Technical Sponsorship of ASET 2018 Technical Sponsorship of the 11th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA). Formation of a student branch at University of Bolton – RAK Campus Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Co-sponsored by: Sami Muhaidat We will start by clarifying the differences between visible light communications (VLC) and LiFi. This is followed by the introduction of the key building blocks required to create full LiFi networks. Next we report recent key achievements of the UP-VLC project with respect to component and demonstrator developments underpinning LiFi attocellular networks. We provide modelling results of such networks and address numerous misconceptions such as “LiFi is a line-of-sight technology”. The talk also addresses the issue of energy efficiency of optical attocell networks and showcases how off-the-shelf solar panels can fulfill two functions at the same time, i) energy harvesting and ii) LiFi data detection. The talk closes by summarizing commercialization challenges. Speaker(s): Prof. Harald Hass, , Prof. Harald Hass, Location: Bldg: H-Building Khalifa University Bo Box 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Co-sponsored by: Hasan AL-Nashash Poster competition for AUS undergraduate students at the American University of Sharjah. Students presented their biomedical related posters to several judges. Criteria used was based on the content, uniqueness of their topic and their presentation skills. Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
The IEEE AAU Student Branch organized, in collaboration with the IEEE UAE MTT & IM Joint Chaper, a seminar, entitled “IEEE Membership: Its mission … Its Benefits … The Organization” in the College of Engineering – Abu Dhabi Campus. Many students and faculty members attended this talk, offered by Dr. Nazih Khaddaj Mallat (IEEE AAU SB Counselor and IEEE UAE MTT & IM Joint Chapter Chair, Dean -College of Engineering). In this seminar, Dr. Khaddaj Mallat provided an overview about the Organization of IEEE, its vision and mission, the benefits and opportunities of IEEE Membership, and the IEEE Special Interest Memberships. He also explained that being an active IEEE member gives us the opportunity to meet and learn from the others (fellow students, faculty members and professionals), to attend and participate in organizing many educational / technical / professional activities, meetings, local and regional conferences / workshops / competitions. The IEEE members benefit a lot in developing their leadership, interpersonal and team building skills. At the end, Dr. Khaddaj Mallat informed the attendees that the College of Engineering and the IEEE AAU Student Branch will provide full support to the IEEE members in the activities. It is worth mentioning that the IEEE AAU Student Branch was formed in April 2013 and it is among the most active Student Branches in the IEEE UAE Section. Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The IEEE Student Chapter of Amity University, Dubai, had an event on Wednesday, 19th of April, 2017. Bilal Shabandari, Secretary of the Amytech Committee, established the foundation of this event by explaining the urgency of learning new innovations and upcoming technologies to have an upper hand over this fast-paced and competitive world. He also explained the necessity of acquiring state-of-the-art skills, regardless of their relation with one’s field, to boast an impressive dexterity and efficiency. The fundamental aim for holding this event was to let students of different branches more aware of the technical world and its advancements in modern society. All the members of the AmyTech committee were present, including Mr. Ved P Mishra, Chairperson – IEEE Student Chapter at Amity University Dubai and Dr. Maninder J Kaur, member of the IEEE UAE section, and mentors for the workshop. Since the event wasn’t branch restricted, the turnover was massive and the hall was lively and action-packed. The Electronics and Telecommunication Department along with the Computer Science Department worked hard and the student members from both departments proffered their services to make this event a success. The event was a workshop related to Photoshop-an extremely powerful application used for photo editing, image creation and graphic design software. Bilal Shabandari, from the E&T Department, was the host for the workshop, and together with Charlene Vas, President of the Amytech Committee, organized the event. Event details: Date: 19th April (Wednesday), 2017 Venue: Amity University, Dubai Timing: 11.00 A.M to 3.00 P.M Faculty Representation: Mr Ved P Mishra – Assistant Professor, Program Leader and Branch Counselor- IEEE Student Chapter at Amity University Dubai-UAE section. Dr. Maninder J Kaur – Assistant Professor and Member of IEEE UAE section Dr. Piyush Maheshwari – Head of Engineering department and senior member of IEEE UAE section The event was initiated by Bilal Shabandari, organizer and host, giving an overview of the need to achieve more and learn more. He also gave a gist of Photoshop before he began going into technological details. The first step was the installation of Photoshop. Since many attendees were of non-technical branches, the student volunteers of the Amytech Committee assisted them with the installation process. Once the software was accessible to everyone, Bilal started explaining the image editing software, Photoshop, in a detailed manner, stressing the importance of it and describing each and every necessary tool of the software alongwith a practical use session. It was followed by a final test to observe if the participants had understood everything and could implement it with no difficulties. Location: dubai, United Arab Emirates
Co-sponsored by: University of Dubai In 1992 internet revolution took over the world. Communication between individuals and companies became faster and easier with email systems, online transaction and digital presence. Information sharing worked on the COPY principle. Whenever an information was sent, it was the copy of the information which was delivered and hence at any given time there existed multiple copies of information. When it comes to money transaction we cannot send AED100 to someone but also keep it. This leads to something we call as double spent. The early digital currency like E-gold suffered this short coming and hence in 2008 the first digital currency was launched using a platform called blockchain. Block chain uses hard to break cryptography and will revolutionize the way we transfer value. This platform will reduce the inefficiency in the transaction systems and provide economic inclusiveness for everyone. The shared economy concept brought in by likes of Careem and Airbnb are still centeralized. The distributed ledger technology(DLT) of block chain will eliminate the intermediaries and provide direct benefit to the individuals. His highness Crown prince of Dubai on 5th October 2016, has provided a strategy paper to move all government transaction to blockchain by 2020 and all government organization are working towards achieving the target. The presentation will take you through the journey of block chain use cases and how we should prepare our educational institutes to take advantage of this futuristic technology. Speaker(s): Ajay Rathi, Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Co-sponsored by: Hasan AL-Nashash The visit consisted of a guided tour around the facilities of the Pharmaceuticals industry, supervised by Julphar professionals. Students had the opportunity to learn about the various industrial machinery used in the production of different types of medicines, including a tour around the insulin plant! Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Co-sponsored by: Hoda Al-Khazaimi Countless systems ranging from consumer electronics to military equipment are dependent on integrated circuits (ICs). A surprisingly large number of such systems are already security-critical, e.g., automotive electronics, medical devices, or SCADA systems. If the underlying ICs in such applications are maliciously manipulated through hardware Trojans, the security of the entire system can be compromised. In recent years, hardware Trojans have drawn the attention of the scientific community and government. Initially, the primary attacker model was a malicious foundry that could alter the design, i.e., introduce hardware Trojans which could interfere with the functionality of a chip. Many other attacker models exist too. For instance, a legitimate IC manufacturer, such as a consumer electronics company, might be in cohort with a national intelligence agency and could alter its products in a way that compromises their security. Even though hardware Trojans have been studied for a decade or so in the literature, little is known about how they might look, especially those that are particularly designed to avoid detection. In this talk we introduce several low-level manipulation attacks against embedded system, targeting two popular types of hardware platforms, ASICs and FPGAs Speaker(s): Prof. Christof Paar, Location: Room: A6-007 Bldg: New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The College of Engineering in Al Ain University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Campuses), organized a workshop entitled “Queueing Theory and its Applications”, in conjunction with the IEEE UAE Section, IEEE UAE MTT & IM Joint Chapter and the IEEE AAU Student Branch. The workshop was presented by Prof. Mohan Chaudhry, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (Royal Military College – Canada), under the supervision of Dr. Nazih Khaddaj Mallat –Dean of the College of Engineering, and in the presence of Dr. Amer Qasem -AAU Vice President (Abu Dhabi Campus), and the “College of Engineering” and the “College of Business” staffs and students. Prof. Mohan started the workshop by defining the “Queueing Theory” concept as: sequence of customers and/or goods lined to be served or processed, for instance, in banks, hospitals, airports, manufacturing systems and telecommunications. He added that the objective of the study of queueing theory is to eliminate waste of time, money and materials and to trace the history of queueing theory and its usefulness in the fields of engineering, business, and management. Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The College of Engineering in Al Ain University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Campuses), organized a workshop entitled “Queueing Theory and its Applications”, in conjunction with the IEEE UAE Section, IEEE UAE MTT & IM Joint Chapter and the IEEE AAU Student Branch. The workshop was presented by Prof. Mohan Chaudhry, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (Royal Military College – Canada), under the supervision of Dr. Nazih Khaddaj Mallat –Dean of the College of Engineering, and in the presence of Prof. Ghaleb El Refae –AAU President, Prof. Abdelhafid Belarbi –AAU Vice President (Al Ain Campus), and the “College of Engineering” and the “College of Business” staffs and students. Prof. Mohan started the workshop by defining the “Queueing Theory” concept as: sequence of customers and/or goods lined to be served or processed, for instance, in banks, hospitals, airports, manufacturing systems and telecommunications. He added that the objective of the study of queueing theory is to eliminate waste of time, money and materials and to trace the history of queueing theory and its usefulness in the fields of engineering, business, and management. Location: Al Ain, Ontario
