Author: Muzammil Hassan
Foreign Delegation from Japan Attends Virtual Reality Workshop in UET Lahore
LAHORE (25th January 2018) – A one of its kind workshop on virtual reality and industry took place in University of Engineering and Technology Lahore on 24th January 2018. It was arranged by Al-Khawarzmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS) UET. A Japanese delegation from STYLY Japan consisting of the high officials of the company – Nausharwan Mir (Head of Global Affairs/Chief Alliance Officer, STYLY), Michael Waite (Global Manager, STYLY), Sajid Khan (Global Manager, STYLY) and Sayaka Sagawara (Assistant Global Manager, STYLY) attended it and delivered presentations on the subject matter.
Director KICS UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood inaugurated the event and welcomed the guests. A large number of students attended this mega workshop, which subject appealed to everyone.
Dr. Waqar, in his address to the attendees, briefed about the virtual reality and told the students how important it was for them and for the upcoming days. He also revealed the career prospects, which the students could relish with this education of VR. He emphasized on the importance of technology.
Nausharwan Mir (Head of Global Affairs, STYLY) decompressed the big opportunities one could have by using virtual reality, which was fast increasing and developing in the world. “Biggies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and YouTube are using this technology, thus one can expect how big career movements can be in ahead if succeeded in this technology” – this is what was revealed over there. Mir also told the students to contact him directly for their projects on the subject. He offered the students paid internships in Japan and Pakistan. Besides he offered the jobs at STYLY Japan to the most intelligent students whose projects or creations the company passed.
Michael Waite, who is the Global Manager of STYLY), expressed about the number of users of virtual reality and told how increasingly it was soaring high in the entire world. He mentioned Pakistan and India being the largest populated countries could be the biggest users of VR in near future. He also unzipped the difference between Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Waite gave the examples of Instagram and Snapchat as to how they were using this technology by changing the faces of the people.
Global Manager STYLY, Sajid Khan, delivered the revenue figures of VR and its growth. It started working in 2016, when its revenue was 1.8 billion dollars and the estimated figure in 2020 could shoot to 37.7 billion dollars. He also depicted its use in daily life in entertainment (games, movies and live events). Khan then described how it could be used in virtual travel, education, employees training, healthcare, shopping, business meetings, socializing with friends and so on.
A contest was also revealed at the workshop in which students could participate. It was told that the winners of the students would be awarded with a paid trip to Japan and a job at STYLY Japan. The winning amount of the contest is upto one crore rupees, which will be distributed among the lucky winners.
Dr. Waqar, at the end of the event, distributed the shields among the guests.
KICS UET’s TICK and Careem Sign an Agreement
LAHORE – 19th January 2018 – TICK (KICS UET Lahore’s Lab) and Careem have signed an agreement to support UET’s campus based entrepreneurial ecosystem. MOU was signed by the officials of both sides during a ceremony recently. Careem is a Dubai based transportation company that operates in 53 cities of Middle East. It also operates its business in Pakistan.
KICS UET’s Officials Make Pakistan Proud in China
LAHORE (15th January 2018) – The final of Huawei ICT Skill Competition 2017 was conducted in Huawei Headquarters in Shenzen, China where 39 students from 10 different countries participated and these students were grouped into 13. 6 students, who won the national final in Pakistan, represented the country at the final and they were grouped into 2. Among 7000 students from 22 universities and colleges, these 6 students were chosen who bagged the national level contest of Huawei. 3 out of 6 were from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, whereas the rest of three were from NUST, Lahore Garrison University and Virtual University. The six students included Ayyaz Ahmad (UET Lahore), Muhammad Zubair (UET Lahore), Fatima Rashid Butt (UET Lahore), Malik Noor Muhammad (NUST), Shariq Malik (LGU) and Shamim Iqbal (Virtual University).
Thirteen teams (groups) fought for the final and Pakistani teams performed brilliantly and secured second prize. Lebanon team won the first prize whereas the third prize was secured jointly by Bahrain, Jordan and Oman. Excellent Tutor and Excellent Academy Awards were also distributed among six tutors and academic institutions from Middle East region. UET Lahore’s tutor Fahmeed Akram was awarded with the first position. These UETIANs (Ayyaz, Muhammad Zubair and Fahmeed Akram) also work for KICS (Al-Khawarzmi Institute of Computer Science), UET Lahore.
Senior representatives from participating countries’ embassies and consulates attended the award ceremony, in addition to other high-ranking government officials which included Mr. Ding Lianpu, Director of the Center for China-Foreign People-to-People Exchanges in China’s Ministry of Education, Professor Zhao Jianhua, Deputy Director for the International Center for Higher Education Innovation at UNESCO, Ms. Chen Lifang, Corporate Senior Vice President of Huawei Technologies, and Mr. Simon Lacey, Vice President of Huawei Global Government Affairs Department, and Mr. Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle East.
IEEE 5G and IoT Summit on Future Trends 2018 to Be Held in KICS on 23rd February
KICS UET Lahore is going to conduct a mega one-day event titled IEEE 5G and IoT Summit on Future Trends 2018, which is unique in its kind and will be much beneficial as well as informative for those seeking knowledge on the boosting technology of 5G. It is the era of technology and technological advancements and the communication technology is fast turning towards 5G, promising to support 1000 times more data at 100 times more speed. Thus a deep research is required within academia and industry. In order to generate a through awareness among the students and professionals, this colossal event has been arranged at Al-Khawarazmi Institute of Computer Science in UET Lahore on 23rd February, where the speakers will confer the participants with true insight into current research dimensions in different layers of 5G.
Registrations are open and being done on first come first serve basis. The deadline for the registration is 20th February. Rush your entries now. More details about the event and contact personnel can be found in the attached images. Registration process is also mentioned in the image. In order to be laced with complete details, you may visit the website at http://www.kics.edu.pk/ieee5giot/
