Hello friends,

Am here to report the seminar events that are taking place for the final year CYBORGS. Yah the seminars have just begun. Today was the opening day. We the CYBORGS have been wandering through all the sites and all the books in search of a seminar topic. We have been burning out our head looking for seminar topics. Its not that we are not getting any topics but most of the topics we have submitted along with the abstract had been rejected. At last many have cleared the screening process and are now preparing for their presentation.

Part 1 ; Date : 24-09-’08

1. Saneeja Thomas

Topic: Intel Atom

A brief viewof the topic : Atom is the latest processor of Intel, launched on June’08. It is based on an entirely new design, namely 45nm CMOS technology. The chip is very small in size, with an area of 26 sq.mm. Evenif it is small, it is powerful enough to enable a big internet experience.

Saneeja says : ” Still i dont understand how i agreed to take the first seminar?!! There wasn’t any model for me to look upon n i never had any previous experiences too.. mmm.. gr8 challenge!! So i made up my mind 2 face it in the way it comes.. But.. u know guys; when i was on the stage..i was totally blank! All i could see was… lot of eyes staring at me….. some were too anxious to know what z gonna happen in d next moment… uff! It was realy a tough situation… i took a deep breath.. gave a smile 2 the audience.. n said ‘Good Morning Everyone..’ So that was the real beginning of a 15 minutes war .. i tried to explain the topic in a very simple way so that everyone can understand.. N .. i think i’ve succeeded in my mission to a great extend.. (understood from the comments & shakehands that i got after the seminar.. thanx 2 all.. ) But .. to be frank, when i was on the stange i never felt like they r understanding what i was trying to convey.. donno y.. may be coz i was still in that dilemma .. hehe.. Anyway.. the war continued for almost 15 mins and ended up in a pretty gud way.. But u kno guys; actually the real battle was ther waiting for me…..with its outstretched hands…. yeahhhh.. the Question- Answer sections !! I was ‘gifted’ with lots of lots of questions from al the sides.. Some were answered; the remaining unanswered.. But i must admit it was realy cool to be in such a situation, N infact; that was the most interesting section in the seminar . Thanx 2 al my friends and the faculty .. who has helped me a lot with those sensible questions…

To my friends who z gonna face the same situation in coming days: Prepare well wid ur topic.. Ur level of confidence will increase automaticaly.. N dont be afraid with the Q & A section.. Itz really fun.. trust me

To the people other than final year Cyborgs : Today Riji Sir asked me a question.. It was like dis..’ Saneeja.. if u r asked to market the Atom processor using a single word..which word u’l use? ‘ i hope u guys can imagine my situation then.. anyway.. after thinking for a while.. my mind & tongue said simultaneously.. ‘Excellent !! ‘ .. n dat was the end of my seminar….

But still i m confused… what i actualy meant with that word ‘excellent’…?! Whether the Atom processor is excellent……..or…….or…. the question is excellent………

Yet to be found !!

2. Anumod Kumar

Topic : Aspect Oriented Programming

A brief viewof the topic : AOP is a programming technology that modularises code into processes. It is similar with Object Oriented Programing; especially in code reusability and maintainability. Cross cutting is an important concept in Aspect Oriented Programming.

Anumod says : “Let me start with yesterday(the day before the presentation)… Though we were guided to prepare a maximum of 18 slides, after I prepared all the slides mine just added upto 28. So I was tensed about it. And I managed to reduce the number to 20. You won’t believe if I say that at about 10pm I was in a mood to watch a movie and so I loaded the movie ‘Rock On’ in my laptop. My tension was reduced a little when I called my mom at night. After the night’s sleep I got up at 3am in the morning due to my tension. While still being on the bed I thought of how to present my seminar and slowly drifted to sleep unknowingly. And then got up again at 8 in the morning. By 8:45am I reached college but still I was not in a mood to present my topic. When I saw the tension of my batch mates my tension slowly started showing it head up. Then i just went out to get all the things for the day’s seminar like mic, sound system etc. The seminar started. First Saneeja presented her seminar. At that time I was out of tension. But when her Q&A session began again from somewhere tension came back rushing towards me. Oooh forgot to tell you people that I was actually been put in the 8th batch but I asked sir and changed it to 1st batch. This thought came to me at that point of time. I cursed the very moment I requested for such a change of batch. By now Saneeja was through her presentation and Q&A session. Now the next one to be on stage was myself. Tension was doing it best upon me from time Riji sir called upon my name untill I reached the stage. But once I was on the platform there wasn’t any tension.Then words were just flowing out of my mouth. Truly speaking I don’t know what exactly I presented. If someone ask me to present it again, I won’t be able to present it as I did it today. When the final bell rang, there was still 3 more slides to present. Still I managed to be calm. There ended my presentation part. Then came the big game of Seminar – the Q&A session. Some of my classmates asked me questions and I was able to answer it properly and then there was some tricky questions from the faculty side especially from Reji sir. His questions were absolutely hitting the target. His questions really took me to the pinpoint. Still I managed to answer it satisfactorily[ Maybe for me but not for the faculty]. And my part was over. Once I came down from the stage I felt very Sanguine.“

3. Reshmi Narayanan

Topic : Web Service Choreography(WSC)

A brief viewof the topic : Choreography defines the sequence and conditions in which the messages are exchanged in different Web services using Web Service Technology. There are 3 types of choreography. They are : Abstract choreography, Portable choreography and finally concrete choreography.

Reshmi says : “When I came to know that I was chosen to be in the first batch I was very much tensed. Though I knew that there was Seminar I never expected to be in the first batch. My elder sister helped me a lot for preparing for my seminar. I had prepared for my topic once I was at home. Still then I was tensed. But when I presented it before my friends at hostel, they helped me to improve myself and this increased my confidence level. On the morning on my seminar day I wasn’t much tensed. I was not having stage fear since I had past experiences, but I was tensed about the Q&A session. When it came to my Q&A session it wasn’t as bad as I expected. When the seminar was over I felt very much relieved. I felt as if some big job was out of my head. I am glad that I could present a good seminar. ”

4. Maneesha P M

Topic : Multi-Core processor

A brief view of the topic : A multi-core processor is One that combines two or more independent CPU cores into a single package, often a single integrated circuit. A dual-core device contains two independent micro processors and a quad-core device contains four micro processors.

Maneesha says : “As I was the fourth person to face the seminar, I was fully tensed and a bit confused. At last after my 3 friends, my chance came. My name was announced there, Ho still I can’t believe that it happened. I was invited. An expected moment… I walked onto the stage and i started talking my topic “Multi-core processor“. the first few minutes were very tough for me as I was shivering. All the 70 pair of eyes were focusing at me. Naturally I was able to adapt with the surroundings. Started feeling cool and somehow completed my presentation. It was then that the questioning session began. I was very my relieved once the presentation was over. I am very much feeling confident after my presentation. ”

Vineeth Sankar

Topic : SIBYLLE

A brief view of the topic : It is an AAC system that permits persons suffering from severe physical disabilities to enter text with any computer application and also to compose messages to be read out by a speech sysntesis module.

Vineeth says : ” At first I was very much tensed. When my presentation was over I was relieved from it. I couldn’t explain as much as I expected. Q&A session went pretty well. Over all it was a nice experience. I am feeling confident after my presentation.”

Prepared By

Priyalakshmi B

CS7