NSUCC 5th SoftFair – 2004

North South University Computer Club (NSUCC) has organized a three-day '5th Softfair 2004' started on March 25th to 28th 2004 at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel to give exposure to innovative projects including robotics, specialized software, animation from the source of academia and the Industry.

For the first time in five years, NSUCC ventured into ensuring the participation of corporate IT firms in the fair, along with the usual participation of students from the educational institutions. The fair's motto "Download the future tech" became quite appropriate as most stalls were exhibiting futuristic software -- their innovations in robotics, 3D games, application software and so on.

Dr M Asaduzzaman, chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, inaugurated the fair. The fair sported a list of more than 40 participants that included various public and private universities, software and game developers, IT training institutes and professional IT companies. The participants were competing in two different levels -- universities and corporate level, each consisting of three prizes.

The fair also had everyday seminars. The award giving and closing ceremony was held on March 27. Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, minister, Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology handed over the awards as chief guest. The minister complimented the efforts and projects of the students. He stressed on the point that the information and communication technology sector of Bangladesh is still not in tune with the business sector of the nation.

The first prize was whisked off, by a voice recognition project by University of Asia Pacific. The project had three aspects, which included 'Voice Control Devices', 'Voice controlled Online System' and a 'Voice control PC'. The 'Automated Guided Vehicle' by North South University and 'CryptoPix', an image based steganography project of Independent University won the second and third positions respectively. In the corporate level, The Decode Limited, 4-in-Genius LLC and MAMTech Limited were the award winners.

Source: The Daily Star