Upcoming Events
Amrita Alumni Meet
February 19, 2012 Venue : Coimbatore Campus
Amritians from all the campuses will join togther for the first time for the Alumni Meet. The event will be organized by ‘Amritians – amrita’s alumni network’. Amritians is a very wide network of the former students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyepeetham. The event will obviously set up a platform which blend memories and aspirations, for the Amritians. Its a chance to revive new hopes. Amrita Fraternity is looking forward to make this event as an yet another memorable chapter in Amritian’s dairy.
International Conference on Nano Bio Medical Interface
February 21- 23, 2012 Venue : Health Sciences Campus, Kochi
The purpose of this conference is to bring together world leaders in the field of regenerative medicine and molecular medicine wherein nanotechnology provides a major value addition.
This conference will focus on Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Nanotechnology, Drug Delivery and Molecular Medicine each of which will be represented by leaders in the field.
National Workshop on Computer Vision and Image Processing Techniques
February 21- 24, 2012 Venue : Coimbatore Campus
Computer vision and image processing has been a significant area of study and research. Most of the image processing techniques find a wide area of applications in the field of medicine, information security, text processing etc. The objective of this workshop is to elucidate the various techniques and applications in computer vision and image processing. It also aims to introduce the Open source tools available for development of these techniques.
Nanotechnology in Solar and Energy Storage Applications
International Workshop
February 24, 2012 Venue : Health Sciences Campus, Kochi
Nanosolar 2012 is the first International Workshop to be held at Amrita Centre for Nanosiences Kochi.
We expect this to be a leading forum which will bring the best minds and will be acknowledged as one of the most important event in this area.
This workshop is aimed to bring together scientists, academic researchers, engineers, industrialists and students specializing in Photovoltaics and energy storage devices to explore recent technical advances with state-of-the-art technologies in the thrust zones of all the major topics to be covered in the workshop
National Research Seminar on Computer Vision for Robotics
February 24- 25, 2012 Venue :Bengaluru Campus
The research seminar aims to give the latest challenges and developments in computer vision for robotics applications. The focus of the series is on sensing and perception modalities, as well as their impact on autonomous robotics and intelligent systems development and applications.
The Seminar will be organized by the Department of Computer Sciences, Bengaluru.
Amrita Head & Neck Supportive Oncology Meet
February 26- 29, 2012 Venue :Health Sciences Campus, Kochi
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, AIMS is organizing a Head and Neck Oncology Meet, in collaboration with Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology (FHNO) and Eurasian Federation of Oncology (EAFO). Head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, dental and oral surgeons, prosthodontists, speech and swallowing therapists and post graduates and higher surgical trainees from ENT, surgery, oncology, dental are invited for the meet.
Renewable Energy Resources for 21st Century
International Conference
March 9-10, 2012 Venue : Coimbatore Campus
The role of new and renewable energy has been assuming increasing significance in recent times with the growing concern for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accompanied by severe consequences of climate change as well as the country’s energy security. The role of renewable energy has to be viewed in the context that the nation wants to plan for the per capita generation of electricity of 1000 kWh as against the current levels of 704 kWh.This conference seeks to address these needs with sustainable energy sources
Legal Pluralism in Natural Resource Management
Workshop and Conference
March 30-31, 2012 Venue : Coimbatore Campus
The conference aims at exploring the legal pluralism perspective in the context of forest, water, fisheries and other natural resources based on activities like pastoral, mining, agriculture etc., resources in Asian context. The conference invite research papers in these thematic resource areas that deals with various issues at micro, macro or policy level in relation to conflicts, negotiations, adaptability, vulnerability and any other issues those are suitable to explore plurality in terms of norms, customs, law and other institutions.
Security of Internet of Things
International Conference
August 21-23, 2012 Venue : Amritapuri Campus
With the advent of Internet of Things, there have been significant advances in the areas of computing, communication and control systems. The magnitude and impact of Internet of Things touches every aspect of human life as never before. The cars we drive, the planes in which we fly, and the trains we travel have hundreds of vulnerable networked embedded computers. New security threats have emerged with growth of cloud computing, smartphones, internet enabled medical devices and smart energy control systems.Tackling new security threats and preserving societal concord requires experts to rapidly develop “defend and repair” techniques.