Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), visited COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) on 20th December 2014. He was accompanied by Dr. Rudiger Voss, Head of International Relations CERN. During the visit, the delegates were shown around the academic and technical facilities at the Institute, including Nanotechnology laboratory, Radiation laboratory, RF …

The Director-General CERN, Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer visited Pakistan on 19-20 December 2014, in connection with the signing of Pakistan’s accession agreement as CERN Associate Member. Availing the opportunity of his presence in Islamabad, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi and senior officials of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), including Rector CIIT, Dr. …

The 2nd meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)’ was held on 16th December 2014, at the Group’s Lead Centre, the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan. The event was held in conjunction with the International Workshop on ‘Applications of ICTs in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture’ …

COMSATS co-organized an International Workshop on ‘Applications of ICTs in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture’, in Islamabad, on December 15-16, 2014, in collaboration with Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT), and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT). Over 50 scholars, researchers, subject-experts and academicians from Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, …

The fourth International Workshop and Conference on ‘Nano-materials and Nano-devices (IWCN-2014)’ successfully concluded in Cairo, Egypt, on December 09, 2014. The IWCN was organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO). The event was hosted by COMSATS’ …

The Foundation Meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Mathematical Modeling’ was organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) with the support of its Centre of Excellence in Nigeria, National Mathematical Centre (NMC), which is the designated Lead Centre of the Group. The meeting took place …

COMSATS-ISESCO-INIT Regional Workshop on National Innovation System and Intellectual Property for the African region was inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Amina Al Hajri, Deputy Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), on November 25, 2014, in Rabat, Morocco. The three-day event is being jointly organized by ISESCO; Commission on Science and Technology for …

COMSATS-ISESCO Regional Consultative Workshop on National Innovation System (NIS) and Intellectual Property (IP) (African Region) was successfully held in Rabat, Morocco, from November 25-27, 2014. The second of its kind, the workshop was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS); Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization …

The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, held a meeting with the Ambassador of China to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Sun Weidong, on November 19, 2014, to brief him about COMSATS’ wide ranging international programmes and activities, its international mandate, structure, and functions of various statutory bodies. The meeting was held at COMSATS Institute of Information …

On November 19, 2014, the Ambassador of China to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Sun Weidong, paid a visit to COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad Campus, to receive formal briefing on COMSATS and CIIT, and inaugurate the China Study Centre housed at CIIT’s Business Administration Department. The objective of the Study Centre is to facilitate …