Twenty two final year students from
School of Engineering and IT participated
in the CISCO Annual event CISCO Connect 2015 at Atlantics, Palm Jumeira, Dubai hosted by Emircom.
The inaugural ceremony was marked
by a keynote address by Dr Aisha Butti Bin Bishr, Assistant Director General of
the Executive Office about the Smart Dubai initiative. This was followed by an engaging session
titled, “The Internet of Everything” by Rabih Dabboussi, Managing Director
(CISCO-UAE) who stated that as of now only a mere one percent of the world is
connected by the internet which granted a revenue net profit of AED 1 trillion.
Awed gasps could be heard when the audience calculated how much the revenue of
countries would prosper if CISCO could achieve its aim of connecting 100% of
the world making it a global village in every sense.
The session introduced and discussed
several innovative ideas and products introduced. One of which was a plate that
could project 3D figures that can be virtually manipulated and showed great
promised of being one of the greatest boons of the educational and business
industry. Another was multimedia magic, which allowed video conferencing where
the person was not needed to be seated at a place, instead the presenter could
move and the camera automatically followed making the whole scenario more
interactive and real.
The session allowed students to
network with key CISCO delegates from other regions and visit the exhibition
organized by CISCO and its franchisees like the ALPHADATA, CELL ONE, etc. who
gladly invited student proposals for internship and placement opportunities as
they were keen to support students in their projects and innovative ideas.
By Dhruv Verma & Trishna
The writers are from third year B.Tech CSE
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