BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ISIM - ECPv5.6.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ISIM X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://www.isim.ac.in X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ISIM BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20110101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210429 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210430 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210601T060435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T071011Z UID:709-1619654400-1619740799@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Prof Shalini R. Urs served as Program Chair of the Somaiya Vidyavihar University's Brainstorming session on Reimagining the Information Profession: iSchools\, the way forward? On April 29\, 2021 DESCRIPTION:A note on iSchools by Prof Shalini Urs \nBrainstorming Session – Report \nBrainstorming Session – Presentation URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/prof-shalini-r-urs-served-as-program-chair-of-the-somaiya-vidyavihar-universitys-brainstorming-session-on-reimagining-the-information-profession-ischools-the-way-forward-on-april-29-2021/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210131 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210601T061220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T070521Z UID:718-1611705600-1612051199@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Prof Shalini R Us\, as program chair\, organised the Library Technology Conclave(LTC) 2021 DESCRIPTION:“Library Technology Conclave (LTC) 2021” \nLTC Brochure (PDF) URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/prof-shalini-r-us-as-program-chair-organised-the-library-technology-conclaveltc-2021/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131212 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210512T140019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210512T140019Z UID:191-1386547200-1386806399@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ICADL 2013 DESCRIPTION:International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/icadl-2013/ LOCATION:Bangalore END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130321 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210513T082152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T083324Z UID:268-1363564800-1363823999@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:University of Maryland\, Information School team visit ISiM for student exchange and other collaborative programs DESCRIPTION:In a very unique initiative\, a team lead by Dr. Douglas W. Oard\, University of Maryland\, USA including Professors Leah Findlater and Kanti Srikantaih \, visited the International School of Information Management (ISiM)\, first and only I-School in India to discuss the modalities of collaboration between the two institutions with respect to the following : \n\nStudent Exchange programs including a semester at University of Maryland for ISiM students\, leading to a possible joint degree program\nFaculty exchanges to give Maryland iSchool faculty a chance to live\, teach\, and conduct research in India for a semester\, and ISiM faculty the opportunity to do the same.\nMaryland iSchool now has two online degree programs and teaching possibilities for faculty at both Schools through these programs.\nCollaborative research that would continue by leveraging relationships built initially through faculty exchanges\, and that could benefit from collaboration networks at each institution.\nStudy abroad programs in India for Maryland iSchool students during Winter Term every two years (each cohort in our two-year Masters programs would have an opportunity to participate).\nTargeted recruiting for the Maryland iSchool Ph.D. program from among ISiM students.\n\nThis is a very unique and mutually beneficial collaboration that is envisaged to strengthen international academic collaboration. \nBrief bios of the visiting team from Maryland: \nProf. Douglas Oard \nDouglas Oard is a Professor at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, with joint appointments in the College of Information Studies and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies\, where he currently serves as director of the Computational Linguistics and Information Processing lab. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland. Dr. Oard’s research interests center around the use of emerging technologies to support information seeking by end users. His recent work has focused on interactive techniques for cross-language information retrieval\, searching conversational media such as speech and email\, evaluation design for e-discovery in the TREC Legal Track\, and support for sense-making in large digital archival collections. Additional information is available at http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~oard/. \nProf. Leah Findlater \nLeah Findlater is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland\, College Park. Her research in human-computer interaction focuses on lowering barriers to technology use and information access by supporting users with a range of abilities and educational levels. This work has led to a number of publications in top-tier academic venues and has been recognized with two best paper awards and five honorable mentions at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI). Prior to starting at the University of Maryland\, Leah worked as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Information School at the University of Washington. She received her PhD in Computer Science in 2009 from the University of British Columbia\, where she worked with Professor Joanna McGrenere and was awarded an IBM Centers for Advanced Studies Fellowship. She has collaborated with IBM Toronto Software Lab and with Microsoft Research in India and Redmond\, WA. \nTaverekere (Kanti) Srikantaiah \nTaverekere (Kanti) Srikantaiah\, is a Visiting Professor at the iSchool\, University of Maryland. He served as Director and Professor\, Center for Knowledge Management at Dominican University from September 1997 through August 2010. Before joining Dominican\, Kanti had a distinguished career at the World Bank where he headed varied and important assignments\, in the areas of information management\, at headquarters in Washington D.C. (and also at the World Bank’s field offices in Africa and Asia). URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/university-of-maryland-information-school-team-visit-isim-for-student-exchange-and-other-collaborative-programs/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121021 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210513T110301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T110301Z UID:278-1350604800-1350777599@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:InfoVision 2012 DESCRIPTION:Venue: SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd.\, Bangalore\nClick here to know more URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/infovision-2012/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120824 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120825 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T081857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T082753Z UID:282-1345766400-1345852799@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Zurich University of Applied Sciences delegates visit ISiM for International Collaboration DESCRIPTION:A Delegation headed by Dr. Armin Züger\, Head International Relations\, School of Engineering\, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) visited International School of Information Management\, University of Mysore on August 24\, 2012 between 10:00am to 1:00pm. Dr. Alexander Bosshard\, Program Director\, School of Engineering and Dr. Hanfried Hesselbarth Professor\, School of Engineering accompanied him. \nThis is the preliminary meeting to explore the possibilities of student and faculty exchange programmes and ISiM and ZHAW signed a MoU to operationalize the Summer School and Student and Faculty Exchange Programmes between the two institutions. \nThey undertook a tour of the ISiM campus and had a discussion with Prof. Shalini R. Urs\, Executive Director and Professor\, ISiM. The discussion was about collaboration with the Zurich University (ZHAW) for student and faculty exchange programme. They gave a brief introduction about the ZHAW and the different courses it offers. \nThe ZHAW increasingly moves in international arenas\, working across borders and intensifying cooperation with foreign partners in all disciplines\, for staff and students. They use the synergies that develop from collaboration with training and research institutions on all continents. The ZHAW values its regional anchorage in the greater Zurich area\, a hub in the global networked world. They are convinced that our society needs more actors who are competent and responsible\, who work in networks to generate knowledge\, and who recognize cultural diversity as value-added. By promoting international competence\, the ZHAW contributes to lasting social\, economic\, technological and ecological development. In this\, the goal is always to cross borders and further the skills and personal development of the individuals who participate. The department therefore supports the members of the international ZHAW community and their foreign partners. \nProf. Shalini R. Urs addressed the group and informed them about ISiM’s journey from conception to execution and how ISiM has evolved since the beginning. She explained the ideas of people behind the evolution of ISiM. The Delegates while being appreciative of the culture edge were interested in knowing the syllabus of ISiM that includes courses on Knowledge Management\, Human Computer Interactions\, Taxonomies\, Ontologies\, Bio Informatics and Information Systems Design. \nUnder this agreement\, students of ISiM will be able to go and spend a semester/Summer at the ZHAW and similarly students from ZHAW would be spending a semester/summer term at ISiM. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/zurich-university-of-applied-sciences-delegates-visit-isim-for-international-collaboration/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120710T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120710T103000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T083522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T083522Z UID:308-1341916200-1341916200@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (7) “Innovation – Enabler for Emerging Economy” And “Building Blocks of a Great Career” By Mr.Santosh Vidyullata Vijay Director CT&NM\, Philips Healthcare Philips Innovation Center\, Bangalore DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nMr. Santosh V Vijay will give a talk on two topics. Innovation & Building a Great Career. Using the culture of Philips that has innovated amazing products for over 100 years\, he will discuss the role of innovation for an emerging economy. He will bring his 28yrs of vast experiences from working in Electronic Wire and Wireless Communications\, Consumer Electronics\, Medical Electronics\, Health and Hospital Care industries\, to describe what is “Innovation”. He will discuss attributes that sustain innovation and specific drivers that are being applied to an emerging market such as India’s. He will attempt to kindle the audience’s creative thinking to imagine going from idea to a value product.\nAs a bonus\, he will present a second topic from his experience of being a career mentor to his team of 100 or so\, on how to develop a great career within one’s passions and goals. This segment of the talk will bring enthusiasm and optimism for graduating students and members of industry as they plan to grow in their future careers. \nSpeaker Bio:\nSantosh completed B.E. in Electronics & Communication from S.J.C.E Mysore in 1994 and started career his career with Sasken as a Software Engineer and grew into Program Manager / Delivery Manager. He worked on Wireless Technologies – AMPS\, TDMA\, GSM/GPRS and CDMA on both network and handset side. \nWhile working @ Sasken\, Santosh completed his MS in Telecommunications & Software Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology\, Chicago in 1999 with a perfect CGPA of 4.0 / 4.0. He also did a 6 week Executive Management Development Program from IIM Bangalore in 2001. \nIn 2002\, Santosh moved to GE Healthcare where he worked for the next 8 years and played various Engineering Management roles in India and China. For a brief period in 2009\, he took on a role in Strategic Alliances responsible for setting up a 50-50 Joint Venture in the area of Healthcare IT with an influential partner in the State of Qatar. \nFor the last 2 years\, Santosh is the Director for Computed Tomography & Nuclear Medicine R&D team of 100 engineers at Philips Innovation Center. His team is a diverse mix of Software\, Electrical\, Mechanical\, Systems\, Verification and Quality & Regulatory engineers with deliveries to multiple product lines in the Philips portfolio. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-industry-talk-series-on-entrepreneurship-7-innovation-enabler-for-emerging-economy-and-building-blocks-of-a-great-career-by-mr-santosh-vidyull/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120706T133000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120706T133000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T090724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T090724Z UID:319-1341581400-1341581400@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (6) “Challenges\, Successes\, Survival\, & Incarnations for an Entrepreneur” By Mr. A. Sadhasivam CEO Ignis Aerospace & Design Pvt. Ltd. DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nMr. Sadhasivam will bring his rich experience of 20 plus years\, as the General Manager of Wipro Tech Pvt.\, Mysore\, Co-founder and COO of Majoris Soft Tech Pvt.\, Bangalore\, Director of Preva Test Solutions Pvt.\, Bangalore\, and currently as CEO of Ingnis Aerospace Ltd.\, to talk about the daunting uncertainties of becoming an entrepreneur\, its life-cycle\, and what attributes contribute to becoming a successful entrepreneur. \nSpeaker Bio:\nA.Sadhasivam\, with 40 years of IT industry experience has significant experience of building organizations from scratch. He has spent 10 years of his career at ECIL in Design; Development and Testing. He was instrumental in developing Automated Testing Systems (ATS) for in-house needs and also for Indian Navy. He was the head of micro-computer design and manufacturing activity for a premier IT organization at a time when computer was just a buzz word for most of us. \nSubsequently\, he had joined Wipro and contributed unmatched value to the company for over 20 years. He was responsible for bringing out the first computer from WIPRO and subsequently managed the Engineering and Manufacturing operations for next 10 years. He was a key member involved in technology transfers from USA\, Taiwan and Japan for various IT products. \nSadhasivam was CEO of Wipro’s System Engineering Division catering to country’s Defense\, Space and Atomic Energy units and built it to be one of the most successful and profitable business unit. He has worked on several strategic programs of Defense\, BARC and NAL. He is regarded as the pioneer in popularizing barcodes in the country. \nHe was the key brain behind establishing the Testing Division of Wipro and nurtured it for 3 years. This division\, as strategic business unit of Wipro\, has bloomed in to US $ 500 Million revenue and 7000 employees. \nHis stint as the Founder\, Director and COO of Majoris Systems was quite remarkable. He has developed first smartcard based payment systems\, resulting in a business of Rs.30 Million in a year. \nHe has a BE from Coimbatore Inst. of Technology and holds MBA degree from University of Mysore\, Management Studies. He is a recipient of Visveshwariah Award by Institution of Engineers for contribution to Computer Engineering. He is widely respected in the industry as an able administrator and nurturing green field organization and building them to international size. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-industry-talk-series-on-entrepreneurship-6-challenges-successes-survival-incarnations-for-an-entrepreneur-by-mr-a-sadhasivam-ceo-ignis-aerospace-design-pvt-ltd/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120706T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120706T103000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T111859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T134319Z UID:337-1341570600-1341570600@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5) “SPI: Strategic & Operational Model” By Mr. Sid Mookerji Global CEO & Founder Software Paradigm Inc. DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThe International School of Information Management\, University of Mysore organized a lecture titled “SPI – Strategic and Operational Model” by Mr. Sid Mookerji\, Global CEO and Founder\, Software Paradigms International (SPI) on 6th July\, 2012 at 10:30 AM. This lecture was part of the ongoing Entrepreneurship Talk Series. \nMr. Mookerji’s talk was on entrepreneurship in the IT outsourcing industry and he gave a very detailed look into SPI – a global company with 1500+ employees which is focused on business solutions for retailers. He discussed SPI’s global strategy\, using theoretical frameworks which ISiM students had studied in their classes – like the Five Forces Model\, and Porter’s Three Generic Strategies. Particular emphasis was given to SPI’s strategic decision to cater to only retailers – thereby establishing a niche and strengthening their core services.\nHe also spoke broadly about the retail sector\, the world outsourcing landscape\, and the rapidly “flattening” global marketplace. Outsourcing firms\, because our services are cheaper\, have to pay more attention to quality and obtain numerous certifications. Otherwise\, people would automatically relate low cost to low quality! Mr. Mookerji said the decision to specialize in the retail sector was based on the idea of “hyperverticalization”. We are not trying to do everything for everybody – but specialize and focus our brand and services he said. In the outsourcing arena – it is the buyer who has all the power\, Entrepreneurs in the IT industry need to be client oriented and work hard to gain trust and minimize perceived risk. The highly interactive lecture ended with a lively Q&A session\, where students and community members gained insight into Mr. Mookerji’s entrepreneurial motivations\, challenges\, and experiences. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-industry-talk-series-on-entrepreneurship-5-spi-strategic-operational-model-by-mr-sid-mookerji-global-ceo-founder-software-paradigm-inc/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120706T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120706T103000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T091506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T112023Z UID:321-1341570600-1341570600@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Entrepreneurship Talk Series (5) “SPI: Strategic & Operational Model” By Mr. Sid Mookerji Global CEO & Founder Software Paradigm Inc. 6th July\, 2012 | 10:30 am DESCRIPTION:Click here for a brief report of the talk \nAbstract:\nMr. Mookerji\, a native of Mysore\, is a prominent success story in software industry entrepreneurship. Using his in depth experience from founding Software Paradigm Inc.\, and leading it to global success\, he will discuss strategic issues and operational models that entrepreneurs face while running their start-ups. He will also talk about the Outsourcing Industry overall and India’s role in it as well as the specifics of how SPI operates. He will try to provide a holistic view and the local eco-system for want-to-be software entrepreneurs in the coming years. \nSpeaker Bio:\n \nMr.Mookerji has several years of corporate leadership experience in IT and Business Process Outsourcing particularly for global Retailers. He has received the Indian government’s Excellence in IT Exports award twice. In 2008\, he helped secure SPI’s placement in the Atlanta Business Magazine’s list of Top Ten Fastest-Growing Companies. He has been honored for SPI’s rapid growth by USPAACC as well as by Inc Magazine several times. \nMysore born entrepreneur Sid Mookerji made Indians proud as his company – Software Paradigms International (SPI) has been honoured in the US. The company has been named in the list of 50 fastest growing companies in Atlanta\, US. \nMr.Mookerji holds a BE (Hons) Electrical and Electronics from BITS\, Pilani\, India and an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-entrepreneurship-talk-series-5-spi-strategic-operational-model-by-mr-sid-mookerji-global-ceo-founder-software-paradigm-inc-6th-july-2012-1030-am/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120703T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120703T103000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T113633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T123550Z UID:346-1341311400-1341311400@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (4) “Driving Marketing & Sales for an Entrepreneur” By Mr. Sunder Madakshira Vice President - Marketing and Communications SAP Labs India DESCRIPTION:The International School of Information Management\, University of Mysore organized a Entrepreneurship talk on “Driving Marketing & Sales for an Entrepreneur“ by Mr. Sunder Madakshira\, Vice President – Marketing and Communications\, SAP Labs India as part of the ISIM Entrepreneurship Talk series on 3rd July\, 2012 |10:30am at ISiM premises. \nAbstract:\nMr. Sunder Madakshira’s talk on “Driving Marketing & Sales for an Entrepreneur“ as part of the ISIM Entrepreneurship Talk series was very interactive and engaging session full of anecdotes and stories interwoven with principles of marketing.\nThe talk focused on the following entrepreneurial mindset; Branding imperatives; Conceptual ideas for almost zero cost marketing principles. The entrepreneurial mind is characterized by the following: Technology and product centrism; Extrapolation; Perception of uniqueness; Impatient; Revenue focus. The branding imperatives are: How not to appear the same as your competitor but be an “outlier “; great brands are “born” from day one (kittens don’t grow to be lions) and not to follow “your category” but be a “class apart”. Major conceptual ideas that drive marketing are: Ownership of the Customer Experience (total experience is the key); Demonstrate thy value; Integrated messaging; Building Relationships.\nTalking about Sales force branding\, Mr. Sunder underlined that “Sales Force is the best branding tool.” And it is imperative for a start up to “Get a cool sales kit Together.” Drawing from his personal anecdote of interacting with a neurosurgical equipment sales person\, the speaker demonstrated the effectiveness of “demonstration.” Ambush Marketing in Events and a proper elevator pitch are very effective marketing strategies according to Mr. Sunder .\nDelving on the importance of “influencer branding”\, the talk highlighted the significance of “Building a Strong Thought Leadership Program” and “Customer Advisory Board “as these two principles build real value to the marketing efforts. Some of the other cost effective strategies include the “ Academia Programmes” and “Speakers Bureau” which enable a company to build long-term relationships with important stakeholder communities.\nThe speaker ended his talk with a very catchy one liner quiz “What is common between a Brand and Rome\, He said like Rome\, a great brand cannot be built in a day. There were lots of questions from the students and other participants and Mr. Sunder very ably engaged the audience and demonstrated that he is a good communicator and a brand himself. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-industry-talk-series-on-entrepreneurship-4-driving-marketing-sales-for-an-entrepreneur-by-mr-sunder-madakshira-vice-president-marketing-and-communications-sap-labs-in-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120704 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T110055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T055607Z UID:327-1341273600-1341359999@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (4) “Driving Marketing & Sales for an Entrepreneur” By Mr. Sunder Madakshira Vice President - Marketing and Communications SAP Labs India Date and Time: July 03\, 2012 10:30AM DESCRIPTION:Click here for a brief report of the talk \nAbstract:\nMarketing can be effective without being expensive\, though it costs a lot in terms of imagination. Struck by the notion of creating “big bang” impacts\, marketers gravitated to advertising on television and print. Consequent to rising media costs and increasing media clutter\, the verdict on these media is “low return on investments.” \nWhat do companies which are startups do then to create an awareness and engagement with customers? In this session on “Driving Marketing and Sales for an Entrepreneur” Mr. Sunder Madakshira\, Vice President – Marketing and Communication\, SAP Labs India discusses these issues and provides 18 tips on marketing which help companies with limited financial resources but infinite power to imagine\, creating a brand for themselves at no costs. \nSpeaker Bio:\n \nSunder is Vice President – Marketing and Communication\, SAP Labs India. His passion is generating and executing ideas which give disproportionate leverage in the market. For the past 18 years\, he has worked and learnt from path-breakers and game changers in communication to customers\, talent pool and other corporate stakeholders. \nHis areas of focus at SAP are building Influencer Relations\, PR\, employee engagement and customer evangelism. He has held leadership roles in the sales and marketing functions in Unilever\, Infosys and WIPRO before his current role. \nHe has driven wide range of marketing functions – market research\, traditional and new age advertising\, competition intelligence\, category management\, talent branding\, internal communications and marketing process administration. \nHe has spoken at many industry and academic forums including at CII\, NASSCOM\, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta on the topics of interest in Marketing.\nAt the NASSCOM Emerge Forum in 2011 and 2012\, he presented sessions on “18 Tips on Zero Cost Marketing in 36 minutes” and “Organizational Growth through Personal Branding”. These have been received well by participants. \nHe holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the T A Pai Management Institute\, Manipal (TAPMI) and an Engineering Degree from the R V College of Engineering\, Bangalore. He has finished top of his class throughout his academic career\, winning the prestigious Agro Evo Gold Medal award to the Best Outgoing Student at TAPMI and a Gold medalist from Bangalore University.\nA keen carnatic music enthusiast\, he is learning to play the Veena as a passionate hobby. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-industry-talk-series-on-entrepreneurship-4-driving-marketing-sales-for-an-entrepreneur-by-mr-sunder-madakshira-vice-president-marketing-and-communications-sap-labs-in/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120701 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T111158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T111158Z UID:332-1341014400-1341100799@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Day Celebration 2012 DESCRIPTION: URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-day-celebration-2012/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120629T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120629T100000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T132938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T132938Z UID:355-1340964000-1340964000@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (3) “Entrepreneurship & Software Industry” By Mr. Chandrakanth. B. N Co- founder and President Theorem Inc.\, Global Services DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nMr. B. N. Chandrakanth will bring his broad experience as a successful entrepreneur in Mysore area to the audience\, and encourage them to consider startup of their own enterprises. He will discuss practical aspects of funding\, strategy\, operations\, leadership\, and growth of a new business. \nHe will attempt to provide a holistic view of entrepreneurship by considering its attributes such as innovation\, risk taking\, barriers to entry\, challenges in the local business ecosystem\, etc. \nThe talk will impart knowledge about Entrepreneurship to the students and may ignite some them to become successful Entrepreneurs in the future. \nSpeaker Bio:\nMr. B. N. Chandrakanth has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry across the US and India. Under his leadership\, Theorem India has managed to sustain hyper growth from a handful to 600 plus people over the past few years and is constantly innovating best practices to drive efficiencies and scale in the digital marketing space for marquee brands across the globe. As head of Global Services\, he is responsible for the growth of Theorem services and client account management across various global blue chip clients.\nAfter completing his Master’s degree in the US\, Mr. B. N. Chandrakanth managed the software division of a manufacturing company in the Chicago area. Upon his return from the US\, he founded and managed a software services company Pairee InfoTech servicing North American clients. He is an active member of various networking groups in India and his profile has been featured on national TV.\nHe has a Master’s Degree in Industrial Management from Northern Illinois University\, USA and a Bachelor of Engineering from Bangalore University. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-industry-talk-series-on-entrepreneurship-3-entrepreneurship-software-industry-by-mr-chandrakanth-b-n-co-founder-and-president-theorem-inc-global-services/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120610 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T090856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T090856Z UID:479-1339200000-1339286399@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Interactive Session on : Information Excellence By Mr.Nagaraj Kulkarni Founder COMPEGENCE DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) had organized an Interactive Session on “Information Excellence” on June 9\, 2011 at 3.00pm by Mr. Nagaraj Kulkarni\, Founder\, COMPEGENCE. \nMr.Nagaraj Kulkarni discussed with the participants\, the changing world of decision making in the information enriched world using the Analytics and Data mining techniques for the business decision making\, with Industry case studies and business examples. The session introduced the “Process + Data +Domain approach” that is essential to achieve successful business outcome. \nThe talk also touched upon what it takes to be a successful “Information Excellence Professional”\, and the foundational skill sets needed for the same – based on the gaps and opportunities observed in the industry. \nSpeaker Profile:\nMr. Nagaraj is the founder of COMPEGENCE (http://compegence.com/) focused on Process\, Data and Domain driven Business excellence.\nIt helps companies address the growing challenges of Data explosion\, Information Overload and Interconnected processes / enterprises. The focus is on Co-Creating Business Excellence Foundations through Process and Data driven Competitive Advantage. \nHis prior roles include: \nBuilding the people\, process and technology layer for HansaCequity. It provides integrated marketing optimization services to Indian companies to help them traverse the analytical marketing journey.\nRolling out the enterprise fiduciary compliance system and advanced BI Technologies\, for Intel.\nRolling out the future state “Business Systems Architecture” and Enterprise IT architecture\, for Sun Microsystems. He presented for Sun in the ‘Globally Distributed Work’ conference conducted by IIM Bangalore.\nTrusted advisor consulting and solution roll out for several clients in US\, through PricewaterhouseCoppers.\nPart of the TCS team deploying the initial National Stock Exchange Trading solution.\nHe is an Alumni of UVCE in Bangalore (1990)\, and IISc Department of management Studies in Bangalore (1993). His continued learning’s have included UCSC Leadership & Management program and ISB’s Venture capital program.\nMr. Nagaraj has a keen interest in studying the broader landscape (Business\, Technology and Customer) changes and adopting the emergent solutions to the new landscape. He also runs the Information Excellence Series for Knowledge Share sessions (http://informationexcellence.wordpress.com/) URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/interactive-session-on-information-excellence-by-mr-nagaraj-kulkarni-founder-compegence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120409 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210514T133729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T134552Z UID:357-1333843200-1333929599@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM Graduation Day 2012 DESCRIPTION:Chief Guest \nProf. H.A.Ranganath\nDirector\, National Assessment and Accreditation Council\, Bangalore \nCommencement Address \nProf. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy\nVice Chancellor\nUniversity of Hyderabad\, Hyderabad \nPresided by \nProf.V.G.Talawar\nVice Chancellor\nUniversity of Mysore\, Mysore \nReport:\nThe distinguished personas were welcomed by ISiM’s Executive-Director Dr. Shalini Urs. The ceremony was attended by ISiM students\, parents and friends of the graduates\, and guests of ISiM. \nProf. Shalini Urs greeted the graduates\, dignitaries\, and audience and introduced Dr. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy\, Dr. H. A. Ranganath and Dr. V. G. Talwar to the gathering\, highlighting their academic accomplishments and laurels\, as well as their journey to the distinguished offices they presently hold. Ms. Punyashree then called on Dr. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy\, Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad\, to deliver the Commencement Address. \nCommencement Address by Dr. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy:\nDr. Ramaswamy’s address was intellectual and inspiring. He began by reflecting on his experiences with ISiM throughout the years – from the birth of the institution to the present – and how he “learned to appreciate the prescience of the vision of Prof. Urs that led to the establishment of the institution\, its increasing need and its value in the contemporary world”. He expressed the overarching importance of information in today’s world\, and stressed that effective management of this information is especially critical for the future. \nAddressing the students directly\, he said\, “one of the biggest challenges that you Face is that the information that you need is often not available in the form that you need it in… the paucity and unreliability of data – is an issue of considerable importance” He expressed his wish that ISiM students be creators of manageable information. He stated that “as a nation\, we are poor archivists…this is one reason why we have such a poor sense of history – when you do not archive\, you have no records to remind you of what was done and why.” He explained that ISiM students have the knowledge\, skill\, and duty to protect our country’s various vanishing regional histories\, oral traditions\, and cultural identity. \nHe also noted a second challenge the country faces – that of numbers. Around 200 – 500 million Indian students will enter the learning stream in the next few decades\, and all will be thirsty for knowledge. ISiM students can find opportunity for impact by developing efficient ways to manage knowledge and instruction. \nHe admitted that the enormous scale of both challenges make it clear that the solutions have to be digital\, and extensive efforts to digitize content are needed to preserve information and allow wider accessibility. \nHe ended his talk on a cautionary note\, conveying to the students that “time does fly by\, and before you know it\, situations change\, technologies change\, expectations change” and that “burnout is a very real and ever-present danger”. However\, he stressed the importance keeping enthusiasm\, fresh perspectives\, and inspiration alive. He concluded with the poem “Ithaca” by Constantin Cavafy and wished ISiM students great success in their future. \nDr. H. A. Ranganath\, Director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)\, Bangalore\, focused his speech on Autonomy and University governance in higher education. He encouraged University of Mysore to provide similar autonomous status\, as enjoyed by ISiM\, to other well equipped departments. He advised that once other qualified departments became autonomous\, they would be in a position to deliver curriculum that reflected current times and future needs of the country. Autonomy would also foster innovation in education required by a developing country. He advised that institutions have good infrastructure before enrolling students and have strong collaborations with other institutions in higher education. He emphasized that universities should have inter-disciplinary centers and promote research through a holistic approach. He reiterated that the changing dynamics of the country’s higher education needs required a new paradigm for the higher education systems. \nAwards\nThe dignitaries presented certificates to the 34 graduates of 2011 from ISiM\, who had completed the two-year full-time M. Tech program in Information Systems & Management from University of Mysore. Mr. V. S. Raghav was awarded\, the “Parvathamma Subbaraya Gold Medal” instituted by ISiM for the top scorer\, at this 92nd annual convocation of University of Mysore. \nPresidential Remarks\nHonorable Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore\, Dr. V. G. Talwar\, thanked all the dignitaries for their presence\, their comments and advice. He congratulated the graduating students and wished them success. He wished ISiM’s continued success and hoped to see further activity in promising new areas on campus and bring prominence to University of Mysore. \nConcluding Remarks\nProf. Shalini Urs congratulated the new M. Tech degree holders and wished them the very best in their careers and their future.\nThe 2011 batch is the 4th batch to graduate ISiM\, and will soon bravely venture out into the domain of the Big Data phenomenon created by the increasingly inter-networked world of digital devices. The amount of information that needs to be stored\, organized\, and managed is exponentially increasing – seemingly without limits – and ISiM students will be the brave pioneers in the field of Information Organization and Information Management. As they progress in their careers\, they will create the new profession of Information Management as a category of its own in the IT world – and leave their mark on society. \n \nDignitaries with M.Tech Graduates 2012 URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-graduation-day-2012/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120321 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T060806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T063919Z UID:364-1332115200-1332287999@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Information Economics Workshop by Dr.Abhinanda Sarkar Principal Scientist\, Software & Analytics\, GE John F Welch Technology Centre\, Bangalore. 19th and 20th March\, 2012 DESCRIPTION:A two-day workshop on Information Economics was held at International School of Information Management (ISiM)\, Manasagangotri\, University of Mysore\, Mysore on March 19 and 20\, 2012. \nBrief Report:\nThe workshop was presented by Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar\, who is the Principal Scientist for Software & Analytics at the GE John F. Welch Technology Center\, GE Global Research\, Bangalore. Dr Sarkar received B.Stat. and M.Stat. degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and his PhD in Statistics (with a minor in Economics) from Stanford University\, USA. He taught Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, USA\, for several years while pursuing research interests in time-frequency methods in stock prices and mutual fund ranking dynamics. He has also been visiting faculty at Stanford and ISI. While at IBM Research\, he received invention achievement awards for his work on pricing of e-commerce services. His work in GE on consumer finance has earned him a Super Achiever Award. \nIn addition\, he has enabled technology and published in the areas of default prediction from bond market analytics and decision support based on incomplete data. Currently\, he works on data-driven financial risk management as it applies to sectors like energy and water. \nIn the first session with the students\, Dr. Sarkar laid the foundation concepts for economics in the areas of microeconomics. Using examples from the auto industry\, he illustrated key parameters of microeconomics such as Demand and Supply\, Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenue\, Pricing\, Producer and Consumer Behavior\, and Market Competition. All the while emphasizing the role played by information in microeconomic dynamics. \nDuring the second session\, he took the discussion to the pure role played by information in decision making by principal-agent interactions. He talked about salient issues that occur in infonomics in the guise of signaling\, screening\, incentives\, and winner’s curse that explain microeconomic and macroeconomic behavior in everyday life. Using simple examples such as insurance policies\, farm owners and their workers\, and businesses and their contract labor\, he explained the weight that information played in making choices and decisions. He also covered the application of game theory to the same examples to predict possible outcomes in choice making to achieve economic equilibrium. Asymmetry of information cases were also discussed in detail. \nThe sessions were concluded with an explanation of how decision trees could be applied to analyze bargaining between customers and sellers\, and information exchanges that take place before a transaction is accomplished. \nThe students were appreciative of learning abstract concepts of economics co-related to real world activity\, to grasp the evolving area of Infonomics driven by advanced IT. Dr. Sarkar\, with his casual conversational style engaged the students\, and took a complex topic and made it easy to understand. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/information-economics-workshop-by-dr-abhinanda-sarkar-principal-scientist-software-analytics-ge-john-f-welch-technology-centre-bangalore-19th-and-20th-march-2012-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120321 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T060611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T060924Z UID:361-1332115200-1332287999@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Information Economics Workshop by Dr.Abhinanda Sarkar Principal Scientist\, Software & Analytics\, GE John F Welch Technology Centre\, Bangalore. 19th and 20th March\, 2012 DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) is organising a Workshop on “Information Economics” by Dr.Abhinanda Sarkar\, Principal Scientist\, Software & Analytics\, GE John F Welch Technology Centre\, Bangalore\, on 19th and 20th March\, 2012 @ International School of information Management (ISiM)\, Manasagangotri\, Mysore. \nAbstract:\nInformation economics is a field that studies how information affects an economy and economic decisions. The special characteristics of information (as compared with other types of goods) complicate many standard economic theories. \nIn recent decades\, there have been influential advances in the study of information asymmetries and their implications for contract theory\, including market failure as a possibility. Experimental and game theory methods have been developed to model and test theories of information economics\, including potential public-policy applications such as mechanism design to elicit information-sharing and otherwise welfare-enhancing behavior. \nThis Workshop on Information economics–the study of situations in which different economic agents have access to different information\, introduces the participants to the effect of asymmetric information on the efficiency properties of market outcomes and the kind of institutions and patterns of behavior that develop in response to informational asymmetries. The Workshop covers topics such as: Asymmetric Information; Game theoretic Approaches; and Auctions. The focus is on game theoretical tools required for analyzing situations of asymmetric information and applications in risk sharing\, moral hazard\, adverse selection (signaling\, screening)\, and mechanism design. The workshop will introduce students to applications of the theory-applied fields in economics such as auctions\, finance\, environmental economics\, etc. \nSpeaker Bio:\n \nDr.Abhinanda Sarkar is currently Principal Scientist\, Software Sciences and Analytics\, in GE Global Research and is based in the GE John F Welch Technology Center in Bangalore. In this role\, Abhinanda works with GE research and engineering teams as they design software and solutions built around data mining\, modeling\, and optimization. He is also Manager of the Edison Engineering Development Program for high-potential engineering talent. Earlier in GE\, Abhinanda has served as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has led and contributed to services technologies for GE Energy and GE Capital focused mostly on risk management and reliability. In a research career with GE\, IBM\, and MIT\, Abhinanda’s publications and patents have been in applying statistical and probabilistic methods to areas such as wind energy forecasting\, bond market analytics\, biomedical text mining\, content-based image retrieval\, wireless network interference\, gravitational wave detection\, etc. \nDr.Sarkar received his B. Stat and M. Stat degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and his PhD in Statistics (with a minor in Economics) from Stanford University\, USA. He taught Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, USA\, for several years while pursuing research interests in time-frequency methods in stock prices and mutual fund ranking dynamics. He has also been visiting faculty at Stanford and ISI. While at IBM Research\, he received invention achievement awards for his work on pricing of e-commerce services. \nClick here for a Brief Report of the workshop URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/information-economics-workshop-by-dr-abhinanda-sarkar-principal-scientist-software-analytics-ge-john-f-welch-technology-centre-bangalore-19th-and-20th-march-2012/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120308T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120308T100000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T064326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T065607Z UID:376-1331200800-1331200800@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (20) “From Print to AR - Smart Media of the Future” by Dr. Arved Carl Hübler Chair of the Professorship Institute for Print and Media Technology\, Chemnitz University of Technology for German Government agency DFG. DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) has organised a Special Lecture (20) on “From Print to AR – Smart Media of the Future” by Dr.Arved Carl Hübler\, Chair of the Professorship\, Institute for Print and Media Technology\, Chemnitz University of Technology for German Government agency DFG on 8th March\, 2012 at 10:00 am @ International School of information Management (ISiM)\, Manasagangotri\, Mysore. \nTalk Abstract:\nDr. Arved Hübler will be talking about the future of media and offer a short systematic view on different media technologies. He will present some examples of developments at his institute and will address printed electronics\, document technologies and OCR. Additionally\, he will also present background of Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology and their activities in India. \nSpeaker Bio:\n \nBorn in 1960\, Dr. Arved Hübler studied Physics in Heidelberg and Berlin. His PhD in the field of image science was honoured with several awards. Dr. Hübler has worked several years at Bertelsmann AG\, Germany\, one of the world’s largest media companies. At Bertelsmann\, he rose to Senior Manager for Technology. In 1997\, he was appointed to a professorship at Chemnitz University of Technology\, Germany. He is presently the director of the Institute for Print and Media Technology [pmTUC] at the University with about 50 employees. The pmTUC is one of the world’s leading institutes for research and education in advanced printing and media technologies. His group has presented the first mass-printed electronic circuitry and the first mass-printed solar cell on paper. Currently\, pmTUC has a dual-degree Masters program in conjunction with Manipal University\, India. A representative office of pmTUC is based in Mumbai. \nDr. Arved Hübler is a member of many national and international scientific organizations. He has over 100 publications\, holds several patents and served as chair for numerous international conferences. He was a founding board member of the OEA\, the international Organic Electronics Association. Furthermore\, he is engaged in several start-up companies focused on printed electronics. \nClick here for a brief report of lecture URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-20-from-print-to-ar-smart-media-of-the-future-by-dr-arved-carl-hubler-chair-of-the-professorship-institute-for-print-and-media-technology-chemnitz-universit/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120309 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T064657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T072257Z UID:379-1331164800-1331251199@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (20) “From Print to AR - Smart Media of the Future” DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) organised a Special Lecture (20) on “From Print to AR – Smart Media of the Future” on 8th March\, 2012 at 10:00 am by Dr.Arved Carl Hübler\, Chair of the Professorship\, Institute for Print and Media Technology\, Chemnitz University of Technology for German Government agency DFG. \nBrief Report of Special Lecture:\nThe talk discussed the evolution of Print Media and how it has adapted to advances in technology – from it’s humble origins on papyrus leaves\, to the Guttenberg printing press\, to Augmented Reality used in devices like smartphones. Dr. Hübler gave insight into the current state of print media and forecasted its future. He described how electronics are helping to change the Print Media landscape – giving examples such as the first mass-printed transistor\, integrated circuit on paper\, printed loudspeakers\, etc. An example particularly relevant to Indian society was the idea of cheaply printing solar cells on the inside of cardboard packaging – so that they can be used to harness solar energy for electricity instead of being discarded. \nDr. Hübler later on explained the coding of Information with reference to moveable type printing and how it has become more efficient through the use of the Phoenician alphabet (as opposed to Chinese script) and Electronic binary code. He went on to explain the restrictions of the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process\, OCR Methodology and how optical coding developments are bringing in AR into unexpected places – from magazines and books\, to cereal boxes and toys. Dr. Hübler ended the talk with the memorable example of AR used in onsite language translation of English signs into Spanish. \nClick here to view pdf version of presentation URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-20-from-print-to-ar-smart-media-of-the-future/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120227 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T131548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T131548Z UID:388-1330128000-1330300799@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Information Excellence Summit - Data Dynamics Wipro Campus\, Electronic City\, Bangalore DESCRIPTION:Click here to know more URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/information-excellence-summit-data-dynamics-wipro-campus-electronic-city-bangalore/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120116T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120116T110000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T133042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T133042Z UID:394-1326711600-1326711600@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (19) “Second level gatekeeping and Content Concentration in Twitter: An Analysis of the 2009 Gaza Conflict” DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) organised a Special Lecture (19) on “Second level gatekeeping and Content Concentration in Twitter: An Analysis of the 2009 Gaza Conflict” on 16th January\, 2012 at 11:00 am by Prof. H. Raghav Rao\, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor\, Management Science and Systems Department\, University at Buffalo\, State University of New York\, USA. \nBrief Report of Special Lecture:\nThis special lecture by Prof. H. Raghav Rao focused on how Twitter users not only consumed news worthy information\, but behaved as broadcasters of the information to other users at the same time. The rise of social media allows the online public to actively participate in processes of online news creation and circulation. Social media-based user-to-user communication not as a consequence of the reception of news\, but as an additional step in the news production chain. \nThe lecture highlighted what distinguished Twitter from traditional news media filtration\, wherein the consumer did not have a role\, to where the receiver played a critical role as ‘gatekeeper’ in social-media networks and impacted news distribution. User’s information selection is not merely a passive consumption of information: accompanies the practices of “sharing\,” redistributing the information they choose. Twitter Users act as Redistributors thus they are both audiences and broadcasters. \nProf. Rao’s research and analysis presented how rise of social-media has encouraged public to actively participate in online news creation and also perform additional steps in news production chain. Such research help u the role of social media users (i.e. Twitter) in a news gatekeeping process and also study global diffusion of breakout news in social media (i.e. Twitter). \nHe also demonstrated how ‘second-level ‘gate-keeping occurs by users of Twitter from examples of analysis of the “2009 Gaza Conflict” using statistical hypothesis testing\, and how it follows exponential decay law with time. He discussed in his lecture in detail about the temporal nature of news broadcast via Twitter as it concerns news worthy events that have limited life span. He concluded the lecture with lessons learned from research about current social-media capabilities and their limitations in being news broadcasters to the global community at large. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf.Raghav Rao at the lecture URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-19-second-level-gatekeeping-and-content-concentration-in-twitter-an-analysis-of-the-2009-gaza-conflict/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120117 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210517T131949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T133136Z UID:391-1326672000-1326758399@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (19) : Second level gatekeeping and Content Concentration in Twitter: An Analysis of the 2009 Gaza Conflict By Prof. H. Raghav Rao SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Management Science and Systems Department\, University at Buffalo\,State University of New York\, USA DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) has organised a Special Lecture (19) on “Second level gatekeeping and Content Concentration in Twitter: An Analysis of the 2009 Gaza Conflict” by Prof. H. Raghav Rao\, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor\, Management Science and Systems Department\, University at Buffalo\, State University of New York\, USA\, on 16th January\, 2012 at 11:00 am @ International School of information Management (ISiM)\, Manasagangotri\, Mysore. \nTalk Abstract:\nTwitter is a social news site in which various types of information are re-circulated and reinterpreted by individual users. The talk will provide an overview of a research study conducted by Hazel Kwon\, Onook Oh\, Manish Agrawal and H. R. Rao. The research study explores the pattern of Twitter users’ selection of news contents\, defining their practice as the ‘second-level’ gatekeeping. By analyzing user-selected contents in Twitter about the 2009 Israel-Gaza conflict\, the study finds: first\, while a variety of contents were selected and redistributed by Twitter users\, the aggregation of these selections over-represents a small number of prominent content providers; second\, Twitter users’ selection is not constituted randomly\, affected by hyperlinks structure and content types; third\, temporal analyses revealed that social media sites and traditional media are prominently selected in a later stage of news lifespan. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. H. Raghav Rao is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor\, Management Science and Systems Department\, at the University at Buffalo\, State University of New York\, USA. Prof. Rao got his PhD from Purdue University\, MBA from Faculty of Management Sciences\, Delhi University\, and B Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology\, Kanpur. \nProfessor Rao’s interests are in the areas of management information systems\, decision support systems\, e-business\, emergency response management systems and information assurance. He has chaired sessions at international conferences and presented numerous papers. He also has co-edited four books of which one is on Information Assurance in Financial Services. He has authored or co-authored more than 175 technical papers\, of which more than 100 are published in archival journals. His work has received best paper and best paper runner up awards at AMCIS and ICIS. Dr. Rao has received funding for his research from the National Science Foundation\, the Department of Defense and the Canadian Embassy and he has received the University’s prestigious Teaching Fellowship. He has also received the Fulbright fellowship in 2004. He is a co-editor of a special issue of The Annals of Operations Research\, the Communications of ACM\, associate editor of Decision Support Systems\, Information Systems Research and IEEE Transactions in Systems\, Man and Cybernetics\, and coEditor-in-Chief of Information Systems Frontiers. Dr. Rao also has a courtesy appointment with Computer Science and Engineering as adjunct Professor. Prof Rao is also the recipient of the 2007 State University of New York Chancellor’s award for excellence in scholarship and creative activities. In 2010\, Professor Rao was appointed a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and is the only School of Management Professor to be honored as a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor\, which represents a promotion in rank above full professor. \nClick here for a brief report of lecture URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-19-second-level-gatekeeping-and-content-concentration-in-twitter-an-analysis-of-the-2009-gaza-conflict-by-prof-h-raghav-rao-suny-distinguished-service-professor-management-sci/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120112 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T060254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T060622Z UID:455-1326240000-1326326399@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Foreign Students visit to ISiM DESCRIPTION:Students from The University of Maryland\, Institute for International Programs Education Abroad programme visited International School of Information Management\, University of Mysore on January 11\, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Out of the twelve students’ in the group two students were from University of Illinois and one student from University of Indiana and nine students from University of Maryland. \nThey undertook a tour of the ISiM campus and had an informal discussion with the ISiM students. The group while interacting with ISIM students shared their experiences of studying in the US and in turn got to know about studying in India. Prof. Taverekere (Kanti) Srikantaiah\, who headed the study tour\, also spoke about the University of Maryland and the different courses it offers. The University of Maryland\, School of Information Studies offers four different courses on Library and Information Science\, Information Management\, Human Computer Interaction and PhD programme in multi-disciplinary subjects. \nProf. Shalini R Urs addressed the group and informed them about ISiM’s journey from conception to execution and how ISiM has evolved since the beginning. She explained the ideas of people behind the evolution of ISiM. The International Students while being appreciative of the culture edge were interested in knowing the syllabus of ISiM that includes courses on Knowledge Management\, Human Computer Interactions and Information Systems Design. \nMr. Pouria Noraseth of the Master of Information Management program of University of Maryland suggested including course on “Risk Management” and “Project Management”. \nIt was a good experience for both ISiM students and the students from abroad. \nList of Students in the Study Abroad Group (US Citizens):\n\nLyndsay Bratton Dolf\nMelanie Lambert Anna\nKatrina Lawrence Elise\nMargaret Leist Ann\nDeirdre Lunn Donovan\nColleen McClowry\nPouria Noraseth\nKendra Parson Nicole\nGina Perry Kim\nCourtney Smith Elizabeth\nMatthew Stahl Christian\nKimberly White Diane\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStudents from University of Maryland\, University of Illinois and University of Indiana URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/foreign-students-visit-to-isim/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111216 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T062454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T062454Z UID:461-1323907200-1323993599@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (18) Industrial Internet by Dr.Abhinanda Sarkar\, Principal Scientist\, Software & Analytics\, GE John F Welch Technology Centre\, Bangalore. DESCRIPTION:International School of information Management (ISiM) organised a Special Lecture (18) on “Industrial Internet” by Dr.Abhinanda Sarkar\, Principal Scientist\, Software & Analytics\, GE John F Welch Technology Centre\, Bangalore\, on 15th December\, 2011 at 11:00 am @ International School of information Management (ISiM)\, Manasagangotri\, Mysore. \nBrief Report:\nDr.Abhinanda Sarkar addressing students at International School of Information Management (ISiM)\, in the course of his Special Lecture on “Industrial Internet” said connecting communication devices and other gadgets that are used for domestic and manufacturing purposes\, would bring in revolutionary changes is the way things have been working so far. He said connecting the service industry\, advertising\, supply chain\, internet and almost all industries on a single platform can be beneficial to consumers as well as serve business interests. He talked about how a service engineer for your washing machine company could show up at your door step and say “Your washing machine called me up” and I am here to service. This would enhance safety and improve efficiency.\nDrawing an analogy\, Dr.Sarkar said industrial internet is Facebook for jet engines\, real-time status updates that help aircraft technicians maintain the log chart with more precision\, thus delivering better service to passengers ensuring care traffic control\, which reduces waiting times and fastens passenger movement a lot than before. Today it is possible to get real time flight data including the condition of the different components of the aeroplane to monitor the flight details and help diagnose problems if any.\nHis talk was full of examples from diverse domains including Health care\, vehicular traffic management & safety and others. \nWhile the Internet in the last 20 years has connected the entire world by connecting the communication devices such as the computers\, mobiles and others\, the Industrial Internet is about the next stage of Internet. The Industrial Internet is all about connecting millions of the machines that help to move\, cure\, power and build the world we live in. The Industrial Internet is Facebook for jet engines: real-time status updates that help aircraft technician’s do maintenance more efficiently\, which keeps passengers on the move. Its “care traffic control:” algorithms that smooth operations in ERs so patient wait times are shorter. And its rail Movement Planner: software that crunches data from locomotives on the move to increase average network speed by 2 to 4 miles per hour\, which saves approximately $200 million in capital and expenses per year. The Industrial Internet is all of these innovative solutions and so many more\, saving customers money and connecting our world. GE’s software engineers are working on developing and more from a B to B perspective\, on “Industrial Internet” to make our lives much better by connecting various machines that are part of our daily lives. \nSpeaker Bio:\n \nDr.Abhinanda Sarkar is currently Principal Scientist\, Software Sciences and Analytics\, in GE Global Research and is based in the GE John F Welch Technology Center in Bangalore. In this role\, Abhinanda works with GE research and engineering teams as they design software and solutions built around data mining\, modeling\, and optimization. He is also Manager of the Edison Engineering Development Program for high-potential engineering talent. Earlier in GE\, Abhinanda has served as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has led and contributed to services technologies for GE Energy and GE Capital focused mostly on risk management and reliability. In a research career with GE\, IBM\, and MIT\, Abhinanda’s publications and patents have been in applying statistical and probabilistic methods to areas such as wind energy forecasting\, bond market analytics\, biomedical text mining\, content-based image retrieval\, wireless network interference\, gravitational wave detection\, etc. \nDr.Sarkar received his B. Stat and M. Stat degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and his PhD in Statistics (with a minor in Economics) from Stanford University\, USA. He taught Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, USA\, for several years while pursuing research interests in time-frequency methods in stock prices and mutual fund ranking dynamics. He has also been visiting faculty at Stanford and ISI. While at IBM Research\, he received invention achievement awards for his work on pricing of e-commerce services. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-18-industrial-internet-by-dr-abhinanda-sarkar-principal-scientist-software-analytics-ge-john-f-welch-technology-centre-bangalore/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111201 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T072543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T081700Z UID:469-1322611200-1322697599@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (17) Individual Differences in Phishing Susceptibility: An Integrated Information Processing Model by Dr. Arun Vishwanath\, Director of Graduate Studies\, Associate Professor\, Department of Communication\, Adjunct Associate Professor\, Management Science & Systems\, State University of New York at Buffalo\, USA. DESCRIPTION:Special Lecture Abstract:\nDr. Arun Vishwanath besides explaining the nuances of Phishing also presented an integrated information processing model related to phishing susceptibility. In the light of his extensive research work on the topic\, he helped the audience understand the different methods\, approaches that can be used to mitigate the damage phishing can cause. Based on his research he presented an integrated information processing model of phishing susceptibility grounded in prior research in information processing and interpersonal deception. The model is refined and validated on a sample of intended victims of an actual phishing attack. The data provides strong support for the model’s theoretical structure and causative sequence\, explaining close to fifty percent of the variance in individual phishing susceptibility. The results indicate that most phishing emails are peripherally processed and individuals make decisions based on simple cues embedded in the email. Interestingly\, urgency cues in the email stimulated increased information processing thereby short circuiting the resources available for attending to other cues that could potentially help detect the deception. \nThe findings of the phishing study suggest that habitual patterns of media use combined with high levels of email load have a strong and significant influence on individuals’ likelihood to be phished. Consistent with social cognitive theory\, computer self-efficacy was found to significantly influence elaboration\, but its influence was mitigated by domain specific-knowledge. The presentation covers the model\, its tests\, the findings of the study\, as well as the ways in which individuals can reduce their susceptibility to phishing based deception. \nHaving given an overview of the study carried out in the US context\, he also asked the participating students to leverage and extend similar study in the Indian context. \nSpeaker Profile:\nArun Vishwanath\, Ph.D.\, MBA\, is Associate Professor of Communication and the Director of the Graduate Program at the University at Buffalo. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management Science & Systems. His research focuses on cognitive\, affective\, and behavioural consequences of information on technology adopting units ranging from individual consumers and households to cultures and health care organizations. His research takes a systems theoretic approach and focuses on the dynamic\, embedded nature of decision-making within interdependent system domains and the role of information in shaping the present and future states of such systems. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-17-individual-differences-in-phishing-susceptibility-an-integrated-information-processing-model-by-dr-arun-vishwanath-director-of-graduate-studies-associate-professor/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110926 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T082136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T082136Z UID:476-1316822400-1316995199@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:InfoVision 2011 DESCRIPTION:Venue: Infosys\, Bangalore \nClick here to know more URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/infovision-2011/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110605 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T091539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T091539Z UID:485-1307145600-1307231999@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Special Lecture (16) : User Experience Design for Enterprise Software By Dr. Todd Barlow Director of Usability and User Interface Design\, USA DESCRIPTION:The talk on “User Experience Design for enterprise software By Dr. Todd Barlow of SAS began with an welcome and introduction note by Prof. Shalini Urs\, Executive Director of the International School of Information Management ( ISiM)\, University of Mysore. There was very good response with many professionals from Infosys and other industries also participating in addition to the students of ISIM and the campus. \nDr. Barlow with his more than 2 decades of expertise in Interface design began his talk by focusing on the challenges and complexity of design issues in our every day devices such as faucets to Mobile phones. Starting from giving a all encompassing definition of UI (User Interface) Design\, he went about elaborating on the relevance of US across the different functions of a company from Sales to customer support services. Given that the criterion of success for Enterprise Software is sales\, and is sold to very large organizations\, and the purchase decisions are made by a higher level decision maker in the company and the feedback is from the end user\, it is a tough challenge to meet all expectations. Most UI Technologies such as Flex\, WPF\, JSF\, JQuery\, iOS are missing in functionality necessary for Enterprise Software\, every enterprise software company needs a UI team in the development process. In his talk Dr. Barlow highlighted the fact that UI team is invariably a very multidisciplinary one with people from computer science to psychology being part of the team.\nThe talk highlighted on the issues of deployment of field personnel as proxies in the usability evaluation and the role of usability experts and domain experts in carrying out usability evaluation. Drawing examples of case studies of Usability inspection of mobile application for : Medical personnel in a hospital ; Parking officers ; Political advisors and others\, the challenges of managing diverse applications and different expectations \, Dr. Barlow engaged the audience in thinking about usability. He also showcased many examples of intentionally bad UI designs such as in case of “Craigslist” and “Ryanair”. The talk also covered the area of diagrammatically opposite reviews of the same product and gave excerpts of the reviews for UI of Microsoft Mobile Phones. \nDr. Barlow also talked about the kinds of problems his UI team at SAS chooses to solve for their customers. They involve complex analytics\, large amounts of data\, large numbers of users\, or some combination of those three and about how usability fits into product development that follows the pattern of the S curve where in the number of users increase with time\, and with more users how they have to be more concerned with the quality of the user experience. The majority of these users are less interested in how something works. They will trust SAS software to deliver valid\, useful information and they simply want the software to work with as little fuss as possible. Dr. Barlow concluded by summarizing how presentation is the key and successful presentation layer has to be Aesthetically pleasing; Appropriate for the Audience for enterprise software\, the Technology\, and the Brand; should be Functional including legibility and accessibility .With the emergence of Software as Service (SAAS) paradigm and the agile approach to software design becoming well accepted\, and games and mobiles becoming the most popular. UI design field has some new challenges to confront. \nSpeaker Profile:\nTodd Barlow is Director of Usability and User Interface Design at SAS. He is responsible for the usability of SAS software\, establishing usability engineering practices\, and defining the role of usability in development processes. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human-computer interaction. Prior to working at SAS\, he worked as a consultant designing and evaluating interfaces for consumer electronics\, weapon systems\, and telecommunication software. He holds a B.S.I.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology\, a B.A. from the University of Maryland\, an M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, and a Ph.D. in psychology from North Carolina State University. URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/special-lecture-16-user-experience-design-for-enterprise-software-by-dr-todd-barlow-director-of-usability-and-user-interface-design-usa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20110520T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20110520T163000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T114438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T114751Z UID:491-1305903600-1305909000@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:ISiM – Special Lecture - 15 DESCRIPTION:Topic : Relevance of Information Management in Industry\nSpeaker : Ms.Jagadamba Krovvidi\, Principal Technology Architect\nInfosys Technologies Limited\, Hyderabad.\nVenue : International School of Information Management (ISiM)\, University of Mysore. \nLecture focused on:\n\nData: An Enterprise asset\nData Transformation cycle: From Data to Information to knowledge\nWhat is Enterprise Data Management?\nData Governance driven Enterprise\nData Management Organizations: Governance\, Stewardship\, Services\nData Warehousing and Business Intelligence Management in Enterprise\n\nThe lecture stressed on importance of ‘Data Management’. By using different analogies the significance of ‘Information Management’ in current scenario was made clear. The topics involved the distinct aspects of ‘Data Management’ such as planning\, governance and controlling data. The lecture emphasized on Data mining and data warehousing making performance more elite in the applied fields and the growth of same is still rapid. ERP\, CRM\, etc are the peripheral factors assisting data management and proper use of the same can enhance performance. Eventually the lecture ended with a note that “Data Management is nothing but taking data as input and getting knowledge as output.” \nSpeaker Profile:\nMs.Jagadamba Krovvidi\, Principal Technology Architect\, Infosys Technologies Limited\, Hyderabad\nFunctional Expertise: Information Management including Business Intelligence and Data Management \nMs.Jagadamba Krovvidi has 14 years of professional experience in technology consulting and solutions implementations\, in areas of Data Management\, Master Data Management\, Performance Management\, Analytics and other aspects of DW/BI. Currently associated with Software Engineering and Technology Labs (SETLabs) for defining strategies\, transforming businesses and redesigning processes for specific requirements in the Information Management area. She has broad experience across all the aspects of the SDLC of Data Management and Business Intelligence. \nProject Highlights & Value Delivered to Clients\n\nAs part of her current role at SETLabs\, current responsibilities include analysis of trends and emerging technologies in Information Management and strategy consulting\nVast experience in identifying gaps and thus creating IP and Thought leadership around data management and business intelligence with customers as part of co-creation\nExperience in conducting Business level workshops to conceptualize the KPI reporting strategy\, GAP Analysis and defining Roadmap for overall Information Management including Data Management Maturity assessments and recommendations\nWorked in many BI Strategic engagements across various domains including telecom\, banking\, manufacturing and Insurance\nWorked on Business Processes Automation via BI solutions\, ETL Automation\, and Production Rollout with least monitoring\nIn depth Technology experience with Business Objects\, Data Services\, Cognos8\, Micro Strategy\, Informatica\, Hyperion Essbase\, Teradata\, Oracle and MS SQL Server\nConsulting experience on Data Management – Maturity assessment\, Data Quality\, Profiling\, MDM and Data Governance\nPublished conference papers for Premium conferences like COMAD\n\nAcademic Background\nShe has an MS in Computer Science from Texas University\, USA and a Bachelors from Osmania University AP\, India URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/isim-special-lecture-15/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20110419T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20110427T170000 DTSTAMP:20260609T204429 CREATED:20210518T115028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T115028Z UID:493-1303203600-1303923600@www.isim.ac.in SUMMARY:Java Workshop - Level 1 DESCRIPTION:ISiM in association with Infosys – Education and Research Division\, Mysore had organized four days hands on workshop. It was a wonderful opportunity for students to learn the fundamentals of Java programming with trainers from the industry having wide experience and architectural expertise. \nMr.Umesh from Infosys Education and Research Division\, Mysore provided the hands-on training with his colleague Mr.Madan. He has done his MS(CS) from University of Mysore\, M.Phil(CS) from Tamilnadu and also has done MBA. His professional experience includes one year at Wipro InfoTech and he has been at Infosys for the past six years. \nThis Java workshop included theory and hands-on lab sessions. The objective of the training was to train the students with industry standards of programming in Java. The course objective was to empower students with concepts of Java Enterprise Edition\, Object oriented programming\, Classes\, Exception handling\, Libraries\, Collection framework\, Java beans\, Reflection API\, Annotations\, Project Quality Metrics\, Quality Analyst for Java and Eclipse IDE. \nDate and Time : 19th\, 20th\, 26th and 27th April\, 2011 from 9am – 5pm URL:http://www.isim.ac.in/event/java-workshop-level-1/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR