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contents

1 From HOD’ sDe

sk 2
2 Events 3-
13
3 Achie
ve mentCor
ner 14-
22
4 From Edit
or’sDes
k 23
5 Comi
ngSoon 24-
26
 Pr
of.(
Dr.
)Nave
enHe
mraj
ani
HOD, Depar
tmen
tofComput
erSc
ienc
e&
Engi
neer
ingJECRCUnive
rsi
ty
,Jai
pur

Fr
om HOD’
sDe
sk
Iti
sama tt
ero fimme nsepr idet oby sta nde rtheflouris
hme ntoftheDe pa rtmento f
Comput erScie nce& Eng ineering ,J ECRCUni v
ersit
y,evenint het i
me swhe nthe
enti
re wo rl
d wa s br o
ug ht t o as tands ti
ll
.Thene we dit
iono fthebi -
annua l
newslett
erisat esti
mo nyo fthec ommi tme nto fourfa c
ulti
esa ndstudentstowa rds
thede part
me nt’sa cademica nd no n-a cademi cv i
ctori
es.The a malgama ti
ono f
dedicat
edt eachersa ndmo tivateds tude ntsha sgivenourde partmentamul ti
tude
ofsuccess
fule vents,wo rkshops ,we bi nars,pl acements,andr outi
nede par t
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Sci
ence& Eng i
ne er
inga nd br ingingmo retot hetablewiththef or
thcomi ngissues
ofourne wsl
etter.

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 events
30DaysofCl
oud

The30Da yso fGo o gl

eCl oud progr
am ho ste
dby
DSC-JUf ors tudentso fJECRC Uni vers
ity,under
t
heguidanceo ftheDe part
mento fComputerSc ie
nce
& Eng ine e
ring,spanneda cros
sOc tobera nd
Novembe r2 020,whichgavethepartic
ipants
agrea tintroducti
ont othef i
eldof Cl oud
Comput ingt hrough hands-onlabsoffe
r e
dby
Googl
eCloud.

TheDSC-JUCloudFa ci
li
tat
or,
Aks hatJos
hi,t
rained
st
udents in var
ious c l
oud s e
r vi
ces inc
luding
Kubernet
es,Pub/ Sub ,VPCs ,and ma ny mo re.

At otalo f7sess
ionswa so r
ganiz
eda sapartofthe
eventtode l
ive
rkno wledgeonv ari
ousaspec
tsofthe
Cloud.Thee ventwa sindeed asucces
swiththere
bei
ng 2 50+ r egi
str
a t
ions and 7 5+ s t
udents
compl e
ting one o r botht rac
ks oft hesyl
labus
providedbyGo ogle.

3
 events

MLHLoc
alHac
kDay:Le
arn

MLH Lo calHa ck Day:Learn,isa

ti
eupo fMi crosof
tandGi tHub which
wa so r
ga ni
zed byMi crosof
t Learn
Student Amba s
sador
s unde r t
he
guidanceo ft he De partment o f
Co mputerScience& Eng i
neeri
ng,JU.

Lo calHa ckDay:Le arnisabe g i

nner
focusedg l
obalc onf
erencet
ha ta l
lows
studentsto pick up news kil
lsa nd
show ho wmuc htheyha vel
earne do n
al e
ader-board
Thet e
am ho st
ed a3 -dayconference
with parti
cipat
ionof60 +coveringthe
topicsGitHub,Python+VSCo dea nd
Po werBI .

4
 Loc
alHac
kDay:Voi
ceA.
I.101
events
TheAmaz onAl e xaDe vel
opers -
JUor ganiz
ed“LocalHac kDay:Voi ce&A. I .101”on20thOc t
ober
2020inas sociat
ionwi ththeDe par t
me ntofComput erSc i
enc e& Engineeri
ng.Thes peakersatthe
eventwe re Jat in Pandya,Amaz onASI2. 0,and Ritvik Mat hur,coret eam me mbersatAl e
xa
Communi ty-Jaipur.Thes ess
ions panne dfrom t
heintroduc t
ionande volut
ionofVoi ceApplicat
ions
tohow e venabe gi
nne rcan buildand publ is
ht hei
rc ustomi z
ed voic
eappl icati
onsonAmaz on’s
websiteasAl exaEc hos ki
ll.
Thee ventc onsisted oftwohal ves,thef ir
sthal
fbe i
ngon“What ’sVoiceA.I .
”andt hesec
ondhal f
dedic
at e
dt othe hands -on maki ngofavoi ce appl i
cation onAl exa Cons ol
eus i
ng Pyt hon
programmi nglanguagewi t
ht hepar tici
pati
onof60+s tudents.

5
 events
Fr
eshme
nInduc
tion-
JECRCUni
ver
sit
y

CodingNinjas
-JU,unde rtheg uidanc
eo ftheDe partme ntofComputer
Sci
ence& Enginee
ring,organi
zed FreshmenI nductionon2 ndNo vember
2020int
endingtoma ket hest
udentsunde rst
a nd theimpo rt
a nc
eo fDat
a
Str
ucturesandCo mpetit
iveProgrammi ng.
Thee venthighli
ghtedtheti
ps
toaceproduct
-bas
edc ompaniesandho wtocra ckintervi
ews .

Thespeakerint
heeve
ntwasNavdeepSandhu,a nIns
truc
torandConte
nt
Deve
lopera tCodi
ngNinjas
.Partic
ipat
ionof5 00+st
udentswass
eenas
st
udentsfr
oma l
lye
arscametoat
tendtheses
sion.

Soon,Codi
ngNinj
as-
J U“ Wint
erofExper
ts”i
scomi
ngupwhi
cht
arge
ts
l
earni
ngfroms
crat
ch,bui
ldi
ngproj
ects
,andmuchmore.

6
 Expl
oreML
events
TheGoogleExpl oreML-2020wast he2nd “ExploreML wi th Crowdsource
”i saGoogl e
Edit
ionofthepopul
arGoogleA.I.i
niti
ati
ve, program t ogetst
artedwith MachineLe arni
ng
andtheDepartmentofComputerScience& and unde rstand thei mpactofCr owds ourc
e
Engine
eri
ngi soneofthecampus e
swhi ch contri
butions.In Nove mber2020,theGoogl e
areass
oci
atedwiththeGoogl
eCr owdsource Crowds ource team i n coll
aboration wi t
h
Communi t
y. DSC- JU or ganize
dt hei
rf ir
st Expl or
e ML
sess
ionfors t
udentsf rom allthede part
me nts
witht hepar ti
ci
pation of160+ st
ude nts
.

Thee ventf ocusedonc leari

ngthef undamental
of Mac hineLe arningand Ne uralNe t
works
wit
ht hehe lpofs el
f-as
sess
me nt
sinbe t
weenthe
eve
ntand e ndingbymaki nganac tualImage
Recognitionpr oject.
Thee ventwasinaugurat
ed
byAi shwar yaVe rma,ExploreMLCommuni ty
Manage r at Googl e, and c oncl
uded by
Madhur imaMaj i
,As i
aCr owdsourceManage r
wit
hs tude nts ge tt
ing Googl e Certi
fi
ed i n
Mac hi
neLe arning.

7
 events
Aiming t o have hands -on c ompeti
ti
ve Code Squas h1.0sawapar tici
pationof214s tudents,
programmingf ort hes tudentsofJECRC,whi chtur ned outtobeas uc ce
ssini t
selfasitwas
CodeChe fJU Chapt e
r,i n as
s oci
ati
onwi t
ht heveryf irsteventorganizedbyt heCode Che fJU
the Department ofComput er Sc i
ence& Chapt er
. A mas si
vetotalof1820s ubmi ssi
onswas
Engineeri
ng,or ganized a 6- hoursl ong r ece
ivedf rom thepar ti
cipantsint hec onte
st.The
programmingc ontestCode Squash1.0whi c
ht op three pe rf
orme r
sr ec
eived 250 Code Chef
was he l
d on 1 1thOc tober 2020 on t he Re ward Poi nts(Laddus )f rom Code Chefand a
CodeChe fplat
form.I twashos tedwiththe Ce rti
fi
cate of Par tic
ipation was gi vent o al l
motive t o fami li
arize s tudents wi t
h par ti
ci
pant swhos ol
vedthepr oblems .
programming c onte s
ts and boos tt heir
confi
dence. SoonCode Che fJUChapt erwi l
lbec omingupwi t
h
moreamaz ingoppor t
unitiesforstudentst ole ar
n,
compete,andwi n.

8
 events
Devel
oper
s
Tour DSCJU or
t
hatwashe
gani
l
df
z
e
r
d an e
om 18t
ve
h-
nt “DSC Tour2020”
21stNovember2020.In
t
hiseve nt
,t hest
udentswe reinvit
edtomaket he
m
f
ami l
iarwi ththevariousDSC domai ns
,sothat
t
he yc an jointheteam int hei
rde si
redf
iel
dand
coul
d be comean as settot he community
.

Int hes
es e
ssi
ons,100+s t
ude nt
spar t
ici
patedand
showedt hei
rent
hus i
asmt owardsthetechnic
alas
wellast henon-technicaldomai ns
.Thes e
ssi
ons
wer econduc t
ed byt heDSC domai n Leadsand
Co- Le
ads ,whoe xplainedt hewor ki
ngsoft hei
r
respec
tivedomainst othestudents.

9
 TheAmaz
onCe
remony
events
On 29t h November2020,The“AmazonAlexa
Developers” was renamedto“The Amaz on
League-JU”whi ch broade
nedtheboundar
ies
ofthecommuni ty
.

TheAmaz on Leaguehasnowope ne
dt hedoors
for exci
ti
ng nove lopport
uniti
es and i s
n’t
anymorec onfi
nedt oVoi
ceA. I
.Thedomai ns
now str
etchtoAWS,Compe t
it
iveProgrammi ng,
Low codede ve
lopment
,Manage r
ialskil
ls
,and
muchmor e.

The cer
emony al
so unvei
ledthenewt eam:
Shre
yanshRai
,NamanMe hta,Kus
hagraGupta,
Jhee
lSoni,Aakri
ti
,Sanya Gupta,and Riya
Sambhawani
.

10
 events
Le
t’sSt
artAWS

TheAmazonLeague-JUo r
gani
zeda ni nsi
ght
fulsessi
ono n“Int
roduct
iont
o
AmazonWebSer vi
ces(AWS)”alongwithaha nds
-onwo rkshopon“ Amazon
Si
mpleSt
orageServic
es(S3)”o
n1 5thDe c
embe r2020,f
eaturi
ngAmitTomar,
Communit
ybuilderandCloudAmba s
sadoratAWS.

A parti
ci
pationo f70+studentswas
obse
rved whilethese
ssi
oncoveredal
l
thebasicsaboutcl
oudcomputingand
prove
dt o be a g r
eats ource of
knowledge.

11
 events
STEM

STEM-An e di
fi
ceofKe nisaspeake r De ce
mbe r 2020.The s pe
akeratt he
ser
ie st hati san init
iativeofDSC- JU sessi
on was KamalShr ee,Googl e
unde rthegui danceoft heDe part
me nt De vel
ope r Expe r t, who gave a
ofComput e rSc i
ence & Engi neering, wonde rfull
y i nsightful s e
ssi
on on
JECRC Uni versi
ty.I t f ocuse
s on “Flutter”.
bringingtoge t
herstudentsandI ndust ry Thee ventr egi
ste
r ed part
ici
pati
on of
Expe rts
,f rom bot h t echni
cal and 350+s tudentsfrom al lyearswiththe
non- t
echnicaldomai ns,
tomakei ndus try sessi
on be i
ngani ntroduct
iontoc r
oss
le
ar ningallthemor eac hievabl
e. platf
or m de vel
opme nt us i
ngFl ut
ter
.

Thef
irs
tse
ssi
onwasor
gani
zedon21s
t

12
 events

Andr oid St
udyJams ar ecommunit
y-organi
zedstudy
groupsf orpeopletolear
n howtobuil
dAndr oidapps
int he Kot l
in pr ogr
ammi ng l
anguage,using the
curri
c ul
um pr ovi
ded by Google.

DSC-JU hostedAndroid St
udyJamss essi
ons under
t
heguidanceoftheDepart
me ntofComput er Sci
ence
& Engineer
ing,JECRC Uni vers
ity
,from 22nd–24th
Dec
embe r2020.Thes ess
ionswe redel
ivere
d byt he
f
aci
li
tatorAvir
alChat
urveditost
udentsfrom al
lyears
.

Thee ve
nt regi
ster
ed par
tic
ipat
ion of350+ stude
nts
whil
e t he sess
ions had t hei
r s pec
trum f r
om
“Int
roducti
on toKotli
n”t o“De ve
loping yourown
AndroidApp”.

13
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obalt ec
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ke
GDG J ai
pura nd Wo me nTechMa ke r-
Jaipur.Shea l
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globally.
Addi ngt ohe rs uccess,s
heisa ppointed
as Te chnicalSe cretary(Software)o f
JECRC Uni ver
sityfortheterm2 020-
2 1.

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Jat
inPandya,a3rd-yearstudentoftheDepartmentofComputer
Sc
ienc
e & Engi
neeri
ng has bee
n wo r
ki ngf ors uppo rtinga nd g rowingTe ch
Communi
ti
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lco
mi ng & l
eadi
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De pa rtme nt o f Co mput er Sc i
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Eng ineering .Co ntinuing hi sj o urney,he
hasbe e na wa rdedt hepr ivi
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tha n’sf i
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hacka thon “Co de-N-Bui l
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participationf roma l
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mentionhei sadoredbyall
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gaveAksha tthec hancetoj ointheGo ogl
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Group, Jaipurf orCloud.

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The e vent wa sa s uccessa st he
pa r
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pa t
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regist
ered.

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Phe onix#, at e am o fsixg i

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s,who
became o ne o fthe wi nne r
so ft he
Sma rtIndiaHa ckathon-2020.Fo rthe
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Jain,Pr i
ya nshiSing h,JyotiKuma r
i,
DishaKhe mka ,andSa mikshaPaliwal.

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Fromt he DepartmentofCo mput erScienc
e& Eng i
ne e
ring ,JECRCUni vers
ity
,
11stude nt
swe res el
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eda sMicrosoftLearnStude ntAmba ssadors
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