KARACHI: A workshop on “Internet of Everything” was organised by Department of Computer Science University of Karachi (UoK), today 13th November 2014 at UBIT Seminar Hall. The event started with the recitation of the verses from the Holy Quran which blossomed it.
After that the In-charge DCS Mr. Badar Sami was given a welcome note. He talked about the scope of internet and also discussed the concept of IoE. Prof.Dr.S.M.Aqil Burney, meritorious Professor, founder of the Department was invited for his address, he said “when we started in 1994, there were only 70 students and 2 teachers and today there are over 1700 students and many teachers.
According to him, the goal of the concept behind it is, to have a peaceful, vibrant society, we need to interact with other people and the future depends in innovation. He ended by praising the hardworking students and the efforts taken by the workshop coordinator Dr.M.Sadiq Ali Khan. The main part which elaborated the tagline of the workshop IoE was conducted by M.Noman Ali, Assistant Professor and Academy Coordinator in Cisco Support Centre CTTC.
He explained IoE as “every computing device must be connected to a network: 99% of the unconnected devices are expected to be on a network by 2020”. The second session was conducted by Mr. Ahmer Saeed Asst Director IT in State Bank of Pakistan and Director of Cisco Centre in CTTC. He discussed Cyber Security- modern security threats and their mitigation. He said every organization prioritizes the protection of its assets and databases. With this the workshop headed towards its closing ceremony.
Mr. Rehan Hashmi (Member National Assembly and sub-committee member HEC) was invited as a Chief Guest. The Guest of Honor was Mr.Jamal Ahmed, Member Provincial Assembly. It started with an address by the workshop co-coordinator Dr.Sadiq Ali Khan. He said Mr.Rehan Hashmi despite of Politician, a true Entrepreneur, energetic and very experienced management trainer. Dr.Sadiq highlighted about the importance of the workshop for the students, he further announced that through this workshop the department of computer science basically starting the Cisco Academy Karachi University activities.
The internet now connects anywhere from 10 billion to 15 billion devices. It is a network of network where billions oe even trillions of connections create unprecedented opportunities as well as new risks.
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