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Will Smartphones be Available ICDCI: International conference

on Deep Learning, Computing
in a Decade’s Time? and Intelligence -2021

RAMAY RAJ SINGH MAYANK JHA including University of Nis,
“Cell phones are so convenient Pondicherry University and
that they are an inconvenience.” SHASHANK KUMAR CMRIT.
– Haruki Murakami The highly anticipated Dr. Ching-Hsien Hsu, Dr.

From trading to communicating, ICDCI-2021 event was conducted Seifedine Kadry, Dr. Oscar
smartphones are everybody’s virtually by the department of Sanjuan Martinez and Dr. Ashish
go-to modes. They easily fit Information Technology, SRM Kr. Luhach were the keynote
in pockets and still allow one IST. It was organized as a part of speakers and ‘Application of
to complete complex tasks on SPARC funded project “Prognosis Deep Learning in Medical
the go which was unimaginable of Microaneurysm, and early Image Processing’ was one
around the beginning of this diagnosis system for non- of the paramount topics. Each
century. But just like a coin, this proliferative diabetic retinopathy presenter first introduced the
seemingly ultimate invention using deep convolutional neural research papers followed by
also has another side. Some of the elements that are used in network”. The paper submissions the presentation of slides with
Smartphone manufacturing is the making of a typical smartphone. started on 31st October, 2020 citations, graphs, models and
and all the work of researchers
not an easy neither an affordable finally came to fruition on 7th finally the conclusion of their
task. Out of the 118 known There is a finite supply of conditions for the workers, the January, 2021, with the paper research based on which questions
elements of the periodic table, most of these elements and once dolorous picture of the issue presentations. The event had were asked and evaluated.
75 of them can be found in a in total 150 attendees including “A baby learns to crawl,
typical smartphone. Elements like exhausted, are really difficult to becomes more apparent. the committee members, paper walk and then run. We are in the
silicon are used in the making replace with. Not just that, the So, before you throw away presenters and the faculty crawling stage when it comes to
of transistors for SOCs (i.e., the extraction processes for these your old smartphone for a new members. Out of the 45 papers applying Deep Learning”, said
processors), gold is typically elements severely affects the one, consider giving it away to that were presented, 30 of it were Dr. Gunasekaran Hanogaran thus
used for electrical wiring, indium environment and human life charity or sending it to a recycling written by SRM IST researchers highlighting the importance and
for touch screens, lithium and as well. Mining techniques and element extraction plant. and the rest by researchers from the need of further advancement
cobalt used to manufacture like Open-Pit Mining, which We will have to reclaim the universities across the world in the field of DL and computing.
batteries, rare earth elements are are used to mine rare earth treasures in our old phones to
used in the making of speakers, elements, deeply affects the keep the production sustainable
vibration motors and also for environment around it, coupled for the environment; recycling
the display. with extremely poor working and reusing are our only options.

Language - A Human Concept

RITIK SHRIVASTAVA According to Henry Sweet, of them is wrong, nor one is
“Language is the expression of more accurate than the other,
The emergence of language ideas by means of speech-sounds simply because it is an abstract
was a defining moment in the combined into words. Words concept and it is constantly
evolution of modern humans. It are combined into sentences, evolving with time. To say that
was an innovation that changed this combination answering humans brought this concept to
radically the very character to that of ideas into thoughts” existence would be a long stretch
of the progress of the human or as Wikipedia defines it, “A as creatures before had been
society. Language exists as a language is a system of signs using their own set of sounds and
very human concept in the minds for encoding and decoding symbols to communicate. Where
of scientists and philosophers. information”. studies show that creatures can
Therefore, like any other concept, develop complex communication
Language as well has multiple While none of the aforesaid patterns without the need of a
definitions, ‘definitions’ are accurate, neither hardened set of rules or as now

commonly known as, grammar.
This difference between the
human form of language and that
of the animate form seemingly
exists because the former form
of communication came to
being independently and this
‘system of Language’ grew
with time in a barter format,
the speaker spoke something
and the listener understood.
Both the entities involved
got a sense of reward through
this exchange. Now this system
evolved in multiple forms,
regionally and culturally, much A slide from a research paper being presented on the topic of
Ancient form of Language like humans, into what it is today. “Application of Deep learning in medical image processing”.