Showing posts with label MIT Campus. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Medical Image Processing Workshop using an open source platform - ITK and VTK


Objective: 
To provide hands on experience on Medical Image Processing applications using an open source platform - Insight Toolkit (ITK) & Visualization Toolkit (VTK)

Focus:
Participants will be given hands on experience and exposure to  
  • Fundamentals of Medical Image Processing
  • Visualization Toolkit (VTK)
  • Insight Toolkit (ITK)
  • Application development using ITK-VTK

Who can attend?
UG & PG Students in the area of Biomedical/Computer Science/Medical Software/Life Sciences/Allied Health Sciences and other interested streams.

Benefits to Participants
  • Participants get knowledge about application development for Medical Image Processing using open source platform (ITK & VTK)
  • Participants will be given certificates on successful completion of application development program.

     
Schedule:



  
 Maximum Participants - 25 (First Come First Serve Basis)
 Interested students can register at
 Manipal BoP Office, Academic Block 5, LG 02, MIT Campus, Manipal
 Ph. No: 0820-2925033


Last Date for Registration: February 10th 2012.

For more Details Contact:
Nandish S: 81056 00172 (Mob)

 

Thursday, January 19, 2012

4th - National Conference on Information Science, NCIS - 2012




&
Workshop
on
Signal Processing
23rd - 26th April, 2012

FPGA System Design using EDA Tools
25th - 26th April, 2012

Introduction
The Fourth National conference on Information Sciences (NCIS-2012) will be held during April  27th -28th, 2012 at Manipal Centre for Information Science (MCIS), Manipal, Karnataka, India. The institute is a state of the art of excellence, industry driven in the field of Health Care IT, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Wireless Technology.



MCIS was set up in the year 1998. The institute has been continuously striving for excellence in education and research with a mission of offering value based education. At MCIS, we create a vibrant atmosphere where the creativity and discipline strike balance. MCIS has been conducting Post Graduate courses in the highly specialized areas like Medical Software, VLSI Design, Embedded System Design, Mobile Computing, Virtualization, High Performance Computing and IT Management. All courses at MCIS has strong association with the industries like GE Medical Systems, Cerner, Synopsys, Philips, Whizchip, NXP Semiconductors, Manipal Dot Net and many more.

 Theme
NCIS provides the forum to researchers, engineers and academia to exchange the current and future trends in Healthcare IT, Electronics Sytsems Design and Information Sciences.

Conference Topics
  • Healthcare IT
  • VLSI Design
  • Embedded Systems
  • Mobile Computing
  • High Performance Computing
  • Virualization
  • Cloud Computing
Resource Persons
Eminent keynotes speakers from industries and R&D institutions will be invited to deliver special lectures on specific topics.

Participants
Academicians, engineers from industries, R&D personnel, researchers and industrialists from different parts of the country are invited to participate in the conference.

Call for Papers
One copy of the full paper not exceeding 6 pages, as per IEEE double column MS word format on any of the above related topics should be sent to the convener by e-mail. The accepted papers with full registration fees duly paid will be published in the proceedings of the conference; authors are requested to send their paper in editable format. PDF format will not be accepted.

Workshop - Signal Processing
The objective of the workshop is to give insight into bio-signal and speech processing.

Bio-Signal Processing: Introduction to signal processing, Concept of Bio signal processing, feature extraction, Dimensionality reduction, Statistics method LAB, Chi square test , ECG features, EEG signal processing, Basics of classifiers, NN, SVM, Signal processing using Speedy-33, NI kit.

Speech Signal Processing: A review Noise Estimation, Voice Activity detection Algorithm for ASR system, Speech Enhancement Algorithm for ASR system. Hybrid method for ASR system, Soft computing methods, Nonlinear models for Classifiers, Aggregation operators, SVD, K-means, EM, MRE, Chaos Theory.

DSP Architecture

Resource Person:
  • Dr Harikumar
  • Dr Ganesh Kumar
  • Engineer from Enixs
Workshop - FPGA System Design using EDA Tools
The main objective of the workshop is to turn the trainee into certified industry standard VLSI & Embedded System Design engineer. The training program consists of two primary modules. The first module focuses on latest trend in FPGA System Design, Quartus-2 version features, latest FPGA chips, Brushing up basics of Quartus-2 design flow, intro and implementation of state machine design entry, EDIF file, Integration to 3rd party EDA tools-Modelsim Functional and RTL level simulation, Debugging tools - Time quest analyzer tool, Power play power analyzer tool, Signal tap 2 embedded logic analyzer tool.

The second module gives and introduction to SOC and NOC based system designs and its latest trends, Brushing up SOPC based System Design, Interfacing Memory and its issues, Design of Embedded system design for real-time signal processing (Audio) and its verification, Intro and designing based on the next generation system integration tool from altera QSYS.


Resource Person:

  • Engineer from Enixs 

Maximum participation for the workshop is 30 numbers, it will be first come first serve basis. More about the workshop is attached and available at www.ncismanipal.org



The registration fee can be paid through a demand draft in favour of Manipal University, payable at Manipal/Udupi.


Downloads

Accommodation arrangements will be made on request.

For more information please visit







Chief Patron:
Dr Ramdas M Pai
Chancellor, Manipal University

Patron:
Dr H S Ballal
Pro-Chancellor, Manipal University
Dr Ramnarayan
Vice Chancellor, Manipal University
Dr H Vinod Bhat
Pro-Chancellor, Manipal University
Dr G K Prabhu
Registrar, Manipal University
Dr Kumkum Garg
Director, MIT, Manipal University

Chairman:
Prof Harishchandra Hebbar
Director, MCIS, Manipal University

Co-Chairman:
Prof Ramashesha C S
Prof Dinesh Rao
Prof Prashanth Kumar Shetty
Prof Arockiaraj S

Convenors:
Sundareshan C | Mohan Kumar J

Co-Convenors:
Balaji B | Chaitanya C V S

Coordinators:
Nandish S
Raghavendra Prabhu
Satyanarayan Shenoy P
Darryl Jeethesh D'Souza
Samarendranath Bhattacharya

Advisory Panel:
Dr N S Murthy, NXP Semiconductors, Bangalore
Dr Bhaskaran S, MaGE, Bangalore
Mr Balakrishna Rao, MaGE, Bangalore
Mr Ravishankar, Whizchip, Bangalore
Mr Vikas Soni, Whizchip, Bangalore
Dr Devi Prasad M, Robosoft, Udupi
Dr Shyam Vasudev, Forus, Bangalore
Mr Sayandeep Nag, Synopsys, Bangalore
Dr H G Joshi, MCIS, Manipal
Mr Shridhar Nayak, MCIS, Manipal
Mr Sathyendranath Malli, MCIS, Manipal
Mr Deepak Rao, MCIS, Manipal
Ms Keerthana Prasad, MCIS, Manipal
Ms Keerthana Balaji, MCIS, Manipal





Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Become an Amateur Radio Operator (HAM) today....and start a new hobby @ MIT...!

                                                                    


What is Amateur Radio?

Amateur radio is a community of people that use radio transmitters and receivers to communicate with other Amateur radio operators. Amateur radio operators are often called ham radio operators or simply "hams" and frequently the public is more familiar with this term than with the legal term Radio Amateur. Amateur (HAM) Radio is truly a hobby but often one that makes a difference especially in emergency or disaster situations. It is an activity of Self Learning, Inter-Communication & Technical Investigation carried on between Amateur Radio Operators. Amateurs talk to local friends over the radio waves using a hand-held transceiver, communicating digitally with packet radio to exchange personal messages or vital information in an emergency, talking to other hams anywhere in the world.

What Hams do with amateur radio?

  • Communicating with "very low power" is a challenge that many hams enjoy.
  • HF radio - Hams can talk to other hams in literally any part of the globe using HF radios.
  • Emergency and other volunteer services - Floods, landslides, earthquakes, Cyclones, Accidents (Rail / Road / Air). when ever `normal' communications go out, hams are ready to use their radios to provide emergency communication services to their communities.
  • Technical experimenting. Hams come from all walks of life ranging from technicians to engineers, teachers to scientists, and students to retirees. For many of them the attraction to the hobby is to build their own equipment whether it is just a simple antenna, something as complex as a transmitter, or an interface between their radio and a computer.
  • Talk to an astronaut. Yes, it is really possible. Space stations do have ham radio equipment and licensed ham astronauts take the time to make contacts with amateurs on earth. Hams also have satellites where you can bounce a signal to communicate with other hams on earth.
  • Satellite communications - Hams operate using their own satellites for world wide communication using Walkie-Talkies.... They are easy to use too.
 How to become Radio Amateur?

Amateur Radio Operators have to qualify in an examination conducted by Ministry of Communications, Government of India and obtain license for operating / possessing a Radio Station. Any individual above the age of 12 is permitted to appear for Amateur Station Operator License Examination and No Educational qualification is prescribed. It takes just two months (say two hours a day training) to become eligible for the examination. One should qualify a simple test conducted in three subjects namely
i) Morse Code (Transmission & Reception) ii) Communication Procedure iii) Basic Electronics.

The Officer-In-Charge, Wireless Monitoring Station, Dept. of Telecommunication under Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India is the authority for conducting these tests in their own town provided there are sufficient number of applicants. The licenses are issued by Wireless Planning & Co-ordination Wing of DOT, Govt. of India after passing the test in any of the following grades:
  1. Restricted Grade II -Permitting use of VHF/UHF only (i.e Walkie-Talkies).
  2. Grade II - Permitting HF/VHF/UHF frequencies but with limited transmitting power.
  3. Grade I- Permitting all amateur frequencies with higher power including latest techniques.
  4. Advance Grade- Permitting higher power and advanced techniques including Satellite Communication.
Who issues Amateur Radio License in India?
Every licensed Radio Amateur is given a call sign that is used to identify you and your location of license. Each country that has Amateur Radio status is allocated a range of call signs by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Amateur Radio License in India are licensed by the Wireless Planning & Coordination wing of Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India and enjoy a far more privileges of radio operation than "CB" radio operators do.

With these privileges come responsibilities and rules for the operation of an amateur radio station. Specifically, there are a few things that hams are not allowed to do: Hams are not allowed to do anything with their radios that makes them money in way. Ham radio is a hobby. Ham radio operator cannot `broadcast' to the public. This means that ham radio transmissions are meant to be received by other ham radio operators. While a short-wave radios will allow you to listen to the ham radio bands, what you will hear is hams talking to other hams and not music or other radio programs of `general' interest.

What is the benefit for the Students by Joining Amateur Hobby?
  • He/ She is introduced to the Scientific activity at a very young age and will create an awareness on the importance of Information Technology and Communications in their life.
  • He/ She will possess a license from the Ministry of Communications, Government of India and are encouraged to construct their own Transceiver or Purchase or Operate a Amateur Radio Station including Information Technology through Computers.
  • He/ She joins the fraternity and interact with other Students, Teachers, Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians, Kings and Prime Ministers from all over the World.
  • He/ She can take part or share information on the latest developments in various technologies.
  • He/ She can win a lot of Awards and Certificates by participating in various events all over the world sitting in their own room.
  • He/ She can discuss their views and ideas freely and can educate themselves & others to improve their knowledge on the Subject.
  • He/ She will inculcate the communication and leadership skills


If you are looking for HAM radio license, examinations etc away from MIT, please visit Amateur Radio
India for more details.

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