Dr. S S Iyengar from Florida International University, USA visits Sahyadri
Dr. Sitharama S. Iyengar is Ryder Professor and Director, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, USA. He holds his Ph.D. (Eng.) from Mississippi State University, USA. He has done his Masters in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and BE in Mechanical Engineering from UVCE, Bengaluru. His areas of Research Interests are Computational Medicine, Bio-informatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Bio-Computing, Distributed Sensor Networks (Theory and Application); Software for Detection of Critical Events Autonomous Systems; Distributed Systems; Effective Leadership and Practice in Administrative Roles. He has built many Educational Programmes at various Universities in USA which have attained top 30 ranking. Dr. Iyengar has founded and directs the Robotics Research Laboratory at Louisiana State University.
Dr. Iyengar received Distinguished Research Award from Xaimen University, China for his research in Sensor Networks, Computer Vision and Image Processing. Dr. Iyengar is recognized by the Societe Mathematique de Tunisie (SMT) for "Notable Services and Outstanding Contributions in the Area of Mathematical Theories in Sensor Networks and Computational Algorithms in Robotics for 2010". He has also received Distinguished Faculty Research Award from Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA.
A session with the faculty and staff was arranged during his visit and while introducing Dr. Iyengar to the faculty, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation commended the professionalism with which Dr. Iyengar deals with people and committed to drive the same professionalism at Sahyadri. Dr. Iyengar while addressing the gathering referred to the Chairman as an outstanding individual and appreciated his passion and commitment towards students. Further, he urged teachers to contribute to student’s confidence, character building and also give inspirational talks which will bring out their talents. He mentioned that one of the best cited research article of his till date, is from his student who was a slow learner initially. He acclaimed that Sahyadri undoubtedly has the potential to be one of the best institutions not only in the country but in the world under the competent leadership of Mr. Manjunath Bhandary. His key message for the teachers was to be proactive in research, proactive in teaching, practice leadership and contribute to the community. He stimulated teachers to aim at producing noble prize winners, groom 10-20 students to compete in national and international events and continuously show excellence in all domains bringing laurels to the institution. He said – Artificial Intelligence is a reality and is going to play a significant role in the days to come. He emphasised on developing softwares that can think like human beings. He concluded by saying that the ideas should result in a device and encouragement should be given to products that have social impact solutions.
In the afternoon, an in-depth discussion was held on the framework to develop a word class Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Sahyadri.
Sahyadri Conclave 2018
A Five-Day Sahyadri Conclave – Science, Technology & Management has been organized during 6th January to 10th January 2018 in Sahyadri Campus.
Sahyadri Conclave, a festival of knowledge sharing & learning will bring together the Nobel Laureates, Senior Scientists, Management experts and students across the country with the primary purpose to instil in the young minds - student participants, the spirit of scientific enquiry through the motivational interactions. This forum expects to pave the way for a right career in the direction of scientific advancement, allied technologies & transformational leadership. Sahyadri intends to host this event as a Social responsibility by contributing to the nation’s talent pool as it shall witness the participation of around 800 students from various streams.
Glimpse of Sahyadri Conclave Programme
• Inaugural Ceremony would be held on 6th January 2018 at 03:00 pm
• Interaction Sessions with Nobel Laureates
• Panel Discussion with Scientists, Technocrats & Entrepreneurs
• Parallel Sessions - Technical & Management
• Cultural Extravaganza
• Valedictory Ceremony would be held on 10th January 2018 at 04:00 pm
Participants of Sahyadri Conclave
• High School & Pre-University students
• Under-Graduate & Post-Graduate students pursuing Basic Sciences.
• Under-Graduate & Post-Graduate students pursuing Technical Studies
• Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate students & Professionals pursuing Management Studies.
Sahyadri will also hold the following landmark initiatives during the conclave
• Science Project Exhibition
• Technical Exhibition
• Mathematics Exhibition
• Air Show
• Drones
• Vedic Science on River Bank
Sahyadri conclave is organized in collaboration with Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, Govt. of Karnataka, Karnataka Biotechnology & Information Technology Services, Karnataka Science & Technology Promotion Society, Govt. of Karnataka, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Mangalore University, Mangaluru and Ramaiah Institutes of Technology, Bengaluru. It is also supported by All Cargo Logistics Ltd, Canara Bank, Dr. B R Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, DIDAC India and the in-house Start-Ups namely Sams Techno Mech Pvt. Ltd, APTRA Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Research Design Lab – RDL Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Sahyadri Edu Dreamers R&D Pvt. Ltd, Dream Tech Innovations, SAHYAWARE, Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt. Ltd & FLOTANOMERS.
Sahyadri Conclave will go a long way to deliver the goal of imparting “spirit of enquiry” to the students.
More to come this week on Sahyadri Buzz! Theme of Sahyadri Conclave, Eminent Speakers of the Conclave and so on...
Quote for the day
"If You Are Working On Something That You Really Care About, You Don’t Have To Be Pushed. The Vision Pulls You."
- Steve Jobs
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