ANDROID AND MAINFRAME WORKSHOP

A One day workshop on “Androids” and “Mainframe” was organized by Information Technology Department on 18th November 2011 at Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida by Google Technology User Group (GTUGs) and MT10- Mainframe. The seminars were conducted to empower the technical skills of young brains. The focus was sharing industry scenarios to make students aware of the big picture of Androids as well as mainframe usage. It began with the evolution of Mainframes in 80s and Android in 20th century.

The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. R. N. Sharma Director D.C.E. Gr. Noida by presenting bouquet to the invited speakers.

The topic on Android made us to learn that “Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications”. It covers the following features: Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components, Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices, Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine, Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the Open GL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional), SQLite for structured data storage, Media support for common audio, video and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF), GSM Telephony (hardware dependent), Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent), Camera, GPS, compass and accelerometer (hardware dependent).

The topic on mainframe covers its history, working principles, tools and industry familiarization, where we came to know mainframe is a powerful computer used mainly by large organizations for critical applications such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning and financial transaction processing. IBM and Tandem are two mainframes mostly used in business world.

The participants were awarded with certificates from GTUGs and were cheerful after having gained Knowledge on different sights of Android and Mainframe.