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[IIOE Global Webinar] – Educating Future Engineers: Supporting Learning & Innovation in Higher Education
International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) in collaboration with IIOE Pakistan Center is organizing a Zoom Webinar themed ‘‘Educatin
This Thursday, IIOE invites Prof Jay Derrick from the Institute of Education(IOE), University College London (UCL) to guide us to evaluate the essence of ‘engineering’ from university to workplace, and provide concrete solutions that promote innovation in engineering teaching & learning.
- How to train students into professional engineers?
- How to embed ‘innovation’ in the engineering curriculum?
This webinar is the second session for the IIOE Engineering Education Special Series; to replay the first session, please visit [Webinar Replay] – A New Model to Engineering Education: the UCL Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP)
Webinar Information:
Topic: Educating Future Engineers- Supporting Learning & Innovation in Higher Education
Date : Thursday, January 20, 2022,
Time: 2:00 PM ~ 3:00 PM (PKT | GMT+5).
Zoom Link (Registration)：https://
Zoom Meeting ID: 884 9239 0900
Student intervarsity competition BRAINIAC’21 goes on campus amid ease in COVID restrictions
Under the banner of the International Conference on Open-Source Systems & Technologies (ICOSST) 2021, a student competition “BRAINIAC’21” was organized by Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), UET Lahore with co-sponsorship of IEEE ComSoc Lahore Chapter on 14-16 December 2021. This was the first on-campus event after COVID19 where students from various universities of the country participated zealously.
BRAINIAC is a national technical competition that provides opportunities for students to enhance and showcase their technical skills through a country-wide competition and win attractive cash prizes. The 3-day competition comprises different modules including project video, full-stack functional website, code champ, circuit genie, math gauge, and league of your own (gaming competition) in which students unleashed their technical skills and cherished a healthy competitive environment with the cash prizes of Rs. 1 Lac.
Around 180 participants from the universities including the University of Lahore, Information Technology University, FAST National University, Punjab University College of Information & Technology, and other campuses of the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore participated in the competition. The judges’ panel consisted of Dr. Ubaid Ullah, Dr. Umar Tabraiz Shami, Mr. Salman Fakhar, Mr. Umer Shahid, Mr. Muzammil Hassan, Mr. Rehan Naeem from the faculty of the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore.
On the last day of the module ‘league of your own, there was an elimination-based surprise game competition for the finalists that was revealed a day before. In this module the competition of a very famous console game, Tekken-7 was conducted.
The winners of all the modules were announced at the closing ceremony of the 15th International Conference on Open-Source Systems & Technologies (ICOSST) 2021. “The technical competitions foster the mindset that allows creativity to grow”, said Vice Chancellor UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar while speaking at the closing ceremony. Worthy Vice-Chancellor UET along with Director Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood distributed the cash prizes of Rs. 100,000 amongst the winners.
The event came to an end with a group photo of participants and the organizers of BRAINIAC’21 with distinguished guests.
We can take Pakistan on a fast track towards development and prosperity, says Governor Punjab, Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar at the 15th ICOSST 2021
“I am confident that the future of open source is bright and by using open-source technologies, we can take Pakistan on a fast track towards development and prosperity” says Governor Punjab, Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar at the 15th ICOSST 2021.”
Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), UET, Lahore took the initiative 14 years back to organize International Conference on Open-Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST). ICOSST is a signature event of KICS happening successfully at the institute since 2006. Like all previous conferences, the 15th edition was also massively successful and unique in its features inspiring researchers, academics, Industrial experts, public sector, and private organizations not only from across the country but also from around the world to witness quality research papers, invited talks, panel discussion and virtual exposition. Keeping the COVID perspective, this is the second consecutive year that the conference is being organized virtually using CISCO-powered online conferencing tool i.e., WebEx. The 2-day international conference was organized by Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), University of Engineering & Technology Lahore in technically co-sponsorship by IEEE USA.
The Federal Minister of Science and Technology, H.E. Shibli Faraz graced the opening ceremony of ICOSST-2021 with his presence as a Chief Guest. Minister for Higher Education, Government of Punjab, H.E. Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfraz, Vice Chairman, PM Task Force on Knowledge Economy & Chairman, PM Task Force on Science & Technology, Prof. Dr. Atta Ur Rehman, Chair IEEE Lahore Section, Dr. Amjad Hussain, and CTO Huawei, Mr. Shahzad Rasheed, were invited as Distinguished Guests. The Federal Minister of Science and Technology congratulated the organizers and participants of ICOSST 2021. He said, “Almost everything nowadays requires open-source software, including communications networks, inventory, accounting, personal productivity tools, contact management, and operating systems”. Vice-Chancellor UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar welcomed the honorable guests, invited speakers, industrial experts, and public and private institutes on their participation and also appreciated Dr. Waqar Mahmood and his team for putting their efforts in making the conference a success.
Collectively 243 researchers submitted their manuscripts from various countries including Pakistan, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia; only a handful top quality papers were accepted by the Technical Evaluation Committee qualifying the merit-based criteria. Speakers were invited from prestigious universities of Pakistan and other countries like Canada, Malaysia, Estonia, USA, Qatar, China to deliver talks in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Big data & Cloud computing, Robotics, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things (lot). A panel discussion was also held as a module of the conference themed ‘Future of Knowledge-based Economy in Pakistan’ moderated by Dr. Ali Hammad from the Computer Science Department, UET Lahore. The distinguished panel comprised Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Dr. Muhammad Tahir, Mr. Irfan Zafar, CEO Arham Soft, Mr. Ahmed Muzammil, CEO Gaper, Mr. Shahzeb Rathore, CEO Advanced Systems.
Director KICS, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood shared the modules of the conference with the participants and also highlighted the history of the International Conference on Open-Source Systems & Technologies at the opening ceremony. A virtual exposition was also designed where products from different research labs of KICS were displayed in a 3D environment. More than 20 industries showcased their products in the exposition. Participating industries include ArhamSoft Pvt.Ltd, CosmoSoft Buisness Solutions Pvt. Ltd, ZoxCell, Jolta Technologies, Global Technologies, ArbiSoft Pvt. Ltd, Techverx Pvt. Ltd, Desol Int, Tower Technologies, TechHive Pvt. Ltd, Ebryx, Xebex, Repairwala.Pk, Technology Systems, Silicon St.
A students-based competition “BRAINIAC’21” was also organized by IEEE UET Lahore in collaboration with IEEE Lahore Section and KICS where students from various institutes participated in different modules including project Video, Full Stack Functional Website, Code Camp, Design.com, Circuit Genie, Math Gauge, League of Your Own with the price money of up to Rs. 100,000.
The closing ceremony of the conference took place on the second day of the conference. Governor Punjab, H.E. Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar participated as a Chief Guest through a video message. “Today more than 80% of all software developers worldwide are using some level of open source one way or the other. I am confident that the future of open source is bright and by using open-source technologies, we can take Pakistan on a fast track towards development and prosperity” said Governor Punjab at the closing ceremony of ICOSST 2021. Director KICS, Dr. Waqar described briefly the 2-day event along with the recommendations made at the panel discussion. Vice Chancellor UET, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar praised Dr. Waqar and his team for conducting the 15th in its series conference successfully. The conference ended up with the certificate distribution to the participants and organizers. The winners of the students’ competitions were also announced and given the prizes.
Second Phase of Cadence EDA Tools Training Program concludes with the presence of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Higher Education, Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz.
“We have set the direction, but there’s still a long way to go,” says Minister Higher Education, Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz while speaking at the closing ceremony of the Cadence EDA tools training program (Phase-II).
A specialized training program (Phase-II) on Cadence EDA tools was organized at UET Lahore. A total of 17 trainees from the 8 leading educational institutes of Punjab including UET Lahore, UET KSK, UET Taxila, ITU Lahore, IUB Bahawalpur, MNS Multan, KFUEIT, Rahim Yar Khan, UOG, and UOC got their hands on the Cadence tools. Experts from various institutes shared their diversified experiences with the attendees. 8 days long training program was kicked off with an orientation session on 8th Nov 2021 led by Dr. Ahsan Tahir, and Dr. Ubaid U. Fayyaz that included a General Overview of ASIC Design Flow and a General Overview of Digital Logic Design and System Verilog.
Dr. Tayyab Mahmood from UET (RCET Campus), Dr. Bilal from 10x Engineers, Dr. Awais bin Altaf from LUMS, and Dr. Rashad Ramzan from FAST NUCES had sessions on various topics including PERL and TCL scripting for EDA Tools, Logic Verification in Cadence Xcelium, Genus Synthesis Solution with Stylus Common UI, Conformal Equivalence Checking, Innovus Implementation System, Innovus Clock Concurrent Optimization, and Analog/Mixed Design Flow respectively.
The training program came to an end with a closing ceremony which was graced by the Honorable Minister Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz with his presence as a Chief Guest. Director Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood not only briefed the Chair on different aspects of the training but also thanked him for his unprecedented support in achieving this great milestone again this year. “We focused on digital tools in the first phase of this training but this time we have included the analog components as well. We are also working with the instructors to encourage other Islamic universities to participate in the training sessions and include multiple courses as a regular curriculum.,” said Dr. Waqar Mahmood.
“This entire endeavor is the brainchild of Mr. Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz. With the help of Dr. Waqar, Dr. Tahir, and Dr. Bilal, we assisted him in developing an excellent proposal that is both technically effective and cost-efficient,” said Vice Chancellor UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar in his thanking note. He emphasized his strong belief in this initiative saying, Pakistan would be able to make a significant contribution through this facility.
Minister Higher Education, Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz specially thanked VC UET, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Director KICS, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood, and the Professors for their untiring efforts in the execution of the project. ”We have set the direction, but there’s still a long way to go. We need to make people aware especially in the Electrical Engineering field that this is the actual side with a lot of opportunities”. He emphasized the importance of developing quality human resources that will help in job creation. “The primary issue I’ve found is that academic skills do not develop in our graduates, courses in the university sector are kept very large. We teach comparative subjects with great ease.,” said Raja Yasir Humayun. He assured his maximum support in incentivizing chip design technologies like India to get maximum traction and quality outcome.
The closing ceremony was concluded with the presentation of certificates, and souvenirs among the participants, and trainers of the Cadence EDA tools training program.
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2021 IIOE Online Courses Competition
Dear Educators
Gear up for the first IIOE online courses competition to showcase your work and win exciting prizes.
About the competition
Co-launched by UNESCO-ICHEI and seewo, the first IIOE Online Courses Competition aims to offer a great chance for teachers from IIOE partner HEIs to showcase and improve their experience and skills in OBTL pedagogy.
The Competition will be divided into two parts: The Courseware Competition and The Video Course Competition. Participants are encouraged to participate in both competitions, still, they can choose to attend only one competition. Both officially started on November 1st, 2021. The winners of the Courseware Competition will be announced in January 2022. The top winner will receive a Sony camera. The winners of the Video Course Competition will be announced in June 2022 and the top winner will receive a Lenovo laptop.
Who is eligible?
Educators and professionals in HEIs around the globe are eligible to participate in the competition. You can choose to enter as individuals or in groups.
How to participate?
The submission form must be filled in and submitted to iioecompetition@ichei.org via Google Form before November 30th, 2021 (19h, Beijing Time) for the Courseware Competition and before January 30th, 2022 (19h, Beijing Time) for the Video Course Competition.
Entries for the Courseware Competition must be submitted to iioecompetition@ichei.org before December 25th, 2021 (19h, Beijing Time) via Google Drive; entries for the Video Course Competition must be submitted before April 15th 2022 (19h, Beijing Time).
Support Materials
Submission Form for The Courseware Competition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zQb8VQNI5LaZ-9rso2RRP4OWDdrNgbyyVB4wIsRXccI/edit
Submission Form for The Video Course Competition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1v-Ad97T2eXaBPikmhH7EoP6vJbf4ykR8gI49Sr81SwI/edit
More Questions? Email us at iioecompetition@ichei.org with “Competition question” in the subject line.
For more information, please download 2021 IIOE Online Courses Competition Guidelines and Technical Guide for 2021 IIOE Online Courses Competition.
Muhammad Tahir Naeem
Point of Contact,
IIOE National Center,
Pakistan.
Email: tahir.naeem@old.kics.edu.pk
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[IIOE – Teachers ICT Capability Training Series] – Logicalization & Visualization of Teaching Presentation
Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Director KICS-UET Lahore, represents Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan at The Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) 2021 held in Dubai, UAE.
The Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) 2021 is a major industry event organized by the UN Broadband Commission and Huawei. This event provides a great opportunity for stakeholders from the industrial sector to communicate and work together to develop a sustainable ecosystem for the ultra-broadband industry.
Under the theme “Extend Connectivity, Drive Growth,” Huawei, world-leading operators, industry partners, and other industry elites from all over the world gathered at UBBF 2021 to explore possible prospects and challenges in the ultra-broadband market.
Representing the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan at the UBBF 2021, Dr. Waqar Mahmood explained how HEC is playing its pivotal role in accelerating digitalization and creating new value in Education. ICTs are of mandatory importance in higher education so as to improve teaching, R&D activities, deliver high-quality services for efficient operations, and support education application and information technologies. HEC not only introduced the smart universities concept in Pakistan but has implemented the idea over a period of time by creating 350+ e classrooms, providing 130+ universities with WIFI services, and making around 105 universities safe through surveillance services. HEC is able to connect 50 cities and 1000+ universities and colleges via PERN IP and by 2025, it is expected that 50% of colleges out of 3000+ will connect PERN.
“Robust environment for learning and teaching, jobs growth in the targeted segment, improve equity education, and changes in students’ outcomes are few key impacts of the cloud network convergence in education,” said Dr. Waqar while speaking at the UBBF 2021.
Mr. Ryan Ding, Executive Director of the Board, President of the Carrier BG, Huawei, Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU, Mr. Bocar A. BA, CEO & Board Member, SAMENA Telecommunications Council UAE, Mr. Rodrigo Abreu, CEO, Oi Brazil along with other distinguished speakers from around the world also presented at the forum.
Whereas, Mr. Imran Ali Shah, Sr. Manager Research at KICS, Prof. Dr. Zia ul Qayyum, Vice-Chancellor, Allama Iqbal Open University, Dr. Bhai Khan Shar, VC SABS University of Art, Design & Heritage, Jamshoro, Mr. Niaz from Huawei Pakistan, and the representatives from the University of Karachi also attended the forum representing Pakistan.
The participants at the forum discussed how to build a future-proof ultra-broadband network infrastructure, how to extend connectivity boundaries, and how to open up new space in the industry in order to achieve new business growth.
[IIOE Global Webinar] – A New Model to Engineering Education: the UCL Integrated Engineering Program (IEP)
Greetings from IIOE – UET Lahore!
Engineering Education, associated with technology, practice, and innovation, is placed at the heart of higher education digital transformation today in cultivating the C21 capable engineers.
- What are the emerging trends in today’s engineering education?
- How to prepare engineering graduates for work-ready engineering professionals?
- How to improve engineering education quality & effectiveness as a systematic approach?
This Saturday, IIOE has invited Prof Abel Nyamapfene from University College London (UCL) to guide us to explore the state-of-the-art engineering education practices!
Information
Topic: A New Model to Engineering Education: the UCL Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP)
Date : Saturday, October 23, 2021,
Time: 3:00 PM ~ 4:30 PM ( PKT | GMT+5 )
Language： English
