INDUSTRIAL VISIT to CDAC (CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCED COMPUTING)

8th July, 2016

An industrial visit to Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)  Knowledge Park, Byappanahalli, Bengaluru, was organized by  Department of Computer Science and Engineering, on 08 July 2016, at 3.00 pm for the students of 5BTCS / IT. The visit to this research centre was a learning and knowledge gaining experience, as the students got an opportunity to know more about Super Computer "PARAM Padma” and some technical aspects of that server and its current applications. The visit was very useful to the students in a professional manner.

Visit Details:

• Students were first given a session on Information PARAM, and then introduced the history of C-DAC and research and development at CDAC.

• There was technical discussion between students, faculties and industrial expert Mr. A C Nataraj Scientist ‘E’, from CDAC. Students left CDAC at 5 pm. The Industry Visit was a very educative experience. Students expect more of such visits for better supplementing of practical knowledge.  
• We are thankful to Mr. B Saravanan of CDAC for having given the chance to our students to visit their esteemed campus and our management for supporting us in conducting such learning activities.

Learning Outcomes:

• The Industrial Visit to CDAC helped the students to achieve the following:
• Experience the importance of Networking and Information Security: Based on which the following students have initiated a project on “House Automation using IoT”.

• Understand the products / projects CDAC working for the Government Organization.
• Understand the computational capabilities of supercomputer “PARAM” and its applications. Different supercomputers designed by CDAC are PARAM 8000, PARAM 9900, PARAM 1000, PARAM YUVA and so on.
• Technical discussions between students and experts from CDAC on the following:

            i.Governance Solutions
           ii.Education and Training
          iii.Technology – Grid and Cloud Computing, High Performance      Computing, Health Informatics, Cyber Security, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, Embedded Mobility and Security.

Faculty members accompanied with the students are: