Once more the students of National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences bring laurels to their alma mater, bagging top positions at a National event hosted by LUMS, called the PsiFi 2012. 

Students from FAST-NU excelled in the programming event ’Coding Conquerors’. This competition had two portions: Artificial Intelligence Challenge and Coding Challenge. The participating students from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences exhibited sheer dominance in both the categories, securing top two positions in each category.

Following is the list of winners,

Artificial Intelligence Challenge:

1st Position
Muhammad Raza (08-0181)
Hassan Farid (08-0075)
Hammad Masood (08-0080)

2nd Position
Mansoor Ali (08-0097)
Syed Taha Munir (08-0133)
Aamir Altaf (10-2138)
Ali Zenaish Noorani(10-2152)
Nizar Sachwani (11-2077)

Coding Conquerors:

1st Position
Waqar Hameed (08-0004)
Muhammad Baqir (08-0025)
Adnan Saleem  (08-0062)

2nd Position
Mansoor Ali (08-0097)
Syed Taha Munir (08-0133)
Aamir Altaf (10-2138)
Ali Zenaish Noorani(10-2152)
Nizar Sachwani (11-2077)

Imagine Cup is a global competition for students who combine inspiration with technology to tackle some of the world's toughest problems. There are great prizes up for grabs plus a chance to share your idea at the 2012 Imagine Cup Worldwide finals – right here in Australia! 

Last Year more than 2000 students from Pakistan registered in this competition and team V3C from FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad represented Pakistan in the Imagine Cup world wide finals held in New York City, USA. This year The Imagine Cup 2012 - World wide finals wll be held in Australia. 

Time: 1 pm to 2 pm

(Edited by Syed Ali Raza - original submission Monday, 23 January 2012, 02:03 PM)

A paper titled ‘Predictable service overlay networks: Predictability through adaptive monitoring and efficient overlay construction and management’ by Dr. Jawwad  Shamsi  of  Department  of Computer Science, FAST-NU Karachi Campus and his PhD. Advisor, Dr. Monica Brockmeyer, has been accepted for publication in Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC). The paper proposes and validates use of overlay networks for improving predictability and providing bounded latency on Internet-based distributed systems.

(Edited by Anas Amin - original submission Sunday, 1 January 2012, 12:10 AM)

FAST Karachi has just added 3 more feathers to its cap. On October 15, students of the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences once again secured the top 3 positions in Code Battle at E-Indus 2011 as they did the previous year.  They also won 3rd place in Logic Quiz and 1st Place in Short Animation.

E-Indus'11 is an annual engineering  and IT event organized by the students of Institute Of Industrial Electronics Engineering (IIEE) PCSIR, Karachi. It is an all Pakistan competition with the participation of almost all the major universities.

The winners at this year's competition are:

CODE BATTLE:

1st Place Winners:

• Waqar Hameed
• Syed Ali Raza
• Hafiz Hassan Farid

2nd Place Winners:

• Hammad Masood
• Shahil Prasla
• Zohair Atique Khan

3rd Place Winners:

• Muhammad Raza
• Syed Yawar Abbas
• Sheikh Muneeb

LOGIC QUIZ:

3rd Place Winners:

Congratulations to all FASTIANS !!!!