Glimpse of Research in Information System and Technology

The Math Research Group of the Information Technology Department organised a webinar on Glimpse of Research in Information System and Technology, which was facilitated by Dr Suresh, Vel Tech R&D Institute of Technology-India, on Thursday, 25 February 2021 at 12 noon. 

The programme was inaugurated with a welcome address by Dr Sanal Kumar and Dr Pugalarasu, Head of Math Section introduced the speaker, Dr Suresh.

Dr Suresh started his presentation by describing the present scenario about numerous social apps that are being developed all over the world which result in a massive flow of information and data every day on social media platforms. He focused on how this huge amount of data and information are going to be handled and through what medium or tools the data would be processed and stored for retrieval in future. At this point information systems and technology comes into light. Dr Suresh demonstrated an overview of the current scenario of research in the backdrop of

1. Incomplete information systems.

2. Lack of proper understanding of information.

3. Growth issues.

4. Confusion while tool selection.

5. Lack of Information professionals.

6. Securing the information

7. Integrating information from a variety of sources. 

At the end of the programme Dr Sanal thanked the presenter Dr Suresh, Dr Amal - HoD of Information Technology, Dr Pugalarasu, and all the attendees. A total of around 40 members from five different colleges from Oman and India attended the webinar and benefitted from the presentation.

Feedback 

Most of the attendees appreciated the programme and interacted with the speaker to get more clarity through the chat. The average score of the feedback was 4.4 out of 5