"AEnCESonSMS" - SMS Channel released !

Hello members,


Kind of late night greetings..


We'd like to catch your awe-struck faces --yeah thats what we enjoy most at the AEnCES Community...


Keeping our promise of a grand opening intact ..


Presenting.........

Our SMS Channel = AEnCESonSMS

LaTeX : Recommended Text Editor by the President !

LaTeX  is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to create a document in LaTeX, a .tex file must be created using some form of text editor. While most text editors can be used to create a LaTeX document, a number of editors have been created specifically for working with LaTeX.

LaTeX is most widely used by mathematicians, scientists, engineers, philosophers, linguists, economists and other scholars in academia. As a primary or intermediate format, e.g., translating DocBook and other XML-based formats to PDF, LaTeX is used because of the high quality of typesetting achievable by TeX. The typesetting system offers programmable desktop publishing features and extensive facilities for automating most aspects of typesetting and desktop publishing, including numbering and cross-referencing, tables and figures, page layout and bibliographies.

LaTeX is intended to provide a high-level language that accesses the power of TeX. LaTeX essentially comprises a collection of TeX macros and a program to process LaTeX documents. Because the TeX formatting commands are very low-level, it is usually much simpler for end-users to use LaTeX.

As it is distributed under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), LaTeX is free software.

Typesetting system

LaTeX is based on the idea that authors should be able to focus on the content of what they are writing without being distracted by its visual presentation. In preparing a LaTeX document, the author specifies the logical structure using familiar concepts such as chapter, section, table, figure, etc., and lets the LaTeX system worry about the presentation of these structures. It therefore encourages the separation of layout from content while still allowing manual typesetting adjustments where needed. This is similar to the mechanism by which many word processors allow styles to be defined globally for an entire document or the use of Cascading Style Sheets to style HTML.

LaTeX can be arbitrarily extended by using the underlying macro language to develop custom formats. Such macros are often collected into packages, which are available to address special formatting issues such as complicated mathematical content or graphics. Indeed, in the example below, the align environment is provided by the amsmath package.

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TRAGEDY STRIKES SRINIVAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,VALACHIL

"Bus No.27 which was accommodating about 35 people left SIT campus today at 4:45pm. As it was travelling down the hilly slopes there was a Break Failure due to which the Driver lost control and the bus collided with a tree and overturned.
Ambulances were immediately rushed to help the injured.
3 Students are reported to be serious and are receiving aid at Omega hospital and Father Muller Hospital"


Kudos to the driver who managed the situation to the best of his ability.


On behalf of AEnCES we pray for all those injured and hope all recover from the tragedy.

-- SWATT brings Glory to SAHYADRI and AEnCES--

On behalf of the entire AEnCES community we proudly congratulate the




SWATT


"SAHYADRI Women's Awesome Throwball Team" .The girls have lead the path to glory bringing us all the first ever Throwball intra-zonal trophy , home to Sahyadri lead by none other than our hard working Physical Director - Ms. Nitisha Rodrigues.


It makes us even prouder to let you all know that we have 5 AEnCES members on the team..


Praying they all get through the Inter-Zonal starting tomorrow in Bangalore.


The 5 AEnCES members are:


Ashwini


Joyline


Kavya


Priya


Raksha

--VTU News--

VTU Introduces Online Evaluation To Cut Down On Bloomers

Engineering students pursuing their PHDs needn’t fret over errors in their results anymore. The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has introduced online evaluation of answer scripts for its PhD students from 2010-11. On a pilot basis, VTU  has already scanned the 750 PhD answer scripts.

If all goes well, it’ll be extended to MTech and MBA courses too. In fact, this leap could work wonders for the student community overall.

“Digitizing the answer script is a novel idea and the first-of-its kind in the state. This method saves a lot of time and is error-free,” said H Maheshappa, vice chancellor, VTU.
Manual evaluation is not only time-consuming but leaves multiple scope for errors. “Sometimes, the evaluator would have overlooked a question or missed an answer sheet. There have been instances where wrong marks were awarded due to incorrect totalling. These kind of glitches can easily be curbed through digital evaluation,” Maheshappa added.
According to the VC, in case of multiple solutions, the evaluator will have the freedom to decide. “Fraction marks won’t be awarded. Accidentally, if the evaluator gives more than the maximum marks allotted, the system will reject it immediately,” he said.
The university is also mulling over getting evaluations done from other centres, besides VTU. This method will also allow the university to mail photocopies to students.
HOW IT WORKS
Once exams are over, answer scripts are sent to the university for scanning. The process take only a few minutes and the scripts get stored in the system. A software developed exclusively for digital evaluation helps the evaluator open the answer booklet with just a mouse click. Next, the screen displays a series of register numbers. The evaluator can have his pick. The question for the particular answer is displayed on the screen, along with the scheme of evaluation. This contains marks for each question and the format. For instance, definition — 2 marks, solution — 1 mark, etc. The board chairman designs the scheme.
This concept also allows two evaluators to check the same answer script simultaneously. Marks are totalled digitally and sent to the main server under categories ‘evaluator 1’ and ‘evaluator 2.’ The final evaluator then draws an average out of the two. “In case of a difference of 15 marks or above, the third evaluator reassesses the script. If the marks allotted by him/her are closer to any of those awarded by the previous evaluators, then the average of those two are considered,” Maheshappa explained.

--VTU News--

The Rs 250-crore Institute of Advanced Technology coming up at Muddenahalli

Vijesh Kamath Muddenahalli (Chikkaballapur dt), Sept 4, DHNS

Probably the credit of giving a meaningful tribute to late Sir M Visvesvaraya on his 150th birth anniversary may go to Visvesvaraya Technological University, as it is all set to lay foundation for a technological institute at Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapur district, the birthplace of Sir M V who made tremendous contribution for the development of the State.

The Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology (VIAT), which is coming up at Muddenahalli is destined to have a picturesque backdrop for an academic campus in the State. Nestled between the scenic Skandhagiri and Chennagiri hills, along the Nandi mountain range, work on the campus is all set to start soon after 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sir M V on September 15. Natural surroundings apart, its the prestigious landmark address - Muddenahalli - birthplace of the country’s greatest engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya that will set this Rs 250 crore centre for advanced research in engineering and technology apart from the rest. Advanced learning The enthusiasm among the local people of Muddenahalli, around 55 km from Bangalore, that an institute of advanced scientific learning is coming up in their midst, is palpable. “The new project is bound to improve the economy here and also provide the much needed employment opportunities for the local people,” said Muniraju, a sericulturist at Muddenahalli. “All these years the village would come alive only during September in the run-up to the birthday celebrations. Dignitaries would arrive, talk about the achievements of Sir M V and leave. Now, it’s a fitting tribute to Sir M V that VIAT is coming up here,” said Rajanna, a member and former president of Muddehanalli Gram Panchayat. Main stakeholder Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), the main stakeholder of the advanced research centre, is already in possession of 200 acres of land identified for the project. “The survey work has been done and the paper work for transferring the land has been completed. Its all gomala land, not even a single farmer had to lose his land for project,” says Vema Narayana, Revenue Secretary of Muddenahalli gram panchayat. VTU proposes to start the first batch at the centre from the next academic year (2011-12). The target looks ambitious as the terrain is rugged, full of boulders and uneven. However, VTU Vice-Chancellor H Maheshappa is confident. He says the blue print for phase-1 is ready. To start with, VIAT will offer MTech programmes in Nano-technology, Smart Technology and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and will be expanded in a phased manner to include 12 courses and PhD programmes over the coming years, he explained. Vision group The V-C said a vision group comprising academicians and experts will soon be constituted to work out the structure and programmes of VIAT.  He said the post graduate programme will have 18 to 25 students each. VIAT will also house the country’s first skill development centre under the new skill development policy. Another local peson Subbanna, an octogenarian, who grew up seeing an elderly Sir M V, whenever he visited Muddenahalli, said the words of the great engineer that education was the remedy for all economic ills was finally becoming a reality at his birthplace. “Sir M V always believed that integrated development of personality could be achieve through academic excellence. He used to encourage us to study and attend school. Its befitting that VIAT is being set up at Muddenahalli,” Subbanna said http://www.deccanherald.com/content/94054/rs-250-crore-institute-advanced.html