IEEE KOLKATA SECTION

Recent Activities of Kolkata Section

Tridibesh Nag, Newsletter Committee Chair for IEEE Kolkata Section

Webinar on Second Edition of the Talk Series “Dare to Dream”: On 3rd April 2021, at 5:00 pm (IST) IEEE Kolkata Section and WIE AG Kolkata Section jointly organized the second edition of Talk Series “Dare to Dream” on Indian Women who have ventured into STEM careers more than 50 years back, attended by 95 participants.

Esteemed speaker: Dr. Suprakash C. Roy. He was Professor and Chairman, Department of Physics at Bose Institute, Kolkata.

The topic of the lecture was: “Life and Work of Dr. Bibha Chowdhuri”.

Webinar on How to Write an Effective Research Paper: On 16th April 2021, at 11:00 am (IST) IEEE Student Branch of Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur in association with the IEEE Kolkata Section organized a talk attended by 98 participants.

Esteemed Speaker: Prof. N Sundararajan Life Fellow of IEEE Professor (Retd.) School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NanyangTechnological University (NTU), Singapore.

Webinar on Flexible Hybrid Electronics 2.0: On 17th April 2021, Saturday, 7.30 pm (IST) ED Heritage Institute of Technology SBC and IEEE EDS Center of Excellence in association with IEEE Kolkata Section organized a DL Program, attended by 96 participants.

Esteemed Speaker: Professor Subramanian S. Iyer, Distinguished Professor who holds the Charles P. Reames Endowed Chair in the Electrical Engineering Department and a joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Webinar on Re-Thinking Computing with Neuro-inspired Learning: Devices, Circuits, and systems: On 1st May 2021, Saturday, 7.30 pm (IST) ED Heritage Institute of Technology SBC and IEEE EDS Center of Excellence in association with IEEE Kolkata Section organized a DL Program, attended by 95 participants.

Esteemed Speaker: Prof. Kaushik Roy, Purdue University.

Webinar on 3D Integration – Above and Beyond Moore’s Law: On 8th May 2021, Saturday, at 7 p.m. IST IEEE EDS Center of Excellence, Heritage Institute of Technology in association with the IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter and IEEE EDS HITK SBC organized a ‘Distinguished Lecture’, attended by 88 participants.

Esteemed Speaker: Prof. Jesus A. delAlamo, Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories.

Webinar on Understanding Black Holes: On 22nd May 2021, Saturday, 6 pm (IST), IEEE Kolkata Section organized a Lecture Program which was attended by 103 participants.

Esteemed Speaker: Dr. Somak Ray Chaudhury, Director, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune.

Webinar on Computing with p-Bits: Between a Bit and a q-Bit: On 29th May 2021, Saturday, 7.30 pm (IST) ED Heritage Institute of Technology SBC and IEEE EDS Center of Excellence in association with IEEE Kolkata Section organized a DL Program, attended by 179 participants.

Esteemed Speaker: Professor Supriyo Datta, Purdue University