The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) held a seminar on the Coronavirus “COVID 19 and the Nexus Between Global and National Health Governance: Policy Prescriptions for Addressing Pandemics” on the 12th of March from 11:30 to 1:30 pm at the Video Conference Hall, Junaid Zaidi Library.
The seminar addressed the very important policy area of addressing COVID 19 by drawing on existing knowledge on epidemics/pandemics and new knowledge that has become available on this serious public concern for Pakistan. The expert speakers included: Dr. Mumtaz Ali Khan, Senior Scientific Officer & National Focal Person for Infection Protection Control, National Institute of Health (NIH); Dr. Farah Sabih, National Professional Officer IHR, WHO; Dr Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Associate Professor, Health Services Academy, Islamabad and Dr. Imran Syed, Head, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad. The presentations were followed by a Question-Answer session
A large number of students, staff and faculty attended the seminar.
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The Department of Computer Science conducted a seminar on “Data Science Scope and Opportunities" on March 4, 2020 by the guest speaker, Mr. Faisal Nazir, Founder, CEO & Lead Data Scientist, Sqrt Labs, Wah Cantt. The speaker introduced the software products being developed at Sqrt Labs. The importance of data science and the scope was discussed generally and in Pakistan specifically. The speaker also shared his startup journey with the students and encouraged them to make startups instead of finding jobs. Opportunities were also discussed in the field of data science. At the end the CUI Wah Campus souvenir was presented to the guest speaker with vote of thanks.
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CPS Seminar on CORONA Virus; "COVID 19 and the Nexus between Global and National Health Governance: Policy Prescriptions for Addressing Pandemics"
March 12, 2020
11:30 am to 1:30 pm
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The Department of Computer Science organized a seminar on “Corporate Product Service Order Management” on February 26, 2020. The guest speaker, Team Lead (Corp. Application BNCC), Mr. Muhammad Atif Zaheer from Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation (PTCL), Islamabad was guest speaker. The speaker briefed about the software products being developed by the PTCL indigenous and outsourced. He also explained the importance of user’s data movement from nodes towards communication system, risks vulnerabilities and hardware products related to same data movements from one node of a network to the next. The speaker also offered internship opportunities in specific software development areas to the students of CUI Wah. At the end the CUI Wah campus souvenir was presented to the guest speaker with vote of thanks.
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The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, IEEE Student Branch organized a seminar titled “All Things Tech” on February 12, 2020 to advance the knowledge on new and emerging technologies like GitHub, Google Developer Products/Program and to create awareness on Microsoft Student Partners Group. The speaker GitHub Expert / Machine Learning Engineer at Intelliweights, Mr. Junaid Khalid, Director for many notable organizations such as IEEE Region 10, TEDx, Google Developers, United Nations Programmes, Mr. Usman Aslam and Co-Founder of Aiyin/Google DSC Lead, Pakistan, Ms. Saba Kalsoom emphasized on to empower the technical and technical skills required in professional life. Speakers also discussed automation flow of Microsoft, Introduction of Computer Vision and Reimagining education through Virtual Reality.
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