Introduction
Bangladesh-Korea Information Access Center (IAC) was established in the year 2008 with the goal of becoming a center of excellence for spreading IT education among mass people to remove digital divide in the country. Since its inception the center has been serving relentlessly to meet the growing need of developing IT skills among the mass people from all over the country. So far the center has been arranged a number of IT training and specialized courses, many seminars and talks relevant to IT research and industry, several competitions like database skill test, website exhibition etc. Besides, the seminar room of IAC has been used for holding different programs of the department such as programming camp, orientation ceremony, prize-giving ceremony, workshops, and seminars. The facilities of browsing room of the center have been effectively used by the IAC members, applicants and participants of IAC courses, and undergraduate students of CSE department.
Statistics of IT courses
Sl.
No. | Title |
Date |
No. of Participants |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |
IT training course: Personal Webpage Management and Information Presentation | January, 2009 | 30 |
It training courses for BUET teachers |
2. |
Cisco Retooling Session | August, 2009 | 20 |
Retooling session of Cisco Regional Academy, Department of CSE, BUET |
3. |
Database Skill Test | August, 2009 | 09 |
Database Skill Test using sqlLES |
4. |
IT course: Web Design (1st Batch) | Oct, 2009 – Nov, 2019 | 11 |
Professional IT Course |
5. |
IT course : Web Application Development (1st Batch) | Oct, 2009 – Nov, 2019 | 16 |
Professional IT Course |
6. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (1st Batch) | Oct, 2009 – Nov, 2019 | 17 |
Professional IT Course |
7. |
e-Governance Implementation Plan in Directorate General of Food | February, 2010 | 30 |
Specialized IT Course for Government officials |
8. |
IT course : Web Application Development (2nd Batch) | Dec,2009 – Feb, 2010 | 32 |
Professional IT Course |
9. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (2nd Batch) | Dec,2009 – Feb, 2010 | 22 |
Professional IT Course |
10. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (2nd Batch) | Dec,2009 – Feb, 2010 | 25 |
Professional IT Course |
11. |
IT course : Web Application Development (3rd Batch) | March 2010 – May 2010 | 56 |
Professional IT Course |
12. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (3rd Batch) | March 2010 – May 2010 | 18 |
Professional IT Course |
13. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (3rd Batch) | March 2010 – May 2010 | 23 |
Professional IT Course |
14. |
IT course : Web Application Development (4th Batch) | June 2010 – August 2010 | 48 |
Professional IT Course |
15. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (4th Batch) | June 2010 – August 2010 | 33 |
Professional IT Course |
16. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (4th Batch) | June 2010 – August 2010 | 31 |
Professional IT Course |
17. |
IT Course: Microsoft Office by Korean Internet Volunteers (KIV) 2010 | July 2010 – August 2010 | 30 |
IT Course by KIV for BUET officials |
18. |
IT Course: Website Making by Korean Internet Volunteers (KIV) 2010 | July 2010 – August 2010 | 30 |
IT Course by KIV |
19. |
IT course : Web Application Development (5th Batch) | Nov, 2010- Jan, 2011 | 60 |
Professional IT Course |
20. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (5th Batch) | Nov, 2010- Jan, 2011 | 34 |
Professional IT Course |
21. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (5th Batch) | Nov, 2010- Jan, 2011 | 32 |
Professional IT Course |
22. |
IT course : Web Application Development (6th Batch) | April, 2011 – June, 2011 | 32 |
Professional IT Course |
23. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (6th Batch) | April, 2011 – June, 2011 | 32 |
Professional IT Course |
24. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (6th Batch) | April, 2011 – June, 2011 | 33 |
Professional IT Course |
25. |
IT Course: C Language by Korean IT Volunteers (KIV) 2011 | July 2011 – August 2011 | 18 |
IT Course by KIV |
26. |
IT Course: Website Making by Korean IT Volunteers (KIV) 2011 | July 2011 – August 2011 | 31 |
IT Course by KIV |
27. |
IT course : Web Application Development (7th Batch) | January 2012 – March 2012 | 33 |
Professional IT Course |
28. |
IT Course: Linux Server Configuration (7th Batch) | January 2012 – March 2012 | 32 |
Professional IT Course |
29. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (7th Batch) | January 2012 – March 2012 | 33 |
Professional IT Course |
30. |
Image Processing for RAJUK officials |
January 2012 – March 2012 | 6 |
Specialized IT Course for Government officials |
31. |
IT Course: Java Enterprise Web Programming (8th Batch) | April 2012 – June 2012 | 27 |
Professional IT Course |
32. |
IT Course: Application Development Using C# and ASP.NET (8th Batch) | April 2012 – June 2012 | 19 |
Professional IT Course |
33. |
IT Course: Mobile Application Development in Android (8th Batch) | April 2012 – June 2012 | 31 |
Professional IT Course |
34. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (8th Batch) | April 2012 – June 2012 | 28 |
Professional IT Course |
35. |
IT Course: Web Design and Application Development (8th Batch) | April 2012 – June 2012 | 62 |
Professional IT Course |
36. |
IT Course: Linux System Administration and Server Configuration (8th Batch) | April 2012 – June 2012 | 31 |
Professional IT Course |
37. |
IT Course: Graphics Design by Korean IT Volunteers (KIV) 2012 | July 2012 – August 2012 | 17 |
Professional IT Course |
38. |
Computer Graphics Design for DFP Officials | June 2012 – January 2013 | 22 |
Professional IT Course |
39. |
IT Course: Java Enterprise Web Programming (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 22 |
Professional IT Course |
40. |
IT Course: Application Development Using C# and ASP.NET (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 18 |
Professional IT Course |
41. |
IT Course: Mobile Application Development in Android (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 25 |
Professional IT Course |
42. |
IT Course: Database Management and Administration (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 29 |
Professional IT Course |
43. |
IT Course: Web Design and Application Development (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 24 |
Professional IT Course |
44. |
IT Course: Linux System Administration and Server Configuration (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 24 |
Professional IT Course |
45. |
IT Course: Quick Web Development (9th Batch) | December 2012 – February 2013 | 31 |
Professional IT Course |
Seminars organized at IAC
Sl. No. |
Title |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |
Prospect of Higher Education and Research at KAIST, Korea | Delegation of three professors | CS Department, KAIST, Korea | 27-Dec-10 |
2. |
Sharing of Industry Experience, perspective Digital Bangladesh | S. M. Iqbal |
Managing Director Techvision Systems and Solutions Limited |
28- Apr-11 |
3. |
Mobile Computing and Location Based Services | Dr. M. Eunus Ali | Assistant Professor, CSE, BUET | 29- Apr-11 |
4. |
Job opportunities for CS graduates | Richard Robbins | Chairman and CEO of Therap Services LLC | 07-May-11 |
5. |
Programming with SMS gateway | Mr. Md. Sajidur Rahman | IT executive, Prime Bank | 02- Jun-11 |
6. |
Design of Brain-Like Microprocessors | Dr. Mohammed Ziaur Rahman | Lecturer, University of Malaya (UM). | 07-Jun-11 |
7. |
Data Stream Mining: Challenges and Techniques | Dr. Latifur Rahman Khan | Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas | 26-Jun-11 |
8. |
Research and practice in modeling and simulating cascading failures in interdependent critical infrastructures | Dr. Maleq Khan | Fellow, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. | 12-Sep-11 |
9. |
Seminar on Human-Technology Interaction | Hasan Shahid Ferdous, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed | Lecturer, BUET and PhD Student in Cornell | 14-Aug-11 |
10. |
Constraint Shortest Paths in Terrains and Graphs | Dr. Mustaq Ahmed | Google Inc, Mountain View, California | 27-Aug-11 |
11. |
Human Visual Perception Inspired Background Subtraction | Dr. Mahfuzul Haque | Senior Analyst in Melbourne | 19-Sept-11 |
12. |
Academic exchange and research collaboration | Prof. Manzur M. Murshed | Associate Professor, Gippsland Schoold of IT, Monash University | 03-Oct-11 |
13. |
Human Computer Interaction | Dr. Shengdong Zhao | Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore | 24-Oct-11 |
14. |
Analysis of Evolving Programs | Dr. Abhik Roychoudhury | Associate Professor, National University of Singapore | 24-Oct-11 |
15. |
Research Opportunities at NUS | Dr. Abhik Roychoudhury, Dr. Shengdong Zhao | Associate Prof. and Assistant Prof., NUS | 24-Oct-11 |
16. |
Development of E-learning Networks in Asia Pacific Countries” | Professor Satoru OZAWA | Ibaraki University, Japan. | 11-Dec-11 |
17. |
Cloud Computing: A Silver Lining, or Security Nightmare? An Overview of Key Research Problems in Cloud Security | Dr. Ragib Hasan | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham. | 20-Dec-11 |
18. |
Trustworthy Software Systems & Service Oriented Architecture | Md. Zulkernine | Associate Professor, Queen’s University, Canada |
28-DEC-11 |
19. |
Talk on AnophSim: An Agent-Based Model for the Simulation of Anopheles Mosquitoes | S.M. Niaz Arifin | Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame, USA | 03-JAN-11 |
20. |
Talk on Digital economy and what is next in IT Computing | Dr. Mohammad A. Awwal | VP & Database Admin Manager, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, NJ, USA Adjunct professor - Rider University, NJ, USA | 03-Jan-11 |
21. |
Computer vision research at UWA: Automatic markerless 3D motion analysis | Dr. Ferdous Sohel | Research Assistant Professor, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia | 25-Jan-12 |
22. |
Designing Systems for an Untrusted Internet | Mohammad Mannan | Assistant Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal,Canada | 23-Jun-12 |
23. |
Data Stream Mining and Its Applications. | Dr. Latifur Khan | Professor, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas | 04-Aug-12 |
24. |
Improving the Performance of Wireless Networks: A Practical Guide | Dr. Nurul I. Sarkar | Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand | 26-Nov-12 |
Academic Course works
| Course Name | Number of Students | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Database Lab | 120*4=480 | 2009-2013 |
| Computer Graphics Lab | 120*4=480 | 2009-2013 |
Others
Event |
Number of Participants | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Korea-Bangladesh Website Exhibition | 100 | August, 2010 |
| BAPS National Programming Camp 2012 (First time in Bangladesh) | 120 | January, 2012 |
Enrollments
Name of the course |
Number of applicants |
Number of admitted |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Batch of IT Course | 60 |
44 |
Very first batch |
| 2nd Batch of IT Course | 130 |
79 |
|
| 3rd Batch of IT Course | 118 |
97 |
|
| 4th Batch of IT Course | 145 |
112 |
|
| 5th Batch of IT Course | 197 |
126 |
|
| 6th Batch of IT Course | 158 |
96 |
|
| 7th Batch of IT Course | 166 |
98 |
|
| 8th Batch of IT Course | 502 |
198 |
|
| 9th Batch of IT Course | 248 |
173 |
|
| Kiv-2010 | 69 |
60 |
|
| Kiv-2011 | 60 |
49 |
|
| Kiv-2012 | 19 |
17 |
|
| IT training course: Personal Webpage Management and Information Presentation | 35 |
30 |
|
| e-Governance Implementation Plan in Directorate General of Food | 30 |
30 |
|
| Image Processing for RAJUK officials | 6 |
6 |
|
| Computer Graphics Design for DFP officials | 22 |
22 |