News & Achievements

IEM-UEM organised a Distinguished Foreign Lecture on "Understanding Human Faces: handcrafted features to deep features" by Dr. K. C. Santosh, University of South Dakota, US on 26th June 2020 from 7:30 pm. Biography:- K.C. Santosh (IEEE Senior Member) is the Chair & Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science at The University of South Dakota (USD). Before joining USD, Dr. Santosh worked as a Research Fellow at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the LORIA Research Centre, Universite de Lorraine, in direct collaboration with ITESOFT, France. He also served as a Research Scientist at the INRIA Nancy Grand Est Research Centre, France, where he has received his Ph.D. diploma in Computer Science. Dr. Santosh has published 60 peer-reviewed research articles, 94 conference proceedings, and 7 book chapters. He has authored 4 books, and edited 5 books, 14 journal issues, and 6 conference proceedings. He is currently Editor-In-Chief of IJSIP and an Associate Editor for several journals, such as International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics and IEEE Access. He has also chaired more than 10 international conference events. His research projects have been funded by multiple agencies, including the SDCRGP, Department of Education (DOE), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Santosh is the proud recipient of the Presidents Research Excellence Award (USD, 2019) and an award from the Department of Health & Human Services (2014). #iem_kolkata #distinguishedforeignlecture [gallery ids="7334,7335,7337,7336,7338,7339,7340,7341,7346"]  

IEM-IEDC Tech series- Project Story 1 :   We sat down for an interview with the founders of “AR Education” to get a glimpse into their inner workings, and how they developed this unique app projected to be so beneficial to society.   Q: introduce yourselves and how you came to be working on this topic.   A: My name is Sugato Kundu and my partner's name is Nitin Tiwary. We are both members of the IEM-IEDC, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell, funded by DST. We are both AR-VR enthusiasts, and IEDC has helped us hone our skills in our particular field by giving us the time and opportunity to explore it.       Q: what gave you the inspiration to merge AR and education?   A: Research scientists have found that visual representation helps a human brain to retain and store information in a more efficient manner than traditional teaching methods. Today, children who are just starting out after taught to memorise words and the alphabet. If we can show them real life examples while teaching, they can learn faster, relate better, and apply their learning to everyday life. This will help in developing an interactive method of learning from the very basics. Similarly, in fields like chemistry or astrophysics, students do not get a real life feel of the subject and its scope, hence can not relate to it, leading up to less interest in these subjects. When we implement AR in these subjects, for example, bonding in chemistry, we can demonstrate how atoms and molecules behave in real time.       Q: How do you plan on implementing this concept in real life?   A: We plan to implement AR in education from the ground level. We have made more than 26 different models for the alphabet. There will be different markers for each alphabet in the book, and when a child holds the phone above the marker, the 3-D projection of the object will be shown on the phone screen. Suppose, the child holds it over the letter 'A'. A 3-D projection of an apple hovers over the page, when viewed through the screen. The child can rotate it, and view it from various angles. This helps the budding minds of children to associate the new words they learn with their everyday life.   For the lower classes, from around classes 1-4, we have designed a model for the solar system. The working mechanics remain the same, and the student gets to view a fully professional solar system model from all angles, and have a more hands-on knowledge about a subject which was earlier explained only through photographs and drawings.   For high school students, one of the toughest subjects is chemistry. A student has to memorise the various reactions, and hardly ever does he get to visualise the actual chemistry behind it. We have made markers such that when the unique markers for each element are brought together, and viewed through a phone screen, the molecules are shown as they join to form a new structure. This helps the students to get a feel of what really happens when a reaction occurs. Most students lose hope or interest in chemistry, because they are not able to visualise the different processes at the basic level, and hence, find the subject too difficult or uninteresting.   Our technology vows to change that, and helps students learn in an easier, more efficient, and more interactive manner.     Q: What is the future scope of your project?   A: We plan to implement AR in all levels of education, be it pre-school, high school or college. AR can help elevate learning in all disciplines, whether it be engineering, pure science, arts or medicine. We plan to bring our technology to induce a thirst for knowledge from the very roots, and help change learning for the better.   We're proud to have such talented, brilliant minds working in our lab, and we hope to help them develop themselves further.   #IEM #IEDC #INNOVATION #entrepreneurship #AR #VR #TECHNOLOGY #ENGINEERING #SCIENCE #CHEMISTRY   Article courtesy: Prof. Avijit Bose, IEM [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://media.iem.edu.in/uploads/2020/06/VID-20200625-WA0064.mp4"][/video]    

Winning an Award is prestigious but it is the recognition that we have got for our hard work and dedication, that makes this award altogether more special.   IEM Toastmasters Club did not let any hurdle stop them from conducting their meetings. Even during this pandemic, we conducted regular online meetings and the #toastmasters visited various club meetings all over the World.   This #award gives a sense of #accomplishment and happiness to all the members of IEM Toastmasters Club.   We would like to thank Division K and DTM Brati Sankar Ghosh for this honour.   IEM Toastmasters Club wishes to continue it's journey effortlessly and tirelessly and produce better Communicators and better Leaders in the society. #iem #achievement #award #toastmastersclub

*IEM-UEM* organised a *DISTINGUISHED LECTURE* on Topic : IoT Sensing Technologies for Pervasive Health Management”   Time : JUNE 22nd, 2020 5:00 PM ( IST) ; 2:30 PM (BST)*   Speaker: Maglogiannis Iliass, Department of Digital Systems (University of Piraeus) *Director of the Computational Biomedicine Laboratory* http://cbml.ds.unipi.gr/en/ #iem #uem #foreigndistinguishedlecture

IEM-UEM organised a Distinguished Foreign Lecture by Prof. Alfred Rufer Switzerland on May 30 th, 2020 1:00 PM IST .   Prof Alfred Rufer received a Master's degree from the *Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne *(EPFL), Switzerland** . He was a research assistant with EPFL’s Chair of Industrial Electronics (Prof. H. Bühler). Alfred Rufer joined ABB, Turgi, *Switzerland* , where he worked in the fields of power electronics and control for high-power variable frequency converters for drives. Rufer has participated in several development teams on new applications of power electronics, like renewable energies. In 1985, he was a Group Leader for power electronics development at ABB. After that he became he was elected as a Full Professor and Head of the Industrial Electronics Laboratory at EPFL. #iem #uem #foreigndistinguishedlecture

IEM-UEM organised a Distinguished Foreign Lecture on Topic : " Condition Monitoring of Machinery" by *Prof. Len Gelman* University of Huddersfield, UK on *May 28th, 2020 5:00 PM IST .   Len Gelman, joined the University of Huddersfield as a Professor, Chair in Signal Processing and Condition Monitoring and the Director of Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering, in 2017 from Cranfield University, where he had worked as a Professor and Chair in Vibro-Acoustical Monitoring since 2005. #iem #uem #distinguishedforeignlectur

IEM-UEM organised a Distinguished Foreign Lecture on Topic: "Fluid-Structure Interactions from Convertible Car Roofs to Hydrofoils" Speaker : Dr. Jason Knight, University of Portsmouth, UK Time - May 21st, 2020 5:00 PM IST .   #iem #uem #foreigndistinguishedlecture

IEM-UEM organised a Distinguished Foreign Lecture on topic "Smart home technologies in Europe: A critical review of concepts, benefits, risks and policies".   Speakers: 1. *Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool, University of Sussex, UK*   2. *Dr. Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio, Imperial College, London*   *Time - May 20th, 2020 5:00 PM IST .*_ ( 12:30 AM BST_ ) #iem #uem #distinguishedforeignlecture

IEM-UEM organised a Distinguished Foreign Lecture - "Research Design and codes of practice for maximizing the impact of energy and climate social science", by Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool, University of Sussex, UK on May 14, 2020 2:30 PM IST Speaker: Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool is Director of Sussex Energy Group and Professor of Energy Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. #iem #uem #distinguishedforeignlecture