Online Aptitude Tests for II & III year students @ CSE, SDMCET

As a part of SSA activity, CSE Department is conducting "Online Aptitude Tests for II & III year students".

These tests will help students to clear the Aptitude Rounds in Campus Placements.

Till date, 2 tests have been successfully conducted: Test on Average and Test on Age.

Click here to access the test results.

This is a weekly activity, and will run for the entire semester (except on IA weeks).

Following is the regular schedule for the Aptitude Tests:

Sl. No.	Divisions	Day	Time	Lab Slots
1.	3A	Wednesday	8:00 - 9:00	Java Lab, Data Structures Lab, PG Lab
2.	3B	Tuesday	12:30 - 1:30	DBMS Lab, Data Structures Lab
3.	5A	Wednesday	12:30 - 1:30	DBMS Lab, Data Structures Lab
4.	5B	Friday	8:00 - 9:00	All CSE Labs

Radio Talk on "Internet of Things"

As a part of S.D.M. Radio Engineer Swalpa Kelri (kannada program), a series of radio talks hosted by SDMCET, Dharwad, I got an opportunity to present a Radio Talk on "Internet of Things (IoT)".

I recorded the talk on 27th July 2015 in All India Radio Studio, Dharwad.

The program was aired on 11th August 2015 from 6:45 - 6:50 AM in Dharwad Akashvani Radio Channel (705kHz) and from 8:00 - 8:05 AM in Dharwad Vividh Bharati Radio Channel FM (102.9MHz).

I would like to thank College Management for giving me this opportunity.

Here is the recording that was AIRed: SDM Radio Engineer Swalpa Kelri - IoT

Following is the presented article:

I got "Letter of Appreciation" from our college. I thank college Management, Principal and co-ordinator of "SDM Radio Engineer - Swalpa Kelri" for encouraging words.

Letter of Appreciation

Orientation Program for II Year Students @ CSE Dept., SDMCET

Department of Computer Science & Engg,, SDMCET, organized "Orientation Program for II Year Students".

Date:    7th August 2015

Time:   3:00 - 5:00 PM

Venue: Main Seminar Hall

A total of 100 students were present during the program.

The event was presided by:

1. Dr. S. B. Vanakudre, Principal
2. Dr. K. Gopinath, Dean Student Welfare
3. Dr. S. M. Joshi, HOD, CSE

Addressing the program, Principal welcomed the II Year students and stressed the importance of Orientation Program. He also briefed the various activities being conducted at college leve for students.

Dr. K. Gopinath requested the students not to use mobile phones in the college premises.

Prof. Archana Nandibewoor was Master Of Ceremony (MOC).

Orientation program marked the official inauguration of Staff Student Association (SSA).

Following is the brief proceedings of the program:

• Dr. U. P. Kulkarni educated the students about their responsibilities, behavior, conduct, do's and don'ts in the college with illustrative examples. 
• I got the opportunity to read the SSA Activities planned for the current semester.
• Prof. Ranganath Yadawad presented the functioning of DUGC.
• Prof. Ramachandra Yadawad presented the CSE Syllabus (from 3rd sem till 8th sem)
• Prof. Shivanagowda motivated the students to study well to get placed in the companies. He also gave some tips to students to excel in their career.
• Prof. Jayadevi Karur presented vote of thanks.
• The program was a success and it came to an end with high-tea arranged in Canteen

Program in PICS

Rangoli Competition in CSE Dept., SDMCET

As a part of Staff Student Activity (SSA), Dept of CSE organized "Rangoli Competition" for III Sem CSE Students.

Date:    5th August 2015

Time:   2:30 - 4:30 PM

Venue: CSE Department Lobby

A total of 6 students participated in the event. Best three Rangoli were selected for prize.

Following are the list of winners of the competition:

1. Ms. Anusha                                   I Prize Winner

2. Ms. Jyoti Appannavar                 II Prize Winner

3. Ms. Shanthi Sri K                        III Prize Winner

 Judges were invited for the event to judge the Rangolis. Following is the list of judges for the competition:

1. Dr. Jenifer Karnel  

2. Ms. Veena Desai

I Prize Winner

II Prize Winner

III Prize Winner

Rangolis

2-day Arduino SciLab Workshop - 2015

Attended 2-day Arduino SciLab Workshop - 2015, organized by IIT, Bombay.

The workshop was organized by FOSSEE from 3rd to 4th July 2015.

Location: LH-101, IIT, Bombay

Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, presided over the function and stressed the need for Open Source Softwares.

Internship students demonstrated Arduino Control using SciLab.

IIT, Bombay created a Arduino Shield, containing basic components (like thermal sensor, analog temperature sensor, push button, LDR sonsor, acoustic sensor, RGB LED, etc), which inserted on top of Arduino Uno Board.

The workshop gave hands-on experience on using SciLab to interface LED, Push Button, LDR, Temperature Sensor, Stepper Motor, Servo Motor.

Summer Training on "Internet of Things"

During College Summer Vacations, attended 10-day Summer Training on "Internet of Things", conducted by Frugal Labs Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd., Bangalore with Prof. Mayur Patil.

Duration: 8th - 19th June 2015

Location: #28, 4th Floor, M. N. Krishna Rao Road, 

                 HB Samaja Road, 

                 Kanakapura, 

                 Basavanagudi,

                 Bangalore - 560004

During the training, following topics were covered:

1. What is IoT? IoT ideas and applications
2. Arduino Board for interfacing various sensors
3. Interfacing LDR Sensor with Arduino
4. Interfacing DHT Sensor with Arduino
5. Interfacing LM35 Analog Temperature Sensor with Arduino
6. Interfacing ADXL335 Accelerometer with Arduino
7. Interfacing HC05 Bluetooth Module with Arduino
8. Usage of MQTT Protocol for message exchange
9. Python for sending and receiving data from Arduino
10. Raspberry Pi

More information on IoT can be found here.