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Seminar on Demystifying Deep Learning heldedit
The speaker was accompanied with Zaheera Wasim Education team lead, India, Rohit T More, territory Manager Mathworks, Nitin Rai, Application Engineer, Mathworks. Loren Shure was felicitated by the Dean-Student Progression and HoD-ECE, Dr Y Padma Shayi, on this occasion. This Seminar was organised by the Department of ECE in association with Student Chapters of ISTE, IETE and IEEE at the Institute.
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New telecom policy fails to address quality issuesedit
By Pankaj Doval
Similarly, while the government insists on ‘Connect India’ initiatives and incorpo ation of new services such as 5G, internet of things (IoT) and M2M (machine-to-machine communications), the policy does not provide any real answers on critical issues such as bad and patchy net work. “When even 2G services are failing and call drops are rampant, it is really a joke to speak about 5G and other connected ecosystem,” an industry veteran said.
5G TechnologyIoTtelecom policyHow IoT and Artificial Intelligence Will Make Your Business Smarteredit
Every business owner dreams of having a smart business. Today, thanks to Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) this is possible. Here’s how. By 2025 experts believe we’ll have about 80 billion connected devices in use, enabling the IoT to transform business operation as we know it today. Technology is already having a major impact on how businesses maximize their profits and operate more efficiently thanks to things like AI, VR, and the IoT.
AIIoTvirtual realityAI can help create a city that runs on data: Debroyedit
He emphasised that the deployment of technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT, and Big Data can help to create a city that constantly collects and runs on data and data-driven systems.
AIBig DataDataIoTCybersecurity most Important Emerging Technology for Businessesedit
The company’s latest report, Global Emerging Technology Trends Survey 2018, based on a survey of more than 1,500 companies, states that cybersecurity was identified as the most important emerging technology by more than half of all respondents, putting it ahead of areas such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Ed Thomas, Technology Thematic analyst at GlobalData, says: “Cybersecurity is an investment priority for enterprises from all industries, highlighting its emergence as a critical business function in today’s digital economy.
AICyberSecurityIoTCabinet approves new telecom policy to attract $100 bn investment, create 4 mn jobsedit
“The government felt the need to come up with a new telecom policy that is both customer-focussed and application-driven, given the pace of global transformation in the sector, particularly, in emerging technologies such as 5G, IoT (internet of things) and M2M (machine to machine) communications,” telecom minister Manoj Sinha said Friday.
5G TechnologyIoTMachine to Machine communicationtelecom policyTelecommunicationAre brands and Artificial Intelligence just strange bedfellows?edit
Key learning is to change the perspective. Technology is a great enabler, but it needs to be layered with personalization. The sweet spot between technology and consumer understanding needs to be found and leveraged. There is still a lot of room for innovation in this space. In the end, brands that stay agile and readily adopt the latest advances in AI, Big Data, IoT will be better placed to gain an early advantage. We can now say that the times are changing to – You and AI in this beautiful world.
AIBig DataIoTAI, Big data enabled predictive healthcare models can mitigate the risk of cardiac attack: Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, CIO, Apollo Hospitalsedit
By Nikhar Aggarwal
At the operational level, we are working on a mix of AI, IoT and mobility that will help us predict the length of stay, patterns in diagnostic tests to help speed up diagnosis time, patterns of service levels from the hospital equipment and the maintenance and engineering services to help improve efficiency.
AIHealthcareIoTUplink to opportunityedit
The telecom sector in India has seen rapid growth in the past decade. Today, India is the second largest telecommunications market in the world. The industry has the potential to generate about 4.1 million additional jobs by 2020 not just in telecom but in allied areas such as Cloud, fintech, IoT, analytics, consumer electronics, telecom software etc. It’s no surprise then that this industry offers numerous opportunities and scope for every skilled professional.
Cloud TechnologyFintechIoTTelecommunicationIndia Inc’s Digital Transformationedit
Digital Transformation Index (the DT Index), which was completed in collaboration with Intel, maps digital transformation progress of mid to large-sized companies and examines the digital hopes and fears of business leaders. (IoT)
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Encourage people to use e-vehicles, Gadkari tells CMs of northeastern statesedit
Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday urged the Chief Ministers of the eight northeastern states to encourage people to use electric vehicles. Encouraging people of the region to use ethanol and methanol as alternative fuels in view of the rising fuel hike, Gadkari said the northeastern states has a huge quantity of bamboo, which can be used for producing bio-ethanol.
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Skill India: Government proposes skills universities, council for vocational educationedit
To give a push to the skilling ecosystem, the government has proposed establishing the National Council for Vocational Education & Training, along with skills universities that will offer degrees like master and bachelor of skills. The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has placed the guidelines on setting up skills universities in India in the public domain and sought comments within 15 days.
Skill DevelopmentIn engineering courses soon: Wright brothers didn’t invent plane, batteries existed in Vedic ageedit
This change should not be seen in isolation. Indian Knowledge Systems is being introduced as a part of the revised curriculum for engineering students,” said AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabuddhe. “The other changes include teaching students about artificial intelligence, internet of things, machine learning, robotics and others. The idea is to introduce more of practical and less of theory in the revised syllabus.”
AIaicteengineering educationIoTMachine LearningRobotics10 Govt schools selected for setting up Atal Tinkering Labedit
“The tinkering labs are dedicated workspaces in schools aimed at nurturing innovation skills and creative ideas in children studying from classes VI to XII. Apart from the regular computers, printers and projectors, the labs boast of state-of-the-art equipment meant to introduce students to the electronic devices, robotics, sensors, and the Internet of Things (IoT),” Toppo added.
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Massive capital flow needed to boost India’s transition to renewable energyedit
The cost of energy from sources like solar have come down drastically to about Rs 2.50, which is lower than the marginal cost of coal-generated electricity, he said. As a result by 2030, about 40 to 45 percent of electricity will come from renewables, with the share of thermals going down proportionately, he said.
Renewable EnergyGood For Nature Bad For Pocket: Wind Energy To Potentially Become Expensive Due To Transmission Costsedit
The upward jump in the tariff shows the concerns of the developers regarding lack of transmission facilities. Developers are wary of the limited number of locations with high wind speed capable of generating wind energy as well as the limited number of transmission substations being operated by Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL). Another concern is the upgradation of transmission facilities which at present may not be able to carry additional power.
Renewable Energywind energyRenewables may account for 18% of power gen by 2022edit
The share of renewable energy in the country’s electricity generation mix is likely to rise to around 18 per cent by 2022, from 7.8 per cent at present, owing to the continuous focus on capacity addition from solar and wind, a report said Tuesday. Global ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service in its report said India is taking positive steps to align its power generation mix with its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement.
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