Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon organized a Winter School on the “IBM DB2” from 14th to 18th, January 2016. IBM - DB2 winter school program is organized with aim to help student learn about Data Base Administration and System Administration. Winter school prepare the students for the further competitive and skill enhancing tests and exams in field of system and Data Base administration. This winter school program was attended by the students of CSE / IT/ ECS department.

Winter School Program :

Winter School program on DB2 was conducted by Assistant Prof. Sarita (CSE,Dept), who explained the basics of relational database management system (RDBMS) products from IBM that serve a number of different operating system platforms & it leads in terms of database market share and performance.

She laid emphasis on knowledge of DB2 products ( z/OS vs LUW vs Pure scale ). z / OS is a 64 - bit operating system for IBM mainframes, produced by IBM. It derives from and is the successor to OS/390, which in turn followed a string of MVS versions. LUW (Linux / Unix / Windows) in DB2, is a database server product developed by IBM. Sometimes called DB2 LUW for brevity, it is part of the DB2 family of database products. DB2 pureScale is a tightly integrated database clustering solution using IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.

She further discussed Data Base workloads & DB2 product to use (OLTP vs Warehousing). OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) database is used for day - to - day business operations which refers to a class of systems that facilitate and manage transaction-oriented applications, typically for data entry and retrieval transaction processing. On the other hand, a data warehousing is a repository (collection of resources that can be accessed to retrieve information) of an organization's electronically stored data, designed to facilitate reporting and analysis.

Ms. Sarita further explained about non –relational data concept (XML data, LOB data). Extensible Markup Language (XML) is used to describe data, XML standard is a flexible way to create information formats and electronically share structured data via the public Internet, as well as via corporate networks. On the other hand LOB(Large Object Byte) is used to store large amount of data that is they can store large blocks of unstructured data such as graphics, image, video clips etc.

Database Associate Certification DB2 10.1

The Database Associate Certification is an entry level exam for user of DB2 family of products. The individual is knowledgeable about the fundamental concepts of DB2 10.1 through either hands on experience or formal and informal education. The database associate should have an in-depth knowledge of the basic to intermediate tasks required in day - to - day administration, basic SQL (Structured Query Language), understand which additional products are available with DB2 10.1, understand how to create databases and database objects, and have a basic knowledge of database security and transaction isolation.

The winter school program on DB2 was highly informative and interactive as students got chance to clear their doubts. This program further helped to inculcate basic knowledge regarding IBM - DB2 and its uses in real life.

Ms. Priyanka Mahani and Ms. Poonam Yadav Faculty of Electronics & Computer Engineering Department from Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon attended a seminar on “Advancing your future on the Cloud” conducted by the “IBM Cloud Innovation Forum” at The Leela Ambience, Gurgaon on 21st August’14.

The event begins with a welcome & opening remark by Mr. Sameer Batra, Founder Vice President, Enterprise Business Unit, North and East IBM India Pvt. Ltd. The Keynote Speaker – Mr. Christian Klezi, Vice president, Cloud Solutions, IBM Corporation, talked about the “Cloud is a growth engine for business”. He discussed about how enterprises need to securely balance the integration of cloud with back end systems.

This was followed by a brief round of discussion with 5 CIO’s about their Cloud journeys and experiences. Mr. Sanchit Vir Gogia from Grey Hound Research, Sandeep Bhatia from Anik Systems, Harnath Babu from Aviva Life Insurance, Pratap Kumar Singh from IBIBO Group and Mr. Vineet Baid from Jabong. They talked about what were the main challenges they had to face while using Cloud for their respective organizations.

The next session was taken by Mr. Subram Natarajan, Executive- Systems & Technology Group IBM India pvt ltdand Dr. Rajendra K. Gupta, Chief Technical Architect, IBM India Pvt. Ltd. They discussed about Build your own cloud - Infrastructure matters. Mr. Sanjay Siboo, County manager, Offering Management, Global Technology Services IBM India Pvt. Ltd. discussed about Tap into IT: Next gen Private Modular Cloud & Achieving, Optimization & Economics.

Overall it was an informative and innovative seminar as the attendees learnt how to deal with building our own cloud and achieving optimization.

Mrs. Neelam Ruhil, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department Of Dronacharya College of Engineering, attended a two- day IBM Research Workshop on “Digital Learning” from 27th to 28th February 2014 at ISID Auditorium, New Delhi. The objective of this workshop was to discover that how educational materials are transitioning from print to digital media and how face-to-face learning experience is shifting to more multimedia and distance option. This workshop was hosted by a group of eminent guests comprising Sara Basson(Program Director, Career Pathways,T.J Watson IBM Research Center), Chalapathy Neti, (Director, Education Transformation, TJ Watson Research Center ), Ramesh Gopinath (Director, IBM Research- India, Chief Technologist, India- South Asia), Vanitha Narayanan ( Regional General Manager of IBM India/ South Asia).

On the first day distinguished speakers Mr. Amit Bansal, VP Technology, Pearson; Mr. Andrew Ng, Co-Founder-Coursera, Dr. Shayama Chona, President- Tamana Association, Prof. Zhu Ziting, Vice President-ECNU emphasized on the transformation to digital media for learning changes the education experience - from the way learning materials are prepared and disseminated, to understanding how students learn, where students learn, and the ability to glean analytics and deeper insights about student performance. They also shared their views on research frame work for smart education and the construction of smart learning environments and smart learning ecology.

On the second day the speakers Mr. John Baker, Founder – Desire2Learn; Mr. Wayne Grant- Intel; Professor Ddembe Williams, Professor and Consultant in ICT and Higher Education- Kenya; Mr. Abraham Bernstien, Professor of Informatics, and University of Zurich enlightened the attendees on how the user experience team defines and designs such “purpose – built” solutions for the education market place and this session will closed with a discussion of trends in educational computing based on affordances emerging from a range of exciting, new interactive capabilities such as augmented reality, natural user interface, eye- tracking and learning analytics. They also discussed on MOOCs, Crowds and the Global Brain. Other experts Dr. Charles Kinzer, Teachers College, Columbia University and Mr. Nanda Kambhatla, Cognitive Solutions and Services, IBM Research- India talked on structuring Online Learning to address individual differences and user control. They also described some ways to extend and apply the technology to the education field by making content more interactive and intelligent and enabling richer engagement by learner.

The workshop was very educative as the attendees got some important hints and additional information regarding the Online Revolution: Education for Everyone, Education in the 21st Century, Big Data in Education, The Changing Classroom and Challenges Ahead, MOOCs and the Global Brains, Structuring Online Learning to Address Individuals Differences and User Control etc .