Department
of CSE/IT & ECE ,Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha University conducted
a two day’s Second International
Conference on Human Computer Interactions (‘ICHCI-2016’) at Universities
Thandalam campus on 10th and
11th march 2016.
The advancements of Human Computer Interaction
have led to this global event, with the continuation of ICHCI’13. This
conference illuminated about the latest trends of Human Computer Interactions
by renowned Scientists, Academicians,
Research Scholars, Industry professionals and the students across the globe.
The
conference started with inaugural
function led by His Excellency Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan, Founder and Chancellor of
Saveetha University, Dr. Liu Yun-hui, Professor, Mechanical and Automation
Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Dr David Jenkins, Professor in
Electronics and Mathematics, Plymouth University, UK, Mrs. Ramya Deepak, Director, Saveetha School
of Engineering , Dr. P. Shankar,
Principal SSE , Dr. D. Dhanasekaran Convener and Dr.P. C. Kishore Raja
Co-convener.
Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan and Prof. Liu Yun- hui released the
conference proceedings ICHCI -2016, followed by series of invited talks by eminent professionals.
A Memorandum of Understanding was done with Intel lab for setting
up center of excellence labs on IOT and
embedded systems at SSE.The first key note
address on “Surgical Robots” by Dr. Liu Yun-hui, Professor,
University of Hong Kong was held at Kurinji
Hall .
The first technical
Session on “Human Computer Interaction”
was delivered by Dr. Swaminathan, Associate professor,
Academician, Anna University, Mr.
Sivarajan Nepolean, Industrialist Director -Engineering Channellive, , and Mr. Venkateshwaran, Researcher in
Multicoreware.
The Second key note address
on “Human – Robot Interaction” was delivered by Professor David Jenkins, Plymouth
University UK , held at seminar Hall SSE
.
The Second Technical
Session on “Augmented Reality” led by
Academician Dr. Bhaskaran, Anna
University, Industrialist Mr. Sukumar Subramanian, MD, Accel Animation and Researcher, Mr. Mukesh, Vice-President,
E-Noah Solutions.Parallel sessions were held on Paper and poster
presentations by participants from India and abroad.
The second day
started with third keynote address on “Artificial Intelligence” delivered by Dr. Nor Ashidi Mat Isa,
Professor, University of Sains, Malasiya, followed by third technical session
on “Internet of Things (IoT)” by the
distinguished persons Dr.
Bagayaveni, Professor, College of Engineering, Anna University Mr. T. Rangarajan, TCS, and Prof. Prithiviraj ,REC.
Fourth
key note session on “Embedded Systems” was delivered by Dr. Suresh Sundaram,
NTU, Singapore , followed by fourth technical session on “Sensors” by Mrs. L.K.
Hema, AVIT, Mr. Kalaiselvan, Deputy GM, TATA Communications and Dr. Nirmala
Grace, VIT, Vellore.
We received around 1099 research
articles across the globe. The Review Committee scrutinized the papers based on technical depth and originality and
selected 135 papers for presentation. To mention a few, we have received manuscripts from ,Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), Boston, University of Teknologi
MALAYSIA, BITS Pilani, Dubai , Ulster University, U K, Hohai University, China.
The event folded with valedictory function presided by Mr.S.Bhanu Kumar,
Director WinVinaya info systems, Dr.Suresh Sundaram, NTU, Singapore, Mrs.
Ramya Deepak, Director,Saveetha School of Engineering , Dr. P. Shankar, Principal SSE, Dr. D.
Dhanasekaran Convener and Dr.P. C. Kishore Raja Co-convener. Report on ICHCI
-2016 was read by Mrs.Anusuya, Associate Professor ,SSE. Best papers and best
poster presentations were awarded to the participants. Feed back from the
participants added more honour for the conference -ICHCI 2016. Saveetha School
of Engineering Director Mrs.Ramya Deepak
delivered the vote of thanks. With
the grace of Lord Almighty the entire event ended successfully.
