Media Release
Bengaluru, May 5: International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Computing (ICRAC) was organized by St Joseph’s Institute of Information Science, St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru on May 2 and 3 at SJU Auditorium. This conference provided a platform for researchers, students, academicians and industrialist to showcase and discuss their research innovation in a unique way.
ICRAC was a two days International conference which was held for the first time at St Joseph’s University which witnessed 61 research papers and more than hundred researchers with unique ideas. The main agenda of the conference was to provide a platform for young researchers to discuss their ideas which will be helpful for the society in solving real life problems.
Dr Lawrence Jenkins was the chief guest. Fr Swebert D’Silva SJ, pro chancellor, St Joseph’s University presided over the inaugural ceremony accompanied by Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, director, SJIIT. Dr Xavier Savarimuthu SJ, director of Research, St Joseph’s University was the guest of honour. Dr Sivakannan Subramani, the organizing secretary unveiled the proceedings of the conference. Dr Lawrence Jenkins expressed his views on the advancement of computers and the applications of IT in real world scenario.
The conference had five key note speeches by eminent speakers – Dr Radhakant Padhi, Dr Lawrence Jenkins, Dr Simone Ludwig, Dr Mohammad Imran and Dr Ruban S followed by paper presentation sessions under the four tracks.
The valedictory ceremony was held on May 3 at Big Data Analytics Lab, Dr Srinivas Bhogle was the chief guest who congratulated the participants and expressed his excitement how AI will revolutionize education. Fr Denzil Lobo, director of SJIIT shared his thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and warned about the potential threats of AI so the youth will be better prepared for future challenges. The best paper award was given to Sharwin A R, Anticancer Peptide Prediction From Protein Peptide Sequences Using Deep Learning Techniques; Firas Phathapet, Visualization of Candlesticks of Real-time Crypto currencies through Extraction Of API Key from Binance; Emiya Susan Juby, Data Analytics in the Prediction of Cosmetics Sales. The valedictory concluded with the vote of thanks by the organizing secretary Dr Sivakannan S.