes-Benz(03), Persistent(03), Webonise(01), Quick Heal(01), Misigma(01),
Nihilent(02), BormBruckmeierInfotech (02), Polaris (01), Dimentrix(01), Xorient(03),
BITWISE(02), NTT Data(05), Amazon(20)
INDUSTRIAL VISITS /TOURS
Industrial Visit to CG TechnoSoft Pvt. Ltd., Jodhpur, Rajasthan for TE Computer
students was arranged on 14th March 2016 to provide quality education and
exposure to latest technology & to build a strong industry institute bond.
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Objectives:
To expose students to the trends in the field of Information Technology.
To build a strong industry institute bond.
Outcomes: Students get the knowledge about latest technology &industrial culture.
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ISR & NSS
CAMP AND HIWARE BAZAAR
Department organized Guest Lecture on “Eye Donation Awareness Program” during
NSS camp on 28th December 2015 at Yelase, Pune. More than 70 students and villagers
participated in the social program.
Mr. Swapnil Phuge (Jagruti Social Foundation) delivering lecture
Students and villagers attending the lectures.
Department participated in Institute Social Responsibility (ISR) Cell visit on 6th March 2016
at Hiware Bazar. More than 20 students of Computer Department participated in the social
program.
Mr. Swapnil Phuge (Jagruti Social
Foundation) delivering lecture.
Students and villagers attending the
lecture.
Department participated in Institute Social Responsibility (ISR) Cell visit on
6th March 2016 at Hiware Bazar. More than 20 students of Computer
Department participated in the social program.
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FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
INVITED TALKS/ JUDGE/ RESOURCE
Mrs. Deepa Abin was invited as a Resource Person for the guest lecture on
“Geographical Information Systems, Expert Systems and Knowledge based Expert
Systems, Artificial Intelligence” for MBA students, PCCoE on 5th April 2016.
Mrs. Deepa Abin judged Mini Project competition on the subject “Business
Analytics and Intelligence” organized for B.E. Comp students, PCCoE on 1st April
2016.
Mrs. Deepa Abin with S.E Comp students conducted session on “Spoken English”
in Zilla Parishad Primary school- Yelse, Maval village on 29th December 2016
organized by CPDC during NSS Camp.
Mr. Ganesh Deshmukh delivered expert talk on “Mobile Computing, call caters”
in on 04/04/2016 at MBA Department PCCoE.
Mr. Kapil Tajane delivered expert talk on “Secret Sharing Algorithms” for BE
Elective - Cyber Security subject on 27/01/2016 at Computer Department PCCOE.
Mr. Ketan Sanjay Desale invited as a Resource person for Guest Lecture on “IoT &
Personality Development” held at Department of Information Technology, Pimpri
Chinchwad Polytechnic, Nigdi, Pune on 15th February 2016.
Ms. Madhura Kalbhor delivered expert talk on “Introduction to Image Processing
using Matlab” on 09/02/2016 at Pimpri Chinchwad Polytechnic.
Mrs. Pallavi V. Dhade invited as a Resource person for Programming Laboratory-IV
held at Department of Computer Engineering, Bharti Vidyapeeth's College of
Engineering, Lavale on 13th Feb 2016.
Mrs. Pallavi V. Dhade invited as a Guest Lecturer for Intellectual Property Right held
at MBA Department, Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Nigdi on 4th April
2016.
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Mrs. Priya A. Surana was invited as Judge for Post Graduate Level Project
Competition, Organized by Research and Development Cell of Computer
Engineering PCCOE on 2nd to 3rd Nov 2015.
Mrs. Santwana Gudadhe invited as a Resource Person for ARAMBHA 2016
Technical Event held at Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Lavale,
Computer Engg. Department, on 13th Feb 2016.
Mrs. Santwana Gudadhe invited as a Resource Person on Microprocessor and
Interfacing Technology at Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Lavale,
Computer Engg. Department, on 13th Feb 2016.
Mrs. Shailaja Pede, Mrs. Rajasree invited as a Resource person for QT Workshop
held at Dr. D. Y. Patil institute of Technology, Akurdi on 07/01/2016.
Mr. Shailesh K. Hule was invited as a Resource Person for the guest lecture on
“MIS Model for a Digital firm – organization, e-Business models and applications”
at MBA, PCCOE on 5th April 2016.
Mr. Shailesh K. Hule has been invited as a Resource Person for the Short Term
Training Program (STTP) on “Big Data and Hadoop” at Usha Mittal Institute of
Technology, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai on 6th February 2016.
Mrs. S. R.Vispute invited as a Judge for INSPERIA 2016 State level
TechnoManagementEvent – SQL Master Competition held at MCA department,
PCCOE, Pune on 17th, 18th Feb. 2016
PATENTS FILED BY FACULTY
Mrs. S. A. Koparde has filed IPR on “Assessment of student understanding using
concept maps” on 1/04/16
Mrs. S. A. Koparde has filed IPR on “Battery Discharge Prediction Using Data
Mining Based on Usage Pattern”.
Prof. Sonali Tidke has filed a patent titled “SMART CARD BASED INTELLIEGNET
NOTICE BOARD”” on 19 February 2016.
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Mrs. Meghana P. Lokhande has filed a patent titled “SMART CARD BASED
INTELLIGENT NOTICE BOARD” on 19/02/2016.
Prof. Sonali Tidke has filed a copyright application titled “Dialog based automatic
detection of social engineering attack” in March 2016.
Prof. Sonali Tidke has filed a copyright application titled “Detection of SMS based
malware for Android Operating System” in March 2016.
FDP / Workshop Attended
Mr. R. Lomate attended Workshop on “Android Application Development” on
22nd & 23rd January-2016 at Sinhagad College of Engineering Vadgaon (Bk), Pune-
411041.
Mrs. S. Vispute has attended 2 week FDP on “Business Analytics and Intelligence”
sponsored by SPPU from 15/12/2015 to 24/12/2015 at MIT COE Pune.
Mrs. D. Abin, Mrs. S. Pede, Mrs. A. Kadam, Mrs. M. Lokhande, Prof. P. Dhade, Prof. K.
Desale, Mrs. Rajasree, Mrs. S. Tidake, Mrs. S. Koparde, Mrs. S. Khairnar attended
workshop CODS 2016 at Pune during Mar 13-16, 2016 organized by ACM KDD.
Prof. P. Dhade attended One Day State Level Seminar on “IoT and Cloud
Convergence” on 16th Jan 2016 at Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering &
Research, Ravet, Pune.
Prof. Priya A. Surana attended State Level Workshop on Distributed Computing on
12th to 14th Feb 2016 at PICT College of Engineering Pune.
Mr. Rahul Pitale attended Microsoft Research Summit at Infosys on 28 & 29 Jan
2016.
Mr. Sagar Salunke attended FDP on “Software Design Methodology and Testing”
on 11th and 12th December 2016 at BhivaraBai Sawant College of Engineering and
Research, Pune.
Prof. S. Sambare attended FDP "Headstart" organized by TCS, Pune on 31st March
2016.
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Prof. S. Sambare attended one day workshop "Tech Fiesta" organized by
Capegemini on 8th March 2016.
Mrs. S. Gudadhe attended workshop on “Operating System Design and
Implementation” at PCCOE on 30th and 31st March 2016.
Mrs. S. Gudadhe attended 3rd ACM IKDD CoDS on 13th to 16th March 2016 at
Persistent Systems, Pune.
Mrs. S. Pede attended workshop on Applications of Graph Theory 04/03/2016 and
05/03/2016 at VPCOE Baramati.
Mrs. S. Pede attended workshop on Internet of Things 22/01/2016 at MIT Pune.
Mrs. S. Koparde attended Android development workshop on 22, 23/01/16 at
SCOE, Vadgaon, Pune sponsored by SPPU.
Mrs. S. Khairnar attended Two Days State Level STTP on “Recent Advances in IoT
& Cloud Computing" Organized on 28th -29th Jan 2016 at I2IT, Pune.
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Mrs. Deepa Abin with B.E Comp students published paper on “Post Marketing
Surveillance for Adverse Drug Reaction Detection using Clinical Data “in IJARCET,
Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2016, pp 158-161.
Mrs. Deepa Abin with B.E Comp students published paper on “Conditional Privacy
preservation and secure communication in VANETS” in IJARCET, Volume 5, Issue 1,
January 2016, pp.0111-0115.
Mr. Ganesh Deshmukh published paper along with students on “Automatic billing
trolley using RFID and Zigbee with android app rewarding system” in IJRISE
Volume 1 Issue 6, 2015.
Mr. Ganesh Deshmukh published paper along with students on “Patient Health
Monitoring Using Android. Application” in IJCSITR Volume 3 Issue 4, 2015.
Ms. Madhura Kalbhor published paper on “Image Cataloging using Bayes,
Function, Lazy, Rule, Tree classifier Families with Row mean of Fourier Transformed
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Image Content.” in IEEE International Conference On Information
Processing,VIT,16th to 19th December 2015.
Mrs. B Mahalakshmi published paper on “Enhancing Security for Online Banking
using Fingerprints Biometrics” in International Journal of Computer Science and
Information Technology Research, Volume: 03, Issue:04 2015.
Mrs. B Mahalakshmi published paper on “enhancing the Security of Internet
Banking using Iris Biometrics” in International Journal of Advanced Research in
Computer Engineering & Technology, Volume: 04, Issue: 11 2015.
Prof. Rahul A. Patil along with UG students published paper on “Detection of
Distributed Denial of Service Attack with Hadoop on Live Network” in International
Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol.
4, Issue 1, January 2016.
Mrs. Rajasree R.S. published paper on “User Authentication Using Digital Signature
and Biometric factor” in International Conference on Emerging Trends in
Engineering and Technology on 17th April 2016.
Prof. Reena Kharat published paper on “A Secure and Verifiable Multi Secret
Sharing Scheme for Encrypting Two Secret Images into Two Shares” in
International Journal of Computer Applications, Volume: 134 - No.11, January 2016.
Prof. Reena Kharat published paper on “Survey on Secure Online Voting System”
in International Journal of Computer Applications, Volume: 134 - No.13, January
2016.
Prof. Reena Kharat published paper on “E -Voting System using Visual
Cryptography & Homomorphic Encryption” in International Journal of Advanced
Research in Computer and Communication Engineering Vol. 5, Issue 1, January
2016.
Avinash Jadhav, S. S. Sambare “Survey on Evaluation Model of Vertical Handoff
Decision Algorithm", IJCA (0975-8887), Volume 135-No. 5, February 2016.
Shital Chavan, S. S. Sambare"Study and Analysis of Image Segmentation Techniques
for Food Images ", IJCA (0975-8887), Volume 136-No. 4, February 2016.
Shital Chavan, S. S. Sambare "Study of Diet Recommendation System based on
Fuzzy Logic and Ontology ", IJCA (0975-8887), Volume 132-No. 12, December 2015.
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Survase S. V., S. S. Sambare "Extensive Performance Evaluation of Efficient Method
for Vertical Handoff in Heterogeneous Networks ", IJCA (0975-8887), Volume 131-
No. 13, December 2015.
S. S. Sambare, Ayushi Agrawal at.el. "Survey on SELinux in Android", National
Conference at VIIT, Pune.
S. S. Sambare, Ritali Warade at.el. “A Survey -Wireless Sensor Networks in
Agricultural Field", in NCFC 2016 on 17-18th February 2016 at DYPCOE, Akurdi,
Pune.
Mrs. Santwana Gudadhe published paper on “Hybrid Swam Intelligence Method
for post clustering CBIR in International conference on Communication, Computing
and Virtualization 2016. ICCV-2016.
Mr. /Mrs. Shailesh K. Hule on “Aeroponic Based Controlled Environment Based
Farming System” in International Organization of Scientific Research, Volume: 17,
Issue: 6 Nov-Dec 2015.
Mr. /Mrs. Shailesh K. Hule on “Hadoop add-on API for Advanced Content Based
Search and Retrieval” in International Organization of Scientific Research, Volume:
17, Issue: 6 Nov-Dec 2015.
Mr. /Mrs. Shailesh K. Hule on “Security Enhanced Cost Effective Online
Transaction” in International Journal of Computer Science and Information
Technology Research, Volume: 3, Issue: 4 Nov-Dec 2015.
Mr. S. R. Kokate published paper on “Survey on Monitoring Device for Elderly
People (i.e. Badge)” in International Journal for Scientific Research and
Development, Volume : 3, Issue : 9 01/12/2015
Mr. S. R. Kokate published paper on “Design Of Feature-Combination Based
Hybrid Recommender System For Distributed Environment Using Hadoop” in
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (IJCIR),Volume 11,
Number 1 (2015).
Mrs. S. R. Vispute published paper on “Automatic Student Performance Analysis
and Monitoring System” in IJIRCCE, Volume: 04, Issue: 1, Jan. 2016.
Nitin Maul, Ganesh Jagtap, Pooja Kale, Priti Waydande, Prof. Meghna Lokhande
“Performance improvement of Apriori algorithm on Multicore System”
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International Conference on Computer Science, Electronics and Communication
Engineering (ICCSECE-16).
Mrs. N. R. Gawande published paper on “Automatic Student Performance Analysis
and Monitoring System” in IJIRCCE, Volume: 04, Issue: 1, Jan. 2016.
INTERACTION WITH OUTSIDE WORLD
Mr. /Mrs. .Prof. Archana Kadam worked as Session Chair for the cPGCON
Conference on 25th march 2016.
Mr. /Mrs. Prof. Archana Kadam worked as Reviewers for cPGCON Conference in
association with SPPU.
Mr. Kapil Tajane working as Reviewer for Research Script a Group of International
Journals: IJRE, IJREE, IJRCS, IJRME & IJMH.
Mr. Kapil Tajane working as Editorial Board Member of International Journal of
Computer Engineering & Technology (IJCET).
Mr. Ketan S. Desale worked as Reviewer for 5th Post Graduate Conference of
Computer Engineering (cPGCON 2016) 25th - 26th March 2016.
Mrs. Pallavi V. Dhade worked as Reviewer and Internal Session Chair for 5th Post
graduate conference of Computer Engineering cPGCON 2016.
Prof. Reena S. Kharat worked as Session Co-chair for Conference cPGCON-2016
held at PCCOE, Pune on 25th and 26th March 2016.
Prof. S. Sambare Attended "Second Year Computer Engineering Syllabus Revision
Meet" at P.E.S. Modern College of engineering, Pune organized in association with
BoS Computer Engg., SPPU, Pune on 20th April 2016.
Prof. S. Sambare worked as External Examiner for M.E. Computer Engg Dissertation,
Mumbai University on 9th April 2016.
Prof. S. Sambare worked as evaluator for "UGCON-2016" at NMIET, Talegaon on
26th April 2016.
Prof. S. Sambare worked as Session Chair for National Conference at DYP, Akurdi.
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Mrs. Santwana Gudadhe worked as Track Chair for 5th Post Graduate Conference
of Computer Engineering (cPGCON 2016) 25th - 26th March 2016.
Mrs. Santwana Gudadhe worked as Reviewer for 5th Post Graduate Conference of
Computer Engineering (cPGCON 2016) 25th - 26th March 2016.
Mrs. Smita C. Khairnar worked as Co- Session Chair for 5th Post Graduate
Conference of Computer Engineering (cPGCON 2016) 25th - 26th March 2016.
Mrs. Meghana P. Lokhande worked as Reviewer & Track Chair in cPGCON 2016 for
Networking & Cloud Computing.
Mrs. Meghana P. Lokhande worked as Paper Setter for Deemed University on
12/04/2016.
Mrs. Namrata Gawande worked as Reviewer for 5th Post Graduate Conference of
Computer Engineering (cPGCON 2016) 25th - 26th March 2016.
FACULTIES REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Mrs. Alka Londhe has participated and completed NPTEL Online Certification
courses “Introduction to Research” and “Programming: Data Structures and
Algorithms” in March 2016.
Prof. Reena S. Kharat has successfully completed NPTEL Online Certification
examination for the course "MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation”
with 87% score.
Prof. Reena S. Kharat has successfully completed NPTEL Online Certification
examination for the course "Introduction to Research” with 72% score.
Mr. Rahul Pitale and Mr. Kapil Tajane has developed 2 Android Mobile Applications
for cPGCON-2016.
Prof. Rahul A. Patil conducted 40 hours training on Oracle ecosystem
(RDBMS/SQL/PL-SQL) for the students of KPIT selected students. Training was
scheduled from 05/01/2016 to 08/02/2016. This training was scheduled for the KPIT
selected student as a part of KPIT PACE program.
Mr. S. R. Koakte conducted 30 Hours training program on KPIT – Enterprise solution
Module under KPIT PACE Training Program from 17/02/2016 to 7/03/2016 at
PCCOE Pune.
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Mr. Rahul Pitale Bought domain and hosting space on web - www.rahulpitale.com.
Mr. Rahul Pitale Developed 2 Mobile Applications for smooth conduction of
cPGCON 2016.
Mrs. S. R. Vispute has guided 20 consultancy projects for subject Business
Intelligence and get done successfully under SIG Information management.
COPYRIGHTS
Mrs. Deepa Abin with B.E Comp students filed Copyright on “Secure
communication between vehicles for safe traffic flow”.
Mrs. Priya A. Surana has filed a Copyright “Development of Android App for Real
Traffic and Traffic Prediction using Data Mining Techniques” on 26/4/2016.
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STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
STUDENTS’PATENTS
Group: Komal Mohite, Madhuri Chaudhari, Pooja Kale, Priyanka Pawar
Title: “Smart Ticket System for Public Transport”, in Dec 2015
Student: Aniket Bansode
Title: “A Traffic Rule Management System Which Prohibits Vehicles from Jumping
the Red Light at Traffic Signal” in July 2015.
Group: Prof. Sudarshan Deshmukh, Bote Ahilya, Gupta Ritika, Chaitali Bagul, Sumit
Kumar
Title: “Method for Hotspot based calling and messaging in zero balance mobile
phones” in March 2016.
STUDENTS’COPYRIGHT
Chavan Vinay Indrajit, Chordiya Akshay Ajay, Chotrani Hitesh Prakash, Dahihande
Janhavi L have filed a copyright application titled “NOTIGO – Notifications on the
GO !” in January 2016
Kale Pooja Shivaji, Kamble Nisha Ganesh, Kashiwant Shital Shivaji have filed a
copyright application titled “Dialog based automatic detection of social
engineering attack" in February 2016
Bansode Suman Prakash, Bhalchim Jyoti Dhavaji, Bhandari Aishwarya Anil, Lambate
Anuja Anil have filed a copyright application titled “Detection of SMS based
malware for Android Operating System” in February 2016
Prakash Iyer, Singh Vijendra, Kulsundar Amit, Risanlang Hignniewta have filed a
copyright application titled “Battery discharge rate prediction using Data Mining
based on usage pattern” in April 2016
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Ghangale Akshay, Jamgaonkar Dhanesh, Bhalekar Pandurang, Garje Rahul have
filed a copyright application titled “Smart Lock : Locking System using Bluetooth
technology and camera verification” in March 2016
Patel Darshit, Nair Amrita, Sarnot Surabhi, Anaswara A. V. have filed a copyright
application.
Alan Joseph, Parihar Punit Ramsingh, Polkamwar Aashay Sandeep, Gulab Vaishakh
have filed a copyright application titled “Assessment of student understanding
using concept maps” in April 2016
Chandra Ranjan, Chitare Sonal Arun, Karan Venupure have filed a copyright
application titled “Personalized E learning System” in April 2016
More Ravindra Shivajirao, Phalak Kalyani Ashwin,P atil Apurv Yashwant, Mulik
Piyush Deepak have filed a copyright application titled “Advertising using iBeacon
Hardware” in March 2016
Shetty Aishwar Ravindra, Akshay Sawant, Shinde Akash Rajendra, Savle Sanket
Manohar have filed a copyright application titled “Secure communication between
vehicles for safe traffic flow” in April 2016
Shimpi Kunal, Kakade Vedant Dnyandeo, Kulkarni Prajakta have filed a copyright
application titled “Android Application for live traffic and traffic prediction using
data mining techniques” in April 2016
Ranjit Ashok Bhosale, Manghwani Simran Haresh, Kolapkar Shreyasi Sandeep,
Nemade Dhanashree Rajesh have filed a copyright application titled “Intelligent
parking management system” in March 2016
Abhinav Bakshi, Sujit Nalawade, Imran Ansari have filed a copyright application
titled “Placeup” in March 2016
Sayali Haral, Rushikesh Kalbhor, Kaushik Ghosh, Disha Tejpal have filed a copyright
application titled “SMART home using Internet of Things (IoT)” in April 2016
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Jyoti Dighe, Supriya Gadhave, Snehal Khairnar, Madhuri Chaudhari have filed a
copyright application titled “Design of data management & prediction about
health status to support healthcare System using QR code” in April 2016
STUDENTS’REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Ms. Parveen Shaikh (TE B) and TanviVidhate (TE B) Won 1ST Runner for Hackathon
2016 by confederation of Indian industry (CII) organized by NASSCOM & Cognizant
group WITH cash prize of 25000/- .
Sampada Gavare and Neelam Bhogade awarded with Cummins Scholarship on
12.1.16.
Nikhil Londhe has developed 14 Android apps, out of which one has secured 3rd
rank in Top New Free of Health and Fitness Section in India in Google Play Store.
5 students selected for Earn and Learn scheme
Shankar Shinde selected for Book Bank Scheme
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EVENT WINNERS
Sr.No. Name of the Student Year and
Division
Event Organized by Price
1. Ritvik Bhavan SE A Crypt Text Computer
Department
Winner
2. Rohan Rao SE B Quiz-A-Bate E&TC Department Winner
3. Sunny Shah SE C Snap Hunt Computer
Department
Winner
4. Vaishnavi Dighe TE A Trace-O-Line E&TC Department Winner
5. Chippy Kumar TE A One-Minute-Jam Civil Department Runner Up
6. Rohit Dhawale TE A Min-To-Win Computer
Department
Winner
7. Yogini Kale TE A Technical Rangoli Civil Department Winner
8. Atmaja S TE B Funny Bones IT Department Second Rank
9. Atmaja S TE B Hobby Exhibition Computer
Department
Winner
10. Pooja Newase TE B Poster Presentation Computer
Department
Second Rank
11. Siddhant Prabhu TE B Poster Presentation Computer
Department
Runner Up
12. Damini Patil TE B Poster Presentation Computer
Department
Runner Up
13. Shrinivas Phalle TE B Code Craft Computer Dept. Winner
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14. Tanmay Panat TE B Code Craft Computer
Department
Winner
15. Pradnya Ghone TE C Business Bazigaar IT Department Second Rank
16. Sayali Kedari TE C Business Bazigaar IT Department Second Rank
17. Pooja Samudre
TE C Hack This Event Computer
Department
Winner
18. Mrinal Shah
TE C Hobby Exhibition Computer
Department
Winner
19. Aniket Chimurkar
TE-A Badminton
University
D Y Patil, 3rd rank
20. Shantanu Doke
TE-A Badminton
University
D Y Patil 3rd rank
21.
Vijay Jadhav
TE-A Kho kho matches
Cummins college
(Pentacle)
Cummins
college
2nd Place
22. Madhuri Gawade TE-A Technical rangoli Civil Department First rank
23. Vinayak Dixit TE-A Appstruct D Y Patil Winner
24. Tejas Dhawale BE A
Sangharsh
(Basketball) PCCOE Winner
25.
Ahishek Ratnaparki
SE B
FootBall
State level Inter
collegiate sports
Tournament
Zeal Education
Society Winner
26. Nikhil Londhe, Neha
Kuvlekar, Vishwamohini
Kumbhar, Tanaya
Salunkhe
SE A
Project
Competition
PES Modern College
of Engineering Pune First
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27. Uday Hajare SE A Code Storm RSCOE Pune Runner Up
28. Dhananjay Gawari,
Jayesh Amodkar,
Vishwamohini Kumbhar
SE A
Pic the Hint RSCOE Pune First
29. Ekta Wason TE B Brand Bazar D.Y.Patil Pimpri Secured 1st position
TOPPERS
Final Year
Sr. No. Name of Student Percentage
1. Dahihande Janhavi Laxmanrao 84.00%
2. Bhowmik Kritika Dinesh 80.87%
3. Disha Tejpal 79.87%
4. Mohite Komal Kailas 79.27%
5. Patil Pratiksha Yashwant 79.13%
Third Year
Sr. No. Name of Student Percentage
1. Kalia Shruti Rajiv 83 %
2. Bhogade Neelam Kaluram 80 %
3. Kelwani Sneha Dilipkumar 78 %
4. Naikade Sonali Dattatraya 78 %
5. Sonigara Prachi Bharat 78 %
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Second Year
Sr.No. Name of Student Percentage
1. Jagtap Shital Vitthal 80.60%
2. Londhe Nikhil Hiranji 80.60%
3. Niranjan Deepak Dandekar 78.80%
4. Bhale Mandar Niranjan 78.53%
5. Ashwini Rajendra Gaikwad 77.93%
6. Kalekar Aarti Shivaji 77.93%
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ARTICLES
Car with an Internet ID..!! - Alibaba RX5 The Alibaba group, which is a Chinese e-commerce giant, recently unveiled a car
funnily named OS’ Car RX5. You might be wondering what business does a magazine in the Computer Engineering Department has with cars. But wait, it does have a very intimate connection. Cars and computer science have mostly been discussed in respect to driverless cars currently under testing and development by Google. Elon Musk’s Tesla is also in the news for accidents due to its Autopilot feature. But no, the RX5 isn’t just another car. Hell, it doesn’t even try to be a driverless car. What sets it apart from the usual buzz is the practical use of the Internet of Things (IoT). For those who don’t know, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept in which every device, be it a smartphone, a laptop, a TV, or a mirror is connected to the internet. Each of these devices are identified by a unique IP address. These things/devices may then communicate with each other to make the world around us smarter.
The car features some pretty advanced technology like voice operated car controls (not driving controls, obviously), and an “Internet ID” which identifies the driver using his/her smartphone or smart watch. It also features an intelligent map which doesn’t need a GPS or Wi-Fi for tracking the car. Selfie lovers, rejoice, because this car can also shoot 360-degree pictures using the four built-in cameras provided in the car. These pictures can then instantly be uploaded through your smartphone. All these features are OK, but what powers this insanely cool tech? The answer is YunOS. YunOS in Chinese literally means CloudOS which pretty much relates to what this OS does. YunOS is a Linux distro for smartphones based on AOSP. It uses the idea of using Apps on the cloud without the need to download the App, which incidentally is what Google is aiming for in the upcoming versions of Android. There are certain “alternatives” like
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Android Auto, but they are not as tightly coupled to the car as YunOS. Watch a test drive of the car with Jack Ma, the Chairman of Alibaba here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BsyZp3E5Nc One of the most important and testing questions when you talk about IoT is privacy and security. A lot of IoT products in the current market are flawed and are sensitive to security attacks. A user's privacy can be severely encroached upon if the IoT products are not
properly secured. A possible example of such an issue is the hack of Nissan’s Leaf car. Of course, being in India, we may not even get to see the car on roads. Also, the voice control is Chinese, so Alibaba must really take the time to develop it, at the very least, in English. The car hasn’t been showcased or reviewed just yet, and until it goes through rigorous testing, it is really hard to say how the car will be. It sounds really cool though!
If you’re interested in learning about Internet of Things (IoT), you can read more in the IoT issue of the ACM XRDS magazine in which I contributed to. Find it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByZz7te0reC7Y25ZNjBOc2Z6cVBtOWRQaWhnLWhYT2hVSE5N
Compiled By: Darshit Patel (BE)
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Augmented Reality – Journey with Childhood friends... Pokémons..!!
Pokémon GO and Augmented Reality: Science behind the game and craze Pokémon GO taps on Augmented Reality and geocaching to give a new twist to mobile gaming. The Pokémon GO phenomenon has swept over the entire world. The craze to catch the tiny anime creatures has gone viral, even though the game has launched in just five countries officially. It has already been declared the biggest mobile game in US history, beating other notables like Clash of Clans and threatens to outdo social networks like Tinder, Twitter, and even Facebook when it comes to daily active users. So, what is the craze really about? Pokémon GO is a free-to-play location-based Augmented Reality (AR) game developed by Niantic Labs in collaboration with Nintendo for Android and iOS devices. Players walk around outdoors searching for Pokémons, magical anime creatures with special powers. Pokémon GO uses your device’s GPS to track your location and find new Pokémons, and then uses the phone’s camera to virtually superimpose them over the surroundings. The game switches on the camera, and a user will see the Pokémon appear right in front of them, almost as if it were a part of the real world. Like in the series, the user must then throw the ‘Pokeball’ at the creature, and try to capture it. To comprehend the game’s appeal, one needs to understand the anime. The anime’s protagonist, Ash Ketchum, travels with his friends Misty and Brock to catch Pokémons and fight Poke-gym owners to become the Pokémon master. After you level up enough, you need to travel to different geographical locations to fight other Pokémon masters to get control of the gym. The game appears to have picked popular locations across cities as ‘GYMS, where users can go to train their Pokémons. And what exactly is Augmented Reality (AR)? Pokémon GO relies on AR to bring these creatures to life. AR is quite different from Virtual Reality (VR), in which a user is transported to another world, and is expected to play within this realm. Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Sony’s upcoming PlayStation VR headset are examples of VR gaming headsets.
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In Augmented Reality, images/ information generated from a computer are projected on to real-life objects or surroundings, allowing users to read data and/or interact with them. Microsoft’s HoloLens is one of the more ambitious examples of AR; the HoloLens will project virtual creations on to real world surroundings, and let users interact with them. AR-powered apps aren’t a new idea, however. Nokia’s Lumia smartphones had an AR-powered app called City Lens in 2012, where a user could point the camera at, say, a marketplace, and the app would reflect information about it. The Google Goggles app offers something similar, and was being tested with the Google Glass project.
There are similar concepts in the Head-up-display of fighter aircraft and cars. But Pokémon GO is without doubt the first time AR has had such mass appeal. No powerful headsets like Oculus or HTC Vive (wearing which for long leaves many feeling nauseated) are needed — the Pokémon is right there, on your smartphone, dancing on a park bench, or maybe even on your boss’s head! So what is the future of AR? In 2011-12, most phones didn’t have great cameras or processing capabilities to run AR-powered apps smoothly; in 2016 even 10,000 ₹-smartphones can handle graphics-heavy games. Also, constant 4G connectivity in the US, New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Germany — countries where the game has officially launched — has had people getting immersed in it.
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The idea of AR being integrated into your existing device and the addition of a popular anime franchise has turned out to be a hit combination for Niantic and Nintendo. Anyone with a reasonably competent smartphone can download the app and start his adventure. So strong is the hype that people are saying things like: “It’s raining outside. Now I cannot go outdoors and play video games”, and there has been at least one case of a man quitting his job to hunt exclusively for Pokémons !!. We are moving towards a future without physical screens. The majority of our interaction with technology will be with virtual screens and buttons. As more devices like Google Glass and Microsoft Hololens come to fruition, AR will find greater use in day-to-day life. While VR gaming might find a market in hard-core gamers, AR mobile games and apps will have more mass appeal.
Compiled By: Vikrant Bhalerao (SE)
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Three Cloud Trends to Watch Through 2020
As cloud computing continues its push into the enterprise, what are the biggest trends that will spur adoption?
Three key trends will shape the cloud of the future.
UK-based research company Technavio has looked into its crystal ball to come up with three key emerging trends that will impact the growth of the enterprise cloud services market over the next four years.
None of the trends are particularly ground-breaking, but they do offer some insight in terms of what your customers may be considering for the first time or as part of their cloud roadmap.
“Cloud computing services enable rapid deployment and provisioning of IT infrastructure based on changing needs. Enterprise needs to meet day-to-day computing requirements encompass rapid scalability and deployment. The availability of a number of applications to meet end-user needs is another factor driving the adoption of private cloud services,” Technavio lead analyst for cloud computing research Amit Sharma said in a statement.
The three enterprise cloud trends identified by Technavio are as follows:
1. Growing adoption of hybrid cloud services
Hybrid cloud services have been pitched as the best way for an organization to
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meet regulatory compliance while benefiting from the scalability of the cloud. Hybrid cloud environments also make it easier for organizations to bring their existing infrastructure into the equation by not requiring a total rip-and-replace approach.
Service providers will be critical supports in helping organizations adopt hybrid cloud services. According to a recent report by SolarWinds, only 27 percent of organizations have adequate resources to manage a hybrid IT environment.
“The demand for hybrid cloud has been gaining popularity, particularly among midsize enterprises, including manufacturing companies, regardless of their expensive nature,” Technavio said in a statement.
2. Rise in adoption of BYOD policy
More and more devices blur the line between personal and professional use, in part because of the flexibility of cloud services, and for this reason organizations should be implementing BYOD policies now.
By having policies in place, organizations protect themselves and their proprietary data.
Shadow IT continues to be an issue for enterprises as employees download cloud applications without the approval of IT. A recent report by Blue Coat’s Elastica Cloud Threat Lab Teams found that one in 10 documents shared at an organization contain data that is subject to compliance regulations, such as Protected Health Information and Payment Card Industry data.
Being realistic about what cloud apps are in-use at an organization can help create a BYOD policy that protects sensitive data while enabling employees to be productive. Having a BYOD policy framework that can be updated as more and more devices are added to the mix over the next several years will help put organizations in a solid place.
3. Emergence of cloud service brokerages
As the options for cloud services increase, so too will the need for service providers who can help organizations decide which cloud services are best for them and guide them through implantation. This is where a cloud service brokerage comes in.
While cloud service brokerages (CSB) have been around for a few years, bigger
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companies have stepped into the marketplace more recently, including Accenture, which acquired Cloud Sherpas earlier this year to boost its cloud consulting business.
According to a report by Markets and Markets, “the cloud service brokerage market has been witnessing extensive growth in recent years due to the advancements in integration of various services on hybrid cloud deployment model.”
“Furthermore, the increasing adoption of integration of big data, BYOD, and mobility services on cloud is also encouraging the growth of CSB.”
Compiled By: Pooja Bais (SE)
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The Park Bench-Inspirational
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, for the world was intent on dragging me down. And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, with its petals all worn, not enough rain, or to little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of retreating he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with overacted surprise, "It sure smells pretty and it's beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here it's for you". The weed before me was dying or dead. Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time that weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.
I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best one. You're welcome, he smiled, and then ran off to play, unaware of the impact he'd had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged plight? Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true sight. Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see the beauty in life, and appreciate every second that's mine. And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose. And smiled as I watched that young boy, another weed in his hand about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
Compiled By: Harshad Bhujbal (SE)
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THE TEAM
Chief Editor : Dr. K. Rajeswari
Executive Editor: Mrs. Harshada Mhaske
Editing and Design Team:
Vikrant Bhalerao
Ritvik Bhavan
Pooja Bais
Juby Babu
Sagar Kate
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