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SUMMARY:From EPFL to Live-in Labs in India: AMRITA University Programs and
  Research Centers
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CATEGORIES:Miscellaneous
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Maneesha V Ramesh\, Prof. Krishnashree Achuthan\, and Pr
 of. Shyam Diwakar\, Amrita University\, India.\n\nAmrita University\, one 
 of the top 200 universities in BRICS (Brazil\, Russia\, India\, China\, an
 d South Africa) countries developed the Live-in Labs Program where many EP
 FL students participate\, and has established the Amrita Center for Wirele
 ss Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA).\nThe Live-in-Labs have varied fo
 cus areas such as energy\, water\, healthcare\, education\, waste manageme
 nt\, ICT\, and skill building. Undergraduates and graduates students from 
 EPFL\, who would like to get an experiential learning opportunity\, can go
  and spend two weeks to a semester in one of the live-in-labs in India. St
 udents become part of the interdisciplinary team of students and faculty a
 nd each team is guided by a group of two to three faculty members. This gi
 ves an important opportunity since emerging countries have the largest opp
 ortunity for new ideas and innovative solutions.AmritaWNA is a leading edg
 e research center focused on the emerging fields of wireless networks\, wi
 reless sensor networks (WSN)\, wireless technologies including 3G\, 4G and
  LTE. AmritaWNA develops scientific and technological applications for pra
 ctical humanitarian benefit. The Center is recognized worldwide today for 
 its deployment of the first-ever wireless sensor network system for predic
 ting landslides.\nProf. Ramesh\, Prof. Achuthan and Prof. Diwakar will pre
 sent the Program and Center and discuss with the audience possible venues 
 to participate and collaborate in both initiatives.The admittance is free 
 but for organizational reasons\, we thank you for completing the online re
 gistration form before Tuesday October 13th\, 2015.Speakers’ Biographies
 :Prof. Maneesha V Ramesh is the Director of AMRITA Center for Wireless Net
 works & Applications\, Co-director of the Indo-Us & International Initiati
 ves\, Amritapuri Campus\, Amrita University\, Associate Professor of the D
 epartment of Computer Science & Engineering and Member of the Technical Pr
 ogram Committee\, SENSORCOMM 2010. She is also a member of the Editorial B
 oard & Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Computing ICC
  2010\, New Delhi.Prof. Krishnashree Achuthan is the Director of the Cente
 r for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks and Amrita Technology Business In
 cubator (Amrita TBI) at Amrita University. She also co-directs the Indo - 
 U. S. and International Initiatives at Amrita University.Prof. Shyam Diwak
 ar is Principal Investigator and Head of Computational Neuroscience Labora
 tory Faculty fellow at the Amrita Center for International Programs. He is
  also Assistant Professor at the School of Biotechnology.
LOCATION:BC 420 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20420
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