LAHORE (21st February 2018) – Fahmeed Akram, Manager Research and KICS and HUTIC, has been chosen for conducting the training for the HAINA TTT (Train the Trainer Training) program at Higher Education Commission in Islamabad. This is the second batch for this training, which commenced on February 6th at R & D Center at HEC Office. It will continue till two weeks. TTT session has been designed for the nominated trainers from each HAINA awarded university.

Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA) is a global education program launched in Pakistan last year under the MOU signed between Higher Education Pakistan and Huawei Technologies to boost up the R & D facilities in Pakistan.

LAHORE (31-01-2018) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Lahore Section Annual General Meeting was held in University of Engineering and Technology Lahore. It was organized by Al-Khawarazmi Institute of Computer Science and attended by the senior technical experts from academia and industry including the CEOs, CFOs and Directors of the Universities and Institutes respectively.  It is the 50th year of excellence of IEEE Lahore Section in Pakistan and at the AGM the golden jubilee was also celebrated. This event returned to UET Lahore after the hiatus of 20 years. Vice Chancellor UET Lahore Prof. Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khalid and Director KICS Dr. Waqar Mahmood chaired the meeting.

Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan (former Vice Chancellor LUMS) presented his keynote speech. The members of this annual general meeting discussed the betterment of the country in terms of technology and took initiatives in this regard. Other topics such as Robotics, Power and Energy, Control System and Communication were also discussed in detail. Dr. Amjad Hussain (Director FAST) and Dr. Shafay Shamail delivered their views very comprehensively on subject matter.

IEEE Lahore section is very active in helping the students and the researchers. It strengthens the linkage between the industry and academia. Researchers and professionals are thoroughly helped at local and international level in their respective researches.

The event concluded with the awards’ ceremony where IEEE national awards were presented to the students and members.

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 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/