IEEE Seminar on HEC Policies for Enhancing Higher Education in Pakistan

NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) has organized a seminar on “HEC Policies for Enhancing Higher Education in Pakistan” having Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman HEC as an invited speaker. The event was held on 11 May 2022 at Jinnah Auditorium, NUST H-12 campus and Rector NUST, Lt. Gen. (R) Engr. Javed Mahmood Bukhari, HI (M), graced the event as chief host. The event was a collaboration of IEEE Microwave Theory & Technology Society, Antenna and Propagation society, Electromagnetic Compatibility & Interference society and Circuits & Systems (CAS) society joint chapter at SEECS and IEEE Educational Activities, Islamabad Section.

Dr. Nosherwan Shoaib, faculty member of SEECS, welcomed the guests and participants and highlighted the importance of core policies to stimulate & strengthen the academia & research culture in Pakistan. The invited speaker, Dr. Tariq Banuri, delivered a detailed talk on HEC vision for enhancing higher education in Pakistan. He stressed that the quality-based education and research system is vital to transform the current higher education culture in Pakistan. He shared the initiatives that HEC has taken to improve the higher education structure in Pakistan. In addition to the invited talk, there was an interactive session in which students and faculty has asked the policy related questions to the Chairman. The event was concluded with the concluding remarks by Principal SEECS, Air Vice Marshal Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan, SI (M). He has thanked the Chairman HEC and affirmed the support of NUST to improve the quality of academia-research system for universities.

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With an aim to stimulate innovative ideas among students in the area of RF & microwave, the IEEE Islamabad Section Antennas & Propagation Society, Microwave Theory & Techniques Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society and Circuits & Systems Society (IEEE MTTS/APS/EMCS/CAS) joint chapter is organizing an IEEE Rectenna Design Competition during August 2022 at SEECS, NUST H-12 Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.

The deadline for submission is 31st May 2022.

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Keeping in line with the Government of Pakistan (NCOC) decision taken in the backdrop of prevailing pandemic Novel Corona Virus, all activities pertaining to students including our convocation planned on 15th February 2022 have been postponed till next announcement. 

The department of AI and Data Science, NUST SEECS is organizing a one day  skill-based training workshop “Data Integration Bootcamp” in collaboration with Astera Software (www.astera.com) on 23rd Dec 2021. This is a one day event from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. The Venue is RIMMS Seminar Hall. Other partners are National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Lab.

NUST-SEECS is pleased to announce that the Software Defined Optical Networks (SDON) training event will be held virtually on 25th – 28th October 2021 at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad H-12 campus, Pakistan. This training is designed for engineers, academic researchers and system staffs working at universities, academic networks and R&E networks especially involved with optical transmission network design & planning, network monitoring & management. This event is organised in a hybrid mode (virtual for international participants & on-site for participants from Pakistan). The training content will be focused on the notion and importance of open networking principles and practices. After a primer on software defined networking (SDN) and optical networking/communication, we will delve into advanced concepts like open optical networks.

The training will also cover a module on core optical network planning and short presentations on latest research trends in this domain. This training also includes a hands on portion on SDN emulators like Mininet and SDN controllers like POX and ONOS. International invited speakers including Prof. Vittorio Curri, Prof. Luca Poti & Prof. Fillipo Cugini will be delivering talks/tutorials on topics related to open optical networking.

Invited engineers shall be those working currently in each NREN’s NOC or an academic researcher or postgraduate research student. The NREN nominees should be familiar with fundamentals of optical communications/networks and should have high level knowledge of his/her own network, with minimum three (3) years of experience in the field.

The Workshop will create a chance of better collaboration within Asian Countries.

Organiser: Asi@Connect Project: SDON Research and Training Lab
SEECS, NUST Islamabad, Pakistan and TeCIP Institute SSSA Pisa, Italy, PERN

Where: SEECS, NUST, Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan

Every year some of the most competent and accomplished students all over the country join SEECS which is plausibly one of the most renowned schools of NUST, imparting education in the field of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. These young intellectuals come here with immense zeal and enthusiasm as well as a bit of anxiousness for a distinctive and consequential venture worth a lifetime. Therefore, an Orientation Week is held accordingly in order to help the incoming batch get acquainted with the essentials of university life, to help them interact with their seniors and contemporaries alike, mentally prepare them for the challenges lying ahead and make them feel at home.

The year 2020 arguably turned out to be the most uncertain and despondent year for many of us due to the COVID-19 pandemic and students throughout the world have had to bear the burnt of it as all the on-campus educational activities had come to a halt. After its re-opening, NUST enforced strict SOPs to cater for the health of the students and the faculty alike. Despite these unprecedented circumstances, the NUST-SEECS Orientation Week was observed from 12-19 October, 2020. The event was kept somewhat formal this time around, unlike the preceding years, in order to prioritise the sound health of students.

Students from the Sophomore, Junior and Final year volunteered to partake in the Orientation Week to make it something worth cherishing for the freshmen, despite the restrictions. Adherence to all the COVID-19 SOPs was ensured. Wearing of face masks was made mandatory, the batch was divided into several groups to avoid crowding, students were seated at a considerable distance, hand sanitizers were installed throughout the campus and movement of the students was restricted as most of the activities were carried out at the SEECS seminar hall.

Firstly, icebreaking sessions were carried out where the students briefly introduced themselves, expressed their aspirations and expectations, mentioned their distinctive traits and took part in several debates. Such activities help the students speak their mind unhesitatingly and feel homely with the SEECS family.