undergraduate prospectus 2011 - University of Engineering and ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
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There has been a major interest in Educational Computing
since 1985 when a DEC’s VAX-11/730 was installed with six
terminals, one line printer and one dot matrix printer at the
Data Processing Center. Later in 1989, a Micro-VAX-3100
was procured and with its 20 interactive terminals. High
pace changes and alterations in trends, hardware and
software, introduction of new and user friendly operating
system & environments, built-in packages and world wide
communication led the centre to switch over from the
outdated VAX to personal computers LAN and WAN. The centre
is, thus, equipped with 50 personal computers. The IT Centre
is providing services to all the departments of the university.
The main objectives of the centre are:
• To train the students at undergraduate level to
develop the programming skills.
• To provide research facilities to the post-graduate
students of all the departments of the university.
• To provide advisory services to the teachers and
research scholars of the university.
• To computerize different procedures of the
university’s administrative departments.
• To provide training to the engineers/officials of the
surrounding industrial organizations.
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY- TAXILA / UNDERGRAD PROSPECTUS 2011
The students are given extensive “Hands on” training on
the mini-computers, which enhances their experience of
working in an on-line environment. Short courses in various
programming languages and application packages are also
offered in the evening time. The center is committed for the
promotion of Information Technology and its facilities are
being upgraded according to the developments in this field.
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Video Conferencing Facility
Video conferencing facility in Information Technology Centre
is available in accreditation with HEC. This facility is used to
bring people at different sites together for a meeting. This
can be as simple as a conversation between two people in
private offices (point-to-point) or involve several sites (multipoint)
with more than one person in Videoconferencing Hall
at different sites. Besides the audio and visual transmission
of meeting activities, videoconferencing can be used to
share documents, computer-displayed information, and
whiteboards.
SERVICES AND COMMON FACILITIES