Photo: Release of Souvenir for the Vth Annual National Symposium
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The Department of Electronics, the Department of Computer Applications
of St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Goa and the VSI Goa Chapter organized
the Vth Annual National Symposium on “VLSI and Embedded System” on 8th
March, 2011, at St. Xavier’s Seminar Hall, in St. Xavier’s College,
Mapusa, Goa.
This Vth Annual Symposium provided a perfect platform wherein ideas from
the Academia and the Industry had culminated in achieving a harmonious
blend of creativity and exchange of theoretical as well as practical
knowledge. This platform will definitely allow our faculty and students
to explore and be aware of what the industry expects us to do more
research in, so that our graduating students are steered and geared
towards that direction.
The inaugural session began with the Welcome Address by the Coordinator
of the Vth Annual Symposium, Mr. Daryl Gonsalves. He emphasized that in
India there are ample opportunities in the embedded domain as the Indian
IT industry is taking a big leap from ‘services’ to ‘product’
development. Embedded Systems is the ‘heart’ of product development and
there is a huge demand for Embedded Systems engineers. However there is
a skill shortage in India where companies are not able to recruit
engineers at the pace they want. Because of this demand-supply problem,
embedded systems domain is one of the highly paid and hot areas in India
today. He wished success to the participants for presenting more than
thirty papers, gathered from different states of India.
The Welcome Song was followed by the traditional Lighting of the lamp
and then the release of the Souvenir by the Chief Guest, Adv. Ramakant
Khalap.
Mr. Deepak Chodankar, President, VSI Goa Chapter & VP, Smartlink Network
System explained the contribution of having inventions to be of a group
effort rather than having individualistic ones, since more ideas and
innovations could be captured.
He also adviced the youth to be alert to whatever is happening in the
field of embedded systems and VLSI, besides their normal academic
duties. He also emphasized that “it’s a technology world and we are all
members of it”.
The Principal of our College, Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sa welcomed the
audience and stressed that with better designs, we can enjoy better
facilities and enjoy life and show that science can be practical that
even a common man shares that benefit of the technology.
The Chief Guest for the Inaugural function, Mr. Ramakant Khalap (Former
Union Law Minister and IT Minister of Goa, Chairman-Law Commission,Goa )
explained how our minds have to be embedded with this technology first
i.e., invest in IT. By this he meant that by a click of a mouse, any
data or information could be retrieved and this was made possible by
the embedded technology in our minds. He also said that, “Whatever we
have we should be able to demonstrate through our experiments. He also
emphasized that ours is a young country with 40% youth and if the youth
is empowered with right kind of opportunity, impetus and enthusiasm,
then this army would be invincible and no amount of temptations could
deviate them from their goal and they could achieve greater heights.
Ms. Komala Soares, Secretary, VSI Goa Chapter, Govt, Polytechnic,
Bicholim proposed the vote of thanks.
After the tea break, the Key note address was delivered by Dr. U. C.
Niranjan, Manipal Dot Net Pvt. Ltd. on the topic” Embedded System
Design: Case Studies”. He emphasized that Embedded Systems had
extensively integrated into our daily lives and played a big role in our
day-to-day activities. India is strongly emerging as an embedded systems
design house of the world, with many organizations working on the global
opportunities. He also stressed on the key points of embedded systems
design, namely, (i) development and training on modular devices, (ii)
enabling systems with wireless connectivity and (iii) use of software
configurable processors in computing. he explained in detail the
features and structures of two models namely:
1. MDN’s Free Scale Tower.
2. Wireless Enabled Power Meter.
The Paper presentation session – I chaired by Prof. G. M. Naik,
Co-ordinator & Head, Department of Electronics, Goa University, began
with the presentation of the following papers :
1. Automated digital blood pressure monitor using ARM LPC 2138
2. Unmanned aerial vehicle using GPS
3. Zeegbee wireless sensors networks
4. GSM based Robot for temperature and humidity measurements
5. IRIS recognition system using DSP
6. Cell phone based home automation
7. Green house using microcontroller
8. Automation of test JIG using Microcontroller
· During the lunch break, the following informative and
enriching posters were displayed:
1. Design and implementation of an autonomous robotic vehicle for
all terrain.
2. Iris recognition.
3. GSM controlled industrial system for automation and security.
4. Guidance and instructions to in-house patients in hospital.
5. Energy meter reading, billing and control using GSM.
6. Design and implementation and testing of an autonomous robotic
vehicle for agricultural automation.
7. Guided power assist arm using ARM processor.
8. Head and eye controlled keyboard and mouse.
9. Hybrid scanner based on triangular and offset calculations and
image registration.
10. Smart ration card system based on ARM processor.
11. Digital gas meter using Arm processor
12. Study of RFID and its applications.
13. Tracking system using GPS and GSM modem.
14. Microcontroller based ultrasonic distance meter.
After the lunch break, the audience reconvened for the Paper
Presentation Session-II chaired by Mr. Peter Gracias, Consultant-Tata
Consultancy Mapusa, and the papers presented during this session were:
1. Design of LC3 based microprocessor with a specified
instruction set
2. Home automation using X-10 protocols
3. Performance Of MIMO
4. Mobile application for emergency alerts using Nokia Qt
5. Geo-location using Solar radiation and sea surface temperature
6. Cell phone operated land rover
7. Innovative prepaid meter with tariff indicator
8. Multiway smart network
Finally, Mr. Abhijit Tamba, EME Automation, presented an enriching
tutorial session on “Embedded System Application in Robotics.
The prizes for the Paper presentation were:
1st prize - Home automation using X-10 protocols by PCCE, Verna, Goa.
2nd prize - Automated digital blood pressure monitor using ARM LPC 2138
by Goa University, Taleigao Plateau.
3rd prize - Geo-location using solar radiation and sea surface
temperature by NIO, Dona Paula.
The prizes for the Poster presentation were:
1st prize – Guided power assist arm using ARM processor.
2nd prize - Design and implementation of an autonomous robotic vehicle
for all terrain.
The Chief Guest for the Valedictory function, Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sa,
addressed the audience and stressed that in order to excel team effort
was a requirement. He also said the acronym TEAM stands for, “Together
Everyone Achieve More”.
Mr. Satish Kenkre, Treasurer, VSI – Goa Chapter, Associate Vice
President- Persistent Pvt. Ltd. He emphasized that this platform gave
students an opportunity to bring in their innovative ideas, implement
them and present them confidently.
Mrs. Vilma Fernandes, Head of Electronics Department read the minutes of
the days proceedings and thanked the VSI, Goa Chapter for giving the
college an opportunity to organize a momentous and a brain storming event.
Mr. Antonio Mascarenhas, Sr. Scientist, MICD, NIO, Dona Paula, advised
the students to avail of the opportunities through these Symposiums and
excel in whatever they perform and proposed the vote of thanks.
At the end, the College Anthem was sung.
(ENDS)
