Amrita School of Engineering students Aarthy Devi A., Kalpana K., Krithika R., Lekshmi R. Krishnan, Moumita Roy and Vignesh, under the guidance of Ashok Kumar Mohan (Research Scholar), participated in the one day training programme on Cyber Forensics Challenges and Solutions organised by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kalasalingam University on 22nd October, 2016.
Dr. Raimo Kantola, Professor of Networking Technology, Department of Communications and Networking, Aalto University (Finland), visited the Amritapuri, Coimbatore, and Kochi campuses in early 2016.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has collaborated with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) and School Education Department to run a pilot project called “Redesigning Educational Pathways using Technology andInnovative Pedagogical Constructs for Scalable Quality Education and Lifelong Learning” in selected state model school.
The Seventh International Summer School on Information Security and Protection (ISSISP) is hosted by the Amrita Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. It will be held in Bangalore, India, on August 2- 6, 2016.
Sixteen students of Amrita School of Engineering were selected to Google Summer of Code’s and Outreachy project internships. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham nationally stands 3rd in the number of Google Summer of Code selects among other universities. Amrita is the youngest institution to reach the top three positions in the list. IIIT Hyderabad and BITS stood ahead of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Dr. Dietmar Jennewein, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Plastics Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany visited the Amritapuri and Coimbatore campuses in early 2016.
Amrita staff member, Sneha Devanand, who works as a Developer trainee at Amrita Center for Cyber Security Systems and Networks as part of IoT and BigData team, performed in the Naadotsav in Bengaluru as a Vainikaa from Kerala.
A two-day workshop on memory forensics, memory analysis, triage, and the workflow for live RAM analysis was held at the Amrita Center for Cyber Security Systems & Networks, Amrita University from February 11-12, 2016. The workshop was led by Monnappa K.A., Information Security Investigator of CISCO Systems.
Dr. K. P. Subbalakshmi, Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT), New York, United States, addressed the students and faculty members of Amrita Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Amritapuri Campus, via A-VIEW (Amrita Virtual Interactive e-Learning World) on October 14, 2015. The talk was titled “Challenges in Social Media Security and Forensics.”
Swami Shantamrita Chaitanya of Mata Amritanandamayi Math addressed the students and faculty of Amritapuri campus on February 5, 2016. His talk was titled “Scientific Revolutions – Inner Revolutions.” The event was hosted by Amrita Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks.