On 24th April 2020, the IEEE AIUB Student Branch, in collaboration with the IEEE Computer Society AIUB Student Branch Chapter and Pandit, successfully organized a webinar titled ‘Getting Started with Image Processing using Python.’ Amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, when everyone is locked down in their homes, the IEEE AIUB Student Branch, in celebration of ‘PES Day 2020’, organized the webinar through the CISCO WEBEX MEETING platform. The seminar was conducted by Mr. Saddam Hossain, CEO, Centureon IT; Co-Founder Edwin mainly focused on the importance of digital image processing and how Python Language can be used to achieve it. The webinar was inaugurated by Mashrur Sakib Choyon, Vice-Chairperson (Technical), IEEE AIUB SB, who mainly talked about the rules and regulations and the etiquettes that must be followed by the participants throughout the webinar.
Consequently, he talked about various levels of Image Processing, including their input and output levels. He also spoke briefly about Computer Vision Tasks and Machine Learning classification, along with their importance. Mr. Hossain then emphasized the wide range of Image Processing Techniques applications in Biotechnology sectors, Traffic Monitoring systems, and many more, including their operations. Later, he motivated the audience to consider this sector as a career due to its gradual advancements from time to time. Mr. Saddam Hassan concluded his presentation with an interactive Question-Answer session to answer all the participants’ questions efficiently.
After that, Mashrur Sakib Choyon delivered the concluding speech, where he expressed his wholehearted gratitude towards the honorable speaker and all participants for their valuable participation in the webinar. Lastly, he concluded by urging the participants to fill up the feedback form to point out the factors where IEEE AIUB Student Branch can ameliorate organizing such events in the future. The event was graced by the presence of 133 registered participants, and everyone was provided with the Certificate of Participation for their enthusiastic engagement in the webinar.
