As members of the scientific club, we need many permissions and allowances to organize the simplest event
or display any important document. So we did get the chance to meet with our head of department many
times, get to know him and appreciate his outstanding personality and level of understanding.
This great person that is on the top of the department organization and helped in making INELEC an insti-
tute again is unknown for most of our students. This made us want to share what we know about Mr. Azrar to
all of you, dear students. For this purpose, we met with him this last week for an interview to introduce Mr.
Azrar and to know the changes that will happen in our department starting next year:
Q: Hello Mr. Azrar, we are honored to be here in pending on teacher, and a 3 hour final exams at the
your office and would like to thank you for re- end of the semester, and we had to get more than
ceiving and granting us some of your precious 2/4 to succeed.
time. Also the Grading system differs: the evaluation of
First, we are sure all INELEC Students would be student was continuous and based on his semester
interested in knowing who is Mr. Azrar, our head
of department? grade point average and on his cumulative grade
point average which is the same system used in
A:course, so, as most of you already know, I was a American Universities (a,b,c,d,e,f continuous sys-
student at INELEC also from 1990 to 1995 Com- tem).
munication Option being among my hobbies. In
1995 I started my Majesty’s degree at the National Q: I believe our readers as well as we, would be
Polytechnic School d’EL Harrach (ENP) that I interested to know what your plans are for the
finished in 1998. In the mean time and in October upcoming days and the changes that might occur
1996 more precisely, I started working in the de- in the department now that it is going back to be-
partment as part time lecturer of modern physics. ing an institute among the University of
In 1997 I was recruited as teacher-engineer and I Boumerdes.
took 03 courses in charge « antennas, microwaves A:Well, to begin, No changes on the students re-
and high-frequency amplifiers” for fifth year stu- cruitment, I mean it will still on national level.
dents, communication option. Also DEUA will no longer exist, which as you
As I finished my majesty’s degree in 1998 I regis- might have noticed already started this year.
tered for Doctorate studies at the same school The organization of the institute will be the follow-
(ENP). On January 2nd ,2001 I was recruited as a ing: the institute will hold four main departments in
teacher in INELEC . And from 2003 to 2007 I order to be more organized:
worked as Assistant of the head department at the English Department.
same time. Fundamental Science Department.
The year 2004 was dedicated to my doctorate dis- Electronics/telecommunication & computer
sertation. engineering Department.
And in 2008 i became President of the depart- Power & control Department.
ment’s scientific council Of course, each department will have its head and
And as you may know from 2009 to March, 2010 my mission will be to supervise and coordinate
I was named Head of Department “DEEE”. And between them.
since this date I am director of the Electrical and The main difference with actual DGEE will be in:
Electronic Engineering Institute. 1/- the Budgets & personal since we will have our
own budget which will benefit for us: we will be
Q:out of curiosity, we would like to hear briefly a able to buy the new needed equipments and books.
description about how was INELEC when you 2/- Pedagogy: I will create what we
were student in the 90’s? call:”Curriculum committee “ which is a group of
teachers who will be studying and adjusting the
A:well, it definitely was very different in terms of courses (updates of the program)
internal regulations but most teachers are the 3/- Library committee: a special committee created
same. to look for our students need in books and docu-
For example the System of exams was as follows: mentation.
At the beginning of each semester, each teacher 4/- I will also add some new options and I will try
informed us about the number of exams he in- to reduce the number of exams to one and a final in
tends to give during the semester.1 or 2 tests de- each semester, actually what we call synthesis.
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Q: Could you tell us about the way you managed I think we have discussed everything that is
your work, being teacher and head of department relevant to INELEC history and its future …
at the same time? Thank you very much again for receiving us
and sharing so much information with all IN-
A:Well, actually, it’s all about setting goals and ELEC students.
being organized: As a teacher I am very passionate
about my courses and I like my work so I can say I “We would like to express our deepest gratitude,
master that very well!! and thanks to Mr.Azrar for his contribution, for
For the Administration stuff I have gained some accepting to answer our Questions and making
experience when I was the head department assis- us feel so comfortable and welcomed in his of-
tant. fice.”
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Soon in Algeria, all the issued passports and ID and ears These details are taken from the passport
cards will be biometric, and by 2015 all citizens photograph that you supply. They can then be used to
will have biometric passports and IDs. But what identify the passport-holder easily and efficiently .
do you know about this biometric revolution? The chip also holds the information that is printed on
What advantages does it bring? At what cost? In the personal details page of your passport.
this article we will try to put some lights on this
new technology. These high-tech passports will give Algeria an extra
tool in the fight against terrorism, illegal immigration
First, by biometric details and characteristics we and various forms of organized crime.
mean those details that are proper and unique to Moreover, the use of optical scanner with biometric
each individual: fingerprints, iris of the eye, the software reader at airports reduces the time identifi-
facial features and contours…Things that make cation of the wearer and enhances the authentication
every single person different. of the passenger; in other words, this new technology
represents a good means to fight forgery.
The revolution lies in the sensitive electronic chip
included in the passport that should be treated with So by opting for the biometric passport, Algeria is
great care in the same way as a portable device. complying with new international standards.
The chip inside the passport has a secured memory
that contains information about the holder’s face By: KHELIL Ianis
such as the distances between eyes, nose, mouth
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The UN climate change summit held in Copenhagen Danmark on December, 7 to 18th of the last
year, was supposed to be the biggest environmental meeting in history, and was expected to pro-
duce a historic treaty to succeed the Kyoto protocol for curbing greenhouse gases.
The success of the tough negotiations be- the earlier forestry one lacked the independ-
tween 192 countries boiled down to one thing : ent verification of emission reduction
take measures to put the planet on the road to a needed by the countries.
low carbon future in which global temperature
rise stays below 2°c. In order to achieve that To finish, I think that it’s time for us to
warning limit, scientists say that cuts in the react,: If the world’s leaders are not able to
world carbon-emission of 25 to 40% are needed. come to an agreement about global warm-
And the responsibility to make the deepest cuts ing, and can’t see the danger of the situation,
falls on developed countries such as the UK and we should all, as human beings, step up and
US which have grown rich on burning fuels and take important decisions for ourselves, for
still emit vast amounts per person. our planet.
I believe that pollution and its consequences
Of course, the fact that 17% of all carbon cur- are the responsibility of each one of us and
rently emitted by human activity comes from simple daily acts can definitely make a dif-
razing forests was not forgotten in the summit, ference ; so let’s reeducate ourselves to
stopping deforestation was also one of the main make habits of those acts, and start a new
issues discussed and the solution that popped up lifestyle that could save our planet.
was to pay people not to chop trees down. The fate of the earth is in our hands.
Another issue negotiated in the important con-
ference was clean technology transfer, the prod- By: Benantar Fedoua
ucts and services must be developed quickly and
efficiently all over the globe.
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As a member of the team Aurora_Future, I had the chance to dispute the national Imagine Cup Fi-
nals that took place a few weeks ago at ESI. And in this article, I'm going to walk you through this
unique and amazing experience.
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