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NUST. 5 th CAC Meeting 2.5 Years in Progress. 1. Major Developments at NUST. Logo Changed to Corporate outlook NIIT Assumed New Name SEECS by combining the following: NIIT Center for Cyber Tech & Spectrum Management Institute of Telecommunication
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NUST 5th CAC Meeting 2.5 Years in Progress 1
Major Developments at NUST • Logo Changed to Corporate outlook • NIIT Assumed New Name SEECS by combining the following: • NIIT • Center for Cyber Tech & Spectrum Management • Institute of Telecommunication • Research Institute for Microwave & Millimeter Wave Studies • Electronic System Design Automation Center • Institute of Applied Electronics and Computing
Major Developments at NUST • NUST-Caltech Collaboration set world record for Network Data Transfer • NUST – Stanford Won Research grant in partnership with BrightSpire and APPNA • Nokia Research China Awarded research funding to NUST-SEECS • KTH Sweden-NUST SEECS win research grant
Program for BRIGHT children from families with income group <15000/= PM will be offered in August @ Rs 500/= per child
LAST CAC ACTION POINTS UPDATE • More seminars and workshops with the industry • Establishment of Stress testing laboratory • IT Human Resource Development • Projects in partnership with industry
Action takenLast CAC meeting (08 December 2007) Industry seminars/workshops A one-day workshop on LabVIEW and National Instruments Technology was conducted by Dr. Nadeem Lehrasab, CEO of RIMS on 10th March’ 08 for faculty and final year students. A One-day workshop on Programmable Logic Controllers was conducted by Mr. Jawad ul Hassan, CEO AH Automation Isb (Pvt) Ltd, for final year students.
Industry Seminars/ Workshops • IBM Solutions for Next Generation IT Experts : MrAdnanSiddiqui --IBM • Network Security: Ms Kanwal -- CISCO • From Idea to a Successful Business: Lessons From Silicon Valley: Mr. NaeemZafar --Haas School of Business at University of California Berkeley • Transforming the lives of physically challenged Information & Communication Technology for Special Needs: Mr. VickramCrishna -- CEO Radiophony (India)
Industry Seminars/ Workshops • Lecture on “The Concept of Modes in Optical Fiber”, December 17, 2007 • Dr. Awais Kamal, CEO, Optiwave Technologies • Workshop on “PCB Design Using OrCAD”, January 16, 2008 • ASIC and FPGA Research Group (GRAF) and IEEE NIIT Student Chapter • “Impact of SNR Estimation Mismatch in MAP Detection”, 12th March 2008 • Mr Amir Shehzad, KTH • "Next Generation IMS based Converged Networks, Trends and Applications“, • Mr. Ahsan Ikram, UWE, UK
Industry Seminars/Workshops Workshop on “Mobile Application Development”, Dec 03, 2007 Mr. Sajjad Awan , Tricastmedia Lecture on “Technology and Market Interaction”, 30th May 2008 Techaccess Private Limited Workshop on “Nanophotonics and its Application in High- Speed Networks”, UNCC, USA
Industry Seminars/ Workshops • Linux Administration: IBM-Linux Competency Center • Workshop on Mobile Programming: Tricast Media • Sun Solaris 10 Intermediate System Administration Training Workshop: Dr. Aamir Shafi: SEECS • Workshop on Visual Research Tools • How to Build and Program Supercomputers: Dr. Aamir Shafi: SEECS • Workshop on Programming using Perl: Mohammad Asif • Accounting, Supply Chain Solutions: IBM and Gillani ERP: William Percival. Gillani Syed M. Kamal
Stress Testing Research Center • Undertook the task identified in last CAC to develop a proposal for a stress testing research center • Initial proposal was to establish a stress testing lab for industry usage • Evolved to envision a research center with active research into software testing, load testing and software quality assurance • Proposal complete from our side; sent to Dr Qasim Sheikh (ICT R&D Fund) for funding
Industry Linkage • Software Productivity Consultants (SPSnet.com) • US –Washington based software company Specializes in Planning , deployment, maintenance & training of • IBM Tivoli, HP Openview, Emergency Preparedness System (EPS)™ • Five consultants of SPS are now operating from SEECS • From 6:00 pm to 3:00 am • Training at SEECS by SPS • Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) & Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) • SEECS – SPS Partnership objective: • Produce IBM certified trainers • make this center as the hub of IBM consultancy & training activities in South Asia, & Middle East
Industry Linkage • Pi Sigma Group (PSG) • Specialized in IBM Technologies, Learning Management System and HR Management System • SEECS & PSG jointly are working on customizing and deploying world leading University Content Management System (CMS) “SAKAI” www.sakaiproject.org • SEECS – PSG partnership Objective • Develop standard CMS for HEC that can be developed in all universities of Pakistan • platform for academic community of Pakistan
Industry Linkage • Electro Control Industry (ECI) • Vehicle Access Control System (VACS) • Ikonami : Human Capital Management (HCM) solution provider • 4 projects • LMKR • RFID based Campus Management System • TriCast Media
Typical University Student Professional University • Ethics ? • Creativity ? • Independent thinking ? • Ability to apply knowledge ?
Impact of just one institution----MIT • MIT graduates and faculty have founded 4000 companies • Employ: 1.1 million people • Annual Sales: $232 billion • Collectively these companies are the 24th largest economy in the World! • Same is true for Cambridge, Stanford and others
Specific Experiences • Prof Kinji Mori • 400 Billion USD from Autonomous Decentralized System (ADS) deployed in Japan Railway • Gordon Moore (IEEE Spectrum) • Intel Annual Sales 300 Billion USD • 7 Billion USD Annual Profit
University Role in National Development Product and Services Market Improve productivity Create knowledge base Improve education level Market Innovations Demand Productive Sectors Industry Universities Collaboration Produce Knowledge Human resources Development and supply Utilize Knowledge Knowledge base Labor Policy Policy Infrastructure Economic Policy Science and Education Technology Policy Policy Policy Government Society Politics and economy Environment, culture, tradition, national character Research Knowledge Base Develop Social Tax and Financial
Extended Scope of SEECS • Bachelor in IT • Bachelor in Computer Science • Bachelor in Software Engineering • Bachelor in Communication System Engg • Bachelor in Electronics Engineering • Bachelor in Computer Engineering • Bachelor in Power Engineering
Extended Scope of SEECS • Master in Information Technology • Master in Communication System Engg • Master in Computer & Comm Security • Master in Microwave Engineering • Master in Sensors & Instrumentation • Master in Embedded Systems • PhD in CS • PhD in Electrical Engineering
State of the Art Microwave Research Centre • Microwave Research Lab • 10MHz – 40GHz Vector Network Analyzers • IC CAP (Precision Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer • Advanced Test Equipment for Microwave components of Transmitter/Receiver • EMC/EMI Lab • LISN (Line Impedance Stabilizing Network) • Electromagnetic field measuring System • EMI Simulator for conducted and Radiated emission and harmonics • Spectrum Analyzer (up to 3 GHz) • Modular shielded room • Basic conducted Emission site • Basic ESD immunity site • Basic Burst & Surge Site • Antenna Lab • FAR-FIELD & NEAR-FIELD Measurement System • Agilent Equipment for FAR-FIELD & NEAR-FIELD Configuration • Anechoic Chamber (8GHz – 40GHz)
State of the Art Electronic System Design & Automation Research Centre APPLICATION AREAS Data Acquisition, Interfacing & Signal Conditioning (Hardware/Software) SDR Development (Hardware/Software) Virtual Instrumentation Lab Equipment • NI PX - 1042 8- slot Data acquisition and signal conditioning • NI PXI - 5600 RF down converter (high frequency signal to IF range) • NI PXI - 5610 2.7 GHz RF up converter (IF signals to high frequencies) • SDR-1000 Universal Software Radio Peripheral • SDR development kit with A/D & D/A • NIOS II Development Kits (Stratix & Cyclone Editions) • DSP Development Kits
State of the Art Electronic System Design & Automation Research Centre Lab Equipment • High Speed Development Kits • MAX II Development Kits • DIGILAB XA Development Kits • NI-DAQPad-6016, 16 I/Ps, 16 bits, 200KS/s, multifunction I/O with Extended Digital I/O • NI CVS-1455 Compact vision Systems • LabVIEW RT vision development bundle • Vision builder AI and PCI-8254R, lEEE 1394 Interface board • NI PXI-7340, 2 Axis stepper/servo Motion controller • Altera design software for unix and linux workstation & PCS Consisting of Version 2004.06
Conclusion: Together We can make a Difference • WE are here to assist Industry • State of the art laboratories • 19 PhD & 38 MS Foreign Qualified Skilled and Motivated faculty • Joint funding for UIC projects • Experience from existing projects • Committed leadership • WE HAVE THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS, IT IS TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE RECIPE FOR ‘MUTUAL SUCCESS’
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