September 10, 2018

News for the IET

IIT Delhi professor to head IIIT-Delhiedit

Careers 360 

By Abhay Anand

He is a senior member of IEEE (USA) and a fellow of IET (UK). At present, he is Associate Editor of IEEE Access and Member, Editorial Board of Computers & Security, Elsevier and Editor of Frequenz: Journal of RF-Engineering and Telecommunications. He has served as Head, Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management (IIT Delhi) and was Head of Center of Excellence Cyber Systems & Information Assurance (CoE-CSIA) at IIT Delhi before joining IIIT-Delhi as Director.

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SRM Institute of Science and Technology graded A++ by National Accredition Counciledit

The North East Times 

Five of its engineering programs offered at Kattankulathur campus have been accredited by commissions of ABET, USA (www.abet.org) and four by UK based IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology). Such international accreditations have resulted in close to 800 students from 64 countries studying at SRMIST. Accreditation by NAAC with the highest grade is the culmination of many innovative measures benefitting the students and faculty alike resulting in an invigorating learning atmosphere.

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News for other PEI

IEEE Pune to hold int’l meet from August 29edit

Sakaal Times 

A three-day ‘International Conference on Information, Communication, Engineering and Technology 2018’ was organised from August 29 to 31 by IEEE Pune Section in collaboration with Zeal Engineering College and Research, Narhe. The three-day conference had workshops and guidance sessions by experts for the students.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Move over IoT: It’s time for AI-driven IIoTedit

QRIUS 

While IoT primarily revolves around smart devices for consumers, IIoT takes care of the larger picture, namely industries and enterprises. A large manufacturing unit with hundreds of machines, all communicating simultaneously to ensure high efficiency, stringent security and enhanced business productivity.

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6 Key Trends For Artificial Intelligence Powering The Investment Sectoredit

CXO Today

By Abhinav Angirish

The world is on the verge of Industrial Revolution 4.0 leading with the Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. Mass production led by Computers connected each other wirelessly. Artificial Intelligence and automation are not the things of the past, but they are taking the world by storm.

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The Real Barriers to Successful IIoT Adoptionedit

Business World 

The true value from the IIoT project materializes at the next milestone. Examples of this include actionable insights from the data analysis for improving operations efficiency and preventing machine failures. This can be achieved only through close collaboration between the IT and OT teams, e.g. to identify patterns related to failures and correlating causes behind those from various data sources.

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Is your smart home as safe as you think?edit

QRIUS

By Viktor Weber

Everyday objects, wearables, homes and entire cities have become more and more integr ated into the Internet of Things (IoT). Yet these connected and ubiquitous systems are not always recognizable to everybody, or transparent in their behaviour. Their ubiquity leads to ever more complex systems, but this complexity is hard to secure, because even the most diligent developers make mistakes, and many vulnerabilities emerge in the interactions between different systems.

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Is technology pushing us towards a jobless future?edit

Tech Observer 

By Vijay Eswaran

Nasscom, the apex body of the Indian IT industry, claims that tech startups, e-commerce, Digital India and digital payments have created new opportunities for growth in the country. Though it admits that increasing automation may eat up some section of jobs, new areas such as Cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning among others are creating new opportunities and industries.

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Is smart technology invading your privacy?edit

The Asian Age 

The IoT is so big, it has been described as the next “Industrial Revolution”. This is a major, but exciting change to our world, but of course we need to be wary of the potential dangers. For instance, we need to be extremely cautious about inherent private information exposure.

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Empower business with digital transformationedit

Deccan Chronicle 

The company collaborates with worldwide cloud-based or networking solution providers to enable channel partners providing IoT solutions and cloud services. Through their channel partners, the company offers a gamut of solutions, i.e., IoT combination of smart connected hardware and software to serve end-customers.

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Humans Or Machines, Or A Mix Of Both?edit

Mint

Here are five emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines accordings research firm gartner inc. (IoT)

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How virtual assistance are making their place in digital spaceedit

The Financial Express

Business, service, technology and commercial models have changed forever. Emerging technologies are creating a platform for unprecedented efficiency opportunities. Virtual assistants (VA) or chat bots are currently voted as the top growth focus, and Internet of Things (IoT) deployments are set to double.

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How IBM labs in India are using AI, IoT, blockchain to help enterprisesedit

Live Mint 

By Leslie D’Monte

IBM is also combining the power of AI with the Internet of Things (IoT). E&J Gallo Winery is using Watson’s AI to get smart weather reports and remote sensor data to deliver precise amounts of water to each vine, thus optimizing growth, according to Raghavan. Similarly, IBM is leveraging AI and Blockchain by tying up with Walmart Inc., and nine other companies including Nestlé SA, Tyson Foods Inc. and Unilever NV, to release a blockchain to track food globally.

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AI, ML, cobots can help firms streamline their supply chainsedit

Mint 

By Nandita  Mathur

Currently, conditions for the manufacturing ecosystem are positive and efforts are ongoing to develop a thriving manufacturing ecosystem. More investments, initiatives and discussions are being made in this space and many more companies and organizations are investing in robotics and AI.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

View: Smart mobility will be India’s big leap into futureedit

The Economic Times 

To the millions of Indians intimately familiar with the challenges of traveling through our crowded cities and around our extensive nation, it might seem unrealistic, even idealistic, to talk about building a comprehensive, modern transport network that will deploy the latest technologies in electric mobility, clean rapid transit and cloud-based digital controls.

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Mobility the new driver for IT, digital technologyedit

Business Standard 

Travelling by ferry to the Andamans on holiday or going to work in an electric bus during the rush hour, technology is always at hand. Not only can it forecast weather disturbances or other problems that could spoil your travel, it can also resolve much of it remotely.

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Top Priority for Public Transportedit

The Economic Times 

Electric power is the way to go for the transport sector, given the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. India, too, is taking measures to lay the foundation of such a transition. The government is finalising a policy that would help transition the sector away from the internal combustion engine and fossil fuels to electric vehicles and alternative fuels. In devising a policy for clean mobility, the government must prioritise mass transit over cars and private vehicles.

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Movie-type hi-tech talking cars not far awayedit

Deccan Chronicle  

By Naveena Ghanate

Several manufacturers are embracing Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide the extra edge. On Friday, BMW unveiled an intelligent personal assistant which is aided with Microsoft’s Azure for cars. The owner will be able to use voice commands to turn on lights or the air conditioning, change the radio, and more.

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Electric vehicles will soon help India do away from fossil fuelsedit

Giz Bot 

By Vishal Kawadkar

A three-wheeled vehicle or rickshaw might soon be a normal sight on the streets of India. At the Global Mobility Summit in New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi shared plans to change the car industry and energy consumption in the country. Electric vehicles will soon help India do away from fossil fuels The prime minister spoke about a new pan India policy to support more electric and non-oil-dependent vehicles and also hinted that it will see the light of day soon, reports Reuters.

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Driverless tractors may soon help farmers till their landsedit

Live Mint 

By Prasid Banerjee

The tractor is still in the concept stage but will have help from partners like Microsoft that will help align these smart devices using the internet of things (IOT) concept and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. BOSCH, on its part, will help in future emission readiness while Reliance Jio will assist in enhancing the farm machinery life cycle.

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Blueprint in place to boost electric vehicles, take share to 15% in 5 yrs: Gadkariedit

The Times of India 

It is about time that India should think seriously to promote green vehicles and curb pollution, the minister who is rallying for EVs and alternative fuel vehicles said. “The demand for electric vehicles is huge in India. Our expectation is to take the number of electric vehicles to 15 per cent of the total vehicles in India in the next five years,” the road transport, highways, shipping, water resources, river development and ganga rejuvenation minister told PTI.

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Battery maker eyes India’s $300 billion lithium-ion marketedit

ET Auto 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will this week announce the second phase of the country’s Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) program, the Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. The 55 billion-rupee ($765 million) program seeks to give incentives for the adoption of EVs.

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Industry News: Education

International Literacy Day 2018: India needs to focus on AI, IoT, Blockchain and Analyticsedit

Tech Observer 

Today, digital literacy is equally important. It is important to have as many skilled technical resources as possible. India holds great potential to build capabilities in new age technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain and Analytics. However, more than 90% of the 1.5 million engineers that come into the job market every year are unemployable as per reports.

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Data and gaming lead US coursesedit

The Telegraph 

By Debraj Mitra

An education fair at a city hotel on Saturday, organised by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), saw several students enquire about such courses. Representatives of 27 American universities spoke with more than 600 students at the fair. “Around 186,000 Indian students went to the US in 2016-17.

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Why renewable energy is so vital for Indiaedit

Business Standard 

Petroleum prices have always been a contentious issue in India. Historically, political expediency overrode economic considerations. The central government has some compelling reasons not to interfere with market forces, which are currently being affected by global factors. India imported 256.32 million metric tonnes of crude oil and petroleum products in 2017-18, for which it paid ~6.53 trillion. India’s import dependence in crude oil is over 80 per cent.

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