A forum entitled “Inclusion or Exclusion: Your Choice Bangladesh.”  held by the Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) Department of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB, http://www.ulab.edu.bd ) on June 08, 10:00 am to 12:00 nn, at the ULAB Auditorium. Associate Prof. Mr. Sumon Rahman discussed the concept and its complications while Assistant Professor Mr. Asiuzzaman talked about the Inclusion or Exclusion :Hefazat –e-Islam amd Jamaart- E- Islam and Lecturer Mahabubul Haque Osmani  spoke about Inclusion or Exclusion of Garment workers  in Bangladesh.

The theme for Summer Semester 2013 is “Inclusion or Exclusion: Your Choice Bangladesh.”  The theme highlights the concept of social inclusion/exclusion, which has been described by many European social scientists.  Social exclusion/inclusion relates to the deprivation/accessibility of an individual to certain advancements in society due to the relative position of the group the said individual belongs to.  An individual may be excluded from being employed, receiving education or from accessing digital technologies due to his/her membership to an ethic/religious minority or gender group.  Sometimes, an individual may be excluded or included to due to his/her membership to many disadvantaged societal groups – aged, people with disabilities, people living in geographically disadvantaged areas, etc.

Digital inclusion or exclusion is an extension of social inclusion or exclusion.  Mancinelli states that the digital divide is basically about social access to digital technologies as it considers social relations around the uses of ICT.  The types of digital divides are access divide (those with and without access to ICT), usage divide (those who use and do not use ICT) and quality of use divide (difference in usage by users).  According to the Digital Divide Index (DDIX), the groups at risks of digital exclusion are women (for gender), 50 years and older (for age), low education (for education status) and low income (for social class).  Digital exclusion is further marginalizing already oppressed and disenfranchised individuals and communities.

Social scientists also state that “communities and groups that develop strong and adaptive mechanisms to promote cohesion and solidarity are somehow more resistant to the forces of social dislocation and social exclusion, and hence more resilient in the face of social and economic pathologies. It is suggested that sustained and repetitive exposure to social and economic ills – as a result for example of poverty-induced ailments, generated by despairing circumstances, insurmountable tasks, or lack of social support.

There are 14 courses under the Curriculum Integration Program –Electronic Journalism ( Anis Alamgir), Research Methodology ( Dr. Afroza and Osmani), Convergence Communication 1 (Dr. Firoz), Film History( Bikash Bhowmick), Visual Communication ( Dr. Firoz), Mass Communication ( Marium Akther), Public Relations ( Rizwan Sharif and Nandita Khan), Introduction to Photograph( Naima  Alam),, Convergence Communication 2 ( Shazzad Hossain), Advanced TV Production ( Shazzad Hossain) Communication and Technology ( Kader Muhammad), Photojournalism ( Kader Muhammad), Media Presentation and Performance ( Dr. Shajjad), StrategicPublicRelations (RizwanSharif).

Department of Computer Science and Engineering is going to organize a workshop on LaTeX on 13 June 2013 (Thursday) at 2PM. The workshop will take place in B406 and will be conducted by Mr. Mahmudul Faisal Al Ameen (Adjunct Faculty, CSE, ULAB).

Title of the Workshop: Quick and useful document preparation using LaTeX (Part 1)

Abstract: LaTeX is a document preparation system. Unlike MS word or MS powerpoint or other office word processor, LaTeX has two isolated regions - one for design and another for contents. There are numerous templates available for different types of document like article, report, book, presentation, curriculum vitae, question paper, etc. So, in the presence of the appropriate template, one can only concentrate in preparing the contents. Thus LaTeX helps preparing a beautiful document very fast. Moreover, easy use of macro (often defined mathematically) accelerates the speed few more steps. In the workshop, we will learn step by step, how to prepare some basic documents.

Additional Requirements: Participants need to bring their laptops to the workshop and need to have the following software installed:

MiXTeX
http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/setup/basic-miktex-2.9.4813.exe

and TeXStudio
http://sourceforge.net/projects/texstudio/files/texstudio/TeXstudio%202.5.2/texstudio252_win32.exe/download

In case you have problems installing the softwares, please come half an hour earlier.
 

Location: B-406, Campus B, ULAB

Time: 2PM

Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) organized Freshers' Orientation for Summer- 2013 on 08 June 2013 (Saturday) at ULAB Seminar room (Campus B). The orientation program commenced at 3:00 PM.

The freshers were cordially welcomed with flowers.  The orientation program was anchored by Nuha Khan and Amena Islam and was comprised of introduction of new students, experiences shared by senior students, robot show, songs presented by students and also Mr. Sheikh Muhammad Sarwar (Lecturer, CSE), club presentation and presentation on the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Overall the program was extremely enjoyable.

ETE Departmental Orientation for summer 2013 term was held on June 1, 2013 in Campus B seminar room. The program included faculty members of ETE department, guest faculties from CSE department and the newly admitted ETE students of summer 2013 term.