Bhaderwah , July 15th : Two Week Summer School on Computer Vision (Under the KARYASHALA Scheme – A SERB initiative) Funded by: Scienceand Engineering Research Board (SERB),Department of Science and Technology, Government of India,under the Accelerate Vigyan Scheme Organized by : Department of Computer Science and IT, Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu concluded here today.
The Programme was funded byScience and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under the Accelerate Vigyan Scheme.
In the Summer School, 40 applicants from various Institution of India which includes IIT, Mandi, CSIR Lab, Chandigarh, MRSTU, Bathinda, IIIT Nagpur, Delhi University, PES Bangalore, NIT Kurukshetra , GCW Parade Jammu and offsite campus of University of Jammu had applied and after screening , 18 Students had been shortlisted for the course.
In addition to it, 4 week Internship on Digital Image Processing and Data Modelling Tools for Healthcare/Satellite Imagery is also running from 4 July 22-29 July 22 in which 13 Participants have applied and max 5 Participants were allowed to join as per DST .In this 4 Week Internship, 5 Researchers from LPU, BGSB University Rajouri, CSIR Lab
Chandigarh, IIIT Nagpur have joined the course and they will be working under Dr Ashok Sharma for the entire duration.
This is first in any state university in Jammu and Kashmir , these courses has been approved by DTS SERB for PG/PhD Students under State University Faculty.
In the Summer School and Internship , Participants have worked on Various Tools like Rapid Miner, Weka, Orange, Tableau, PyCharm and learnt how real world problems can be mapped and solved using Artificial intelligence based approaches.
Prof Umesh Rai Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu extended his best wishes on the occasion to organiser.
Dr Ashok Sharma, Assistant Professor was the main resource person in the event, he delivered 40 session on various tools for research, various opportunities for researcher at National and Internationallevel. Dr Ashok also took session on writing project proposal for DST,Book Chapter, Patent and copyright filling.
Dr Sandeep from Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, Dr Om Jee from IIT, BHU, Dr Shashi from IIT Ropar, Dr Dharmendra from VIT Vellore, Dr Karan Nathwani from IIT, Jammu, Prof Sachin from LPU, Mr Cheering from University of Jammu have also delivered session on various topics related to the theme of the summer School.
Speaking on the occasion , Dr Ashok Sharma apprised the gathering about the Tools covered and assignments completed by participants which includes book chapter writing, patent writing, data. Modelling Shivam ,Ms Shivani, Mr Usamn,Ms Shiwalika from different campus of universities shared their feedback.
Dr Ashok Sharma extended his sincere thanks to all staff members,Technical staff and various office staff members for extending their kind support for the successful completion of summer school. He also extended his thanks to Prof Rahul Gupta ,Rector Bhaderwah Campus , Dr Jatinder Manhas (Head) Computer Science Mr Mujeeb Sheikh AR , Dr Abid Sarwar, Ms Bablu Sharma , Dr Neeraj, Mr Ajay , Mr Waseem for their support in organising the event.
On the occasion, Chief Guest Sh. SK Varshney, Scientist Department of Science and Technology and Head, International Cooperation. Division of Government of India presented his talk on various initiatives by government of India at National and International Division.
Prof Rahul Gupta ,Rector Bhaderwah Campus in his address also appreciated the effort of Dr Ashok Sharma for organising Two Week Summer School sponsored by SERB, New Delhi.
Dr Jatinder Manhas extended his thanks to all staff and faculty members for their cooperation for the successful completion of the Summer School.
