Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from St Joseph College of Engineering & Technology!
We would like to invite you to attend a two weeks ISTE Workshops under MHRD NMEICT which is being organized in St Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology , Pala, Kottayam by IIT Bombay during November- December 2011 through Ekalavya Programme. Its a good initiative , where faculty gets experience and hands on training on Software Development Techniques. In this workshop , faculty will be provided with computer system loaded with Linux operating system which is customized for the program, workshop focus on replacement of property softwares in academics with free and open- source softwares. Those wishing to attend this workshop should enroll on-line at this website http://ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/eOutreachHome.do. The course will consist of the following modules: Using Linux Tools Helps in how to use Linux machines effectively for Academics. Helps in migrating from preparatory softwares such as Windows to Free Software LINUX. Licensing issues Cut cost the Academics Version control systems Tracking the history and evolution of a project To collaborate effectively on a project To efficiently track down bugs and pin-point the changes that caused it LaTeX Excellent visual quality! Handles the typesetting; Lets you focus on content Makes writing math extremely simple It is a standard – widely used in Scientific community LATEX is a document based mark-up Mark-up — a system of annotating text, adding extra information to specify structure and presentation of text Document based markup → you don’t have to worry about each element individually Allows you to focus on content, rather than appearance Basic Python Programming Language ->Powerful, High-level, Interpreted, Multi- Platform Elegant and highly readable syntax Efficient high-level data structures Easy to learn Allows to concentrate on the problem instead of the language Advanced Python Plotting in Python for graphs Matrix operations Problem Solving Test Driven Development Write your code using the TDD paradigm. Use doctests to test your Python code. Use unittests to test your Python code. Use the nose module to test your code. We request you find some time for participating in this and also to inform all faculty members in your institution to the workshop. There is no registration fee for the workshop. On request lodging and boarding facility for the out station participants will be provided at St Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology , Pala, Kottayam . Travel Expenses up to Rs.2000 will be reimbursed against proof of actual expenditure. For More Details Remote Center Coordinator Jubilant J Kizhakathottam Staff in Charge Department of CSE, Phone: +91 9447910964 Email: h...@csesjcet.org Email: eoutre...@csesjcet.org Workshop Coordinator Deepu Job Assistant Professor, Department of CSE Phone: +91 8714511180 Email: deepu...@csesjcet.org Email: eoutre...@csesjcet.org 2 Week ISTE workshop on "Software Development Techniques for Teachers in Engineering and Science Institutes" from 5th November - 4th December 2011. An important initiative has been taken by IIT Bombay, to work with Engineering Colleges in the country, to enhance the teaching skills of our faculty colleagues in core Engineering and Science subjects. This initiative has now become a part of the National Mission on Education through ICT, supported by MHRD. The participating teachers attended live lectures, given by IIT faculty, at a remote center close to their own college. Tutorial and lab sessions were conducted in the same centers. Each center had a course Coordinator, who supervised the tutorials and Labs. All the lectures and tutorial sessions have been recorded, and the final edited audio-visual contents, along with other course material will be released under open source. These contents can be freely used later by all teachers and students. The resounding success of these workshops has encouraged us to organize another 2-week workshop on "Software Development Techniques for Teachers of Engineering and Science Institutes". This ISTE workshop on "Software Development Techniques for Teachers of Engineering and Science Institutes," is different from our usual 2- week workshops. The workshop will be spread across five weekends (5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 November 2011, and 3-4 December 2011) to allow interested participants to attend the workshop during the semester. The workshop includes delivery of live lectures through AVIEW mechanism of interaction on the Internet with participants, and local conduct tutorials and labs. Course Content The course will consist of the following modules: Using Linux Tools Version control systems LaTeX Basic Python Advanced Python Test Driven Development After successfully completing the program, the participants will be able to: Understand how software tools work together and how they can be used in tandem to carry out tasks Use UNIX command line tools to carry out common (mostly text processing) tasks To generate professional documents Use version control effectively for both code and documents Automate tasks by writing shell scripts and python scripts Realize the impact of coding style and readability, on quality Write mid-sized programs that carry out typical engineering / numerical computations such as those that involve (basic) manipulation of large arrays in an efficient manner Generate 2d and simple 3d plots Debug programs using a standardized approach Understand the importance of tests and the philosophy of test driven development Write unit tests, and improve the quality of code Duration and Venue The duration of the workshop is 2-weeks (5 weekends.) It will begin at 09:00 am on Saturday 5th November 2011, and end at 6:00 pm on Sunday 4th December, 2011. Additional contributions from participants are required to be made within the following two weeks for certification. The venues for the workshop will be 22 remote centers. Teaching Faculty Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/ Mr. Asokan Pichai, Sr. V.P. Learning and Development, TalentSprint http://www.fossee.in/sitefiles/PDFs/AsokanPichai.pdf http://in.linkedin.com/in/pasokan Prof. Madhu Belur, Dept of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/wiki/faculty/belur Who Should Attend The workshop will benefit faculty colleagues, teaching in engineering and science institutes, who wish to use open source software tools for all their computational and teaching needs, thereby improving the quality of instruction and learning in their colleges / institutes. Note Please note that this workshop is conducted by the eOutreach project of IIT Bombay, under the National Mission on Education through ICT. Live recording of the course and other created contents will be released under Open Source through a portal. The recorded CD/DVD of the course lectures will be available for distribution at cost, to any individual / institution. All participants are required to sign an undertaking for such release of contents contributed by them during and after the workshop. The recognition and citation will be made for all contributors. It is mandatory that the participant should submit a scanned copy of a letter from the principal/HOD of his/her institute mentioning that he/ she is an employee of the institute and has been permitted to attend the workshop. The letter should be on the letterhead of the institute and should bear the signature and stamp of the head of the institute. It should be addressed to Project Manager, Project Ekalavya under NMEICT, IIT Bombay. Course Fee Since the workshop is funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Government of India), there is no course fee for participation. Accommodation Remote centers are being funded to provide tea/lunch on each day of the workshop, and for accommodation, wherever available, for limited number of outstation participants. Travel expenses up to Rs. 2000/- will be reimbursed against proof of actual expenditure. Accommodation is not guaranteed. How to Apply Those wishing to attend this workshop should enroll online at this website http://ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/eOutreachHome.do. Enrollment will be strictly online, and no other applications will be entertained. The online form contains a list of remote centers. Please select a center close to your institute, from the list to indicate where you would wish to attend the workshop. Last date for enrollment is 21st October 2011. A list of selected participants will be put up on this website on 24th October 2011. The selected participants will also be informed by email. Address for Communication: Dr. Mukta Atrey, Project Manager, Department of CSE, Kanwal Rekhi Building, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai - 400 076. Tel.: +91-22-2576 4982/ 4983 Fax: +91-22-2572 0022 Email: eoutre...@it.iitb.ac.in -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
