Executive Committee Volume No.34 Issue No. 4 July 2010 2010-11/12 CONTENTS President Dr. S Subramanian Division-III Prof. P Thrimurthy [email protected] (Applications) Theme Section : Women in ICT [email protected] Women in Information Technology (IT) Mr. H R Mohan Division-IV Netiva Caftori [email protected] (Communications) 04 Vice-President “Understanding the Expectations of Women Professionals in Mr. M D Agrawal Prof. Swarnalatha Rao Division-V [email protected] 06 Information Technology from their Organizations” – [email protected] (Edu. & Research) A Research Initiative of Empowering Women in IT (eWIT) Hon. Secretary Vijayalakshmi Rao, Sumitra Seshan Prof. H R Vishwakarma Increasing women’s employment in ITEC – [email protected] 09 overcoming the ‘revolving door syndrome’ Christina Evans Hon. Treasurer Nominations Committee Mr. Saurabh H Sonawala Role of Gender in Children’s Uses and Attitudes towards Technology [email protected] Dr. Shyam Sunder Agrawal 12 Vidal Adadevoh Immd. Past President Prof. (Dr.) U K Singh Men vs. Women – Supporting Your Computer Problems Mr. S Mahalingam 14 Pam Jensen [email protected] Dr. Suresh Chandra Bhatia Women in FOSS : Technology, Liberalization, Freedom and Women 15 Kadambari Devarajan Women in Computing Regional Vice-Presidents Publications Committee 20 Matthew Abbruscato Chairman Women Leads on the early MicroVAX Chip Team Mr. M P Goel (Region I) Prof. S. V. Raghavan 21 Steve N Teicher [email protected] [email protected] HR Column Dr. D P Mukherjee (Region II) [email protected] HR & Legal Issues in IT Chief Editor 23 Prasanna Sai Dr. T V Gopal (Region III) Prof. S G Shah [email protected] [email protected] Articles Blog Analysis and Mining: Research and Applications Mr. Sanjay Mohapatra (Region IV) Director (Education) 25 Prabin K Panigrahi [email protected] Wg. Cdr. M Murugesan (Retd.) Connected Planet: The Mobility Revolution through Android [email protected] Dr. D B V Sarma (Region V) 30 Vijay Anand & Suman Kumar [email protected] Executive Secretary Departments Mr. C G Sahasrabuddhe (Region VI) Mr. Suchit Gogwekar Community Talk [email protected] [email protected] 02 President’s Desk Mr. S Ramanathan (Region VII) 03 [email protected] 40 ExecCom Transacts Mr. Jayant Krishna (Region VIII) [email protected] CSI Topics CSI Calendar 2010-11 (2nd Cover) Workshop on Cloud Computing – Call for Participation Division Chairpersons Published by 34 DWDM2010 – Call for Papers Division-I (Hardware) Dr. Deepak Shikarpur Mr. Suchit Gogwekar 35 [email protected] For Computer Society of India 36 National Conference on E-Government & E-Society Dr. T V Gopal Division-II (Software) Second International Conference on EAIT 2011 [email protected] 37 38 CONSEG-2011: International Conference on Software Engineering 39 CSI MoU with C-DAC & PMI 42 COMAD-2010: 16th International Conference on Management of Data 44 From CSI Chapters CSI COMMUNICATIONS | AUGUST 2010 1 COMMUNITY TALK A system exists and operates in time and space. of systems too complex for analytical solutions. A model is a simplified representation of a system Simulation shows how the answer was derived; it at some particular point in time or space intended enables the trace from cause to effect; and it allows to promote understanding of the real system. A generating explanations for decisions. Models define simulation is the manipulation of a model in such a the boundaries of the system to be simulated. way that it operates on time or space to compress it, Modeling and simulation is an essential process thus enabling one to perceive the interactions that in modern business management. Models allow would not otherwise be apparent because of their one to test ideas in a virtual world where mistakes separation in time or space. are inexpensive. They also provide a framework Modeling and Simulation is a discipline for for comparing competing alternatives, identifying developing a level of understanding of the interaction the potential risks and rewards of pursuing actions. of the parts of a system, and of the system as a whole. Simulation is a tool for managing the necessary change. This discipline accords valuable insights and a very A common mistake in modeling and simulation is to high degree of understanding systems. build an overly complex model, resulting in an over- Modeling and Simulation is a discipline, it is also abundance of data and great confusion in analysis of very much an art form. One has to physically ride a the results. bicycle to learn bicycling. Modeling and Simulation is As a matter of fact, Models are everywhere. similar. One can learn modeling and simulation from When someone in an organization builds a reading books and talking with other people. However, spreadsheet to “run the numbers”, they are building the practical skills are acquired only through the a model. Businesses invest significantly in shaping the building of models and simulating them. It is “a learn business strategies around the results that the models as you go” process. Gradually, one understands what generate. Modeling is an enterprise-wide, strategic makes sense and what doesn’t. initiative. Peter Senge, in “The Fifth Discipline: The Art & The Society for Modeling & Simulation Practice of the Learning Organization” talks about International (SCS) was established in 1952 as two types of complexity, detail and dynamic. Detail a nonprofit, volunteer-driven corporation called complexity is associated with systems which have Simulation Councils, Inc. Simulation Councils, Inc. many component parts. Dynamic complexity is became The Society for Computer Simulation [http:// associated with systems which have cause and effect www.scs.org]. Today, there are plenty of resources on separated by time and or space. Understanding the Internet covering a wide range of topics such as dynamic complexity is difficult as we are unable to Software libraries, Hybrid Simulation, Bond Graphs, readily see the connections between the parts of the Agent-based Simulation, Visual Simulation Tools and system and their interactions. Simulation has the Environments, Web based and distributed simulation, ability to effect a time and space compression on Simulation Languages and Integrated Environments, the system, essentially allowing one to perceive, in a Simulation Based on the World Dynamics Approach matter of minutes, interactions that would normally and Simulation of Industrial Processes and Networked unfold over very lengthy time periods. Modeling systems. and Simulation help us understand both detail and “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” dynamic complexity. - George Box Computer simulation was developed hand-in- hand with the rapid growth of the computer, following “Far better an approximate answer to the right its first large-scale deployment during the Manhattan question, than the exact answer to the wrong question, Project in World War II to model the process of which can always be made precise.” nuclear detonation. It was a simulation of 12 hard – John Tukey spheres using a Monte Carlo algorithm. Currently, Computer simulations are a useful part I thank Prof. R Nadarajan for readily agreeing to of mathematical modeling of many natural systems Guest Edit this issue amidst his busy schedules that in physics (computational physics), astrophysics, included plenty of travel in the past few months. chemistry and biology, human systems in economics, psychology, business, social science, and engineering. Dr. Gopal T V Simulations are used to explore and gain new insights Hon. Chief Editor into new technology, and to estimate the performance [email protected] CSI COMMUNICATIONS | AUGUST 2010 2 PRESIDENT’S DESK From : [email protected] Subject : President’s Desk Date : 1st July, 2010 Dear Affectionate Members of CSI Family, While attempts are being made to promote regular activities in CSI, we CSI – CDAC MoU: Signed on 26th June 2010 at Trivandrum are continuing our efforts to promote RESEARCH in CSI. We are looking Mr. Rajan T. Joseph, Director General, CDAC signed the MoU for some of our members who had contributed in promoting research in with CSI. The scope of the MoU is to facilitate closer interacting their chosen disciplines that are relevant to the objectives of CSI and who between CSI and CDAC in research, designing and offering can contribute in promoting research activities in CSI. new courses in relevant topics, testing and certification of the Hon. Research Directors: successful candidates. The joint activities will be primarily in Happy to inform you that our distinguished members Dr. specialized areas such as Free/open source software, language Jayasri Choudhuri of Kolkata, Dr. Rattan K. Dutta and Dr. S. computing, cyber security, cloud computing and so on. This Ramakrishanan (Ramki) from Delhi, have kindly accepted our is to provide an opportunity to our members for attending/ request to be Hon. Research Directors in CSI. On similar lines, participating in research and education programs on continuous we shall consider nominations as Research Directors in CSI. basis. Thanks to the efforts put in by Shri M.D.Agrawal, Mr. Satish Nominations may be sent to [email protected] Babu, Mr.Srinivasan(past Chairman of Trivandrum Chapter), Mr. Brajesh Kaimal along with the team from C-DAC represented Knowledge Sharing SIG-e-GOV Summit at Bhopal: by Mr. Sasi P.M, Mr. George L. Arakal for their contributions in Government of Madhya Pradesh in association with Bhopal bringing up MOU on our request. chapter of CSI has hosted a Knowledge Sharing Summit on e-Governance that has been steered to success by our SIGeGOV CSI – PMI MoU: Signed on 26th June 2010 at Trivandrum team headed by Prof. Ashok Agarwal. The event has been Our professional members of CSI are required to have orientation exceptionally handled by a team of dedicated members of CSI and develop expertise on project management in order to come family.