March 21, 2019

News for the IET

Amity University Noida becomes first in India to get International ReAccreditation from IET UKedit

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Amity University, Noida has become the first university in India to secure the IETs international Re Accreditation for six of its engineering programmes. IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Towards farms of the futureedit

Business Standard 

This is set to change. In a pathbreaking initiative, the Karnataka Agricultural Price Commission has got technology major IBM to develop a smart platform that will use artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning to predict the price patterns of the tomato crop. Launched this month, the platform will help farmers in these three districts take decisions on when and where to sell their crop and at what price. (IOT)

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The Gift of AI that Keeps Givingedit

The Economic Times 

The role of newer technologies like artificial intelligence is viewed by decision makers and agents alike as a boon to customer and employee experience , according to a report by Salesforce. The ‘State of Service’ report says AI usage is set to grow exponentially in the next few years

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Telcos plan to use AI, data analytics to make networks smarter, more efficient ahead of 5G deploymentedit

The Economic Times 

Mobile phone companies are geared towards reengineering their networks to make them smarter and more efficient, preparing for multiple use cases which will come with massscale deployment of 5G technology in future.

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From 1950 to 2018: How Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the yearsedit

Business Standard 

The Golden Years 1956: Conference held at Dartmouth College where the term Artificial Intelligence was coined 1961: Samuels Checkers programme used Machine Learning to beat human players 1966: IBMs Shoebox performed arithmetic by voice command Shakey became the first mobile robot aware of its surroundings ELIZA, an artificial conversational … (Artificial Intelligence)

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Delhi gets IoTdriven garbage bins which informs authorities when fulledit

Geospatial World 

India: Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has launched Internet of Things (IoT)driven garbage bins across South and North Delhi Municipal Corporation area, which automatically sends a signal to the waste collection authority once the bins are full.

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Debunking myths and misconceptions about artificial intelligenceedit

The Financial Express 

By Sudhir Chowdhary

As Artificial Intelligence goes mainstream, it is imperative for companies to understand how it can create value for their business Information technology (IT) and business leaders are often confused about what Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do for their companies and are challenged by several AI misconceptions.

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Data is at the front and centre of everythingedit

The Times of India 

On a visit to Bengaluru, where the company has an engineering centre responsible for development of its core products, Mirchandani told TOI that Commvault is at a good place right now to take advantage of the rapidly evolving data landscape and help organisations create value from the avalanche of data. (EMC, AI, ML, DATA)

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Cybersecurity a key driver for AI market growth: Reportedit

Money Control 

The cybersecurity industry has recorded a growing number of fraud and malicious attacks, ranging from stealing personal data to important organizational information, in the past few years. Companies are looking to apply Al technologies to combat these threats more effectively

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China Telecom Global partners with Tata Communicationsedit

Business Standard 

To launch global Internet of Things (IoT) service in the Chinese marketChina Telecom Global and Tata Communications are working together to launch a global Internet of Things (IoT) service in the Chinese market. The partnership will allow companies to deploy and manage IoT devices easily and costeffectively within China and internationally across multiple industries, including consumer and industrial electronics manufacturing, automotive, transport and logistics

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Automation Key to Future Networksedit

The Economic Times 

Nishant Vora, CTO at market leader Vodafone Idea, said deep machine learning, wherein deep data analytics would drive planning, operation and design, was the key to future networks. Besides Sekhon and Vora, the panel consisted of Radhey Shyam Sarda, CTO Wireless Solutions, Huawei India; Rajan S Mathews, director-general, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI); and Manoj Kumar Singh, CTO of Indus Towers.

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Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizing Technology in Indiaedit

Analytics Insight 

By Priya Dialani

With insightful machines empowering highlevel cognitive procedures like reasoning, perceiving, learning, decision making and problemsolving, combined with advances in data collection and conglomeration, analytics and PC processing power, AI present chances to supplement and enhance human knowledge and improve the manner in which individuals live and work

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And now, AI to predict Cricket matches, assess the luck of the playersedit

Business Standard 

By Peerzada Abrar

Now these technologies are extensively being used to analyse the game of cricket as well. Sport media firm ESPNcricinfo, in partnership with the Indian Insitute of Technology Madras, unveiled a tech platform called Superstats, which helps analyse the sport.

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AI in Healthcare; Market size to be USD 44.24 billion by 2026edit

Devdis Course 

By Neeraj Mehta

Earlier we discussed the scope of Artificial intelligence and its usability in various fields. As data scientists and people working on AI are making progress, many possibilities for the application of Artificial Intelligence have been realized. Healthcare continues to be one the sector where it has truly made a major impact that goes beyond convenience and essentially affects human lives.

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A Closer Look at IoT Cyber Attacksedit

EET India 

IoT security is a complex problem, requiring a systematic approach for understanding possible threats and corresponding mitigation methods. We take a closer look at some of the more effective IoT cyber attacks to date.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Toyota, Suzuki to collaborate on development of hybrid electric vehicles and compact vehicle enginesedit

India Today 

In March 2018, Toyota and Suzuki had signed an agreement for supplying several vehicles, including hybrids, to each other for the Indian market. Under the pact, Toyota had agreed upon furnishing its sedan Corolla to Suzuki, while Suzuki had given a nod for providing its premium hatchback Baleno and compact SUV Vitara Brezza to Toyota. (Electric Vehicles)

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Government defines criteria for electric vehicle subsidyedit

Auto Car India 

Subsidies under the FAME II scheme will be awarded to models that meet stated requirements, including battery capacity, rather than the standard 20 percent of vehicle factory cost. The Indian government has announced new criteria under which electric vehicles sold in India will be able to avail subsidies under the recently announced Rs 10,000 crore FAME II policy.

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Industry News: Future of Work

If given a 4day work week, Indians would learn a new skill: Surveyedit

Wio News 

Learning a new skill or hobby is the top priority for 66 percent Indian professionals if they were to get a fourday work week, according to a recent survey. With more time wish lists, most Indian workers wished they had time to learn a new skill or hobby followed by watching TV, movies or listening to music, according to a Kronos Incorporated survey in its Future of workplace series. (Future Workplace)

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Over 80% Indian engineers unemployable, lack newage technological skills: Reportedit

Money Control 

Moreover, only 3 percent of engineers have newage technological skills in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and mobile development. The employability in newage jobs is pegged at an average 1.7 percent.

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How Great Learning Is Building Indias Data Science Talent Pooledit

Analytics India Mag 

Our report indicates a massive talent shortage for data science and analytics professionals in India, with 97,000 vacant job openings. This demandsupply gap in the data science field translates to a huge opportunity for freshers and midlevel professionals looking to transition to artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, across industries like IT, finance, healthcare and ecommerce.

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How AI and Machine learning helps in up skilling to better career opportunitiesedit

The Asian Age 

There are at least two clear trends that show a demand supply mismatch in tech jobs in cuttingedge IT fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. One is via industry predictions that estimate growth in the AI market from USD 21.46 billion to USD 190.61 billion between 2018 and 2025.

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Campus placement: Skill gap and lack of internship major hindrances in getting jobsedit

Careers 360 

By Aeshwarya Tiwari 

Latest Technology knowhow: Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Design (Software, Hardware, Concepts etc.), Research and Development, Cyber Security & Other skills like Cognitive technologies, VR / AR.

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AI to eliminate majority of project management work by 2030edit

CIO 

Artificial intelligence will eliminated traditional project management functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to Gartner. Gartner Mar 20th 2019 AA+automatework. jpgBy 2030, 80 percent of the work of todays project management (PM) discipline will be eliminated as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on traditional PM functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to Gartner.

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Industry News: Education

Access, equity key challenges to improving quality of higher education, say scholarsedit

Business Standard 

Access, equity and excellence are key challenges to improving the quality of higher education in India, and institutions are obliged to address these issues through inclusive processes, scholars said at the launch of a report on higher education.

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