50/- ` Cover Story Technical Trends Can Quantum Computing Quantum Computing: Fusion of Provide Exponential Physics and Computers 26 Speedup? 13 ISSN 0970-647X | Volume No. 38 | Issue No. 11 | February 2015 11 | February 38 | Issue No. No. | Volume 0970-647X ISSN Cover Story Research Front Quantum Information Frontiers of Research in Harnessing Processing with Quantum the Quantum World 29 Dots in a Cavity 16 Practitioner Workbench Security Corner A New Software Engineering 36 A Case Study of Niti Aayog of the State of Surashtra 41 www.csi-india.org www.csi-india.org CSI Communications | February 2015 | 1 CSI Elections 2015-2016/2017 As authorised by the Constitution section 5.7 and section 5.8, we present herewith the results of the elections conducted for the year 2015-2016/2017. The closing date for the receipt of the ballots was January 16, 2015. The results of the elections are given below: The following are declared elected: For the Term 2015-2016 (April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016) For the Term 2015-2017 (April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2017) [1] Vice President cum President Elect (2015-16) CSI Chapters Elections Dr. Anirban Basu [1] Treasurer (Bangalore Chapter) (2015-17) [2] Nomination Committee ( 2015-16) Mr. Satish B G Prof. (Dr.) Anil K Saini [2] Management Committee (Bangalore Chapter) (2015-16) Mr. Rajeev Kumar Singh Dr. Prahlad Rao Prof. (Dr.) U K Singh Dr. Manju Nanda [3] Hon. 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V (2015-17) Prof. Subho Chaudhuri Mr. Suresh Chandra Satapathy Ms. Madhumita Sengupta Dr. Sanjoy Kumar Saha Nominations Committee 2014-2015 Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Chairman NC Prof. P Kalyanaraman Member NC Mr. Subimal Kundu Member NC Following two amendments were also put to vote and the results are in favour, as detailed below, 1) Under CSI Constitution and Byelaws: a) Addition Under Section 4.3.3 ( b ) Finance Committee of CSI Constitution and Byelaws which reads as: v) in prescribing the manner of maintaining centralised accounts as required for consolidation on a monthly/annual basis for complying with statutory requirements. b) "Section 3.5 Student Branches" to be replaced by "section 3.5 Accredited Student Branches". All instances of "Student member" under Section 3.5 and its subsections to be replaced by "Student Volunteer". Favour - 94%, Against - 6% 2) Under CSI Chapter Byelaws: a) Section 4.2.6 of Chapter Byelaws which reads as follows: "The MC shall approve a Scheduled bank to deposit the funds received by the Chapter. It shall also designate the Offi cers (s) authorised to operate thereon." It shall read "The ExecCom shall approve a Scheduled bank to deposit the funds received by the Chapter. ExecCom shall also designate the Offi cers (s) authorised to operate thereon." b) "Section 3.1 of Chapter Byelaws "Student Branches" to be replaced by "Section 3.1 Accredited Student Branches" Favour - 93%, Against - 7% CSI 2015-16/17 Highlights/ Statistics Total eligible votes: 14,903 Total no. of votes casted: 3,696 Total % of voting: 24.80% Votes secured by individuals candidates can be viewed at http://www.csi-india.org/results-2014 and follow the link Please click here to see no. of ballots against each candidate. CSI Communications Contents Volume No. 38 • Issue No. 11 • February 2015 Editorial Board Cover Story Research Front Quantum Information and Computation Frontiers of Research in Harnessing Chief Editor 7 Systems 29 the Quantum World Dr. R M Sonar Vishal Sahni and Dayal Pyari Srivastava Martin Laforest Editors Can Quantum Computing Provide Dr. Debasish Jana 13 Exponential Speedup? Practitioner Workbench Dr. Achuthsankar Nair David Keil Software Engineering.Tips() » 36 A New Software Engineering Resident Editor Quantum Information Processing with Ivar Jacobson and Ed Seidewitz Mrs. Jayshree Dhere 16 Quantum Dots in a Cavity Venu Gopal Achanta Security Corner Case Studies in IT Governance, IT Risk Technical Trends 41 and Information Security » Study of Quantum Computing with A Case Study of Niti Aayog of the 20 Signifi cance of Machine Learning State of Surashtra Published by Hardik A Gohel and Priyanka Sharma Dr. Vishnu Kanhere Executive Secretary Mr. Suchit Gogwekar Quantum Leap into High Performance For Computer Society of India 23 Computing Environment D G Jha, Kimaya Ambekar and Chinmay Palkar Design, Print and Dispatch by Quantum Computing: Fusion of Physics CyberMedia Services Limited 26 and Computers Tadrash Shah and Chintan M Bhatt Please note: CSI Communications is published by Computer Society of India, a non-profi t organization. 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