Need of Computerizing the Department of Architecture (1)

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AUTOMATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

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UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI

AUTOMATING DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

A REVIEW OF FACTS

MUHAMMAD ZARNAB INTEZAR, HAMZA AFAL, HAMZA NIAZI, SALMAN SHAMS KHAN

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COMPUTER AND EMERGING SCIENCES

FAST

This paper was prepared for the course of TBW and is a property of Miss Nazia Imam.


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ABSTRACT:

This study examined the department of Architecture in University of Karachi. Undergraduate

students were examined through their daily routine in university and needs regarding their

work in studies. It was found that automation is needed desperately in this department as

modern architect studies need modern software and other technologies to produce high quality

graduates that can match the international standards. Students of the department were

involved in the process and were asked to fill questionnaires by us. As predicted by our team

observations, questionnaires and tour to the department resulted in highlighting problems

faced by student and thus concluded that automation is urgently required in the department as

soon as possible and state of the art technology with no compromise.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The purpose of this report is to automate the architecture department of University of Karachi.

The University of Karachi has too many problems to deal with, but to our concern we will

describe some of it.

1.)ComputersComputers are one of the important needs of an institution and the condition of computers at

the campus was very disastrous and the number of computers was very limited. The students

apprehended like they dont even know there is a computer lab in the department. They rarelygo there just to research on websites. There is nothing much work done with the help of soft

wares, most of the students done even know about the soft wares. Besides soft wares the basic

need of a computer lab with fully equipped state-of-the-art computers is required.

2.) Soft waresAs the computers are too outdated it is very difficult to run required software. Soft wares which

are available are outdated and are not up to the standards. The soft wares which they prove ofto be there are not related to architecture and there is no as such auto-cad, archisoft etc.


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3.)GeneratorsGenerators are not available at the campus. There are not installed and neither it is

planned to do so. As you know the condition of electricity in city is absurd. Plus, the

temperature in this rising heat is very dangerous.

4.) Internet

Internet is a basic need of computer lab and it is not available in the department. Students have

to go to the department of Computer Science to approach the internet. Internet is really

needed for research and other work in the department. The internet lets you browse anything

online related to any topic.

5.) Political Influence:

Politics plays a vital role in university of Karachi. The political influence is badly effecting the

educational environment, hall of power is fully exposed by the political students. They get

indulge in unlawful means cheating, rebels and they are in their full comfort because they knew

someone will going help them. Every or other strikes are been called by the political parties,

these strikes badly effect the studies. Students get affright by these acts.

In Pakistan, science and technology served as an important part of national politics, practices,

and extreme national identities. From 1960s till the present, both science and technology were

immediately linked to the national ideology and practical functioning of Pakistan, notably

the Pakistan Armed Forces, while science and technology is a growing and flourishing field in

Pakistan. Many scientists, who worked in India and United Kingdom (like, e.g. Razi

Siddiqui and Salim Siddiqui), migrated to Pakistan and helped give birth to science in Pakistan.

Since its independence from Great Britain in 1947, the newly-found nation of Pakistan has seen

a large influx of scientists, engineers, doctors, and technicians assuming an active role in its

fields of science and technology. Liaquat Ali-Khan (office: 14 August 1947 16 October 1951),

the first Prime minister, invited hundreds of scientists from India and made various reforms to

initiate improvement in higher education and scientific research.

Marked by highly developed pure sciences and innovation at theoretical level, interpretation

and application fell short. Computers is the field in which Pakistan citizens excelled. During the

1960s till the present, the Pakistan government made the development and advancement of

science a national priority and showered top scientists with honors. With the government


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making efforts to make science a part of national politics, there are several examples of budget

cuts in the science funds where corruption remains a vital part of Pakistan politics. In the most

notorious case, the government dissolved the Higher Education Commission an

administrative body that supervised research in science in 2011. Mega science projects such

asBlack-Garden Dam,Thar Coal programme, and theReko Dique gold mine programmewere

severely undermined by the political forces in Pakistan which contributed to the halt ofscientific research in the country.

Pakistani scientists won acclaim in several fields. They were at the cutting edge of science in

fields such as mathematics and in several branches of physical science, notably theoretical and

nuclear physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Professor Abdus Salam, a theoretical physicist, was

the first and the only Pakistan citizen to have won the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1979.

Furthermore, technology is mostly high developed in the fields of nuclear physics

and explosives engineering, where the arms race with the India convinced policy makers to set

aside sufficient resources for research. Due to a crash programmed directed by Munir Ahmad

Khan and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Pakistan is the seventh nation to

have developed an atomic, which the global intelligence community believes it had done in1983 (seeKirana-I), nine years after the India (see Pokhran-I). Pakistan first publicly tested its

devices (seeChagai-IandChagai-II) on 28 and 30 May 1998, a mere two weeks after

the Republic of India carried out its own tests(SeePokhran-II).[1]

Space exploration was hastily

developed in 1990 Pakistan launched Badr-I followed by Badr-II in 2001. Since the 1980s, the

space programme dedicated itself to military technologies (Space weapons

programme and Integrated missile systems), and maintains a strong programme developed for

military applications.

Unlike some Western countries, the majority of the research programmes are conducted not at

the institutions (such as universities) but at the specially set up research facilities and

institutes.[2]

These institutes are performed under the government's Ministry of Science that

overlooks the development and promotion of science in the country, while others are

performed under the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, other specialized academies and even the

research arms of various government ministries.[2]

At first, the core of fundamental science was

the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, originally set up in 1953 and moved from Karachi to

Islamabad in 1964.[3]

The Pakistan Academy of Sciences has a large percentage of researchers in

the natural sciences, particularly physics.[3]

From 1947 to 1971, the research was being

conducted independently with no government influence.[3]

The High Tension Laboratories (HTL)

at the GCU was established by R.M. Chaudhrie with funds given by the British government in

1950s.[4]

In 1967, Prof. Abdus Salam led the foundation of the Institute of Theoretical Physics(ITP) at the Quaid-e-Azam University, and the establishment of the Institute of Nuclear Science

and Technology and the Centre for Nuclear Studies; all were independently established by

Pakistan's academic scientists with financial assistance provided by European

countries.[4]

However, after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became President, he took over the control of

scientific research in 1972 as part of his intensified socialist reforms and policies.[4]

With advice

taken from Dr. Mubashir Hassan, Bhutto established the Ministry of Science with Ishrat Hussain

Usmani, a bureaucrat with a doctorate in atomic physics.[2][4]
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During 1950s and 1960s, both West Pakistan and East Pakistan had their own academies of

science, with the East Pakistan relying on West Pakistan to allot the funds.[2]

Medical research is

coordinated and funded by the Health Ministry[5]

and agricultural research is led by Agriculture

Ministry[6]

and likewise, the research on environmental sciences is headed by the Environment

Ministry.[4][7]

An aftermath of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan Winter Warwas that Bhutto funded around more than

200% funding of science, dedicated to military research and development. Bhutto, with the

help of his Science Adviser Dr. Salam, gathered hundreds of scientists working abroad to

develop what became an atom bomb. This crash programme was directed at first by Dr. Abdus

Salam until 1974 and then directed and led by Munir Ahmad Khan from 1974 until 1991. For the

first time an effort was made by the government when Pakistan's citizens made advancements

in nuclear physics, theoretical physics and mathematics. In 1980s, General Zia-ul-Haq

radicalized the science by enforcing pseudoscience - by his Muslim fundamentalists as

administrators - in Pakistan's schools and universities. One of the premiers were Mazhar

Mahmood Qurashi, a physicist educated in the United Kingdom, and Sultan Bashiruddin

Mahmood, a nuclear engineer, also educated in the United Kingdom. They played a major rolein radicalizing the science in Pakistan. General Zia-ul-Haq later promoted Dr. Abdul Qadeer

Khan to export the sensitive industrial (military) technologies to Libya, Iran, and North Korea.

Because of government control, academic research in Pakistan remains highly classified and

unknown to the international scientific community. There have been several failed attempts

made by foreign powers to infiltrate the country's research facilities to learn how much

research has progressed and how much clandestine knowledge has been gained by Pakistan's

scientific community.[8]

One of the notable cases was in the 1970s, when the Libyan

intelligence made an unsuccessful attempt to gain knowledge on critical aspects

ofnuclearphysics, and crucial mathematical calculations in theoretical physics, but was

thwarted by the ISI Directorate for Joint Intelligence Technical (JIT).[8]

From the 1980s and

onward, both the Russian intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency made several

attempts to access Pakistan's research but because of the ISI, they were unable to gain any

information.[8]

From the period 1980 to 2004, research in science fell short until General Pervez

Mushrraf established the Higher Education Commission (HEC) which heightened the

contribution of science and technology in Pakistan. Major research was undertaken by

Pakistan's institutes in the field of natural sciences.[2]

In 2003, the Ministry of Science and

Technology of the Government of Pakistan and the United States Department of State signed a

comprehensive Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement that established a framework

to increase cooperation in science, technology, engineering and education for mutual benefit

and peaceful purposes between the science and education communities in both countries. In

2005, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) joined with the Ministryof Science and Technology (MOST) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan to

support the joint Pakistan-U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation Program. Beginning in

2008, the United States Department of State (DOS) joined USAID as U.S. co-sponsor of the

program. This program, which is being implemented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

on the U.S. side, is intended to increase the strength and breadth of cooperation and linkages

between Pakistan scientists and institutions with counterparts in the United States.[9]

However,
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with the unfavourable situations, research declined. In 2011, the government dissolved the HEC

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

The need -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------8

Problems faced---------------------------------------------------------------------------9

Feasibility study--------------------------------------------------------------------------11

Tables---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15

Solution-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17

Recommended---------------------------------------------------------------------------18

References--------------------------------------------------------------------------------19


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INTRODUCTION

THE NEED:

In this global village, automation is increasing at every level whether it is a school, college,

university or any educational institute automation and providing state-of-the-art technology is

the primary objective. The reason is off course high efficiency, accuracy and speed. Automation

is the modern need of every single piece of entity that exists in todays world. Everywhere

computers are taking over and man power is decreasing as we speak and why not it is the

absolute need of working.

Off course, there is not one point that led us to prepare this research for the department of

architecture in University of Karachi. There are various points which concluded automation isrequired which will be further discussed in the report.

We came to the idea that we are trying to promote in this report when we visited an exhibition

in the department for Modern Architecture Techniques. There we found out the deficiencies

and observed that the students were portraying their projects and they were no doubt highly

skilled and there work was worth showing to corporate sector and international companies. We

were quite impressed with their work but the setback came when we saw there was no displays

on computer, no work on architecture related soft wares and there was no sign of technology

or automation. Students were almost displaying models they made manually but no digital

displays were available. We got eager to know that what in the world is letting this department

to go backwards with respect to technology.

Therefore, we firstly observed the universitys condition and resources available at campus. We

found many deficiencies in the facilities provided and definitely some solid proofs of no

automation at all. We found a computer lab but it is not worth giving a word for.

So, here is detailed description of the problems in the department of architecture in the

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PROBLEMS FACED DUE TO LESS COMPUTATION

Our team visited University of Karachi on 20th

April, 2013 to check on the problems faced by the

students of department of architecture. Although we faced some problems in getting there but

still managed to distribute questionnaires and somewhat managed to collect their feedback. It

was a difficult task as students were too busy in their hectic schedule and they didnt had time

to answer our questionnaires. Plus, the co-operation of students was quite ill. Our target was to

collect the feedback of 150 students but we were able to collect feedback of only 80 students

and the results are interesting yet shocking too. Results of questionnaires and interviews

revealed that our research was going towards the right path.

The problems as we thought of being certain were there but there were surprisingly otherproblems that came into light.

Computers

Computers are one of the important needs of an institution and the condition of computers at

the campus was very disastrous and the number of computers was very limited. The students

apprehended like they dont even know there is a computer lab in the department. They rarely

go there just to research on websites. There is nothing much work done with the help of soft

wares, most of the students done even know about the soft wares. Besides soft wares the basic

need of a computer lab with fully equipped state-of-the-art computers is required.

One of the issues that we saw in the department after interviewing a teacher was that they

themselves dont appreciate children in going for soft wares to do their work. They believed in

the old methods for architecture. They give assignments on paper. They dont believe in soft

wares helping students in future. Modern architecture is very complex and it needs 100%

efficiency and any sort of mishap occurring in manual work can cause a lot of trouble in future.

Soft wares

As the computers are too outdated it is very difficult to run required software. Soft wares which

are available are outdated and are not up to the standards. The soft wares which they prove of

to be there are not related to architecture and there is no as such auto-cad, archisoft etc. forstudents to deal with. Assignments done by students are on paper and if they need soft wares

they wait for them to come home and do on the soft wares they have installed on their home

computers.

The update of soft wares is needed because the new modern architecture in the world is being

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and the soft wares make people known to the modern world and students will become more

efficient to face the modern architecture world.

Generators

Generators are not available at the campus. There are not installed and neither it is planned to

do so. As you know the condition of electricity in city is absurd. Plus, the temperature in this

rising heat is very dangerous. Computers need generators for coolness and even students need

the generators to save their work. As the light goes out the work they are doing is lost and

there is no other way to bring back the work that is quiet upsetting for the students and their

moral too.

Internet

Internet is a basic need of computer lab and it is not available in the department. Students have

to go to the department of Computer Science to approach the internet. Internet is really

needed for research and other work in the department. The internet lets you browse anything

online related to any topic. The field of architecture is full of research and there is a new thing

in the book every day to be discussed or searched for. Besides that for assignments you need

help of internet.

The internet besides going to the department of Computer Science should be provided in the

departments own computer lab and with fast speed internet so that it does not spoil the mood

of students while working and they do efficient work with the help of internet.

Trained Staff

No matter how much development is done there is a desperate need of trained staff that can

help students around the lab. The students unattended cannot perform work on soft wares its

very hard for them to understand new technology and solutions. The staff present at the

department is very ordinary and they have no qualifications and degrees to support their jobs.

The department needs trained and technology related people so that they can support the full

of technology surroundings and dont feel left out. Technology needs full furnished people so

that they can provide good environment for working and the future of architecture shinesbright.


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Feasibility Report for Automation of Department of Architecture

University Of Karachi

Basic Description

Theres a desperate need of automation in the department therefore after analyzing the

market rates for automation, finishing, approval from competent authorities etc. we have thisreport to prove that a feasible solution is possible within the universitys annual budget and it

covers all the important aspects specially location.

Budget

The annual budget for University Of Karachi is 2,000,000 for each department annually. It is to

ensure that the department is maintained and taken care of properly. It is also for the

improvement of technology and structure. Moreover, in short it is to ensure that every year the

department is a better place with respect to any particular point that is important.

With the budget in sight we planned to visit the local market for checking the spending. The

summary is as follows:

Computers

The need of computers was essential and basic. Firstly to know in how much quantity we need

computers i.e. best quality 14 LCD, CPU, headphone set, keyboards and a mouse, we took out

the number of students all together at the campus department that was found to be 213 in all

the 5 years. Therefore, it was then decided a computer lab of about 30 computers and 2 laser

printers should be proposed as through a week of 7 days it would help out the needs of all 200

students with efficient timetable.

To provide state-of-the-art computer technology with the best computers and latest processors

with high speed RAMS and efficiency to the max at this point of time (details can be shown on

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estimates from them which are as follows keeping in mind for a computer i.e. best quality 14

LCD, CPU, headphone set, keyboards and a mouse. All three companies are well repudiated in

market and the money listed is after all possible discounts.

Company 1: 30,000 PKR with 1 year warranty within the prescribed limits and no burning

warranty.

For 30 computers: 9, 00,000 PKR

Company 2: 29,000 PKR with 10 months warranty with the prescribed limits and no burning

warranty.

For 30 Computers: 8, 70,000 PKR

Company 3: 30,500 PKR with 1 year warranty within the prescribed limits and 6 months

maintenance and repair warranty.

For 30 computers: 9, 15,000 PKR

The best part is that for each computer a piece of furniture specially designed to place a PC is

also being gifted from company 3.

*Individual prices of computer components can be disclosed on demand.

For printers there is a minimal difference of 500 PKR therefore which ever company is chosen

for computers will be preferred to buy the printer from also.

Location

There is the old computer lab which has the space of 30 computers but no ventilation and

paint. Moreover, there is no source of eradication of heat. To approve it for a computer lab is

also a thought provoking task as it would require its renovation and that will cost like more than

a new place as renovation and breakdown of the place will add up to the cost.

Paint will cost up to 30,000 for both the places.

There is also a seminar room that is locked up and serves as a janitors room. This place is quite

clean and maintained as it is not much used over the year. Moreover, paint on the walls is

required. Air conditioning is available but maintenance is required filling ofgas wont affect

much to the cost. No renovation is required after 2 days work and cleanup computers can just

be brought and placed here.

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Furniture per lab is estimated about 3, 00,000 more or less from the local market. Branded

companies are making the cost rise up to 4, 00,000 therefore the idea of contacting them is

negated.

Time Period

The time period for the completion of entire work is about a month which can be started from

1st

week of June till 1st

week of July. Dates can be decided as per ease. The months of June/July

are chosen as there will be holidays of university students and the staff will be free too. There

wont be much hindrance in working and placement of things.

Teachers

One disastrous problem was that the faculty was not known to computer technology and

software uses. Therefore, they did not tell much to the students about the work that can be

done efficiently on computers. Therefore, a training program for software learning can be done

from2 institutes. The number of teachers was found to be 20. The course is to be scheduled in

the university premises in June/July.

Institute 1 charges 15,000 PKR per person. Amount is 3, 00,000 PKR total.

Institute 2 charges 12,000 PKR per person but they provide facilities at their own professional

place 1 mile away from the university. Amount is 2, 40, 000 PKR total.

Internet

As there is no internet facility neither any router is installed all over the department. The

internet is provided by many companies, we checked in with the top 3 in the city.

Company 1: Installation of routers and wiring costs 30,000 PKR plus monthly 5000 PKR for 2MB

internet. Maintenance charges apply.


internet. Maintenance charges apply.


internet and no maintenance charges.

Installation

When you enhance your machine capability there is a slight chance of increasing man power or

technical efficient people around us. The solution is to train the original staff that we have of 2

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issues efficiently. The training would take about 2 months and it will cost 5000 PKR per person

i.e. 10,000 for 2 people. After that they will be experts of computer lab management.

The other solution is to hire a technical person who will take up to 15K per month and would

look for promotions in coming future. He will be able to take care of the entire labs technical

issues efficiently. But it will lead to the increment of staff and other expenses.

After above facts and figures here is our conclusion for the solution:

Estimated Cost

After looking at conditions and thinking over a feasible solution it is suggested as follows:

Company 3 should be chosen to install computers. Yes, they are a bit costly but seeing the

budget money wont be an issue as they provide warranty 12 months plus 6 months repair and

maintenance warranty too. Moreover, choosing them would also fulfill the furniture

requirements.

Institute 2 is assigned the work of training the teachers. All the teachers have to drive to the

institute themselves. Internet should be given to Company 3 to install in the department as the

fees is less and no maintenance charges apply.

The new seminar room should be chosen seeing the expense is lesser and paint is needed.

The two people working for the lab must be trained in the month of June and July 2013 as there

will be holidays of university students and they will also be free from other workloads. The time

period for installations is also the months of June/July. There will also be some extra amount of

money issued to the administration for maintenance, finishing and other activities that are on

paper negligible or very confusing. Summing up all of this the cost rises up to:

Computers and furniture: 9, 15, 000 PKR

Paint 30, 000 PKR

Training 10, 000 PKR

Institute 2, 40, 000 PKR

Internet 29, 500 PKR

Extra 30, 000 PKR

TOTAL 1,25,4500 PKR

Seeing the budget this is the best possible solution and financially almost perfect.


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TABLES:

After questionnaires and observations it was found that the students department of

Architecture University of Karachi are really in a desperate condition for technology andautomation is desperately required.

After questionnaires we found out that 98% of the students wanted wireless internet services

on the campus. As shown in the table below.

The following table shows that the students need computers at the campus. This is a graphical

representation of the questionnaire and proves the cause of the research. 95% students

wanted update and need of computers.

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Yes No Dont know

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Another question updates our thought of renovation at the campus of computer lab. The

following table shows the students mind set for renovation.

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Yes No Dont know

Need Of Computers

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Yes No Dont know

Rennovation Needed


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SOLUTION:

After looking at conditions and thinking over a feasible solution it is suggested as follows:

Company 3 should be chosen to install computers. Yes, they are a bit costly but seeing the

budget money wont be an issue as they provide warranty 12 months plus 6 months repair and

maintenance warranty too. Moreover, choosing them would also fulfill the furniture

requirements.

Institute 2 is assigned the work of training the teachers. All the teachers have to drive to the

institute themselves. Internet should be given to Company 3 to install in the department as the

fees is less and no maintenance charges apply.

The new seminar room should be chosen seeing the expense is lesser and paint is needed.

The two people working for the lab must be trained in the month of June and July 2013 as there

will be holidays of university students and they will also be free from other workloads. The time

period for installations is also the months of June/July. There will also be some extra amount of

money issued to the administration for maintenance, finishing and other activities that are on

paper negligible or very confusing. Summing up all of this the cost rises up to:

Computers and furniture: 9, 15, 000 PKR

Paint 30, 000 PKR

Training 10, 000 PKR

Institute 2, 40, 000 PKR

Internet 29, 500 PKR

Extra 30, 000 PKR

TOTAL 1,25,4500 PKR

Seeing the budget this is the best possible solution and financially almost perfect.

The idea prescribed above is perfect for automation of this department and thus if seriousattention is paid to the cause by the government and authorities. This work can be done very

efficiently and smoothly. All things are setup in place.


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RECOMMENDATIONS

Talking about recommendations, this report has specified the task point to point and there is no

further as such need of thinking about the project. Work should be started and the program

should be held this June/July and by the start of new semester a new complete automated

campus will be available.

Reading the feasibility it would not be hard to come to a decision that takes the department of

Architecture University of Karachi to new heights and improves it standard locally and

internationally. It will help improve the university ratings all over the world. Plus, seeing an

automated fully equipped campus more students will be attracted to the department.

The department will also serve as a role model to all other departments and they will strive

forward to do good for themselves too.

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http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/auen/1345/index.html

http://www.automationresearchgroup.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/company/xplab---research-in-automation

http://www.google.com

http://www.wikipedia.com
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Documents

Need of Computerizing the Department of Architecture (1)