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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

NEP 2020 has helped in making Engineering courses inclusive and modern

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 completed three years of its inception on July 29 and has brought dramatic changes in the educational ecosystem, by bringing in multidisciplinarity to implementing multiple entry and exit options. Apart from policy changes in schools and colleges, teacher training has been emphasised to ensure the effective implementation of NEP 2020. Technical education will see a massive facelift with the introduction of a few inclusive initiatives giving a boost to regional language as the medium of learning.

Read the full article: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/nep-2020-has-helped-in-making-engineering-courses-inclusive-and-modern/articleshow/102543944.cms

AICTE to organise KAVACH-2023 hackathon to address challenges in cybersecurity domain

In the Finale, participants will unveil their concepts, substantiating their technical viability and real-world application

With over 100 teams from higher educational institutions poised to engage in presenting their ideas and solutions in the cybersecurity domain, the stage is set for KAVACH 2023, a national hackathon organised jointly by the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell, AICTE, Bureau of Police Research and Development, and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) to kick-start its journey. The initiative aims to unearth innovative ideas and technological solutions to address the challenges confronting law enforcement agencies and ordinary citizens in the realm of cybersecurity.

The hackathon will be launched across five strategic nodal centres: Bhopal's IES College of Technology, Bangalore's AMC Engineering College, Bhubaneswar's Centurion University of Technology and Management, New Panvel's Pillai College of Engineering, and Greater Noida's GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management.The event will have an eclectic array of 20 problem statements, calling upon the students to compete for the top ranks by submitting their visionary solutions. Among the problem statements are a new-age women's safety app, an obscenity blocker solution, an advanced fake news detection system, a phishing detection solution, cutting-edge ANPR and FRS solutions, a dark web crawler, a spam alert system, a malware analysis tool, a CCTV analytics solution, a RAM dump collection tool, a citizen safety app for safeguarding against cybercrimes, an indigenous crypto currency investigation tool, to mention a few.

In the finale, participants will unveil their concepts, substantiating their technical viability and real-world application.

Balaji Srivastava, DG, BPR&D said, "Participants in this Hackathon are embarking on a journey of creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving. It is their chance to innovate, collaborate and impact digital security for a safer tomorrow."AICTE chairman Prof TG Sitharam, while underscoring the significance of this event, said, "KAVACH-2023 challenges India's innovative minds to envision ideas and frameworks in the domain of cybersecurity, leveraging artificial intelligence, deep learning, machine learning, automation, big data, and cloud computing."Vice-chairman of AICTE Abhay Jere further explained, "This unique opportunity welcomes higher institutional students and startups from India to present their innovative ideas and concepts for various problem statements."

Source: Education Times dated 8th August 2023

URL: https://www.educationtimes.com/article/newsroom/99733346/aicte-to-organise-kavach-2023-hackathon-to-address-challenges-in-cybersecurity-domain

It’s not so much machines we should worry about

In the 1940s a journalist asked Claude Shannon, one of the founders of information theory, “can machines think?” Shannon said, “I compute so.” Both his distinction, between thinking and computing, and their deliberate conflation in his aphorism help us understand the current spectacle around ‘AI’. Governments worldwide have moved from a position of “we’re catching up” ignorance, to embarking on “regulating AI”, to a self-regulatory Bill of Rights.

Read the full article on Page No. 14 in the Print edition of The Times of India dated 8th August 2023.

Monday, August 7, 2023

AICTE & Meta launches Creators of Metaverse Programme to build India’s future workforce

The programme seeks to equip 100,000 college students and 20,000 faculty members with the essential knowledge and technical skills in Augmented Reality (AR) through the Meta Spark platform.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Meta have announced the launch of the ‘Creators of Metaverse’ programme – a pioneering initiative aimed at preparing India’s youth for the future of immersive technology. The launch event took place at the AICTE headquarters in New Delhi.

According to an official release, the ‘Creators of Metaverse’ programme will be managed by One Million for One Billion (1M1B) . It seeks to equip 100,000 college students and 20,000 faculty members with the essential knowledge and technical skills in Augmented Reality (AR) through the Meta Spark platform. The initiative rolled out through the AICTE Training and Learning Bureau (TLB), will play a crucial role in transforming India’s education landscape and fostering innovation among the youth.

Read the full article - AICTE & Meta

New Arrivals in the Library: Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice by Dieter Schmalstieg and Tobias Hollerer

Today’s Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide to Augmented Reality

By overlaying computer-generated information on the real world, augmented reality (AR) amplifies human perception and cognition in remarkable ways. Working in this fast-growing field requires knowledge of multiple disciplines, including computer vision, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction. Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice integrates all this knowledge into a single-source reference, presenting today’s most significant work with scrupulous accuracy. Pioneering researchers Dieter Schmalstieg and Tobias Höllerer carefully balance principles and practice, illuminating AR from technical, methodological, and user perspectives.

Coverage includes

Displays: head-mounted, handheld, projective, auditory, and haptic
Tracking/sensing, including physical principles, sensor fusion, and real-time computer vision
Calibration/registration, ensuring repeatable, accurate, coherent behavior
Seamless blending of real and virtual objects
Visualization to enhance intuitive understanding
Interaction–from situated browsing to full 3D interaction
Modeling new geometric content
Authoring AR presentations and databases
Architecting AR systems with real-time, multimedia, and distributed elements

This guide is indispensable for anyone interested in AR, including developers, engineers, students, instructors, researchers, and serious hobbyists.

Class No.: 006.8

Acc. Nos.: 29564 to 295668

Intended Audience: Students of BE INFT Semester VII (University of Mumbai)

Subject: ITDO7022 AR VR

Book Recommended by: Asst. Prof. Pratibha Rane

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New Arrivals in the Library: Augmented Reality by Chetankumar Shetty

Augmented Reality - Theory, Design and Development Paperback by Chetankumar G Shetty

This book offers a unique blend of theoretical and practical aspects of AR concepts. Written lucidly, it guides readers to understand the complex mathematical derivations and architecture used in developing AR applications. Replete with real-world examples and case studies, readers will get hands-on experience in programming, prototyping and implementation. From AR enthusiasts to researchers and developers, the book targets undergraduate and postgraduate, software professionals, technology learners, and all interested. Salient features: latest industry trends in AR, such as, natural feature tracking, mobile augmented reality topics on computer vision & computer graphics usage in AR, and designing & developing mobile to arouse systems integration of theory and mathematical aspect for developing AR app in-depth coverage of programming AR.