February 27, 2018

News for the IET

VIT Student Who Excelled In Global Meet Honourededit

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Shubham Saraff, a third year student of B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology and who clinched the world title of ”IETPresent Around the World (PATW)” contest was felicitated at VIT. He was honoured by Mr. S. Raghavan of IET India chapter in the presence of Mr. G.V. Selvam, Vice President of VIT. Saraff’s presentation was on ‘mirror neurons’ as part of his project on neurons that shaped us.

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News for other PEI

The World’s Largest Technical Professional Organization Holds 2018 International IEEE Conference of Smart Cityedit

IT News Online

The three day conference will bring together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, academics, government officials and media to address enabling technologies, implementations and policies related to smart cities and green technology solutions. Experts will convene to collaborate and discuss innovation, technology, research, policy and IEEE standards that will enable the Smart Cities of tomorrow.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

MWC2018: 5G can help operators add to revenues by over 30%edit

Gadgets Now

Ericsson on Monday unveiled at Mobile World Congress a report that lays out a roadmap for operators to unlock the revenue potential of 5G-enabled industry digitalisation.

IoTTelecom
Should Fintech Workers Fear AI?edit

PC Mag

Artificial intelligence (AI) may make some workers in financial tech anxious when it comes to employment. However, while some jobs are being wiped away, new ones are opening up.

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Should we apply the brakes on artificial intelligence research?edit

Mint

By Siddharth Pai

Should AI research be on the same pedestal as research into the cloning of humans, with which, by the by, it shares many ethical characteristics?

Artificial Intelligence

Industry News: Future of Mobility

An electronic eye on car and driveredit

Deccan Chronicle

Harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, it monitors the speed and acceleration of the vehicle and gives detailed feedback of sharp turns, over speeding etc. More usefully it also includes a breath analyser that monitors the alcohol level of the driver. If the driver has consumed alcohol beyond a permissible limit, the vehicle ignition gets disconnected.

IoTMobility
China puts responsbility for battery recycling on makers of electric vehiclesedit

ET Energy World

China, which began promoting electric cars in 2009, aims to become a dominant global producer as it bids to curb vehicle emissions, boost energy security and promote high-tech industries.

Electric Vehicles

Industry News: Education

Number of Indian students joining US engineering colleges declinesedit

Times of India

By Shilpa Phadnis

The number of students from India enrolled in graduate level programmes in computer science and engineering in the United States has declined by 21 per cent from 2016 to 2017, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security

Engineering

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Solar power installations in India likely to fall 22 per cent in 2018edit

ET Energy World

Solar installations in India are expected to fall by 22 per cent to around 7.5 GW in the 2018, Mercom Communications India, a subsidiary of Mercom Capital Group has said.

Solar Energy
Reshaping Future Of Energyedit

Business World

Another advantage of renewables is that it is modular in nature and is scalable. We are confident that the evolving technology and economic viability of energy storage solutions, will give further impetus to renewables. Additionally, conducive policy reforms and growing consciousness to mitigate climate change risks, has ushered momentum in flavour of renewable energy across the world.

Renewable Energy
Solar energy beats natural gas by a clear margin: All about the scope of renewable energyedit

India Today

In the past, the researchers have calculated that out of 139 countries (they analysed), 80 per cent are likely to adapt to clean and renewable energy by 2030 and 100 per cent by the year 2050. Also, the efficiency of the renewable energy will decrease the need of energy by 42.5 per cent globally.

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