Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “AI in Everyday Life – Threat or Opportunity​”

Date   :    04th December, 2020

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5. Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 04th December, 2020 in the benign presence of the dignitaries from all the collaborating professional societies, including Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, Consultants Network Affinity Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section. The webinar was blessed to have inaugural address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay giving a brief background of the all these webinars in collaboration will all the premiere professional societies, including the latest happenings in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Prof. R. K. Vyas, National President, CSI welcomed all the invited guests and participants. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to continue learning regardless of all round disruptions. He also discussed the background of the topic of the webinar; AI and related technologies, which is going to be one of the most important technologies and its penetration will be increasing every coming day making it omnipresent in every walks of the day to day life.

Prof. Manohar Lal, Former Director, SOCIS, IGNOU, New Delhi, was the lead speaker. He first introduced the topic to the participants. He discussed that the a very high degree of technological advancements, especially in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have taken place in last one decade. AI pervasiveness have increased manifold to the extent of being omnipresent in every spectrum of our society and it has started impacting our day to day life in so many amazing ways. Very high end AI and ML algorithms are being used behind the scenes to make our everyday lives better and better. AI and ML technologies are now assisting in every area of our lives, whether we are trying to read our emails, get driving directions, get music or movie recommendations, Email communications, Web searching, Social media, Digital Assistants, Self-Driving & Parking Vehicles, Stores & services, other offline experiences and what not. The webinar discussed all these related issues and various related initiatives by the major technology gaints.

The session was concluded with Question & Answer round where participants willingly asked their queries, followed by concluding remarks by Prof. M. N. Hoda. He gave his heartfelt appreciation to Prof. Manohar Lal for his insightful and detailed session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time for having participated in this webinar and also making all the other webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President, IETE (India) gave the vote of thanks. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the country and abroad like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Canada, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Maylasia, Qatar, Bangladesh, Spain, Phillipine, etc. The webinar was coordinated and anchored by Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi and Mr. Uttam Singh Bist, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi was the technical host for the Webinar.