Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

eNHanCE is a flagship event held to provide an opportunity for the students to showcase their talents/skills, since 2012. The overall intent of eNHanCE is to set up an eco-system which enables the candidates from reputed colleges to engage themselves in intellectually challenging events and also compete in various cultural events and to provide a platform for the youth of the community who are tech-savvy students to showcase their hidden talents, which can justify the role of being among the best and qualified professionals in the various fields available to them.

Competition is something which graces the occasion with an intent to bring the best out of the everyone and to describe what standard and quality means and also to regulate the code of conducts of mastering the technological standards and create awareness to explore the best in the business.

The present abstract is an attempt to highlight the glorifying and scintillating moments which took place during the grandeur mega National level IT fest entitled "eNHanCE"with the Tagline "exploring hidden talents", with an attempt to hunt the best talent in and across the country on technological prospects.

The event “eNHanCE’18” began at 9:35 AM with the arrival of Mr. Anbunathan R who is an AMIE in Electronics and Communication, he has over 20 years’ experience in the software development, software testing and Software Quality Engineering. Following which there was an invocation song to signal the beginning of the inaugural ceremony. The event was presided over by Dr. Manjunatha, Principal NHCE, Dr. V Ilango, Head of the Department MCA and the convener Prof. Krishnachandra.

After the lighting of the lamp and a welcome address by the Convener, a few minutes were given to another notable and praiseworthy achievement which is the launch of JISCA (Journal for Information Sciences and Computer Applications). An e-journal website designed and developed by the student committee. Following which there was a motivational talk by the principal and the key note address by the chief guest was the conclusion of the inaugural ceremony.

The various events were then initiated where in the participants were first explained to about the flow of each event they’ve participated in and the rules for said events were also explained to the participants.

In order to encourage creative thinking and the importance of perceptionthe department of Master of Computer Applications hosted eNHanCE’18which has shone its light in a bright grandeur manner on the 5th of April 2018.

There were a handful of mind boggling events planned such as:

Lion’s Den:Lion’s Den is an event conducted to help the students face a situation similar to a tough interview. Constructive criticism is also provided as a feedback to inform them of the aspects that need to be improved on to become a successful manager and get a head start among others who intend to become managers in their careers. It also tests their level of patience as well as their ability to make the right decisions under pressure and not be swayed by the stressful circumstances.

inQUIZitive:inQUIZitive is an interactive quiz competition that tests the knowledge of the students in the field of Information Technology, trending applications of technology, along with their logical thinking abilities in a unique way by forcing them to think from a perspective that not many usually think about seeing it from. The advantage of this to the students is that they learn that they need to be able to look at a problem from various perspectives to resolve it.

Skills N Thrills:Skills N Thrills is an event which we took a huge gamble in while attempting to make coding even more fun and interesting by asking the students to code simple C programs with the monitor switched off, where in the participant was not able to see the code at all until the round had completed. The advantage of this event to the students is that it helps the future programmers learn about commonly made mistakes while coding and the importance of having preparation done with the algorithm and flowchart before going to directly coding an application or program.

Gamer’s Asylum:Gamer’s Asylum is a gaming event held which included a team game which helps the students learn about working together to achieve a certain goal, where in the importance of each role is made clear and the importance of each role in the path to achieving their goal or the company objective. This also tests their reaction timings which helps them react faster to errors in the code and notice even small parts of the code that maybe missing. There was also a solo event conducted under this so as to test the participants specialty and show them that there will always be competition regardless of what field they enter into or how effective they may be.

Baker’s Street 221:Baker’s Street 221, is an event that tests not just the ability of the students to resolve puzzles and problems in a series or sequence to ensure completion of all the objectives/tasks in teams of three. The teams were sent to various locations around the college where they had to scan QR codes to get the next clue which they had to solve to go forward to have a chance of winning. This imparts on the students the knowledge that everything can change at any moment in time.

Click and Blink:Click and Blink, a photography event with the theme “Two Faces of a Coin”, the students were then asked to go around in the campus and take photos which would represent the theme. The students had come with their amazing enthusiasm and creative ability to see and perceive and understand the many unique intricacies of examining a theme and finding the theme in the photo and understanding the way to integrate their perception into the picture.

eNHanCE’18 was graced with the presence of students from various colleges notably from Presidency College, CMR IT college, RV College of Engineering, Sindhi College, Kristu Jayanti College. A number of participants from New Horizon Degree College and various departments of New Horizon Degree College.

The valedictory ceremony then began with the overall championship and runner up trophy being displayed center stage. The certificates were then awarded to the winners and runner up of each individual event, and then awarded to the main coordinators of eNHanCE. The valedictory ceremony then concluded with the National Anthem being sung by everyone.

This year eNHanCE’18 has gained great success and fame among various colleges in Karnataka as well as numerous colleges in various states. Next Year we plan on increasing the reach of eNHanCE a lot more and make it an even more successful intercollegiate fest by introducing various new events to allow the students to compete as well as have a good time participating in the various events.

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Date: 23rd February 2018

Timing: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Venue: Falconry Seminar Hall

Organized by: Department of Master of Computer Applications

Chief Guest: Mr. Deepak Kumar Goyal, an Alumni of MCA, NHCE who is currently employed at IBM India Pvt Ltd with the designation Senior Project Manager.

Guest of Honour: Dr. Suresh A Shan Senior Technical Architect in Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd, Mumbai.

Guest of Honour: Mr. ShailendraBisht, an Alumni of MCA, NHCE who is currently employed by Morgan Stanley, Bengaluru with the designation Senior Manager.

• To provide the students with a platform to present their research related to various aspects of the Information Technology.
• To provide the students with an opportunity to have their research work validated and provision for positive feedback on the various improvement strategies that can be implemented to advance further on their chosen path of research.
• To provide every student a platform, where they may present their finding in their chosen field of research.

The symposium began at 9:30 am and continued to 5:00 pm which included the inauguration, the launch of JISCA, paper presentations by the students and the valedictory before the singing of the national anthem.

The Inaugural function symposium was started at 9:30 am with the invocation song followed by lighting the lamp by the guests. Prof. Kavitha.S.N. , Convener of Yukthi V3.0 proposed the welcome address and she narrated the overview of Yukthi.

The first copy of the yukthi-v3.0 proceedings was released by Chief Guest Mr. Deepak and first copy was received by Dr.Manjunatha, Principal and the Guest of honor, Mr. ShailendraBisht.

Chief Guest Mr. Deepak and the Guest of honor, Mr. Shailendra Bisht have gave the inaugural and Special Address in the Theme of Socio Technical Transition in Agriculture. After their address the First Look of JISCA (Journal of Information Science and Computer Applications) is launched with a video and live demonstration of the E-Journal. Dr. V Ilango , proposed the presidential Address.

Dr. Suresh A Shan , delivered the Expert talk. He explained the possibilities and benefits of technical application in the field of agriculture.

The Afternoon session began with paper presentation event in which all the registered students presented their papers in the Falconry Seminar hall. Students from Kristu Jayanthi College , Jyothi Nivas College, GVIT, Oxford and from New Horizon College of Engineering were presented their papers. A total number of 221 papers were received and 144 papers were shortlisted for oral presentations and were presented by the students.

The Valedictory began with an address by the convener who spoke about a few of the diverse topics presented during the symposium, following up with the presenting of Certificates to the various students.

Dr.R.Chinnaiyan , proposed Vote of Thanks and the function ends with National Anthem.

The students were given an opportunity to gain feedback and a small step into the right direction for further pursuit in their respective fields of research.

Many of the students had their research work validated, providing acknowledgement for their hard work and effort put into accurately pursuing their field of interest.

All of the students who attended the symposium received a good amount of knowledge and insight into different fields from listening to the other students presentations.

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Date: 14-Feb-2018

Timing: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Venue: Falconry Seminar Hall

Resource Person: Romeo kienxler, Chief Data scientist in IBM Watson, USA

Seminar titled “Data science & AI” was conducted by the Department of Master of Computer Applications on 14th February 2018, here on Falconry Seminar Hall at NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. The session was held one & hour long,where the resource person presented the introduction and a brief insight into the data science, neural network mechanism & AI.

Mr Romeo Kienxler is currently working as chief Data scientist in IBM Watson.

• To provide the students with an insight into the Data science mechanism in various fields
• To sow the seed of neural network technology into students brain which is trending topic& which helps for their future

The session was started at 9:00am and continue for 1.5 hours, ending at 10:30pm.

The session was started by Mr Romeo & he gave an immense knowledge on Data science, he discussed about “Ten sort flow, Linear regression” and its implementation in deep learning, then he spoke about neural network, how its implementations are important in present scenario. He told about LSTM memory and data science implementation using python & also implementations using free open source software’s. He gave an idea for all students how we can learn it and implement, the debugging mechanisms& how recognition algorithms formed in neural network & its implementation as face recognition password in IPhone.

It was fabulous interactive session as we ever have in seminars, all the students & professors have made it very resourceful. The doubts posed like how data science plays role in political science, how data science helps in space research, what will be the importance of power AI in educational field & what could be the future of Neural networks. The answers for all these doubts mesmerized us, it gave deep insight into the topics& remained in the mind.

• The students were given an insight into the impact of data science in present world & its implementation
• The students left over with thought of evolving the future generations of these technologies

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Date: 09-02-2018

Timing: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Venue: Audio Video Room (Library)

Jointly Organized by: Department of Master of Computer Applications and Department of Research and Development.

Mr. ChekuriSadashivaChoudary, a Cognitive Systems Infrastructure Specialist currently employed by IBM

• To provide the students with a brief insight into the various open source deep learning algorithms being used in the industry.
• To provide the students with a better idea on the Deep Learning software stack and the different layers in the architecture.
• To provide the students with information on the various different applications of AI and Machine Learning.

The session was set to start at 3:00 pm and continued for 3 hours, ending at 6:00 pm.

The session began with a brief introduction of Mr. Chekuri given by RijiAnandan, after which the seminar was handed over to Mr. Chekuri. He then beganthe seminar with a few questions regarding what the audiences understanding is about AI and deep learning, then briefly moving on to the introduction to what a cognitive landscape is, the terms and relationship between AI, Machine Learning and Neural Nets.

He then continued the seminar by providing a brief glimpse into the various Use Cases for Deep Learning and AI, following which he moved on to the concept of the different Phases in Machine Learning which were the Training Phase and the Inference phase. Mentioning about how the Training Phase is a time consuming process which also requires a large amount of Computational power whereas the Inference phase does not require a lot of time nor computation, meaning it can even be deployed a 1000ft underwater without much problems and could even run on any device like a Smartphone or even a Smartwatch.

He then continued to provide an insight into the various classifications of Machine Learning Techniques, following which he provided a detailed look into Linear Regression and the Gradient Descent Algorithm, structure of a Tenser Flow Program. He also gave an explanation on Classification (Logistic Regression) for a brief duration wherein he spoke about how the Gradient Descent Algorithm can be modified to fit in Logistic Regression. He then continued with an insight into Softmax Regression which is a multinomial logistic regression.

Mr. Chekuri then proceeded with an introduction into Artificial Neural Networks with a description on the cost function which is used, following which he spoke about the concept of Back Propagation and how it is a simple concept which was introduced by Geoff Hinton. He then proceeded to speak about the Democratization of Deep Learning and the impact of having deep learning be an open source platform which has contributed vastly to its rapid evolution and development. Following which he spoke about the different layers in the regular AI infrastructure stack and then proceeded to show the differences in performance in terms of the regular AI stack and the PowerAI stack.

He then continued to talk about the various ETL tools and gave an insight into Distributed Deep Learning and how the computation time can be reduced by sharing the performance load from a single system to multiple systems. Mr. Chekuri then provided a case study as the implementation of a cognitive computing solution in order to better manage their operational workflow and management.

He then proceeded to talk about the requirement of very large amounts of data for a Deep AI to be effective and accurate in predicting the results, following which he spoke about the Convolutional Neural Network while also giving an insight into the different CNN’s like LeNet (1990), AlexNet (2013), ZF net (2013), GoogLeNet(2014). He then continue the seminar with a brief description into Transfer Learning and lastly talking about Overfitting, where in overlearning the dataset can cause the accuracy of the data to go askew.

• The students received a detailed look into the working of AI and deep learning.
• The students were able to have their questions answered of the various concepts that they were curious about.
• The students also learnt about the importance of Power AI as an infrastructure.

• Questions about the automated creation of Temporary neural layers.
• Questions on the current research applications of AI in psychology.
• Questions on the different programming languages which can be versatile enough to create Deep AI’s
• Questions on reliable and accurate sources to learn and experiment with AI.

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Modern information technologies and the advent of machines powered by artificial intelligence have strongly influenced the world of work in the 21st century. Computers, algorithms and software simplify everyday tasks, and it is impossible to imagine how most of our life could be managed without them. The name behind the idea of AI is John McCarthy, wo began research on the subject in 1955 and assumed that each aspect of learning and other domains of intelligence can be described so precisely that they can be simulated by a machine. The term Artificial intelligence thus means investigating intelligent problem-solving behavior and creating intelligent computer systems.

The main objective of this Faculty Development Program on Artificial intelligence was:

• To describe and educate the students and faculty regarding the work process of machines that would require intelligence if performed by humans.
• Artificial intelligence is poised to unleash the next wave of digital disruption, and companies should prepare for it now. We already see real life benefits for a few early adopting firms, making it more urgent than ever for others to accelerate their digital transformation
• With Artificial intelligence assuming such importance in our day to day lives, it is apt for students to be educated about the same enabling them to carry on cutting edge innovation being developed this day.

To aid this education, a Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Research Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence was organized by Department of MCA, New Horizon College of Engineering, and in collaboration with TCS - Tata Consultancy Services in New Horizon Campus on 20th of January 2018.

The session scheduled to begin at 09:45 a.m. started on time with the welcome speech addressed by Prof. Sreeja S P, Program Convener, department of MCA, who welcomed our visiting speakers from TCS, Mr. Srinivasa Ramanujam and Mr. Apurba Das. Following the welcome speech, the presidential address was addressed by Dr. Prashanth C S R, Dean Academics, who introduced the topics machine learning and artificial intelligence to the audience. The stage was then handed over to Mr. Srinivasa Ramanujam, Technical Manager, TCS, who introduced our speakers for the day and also thanked New Horizon Institution for providing them such a platform. The inauguration function ended up with the vote of thanks by Dr. Ilango, Head of Department, MCA.

The first session was then taken over by Mr. Apurba Das, Solution Architect & SME in image processing at TCS embedded innovation lab. Mr. Das has over 14 years of experience and has worked with the government of India and other top institutions such as Indian Statistical Institute. He has filed 18 patents in his domain of expertise including intelligent video surveillance, quality preserving adaptive compression, autonomous driving and super-resolution encoding. Mr. Das has published and presented over 26 papers in international journals and conferences including IEEE. He has also authored the following books, namely: Vision Saliency, Signal Processing, Digital Communications, and Guide to Signals Patterns in Image Processing. Mr. Das’s main objective for the day was to speak about Artificial Intelligence and Image processing, therefore his session mainly contained the following topics:

• What is intelligence?
• Difference between computer vision vs image processing
• Objectives of TCS
• Face recognition
• EBGM and face manifold
• Sinusoidal waves
• Human eye vision system, (refer Human eye vision system author Charles Darwin)
• Miracle of design
• Optical illusions
• Harman grid illusion
• Grating induction illusion
• Retinal receptive field
• Edge
• Edge deduction- classical image processing
• About gaussian theorem
• Extended classical retinal receptive field
• CNN based architecture for lower mid-level vision
• Information/ entropy and perception
• Entropy
• What is PDF?
• About PDF
• Histogram equalization
• Steganography and steganalysis
• Visual saliency and adaptive water marking
• Driver alertness monitoring

This brought us to the end of Mr. Das’s first session for the day after a short break we resumed with the second session for the day where Mr. Das educated us on Deep learning: machine learning and artificial neural network, where the following topics were explained in detail:

• What is learning?
• About Neurons
• Artificial neural networks
• OR gate perception
• Multi-layer perception
• What is deep learning and its necessity
• Convolution
• 2D Convolution and feature map
• Scale theory
• Machine vs human
• Deep learning features
• Adversal network
• Deep auto coder
• Traffic video analytics
• Automated bleach spot

This concluded the second session for the day at 1:15 p.m. Hungry as we were, we parted for lunch and agreed to meet and resume the next session at 1:45 p.m.

The third session promptly began at the decided time and Mr. Swagath Kumar was invited to take the spotlight and preside the next session where his main agenda was Robotics but also consisted of the following:

• Introduction to robotics
• Evolution of robotics
• History of industrial revolution
• Transition in the industry
• Global view of robotics
• Warehouse automation problem
• Deep learning for object detection, manipulation and grasping
• Grasping algorithm
• Simulation environment
• Topological mapping
• Multi drone experiments

With this Mr. Swagath came to the end of his agenda, where he passed on the baton to Mr. Samar Shailendar to continue the program

Our speaker for the fourth session, Mr. Samar Shailendar, whose main topics of interest was Information Centric Networking, elaborately explained the topic as follows:

• Networking introduction
• Architectural evolution of computer networks
• Usage evolution of network
• Growth in mobility
• Changes in usage patterns
• About Information Centric Networking
• History and evolution of ICN
• Features and advantages of ICN
• Challenges of ICN
• ICN architecture
• Future ICN: wireless ICN
• ICN in LTE network

This brought us to the end of all the sessions for the day. And now all of our speakers were open to questions and the following are some that were put up to our speakers.

1. Is binary image good enough for video also?
2. Difference between cryptography and steganography.
3. How does the driver alertness system detect during different weather or while wearing spectacles?
4. What is the input layer and output layer in deep learning?
5. Does deep learning involve data mining?
6. What is motion vectors?
7. Can the neural neutrons be used to create another neural neutron?
8. How do we find out which neutron is providing maximum accuracy?
9. Is there a specific platform for learning scripting of robots and deep learning?
10. Will there be duplication of data?

Once our guests had removed any trace of doubt about the spoken topics from our minds, certificates were distributed to the teaching faculty visiting us from other colleges, which was followed by a group photo for the faculty and the students.

And with this we drew the curtains for the day but always keeping it open for such and many more events to follow.

This was a one-off event that educated us about the latest technology being used in the market and outcome of this was that:

• We got to learn about machine learning and deep learning.
• New and latest trends or technologies that we as students and faculties need to practice in order to gain knowledge and employability in our desired domain.
• To train our minds to take a different thought process towards innovation for the betterment of humanity.

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Purpose: Technology as at its peak from a decade moving further we may witness a comprehensive shift on how things are being looked at and operated. Automation is a big time concept where in the primary intention is to develop systems which can mimic human brain. This will enforce a new vision in the eye sight of human community with cutting edge Development across boundaries.

Selenium is a Open source java centric frame work where in the concept of Automation is being leveraged. Using Selenium can code scripts which can trigger web application with automated testing. There is a huge scope for testing as it is one of the corner which supports the concept of automation. The Master of Computer Application aspirants of New Horizon college of Engineering are fortunate to get their hands on selenium as a lab exercise.

DataLake: The present abstract throws light on a hands on selenium workshop Hosted at New Horizon college of Engineering by Department of MCA to give the aspirants a profession perception on howselenium can be used implement automated testing.

Datashots01: The Department of Master of Computer Applications organized a 5 Hour Hands on Workshop on “Essential of selenium in Leveraging automated testing”.

Datashots02: The session unfolded on 11th November 2017 with the location being Falconry seminar hall.

Datashots03: The Time Stamp of the session was from 10:00AM to 3:00PM IST, with the Number of Presents were 69 evolving from all 3 sections of V semester MCA.

Datashots04: The Resource person for the session was Mr.Anbunathan R Senior Project Manager LG electronics Private limited.

Datashots05: The core theme of the session was to demonstrate the essentials of automated testing using selenium using a live website.

Datashots05: The Session turned out to be an Interactive sessions were Knowledge transfer made a comprehensive impact.

Outcome: Learning is never done not achieved with in no span of time, rather to learn is to Apply, to apply is to exhibit the best of the techniques and approach in solving realtime problem in a significant manner.

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Report on: Launch of e-Rapid Share

Date: 28th October 2017

Venue: Auditorium

Rapid Share is a monthly News Letter from Department Master of Computer Applications to throw an insight over the happenings of the department with respect to Both Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities. This sets a mean to get updated with the latest tech trends striving towards progress of department.

Rapid Share made way for an amazing set of launches with some comprehensive innovations made by department of master of computer applications with respect to getting evolved into digital media from conventional paper content, with this it marks a respect to New Horizon’s Attribute towards Digital India initiative.

Department of Master of Computer Applications witnessed a number of digital trends incorporated in order to develop digital ecosystem striving towards techno Equipped Minds, with this intent the Department for the first time unveiled a website for its monthly News Letter titled ‘e-Rapid Share’-A Knowledge Granary

Volume:01 Issue:01.

• This was the first time in the history, where a dedicated website was developed to depict the monthly events of the department.
• The department also launched its Mobile Application to ease the accessibility of the Activities took over the department on a monthly basis.
• e-Rapid Share Can Now be Accessed globally across all the devices covering Mobile, tablet and other e-Gadgets.

e-RapidShare: An Official Department News Letter Available Across Web.

e-RapidShare Web Cast: Enables to Access e-Rapid Share through Mobile Casting.

e-RapidShare Website: Dedicated Website Capturing all the Activities Monthly.

e-RapidShare Mobile App(Android): Android App to Enable Touch Point Access.

e-RapidShare Tablet Touch: Customized Website forTablet View.

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Mission: To Set Up a platform pushing budding aspirants of New Horizon Unveiling their Creative edge of what they have got to offer to this very world of throat cut competition, Up lauding the roaring vibe of digital India in transforming the conventional status to tech Sound Ecosystem.

Outset: The Present abstract deals with description of “Confluence’17-Inviting New Faces”-A Fresher’s bash inviting fresh batch of Master of Computer Applications to get into the New Horizon Ecosystem and unwrap themselves opening into this very new platform, Setting right context to drive them through their journey at New Horizon Environment.

Tech Crops: Confluence’17 made way to a host of tech launches which made a history at its own pushing the aspirants to gear themselves for a comprehensive Evolution.At its very initial stage Confluence made way a plethora of events organised by the Outgoing batch to the uprising batch 2017 - 2020 with some rib tickling enacts which made the day for the young aspirants.

Process in Flow: At the Preliminary level confluence took up with an Traditional Song By the Seniors which was followed by lamp lighting act making way for a host of exciting set of dance, mad acts, Solo Singing which literally made the day for the fresher’s making most the day with their exhibition of talent.

Shot#01: Department of Master of Computer Applications organised fresher’s eve titled Confluence’17-inviting New Faces on 28Th oct 2017.

Shot#02: Theme for the event was “Exploring cultures-Exhibiting Different flavours of Indian culture.

Shot#03: Out going Batch of MCA along with the Pre final year Aspirants hosted the entire set up with great zeal and passion.

Shot#04: Eve Comprised of a number of Mind blowing events which made the on lookers get out of seat with some jaw ripping Acts.

Shot#05: Event made a comprehensive impact over the fresher’s who made it look simple with an amazing rapport being developed with the seniors.

Shot#06: About 110 students from the 2017 batch, on overall about 250 Students across department made the event a huge success.

Shot#07: The Event marked a beginning era for the new Comers to make the most at New Horizon.

Close view into Rapid Share: Rapid Share is a monthly News Letter from Department Master of Computer Applications to throw an insight over the happenings of the department with respect to Both Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities. This sets a mean to get updated with the latest tech trends striving towards progress of department.

Rapid Share made way for an amazing set of launches with some comprehensive innovations made by department of master of computer applications with respect to getting evolved into digital media from conventional paper content, With this it marks a respect to New Horizon’s Attribute towards Digital India initiative.

KeyLaunches: Department of Master of Computer Applications witnessed a number of digital trends incorporated in order to develop digital ecosystem striving towards techno Equipped Minds, With this intent the Department for the first time unveiled a website for its monthly News Letter titled ‘e-Rapid Share’-A Knowledge Granary Volume:01 Issue:01.

• This was the first time in the history, where a dedicated website was developed to depict the monthly events of the department.
• The department also launched its Mobile Application to ease the accessibility of the Activities took over the department on a monthly basis.
• e-Rapid Share Can Now be Accessed globally across all the devices covering Mobile, tablet and other e-Gadgets.

e-RapidShare: An Official Department News Letter Available Across Web.

e-RapidShare Web Cast: Enables to Access e-Rapid Share through Mobile Casting.

e-RapidShare Website: Dedicated Website Capturing all the Activities Monthly.

e-RapidShare Mobile App(Android): Android App to Enable Touch Point Access.

e-RapidShare Tablet Touch: Customized Website forTablet View.

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Report on: Seminar on Software Stacks for Software Products

Date: 16-Sept-2017

Timing: 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM

Venue: MCA Lab

Faculty Co-ordinators: Prof. Kavitha S N

There was a guest lecture on software stacks for software products conducted by the Department of Master of Computer Applications on 16th September 2017, the venue provided for the session was MCA lab. The session began at 11:10 AM

Mr. Hariharan Parasuraman is the founder of 3BEES.io which is a group of start-ups from various fields which has been set up and being spear headed by Mr. Hariharan himself as the CEO.

• The main objective of the session was the provide the students with an insight into the various Software Stacks for a Software Product.
• To also provide the students with information on the different parts of the Frontend and Back end of a software Product.

Mr. Hariharan began the session with a Q&A about the basic concepts of what a UX and UI is while later shedding light on the important differences between User Interface and User Experience, providing a real-time example of how the current postal system would be translated to or viewed by a designer who works on the user experience. He also provided an example of how the shopping experience from a mall or a store is interpreted and integrated into Amazon. Following which Mr. Hariharan proceeded to show the students the various examples of what a stack is with an introduction to how it fits in the software product.

He then continued to talk about how the Front-end and Back-end of a software product is placed, with an introduction in the next part where he continued to talk about the various benefits and how encryption can be effective in the software stack for a software product. Mr. Hariharan then had a Q&A session asking the students how the WhatsApp stack is or the flow of how the data would travel from one end to another with encryption intact, through the front end and back end.

The session then concluded with an explanation of the various software being used by WhatsApp at the front end and back end. WhatsApp uses the device screen and Android as the front-end platform and the first step into the back end with Ejabberd(XMPP) which is an API server capable of high reliability and sustainability even under peak traffic. He also touched up on Mnesia which is a distributed, soft real-time Database Management System and how Erlang (a programming language) was used in its development. The session concluded with Mr. Hariharan displaying a graph which showed the students the popularity of various programming languages and also provided an insight into the various career opportunities in some of the programming languages.

• The students were able to learn the difference between user interface and User experience.
• The various components of front end and back end.
• The Software Stack being used by WhatsApp and the languages used to develop the various back end applications in the WhatsApp Software Stack.

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Workshop – “Hands-on Session on .NET” was organized by the Department of Master of Computer Applications on 31.8.2017. Mr.Sharath.M, Senior Software Architect, Train Edge Company, Bangalore acted as a resource person and narrated the basic concepts of .NET. He also provided a live handson session with real time case studies. A total of 100 participants from 5th SEM MCA Class participated in this programme. Dr.V.Ilango, Head, Department of MCA , welcomed the gathering. Dr.V.Asha, Professor, MCA coordinated the entire programme.

Expert Lecture on Delegates and Events was organized by the Department of Master of Computer Applications on 1.9.2017. Mr.Sharath.M, Senior Software Architect, Train Edge Company, Bangalore acted as a resource person and narrated the basic concepts of .NET. He also provided a live handson session with real time case studies on delegates and events. A total of 50 participants from 5th SEM MCA Class participated in this programme. Dr.V.Ilango, Head, Department of MCA, welcomed the gathering. Dr.V.Asha, Professor, MCA coordinated the entire program.

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A One Day Domain Specific Faculty Development program on “Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Transformation” was organized by the Department of Computer Applications on 25-7-2017.

Dr.Girija Srinivasalu , Director, New Horizon Quality Assurance and Skill Development Centre , New Horizon Educational Institutions inaugurated this FDP programme. Dr.V.Ilango , Head & Professor , Department of MCA presided over the function and proposed the Welcome Address.

Forenoon Session was handled by the Resource Person Mr. Philip Varughese, VP Analytics, Accenture in his resource talk presented the transformation and digital revolution journey from Industrial Revolution to Analytics, BigData, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Robotics and Automation.

During the session, he also presented the various industrial case studies, use-cases and innovations. The case studies included the impact of Digital Transformation in our day to day life to large industry and business houses. Philip has showcased the examples of the opportunities in Analytics, Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence in various domains, verticals including Customer Experience, Fraud Detection, Risk Analytics etc.

He has also briefed the job & employment opportunities in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation. He has shared a brief on various Open Source technologies for doing Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation.

Afternoon Session was handled by Mr. Sunil Kumar Govindan, DB2 DBA - Z/OS, IBM on "A glimpse into mainframe and its database". He covered the topics such as “ The hidden but wide application of mainframe services in our day to day life, Meaning of mainframe and the extent of its computing capabilities, Mainframe customers and their need to continue with mainframe, Different workloads of mainframe with illustrations, Roles in a mainframe ecosystem, What is DB2 and Why DB2, Various objects within DB2, Introduction to DB2 Utilities, Some basic commands in DB2, What is SQL with an example and Introduction to Data Analytics - the objectives and Stages.

Dr.V.Asha, Associate Professor coordinated the program. Mr.Krishnachandra.M and Mr.Govindaraj, provided technical support.

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MCA Department of New College of Engineering, an autonomous institution, affiliated to VTU celebrated its graduation day on 22nd July , 2017 here at Chankya Seminar Hall with the dignitaries, staff, students with their parents. The Chief Guest for the Graduation Ceremony was Mr. Srinivasa Ramanujam, Academic Education Partner & Chief Executive, TCS, Bangalore.

The Chief Guest congratulated the students, management and faculties for their untiring efforts in converting the heterogeneous group of undergraduate students into MCA Professionals. He also appreciated the college for having very renowned academicians and for growing progressively. The chief guest also advised students to adopt, learn and share new tools and techniques and be a good human being. He also insisted that everyone must work with unity for maintaining a balance between their professional and personal lives.

Dr.Manjunatha, Principal in his presidential address advised the students to learn the new technologies on regular basis for their survival. Also he motivated the graduates by putting their efforts to become as entrepreneurs and develop new products for the welfare of the society via which they can become as jobs providers rather than job seekers. Our management conferred Cash Award, Medal and Memento to the overall topper Ms. Sathya in the stream of Master of Computer Applications.

The dignitaries released the first copy of the frequently asked interview questions with answers for various subjects in book format written by the faculty members of MCA Department which is an unique initiative taken for employability enhancement of MCA students. This book mainly focused on the basic concepts of the various platforms in the field of computer science and information technology with objective and descriptive type interview questions and answers. It’s a remarkable achievement done the faculty team of MCA department for the training and placement welfare of the MCA student fraternity

Dr. V.Ilango , Professor , Head of the Department of MCA proposed the welcome address, and mentioned the highlights for the year 2017-2018, also congratulated the graduates for the successful completion of their degree. Dr.V.Asha , Professor delivered vote of thanks. Student volunteers Mr.G.Praveen Kumar and Ms.Riji Anandan anchored the entire programme.

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Objective: The objective of “Bridge Course” is to provide the fresh faces of New Horizon students a chance to explore the various opportunities available to them at New Horizon College of Engineering from the perspective and experiences of the existing students.

Date: 4th October 2017

Venue: NHCE Campus and Auditorium

The day began with the new students having a chance to build their network by greeting and meeting each other before the beginning of the induction program.

Time: 10:00 AM

Which began with the new horizon anthem, following which there was the ceremonial lighting of the lamp by the principal inviting two students to come up and light the lamp along with the chief guest and the heads of various departments. The induction program then continued with a welcome address to the fresh new faces of new horizon.

Time: 11:00 AM

The students were introduced to the Dean of Academics Dr. Prashanth C S R, who continued the programming by giving the students a glimpse into the benefits of “Being an Autonomous College” which also included the various opportunities available to them.

Time: 11:45 AM

The program was then taken over by the Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Ganesh Prasad, who spoke about the various disciplines followed at new horizon college of engineering and also provided a glimpse into the various clubs and club activities conducted over the last year and also briefly spoke about how seriously the anti-ragging campaign being followed strictly at NHCE. Following which there was a Valedictory function honoring the students who were the toppers of the last year at NHCE. The program then continued with a speech given by one student from the MBA and MCA departments respectively.

Time: 12:30

The program then continued with a motivational talk given to the students by our honorable principal Dr. Manjunatha, A brief presentation given by the chief guest.

Time: 1:15 PM

The induction program concludedwith the presenting of memento to the chief guest and a “Vote of Thanks” delivered by Dr. V Ilango HOD MCA.

The students were allowed to explore the campus and find out the various building and departments at NHCE for the remainder of the day.

Date: 5th October 2017

Venue: Falconry Seminar Hall

Time: 9:30 AM

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” by Nelson Mandela, was the quote used to begin the second day of the bridge course.

The session continued with an introduction and purpose of the “Bridge Course” given by Mr. Praveen and Ms. RijiAnandan. Which was followed by a welcome address given by Dr. Ilango HOD MCA, following which there was the “Faculty Perspective”, where he continued to introduce the various teachers who are going to be handling the various subjects for the fresh faces in the MCA department.

Following which he continued to provide the first-year students with an introduction to the students of third and fifth semester students who were all an important part of the Bridge Course.

Time: 10:30

The session was then taken over by Mr. Nadeem Akram a final year student, who began by giving a brief introduction to the achievements of the Department of MCA and continued to motivate the students by providing them with an insight into the vast amount of opportunities and benefits associated with being a part of the MCA department. He also briefly spoke about the various clubs in the college and how the students can learn to improve and develop themselves in a positive manner by taking a hold of the multiple opportunities that are going to be provided to them.

Time: 12:00 PM

The session then continued at with an introduction given about Dr. Gopala Krishna, who then took over the session to provide an insight into the various research and development opportunities and NHCE, he also provided an insight into the various R&D projects currently being developed at NHCE and also portrayed some of his conceptual ideas and designs to bring out the curiosity of the students. Dr. Gopala Krishna briefly spoke about how a project developed at NHCE is being used in real time instances and the thought process behind a few of his own research accomplishments.

Time: 2:00 PM

The session was then taken over by Mr. Mohammed Yasin a pre-final year student, who enriched the session by providing the students with an insight into the benefits of having mini projects in each semester as well as a mega project as the final semester. He then continued to talk about the various opportunities, fields and benefits of pursuing research in their own field of interest and how beneficial presenting a research paper can be in their professional as well as personal life. He concluded the session by playing a video on the various possibilities that have become a reality and started out only as research concepts and with the quote “You are only limited by your imagination. Let it fly”.

Time: 3:00 PM

Following which at there was a miniature session held where the students who were placed came onto the stage and spoke about their placement experiences. The students who briefly shared their experiences and how they prepared to face their interviews with a goal in their mind from the first semester, the students who came up to the stage to speak were,Mr. Nischal, Mr. Aashay, Mr. Rahul and Mr. Abhishek.

Time: 3:45 PM

After which there were some miniature gaming events conducted by Mr. Abdul AfsarBaig and Mr. ChennaKeshava final year students, where the new students were invited to participate.Everyone present there had a great time. As the day came to a close at 4:30, the new students had smiles on their faces from a day of learning and entertainment.

Date: 6th October 2017

Venue: Falconry Seminar Hall

“Develop a passion for Learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow” by Anthony J D’Angelo was the quote used to being the third and final day of the bridge course.

Time: 9:30 AM

The session then continued with a brief introduction about Dr. V Ilango HOD MCA, the session was then handed over to Dr. V Ilango who continued the session beginning with an introduction to what is “A Miracle Morning” where he spoke about the various benefits and the various steps to be followed, he then portrayed a meaningful introduction to “How to Win the day”, “SAVERS” where each alphabet refers to one task to perform every morning to win the day, namely Silence, Affirmations, Visualize, Exercise, Reading and Scribing. He then spoke briefly about how it has had an impact in his life in a positive outcome when done early in the morning to have a positive day and stay positive throughout the day.

He then proceeded to talk about how various great people have achieved immeasurable things through simplicity, perseverance and hard work. He briefly spoke about how there has to be a balance between “Creative” and “Critical” thinking to achieve more in life. Following which he showed an image which contained the stairway to success and how each step was an important aspect of life to be improved. He concluded his motivational talk by talking about how each student is capable of achieving their goal, they all can, they all will and they are champions.

Time: 11:40 AM

The session was then handed over at 11:30 to Dr. R Chinnaiyan, Assistant Professor MCA, who continued to talk about the various disciplinary guidelines, attendance requirements and the college rules and regulations. Following which he spoke to the students about what the current technology trends are and the forthcoming technology trends, where the future of technology can be influenced greatly by their efforts. He concluded the session at 1:00 by providing an insight to the students on how effective becoming proficient in one of the emerging concepts in technology may prove to be invaluable.

Time: 2:00 PM

The session began again at 2:00 PM with a brief introduction to Dr. Anita Rai, HOD Library and Information Center, the session was then handed over to her, following which she continued to provide a brief insight into the various achievements and statistics of the NHCE Library, she spoke about how there are over 45000+ volumes, 72 journals subscribed, multiple E-resources and 4115 multimedia resources. She continued to explain and show the working and different aspects and accessible features like the NHCE Repository, MOOC, NPTEL, DELNET and the Web-OPAC. She concluded the session at 3:15 PM with the rules and regulations of the library along with the working hours of the Circulation desk.

Time: 3:20

The session was then taken over by the various presidents of all the clubs under MCA to provide the basic working and structure of their individual clubs in order to provide an insight to the freshers on the various club statistics and activities. The session began at 3:30 with the President of E-DAP (E Design and Publishing) Mr. ChennaKeshava, following which the President of FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Mr. Nadeem Akramand lastly the President of ACT (Adobe Creative Tech) Mr. Mohammed Yasin.

Time: 4:00

The Valedictory function began at 4:00 with the with the Participation certificates distributed to the freshers and contribution certificates for the 2nd year and Final Year Students by the hands of Dr. V Ilango, Dr. R Chinnaiyan and Mrs Kavitha S N. following which there were three freshers who came forward to share their experience of the bridge course and provided valuable feedback, the vote of thanks was given by Mrs Kavitha S N following which everyone stood and sang the National Anthem to bring an end the 3 day Bridge Course.

Outcome: The fresh faces walked out of the “Bridge Course” with smiles on their faces and excitement in their hearts after gaining an invaluable insight into the various opportunities available to them after becoming a part of the MCA department at New Horizon College of Engineering.

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Objective: To infuse technical knowledge related to Adobe Tools in order to make students Industry Ready.

1. To explore and enhance Technical Knowledge of students with respect to Adobe Tools
2. To impart students with Advanced technical developments
3. To make students to understand Digital Marketing Strategies

To provide hands-on experience in Open Source Software programming ,development and hosting.

• Propel technical talents in the field of FOSS.
• Explore new arenas of FOSS across the globe.
• Provide training to students in FOSS.

To provide hands-on experience in Web Designing and e-Publishing with industrial experts.

• Propel technical talents in the field of Web Designing and Publishing
• Explore new arenas of Web Designing and Publishing across the globe
• Provide training to students in Web Designing and e-Publishing