MERI COLLEGE ORGANISED 18TH NATIONAL IT SEMINAR ON KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING
Management Education and Research Institute (MERI), Janakpuri, New Delhi (affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University) and MERI College of Engineering and Technology, Sampla jointly organised the 18th National IT Seminar on Knowledge Engineering on February 29, 2020. The event emphasised on Knowledge Engineering along with its related dynamics.
The programme commenced with the inaugural session graced by the Chief Guest, Shri Ajay Kumar Gupta, Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research; Shri I.P. Aggarwal, President, MERI Group of Institutions; Prof. Lalit Aggarwal, Vice President, MERI Group of Institutions; Shri S.K. Aggarwal, Chief Finance Officer; Dr. S.K. Goel, Director; Prof. A.K. Aggarwal, Dean; and other dignitaries. The session consisted of the traditional lamp lighting session by dignitaries, National Anthem, MERI- Code of Conduct, followed by a student presentation by on Knowledge Engineering.
The welcome address was presented by Prof. Lalit Aggarwal, wherein he spoke about the technical, scientific and social aspects pertaining to building, maintaining and using knowledge- based system. Furthermore, the inaugural address
was presented by Shri I.P. Aggarwal, who deliberated about the the various building blocks of knowledge engineering. This was followed by an in-depth address by the Chief Guest for the seminar, Shri Ajay Kumar Gupta who not only enlightened the audience about knowledge engineering but also highlighted the functioning of ICSSR. The session concluded with a vote
of thanks by Prof. A.K. Aggarwal, with his views on the seminar and thanking all the dignitaries for their esteemed presence.
The programme progressed with the first technical session on major approaches to ML by Vikas Kalra, Director, gotracko.com. Further, the second technical session emphasized on reinforcement learning by Niharika Grover, Sr. Software Engineer, Expedia, Lastly, the third technical session focused on Bayesian Machine Learning by Anshul Kumar Gupta, Data Scientist, Wingfly.
The programme drew its curtains down with an inter-college IT Quiz and prize and certificate distribution ceremony. The seminar was organised by Prof. Ritu Aggarwal.
