50/- ` Cover Story Medical Informatics – Perk up Health Care Through Information 7 ISSN 0970-647X | Volume No. 37 | Issue No. 9 | December 2013 9 | December | Issue No. 37 No. | Volume 0970-647X ISSN Technical Trends A Technology Lead Business Model for Pharma 12 Article Multi-Biometrics for Unique Article Identifi cation 27 Cyber Weapons 19 Security Corner CIO Perspective Information Security » Managing Technology » Demystifying Cross-Site Opportunity Qualifi cation 34 Request Forgery (CSRF) 35 www.csi-india.org www.csi-india.org CSI Communications | December 2013 | 1 Invitation Young IT Professional Awards 2013 YITP-2013 Dear Young IT Professionals, • Criticality of IT Usage • Improvement of Customer Service In order to promote the young IT professionals in • Innovation, Return on Investment the quest of innovation in IT, Computer Society of • Quality of Management India (CSI) is conducting the National competition • Impact on Organisation and Society ‘Young IT Professional Awards’ (YITP Awards) for young IT professionals, an event instituted Eligibility: annually by CSI since 1999. The competition Any individual below 35 years of age (on 31st provides them an opportunity to demonstrate their March, 2013) who are either working professionals, knowledge, professional prowess and excellence in entrepreneurs or researchers and has made their profession. signifi cant innovation in the areas of research, academics, IT applications and services to bring The competition is to encourage Researchers, improvement in service, support and training in the IT professionals, Academicians, Consultants, fi eld of Information Technology. Entrepreneurs and IT Practitioners in an Organization, or individuals in service/ support/ Participants can be from CSI Institutional members, training function in the fi eld of Information Business organizations, Research Institutes and Technology. Interns from incubation centers of universities. Only those individual with minimum of 3 years and The objectives of YITP Award are: maximum 12 years of experience can participate in this competition. • To recognize the signifi cant contribution(s) made by a professional in IT profession. A team of maximum 3 members meeting all the • To motivate upcoming professionals and eligibility criteria can be nominated. enhance the prestige of the profession by enabling them to exercise their skills and Nominations should be supported by the competencies in the best possible and organisation to which the applicants are attached. innovative manner. Applications nominated by any CSI Fellow are • To directly or indirectly contribute towards the also eligible. improvement of professional eff ectiveness in diff erent spheres of life. The project which is nominated should be original • To motivate young men and women to and not published prior to the event. imbibe the entrepreneurial spirit and thereby encourage more and more people to venture Awards Comprise of: into entrepreneurship, and Trophy and Certifi cate to winning team/individual • To encourage contribution in boosting and prize as under: the economy of the country through entrepreneurship. Category National Awards Regional YITP award (For each region) Winner Rs 50,000/- Rs 10,000/- Through this Award, innovative and exciting 1st runner up Rs 25,000/- Rs 5,000/- initiatives of Young IT Professionals can be shared Special mention Rs 15,000/- Rs 3,000/- with the CSI members and IT community. Winning a YITP Award will boost morale of IT professionals. The information about the awards, guidelines and application process is available at: This award is instituted both at the national as www.csi-india.org. well as at the regional levels. The winners of the seven regional levels qualify for competing on the You may forward your queries to national level. This award is scheduled at seven [email protected] regions during January-February 2014. The fi nal National round will be held on CSI foundation day Satish Babu, Chairperson, - 6th March,2014 at Ahmedabad. CSI Awards Committee Criteria: Bipin Mehta-, Fellow, CSI, The most outstanding technology project of Convener-YITP Awards any kind, completed during the year 2012/2013 (project duration could be of 2-3 years from the D K Dwivedi, start date) within an organisation will be judged Co-Convener, CSI-YITP Awards for following criteria by the selection committee: CSI Communications Contents Volume No. 37 • Issue No. 9 • December 2013 Editorial Board Cover Story Multi-Biometrics for Unique Medical Informatics – Perk up 27 Identifi cation Chief Editor Health Care Through Information A P Raju Dr. R M Sonar 7 Mrs. C Sunitha, Mrs. K Vasantha Kokilam, and Mrs. B Meena Preethi Automated Teller Machines: Editors 30 A Business Model Dr. Debasish Jana Electronic Health Records – Wallace Jacob Dr. Achuthsankar Nair 9 An Overview Dr. S Vijayarani Resident Editor Practitioner Workbench Mrs. Jayshree Dhere Programming.Tips() » Technical Trends 32 Fun with ‘C’ Programs – A Technology Lead Business Using Escape Codes 12 Model for Pharma Wallace Jacob Damayanti Bandopadhyay Programming.Learn(“R”) » Published by Telemedicine-The New Era 33 Handling Files in R Executive Secretary 15 of Healthcare Umesh P and Silpa Bhaskaran Mr. Suchit Gogwekar Tadrash Shah and Chintan M Bhatt For Computer Society of India CIO Perspective Design, Print and Research Front Managing Technology » Dispatch by Applications of Zigbee Wireless Frequency for Patient Monitoring System Opportunity Qualifi cation CyberMedia Services Limited 17 34 Krishnakumar Iyer Prof. Krishna Kumar L and Jimy Joy Security Corner Articles Information Security » Cyber Weapons Manish Kumar, Dr. M Hanumanthappa, 35 Demystifying Cross-Site 19 Dr. T V Suresh Kumar Request Forgery (CSRF) Krishna Chaitanya Telikicherla Research Directions in Social and Harigopal K B Ponnapalli 23 Network Mining with Empirical Study on Opinion Mining Please note: Dr. M S Vijaya and V Pream Sudha CSI Communications is published by Computer Society of India, a non-profi t organization. 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