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Hands-on FDP on AI, Machine Learning, Statistical Techniques to Bridge Industry- Academia Gap

Department of Mathematics organized an FDP on “Hands-on FDP on AI, Machine Learning, Statistical Techniques to Bridge Industry- Academia Gap” on 6th October 2018. The resources person of the programme was Mr. Dipanjan Mitra, Data Scientist and Senior Manager, IBM India. More than 27 members attended the same. The FDP began with an explanation on AI and elements of AI and moved onto Typical Industry Use Cases. This was followed by a discussion on the scope and the area of a Data Scientist, distinction between supervised and unsupervised learning, frequently used statistical tools used in industry. The session concluded with a Hands-on session on toy-data and finding solution to the problem.

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Hackathon

Department of CSE, VIT-AP University organized the first one day Hackathon on 8th October 2018 at VIT-AP on various themes. 86 teams and more than 330 students from various departments participated in the Hackathon. Out of 86 teams, 7 teams were selected as the winners. The Hackathon was projected to focus on the themes that tackle environmental and social issues. These seven competitive teams pitched and demoed their idea to the judges. The students used the state of the art technologies such as Cloud, Deep learning/Machine Learning, Internet of Things to build their applications. An optimal solution to OCR has been developed by one of the winning team which achieved nearly 99.5 % accuracy in recognizing the characters. The winning team was awarded with the memento. Finally, the feedback from the participants in general, judges, and faculties clearly indicated that this event was a grand success.

Schedule

  • Start Date: 8th October 2018, 9:15 A.M.
  • End date: 8th October 2018, 3:30 P.M.
  • Demo/Presentation: 3.30 P.M. t0 4.30 P.M.
  • Valedictory: 4.45 P.M.
  • Event duration: 6 Hrs
  • Venue: VIT-AP.
  • Total teams: 86
  • Total Students participated: 330 +

Winners:

  • AI Tribe
  • Hacking House
  • Ctrl Alt Elite
  • Aliferous
  • Vitality
  • Tata Coders
  • Coders

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Drushya animation and Gaming Club

The inauguration of Drushya-Animation and Gaming Club happened on 06-10-2018 Saturday at VIT-AP. In this regard Venkatakrishnan Alwar CEO of Oysterr has delivered a session on “VFX, Animation and emerging Technologies”. He founded Oysterr in 1994 and currently handling VR / AR / Stereoscopic / VFX Supervision and heading production for cinemas. Has 25 years of experience in VR / AR / Stereoscopic / VFX, and he is a designer, artist and a photographer.

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One-day Workshop on Ethnography and how to approach a Community for Research

One-day Workshop on ‘Ethnography and how to approach a Community for Research’. The Workshop was conducted on 6th October, 2018, in the BBA Academic class room 409 of VIT, Amaravathi. The Workshop was conducted to the students of the BBA programme with a view to create awareness among the students about ethnography research. The workshop was coordinated by Prof. Madhulika Sahoo, VIT-AP School of Business.

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Stagecraft theater workshop

Dhwani, the theatre and performing arts club, of VIT Amaravati organized a workshop, titled Stagecraft, in order to introduce various aspects of theatre to the students. Mr. T.N. Kumaradas, a fellow from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India, Pune was the resource person for the workshop. The workshop progressed through various games to familiarize the students with the techniques of presentational and representational concepts of theatre. The workshop did justice to Dhwani’s aim to provide the students with an insight into the western and Indian arts and theatre, to give a platform for nurturing the student’s various artistic talents in terms of writing, performing, acting, interpreting thoughts, exploring new ideas, and channeling creative choices. The club co-ordinator Dr. Karthika V.K., of the Department of English and Soft Skills, co-ordinated the one-day workshop. 

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Oneday workshop on soft skills

The Department of English & Soft Skills proudly welcomes you to the One-Day workshop on Soft Skills. The event is scheduled on the 25th of August 2018 at VIT-AP campus.

We cordially invite you to register and participate in the workshop which is headed by experts from SMART Training resources. The One-Day workshop focuses on the development of professional skills to enhance employability with increased emphasis on enriching the teaching/ learning experience to suit the needs of diverse learners. Further details about the workshop are provided in the e-brochure.

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Flamenco workshop at VIT-AP

Beat the Heat, the dance club of VIT-AP, organized a Flamenco workshop on 18th August 2018. The workshop was conducted by Ms.Yuka Shori, a professional expert and trainer of the Flamenco art form.

Ms. Yuka Shori has learnt Flamenco from her time at SFC Spanish dance group in Keio University in Japan from 2006 to 2010. From early on, she has had several national stage experiences conducted by FLESPON (National Student Flamenco Federation). As a trainee, she completed professional teacher training course of “Introduction to Basic Flamenco” conducted by Alegria Dance School in Japan.