Teradata Company organized a series of training
session for the students of Computer Science Department with the objectives to
enable the students to learn both the theoretical and practical aspects of Data
Warehousing in the area of database.
Teradata is an international
corporation that works on Data warehousing from its first day. It has provided
some robust and flexible Data warehouse architecture and solution from
enterprise level to a small companies. Tara data centers are now spreading all
over the world.
On October...
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Dr. Saeed Mahfooz Named New Head for Computer Science Department University of Peshawar
University
of Peshawar has announced
the appointment of Dr. Saeed Mahfooz as the new head of the Department of
Computer Science. Bringing over 25 years of experience in higher education and
industry, Dr. Saeed Mahfooz has received national recognition for his work in
academia.
Welcoming
his appointment, student said." We are delighted to welcome Sir Dr. Saeed
Mahfooz...
Straight out of the heart!
I, on behalf of all our batchmates, our seniors, our juniors, all the
staff members, and every other entity that
resides at this department, greet the batch that just joined this
prestigious and distinguished department,
and welcome them as well as congratulate them for being among the very
few fortunate persons to become part of
this beacon of light....
We forward our heartiest greetings, warm welcomes, and embrace you. We
were once like this, and we were embraced
with sheer love and utmost respect by our seniors,...
BeingSoft 2011, a 3-day competition at DCS
BeingSoft was an event which
included Speed Programming, Poster Designing, Web Designing, Project
Competition and Quiz. Faculty and
students participated and highly appreciated the event.
Poster Competition was set on 18th
January 2011, with the theme “Knowledge is Power”. Eight teams participated in
the poster design. In Web Designing, eight teams participated they contested on
theme of a web platform for e shopping. Speed programming was one of the main attraction
of the event held on 19th January, a total...
Unversity of Peshawar : Computer Science Department Wings Unified
With the commencement of spring
semester 2011, the department was unified into one building. Previously the
department was in two separate wings: Junior and Senior wings, housed in
separate buildings. Combining the department under one roof not only created a
feeling of one-ness, but also made operations and interactions smoother and
easier. Now the department has a spacious library as compare to the earlier
library hall. Number of...
Literary Society Department Of Computer Science UoP
Literary society was first
time established in March 2010 with the aim to enhance the creative potential
of the youth, to promote IT literature and to prepare students for the future challenges.
On March 25,2011 interview for
the new cabinet was held in the office of Dr. Huma Javed and new appointment
were made, eight new organizers were selected
from short listed candidates that replaced some of the old ones .On April
2,2011 first meeting was held , chaired by Dr Huma Javed in which aims and objectives...
Seminar on Network Simulation 2
A seminar was conducted on “Network
Simulation 2” (NS-2) by Mr. Sami Ullah, a PhD scholar and a visiting lecturer
at the Department of Computer Science, University of Peshawar on May 25, 2011
at BCS Lab-2, Department of Computer Science.
In seminar, the students got to
know that NS-2 is a powerful tool for network simulation. Researchers in
academia and Industry both use NS-2 to validate their algorithms, test and
implement new and improved network protocols. NS-2 provides rich environment
and tools for simulation of TCP,...
BLOOD DONATION CAMP in DCS
On March 10th 2011, a blood
Donation camp was organized in the department by Welfare Hand Organization, an
NGO for thalassemia. Students participated with vigour in this camp. The blood
was tested for Hepatitis A, B, C and HIV AIDS and the students were provided
with the screening result.
Medically, blood donation doesn’t have
adverse effect on the health of the donor. Naturally the RBC in the blood breaks
down after 120 days and new blood is generated. The blood collected in the camp
is used for immediate transfusion...
A Journey towards Betterment
“Software Engineering” Course offered
at MS/PhD level
The department launches “Software Engineering” at MS/PhD
level. Dr. Sara Shahzad, who returned last year from Vienna, Sweden after
completing her PhD in Software Engineering, will be handling the course.
Fiber optic
backbone, Generators installed
To satisfy the need of better, faster, internet facility, a
fiber optic backbone will be installed for the department. It would facilitate
the students a lot in their learning and research.
Also, generators were recently...
New Library of DCS with New Books and Facilities
As the two wings of DCS merged into a single Department, a
new, bigger library is founded by combining the two old libraries of senior and
junior wing. On March 2, 2011, the new library was set up and furnished, making
it available to students. In June, it was updated with a large number of new
books and journal. Now the library is about 11000 books, 2500 journals and 1500
copies of thesis strong.
The library frequently
receives national and international monthly magazines i.e. “Herald “a current affair...
Dr. Zahoor Jan Completed PhD
Dr. Zahoor Jan recently completed
his PhD from Fast National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
(NU-FAST), Islamabad in Image Processing. The title of his thesis was “Imperceptible
Water Marking”. His doctorial thesis was evaluated in U.K, Korea, and Germany.
His successful thesis defense came out on the 4th March 2011. His PhD
was supervised by Prof Dr. Majid Mirza who received “Brilliant Student Award”,
from Imperial...
DCS students shine at NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
SOFTCOM COMPETITION, GIKI, 2010:
GIKI, one of the leading engineering institutes of the country
organizes SOFTCOM on annual basis with participation from all over Pakistan. In
November 2010 students from DCS took part in SOFTCOM 10, featuring in Speed Programming,
Quiz, Poster Designing and Web Designing competitions. The department team was
headed by Mr Muhammad Aamir Khan, and consisted of following students: Ahsan Ashfaq, Midhat Un
Nisa, Sania Rafiq, Ahsan Gul, Majid Khan Momand, Mazhar, Kashif, Haris Ali,
Kanza...
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE to hold “BEING SOFT COMPETITION 2011”
The department of computer Science University of Peshawar
is organizing a competition first time among the current students, studying at
the department of Computer Science on January 18 to 20, 2011, including all
major areas of computer science.
It was decided in a meeting of the organizing committee
chaired by Dr. Azhar Rauf, held on December 31, 2010 at the committee room,
Department of Computer Science..
The primary goal
of this competition is to provide an opportunity to various students to sharpen
and demonstrate...
DCS UoP Student’s Trips to Azad Kashmir and Narran vally
5-day Tour to Azad Kashmir by Batch-12
Report by Muhammad
Jalal Khan
The vales of Kashmir
have mesmerized poets and artists since a long time. This time we decided to
see for ourselves this region of legendary beauty. On 12th October,
2011, we set out on our journey to Azad Kashmir. The buses were an absolute horror story but even that didn't dent our soaring
spirits.
We set out, singing and dancing, savoring each and...
ICCNIT: a memorable conference
The
lush green valleys of Galliyat with dense forests, beautiful hills, pleasant climate,
winding tracks, and the overall landscape attract people from over the world to
visit and spend their vacations there. BaraGali with its spectacular mountain
horizon, the continuous chirping of birds, the cool weather (in mid of July),
never bores you. It was here, at Bara Gali campus of University of Peshawar
that Department of Computer Science (UoP) decided to hold ICCNIT conference
from 11th to 13th July 2011.
Being
a participant...
SHINING BEACON :Dr. Muhammad Abid Khan
Dr. Muhammad Abid Khan, one of the founding members of DCS, received and
completed his early education in his home town. After passing his matriculation
examination, he took admission in Jehan Zeb College Swat, where he did his
graduation in 1981. Furthermore, he was also a Senior Monitor at Mingora
Hostel. Passing on to the Quaid-e-Azam
University Islamabad, he did his post graduation in
Computer Science in the year 1984. Meanwhile...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
How Our Educational System Affecting The Students
I am a
student and citizen of Pakistan. I can better judge the feeling of a student
because I have experienced both educational systems which are running in
Pakistan; first of all I want to say that the educational system of Pakistan is
very appalling in comparison with International standard. Our educational
system is dividing the population into different classes. There is no single
educational system exist. It varies from cities to cities, provinces to
provinces and even schools to schools.
Let me first talk
about...
Monday, June 11, 2012
KPK Government Announces Laptop Scheme for Talented Students
Taking a page from Punjab Chief
Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s book, the K-P government announced its own Rs1
billion free laptop scheme – named Naway Sahar (New Dawn) – for
students in the province, saying it would hand out 25,000 such laptops
to top-performing students.
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Announces Free Laptop Scheme Like CM Punjab Laptop Scheme for Talented
Students of KPK in Provincial Budget of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2012-13
yesterday.
25 thousands free laptops will be distributed in Colleges and Universities...
KPK Budget 2012-13: Salaries, Pensions Increases 20%
For a left-leaning party
battling for its political life in an election year, the Awami National
Party included, surprisingly, little populist spending in the Rs303
billion Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa budget for fiscal year 2013.
In the budget speech delivered at the
provincial assembly on Friday, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister
Muhammad Humayun Khan essentially listed off some of the government’s
political achievements before essentially reading out the entire budget
document, numbers and all.
Far from the political...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
International Conference on Computer Networks and Information Technology (ICCNIT ’11) held at Bara Gali
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