Prof. Mariana Curado Malta was again welcomed by Prof. Animesh Dutta in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) of Durgapur between the 4th and 15th of November 2019. During her visit, she had a number of joint meetings with Master in Technology (M.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering students regarding further works in the context of the project. She also met with PhD scholars of the Multi-Agent and Distributed Computing Lab, where she gave inputs on the work these scholars are doing.
Apart from these meetings, she gave classes to M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering in the course of “Semantic Web and Linked Data Engineering” (6 hrs in total). She also gave a seminar/talk on “The Semantic Web: a hymn to interoperability constructs and techniques” for the whole Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Prof. Mariana Curado Malta had the opportunity to engage in many social events during those 2 weeks of stay: She was invited at NIT Durgapur to the inauguration of the programme of the pre-selection camp of Eastern India of NSS (National Service Scheme) volunteers for the Republic Day parade (held on 26th January 2020 in Rajpath Delhi). She also visited two holy places in Kolkata i) the Dakhineswar Kali Temple, and ii) the Belur Ramkrishna Math (travelling from Dakhineswar to Belur Math by a Boat on the holy river Ganges of India). Finally, she participated in a programme at Bharat Sevashram Sangha.
Isabel Ferreira (UMinho Master in Information Systems student) was welcomed by Prof. Animesh Dutta in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) of Durgapur between the 11th and 15th of November 2019. During her visit, she participated in the development of the DH-MAP (Daily Hire Metadata Application Profile) and the web platform responsible for producing and using the data according to the developed MAP. This work was done together with a Master in Technology (M.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering student and the supervision of Prof. Animesh Dutta and Prof. Mariana Curado Malta.