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The Quarterly Newsletter of South Asian University | Volume 3 Issue 4 June 2019

International Workshop on IoT & Machine Learning

New Delhi (04-05.05.2019) SAU FMCS News: The Department of Computer Science organized a two-day
international workshop on "Emerging Trends in Internet of Things and Machine Learning" (ETIML’19) on
04-05 May 2019 at Akbar Bhawan, South Asian University. The workshop aimed to bring together a high-
levelinternationalforumofeminentacademicians,industryexpertsandresearcherscholarstoexchange
ideas on the recent trends and applications of Internet of Things and Machine Learning. Dr. Reshma
Rastogi and Dr. Shachi Sharma organized the event in co-ordination with the students of Department of
ComputerScience.ResearchersfromacrossSouthAsiaregisteredtheirinterestintheworkshop.
The workshop comprised of 09
technical lectures along with a
hands-on session and one special
sessionforinvitedpresentations.

The panel of speakers in technical
sessions included Prof. Ravi
Kothari (Distinguished Engineer,
IBM Research), Prof. S. B. Nair (IIT
Guwhati), Prof. Brejesh Lall (IIT
Delhi), Prof. Jayadeva (IIT Delhi),
Dr.K.P.Singh(IIITAllahabaad),Dr.
Santanu Talukder (IISER Bhopal),
Dr. A. Chattopadhyay (IIT Delhi),
Dr.N.Rajput(DU)andMr.PraveenKumar(EkaggaTech.). ThesubjectsoftalksspannedfromGenerative
models to Object Detection to Software and Hardware tools and Techniques for IoT applications. A
practical session on “How to build an IoT solution?” was conducted by Mr. Praveen Kumar. In the special
session, multiple registered research scholars from prestigious academic institutes presented their
researchworkswhichsimulatedpositivediscussionsamongtheparticipants.

The workshop concluded with a valedictory session where special guest Prof. Suresh Chandra (Emeritus
Professor, IIT Delhi) emphasized the need to not only incorporate artificial Intelligence in our everyday
lifebutalso understandwhythingsworksincertainwaysinstate-of-artMachineLearning.

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