About ARM '24

ACM Kolkata Chapter (in its 10th year since inception) is organizing this Annual Regional Meet (ARM) to bring together all ACM India East members, whether student or professional, to connect in a common platform to share ideas and plan engagements in coming days. This event comprises eminent speakers and panelists, presentation from student chapters from India East & N-E region, brainstorming for next events and initiatives. This is a free event for ACM members of this region - but seats are limited. The 1st ARM was held on 2023 : Link.

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery is the world's largest educational and scientific society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM awards the Turing Award (aka Noble Prize in Computing). ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking. ACM is recording a healthy growth in India, and ACM India was launched in 2010 to increase the focus on the country. ACM India has been organizing annual flagship events to discuss trends in science and technology, and to celebrate ACM's spirit and India's accomplishments in computing. These events are attended by students, researchers and IT professionals.

Speakers & Panelists

(Alphabetical order - Tentative)
speaker
Arpan Pal

Chief Scientist, TCS Research

speaker
D P Mukherjee

Prof & Deputy Director, ISI

speaker
Kingshuk Mandal

Sr. Director, Keysight Technologies

speaker
Manojit Sengupta

DCH, TCS (India East)

speaker
Sachin Lodha

ACM-IN ESP & Head, TCS Research

speaker
Sandip Pradhan

VP-IT and CIO, Exide Industries

speaker
Sanjay Kumar Das

MD, WEBEL [Govt. of WB]

speaker
Swagatam Das

ACM DSP & Prof, ISI Kolkata

Event Schedule

Event Chair: Snehasis Banerjee, Chapter Treasurer
  • Time
    Agenda
    Highlight
    Details
  • 10 AM
    -
    Registration & Tea
    Foyer, 2nd Floor
  • 10.30 AM
    Address by Chapter Chair
    Nabendu Chaki
    Purpose of ARM
  • 10:40 AM
    Guest of Honour Speech
    Manojit Sengupta
    Future of IT
  • 11 AM
    ACM India Eminent Speaker
    Sachin Lodha
    Future of Privacy
  • 12 PM
    ACM Distinguished Speaker
    Swagatam Das
    LLM and ChatGPT
  • 1 PM
    -
    Break - Lunch
    Canteen, 1st Floor
  • 2 PM
    Moderator DPM
    Panel Discussion
    Computing in AI age
  • -
    Panelist 1
    D P Mukherjee
    Academic View
  • 2:10 PM
    Panelist 2
    Sanjay K Das
    Government View
  • 2:20 PM
    Panelist 3
    Kingshuk Mandal
    Industry View
  • 2:30 PM
    Panelist 4
    Sandip Pradhan
    Management View
  • 2:40 PM
    Panelist 5
    Arpan Pal
    Research View
  • 2:50 PM
    Open Floor Q & A
    Audience
    To Panelists
  • 3:10 PM
    Moderation
    Panel Summary
    D P Mukherjee
  • 3:15 PM
    -
    Tea Break
    Foyer, 2nd Floor
  • 3:30 PM
    Student Presentations
    Student Representatives
    Activity Proposals
  • 5:00 PM
    Open Q&A Forum
    ACM Representatives
    Future Scope
  • 5:30 PM
    Group Photo
    Closing with Hi-Tea
    Foyer, 2nd Floor
8 + Speakers
150 + Seats
120 Nominees
1 day event

Register for ARM


The biggest regional meet of ACM in India East

Guidelines

Maximum 5 members from each student chapter of ACM India East and N-E composing of Faculty and Students. Maximum 5 members from partner Academia / Industry. Attendees with ACM membership will get participation certificate. Refer to brochure for details of this free event.

 

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