Organized by: Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and Department of CSE (Cyber Security)

Institution: AAA College of Engineering and Technology (An Autonomous Institution), Amathur, Sivakasi

Date: 1st October 2026

Time: 11:00 A.M. – 12:45 P.M.

Venue: Sir C V Raman Hall, AAA College of Engineering and Technology

In Association with: TENSAI (Students’ Technical Association), Zentron AI Club and Association of CSE (Cyber Security) (Cryptnova)

Target Audience: Students of Batch 2025–2029 of AI&DS and CSE (Cyber Security)

About the Event

The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and the Department of CSE (Cyber Security) of AAA College of Engineering and Technology organized the Students’ Tech Talk Series titled “RANSOMNOVA – Next-Gen Ransomware Defense” on 1st October 2026 for the 2025–2029 batch, with the blessings of Founder Shri. P. Panjurajan, AAA Group of Educational Institutions.

The Tech Talk Series is a peer-learning platform in which students present emerging technology topics to their juniors. Built around the theme “Are we really safe in the digital world?”, this edition explored AI in Cyber Security and next-generation ransomware defense.

The programme was held under the patronage of Dr. P. Karvannan (Chairman & Secretary), Dr. P. Ganesan (Correspondent), Dr. K. Vignesh Kumar (Joint Secretary) and Dr. M. Sekar (Principal), and was convened by Dr. M. Karuppasamy, Associate Professor & Head / AI&DS, and Dr. P. Senthil Pandian, Associate Professor & Head / CSE (Cyber Security).

Student Speakers

Session I – AI in Cyber Security

G. Karunya, A. Logana and M. Sureka, III Year, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, explained how Artificial Intelligence is used to keep systems safe and to detect intruders and malware.

Session II – RANSOMNOVA

N. Keerthi, N. Priyanka and S. Anusuya, II Year, Department of CSE (Cyber Security), presenting as team “The Cyber Trios”, covered ethical hacking tools, web and ransomware attacks, AI privacy and everyday digital threats, along with interactive quiz rounds. The talk closed with the thought-provoking question, “Are we really safe in the digital world?”

Participation

A total of 181 students of the 2025–2029 batch of AI&DS and CSE (Cyber Security) participated in the Tech Talk.