We would like to give you an update on our progress for this fiscal year against our original target of 52k and share the numbers that many of you have requested. 
With only 2 months left to go, we have so far collected $22k which leaves us with the delta of $30k to meet our goal. 

​Please register on the link below.
Registration HERE

Please join us at the sixth FAANA webinar on Sunday, November 3rd at 12 pm Eastern Time (10 pm Pakistan Time). Our guest speaker is Mohsin Hasan, a graduate of FAST Islamabad, 98 batch.

Overview:

Video games is a $120 Billion industry. What started as a small success with Asteroids in 1979 has now expanded to countless billion dollar franchises. A typical AAA goes through several stages of development from game concept, Art Direction, Game Design, Production, Development and Testing. Although the video game industry is changing rapidly with console, mobile, cloud and subscription based gaming services, the core game development model is more or less the same. 

In this session, speaker will talk about his personal journey from FAST Islamabad to EA Canada and the process it took to ship some of the biggest gaming franchises. He will also talk about some of the roles and their responsibilities that are involved in shipping a successful AAA title. 

Speaker Bio: 

Mohsin Hasan is FAST alumni from Batch 98 Islamabad. A video game development expert with 16+ years experience shipping AAA game titles. Cofounded a game development studio in Pakistan and have since worked at Electronic Arts shipping some of the biggest video game franchise including Need For Speed, Fifa, Skate and Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. Have experience working in various capacities in the industry ranging from software engineer, Producer, Development Director and Technical director.

Please register on the link below.
Registration HERE

Please join us at the fifth FAANA webinar on Sunday, September 29th at 12 pm Eastern Time (9 pm Pakistan Time). Our guest speaker is Dr. Arish Qazi, a graduate of FAST Islamabad, 99 batch.

Medical imaging has revolutionized clinical decision making. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and other imaging modalities have enabled clinicians to non-invasively and reliably visualize internal organs, and provide important information about the physiological and pathophysiological changes. This has led to early diagnosis and monitoring, thus enabling a significant improvement in therapeutic output. The increasing amount of medical devices has led to dramatic increases in size and complexity of imaging data. Therefore, computer-aided analysis and processing of medical images has emerged as a vital component of bio-medical research and clinical practice.
This talk will give a brief introduction to the field of medical imaging, followed by examples of applications developed in both academic and industrial settings.​

About the speaker:
Dr. Arish Qazi has more than 15 years of industry experience performing medical image analysis and processing research and development both at private companies, as well as in hospital settings. He has conducted pioneering algorithm development work primarily in the context of image registration and image segmentation, and has experience with novel image-guided systems.
His experience includes working with different imaging modalities, such as magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT), and cone-beam CT imaging and is credited as inventor/co-inventor of 11 granted patents, and has authored over 25 peer reviewed publications.

Last year, FAANA community came together to raise funds to support  many deserving students at Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Faisalabad campuses by providing them financial aid. We were able to contribute $35k to the above campuses that had only been possible due to generous donations of the FAST Alumni residing in the US and Canada. We also collected and distributed $9k towards the innovation exhibitions supporting the students.
 
This year, we gave ourselves even higher challenge of $52k which is 24% increase from last year so we can support more students at the five campuses and engage in research and innovation activities such as sponsoring software exhibitions and providing mentorship to the young minds.
 
We are almost at the half mark for 2019, we are expecting $15k to come in through recurring donations that you have generously set up. That leaves us with the delta of $37k to meet our target. Like previous years, we aim to accelerate meeting our goal with your help and contribution. We encourage you to consider sponsoring
·         One semester for a student by donating $1200 or $100/month
·         One year (two semesters) by donating $2400 or $200/month
·         One exhibition by donating $1200 or $100/month
·         Or any amount on a monthly recurring basis. 
 
You can make your tax deductible donations through our website www.faana.org or through your company’s donation match program.
 
Thank you for your valuable support. Please remember no amount is small! Your donation makes a world of difference to someone’s future.

​FAST Alumni Association of North America (FAANA) brings to you the fourth session from the recently launched webinar series. The upcoming session is going to cover Data Importance - Cyber Security Threats and career opportunities

Please register on the link below.
Registration HERE

Please join us at the fourth FAANA webinar on Sunday July 28th at 12 pm Eastern Time (9 pm Pakistan Time). Our guest speaker is Mr. Muhammad Rizwan, a graduate of FAST Lahore, 02 batch.
 
The objective of this session is to encourage entrepreneurs and students to choose their careers in the field of Cyber Security. The speaker will be highlighting the data importance (how data can be converted in to money), which cyber security threats should we know and how attackers infect their targets.

Muhammad Rizwan, 02 batch - FAST Lahore, is currently working at FireEye, Inc located in Silicon Valley (Bay Area, California). He has been working in cyber security field since 2006 (having 13+ years’ experience in Pakistan, Singapore and USA). Muhammad started his career as a QA analyst, then moved to R&D department and currently working with the Development teams. He has also filed for the following two patents,
https://patents.justia.com/patent/10284575
https://patents.justia.com/patent/10025927
Additionally Mr.Rizwan is also working on a startup in Pakistan, whose idea is around Education and Training for better earnings. He plans to launch it soon.​