IEEE Computer Society adds Bangalore chapter

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), an organization working for driving new standards in key areas of technology, has announced the inception of its Bangalore chapter.

Prof. Rangachar Kasturi, President, IEEE Computer Society, who inaugurated the Bangalore chapter said that focus on India is a key initiative of IEEE this year and the inception of the new chapter is a step in that direction.

He said that India is emerging as a hotbed of technology innovation and IEEE would be happy to play a catalyzing role in enhancing and furthering technical know-how.

Prof. Rangachar Kasturi, President, IEEE Computer Society, said: “Focus on India is a key initiative of IEEE this year and the inception of the Bangalore chapter today is a step in that direction. India is emerging as a hotbed of technology innovation and we would be happy to play a catalyzing role in enhancing and furthering it.”

The Bangalore Chapter of the IEEE will be headed by Prof S. Sadagopan, as Director. The other office bearers of the chapter are Dr KSR Anjaneyalu, HP Labs India, vice chairperson, CR Vishwanath, Volvo India, secretary, Dr Anbumani Subramanian, HP Labs India, treasurer, and Prof SV Sankran and SAP Labs, Dr S Ramani as the advisors.

Prof. Sadagopan said the IEEE computer society is is known throughout the world as the leading organization for developing conductive environment within which to develop broadly accepted, sound and technically excellent standards that will advance the theory and practice of computing and information processing science and technology.

Prof. Sadagopan, added:” At the outset, let me thank everyone for reposing faith in me to lead a very capable and eminent team at the chapter. There are three foci areas for the Bangalore chapter: continuing education through seminars and tutorials, corporate partnerships and improving university interaction.”

The inauguration was followed by a talk by Dr. Vijay Chandru, Chairman & CEO, Strand Life Sciences, a leading in silico life sciences company, on “Virtual Man for Drug Discovery Research”. Dr. Chandru spoke on the evolution of computer generated virtual models of the heart, the liver, the kidney and other organs and cell systems to simulate the physiological effects of drugs and thus predict their potential effects. He highlighted how the new approach reduces clinical trial time by 40 percent and number of patients required, a major cost by 66 percent.

The immediate initiatives to be taken by the society include: A workshop on “Technology for Education” to be announced in the next two or three months; closer interaction with other chapters in Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai; a tutorial in the next quarter; activation of a mailing list for better communication among chapter members and high-quality talks that would be valuable to the chapter community among others.

The Bangalore chapter will be focusing on continuing education through seminars and tutorials, corporate partnerships and improving university interaction.