Seminar on ‘Introduction to PHP’

On 7th February 2009, a workshop was conducted with the title “Introduction to PHP” for the TE & BE students of CIS department (NED University). Aneeq Hashmi the X-CISIAN conducted the workshop. He is currently serving in FOLIO3 as a software developer.

The session was very learning one. Students got the flavor of PHP. The seminar was very helpful for those who are developing their projects using PHP. Aneeq bhai also emphasized on being PLATFORM INDEPENDENT and learn as many languages as possible.
PHP works on Open Source. PHP on front end and MySQL on back end makes a good combination for web-developing. Nowadays demand of PHP developers is increasing very much.

Inshaallah in future we will try to conduct more Seminars/Workshops for CIS students on PHP and other things too.

Seminar on ‘Emotional Intelligence View 360’

On 3rd February, 2009 students of NED University were invited to attend a seminar on ‘Emotional Intelligence View 360’ in Sheraton, there were only 4 students represented NED, they all are from CIS Department which includes Me (Mohammad Ali Zia), Muhammad Suhaib, Muhammad Yasir Sultan & Imran Ali Khan.
I unable to understand a single word of seminar :P!
But I enjoyed my 1st visit to Sheraton a lot.
Refreshment were also there :D!
‘I can say humne sahi mayanooon mei mufta phoooorrraaa :D’!

CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud computing is Internet-based ("cloud") development and use of computer technology ("computing"). The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet, based on how it is depicted in computer network diagrams, and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals. It is a style of computing in which IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services from the Internet ("in the cloud") without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. According to a 2008 paper published by IEEE Internet Computing "Cloud Computing is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in servers on the Internet and cached temporarily on clients that include desktops, entertainment centers, tablet computers, notebooks, wall computers, handhelds, sensors, monitors, etc."
Cloud computing is a general concept that incorporates software as a service (SaaS), Web 2.0 and other recent, well-known technology trends, in which the common theme is reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users. For example, Google Apps provides common business applications online that are accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on the servers.

Seminar on GSM Networks & Microwave Technologies

Within 10 days, on 7th February 2009 CTTC again invited few students from NED to attend a seminar on GSM N/Ws & Microwave Technologies. This session was also very interactive but in the beginning few things go wrong with the projector which wasted almost half an hour to resolve.
I basically feel, the purpose of this seminar was to promote students to join in hands with CTTC for their upcoming training session on GSM N/Ws.
The presenter is currently serving in Telenor & has a good command & knowledge (I forgot the name of speaker).
This time three students from NED represented there. Two from BE – CIS & One from BE – Electronics. Me (Mohammad Ali Zia) & Muhammad Yasir Sultan represented CIS.
The refreshment menu still the same from previous seminar :P, but it was good :D!

Seminar on web tools at CTTC

On 31st Jan 2009, I attended a seminar at CTTC. It was an introduction of latest Microsoft technologies WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) & WWF (Windows Workflow Foundation).
Mr. Muhammad Fahad was the presenter from folio3, the audience comprised of professionals and students from different institutes. Me (Mohammad Ali Zia), Muhammad Yasir Sultan & Arifa Mehfooz (BE - CIS students) were there as representatives from NED, the thing I liked most was that it was totally an interactive session, so this informative session facilitated us to learn new technologies in a better way!
The refreshment and the goodies from Microsoft :P, at the end made it even more valuable one :D.
I’m looking forward to attend more such seminars...!

Seminar on Windows Azure & Live Session

On the 27th of January 2009, I got a call, ‘the number is unknown to me’, I received it & then my excitement reached to top when I realized that the call was from MIC (Microsoft Innovation Centre), they selected me to attend their seminar, which was scheduled on 28th January 2009.

I attended the seminar, it was a very good experience for me. The seminar is based on 'Open Discssuion on Windows Azure'. The Speaker Mr. Zia Khan, senior MVP (Microsoft Valuable Professional) had a very excellent knowledge on these topics. He also motivated students to learn Silver Light by their self. He had a marvelous knowledge of 'Cloud Computing' (or I can say He is a fan of Cloud Computing).
In this seminar there were only 3 students which include Me(Mohammad Ali Zia), Namrah Arif & Hana Arooj who represented NED all of them are from CIS.

Refreshments & goodies were also there for us.
We all got one Windows Mobile 6 CD. But I take 2 :D!

PRIME NO's

It's all about Prime No's ...!
Mathematician has researched a prime no of '1 crore 30lakh' digit!
it's amazing!
To know about this, kindly visit the link ...!

http://primes.utm.edu/largest.html#largest

ASP .NET Video Tutorials

Here is the link for free ASP .NET Video tutorials. Visit now to download and learn.

http://www.asp.net/learn/3.5-videos

COMMECS / CIBES

CIBES -> Commecs Institute of Business & Emerging Sciences

The unforgettable days of my life …, I really enjoyed these two years of my life, I can confidently say now Commecs made me, how to interact with others etc … I learned a lot here from my friends, teachers, fellows etc!

umm...am bit farigh these days so sharing my memories with my friends & upcoming CIBEANS...

Here is what is going to happen (happens wid all the normal ones)
'Commecs' - you will start pronouncing it as 'kaamics' by the end of the 14th August function..
You people will get bored of listening to the same speech by the 'panawala' oops I mean the Principal… those 9 positions by Commecs some more than decade ago and the ever maintained discipline…
At the very first day most of you will be having second thoughts about joining ‘Commecs’. I say most of you because to the 'nerds' it doesn't really matter.
Sohail Farooqi aka 'Papa' sabka band bajayega.
You will get familiar with the name Miss Sadia (with all due respect :P)
Cafeteria ka lunch sirf is waja sai khao kyun k iske paisay bhar chuke hogaye
Aur jis din 'haleem' dekho gai usdin saari tameez bhool jao.
Kuch larkon main aik shoq paida hoga… woh hoga drink bottles & tea cups torne ka shoqq…kyun? because there is nothing better do at commecs…lolz

Passout 2nd year kee tafreeh kii daastanain sunno gai =P..woh firecrackers, stink bombs, naarey, suttay, graffiti on the walls and last but not the lease the lota dhulai :D.
Somehow everyone will realise that they are in central jail...but central jail main kaun jata hai? Criminals ryte? So here goes your answer: ACT LIKE CRIMINALS =P

You will enjoy the hourlies and the breaks b/w the exams.
Communication k paper k lye koi nai parhega ...
IT k period main sab 'orkut' kholne ki koshish karain gai =P
Sabko 'Gardening' and 'Social Work' committee join karne hogi... but after the first meeting you will think it was not such a good idea and when an event will come up subko wapis sai join karna hoga..
Sabko har sports k trials dainay hunge (I wonder ab ky hoga Commecs k sports ka as Mr. QMT has resigned :()
Urdu zeher lage gee unless Sir Muzzaffar/Sir Babbar teaches you *Sajjad Miyan zara dobara read karain :D*
Larke badboodaar bathroom main bunk karna seekhlain gai...=P

techELITE - Let The Race For Excellence Begin...

techElite 2008 - More than a success

After the success of techELITE 2007, the CISE students with a combine effort of whole department makes techELITE 2008 a huge success. Inspired by hard work, dedication and excellence, I would rate this as the biggest academic IT event in the city. Now let me first explain it for those who are still thinking what is techELITE.



techELITE is an IT competition and exhibition organized by CISE (Computer and Information Systems Engineering Deptartment) of NED University, Karachi. It was first held on 18th August, 2007 and turned out to be a major success. This year, the event was scheduled to be held a bit earlier, and by coincidence, the date of 3rd May, 2008 was just a day after PROCOM.net which was held on 1st and 2nd May, 2008. This turned out to be a bliss for those who had to travel from other parts of the country to Karachi as they were able to contest in both competitions. techELITE 2007 was an all Karachi event, but this time, it got all Pakistan. And this time a new category of Network Security was added to the competitions, making the count of competitions to 4. The other competitions are Speed Programming Competition, Software Project Competition and Hardware Project Competition.Anyways, lets get down to numbers!
About 30 sponsors
around 160 contestants in Speed Programming Competition
around 100 contestants in Software Project Competition
around 100 contestants in Hardware Project Competition
around 30 contestants in Network Security Competition
The booth area and the food arena(KFC, Pizza Hut, Hot & Spicy, Baloch IceCream) setup by techELITE team recieved a huge amount of visitors. The Hot & Spicy's stall was the most visited one.

The Event was sponsored by TPS Pakistan.
The Speed Programming Competition was sponsored by TRG Tech.
The Software Project Competition was sponsored by Kalsoft.
The Hardware Project Competition was sponsored by Wavetec.
The Network Security Competition was sponsored by Cybernet.

Other sponsors were Mobilink, Texitech, Horizon Computers, Telenor, Wateen, Bank Alfalah, Microsoft, Intel, Sapphire Consulting, United Mobile, Epson, Coca Cola, Siemens, NBP, messe frankfurt, Dadex, WorldCall, Hyundai, Apna Karachi FM 107, APIIT, ApnaKarachi.com & Air Weapons Complex.



Faisal Qureshi chairman P@SHA was the Chief Guest at the occassion.
A workforce of 200 volunteers and around 30 organizers, made this event a succeess. Hats off to them.

About ME !

At last, I start blogging, for a long time I have been following different blogs & peoples forcing to create your own blog, so here's the one which belongs to me, here I will be sharing my experience, knowledge as well as I will also try to post news and updates about new and upcoming technologies. I am sure that I would be making this blog an interesting one. Hopefully, through this endeavor people would discover me. So let’s start this new voyage.
Best Regards
Mohammad Ali Zia