Final year cyborgs in the seminar hall

Part 2 ; Date : 04-10-’08

Hi Everybody . . . I’am back with the latest news regarding : “Final Year Cyborgs In Seminar Hall “…Yah its been a long time since I got the chance to update this post. Its not because of my delay but the fact that the 2nd batch’s seminar was held just today after a long gap since the 1st batch. You know what…todays seminar was postponed 5 – 6 times. By the way guys and gals we are here after Ramzan. Hope you all enjoyed it.

Today’s seminar batch consisted of 6 members : Krishnaraj, Deepalekshmi, Kochurani, Gayathri, Shoma and Al Arish Khan. They all performed well except that Al Arish was absent.

Today’s panel of Judges included Riji sir, Sajin sir and Dhanya ma’am. They were firing questions to the participants quite well. The students question panel also did their part well. Along with them the audience also asked a few questions to the participants. After the interval between the seminar session our beloved H.O.D also came to be a part of us. Towards the end, in the review session Riji sir, Sajin sir and H.O.D shared their views with us. Krishnaraj and Gayathri were also called upon to share their experiences.

Now lets see what the participants have to tell us about their experiences about their performance.

1. R.Krishnaraj

Topic : Delay Tolerant Mobile Network ( Controlled Flooding in Sparse Mobile N/w)

A brief view of the topic : When we travel in a remote are where there is no network we can sent mails or messages by passing the message to all the nodes coming in our range. This technique is applied by Delayed Tolerant Networks in Sparse Mobile Networks.

Krishnaraj says : “I was told to prepare seminar along with the first batch(24-09-08). But due to some reasons I got the chance today only. I got enough time to prepare. First of all I choose a full research paper for my seminar. It helped me to reduce my efforts in finding the contents for my topic.

I was not new to the stage. I had been on stage many times for events like quiz,best manager e.t.c and have experience in anchoring also. But this was totally different. This time I had to virtually teach my class mates and even our all respected teachers. Although I was confident I was afraid of the time limit(15 min) and whether I could make others understand my topic. So I did 2-3 trials for my own and 2 trials in front of my friends. When I tried in front of my friends I had starting problems and took 18 minutes.

After all this preparations the D-day came. Our seminar was held in the afternoon and got some time to prepare in the morning. I was not tensed and was confident but when we tried to connect the laptop to the projector, we failed. This made me tensed and when we got a new laptop current went off. this added to the tension By 1:15 only we could the technical problem which already had cost enough damage in my confidence. So I was a bit nervous before taking the seminar and I was the first in my batch to take the seminar. Before I started I stood on the stage for a minute looking at my friends and teachers for a minute. I understood all my friends was with me. And this gave me confidence. I still don;t know what happened the next 15minutes. With God’s grace I completed it successfully. My last slide was named ‘KURUKSHETRA’ showing the picture of Lord Krishna giving advice to Arjun. I took this to represent the Q&A session. I was felt prepared for all the expected regions of questionings. so I could easily tackle it. Then Riji sir asked what the picture represented. I said Krishna represents my teachers giving advice to me(Arjun) for my seminar.

When seminar was over I felt as if nothing has happened. The happiest moment was when my friends congratulated me for the good performance and when I knew others got a good idea about what I told.

I would like to suggest a few points to my friends who are yet to take the seminar : Prepare well and read the contents 2 -3 times so that you can identify the possible regions of questions and prepare on it. Before starting the seminar be on stage for a minute, look at all your friends and get a feel of the stage. It could take all your nervousness from you. “

2. Deepalekshmi J

Topic : EXIM

A brief view of the topic : Exim is a Mail Transfer Agent used in Linux systems. It is a message transfer agent(MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the Internet. Exim is highly configurable and has many powerful and advanced configuration options including the ability to store lists of users, hosts, domains etc. In simple text files, databases and “callouts” to other programs or scripts on the same computer.

Deepalekshmi says : “Completing my seminar was horrible experience. My topic was Email Server in Linux. Before starting my seminar I was so happy that it was going to end. After conclusion I was fearlessbut little bit tensed about the questions. When I heard the questions fear again came to my mind. After all that I was happy.“

3. KochuRani

Topic : Cognitive Radio (CR)

A brief view of the topic : It is a form of wireless communication in which a transceiver can intelligibly detect which communication channels are in use and which are not, and instantly move into vacant channels while avoiding occupied ones. This optimizes the use of available radio frequency(RF) spectrum. by using this technology smart radios can avoid transmission bottlenecks by switching instantly to nearby frequencies then they sense are clear.

KochuRani says : “Actually for last 2 or 3 days, I was always thinking about my seminar. Because I was sure that I will shiver when I am on the dias. I was not much tensed because of my friends support and encouragement. I presented once before my friends and this gave me more confidence and was able to adjust the time of presentation. Actually I was not well prepared. So I was having lot of fear about the Q&A session.

When I was taking seminar I was having fear. but I concentrated on the topic and didn’t think about the Q&A session, or whether my friends can follow me. I looked at my friends and those walking through the corridor while presenting.

During the Q&A session I was tensed until the first question was asked (by my teaching staff). After that Q&A session was like a fun for me, because they asked one thing and I told some other thing as answer.

My advise to my friends : Prepare for the seminar and slides at least before 3 days. Presented before friends more than once and accept their advices. Ask them to ask questions and prepare for those question. Nothing to be afraid of because we have to face a lot of challenges in our life. This seminar will be nothing when compared to that. “

4. Gayathri Rajesh

Topic : Face Recognition

A brief view of the topic : Face is an important part of who we are and how people identify us. It is arguably a person’s the most unique physical characteristic. While humans had the innate ability to recognize and distinguish different faces for millions of years, computers are just now catching up. A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source.

Gayathri says : “Before I went on the stage I was tensed. After being on it at starting I forgot everything. After sometime I got relaxed. After taking the seminar I am feeling good and confident. It is such a good experience which increases the confidence of students.“

4. Shoma Manoj

Topic : V-Model for Software testing.

A brief view of the topic : The V-Model is software development process which can be presumed to be the extension of the waterfall model. Instead of moving down in a linear way, the process steps are bent upward after the coding phase, to form the typical V shape. The V-model demonstrates the relationship between each phase of the development life cycle and its associated phase of testing.

Shoma says : “I was very much tensed when I was on the stage to present my topic. After giving a look to all my friends I felt comfort and was somewhat free from tension. When I started presenting the topic.. I donno what happened. Words were flowing from me. After my presentation Q& A session started. It made me tensed again. But at the end of 20 minutes (i.e after Q&A session) I felt relieved. “