The DBIT Undergraduate Computer Society (DUCS) has come a long way from its establishment in 2003 assisting the System Administrators of DBIT to developing and managing projects required for academic purposes of the institute. There are many students in DBIT who wish to know what exactly happens in the multimedia laboratory. This report is the answer to all those questions.

DUCS has been actively involved behind the scenes providing technical support during the technical festivals of DBIT over the past few years. Other than that, this student body was instrumental in the creation of DBIT projects like Moodle, student feedback system, mail service and our very own college website. The members of DUCS are not only adept in technical aspects but also in management skills thus advising the student council of DBIT from time to time.

In 2006, it initiated the MultiDUCS group whose sole purpose was to bring about awareness among the students and staff of the role of multimedia in today’s world. MultiDUCS gave birth to a new project called CRAVE whose aim is to build a Multimedia Production house running only on open source and free applications.

CRAVE is a recursive acronym for CRAVE Research in Audio Visual Engineering. Because of its remarkable success it went on from being a simple project to a full fledged Organisation.

The multimedia laboratory of DBIT also known as the CRAVE lab is today the cyber garage for CRAVE and DUCS.

DUCS exists to pursue technical activities beyond and above the scope of the curriculum. We are a volunteer-based society that only admits DBIT students and faculty. Our mission is to provide both infrastructure and support for your technical projects.

The reason DUCS was formed was to support YOUR projects, YOUR ideas. If you have a project in mind, no matter how small (or big), contact the DUCS Team, giving all relevant details. We'll discuss it, and make sure you receive all the help required to approve your project.

DUCS Machine configuration

• OS - Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
• Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU Processor
• 2 GB (2 1GB DDR sticks)
• 160GB Hard Disk (SATA)
• 17" Samsung Syncmaster 793s!
• Logitech Keyboard
• Logitech Optical Mouse

Machine Name : Gyro

• OS - Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
• Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU Processor
• 1 GB (2 512MB DDR sticks)
• 160 GB Hard Disk (SATA)
• 14" Samtron Monitor
• Logitech Keyboard
• i-ball Mouse

Machine Name : Launchpad

• OS - Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
• AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
• 2 GB DDR2 RAM (2 1GB sticks)
• ASUS A8V-MX Motherboard
• 17" Samsung Syncmaster 793s!
• GPU is Nvidia FX5500 with 256MB on card
• Multimedia Keyboard Logitech
• IBM Optical Mouse
• 80 GB Hard Disk (PATA)
• 160 GB Hard Disk (SATA)