Author: Arooj Zeb
KICS UET Lahore is now an Official Accredited AWS Academy
Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), UET Lahore is now an official accredited AWS Academy and access to official AWS resources including videos, slides, and sandbox lab environment of foundational and associate level courses on Cloud, Machine learning etc. We are pleased to invite the interested students and professionals to get enrolled and trained by accredited educators and official resources. KICS UET Lahore is one out of 6 active AWS Academies from Pakistan. Academy enrolled students can get 50 % discounts on the certifications as well.
Active AWS Academy Member Institutions: https://aws.amazon.com/training/awsacademy/member-list/
Seminars Organized by HUTIC KICS UET Lahore for Kamyab Jawan Program NAVTTC Batch-3 of Networking & Cloud Computing
Huawei UET Joint telecom and IT center organized multiple seminars on career guidance, motivation, entrepreneurship, and counseling by inviting the industry experts in the field of networking and cloud computing and alumni of previous batch for the NAVTTC Networking and Cloud Computing batch of Kamyab Jawan Program to better prepare the students for industry and professional life after graduating from this course. Students are motivated and have clear idea of their career and future based on these seminars and training by the instructors.
- On 9th May 2022, Seminar on starting your own business was conducted by Ahsan Saleem owner and co-founder of Z.A IT Zone
- On 10th May 2022, Seminar on AWS was conducted by AWS User Group Leader & AWS Community Builder Sumama Zaeem
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On 20th May 2022, Alumni of NAVTTC Batch-2 Visited to share their experience
- On 26th May 2022, Seminar on Networking Job Environment was conducted by Mr. Tasneef, Network Administrator from Sybrid
- On 14th June 2022, Seminar on Entrepreneurship was conducted by Mr. Farhan Riaz – Manager TICK KICS UET Lahore
- On 30th June 2022, Seminar on Cloud Computing Career Guidance was conducted by Mr. Abdullah Jamshed, Vice-President Cloud Infrastructure & Services and Mr. Nabeel Hamid, Managing Consultant Cloud Infrastructure & Services from Systems Limited
A certificate distribution ceremony was also held after the session for the first three position holders in the Mid-Term Examination of NAVTTC Networking and Cloud Computing.
1st Position: Sidra Khan from Section A, Muhammad Atif Iqbal from Section B
2nd Position: Aqsa Saleem section A, Aqsa Mazhar Section B
3rd Position: Muzalfa Akram section A, Muhammad Adeel Raza Section B
Korean delegation visited KICS UET Lahore
A Korean delegation visited KICS UET Lahore. Mr. Jin Dae, So CEO, Rio Energy Co,. Ltd along with his team had a meeting with Director KICS, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood and his team. They discussed the current scenario of energy shortage in the country and both parties showed their interest to work together in the energy sector.
Pakistani Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) sign partnership agreements with UNESCO’s Centre for the futures of higher education at the IIOE National Centre, UET Lahore
Lahore ( ) University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore, as the National Centre of International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) in Pakistan, organized an agreement signing ceremony with its partner universities in Pakistan to collaboratively facilitate the quality futures of digital transformation of higher education system to jointly pave the way to support Online and Blended Teaching and Learning (OBTL) by incorporating capacity building and competencies enhancement efforts for university teachers at national level. Besides, a certificate distribution ceremony for the IIOE courseware competition was also held to handover the awards among Pakistani winners. Vice-Chancellor UET Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Chief of IIOE management Centre and Director a.i of UNESCO-ICHEI Mr. LYU Feng, Chief of Asia-Pacific Programme Office of UNESCO-ICHEI Ms. Li Fan, Programme Specialist, UNESCO-ICHEI Mr. Hassan Adeel Shahzad, Director, Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS) Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Deans of all faculties from UET Lahore, IIOE competition winners, representatives from other partners HEIs (Higher Education Institutes) attended the event.
The event kicked off with the opening remarks of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Mr. LYU Feng; Chief of Asia Pacific Program Office Ms. Li Fan, and Director KICS Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood briefed on the introduction and plans for upcoming events of IIOE National Centre Pakistan situated at UET Lahore. Mr. Lyu Feng emphasized that IIOE National Centre for Pakistan, established at UET Lahore, will streamline the future work and coordination by implementing various upcoming projects with respect to teachers’ capacity building and professional development, to expand quality educational resources and content, to strengthen domain-specific research and knowledge sharing, to promote blending teaching and learning, and to boost the poll of Pakistani experts of digitalized higher education at world arena.
Prof. Dr. Bushra Mirza, Vice Chancellor LCWU, Prof. Dr. Zubair Shaikh, President of Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Dr. Aisha Mehmood from the University of Education Lahore, signed the agreement representing their universities. Ms. Sadia Nawaz and Dr. Aisha Mahmood from the University of Education got the 1st prize whereas Dr. Muhammad Umair Ahmad Khan, and Dr. Sayyed Mohsin Ali Kazmi from UET Lahore got the 2nd prize in the IIOE courseware competition. Mr. Hassan Adeel Shehzad, Programme Specialist from UNESCO-ICHEI, presented the gifts to Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Vice-Chancellor UET Lahore and Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Director KICS, and received souvenir from respected Vice Chancellor and Director KICS.
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“How Can Higher Education Shape the Future?”
On May 26th, next Thursday 9:00-11:00 AM (UTC Time) [2:00 PM- 4:00PM Pakistan Time], the International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) at UNESCO-ICHEI (International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO) will organise the IIOE Multiple-Expertise Forum: Futures of Higher Education (attached file as Concept Note.pdf).
Now REGISTER VIA ZOOM:
https://us06web.zoom.us/
or
refer to Meeting ID: 828 0201 8938
Through this forum, IIOE learners will be able to explore critical discussions in key areas in alignment with the UNESCO Futures of Education Report, and with world-leading experts sharing future-oriented insights on:
- Applications of Emerging Technologies such as AI and Big Data in Higher Education
- University-Industry Collaboration & ICT Talent Cultivation
- Strategic Views for Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE), Lifelong Learning (LLL) in HE contexts
- Future Workforce & Higher Education Digital Transformation
University leaders, teachers, researchers and staff of professional functions at all levels are welcome to join the inspiring dialogues!
Certificate of Attendance for online participation will be officially issued upon individual enquiry (with the format as attached)
UNESCO-ICHEI IIOE Multiple-Expertise Forum (Concept Note)
Best wishes,
KICS UET Lahore
IIOE National Center,
Pakistan
KICS in collaboration with IEEE is organizing a summit on “Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication 2022”.
Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), UET Lahore in collaboration with IEEE Lahore Section is organizing a summit on “Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication 2022”.
Event will be held on Thursday 19 May 2022, 10AM-1PM.
Venue: KICS UET Seminar Hall,
AI Summit includes following topics:
- AI in Cloud Computing
- AI Applications for Network security and IoT
- AI for Image Processing and Multimedia
- AI for Healthcare, Control and Decision Systems, Energy Storage
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/AISUMMIT
YouTube live stream: 
KICS TIMES ISSUE 1-2022
5th International Conference on Energy Conservation & Efficiency (ICECE) organized by CERAD UET Lahore
“The energy industry needs to not only adopt new technologies, business models and reduce costs but also take the clean energy agenda to the decision-making level,” says Federal Minister for Science & Technology, Shibli Faraz at the 5th ICECE 2022.
Centre for Energy Research & Development (CERAD), UET Lahore has been organizing its flagship event, International Conference on Energy Conservation & Efficiency (ICECE) consistently for the last four years. This year CERAD organized the 5th edition of the annual conference to provide the opportunity and platform to the researchers, engineers, and energy experts to explore & exchange ideas in the rapidly developing domain of energy efficiency and conservation strategies in collaboration with Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (PEECA), IEEE Power and Energy Society, IEEE Industry Application Society Lahore Chapter, and IEEE Lahore Section. Considering the COVID 19 impact, the conference took place virtually this year again.
The opening ceremony of the conference was graced by the presence of the Federal Minister for Science & Technology, Mr. Shibli Faraz as a Chief Guest. Governor Punjab, Ch. Muhammad Sarwar, Provincial Minister for Energy, Dr. Muhammad Akhtar Malik, Provincial Minister of Higher Education Department, Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz, Chairman of PM Task Force on Science & Technology, Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, and MD PEECA, Mr. Abdul Rehman were invited as distinguished guests. The federal Minister for Science & Technology congratulated the organizers and participants of ICECE 2022. He said, “The energy industry needs to not only adopt new technologies, business models and reduce costs but also take the clean energy agenda to the decision-making level. Therefore, the Punjab government is fully prepared to support all relevant sectors, adopt new strategies, change the energy system, and improve the lives of the people”. Governor Punjab, Ch. Muhammad Sarwar also emphasized the importance of energy efficiency & conservation. “We as a nation, have to act, plan, anticipate the situation and change our mindset towards indigenous resources to stand on our own grounds. I believe that energy transition will extremely affect society everywhere and at many different levels”, he remarked.
Vice-Chancellor UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar welcomed the honorable guests, invited speakers, industrial experts, public & private institutes for their participation and also appreciated Dr. Waqar Mahmood and his team for organizing a successful conference.
Collectively 100 researchers from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, China, Malaysia, Australia, Germany, USA, submitted their papers and only the top-quality papers were accepted by the technical evaluation committee qualifying the merit-based criteria. Speakers were invited from prominent universities of Pakistan and other countries like the United Kingdom, Serbia, Malaysia to deliver talks in the areas related to Energy Efficiency & Conservation.
Director CERAD, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood shared the modules of the conference with the participants and also highlighted the history of the International Conference on Energy Conservation & Efficiency at the opening ceremony. A virtual exposition was also designed where projects from different research labs of CERAD were displayed in a 3D environment. More than 20 industries showcased their products in the exposition including Kingor Battery, JA Solar, DAS Solar, MTM Smart Solutions, Shenzhen USER Special Display Technologies, Shenzhen LEMI Technology Development Co., Ltd, Shenzhen Carst Technology Co. Ltd, Hangzhou Everfine Photo-E-Info Co., Ltd, FnS Power Technology Inc, TRC Transportation Research & Consulting, Associated Commercial Agencies, FB Energy Limited, Power Highway, Okasha Smart, Solar Max, Crest LED, Solar Studio, Tesla Solar, SolDrive, Reon Energy Ltd, BarqBox Energies Pvt. Ltd, Fast Cables, Get Technologies.
Conference sideways, A student-based competition was also organized by the Centre for Energy Research & Development in collaboration with National Productivity Organization Pakistan in which more than 100 students from various institutes participated. The competition contains two modules: “Productivity Poster Competition and Debate/Cleantech Idea Competition” themed Energy Conservation & Efficiency. In the competition, students showcased posters and presented their innovative ideas in the field of energy conservation & efficiency, which can be turned into productive renewable energy solutions and produce great ideas to conserve energy across the country. The Productivity Poster Competition was technically chaired by Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering UET Lahore New Campus KSK, Dr. Muhammad Farooq whereas the Debate/Cleantech Idea Competition was chaired by Mr. Farhan Riaz, Program Manager, Technology Incubation & Commercialization Centre KICS UET Lahore. The prize distribution ceremony was held on the same day at the end of the competition. Mr. Sohail Ahmad Chaudhary, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Production, Mr. Syed Musa Hassan, Deputy General Manager, National Productivity Organization, Director CERAD, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood, and the jury members of both modules attended the ceremony and awarded cash prizes of up to Rs 1 Lac to the winners of both modules.
The closing ceremony of the conference took place on the second day of the conference. Director CERAD, Dr. Waqar described briefly the 2-day event. The conference ended up with the certificate distribution to the participants and organizers.
