List of Presentations held on 31th August 2012

1. OpenLab ............................................................................................................... 1

2. IGNOU E-Content Project …………………………………................................................. 22

3. Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network............................................ 27

4. IDC,IIT Bombay...................................................................................................... 59

OpenLabOpen-source Integrated Graphical Programming

Ecosystem for Scientific Computing

Control Number: RIn2202101552

Ministry of Human Resources DevelopmentGovernment of India

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Project Overview

• Development of full-fledged FOSS Graphical Programming Environment– Alternative to commercial packages like Labview / Simulink

• Comprehensive coverage across scientific computing domains

• Support for Generic Hardware Integration – Data Acquisition System, Sensor Networks, Control Systems

• Provide best methods for improved User eXperience (UX)

• Scalability for large-scale remote access deployments

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Graphical Programming ?

• Graphical Elements for Keywords• Visual Library of Basic Operations /

Functions • Drag-Drop-Connect-Configure-Run

• Make programming easier, faster and interesting– Graphical view is easier to design /

interpret– Facilitates code-reuse and rapid

prototyping– Complexity can be abstracted in

different levels– Debugging is painful, not anymore !

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Existing Systems

Labview

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Existing Systems

Labview

Simulink

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Existing Systems

Labview

Simulink

GNU Radio Companion6

Existing Systems

Labview

Simulink

GNU Radio Companion7

Base Platform• GNU Radio Companion

– System for developing Open Software Defined Radio systems

– Hybrid architecture based on Python / C++– Already supports widely used Signal Processing

/ Communication functions– Facilitates integration of existing scientific open

codebases– Existing interfaces for hardware systems– Fast growing user-base, active developer

support

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– Case Study 1 –Custom Hardware Integration

• Evaluation of Integration with custom hardware– Single Board Heater System

• Developed by IITB under NMEICT• Control System Experimentation Platform• Contains Heating Element, Fan and Temp. Sensor

connected to microprocessor.• Successfully integrated and tested

– Phoenix Science Experimentation Platform • Developed by Inter University Accelerator Centre,

Delhi• Generic Control and Data Acquisition Interface• Contains Analog / Digital IO interfaces along with

Freq. Counter, Waveform Generator• Successfully tested CRO interface

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Single Board Heater System Experiment (SBHS)

GNU Radio Companion based Front Panel and Block Diagram10

SBHS: Comparable Labview UI

Labview Front Panel for SBHS

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SBHS: Comparable Labview UI

Labview Block Diagram for SBHS 12

- Case Study 2 -Integration of existing Scientific Codebases

Integration of OpenCV into GNU Radio environment13

- Case Study 3 -Scalable Remote Access Deployment

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- Case Study 3 -Scalable Remote Access Deployment

Software Defined Signal Generator / Spectrum Analyzer / Digital Oscilloscope

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Wireless Virtual Lab Experiment

GNU Radio configuration for Dipole Radiation Pattern Measurement 16

Wireless Virtual Lab: Antenna Radio Pattern Measurement

Dipole Radiation Pattern Measurement experiment in action over Internet17

Integrated Ecosystem• Toolboxes for supporting Popular Scientific Applications in

Education– Math and Optimization – Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications– Control System Design and Analysis– Image and Speech Processing– Statistics and Data Analysis

• Tight coupling with Hardware Systems– Enables the interface with real-world data / signals– Development of Low-cost Data Acquisition and Control Hardware– Interoperability with commercial or open hardware (no vendor lock-in)

• Centralized Collaboration and Code sharing Repository– Web-based real-time collaborative development– Newly developed modules can be shared within the ecosystem easily

• Documentation, Tutorials and Discussion Forums18

Prototype Environment Wireframe

Labview

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Generic Hardware Architecture

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National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) for Social Sciences and Humanities

E-Content Development for National Mission on Education Through ICT, MHRD

Ve-03090910270

Principal InvestigatorVice ChancellorIndira Gandhi National Open University

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Disciplines to be covered

Economics History Library &

Information Science Political Science Public Administration Psychology Sociology Social Work

Gender Studies Rural Development Anthropology Epigraphy Philosophy English Hindi Other Indian

Languages

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Proposed Project Deliverables 500 web and video based courses covering 17

disciplines for undergraduate and post graduate levels

Four quadrant approach for content with built in interactions through Web 2.0 tools

Media rich content with state-of-the-art technology using immersive learning and gaming tools

Personal learning environment for exploratory learning (based on scenario based or adaptive learning principles)

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Project Status Work for the Pilot project started from December 2011. Recordings for all the 17 courses are in progress. For disciplines

of Anthropology and Epigraphy video recordings have been completed and editing is in progress. EMPC’s newly constructed EDUSAT studio is being used for recordings. For the Discipline of English, work on animations for all modules have been completed.

IGNOU course materials are being repurposed for wider audience.

All courses will have complete contents for all the four quadrants with, text, audio/ video, animation/ simulation (wherever applicable), self check exercises and links to web resources. Appropriate media usage is being done based on the pedagogic requirements of the discipline/ topic.

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Sample Page

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LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND RESOURCE SHARING NETWORK

CONTROL NO. UE-05031010571

Project Investigators:Prof. Uma Kanjilal, IGNOU, New DelhiDr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, Kalyani University, West Bengal,

* Prof. K. S. Raghavan, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

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Objectives

Training of college/ university/ institute librarians in library automation especially in open source library automation package KOHA

Setting up a central database with KOHA installation on Sakshat server

Support college/ university/ institute libraries in library automation and feeding bibliographic data in central KOHA database

Collation of already existing databases from different college libraries and uploading on the central database

Integrating with existing databases of INFLIBNET, DELNET to constitute a union resource base.

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Justification for the project Many college libraries have yet to automate

their services There is no existing union catalogue of library

resources which includes college library collection

Centralised cataloguing will facilitate resource sharing

Connectivity provided by NMEICT to colleges will facilitate resource and information service sharing

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Benefits of the Project The process of converting library catalogues will be

expedited The cost of converting manual catalogues to

machine-readable form will be substantially reduced as the large libraries selected for the project will have a substantial proportion of the books available in the other institutions;

‘Hit rate’ will be quite high for most libraries once a centralised database is in place and enable libraries to download records for most of the books available in their libraries

International standards for creating the database records will ensure quality of the databases is high and records become easily inter-changeable

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International Standards for Bibliographic Data MARC 21 for Bibliographic record format Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

document description & form of headings (Names of persons, names of corporate bodies and uniform titles)

Library of Congress Subject Headings for subject representation

Records will be assigned Dewey Decimal Class Numbers

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Deliverables of the Project Training of librarians in library automation using

KOHA Creation of central bibliographic database for

uploading and sharing of bibliographic information

Integration of existing databases to create union catalogue

Resource sharing among participating libraries Integration with N-List for e-resources Integration with e-content developed under

NMEICT

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Workshop partnersDelhi & Central, North Zone Eastern Zone, North-eastern IGNOU

DLA

IIT –Roorkee

BBRA Univ, Lucknow

BHU

Univ. of Kashmir

Thapar Inst, Patiala

DLIS, Jiwaji Univ.

Bangalore South Zone PESIT, B’lore

KU, Dharwad / or Kuvempu University, Shimoga

IIT, Chennai/ Anna University, Chennai

Pondicherry University

University of Kerala / IIMK (Calicut)

University of Hyderabad

MKU, Madurai

AU, Vizag

Jadavpur University

Bose Institute, Kolkata

BIT, Mesra

KIT, Orissa

NEHU

GU, Gwahati

Assam University, Silchar

Kalyani University

West Zone

Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane

NEERI, / DLIS, University of Nagpur

Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad

IUCAA, Pune / Pune University

INFLIBNET / PRL

Goa (NIO / University of Goa, BITS)

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Tasks Completed

Central Server configuration (Debin Leny & Koha 3.4, Indic script)

Project Wiki for the delivery of text tutorials, video tutorials, manuals, lab manuals, slide presentations etc.

Testing with Data (for each document type), export/import, server for Z 39.50

Library coding and managing in Koha (Name coding, Item coding, development of central database of library name codes and item codes)

Developments of Authority Lists (in the form of pick-up lists) for the tags and subfields that requires standardisation

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Tasks Completed cont…

Development of a scheme for coding each participating library uniquely (if possible MARC organisation code structure will be followed);

Designing of different bibliographic data entry frameworks for a variety of bibliographic objects including learning objects, open knowledge objects and other e-contents;

Mapping of different metadata schemas (like DCMES, IEEE LOM) with MARC21 bibliographic format;

An integrated installation DVD (OS, Koha and companion, other necessary software) developed to ease the installation at client site.

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Achievements

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A MARC Format for College Libraries

Developed data entry frameworks (for different bibliographic materials) on the basis of MARC 21 Bibliographic Format for college libraries keeping in view the requirements;

Developed mappings of MARC 21 Bibliographic Format with Learning Objects

Developed a set of rules/procedures for standardized cataloguing

Integrated all the frameworks and standards in the Project Workshop Koha Installation DVD (Means when it will be installed, college librarians can have all the features of standard cataloguing)

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The First Active Z 39.50 Server in India

In India Library automation started in full swing right from early nineties but until recently there were no Z 39.50 servers for downloading bibliographic data;

This project developed the first working Z 39.50 server in India during April 2012 and it is now listed in international Z 39.50 directory - irspy.indexdata.com

It will help all the libraries in India to download standard bibliographic data from this server and thereby ensure standard cataloguing; Project partner libraries can directly include in their respective catalogue database;

It's a future oriented step towards a Catalogue Cloud in India; Ensures lots of savings in terms of money and manpower.

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The First integration of VIAF as Authority Data Standard (Name authority) In India Library systems so far failed to manage authority

data; This project right from the beginning opted for standardization

of authority data; Utilized VIAF (Virtual Integrated Authority File) – a virtual

integration of authority data of national libraries of the world like Library of Congress, US, DNB, Germany etc. ;

Presently integrates VIAF with authority data entry framework;

Again a First in India and it's a future oriented step towards a Catalogue Cloud in India;

Ensures standardization of authority data entry activities. Supports the second function of Library Catalogue -

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Default data entry window in Koha for Name authority

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Authority data entry window in Koha after integration with VIAF

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The moment user enters author name, it snatches name authorities from VIAF44

When user selects the desired name corresponding record appears from available name authority servers – here LC and VIAF

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Full authority record from VIAF46

The First integration of Google API in OPAC for Indic Scripts based Searching In India Library systems so far failed to help users in

providing easy to use multilingual search for different Indic scripts based documents;

More than 50% collection in College libraries in India includes documents in regional languages;

College libraries in India require mechanisms for multilingual data entry and searching;

This project utilized Google API to solve the problems of end user searching;

Just a click in the target language will allow user to change text entered (phonetically) in Roman into required language;

The Server OPAC (koha.ignouonline.ac.in) already implemented it.

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Development of LiveDVD for Project Workshop for distribution amongst Bibliographic Data Partners

LiveDVD which includes Koha (pre-installed) and other necessary library software (Greenstone and DSpace) has already been developed on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS;

This LAN-NMEICT LiveDVD supports all Indic scripts and multimedia features;

Already successfully applied in three workshops (and a total of around 100 libraries already installed it);

The pre-installed Koha includes all the standards and bibliographic data entry frameworks;

Includes tools for easy backup and restoration; Compatible for use in local area network of the libraries

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Installing Koha from LiveDVD in Workshop

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Development of manual for installing and configuring Koha for college library automation

An easy to use manual has already been developed that helps participating libraries in –

Installing Ubutu 10.04 LTS Koha official release Other associated software Configuring Koha for local libraries Utilizing Z 39.50 client from snatching bibliographic data from Z

39.50 server of the project Uploading bibliographic data from local libraries to server Backup and restoration of library data Basic and advanced level operations in Koha

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1.7) Integration of Web 2.0 Tools in OPAC

Required scripts developed for this project to include Web 2.0 tools for making OPAC interactive, Collaborative and Participative (integration of Amazon, Google Books, Facebook and Twitter in OPAC):

Amazon

Google Books

Facebook

Twitter

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Integration of MediaWiki, Blog, User Survey and Discussion Forum in OPAC

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Workshops

Three workshops in Eastern India; Trained almost 100 librarians; Collected around 1 lakh bibliographic data In the process of MARC validation Union catalogue is available for searching

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In the Pipeline

User interfaces of Koha for all 22 constitutionally recognized languages;

Development of Z 39.50 based authority data servers for participating libraries;

Web-scale library management system for Indian college libraries (in the line of OCLC http://www.oclc.org/middleeast/en/worldcat/web/default.htm);

To evolve as a platform for Indian library systems

To catalogue available learning objects from NMEICT projects

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Budget Sanctioned

Sl. No. Major Budget Heads Amount in Rs.

1. 30 Workshops/ trainingprogrammes @ Rs. 2 lakhs eachwith 40 to 50 participants

60, 00,000

2. Expert Meetings 10, 00,000

3. Human Resource (15 RAs @ Rs.20, 000/- per month for two years)

72, 00,000

5. Consumables, local conveyanceetc.

20, 00, 000

6. Content reviewing and editing 20, 00, 000

Total 1, 82, 00,000

Capital Expenditure

Computers 15 @ Rs. 40, 000 each 6, 00,000

Revenue Expenditure

Funds received: 54.60 Lakhs.57

THANK YOUukanjilal@ignou.ac.in

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Animation Resource, Training and Support Project ARTS

A Proposal for an Animation Studio for developing animation assets and films

Principal InvestigatorSumant Rao

Associate Professor (Animation Design), IDC, IIT-Bombay

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Professional Experience

Areas• Print• Animation• Film Making• Broadcast• Special Effects• Technology

Animation• United Arts (WOA)• Animagic

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Professional Experience

Consultancy & Training• Discreet Logic (now Autodesk)• Tata Elxsi• my own studio

Teaching• Animation• Film Making• Special Effects

to newbies, idc and engineering students

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Animation & Education

Visual in nature• Communicate Ideas• Interest, Inspire and Inform• Language independent

Digital Tools in Animation• Interactivity• Resolution Independence• Run simulations for Lab like feedback• Teaching aid• Flexibility of reusing assets for different pedagogical methods• Stereoscopy and Immersive experience• Looking inside stuff• Visualisation tools : graphs + 3D + interactive• Recreation of events, places, etc.• Mixed and Augmented reality• Real world into the Virtual one• ……

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Animation & Education

The Mission• Introductory animation films for online courses, spoken tutorials, workshops & the projects

themselves

The Aim• Courses on FOSS animation software• Creating films that explain various concepts using video & animation• Creating animation assets• Developing infrastructure to support this• For school, college and advanced levels

Techniques• Low tech, quick, interesting• Sophisticated, realistic, high quality• Real time, interactive

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The Project• Potential• Scale• Cost

Rethink on the Method• Student Community and my interaction with them through

– Minor and Elective courses– Workshops during TechFest– Studio Projects– Students film club

• Conducted a workshop on Educational Animation Films

• Learnings– content research to script– Execution of part of the project, especially the challenging bits– With some infrastructure and animator support

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The Plan

1st Year - Setup and PilotThe Team

Co-ordinator 1Animators 6Compositors 2Editors 1System Administrator 1

The EquipmentWorkstationsRender farmServerPeripherals• Wacom Tablets• Cintiq Tablets• Scanners• Printers• Sound & Video systems• NetworkingBackground Tasks• Backup, Archiving, Mastering and Duplication• Uploading & Other Maintenance

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The Plan

1st Year - Setup and Pilot

Producing films • Explaining concepts using animation • Which act as pilots and references • Create team of experienced student animators• who can mentor further group of students on future projects• Form a forum that can propagate this activity

Animation Training Programs• Developing programs for FOSS solutions like Blender & Gimp to do animation• Running pilot courses of above • Fine tuning them for launch

Producing Assets• That we decide on and create in-house• That we do for other mission projects

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The Plan

2nd & 3rd Year – Expansion and Consolidation

Expansion • In team no. • Infrastructure

• Decentralise locally in 2nd year as pilot unit for satellite centers in future• Centres in other locations as & when feasible

Specialised facilities• Motion Capture• 3D Digitising• OthersProducing films

Animation Training Programs• Running courses and upgrading them as and when required

Producing Assets

Teacher training models

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The Budget

1st year 2nd and 3rd Year

Travel & Stay 240000 480000

Consumables 240000 2400000

Furnishing Cost 300000 350000

Salaries 3840000 37560000

Hardware 3620000 39600000

Software 200000 500000

Contingency 1000000 2500000

9440000 83390000

Total 92830000

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Deliverables

1st Year

Animation Assets• Simple 100• Medium complexity 12• Complex 4

Films 4

Course Development• 3D Animation• Image Editing & Compositing• Digital Film Making

Pilot Courses• With trainers 5 • With students 5

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Deliverables2nd & 3rd Year

Animation Assets• Simple 5000• Medium complexity 500• Complex 50

Films 50

Course Development• Updation of previous courses• New courses as per new FOSS solutions available

Conducting Courses• With trainers 100• With students 500• Teacher training 50

Labs – service bureau for inhouse and other mission projects

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Thank You

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