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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 08:08:25+00:00

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A TwoDay Workshop on “Deep Learning in various Research Domains” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi during Feb. 21& 22, 2019. Forty-Five participants from Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges participated in the Workshop. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal and Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) had provided able support for making all necessary arrangements for the two day workshop. Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Assistant Professor (Sr. grade)/MCA welcomed the gathering. Coordinator, Dr.P.Radha, Professor briefed about the purpose of the workshop.
On the first day, “An overview of Deep Learning Algorithms” was given by Dr.K.Muneeswaran,Sr.Prof.& Head/CSE. He also illustrated the significance of Deep Learning in today’s era. A Hands-on Session on “Deep Learning for Text Analytics” was handled by Mrs.L.Prasika, AP/MCA. She explained the impact of deep learning in Text Analytics and gave a Hands-on on various Deep learning algorithms used for text classification, Natural Language understanding etc.
A Hands-on session on “Deep Learning in Medical Image Processing” was handled by Dr.D.Selvathi, Sr.Prof./ECE. She demonstrated different Deep Learning Algorithms with various Medical Image datasets.
. A Hands-on session on “Deep Networks for Material Data Testing” was handled by Dr.P.Radha, Professor/MCA. She explained the impact of deep network for testing the material composites.
On the second day, a Hands-on session on “Deep Learning for image processing” was handled by Dr.S.VanithaSivagami, Asso.Prof./CSE. She gave a practical exposure on handling images using Deep Learning Algorithms.
A Hands-on session on “Deep Learning in Cloud Computing” was handled by Mr.K.Kanagaraj, AP(Sr)/MCA. He gave a practical exposure to Google Colaband illustrated how deep learning helps in cloud computing field.
Mrs.L.Prasika, AP/MCA handled a hands-on session on “Deep Learning for Time series Data”. Her hands-on session included the deep learning algorithms for better prediction in handling the Time series data like weather forecasting, Sales prediction etc.
In the Valedictory function, certificates were distributed to the participants by Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA). The workshop coordinator, Mrs.L.Prasika, AP/MCA, proposed the vote of thanks.
A Three Day Hands-on workshop on Automated Software Testing Tools was conducted during February 14th to 16th, 2019. 59 participants from different colleges attended the programme. The inaugural address was delivered by our Director of MCA, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran.
He also delivered a lecture on Fundamentals of Software Testing on 14.2.2019. Mrs. B. Saroja AP/IT handled a session on Black box testing techniques and Junit on 14.2.2019. In the afternoon session, Mr.V. Neethidevan and Mr. J. Murugachandravel conducted a Hands-on session on Unit Testing Tool, Junit.
On 15.2.2019, the forenoon session was handled by Mr.V. Neethidevan, on the topic, Levels of Testing and practical issues in Software Testing.
In the afternoon session, Mr. V. Neethidevan and Mr. J. Murugachandravel conducted a hands-on session on Selenium IDE and Katalon tools.
On 16.2.2019, Mr. V. Neethidevan handled a session on Performance Testing. He also gave a Demo on Jmeter and Web driver programs using Selenium.
The Valedictory function was presided by Dr.G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director / MCA Department. He also delivered the valedictory address and distributed certificates to the participants. The participants were more satisfied with the course as they had Hands on session on all the Testing tools. Finally, the course Co-ordinator, Mr.J.Murugachandravel proposed the vote of thanks.
A Two Day Workshop on “Big Data Analytics and Visualization Tools” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi during Dec. 20 & 21, 2018. Twenty five participants from Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges participated in the Workshop. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal and Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) had provided able support for making all necessary arrangements for the two day workshop. Dr. P. Radha, Professor/MCA welcomed the gathering and delivered the Inaugural address. Coordinator, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) briefed about the purpose of the workshop. Twenty five participants from other colleges participated in the workshop. Both days had technical talks and hands-on sessions also.
On the first day, “An overview and significance of Big Data Analytics in the present day scenario, its utility in providing strategic intelligence inputs for taking policy decisions to succeed in business and marketing; thus stay ahead of the competitors was given by Mr.S.Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA. He also gave an overview of the features of various open source and proprietary Big Data Analytics Platforms and Tools. A Hands-on Session on “Data Analysis and Visualization using Python” was handled by Dr.P.Radha, Prof./MCA. She elaborated on generating various charts, graphs, etc. using Python. A Hands-on session on “Parallel Programming using Hadoop” was handled by Mr. K. Kanagaraj, AP(Sr.)/MCA. He demonstrated the utility of the Hadoop distributed file system and Map-Reduce concepts in implementing parallel programming technique for Big Data Analytics. A Hands-on session on “Apache Pig & Hive” was handled by Mr. P. Vinoth, AP(Sr.)/CSE. He demonstrated analyzing large data sets and expressing data analysis programs practically.
On the second day, a Hands-on session on “NoSQL: MongoDB” was handled by Mr.K.Thirumoorthy, AP(Sr.)/CSE. He gave a practical exposure on handling big data using MongoDB. A Hands-on session on “Data Visualization using TABLEAU” was handled by Mr.V.Neethidevan, AP(Sl.)/CSE. He demonstrated the advanced features and capabilities of TABLEAU compared to other excel sheets. An overview of various “Data Visualization Tools” used in Big Data Analytics and their significance in providing useful information to data scientists was discussed by Mrs. S. Geetha, AP(Sr.)/MCA.
In the Valedictory function, certificates were distributed to the participants by Mr.V.Neethidevan, AP(Sl.Grade)/MCA. Coordinator, Mrs. S. Geetha, AP(Sr.)/MCA, proposed the vote of thanks.
A Five Day Hands-on Workshop on “Network Simulation using NS-2 and NS-3” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi during Jan. 07 - 11, 2019. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal had provided able support towards making all necessary arrangements for the five day workshop. Convener, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) welcomed the gathering and delivered the Inaugural address. Coordinator, Mr.S.Amirtharaj, Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade) briefed about the purpose of the workshop. Twenty four participants from Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges participated in the Workshop. The participants were imparted hands-on training in network simulation using ns-2 on the first two days and hands-on training in network simulation using ns-3 during the remaining three days.
On the first day, “An overview of Computer/Communication Network Modeling & Simulation and NS-2 Architecture was given by Mr.S.Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA. He gave a step by step demonstration on Installation of NS-2. Hands-on Sessions on “Simulation of Wired Networks using NS-2, how to View Network Animation using Nam and Generate charts using XGraph”, was also handled by him. On the second day Hands-on sessions on “Simulation of Wireless Networks using NS-2”, “Traffic and Scenario Generation for Large Networks” and “Adding new modules/Components in NS-2” was also handled by Mr.S.Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA.
On the third day, “An overview of NS-3 Architecture, comparison of NS-2 and NS-3” was given by Mr.S.Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA. He gave a step by step demonstration on Installation of NS-3 and associated packages. Hands-on Sessions on “Simulation of Wired and heterogeneous Networks using NS-3, how to View Network Animation using NetAnim”, was also handled by him.
On the fourth day Mr.S.Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA handled Hands-on sessions on “Simulation of Wireless Networks using NS-3”, and “Network Traffic Analysis using Wireshark”. Mr.K.Kanagaraj, AP(Sr.)/MCA handled a Hands-on session on “Programming using Python” and the participants were give practical exposure to execute network socket programming using python.
On the fifth day, Hands-on sessions on “Network Simulation using python programs in NS-3”, “Scale up larger topologies using NS-3 helpers” and “Simulation of LTE networks, VANETs, etc.” were handled by Mr.S.Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA.
In the Valedictory function, certificates were distributed to the participants by Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA). Coordinator, Mr.S.Amirtharaj, proposed the vote of thanks.
The Fourth National Seminar on Research Issues in Computer and Communication Networks was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) during September 28 & 29, 2018. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal, had provided able support for making all necessary arrangements for the national seminar. Convener, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) welcomed the gathering and delivered the Inaugural address. Coordinator, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) briefed about the purpose of the Seminar. Thirty four participants from other colleges attended the programme. Both days had two technical talks and one hands-on session.
On the first day, in the first session, a technical talk on “Recent Trends and Research Issues in Antenna Design for Wireless Networks” was delivered by Dr. K. Kavitha, Associate Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. She cited the widespread usage of mobile devices nowadays and discussed the factors which necessitate the development of new antennas like microstrip antenna. She also discussed the issues involved in design of recently developed novel antennas.
In the second session, a technical talk on “Research Issues in Cloud Computing” was delivered by Dr. J. Angela Jennifa Sujana, Associate Professor, IT Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. She elaborated on the recent research areas which are capable of enhancing the efficiency and utilization of cloud computing.
In the third session, hands-on training on cloud computing using CloudSim was imparted to the participants by Mr. K. Kanagaraj, Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade), Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. The participants were provided exposure to running practical programs for managing real-time cloud computing scenarios.
On the second day, in the first session, a technical talk on “Research Issues in Network Security” was delivered by Dr. W. Sylvia Lilly Jebarani, Associate Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. She discussed the various security issues in networks and the recent research proposals which can provide good solutions. She also elaborated on the intricacies of steganography based research proposals.
In the second session, a technical talk on “Research Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks” was delivered by Dr. S. Kavi Priya, Associate Professor, IT Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. She discussed the applications and issues which are unique to wireless sensor networks. She presented a fuzzy based distributed power aware routing scheme considering both energy and bandwidth constraints, especially for query driven applications in the asynchronous duty cycled wireless sensor networks.
In the third session, hands-on training on network simulation using ns-3 was imparted to the participants by Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade), Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. The participants were guided to install the ns-3 package, run wired and wireless network simulation programs. The participants viewed the animations using the netanim tool, after running the simulations using ns-3. They were also given practical exposure to network performance analysis using post processing tools like tcpdump, gnuplot and wireshark.
In the Valedictory function, certificates were distributed to the participants by Dr.P.Radha, Professor / MCA. Coordinator, Mr. A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh, proposed the vote of thanks. Participants told that the national seminar provided good insights on recent research areas in computer and communication networks, and how to go about doing research.
A Two Day Workshop on “Developing Professional Skills” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) for the I Year & II Year MCA students during September 26 & 27, 2018. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) was the Convener. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, SlAP/MCA and Mr.S.S. Akilan, Sr.AP/MCA were the Coordinators.
The workshop was held at Nano Science & Technology Block Seminar Hall of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. In the Inaugural function, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran delivered the Inaugural address and spoke about the purpose of the Workshop. Eleven sessions were conducted during the two day workshop.
On the first day of the workshop, Dr. G. Balamurugan, Sr. Professor and Director/MBA, and Dr. J. Praveen Paul, Professor/MBA, threw light on Outcome Based Education. Mr. S. Mageshwar, AP(Sr.Grade)/MBA, spoke about the importance of communication and pointed out methods for improving communication skills. Mr. K. Kanagaraj, AP(Sr)/MCA, gave a lecture on Developing Problem Solving Skills in which he emphasized the importance of writing own source codes. Mrs. L. Prasika, AP/MCA, discussed about how to develop Leadership skills. Mr. N. Sundareswaran, AP(Sr)/MCA, gave tips for how to attend technical interviews. Mrs. S. Geetha, AP(Sr)/MCA, pointed out various skills that the students have to improve. Mr. V. Neethidevan, AP(Sl.Grade)/MCA, gave a talk on Developing Soft Skills.
On the second day of the workshop, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, AP(Sr)/MCA, threw light on various methods of enhancing placement prospects. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, AP(Sl.Grade)/MCA, spoke on team building skills and improving group discussion skills. Mr. A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh, AP(Sr)/MCA, threw light on developing Creative and Critical Thinking skills. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director/MCA, explained the methods of How to Become a Rank Student.
Dr. N. Selvakumar, Senior Professor/Mechanical Engineering, delivered the Valedictory Address and distributed certificates to the students.
A total of 61 students participated in the workshop and were benefited.
A Two Day Workshop on “Recent Advancements and Trends in Computer Science and Applications,” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications for the II and III Year MCA students, during August 16 & 20, 2018. Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr.Prof. & Director (MCA) was the convener, Mr.V.Neethidevan, SlAP/MCA and Mr.S.Amirtharaj, SrAP/MCA were the coordinators of the workshop. Dr.G.Chandrasekaran delivered the Inaugural Address.
Dr.P.Radha, Prof./MCA distributed the certificates to the participants in the valedictory function. Mr.V.Neethidevan, coordinator proposed the vote of thanks.
The MCA Department of our college has conducted the 11th National Seminar on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing on 16th & 17th March, 2018. A total of 41 participants attended the seminar. The participants included Faculty members, Research Scholars and PG students from various Universities and Colleges all over Tamilnadu. Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Director/MCA and Convener of the seminar, delivered the inaugural address.
Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Director/MCA, delivering the Inaugural Address.
Mr.V.Neethidevan, Assistant Professor(Sl.G)/MCA and Coordinator of the workshop, delivered the welcome address.
Co-ordinator Mr.V.Neethidevan, delivering the Welcome Address.
Dr. S.Vanitha Sivakami, Associate Professor/CSE, handled a thought provoking session on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing.
Dr. S.Vanitha Sivakami, Associate Professor/CSE, delivering a session.
Dr. P. Ithaya Rani, Associate Professor/CSE, delivered an impressive lecture on Human Recognition from Video Surveillance using Machine Learning Techniques.
Dr.B.Vijayakumari, AP(Sl.G)/ECE of our college handled the session on DENTAL BIOMETRICS: Research methodologies and Issues.
Dr. W. Sylvia Lilly Jebarani, Associate Professor /ECE of our college handled a wonderful session on IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY AND STEGANALYSIS.
All the sessions were very interactive and useful for the participants to carry out their research in several areas of Image Processing.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Convener, delivered the valedictory address and distributed the certificates to participants. Mr.J.Murugachandravel, Assistant Professor(Sl.G)/MCA and Coordinator of the seminar proposed the vote of thanks.
A Two day FDP on Advanced Databases was organized during February 2 and 3, 2018. 27 participants from different colleges attended the programme. The inaugural address was delivered by our Director of MCA, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran.
Mr. V. Neethidevan, AP(Sl.Grade)/MCA focused on the distributed environment, protocols for handling concurrent transactions and protocols for ensuring atomicity in transactions.
Ms. L. Prasika, AP/MCA, handled a session on Spatial and Temporal databases. She discussed about the importance of using time information in databases.
Mrs. S. Geetha, AP(Sr.Grade)/MCA, highlighted about the various data structures used for storing data in audio databases and video databases. She also discussed about the various queries in audio and video databases.
Mr. A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh, AP(Sr.Grade)/MCA, explained about XML, its features of storing and manipulating data in the web. He also explained about data retrieval in the xml environment. He elucidated the features of Document Type Definition.
Dr. P. Radha, ASP/MCA Department, delivered a session on Object Orineted Databases. She explained about the object oriented concepts used in databases and explained about the storage, retrieval and manipulation of the data.
The Valedictory function was presided by Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director / MCA Department. He delivered the valedictory address and distributed certificates to the participants. The course coordinator, Mr. V. Neethidevan, AP (Sl.Grade)/MCA proposed the Vote of Thanks.
A Four Day Hands-on Workshop on Network Performance Analysis using NS-3 was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi during December 27-30, 2017. Principal, Dr.S.Arivazhagan had made all the necessary arrangements for the Workshop. Convener of the Workshop, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) welcomed the gathering. He spoke about the significance of organizing such workshops for dissemination and interchange of ideas in recent topics. Coordinator, Mr.S.Amirtharaj detailed about the purpose of the Workshop. He spoke on how the workshop provides motivation for pursuing research and funded projects in the area of wired and wireless networks. Convener, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran released the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) containing the Course Material of the Workshop and Dr.P.Radha, Associate Professor/MCA received the first copy of the course material.
On the first day, Resource Person, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Asst. Prof. (Sr. Grade) gave an overview of Network Modeling & Simulation and the significance of network simulator NS-3. He also detailed about the architecture of NS-3 and guided the participants to install NS-3 and the necessary packages in their individual computers. In the afternoon session, Mr.N.Umakanth, Asst. Prof. / CSE, handled a hands-on session on simulation of wired networks.
On the second day, Mr.N.Umakanth, Asst. Prof. / CSE, handled a hands-on session on Trace File analysis using Trace Metrics and Wireshark. He also handled a hands-on session on network animation using Pyviz and Netanim. In the afternoon session, Mr.K.Kanagaraj, Asst. Prof. (Sr. Grade) gave an overview of Programming using Python and gave hands-on exposure in running Python Programs, to the participants.
On the third day, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Asst. Prof. (Sr. Grade), handled the hands-on session on simulation of infrastructure based wireless networks, Ad Hoc Networks and LTE networks. In the afternoon session, the participants were given a hands-on demo on network administration, at the Server Room of the Computer Block, by Mr.N.Balaganesh, Asst. Prof. (Sr. Grade) / CSE, and a hands-on demo on Internet access management, at the Internet Server Room, by Mr.P.Rajkiran, Technician/CSE.
On the fourth day, Mr. N. Sundareswaran, Asst. Prof., handled a hands-on session on Parallel Programming. In the afternoon session, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, gave hands-on exposure on adding & binding new modules inside NS-3 to the participants.
68 delegates including Professors, Research Scholars and PG students from various Colleges (including 5 participants from Andhra Pradesh) participated in the workshop. Coordinator, Mr. S. Amirtharaj proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. P. Radha, Associate Professor/MCA distributed the certificates to the participants.
A Four day Workshop on Recent Trends in Advanced Computing and Frameworks was conducted from 11/12/2017 to 14/12/2017, by the MCA Department. Mr. A. D. C. Navin Dhinnesh, coordinator of the workshop, delivered the welcome address and Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr. Professor & Director, Department of Computer Applications (MCA) inaugurated the workshop.
Mr.N. Sundareswaran, AP/MCA acted as the resource person for the fore noon session on the first day of the workshop. He discussed about the features of Google Go programming language. The participants were given hands on training to create Google Go programs. Mr.A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh, AP / MCA was the resource person for afternoon session, and he discussed about the Advanced concepts of .NET Framework and its programming skills. The participants were given few programs for develop and execute on their own in Open Source Monodevelop IDE. During the second day of the workshop, Dr. G. Indumathi, Professor/ECE, acted as the resource person. She gave a detailed introduction on how to implement the various Frameworks into real programs using MATLAB. She also gave a brief overview of the research areas in Scientific Computing. In the afternoon, Mr. N. Sundareswaran, AP/MCA delivered a talk on Cognitive Computing. He also gave a brief overview pertaining to few research topics in cognitive computing.
Mr. P. Vinoth, Assistant Professor/ CSE Department, acted as the resource person for the forenoon session on the third day and he discussed about the importance of Cloud Computing and its features. The participants were given hands on session for developing a cloud environment and also they were given training in Cloud Sim emulator. The afternoon session on the third day was handled by Ms. L. Prasika, during which discussed about various algorithms and concepts of Semantic Computing. Mr. S. S. Akilan, AP/MCA acted as the resource person on the fourth day of the workshop, and he discussed about Razor tool for developing web applications. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director, MCA department acted as resource person and he delivered a talk on Linguistic Computing. He gave few budding research topics to the participants for pursuing their research.
The workshop was very interactive and all the participants were very happy and found that the program was very effective. During Valedictory, certificates were distributed to the to the participants and Mr. N. Sundareswaran, coordinator of the workshop proposed the vote of thanks.
4 Day FDP on Software Testing using Automated Tools was conducted during November 27 and November 30 of 2017. 15 participants from different colleges attended the programme. The inaugural address was delivered by our beloved Director of MCA, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran..
He also delivered a session on Fundamentals of Software Testing and Mr.V. Neethidevan presented a talk on Manual Testing vs Automated Testing and Unit Testing on 27.11.2017. In the afternoon session a Demonstration and Hands-on session on Software Testing Tools – Selenium IDE were given by Mr.V. Neethidevan and Mr. J. Murugachandravel.
Mrs. B.Saroja AP/IT presented a talk on Black box testing techniques and Junit on FN session of 28.11.2017.
In the afternoon session of 28.11.2017, Mr.V. Neethidevan gave a demo and Hands-on session on Unit testing Tools such as Junit, Nunit and TestNG.
On 29.11.2017, the forenoon session was handled by Mr.N.Balaganesh, AP/CSE on the topic, Levels of Testing and practical issues in Software Testing. On 29.11.2017, afternoon session was handled by Mr.V. Neethidevan and Mr. J. Murugachandravel on the topic Web testing tools concepts with demo.
On 30.11.2017, forenoon and afternoon sessions were handled on Performance testing – A Demo for Jmeter and Web driver programs using Selenium was handled by Mr.V. Neethidevan andMr. J. Murugachandravel .
The Valedictory function was presided by Dr.P.Radha, Associate Professor / MCA Department. She also delivered the valedictory address and distributed certificates to the participants. The participants were more satisfied with the course as they had Hands on session on all the Testing tools. Finally, the course Co-oridnator, Mr.J.Murugachandravel proposed the vote of thanks.
A Four day Workshop on Application Development in Emerging Computing Technologies was conducted from 08/11/2017 to 11/11/2017, by the MCA Department., Mr.K.Kanagaraj, coordinator of the workshop, delivered the welcome address and Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr. Professor & Director, Department of Computer Applications (MCA) inaugurated the workshop.
Mr.K.Kanagaraj, AP/MCA acted as the resource person for the fore noon and after noon sessions on the first day of the workshop. He discussed about the features and advantages of XML and Web Services in the morning. In the afternoon session, the participants were given a hands on training to create virtual machines and to execute programs on VMs created in Amazon and Microsoft Azure. During the second day of the workshop, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr. Professor & Director /MCA, acted as the resource person. He gave a detailed introduction to Virtual Reality and demonstrated several applications created using VR tools. He also gave a brief overview of the research issues in Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence.
Dr.J.Raja Sekar, Associate Professor/ CSE Department, acted as the resource person for the forenoon session on the third day and he discussed about the importance of IoT and its features. He also insisted that IoT will dominate the human way of living in the future. The afternoon session on the third day was handled by Mrs. D.Kayathri Devi, Asst. Prof. / IT Department of Kamaraj College of Engg. & Technology, during which he gave a presentation on iOS and also implemented simple applications using iOS. The fourth day of the workshop was handled by Mr.S.S.Akilan, AP/MCA. He discussed about the different versions of android and a detailed introduction to the features of android operating system in the forenoon session. During the afternoon session the participants were trained to develop applications using android using IntellliJ IDE.
The workshop was very interactive and all the participants were very happy and found that the program was very effective. During Valedictory, certificates were distributed to the to the participants and Mr.S.S.Akilan, coordinator of the workshop proposed the vote of thanks.
The Third National Seminar on Research Issues in Computer and Communication Networks – 2017 was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi during September 15 & 16, 2017. Principal, Dr. S. Arivazhagan had made all the necessary arrangements for the national seminar . Convener of the National Seminar, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) welcomed the gathering. He spoke on how such national seminars provide motivation for researchers to carry out novel investigations in the field of computer and communication networks. Coordinator, Mr. S. Amirtharaj detailed about the purpose of the National Seminar and how research in the networking field has provided this world with state of the art communication technologies. There were three technical sessions on both days of the National Seminar.
In the first session, Resource Person, Dr. P. Golda Jeyasheeli, Professor, CSE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, delivered a technical talk on the Research Issues in Cyber Security. She discussed various practical cyber security problems and ways to avoid them. She also discussed about the research areas in strengthening cyber security.
In the second session, Dr. T. Sabapathi, Associate Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, discussed about the Challenges and Opportunities in Optical Communication Networks for doing Research. He talked about the research areas which have better scope for improving the utility and capacity of optical communication networks in the internet and our network applications.
Mr. G. Yogarajan, Associate Professor, IT Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, handled the third session on Research Areas in Wireless Sensor Networks. He detailed about the optimization methods for enhancing performance of wireless sensor networks.
In the fifth session, Resource Person, Dr. G. Indumathi, Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, delivered a technical talk on the Research Issues in Mobile Cellular Telecommunication Networks. She discussed about the performance metrics and research areas in 4G/5G cellular networks.
In the fifth session, Resource Person, Dr. Kannan Balasubramanian, Professor, CSE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, delivered a technical talk on the Research Issues in High Speed Packet Switching. He discussed about the challenges in design of high speed switches and optimal scheduling schemes to minimize average packet delay.
In the sixth session, Resource Person, Dr. S. Syed Ameer Abbas, Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, delivered a technical talk on the Research Areas in Heterogeneous Networks. He discussed about the emerging research areas in cellular networks like Realization of Node Architectures on Adaptive Transmission Protocols and LTE DIRECT.
44 delegates including Professors, Research Scholars and PG students from various Colleges participated in the national seminar. Coordinator, Mr. A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh proposed the vote of thanks. Convener, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran distributed the certificates to the participants.
A Two Day Workshop on “Developing Professional Skills” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) for the I Year & II Year MCA students during August 31st & September 1st, 2017. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) was the Convener. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, SlAP/MCA and Mr.S.S. Akilan, AP/MCA were the Coordinators.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director/MCA, explained the intricacies of How to become a Rank Student. Mr. K. Kanagaraj, Sr.AP/MCA, gave a lecture on Developing Programming Skills, in which he insisted the students to develop their own source codes. Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Sr.AP/MCA, discussed about Enhancing Placement Prospects. Dr. J. Praveen Paul, Associate Professor/MBA, threw light on Outcome Based Education. Mr. C. Mathan, Sr.AP/MBA, emphasized the importance of team building in the session on Team Building Skills and he correlated those ideas in our real life. Mr. V. Neethidevan, SlAP/MCA, handled the session on Best Practices of Learning. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, SlAP/MCA, handled a session on how to develop the group discussion skills. Mrs. S. Geetha, Sr.AP/MCA, delivered a lecture on Agility and Adaptability. Ms.L. Prasika, AP/MCA, handled a session on how to bridge the gap between the Schlenkians and the Industry.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Sr.Professor & Director/MCA, delivered the valedictory address and distributed the certificates to the participants. A total of 65 students have participated and were benefited in this workshop.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Sr.Professor & Director/MCA, handling the session on How to become a Rank Student.
Mr. K. Kanagaraj, Sr.AP/MCA, delivering a lecture on Developing Programming Skills.
Mr. C. Mathan, Sr.AP/MBA, delivering a lecture on Team Building Skills.
the Workshop, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Sr. Prof. and Director (MCA) delivered the Inaugural Address.
“Future IT Technologies”. Mr. V. Neethidevan, AP(Sl.)/MCA handled a session on “Six Sigma”.
Applications”. Dr. P. Radha, ASP/MCA handled a session on “Process Mining”.
On the afternoon of August 11, 2017, Dr. J. Rajasekar, ASP/CSE delivered a technical talk on “Internet-of-Things and Cloud”. Dr. R. Lakshmanan, AP(Sr.)/Maths handled a session on “Applications of Visual Cryptography”. Mr. S. Amirtharaj, AP(Sr.)/MCA delivered a technical talk on “Big Data Analytics”.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director (MCA) handled a session on “Linguistic Computing”. On the afternoon of August 12, 2017, Dr. S. T. Jaya Christa, ASP/EEE delivered a technical talk on “Soft Computing”. Dr. C. Arun Kumar, AP(Sr.)/Maths handled a session on “Linear Programming Techniques for Solving Decision Making Problems in Fuzzy Environment”. Mr. A. D. C. Navin Dhinnesh, AP(Sr.)/MCA delivered a technical talk on “Touch Screen”. Coordinator Mr. V. Neethidevan, AP(Sl.)/MCA proposed the Vote of Thanks. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director (MCA) distributed the certificates to the participants.
The MCA Department of our College conducted the Tenth National Seminar on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing. A total of 56 participants attended the seminar. The participants were Faculty, Research Scholars and PG students from various colleges of Tamilnadu. Dr. K. Ruba Soundar, Prof. & Head / CSE Department, PSR Engineering College, Sivakasi delivered the inaugural address and released the CD of the seminar.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director/MCA and Convener of the seminar, presided over the function. Mr.V.Neethidevan, Assistant Professor (Sl.Grade)/MCA and Coordinator of the workshop, delivered the welcome address. Dr. K. Ruba Soundar, handled a session on “Research Methodology and Recent Trends in Engineering”, in which he discussed about various problems in research in digital image processing and various tools available.
Dr. R. Ahila Priyadharshini, Associate Professor/ECE, delivered a thought provoking session on “Object Recognition Using Support Vector Machine”. In her speech, she explained about various methods of object classification and their issues. She also discussed about Support Vector Machine as an object classification method and its features.
Dr. K. Kavitha, Associate Professor / ECE, delivered an impressive lecture on Research Issues on “Hyperspectral Image Classification Algorithms”. She threw light on Hyperspectral images and discussed about various challenges in Hyperspectral image classification.
All the sessions were very interactive and useful for the participants to carry out their research in several areas of Image Processing. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director / MCA distributed the certificates to the participants. Mr.J.Murugachandravel, Assistant Professor (Sl.Grade) / MCA and Co-Coordinator of the seminar proposed the vote of thanks.
The Second National Seminar on Research Issues in Computer and Communication Networks – 2016 was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi on September 10, 2016. Principal, Dr.S.Arivazhagan had made all the necessary arrangements for the national seminar. Convener of the National Seminar, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) welcomed the gathering. He spoke about the significance of research in improving the convenience of carrying out our routine tasks. Coordinator, Mr. S.Amirtharaj detailed about the purpose of the National Seminar. He spoke on how the national seminar provides an impetus for dissemination of research ideas in the field of computer and communication networks. Convener, Dr. G.Chandrasekaran released the Compact Disc (CD) containing the Course Material of the National Seminar and Guest of Honour, Dr.G.Indumathi received the first copy of the course material. There were three technical sessions in the National Seminar.
In the second session, Dr. S. Muthuramalingam, Associate Professor and Head, IT Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, discussed about the Challenges and Opportunities in Communication Networks for doing Research. He talked about the various research areas which have better scope for improving the utility of communication networks in our day-to-day applications. He also talked about the emerging research areas like Software Defined Networks and Fog Computing.
Dr. G. Sathish Kumar, Professor, ECE Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, handled the third session on Research Areas in Cryptography and Information Security. He detailed about the ways of pursuing research using concepts like network coding, elliptic curve cryptography, medical image encryption and homomorphic encryption for enhancing information security.
85 delegates including Professors, Research Scholars and PG students from various Colleges participated in the national seminar. Coordinator, Mr. A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh proposed the vote of thanks. Guest of Honour, Dr. G. A. Sathish Kumar distributed the certificates to the participants.
A Two Day Workshop on “Developing Professional Skills” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) for the I Year & II Year MCA students during September 2 & 3, 2016. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) was the Convener. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, SlAP/MCA and Mr.S.S. Akilan, AP/MCA were the Coordinators.
The workshop was held at Nano Science & Technology Block Seminar Hall of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. In the Inaugural function, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran delivered the Inaugural address and spoke about the purpose of the Workshop. Eight sessions were conducted during the two day workshop.
Mr. K. Kanagaraj, Sr.AP/MCA, gave a lecture on Developing Programming Skills, in which he insisted the students to develop their own source codes. Mr. A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh, Sr.AP/MCA, gave awareness about the unknown facts of the CYBER world. Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Sr.AP/MCA, discussed about Enhancing Placement Prospects. In another session, Dr.P.Radha, Associate Professor/MCA, highlighted the various problem solving skills. Dr. G. Balamurugan, Professor/MBA and Dr. J. Praveen Paul, Associate Professor/MBA, threw light on Outcome Based Education. Mr. C. Mathan, Sr.AP/MBA, emphasized the importance of team building in the session on Team Building Skills and he correlated those ideas in our real life. Mr. V. Neethidevan, SlAP/MCA, handled the session on Best Practices of Learning. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director/MCA, explained the intricacies of Developing Note-taking and Examination Skills.
Dr. N. Selvakumar, Professor/Mech. delivered the valedictory address and distributed the certificates to the participants. A total of 76 students have participated and were benefited in this workshop.
Mr. C. Mathan, Asst. Professor/MBA delivering the lecture on Team Building Skills.
A Two Day Workshop on Recent Advancements and Trends in Computer Science and Applications was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) for II and III Year M.C.A. students during August 11 & 12, 2016. Eight technical Sessions on Recent Advancements and Trends in Computer Science and Applications were handled by the faculty members of our college. Principal, Dr.S.Arivazhagan had made all the necessary arrangements for the workshop. In the Inauguration function, Coordinator, Mr.V.Neethidevan, Asst. Professor(Sl.Grade)/MCA welcomed the gathering. Convener Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor & Director (MCA), emphasized the significance of keeping oneself up to date about the emerging technologies.
On the first day, Dr. B. D. Deepak, Asst. Professor/IT handled a session on Multimedia Communication and Security. Dr. N. Senthil Kumar, Professor/EEE, handled a session on Embedded Systems. Prof. G. Prema, Professor/ECE, handled a session on 2G, 3G & 4G Networks. Mr. V. Neethidevan, Asst. Professor(Sl.Grade)/MCA, handled a session on Visualization Tools for Big Data Analytics.
On the second day, Mrs. C. Premalatha, Associate Professor/MCA handled a session on Machine Learning. Dr. P. Oliver Jayaprakash, Professor/Civil Engineering handled a session on Supply Chain Management. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor & Director (MCA), handled a session on Virtual Reality Applications. Mr.S.Amirtharaj, Asst. Professor(Sr.Grade)/MCA handled a session on Network Simulation.
In the valedictory function, Convener Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor & Director (MCA), distributed certificates to the participants. Coordinator Mr.S.Amirtharaj, Asst. Professor (Sr.Grade)/MCA proposed the vote of thanks.
The Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi organized the Ninth National Seminar on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing, on 19-3-2016. A total of 44 participants attended the seminar. The participants were Faculty, Research Scholars and PG students from various Universities and Colleges spread over Tamilnadu. Principal, Dr. S. Arivazhagan had made all the necessary arrangements for the national seminar. Convener of the seminar, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor & Director(MCA) recalled about the previous versions of the seminar and how Image Processing is highly relevant in our day to day life. The Chief Guest Dr. S. Ravi, Professor, School of Computer Science, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry delivered the inaugural address. He gave many suggestions to research scholars on how to carry out investigations in various Research areas of Digital Image Processing like Image Segmentation, Remote Sensing, Bio-Medical imaging, Computer Vision, Multi resolution techniques and Video Analytics. He also advised young researchers to start with a simple problem and then find a solution and explore.
Mr. V. Neethidevan, Assistant Professor(SL.G)/MCA and Coordinator of the workshop, delivered the welcome address.
Dr. D. Selvathy, Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College handled a session on Application of Genetic Algorithm in Machine Learning Technique for Image Processing. She briefed about the key stages involved in Digital Image Processing and how soft computing techniques could be utilized to improve the results obtained using the various image processing algorithms. Dr. S. Anand , Associate Professor, ECE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College handled a session on Medical Imaging. He gave a comprehensive overview on the various medical images used by hospitals and the techniques used by the imaging equipments, like image enhancement and presenting outputs in useful formats for the doctors, to decide about the health condition of the the patients. Dr. S. Ravi, Professor, School of Computer Science, Pondicherry,handled a thought provoking session on the various algorithms used in the field of Bio Metrics and its applications like authentication. All the sessions were more interactive and beneficial for the participants to further improve their research work in several areas of Digital Image Processing. Dr. S. Ravi distributed the certificates to the participants. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, Assistant Professor(Sl.G)/MCA and Coordinator of the seminar delivered the vote of thanks.
The First National Seminar on Research Issues in Computer and Communication Networks – 2015 was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (Autonomous), Sivakasi on September 26, 2015. Principal, Dr.S.Arivazhagan had made all the necessary arrangements for the national seminar. Convener of the National Seminar, Dr. G. Chandraasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) welcomed the gathering. Coordinator, Mr. S. Amirtharaj detailed about the purpose of the National Seminar. There were three technical sessions in the National Seminar.
In the first session, Chief Guest, Dr. C. Geetha Priya, Professor, ECE Department, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar, addressed about the Research Issues in Wireless Communication and 5G Cellular Communication Networks. In the second session, Dr. Kannan Balasubramanian, Professor, CSE Department, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, discussed about the Research Issues in Optical Communication Networks. Dr. S. Syed Ameer Abbas,Professor, ECE Department,MepcoSchlenk Engineering College, handled the third session on Research Issues in Physical Layer Implementation of LTE Networks.
120 delegates including Professors, Research Scholars and PG students from various Colleges participated in the national seminar. Coordinator, A.D.C. Navin Dhinnesh proposed the vote of thanks. Convener, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran distributed the certificates to the participants.
A Two Day Workshop on “Developing Professional Skills” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) for the I Year & II Year (Lateral Entry) MCA students during September 10 & 11, 2015. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) was the Convener. Mr. J. Murugachandravel, SlAP/MCA and Mr.S.S. Akilan, AP/MCA were the Coordinators.
The workshop was held at Nano Science & Technology Block Seminar Hall of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. In the Inaugural function, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran delivered the Inaugural address and spoke about the purpose of the Workshop. Ten sessions were conducted during the two day workshop.
Mr. K. Kanagaraj, Sr.AP/MCA, gave a lecture on Developing Programming Skills, in which he insisted the students to develop their own source codes. Mrs. C. Premalatha, Associate Professor/MCA, threw light on Introduction to Bioinformatics. Mr. C. Mathan, Sr.AP/MBA, emphasized the importance of team building in the session on Team Building Skills. Mr. V. Neethidevan, SlAP/MCA, handled the session on Best Practices of Learning. Ms. K. Madhana, AP/MCA, elucidated the necessary steps to get placed in the session on Developing Placement Skills.
In the session on Effective Communication, Dr. N.Sivaram, Professor/CSE, conducted activities and demonstrated the importance of Effective Communication. Dr. G. Balamurugan, Professor/MBA and Dr. J. Praveen Paul, Associate Professor/MBA, threw light on Outcome Based Education. Dr. B. Rajendran, Sr. Professor and Head/MATHS, handled a session on Developing Analytical Skills. In another session, Dr. P. Radha, Associate Professor/MCA, highlighted the various Problem Solving Skills. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director/MCA, explained the intricacies of Developing Note-taking and Examination Skills.
Mrs. C. Premalatha, Associate Professor/MCA distributed the certificates to the participants.
Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr.Professor & Director/MCA, delivering the Inaugural Address.
Mr. K. Kanagaraj, Sr.AP/MCA, handling a session on Developing Programming Skills.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Sr.Professor & Director/MCA, handling the session on Developing note-taking and Examination Skills.
A Two Day Workshop on Recent Advancements and Trends in Computer Science and Applications was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) for the II & III Year MCA students during August 13 & 14, 2015. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director (MCA) was the Convener. Mr.V.Neethidevan, SlAP/MCA and Mr.S.Amirtharaj, SrAP/MCA were the Coordinators.
The workshop was held at Valluvar Arangam in the Computer Block of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. In the Inaugural function, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran welcomed the gathering and spoke about the purpose of the Workshop. Eight sessions were conducted during the two day workshop.
Dr.N.Senthil Kumar, Prof./EEE, handled the session on Soft Computing. Dr.Oliver Jayaprakash, Prof./Civil, handled the session on M-Commerce and its Applications. Dr.R.Lakshmanan, Asst. Prof./Maths, handled the session on Construction of (k,n) Visual Cryptography. Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr. Prof. and D(MCA), handled the session on Linguistic Computing. Dr.J.Raja Sekar, Asso. Prof./CSE, handled the session on Web-of-Things to Internet-of-Things. Dr.N.Sivaram, Prof./CSE, handled the session on Techno Trends in Objects and Database Connectivity. Dr.C.Arun Kumar, Asst. Prof./Maths, handled the session on Linear Programming Techniques for Solving Decision Making Problems in Fuzzy Environment. Dr. P. Golda Jeyasheeli, Prof./CSE, handled the session on High Performance Computing.
Coordinator Mr.S.Amirtharaj, SrAP/MCA proposed the vote of thanks. Convener Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Sr. Prof. and D(MCA) distributed the certificates.
A two day DBT Sponsored Hands-on Workshop on Recent Research Trends in Computing Techniques for Bioinformatics was conducted on 24/07/2015 and 25/07/2015 (Friday & Saturday), by the Department of Computer Applications, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. Dr.S.Arivazhagan, Principal provided all the facilities and made the necessary arrangements to conduct the workshop successfully.
The workshop was inaugurated by Dr.R.S.Milton, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai. Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Director of Computer Applications Department and Convener of the workshop welcomed the gathering. Mrs.C.Premalatha, Associate Professor of Computer Applications Department and Coordinator of the workshop spoke about the purpose and the schedule of this two day workshop.
Dr. P.Radha, Associate Professor of Computer Applications Department introduced the chief guest to the participants. In the inaugural function, Dr.R.S.Milton delivered the key note address. In the address, he enlightened the participants with the need for knowing about the basics of computing technologies before its applications to bioinformatics area. Dr.N.Sivaram, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Department and Coordinator of the workshop proposed the vote of thanks.
A total of 137 participants from both Computer Science & Applications and Biotechnology Departments including faculty members, research scholars and students from various Universities and Institutions participated in this workshop.
The workshop had five sessions on each day. During the first day, first two sessions were engaged by Professor R.S.Milton who introduced the Machine Learning Technique and its applications to Bioinformatics area. He stressed the importance of knowing the mathematical concepts of every computing technique and its benefits towards its applications. Next session was handled by Dr.M.L.StephenRaj, Professor & Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. He talked about Genomic Database - A Virtual Gold Mine for Molecular Biologists and also introduced the different avenues in Bioinformatics area in which computational techniques could be applied. The fourth session was delivered by Dr. K. Muneeswaran, Senior Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College and he enlightened about the Feature Selection and Dimensionality Reduction Techniques that can be applied to Bioinformatics Data Preprocessing and their advantages. During the last session, the coordinators of this workshop conducted the first Hands-on session to the participants on fundamentals of R language in the computer lab.
During the second day, the first session commenced with Dr.N.Jeyakumar, Professor Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore who delivered the lecture on how to apply Data Mining Techniques in Bioinformatics. He gave a brief introduction about the text mining techniques and explored some possible research areas in Bioinformatics where these mining techniques can be applied. Next session was handled by Dr.V.Amouda, Assistant Professor, Center for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. She enlightened her talk with applying Genetic Algorithms for efficiently aligning multiple biological sequences. In the third session, Dr.U. Srinivasulu Reddy, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications, NIT Trichy, explained about one of the bioinformatics issue namely Motif finding and elucidated the way to apply Particle Swarm Optimization technique to solve the problem. In the last session, the participants had hands-on practice in Weka data mining tool guided by the coordinators of this workshop.
During the valedictory, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Director of Computer Applications Department, and Convener of the workshop distributed the certificates and the workshop materials to the participants. This DBT Sponsored Two day workshop provided an ideal platform for the participants to explore the open research issues in the bioinformatics and gain the knowledge about the recent computational methods to address them, thereby bridging the gap between these two.
The MCA department of our College conducted the Eighth National Seminar on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing on 21st March, 2015. A total of 80 participants attended the seminar. The participants were Faculty, Research Scholars and PG students from various Universities and Colleges from Tamilnadu and Kerala. Convener of the seminar, Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director(MCA) delivered the inaugural address and released the CD of the Seminar. Mr.V.Neethidevan, Assistant Professor(Sr.G)/MCA and Coordinator of the workshop, delivered the welcome address. Dr.J.Raja Sekar, Associate Professor/CSE,handled a thought provoking session on Bio Metrics , Dr.S.Anand , Associate Professor/ECE, delivered an impressive lecture on Medical Image Processing and Dr.A.Jebakumari Beulah Vasanthi, HOD Dept. of CS & IT, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, handleda wonderful session on Tools and Techniques for Image Processing. All the sessions were very interactive and useful for the participants to carry out their research in several areas of Image Processing. Mr.J.Murugachandravel, Assistant Professor(Sr.G)/MCA and Co-Coordinator of the seminar delivered the vote of thanks.
A Two day Workshop on Developing Professional Skills was conducted on 17th & 18th October, 2014 by the MCA Department. Mr. S. S. Akilan, AP/MCA acted as a resource person for the first session on Android and its Applications. Dr. K. Muneeswaran Sr.Professor & Head / CSE delivered a lecture on E-Learning. Dr. N. Sivaram Professor / CSE delivered a lecture on effective communication. Mr. K. Kanagaraj AP(Sr. Grade)/MCA talked about Developing Programming Skills. Mr. V. Neethidevan, AP(Sr. Grade)/MCA talked about Best practices of Learning. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Sr. Professor & Director / MCA shared his experience about Developing Note-taking and Examination Skills. Mr. S. Amirtharaj AP(Sr. Grade)/MCA, motivated the students about Evolve Towards Campus Placement to the students. Dr. P.Radha , Associate Professor / MCA talked about problem solving skills. Dr. B. Rajendran, Sr.Professor & Head/MATHS delivered a lecture on Developing Analytical Skills.
A total of 35 students from I MCA participated and were benefited. The valedictory function was held and certificate distribution was performed by Dr. N. Selvakumar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering college, Sivakasi.
A One day Workshop on Middleware Technologies was conducted on 23/08/2014 (Saturday), by the MCA Department. Dr.S.Swamynathan, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science & Technology, Anna University Chennai was the Resource Person and Chief Guest for the Inaugural function. Dr.G.Chandrasekaran, Director of MCA Department and Convener of the workshop welcomed the gathering. Mr.K.Kanagaraj, Asst. Prof. of MCA Department and Coordinator of the workshop, introduced the chief guest to the participants.
A total of 100 participants attended the workshop out of which 60 were MCA Final year Students from MEPCO and another 40 were faculty and PG students from Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges. During the Fore Noon Session RMI and EJB were discussed. During the Post Lunch Session COM , CORBA and .NETwere discussed. The program was very interactive and all the participants were very happy and found that the program was very useful. During Valedictory the Resource person distributed the certificates to the participants and Mr.K.Kanagaraj, Asst. Professor of MCA Department, proposed the vote of thanks.
A Two Day Workshop on “Advancements and Recent Trends in Computer Applications” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) on July 24 & 25, 2014 for II and II Year MCA Students of our college, at Valluvar Arangam in the Computer Block. Mr. V. Neethidevan, Coordinator, welcomed the gathering. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Convener of the Workshop, delivered the Inaugural Address. He elaborated about the significance of gaining knowledge in the new areas of computer applications emerging on the horizon. Nine sessions on recent trends in computer applications were handled by the faculty members of CSE, ECE, Civil Engineering and MCA Departments of our college.
The Seventh National Seminar on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing was conducted on March 15, 2014 by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA), under the continual guidance of the Principal, Dr. S. Arivazhagan. Dr. R. Murugesan, Director, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural Function. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Senior Professor and Director, MCA Department, spoke about the Seminar and Dr. S. Rajesh, Assistant Professor, MCA Department and Coordinator of the National Seminar delivered the Welcome address. Dr. R. Murugesan released the CD containing the course material of the National Seminar and Dr. G. Chandrasekaran received the first copy.
Dr. R. Murugesan was the resource person for the first technical session on Big Data Challenges in Image Processing. Dr. S. Rajesh was the resource person for the second technical session on Satellite Image Processing. Dr. S. Wiselin Jiji, Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. Sivanthi Adithanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendurwas the resource person for the third technical session on Medical Image Processing. Sixty participants, including Faculty and PG students from different parts of the country participated in the National Seminar. The Chief Guest of the Valedictory function, Dr. S. Wiselin Jiji distributed certificates to the participants.
A Two Day Workshop on Mobile Services & Android Applications was organized by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA), Mepco Schlenk Engineering College during December 23 & 24, 2013.
Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director (MCA) and Convener of the Workshop, welcomed the gathering. Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Coordinator of the Workshop gave an Introduction about the Workshop. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal, delivered the Inaugural Address.
Dr. S. Arivazhagan released the CD containing the course material.
On the first day, Mr. S. Amirtharaj, Assistant professor, handled sessions on Mobile Communication, Mobile Services, GPRS, Wireless Application Protocol and Mobile Application Development using Wireless Markup Language, WML Script and J2ME. On the second day, Mr. S. S. Akilan, Assistant professor, handled sessions on Android Operating System and Android Application Development. Hands-on Training in Mobile Applications Development was also provided to the participants on both days.
The Workshop was attended by 50 Technicians of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran distributed the certificates to the participants, in the Valedictory function.
A total of 120 participants attended the workshop out of which 60 were MCA Final year Students from MEPCO and another 60 were faculty and PG students from Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges. During the Fore Noon Session RMI and EJB were discussed. During the Post Lunch Session COM , CORBA and .NETwere discussed. The program was very interactive and all the participants were very happy and found that the program was very useful. During Valedictory the Resource person distributed the certificates to the participants and Mr.K.Kanagaraj, Asst. Professor of MCA Department, proposed the vote of thanks.
The Sixth National Seminar on Research Issues in Digital Image Processing was conducted on March 16, 2013 by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA). The Resource persons for the National Seminar were Dr. R. A. Alagu Raja, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Dr. B. Sathya Bama, AssistantProfessor, Department of ECE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai and Dr. D. Selvathi, Professor, Department of ECE, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College.
Around 80 participants, including Faculty and PG students from different parts of the country participated in the seminar. Dr. S. Arivazhagan, Principal Mepco Schlenk Engineering College was the Chief Guests for the Inaugural Function. Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Director, MCA Department, spoke about the Seminar and Mr. S. Rajesh, Assistant Professor, MCA Department and Coordinator of the National Seminar delivered the Welcome address. The program was very interactive and all the participants were very happy and found that the program was very useful.
Dr. D. Selvathi, Professor, Department of ECE, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory function and she also distributed certificates to the participants. Mr. A. D. C. Navin Dhinnesh, Assistant Professor, MCA Department, Co-Coordinator, proposed the vote of thanks.

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