ICT fair in city ends on high note

The ICT Fair at the Cardiff International School Dhaka (CISD) ended on Friday on a high note as students of the city’s one of the leading English medium schools developed and demonstrated unique software that would help solve different problems the people are encountering regularly. Omi Ashraf, a Class VII student of the school, has developed official intelligence software which would help detect the cyber crimes committed through email, social media or other means. Sadat Parvez, Farabi Akand and Chowdhury Shakib Shahriar, Class V, VI and VII students of the school, have innovated a project named ‘Google Driverless Car’. Any vehicle could be driven with the help of the Google by using censor or GPS, they claimed. Not only that, three students of Class VI – AFM Faiyaz Rahman, Abdullah Omar Nasif and Ahmed Zubair As-Sakib – have developed a project named ‘Dream Bangladesh’. Students of the United International University have displayed a project in the ICT Fair on how risky job could be done in short time by using drone. Besides, there were gaming and digital art competitions, robot and drone exhibition, logo and SMS contests and brainteaser. Secretary of the ICT Division Shyam Sundar Shikdar attended the concluding day’s function of the 2-day fair as the special guest. Former president of Bangladesh Computer Samity Mostafa Jabbar and Principal Head of School of CISD GM Nizamuddin were, among others, present, according to a news agency.