The document summarizes current trends in several fields including electronics, communication, signal processing, and healthcare. Some key trends discussed include the internet of things, 5G networks, digital signal processing, machine learning, driverless cars, augmented and virtual reality, cloud services, digitalization of healthcare, and intelligent assist devices.

1. Students Orientation Program
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Dr. INBAMALAR T M
PROFESSOR/ECE

3. Role of engineers in industries
The ability to apply the concepts learnt to
(i) constantly develop innovative things
(ii) find solutions to complex problems

4. Example-1:
LED Cricket Stump
A complete set required for a match costs $40,000,
approximately Rs 25 lakhs.
The technology was introduced after three years of intense
research an Australian mechanical industrial designer.

5. Example-2:
Export packaging Technology for
Jasmin Flowers
Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National
Agricultural Innovation (ICAR-NAIP) Project

6. Ventilated corrugated fibre board (CFB) boxes with butter paper
lining and the ventilation is made by making holes in the
corrugated fiber boxes.

8. Steps
• Literature Survey
• Design of Hardware
• Software Coding
• Implementation
• Test
• Results
• Analysis

9. Publications
• Title
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Literature Survey
• Description of the system
• Block diagram
• Algorithm/Flow chart
• Results
• Analysis
• Conclusion
• Future Scope
• References

10. Current trends in Electronics
• 2-D electronics
• Organic electronics
• Memristors
• Spintronics
• Molecular electronics
• Virtual Reality in Electronic Manufacturing
• Robotics and Automation
• MEMS
• Wearables for Gesture Control
• Visual Storytelling Technologies
• Digital Screens
• Massive MIMO Implementation
• Machine Learning
• Driverless Cars
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Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/08/5-next-trends-in-electronics/
http://blog.visme.co/future-of-communication/

11. Current trends in Communication
• Internet of Things
• 5G Mobile Internet
• Cloud services
• Visible Light Communication
• 4K Image Format
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• BYOD
• Web-based communication in real time (WebRTC)
• Social Intranets
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Chatbots
• Seamless Communication
• Visual VR, AR and Wearables
Source:https://www.chanty.com/blog/top-business-communication-trends/

12. Current trends in Signal processing
• Digital signal processing for semiconductor detectors
• Digital and Software RF Processing
• Single-Chip Solution for All Digital Processing
• SP and Nano-Scale Technology
• SP in Reconfigurable/Cognitive Radar
• Smart Grid
• Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Services (MBMS )
• 3D TV and 3D Multimedia
• 4K-TV and UHD-TV ( SHV-TV)
• Smart Phones/Smart Processing
• Gesture recognition and Motion Sensing
Source:https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c995/7b403af307f8786c0499a70c3dcf8fbb9fd7.pdf

13. Current trends in healthcare
• Digitalization of healthcare
• Patient-focused Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)
• Telemedicine
• Telemetry
• Intelligent assist devices