FEECE Vol 1 Issue 11

Volume 1, Issue 11

October, 2009

Monthly

PATRONS: DR. BS. CHOWDARY, DR. AFTAB A. MEMON, DR. MUKHTIAR A. UNAR

Team Editor:

Seminar on “Virtualization” Written By: Khudadino shoaib 06CS27 Edited by: Aakash Makhijani 06TL02

Mr. Fahim A. Umrani

General Coordinator(s): Mr. Raheel A. Jonejo Mr. Mohsin Siraj

SubSub-Editor(s): Mr. Saadullah Kalwar Mr. Aakash Makhijani Ms. Bushra Shaikh Mr. Moiz Rehman Mr. Jawad Saeed Mr. Noman Palijo Ms. Zunera Aziz Ms. Maya Kella

News reporter(s) Mr. Umair Mujtaba Mr. Salman Ahmed Mr. Kapal Dev

Department of Computer System and Software Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro in collaboration with MUET-IEEE Student Chapter organized seminar on “Virtualization”, held at newly established Audio video Conference Hall, IT building on 5th September, 2009. Professor Dr Mukhtiar Ali Unar, Chairman, Computer System and Software Engineering Department, was the chief coordinator of this training. He always gives opportunities to teachers and industry persons to train students for practical knowledge. The guest lecturer was Engr. Karim Khawja, ex-student of Computer System Engineering Department, MUET, Jamshoro and IT Administrator, Primatics, Pakistan Private Limited.

The proceeding started with the welcome address Prof. Dr. B. S. Chowdhry, Director, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies in which he said this session will provide both the theoretical and practical aspects of Virtualization. Engr. Karim khawja started the session with theoretical concepts of Virtualization. He explained practical scenario of Virtualization. He explained server virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization and uses of these in modern era. He explained the importance of live connectivity to virtual machine.

Prof Dr. A. K. Baloch, Dean, Faculty of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, presented the shield of appreciation to key note speaker. He said that seminars conducted by industry person give latest practical and theoretical knowledge to students and we would also organize these types of seminars in future also.

Prof Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Computer Systems and Software Engineering Department, distributed certificates to students and Engr.

Sanam Narejo, Computer Department Coordinator, MUET-IEEE Student Chapter and Engr. Amrita Dewani, Software Department Coordinator, MUET-IEEE Student Chapter for participating in the seminar.

The seminar was attended by large number of faculty members and final Year software Engineering students and IEEE student members.

Inside this issue: Seminar on “Virtualization”

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Establishment of career counseling center in MUET

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How to prepare for CCN

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Admission, scholar- 5 ship and research proposal for Australia Photos of Month

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Establishment of Career Counseling Center in MUET To, The Vice Chancellor, MUET The Registrar, MUET The Dean, MUET, and The Chairmen ES, TL and CS, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan Subject:

REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAREER COUNSELING CENTER IN MUET.

Request for the establishment of Career Counseling Center in MUET

Dear Sir, As you know that many of the students of this university have kept on maintaining the tradition of proving themselves in studies by securing good positions & gaining sufficient amount of knowledge to tackle the problems being faced in the practical field. But unfortunately, the same students lack the proper counseling & linkage with the industry, so that they may choose where to go after passing out from here. Most of them don’t even know that what their possible job openings are? Sir, we being the members of the first official students’ help forum of Mehran University, MUST, realize this need of the students and have come up with the solution to this problem; that’s the establishment of a Career Counseling Center in our department.

The main purpose of the center shall be: ª To organize various seminars & workshops on the platform of our forum, in which exMehranians, currently serving in some of the reputed companies, shall be requested to present their talks & let the students benefit from their experience. ª Moreover, the students can also get aware about the current trends in the industry & the new ground-breaking technologies. ª Apart from this, the students of final year shall be provided with the proper counseling & the information that they need to get scholarships & continue their higher studies abroad.

This center shall preferably be headed by a teacher of Mehran UET who shall be assisted by an executive council comprising of the active members of this forum.

Sir, we have also conducted a poll on online yahoo group named “sar_muet” to have the feedback whether it’s a good idea to establish such a center or not. Many of the teachers, ex-students participated in this poll with their valuable suggestions. The outstanding number of votes in favor of the center speaks for itself.

Therefore, it’s kindly requested to you to extend your cooperation to our forum in the said matter & let us help the students so that we may achieve the cause of our forum in a better way.

Thanking in anticipation.

Yours truly, Page 2

The Members, Mehran University Students Team (MUST) forum

Volume 1, Issue 11

HOW TO PREPARE FOR CCNA

By Muhammad H. Mustafa (04ES102, CCNA, CCSP) and Kapil D. Maheshwari (CCNA)

Those who don’t have basic networking concepts may go through any networking tutorial or video lesson.

• Read the books; solve all the exercise and self assessment tests. Use router or switches if available, else besides, you can use Cisco Packet Tracer 5.0 to onwards, or GNS or Boson lab simulators.

• For more command, use to examples and Pass 4 Sure or Test King questions or Latest Dumps.

Book(s) to read: •

• CCNA by Todd Lammle (6th Ed.) • Wendel Odom ICND1 & ICND2 • McGraw Hill's CCNA Study Guide and • CCNA Exam Cram, 3rd Edition.

• Binary Mastery (pdf document) is quite good for subnetting practice.

Useful Websites:

For those who want go for computer based learning, go for TestOut 640-802 (Recommended) , it includes videos, some practice tests and exercises. Also CBT Nuggets. http://ccna- ccnp-ccsp- ccie.blogspot. com/2009/ 08/testout- ccna-640- 802-full- version.html

Cisco Academy Study Sites: http://www.craven. cc.nc.us/ cisco.php (Has Cisco Academy Semester 5 and 6 online) http://ac.ceu. edu/bcis2330/ bis2300/lectures .htm http://www-no. ucsd.edu/ ~carl/cisco. html http://www.siue. edu/~ghawkin/ networking. html http://education. nmsu.edu/ cisco/ http://kelp. nutleyschools. org/cisco/ resources. htm

Cisco Academy Online Exam Sites: http://cisco. netacad.net/ ccnaDownloads/ 1/mkr_csco_ Quia_Quiz_ links_S1_ S4.htm

CCNA Study Sites: http://2000trainers .com/ http://www.boson. com/ http://www.henninge r.net/ccna/ teachingtools. htm http://netcert. tripod.com/ http://www.eg. bucknell. edu/~cs363/ http://www.ccstudy. com/cc/ccna% 20study http://www.ciscoccn a.com/ciscocert/ cram.htm Page 3

CCNA Online Exam Sites: http://2000trainers .com/ http://www.gurlygee k.com/prac. html http://compnetworki ng.miningco. com/library/ weekly/aa031101a .htm http://www.examnote s.net/forums/ index.php? s=

CCNA Online Lab Sites: http://www.netflowt raining.com/ rackdirections. htm

Online Calculators: [binary/hexa/ octa/] http://www.learnqui ck.com/tcptrainb ody.html http://support.wrq.com/tutorial s/tcpip/ipadd1.html http://certinfo.virtualave.net/networking/ tools/ciscotools .html http://www.tcpippri mer.com/subnet. cfm

HOW Router training packages (Sales): http://www.digitalwarehouse.com/specials.asp http://www.netfix.com/

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Router training Simulators (Sales):

PREPARE http://www.routersim.com/ccna3info1.asp http://www.simrouter.com/ http://www.routersim.com/product_acadsim.asp

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For practice questions, use Virtual Cert. Exam software and exam files in ".vce" format. Available on, http://www.examcoll ection.com/ 640-802.html Registration fees/Test centres

Fees: 250 US$ cash to be submitted at CAMS PEARSON VUE Clifton Campus diagonally opposite to the French Embassy Tuition Centres: Any tuition centres that you know for preparation of CCNA in khi and hyd • CTTC KHI & HYD CAMPUS • Sir Irfan Ghauri's (ESP, Gulshan-E-Iqbal, NIPA) • Some individuals I know in hyd who teach at low cost Tips: • •

It’s not difficult, but it’s quite logical and tricky, have patients, 1st study, then prepare, then go for test.

Please do not rush for the Dumps and Practice tests. Try to clear your concepts as much as you can and practice commands and scenarios on simulators.

CCNA

Admission, Scholarships, and Research Proposal for Australia

By Tayab D. Memon On recipient of several individual emails about Studies at Australia, Scholarships, IELTS, Research Proposal, Career Counseling etc I am convinced to write comprehensive information about the generic queries. What is the right process to secure admission at Australian Universities, What are the prospect opportunities of Scholarships at Australian Universities, How to start preparation of IELTS, Writing of Research Proposal is a scientific activity how to deal with that etc are major of them? Generally students are prudent of university ranking; the recent list of top 200 Universities around the world may be an ample source of ‘good universities’; where you may start seeking admission. But good practice is to secure admission according to area of interest rather that ranking of the university!! For further information please follow the links: http://www.timeshig hereducation. co.uk/hybrid. asp?typeCode= 243 Generally admission process is carried out in two ways; • •

Through Proper Channel (TPC)or International Office (IO)

Usually if you are interested in research degree (Masters/PhD) it is advised to go through TPC process. TPC process can be summarized as; assuming that at broader level keywords of your area of interest are ready for example; Image Processing, Speech Recognition, Emotion Recognition, , Synthesize of Digital Filters, Wireless Sensor Networks, Biomedical Signals Processing, Software Radios, 3G/4G Networks, Control & Instrumentation, Digital Signal Processing, VLSI etc.

Next critical step is to start search for a suitable supervisor that may fit in according to your area of interest. A good supervisor is one of the blessings of God. This process may be mitigated, if you short list the universities on priority basis that may be; Research Group, Research Funding/Scholarship , Ranking of the University, Research Potential, and Comfortable Environment etc. After worth reading of faculty member’s profiles from university web site, you should come up with 5-10 supervisors’ shortlist. On priority basis start banging one-by-one and keep it continuous until you get positive consent of a supervisor. Of positive consent means you are eligible to put his/her name in admission application as supervisor & send all the scanned certificates/ testimonials to international office for further process. Worth noticeable is ‘every process can be carried out by email’. Usually there is no need to send documents by ordinary mail!!

Each Australian University has International Office (IO) portal where you can directly submit an admission application for research degree. International Office is responsible to send your admission application to prescribed school. School will propagate your admission application (AP) among all academics related to your area of interest mentioned in AP. On positive consent of any supervisor, IO will issue an offer letter mentioning the supervisor name and project title.

Allotted project title and supervisor may not be a good experience; the only disadvantage of IO process!! But you can change the supervisor without any hesitation if circumstances are not in favor after your arrival.

Postgraduate Research International Students can take benefit of two major scholarships offered by Australian Government known as; International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and International Research Scholarship (IRS); IRS is specified with university name as RUIRS (RMIT University IRS). IPRS covers the fees component and health insurance, IRS covers the stipend that is AUD$23,427 per annum. Each university has been allocated specific quota; depending upon the strength of a university and its research potential. Deadline of these scholarships’ is October 30 every year. Essential requirements of these scholarships are Admission in research degree in any Australian University, IELTS, Good CGPA, Research Proposal and Research Publications (if any). For further details please see the following link; http://www.rmit. edu.au/browse; ID=gocpxjuwcdnp; STATUS=A? QRY=IPRS&STYPE=ENTIRE

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IELTS is the mandatory Australian Visa condition. To commence a research degree you need 6.5 band overall & minimum 6 bands in each module (Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening). For an average/above average student it is advised to purchase IELTS Cambridge book set and start preparation at your own. A burnt DVD of IELTS Model Tests and some extra material are provided with Cambridge Book set. Even if you feel difficulty, you can have 1-3 (hourly) meetings with your seniors (who has already done IELTS/TOEFL etc) or any English Tutor. If this doesn’t work you may join any English Language Center that may guide you in all four components. For further information of IELTS requirement please follow the link; http://www.rmit. edu.au/browse; ID=dpfi0k5w9x9fz ;STATUS=A? QRY=IELTS% 20Requirement&STYPE=ENTIRE To commence a Research Degree at Australian Universities, initial one-two pages Research Proposal (RP) should be provided with Admission Application. Research Proposal should be discussed with prospect supervisor if you have attempted 'through proper channel' admission process. In either case you can submit any pervious research work that clearly indicates your prospect area of interest like; undergraduate/ Postgraduate thesis/project.

Normally it has been practiced to process the Visa Application as well as Admission Application (sometimes) through agents as he/she will protect you at all stages & 100% success rate is assured! Generally we speculate that agents will do all my works because he is removing the substantial amount from our pocket. But ‘Nuisance Situation’ is created when agents do nothing but only passing information from here to there; even they ask you to complete the admission and visa application form. They only develop a 'strong bridge' between you & Australia High Commission and send all your information via courier service “TCS”; rest of all the tasks are performed by you. It is advised to process ‘Visa and Admission’ application directly at the cost of reading from Australian Immigration website properly (www.immi.gov. au). All updated information is available at this website, even agents are supposed to visit this website for proper guidance.

I hope this basic information will help you.

PHOTOS OF MONTH Posted By Mr. Aakash Makhijani 06TL02

Prof Dr. A. K. Baloch presenting shield to Engr. Karim Khawja

Key note speaker and student members of MUET-IEEE Student Chapter

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