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EAIT Kolkata explores tomorrow's technology 23 Feb 2011, , CIOL CSI Kolkata's second emerging-apps convention connects industry with academic research KOLKATA, INDIA: Bringing academics to the industry, with a vision to combine research in ICT with an exposure to the mainstream, the Computer Society of India (CSI) held a three-day International Conference in Kolkata this weekend, called Emerging Applications of IT (EAIT). For EAIT 2011, the organizers shortlisted 86 peer reviewed papers for publication as well as presentation from various universities and mainstream IT industry, to “explore, and improvise on, the scope and possibilities in the future of IT and telecom”. Inaugurating the show, West Bengal IT Minister Debesh Das said that the conference was an effective platform for technologists, computer users and system designers to interact. “With manufacturers able to get an insight into academic trends and thought processes of the technologists who guide the future of ICT...this will promote the interchange of information within this discipline, and between the specialists and the general public,” he said. The International Conference focussed on emerging applications of IT where CSI selected 86 papers amidst 322 submissions from 578 authors across the globe. Participating nations included Australia, Bangladesh, France, India, Iran, Japan, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand and USA. The review of papers and their selection was “double-blind”, according to CSI Kolkata's EAIT programme committee chair Dr Debasish Jana. “The final decision to accept a paper or reject it was taken after an elaborate discussion of the program chairs and core committee of EAIT 2011. Several papers were discussed at length and in depth before selection.” The plenary address was delivered by Prof. Reynaldo Thompson of Mexico's University of Guanajuato, on “Blurring Boundaries: Creativity in the Intersection of Art and Technology”, and the keynote speaker was Professor Bimal Roy, Director of Kolkata's Indian Statistical Institute. The event focussed on peer reviewed contributed papers in the areas of analytics and business intelligence, AI, biomedical apps, computer vision, data mining and knowledge discovery, distributed computing, image processing, mobile computing, pattern recognition security and privacy, among others.
The organizers described EAIT as a platform for academics to discuss the latest findings and trends in technology with the industry, and show them a glimpse into the future of ICT in India. “Academics and industry interact so rarely, that the gap between them widens further,” said CSI Kolkata's R T Goswami, chairman of EAIT's tutorial committee. “It's our sincere effort to close this gap and bring industry and academia on a common platform.” Founded in 1965, in the same year as the Computer Society of India itself, CSI Kolkata is one of the oldest chapters of CSI, holding its first convention in December of its foundation year. With over 1,000 members, CSI Kolkata regularly organizes workshops, technical lectures and seminars, as well as national conventions. © Copyright © 2012. CyberMedia (I) Ltd All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without written permission is prohibited.
