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Monash University data scientist wins Victorian Young Achiever Award

Dr. François Petitjean, from the Faculty of Information Technology, is the winner of this year's Victorian Young Achiever Award in the Research Impact category.

Dr. Petitjean, whose work is partly funded by the US Air Force, has developed systems which are being applied across a range of scientific disciplines, from monitoring oil spills to fighting insect-borne diseases. He joined the Monash Centre for Data Science in 2013. Since then, Dr. Petitjean has developed a data analysis tool called Chordalysis, which can reveal relationships and influences between the variables of a dataset. Several research teams around the world have already started using Chordalysis for problems as diverse as discovering symptoms of rare diseases, creating heat-resistant anti-inflammatories, and monitoring oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea.

"For me, the next big project is using latest-generation satellites to create an accurate map of Australia's vegetation; this would serve as the basis for fire-spread models, algae outbreaks detection or pollution management," said Dr. Petitjean.

Monash University has built an outstanding global reputation since it was established in 1958. Monash is a founding member of the national Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia's leading universities. Ranked in the top 100 world universities (Times Higher Education Rankings 2015-2016), Monash attracts some of the world's best students and researchers.

NSU welcomes new students in Fall 2016

North South University (NSU) warmly welcomed newly enrolled students in its orientation ceremony of Fall 2016 semester held on September 3, 2016 at the Bashundhara campus. 

In this orientation programme, a total of 62 meritorious students were awarded full and partial scholarships for their outstanding results in the admission test of Fall 2016.

Md. Shahriar Alam, M.P., State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Benazir Ahmed BPM (Bar), Director General, RAB Forces graced the programme as chief guest and special guest respectively. Azim Uddin Ahmed, Chairman, NSU BOT delivered his speech as special guest. M.A. Kashem, Benajir Ahmed, Yasmin Kamal, Rehana Rahman were present among the other BOT members as guests of honour. The programme was chaired by Prof. Atiqul Islam, VC, NSU.

Later, a cultural session was held after orientation programme where students from the university clubs performed.

Anti-terrorism  and militancy  discussion at UIU

Anti-terrorism and militancy discussion was held at United International University (UIU) auditorium recently. Prof. Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, VC, UIU presided over the ceremony while Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman, Pro-VC, UIU, Abdul Latif Sarder, Officer In-Charge, Dhanmondi Thana and Prof. Dr. Md. Abu Saklayen, Proctor, UIU attended the discussion.    

Speakers urged all teachers and guardians to be more cautious and careful about their students, watch their movement and also keep them away from bad companies for the sake of their education. 

Treasurer, Dean, Registrar, students, teachers, guardians were present at the programme. 

EWU holds fall orientation programme

The orientation programmes of the newly admitted students for Fall Semester 2016 of East West University (EWU) were held at the university's campus at Aftabnagar on September 1, 2016. Each Department arranged the individual programme for their newly admitted students. More than 750 students got admitted at the graduate and undergraduate programmes in 12 different departments in this semester.

Department of Business Administration arranged the orientation programme at the Auditorium Lobby of EWU. Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin, Chairperson of BOT, and former Governor of Bangladesh Bank graced the occasion as the chief guest. Prof. Dr. M. M. Shahidul Hassan, VC of EWU was the special guest. Prof. Dr. Tanbir Ahmed Chowdhury, Dean of Faculty of Business and Economics was the guest of honour. Dr. Anup Chowdhury, Chairperson of Department of Business Administration chaired the programme.

IUB organises Autumn Semester 2016 Orientation 

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised an orientation programme for the newly admitted undergraduate students of the Autumn 2016 Semester on September 3, 2016 at its campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka 

Prof. Dr. Milan Pagon, Pro-VC (Designate) of IUB heartily welcomed the new students and parents and described IUB's strengths in global partnerships and research opportunities and urged upon all students to set priorities, facing challenges, having persistent attitude and working hard in order to clinch desired success in life.

Registrar of IUB, Brig. Gen. (Retd.) Md. Anwarul Islam discussed about all academic rules and regulations of the university. Prof. Sarwar Uddin Ahmed, Dean, School of Business, Prof. Shahriar Khan, Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Dr. Abdul Khaleque, Dean, School of Environmental Science and Management, Dr. Mahbub Alam, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and Prof. Rita Yusuf, Dean, School of Life Sciences also welcomed the new students and spoke at the programme. 

ASA Rag Day observed
A student of Applied Sociology, ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) receives a crest by the department on the occasion of its Rag Day of 6th batch, held in campus on August 29, 2016.