CSI Cochin chapter organised a technical talk on "Introduction to Fuzzy Logic and its Applications" by Prof. MV Rajesh on 11th November 2010.

Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic are powerful mathematical tools for modeling and controlling uncertain systems in industry, humanity, and nature; they are facilitators for approximate reasoning in decision making in the absence of complete and precise information. Their role is significant when applied to complex phenomena not easily described by traditional mathematics.

Fuzzy logic is a form of multi-valued logic derived from fuzzy set theory to deal with reasoning that is approximate rather than accurate. In contrast with "crisp logic", where binary sets have binary logic, fuzzy logic variables may have a truth value that ranges between 0 and 1 and is not constrained to the two truth values of classic propositional logic. Furthermore, when linguistic variables are used, these degrees may be managed by specific functions.

 

Fuzzy logic emerged as a consequence of the 1965 proposal of fuzzy set theory by Lotfi Zadeh. Though fuzzy logic has been applied to many fields, from control theory to artificial intelligence, it still remains controversial among most statisticians, who prefer Bayesian logic, and some control engineers, who prefer traditional two-valued logic.

 

Toc H Institute of Science & Technology

(An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution)

DEPARTMENT OF CSE & IT

All Kerala Inter Collegiate Technical Quiz Competition

The Department of CSE & IT of TocH Institute of Science & Technology in association with CSI (Computer Society of India) is conducting an All Kerala Inter Collegiate Technical Quiz Competition on 28^th July 2010. The competition will start with a preliminary online test 10:00 AM followed by the final selection at 11:00 AM. Participants are requested to reach the venue 30 minutes before the time of the prelims.

                                I^st Prize – Rs.3000 + Attractive Gifts

                        II^nd Prize – Rs.2000 + Attractive Gifts

1.       A team of two participants of UG/PG from any college in Kerala is eligible to participate.

2.       An institution can send a maximum of two teams.

3.       Identification certification from the Head of the Institution should be produced at the time of Registration.

4.       Kindly intimate your participation through email (quizcsi@gmail.com) on or before 20^th July 2010.

 

Registration Fee               : Rs. 150

                                                : Rs. 100 (CSI Members – CSI members should bring their ID cards)

 

For further details contact           : Sreela Sreedhar (9847749701)

Coordinators                                      : 944798705, 9895417652, 9447666356

                 

Cloud computing is a recent paradigm where computing resources are set up and utilized on the Internet using commodity computing clusters that are location-agnostic. The drivers of Cloud Computing include large data centres, commodity computing hardware, virtualization technologies, and a pay-as-you-use basis for charging. The "cloud" refers to the traditional representation of the Internet as a fuzzy-around-the-edges network.

Cloud computing opens up a new business model where users can remotely set up a cloud "instance" that has exactly the kind of configuration that they want, in terms of computing power, RAM, hard disk space and platform (OS plus frameworks, for example RedHat Linux plus LAMP). The instance can be run for any duration (such as a day or a month, intermittently or continuously) and brought down as required, through a remote management interface. Payment is only for the actual duration of use.

In other words, cloud computing allows end-users to avoid spending money up front (as in investing for a physical server) and provides an extremely flexible and scalable way of provisioning computing resources, all through a "rental" mechanism when the resource is actually used. Because of their cost-effectiveness, clouds have become popular for different business uses.

The talk explores the evolution of Cloud Computing and its strengths and weaknesses.

With the advent of Internet, the ‘online’ technology had come into being in our lives and profession. Tremendous comfort level increase took place in the way we do transactions now, whether it is banking, communication, business transactions or medical and healthcare. Every professional had started leveraging on this instant online technology to augment the way he does business.

 

With the Web 2.0, things had gone much far… One major development is the Social Networking that had taken place in the Online space. Whether it is personal portals such as Facebook, Orkut, Myspace or professional networking space such as LinkedIn or High5, it had caught the imagination of IT savvy professionals. En masse, people had moved into these Social networking spaces, to the extent of millions of people getting added per month. Communication technology sites such as Twitter added further impetus to the social networking activities.

 

The presentation by SR Nair will throw light on the phenomenon of Social Networking sites. He also shall explore the possibility of using this technology for business purposes. Please attend  the session, find out more on these emerging technologies and get enriched…

The chapter conducted a technical talk on “Applications and Benefits of Local Language Computing” by Mr. V.K.Adarsh, Technical Manager, Union Bank of India on Thursday, 16^th September 2010.

The talk provided an overview of opportunities and issues in Malayalam Computing. Author encouraged the participants to use & contribute to Malayalam Wikipedia and distributed booklets and CDs related to a Kerala Govt. Project on Malayalam Computing.

CSI Cochin Chapter (in association with PMI/IEEE/IETE) has organised a technical talk on Thursday, 14th Oct 2010 on Unified Communications - Transcending the National Boundaries by Mr. James Joseph, Director - Executive Engagement, Microsoft India.

The nature of work is changing—business success, more than ever before, is critically dependent on a workforce’s ability to seamlessly and instantly connect and communicate with each other as well as customers, partners and suppliers across national boundaries.

The role of IT in delivering against these requirements is now more critical than ever, which creates a significant and growing business opportunity in the emerging space of unified communications and collaboration.

This session will address the challenges, industry trends, and opportunity of unified communications. The session will detail the convergence of email, unified messaging, web conferencing, instant messaging (IM), audio/video collaboration, speech recognition, and integrated presence. If you are looking to expand your messaging infrastructure business, or create a new line of business to take advantage of one of our industries faster growing markets, this session will provide the answers for your questions

 

Conducted a technical talk on "Advances in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Systems" by Dr. Sabu M. Thambi on Thursday, 13th May 2010 at 6:00PM in CSI Hall, Penta Towers, Kaloor.

The chapter conducted a technical talk on “Information Security, Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing" by Mr. Manu Zacharia MVP ( Enterprise Security), C|EH, C|HFI, CCNA, Certified ISO 27001-2005 Lead Auditor, MCP, AFCEH, Director - Information Security at Millennium IT Consultants, Transasia Corporate Park, Kakkanad on Thursday, 10^th June 2010.

The talk provided an overview of information security, vulnerabilities, threats, hacking, cracking, ethical hacking and penetration testing. Also, the speaker emphasized on the importance of protecting our data and assets. 

Conducted an evening talk in association with ISTD on "Experiential Learning" by Dr. Saji Gopinath on Thursday, 8th July 2010 at Kensington Hall, Hotel Renaissance, Palarivattom, Ernakulam. 

A national seminar on "Web Technologies: Emerging Trends and Social Impacts" is scheduled on 30-31 August 2010 jointly with Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and Computer Society of India (CSI) Cochin Chapter. Venue: International Hotel, Ernakulam.