News for the IET
Asia Pacific’s leading Women Universityedit
The School of Engineering and Technology has been academic affiliate to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK and 15 members have been given membership of IET including I Fellow member. SET is also an affiliate of Society for Women Engineers (SWE), USA and ENACTUS, USA (Entrepreneurial Action for Others creates a better world for us all).
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The IEEE Computer Society Announces Participation at CVPR 2019edit
The IEEE Computer Society announces its participation at the 30th Annual Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), the largest annual expo covering every aspect of computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. This three day event will be held from 18 to 20 June 2019 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.
IEEEDerek Haoyang Li, Founder of Squirrel AI Learning by Yixue Group, was invited to the ASU+GSV International Education Summit, pointed out his vision of Future AI + Educationedit
At the summit, Richard Tong, the Chief Architect of Squirrel AI Learning, and Dan Bindman, the Chief Data Scientist of Squirrel AI Learning, gave technical presentations together with Bob Sottilare, Chairman of the IEEE International Workshop, on Combined Organization Technology and IEEE International Workshop in Intelligent Adaptive Teaching System.
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MF normsedit
Stepping up its surveillance on mutual funds, Sebi on Thursday asked fund houses to provide various details about artificial intelligence and machine learning-based systems used by them on a quarterly basis.
AIBFSIMachine LearningHow NLP Is Making These Day to Day Tasks More Intelligentedit
By Akshaya Asokan
As artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to transform the way we interact with the world, the one subtle or the invisible power that we all owe a huge credit is Natural Language Processing (NLP). (artifical intelligence)
Artificial IntelligenceEarly stage support for B2B tech startupsedit
By Sudipta Dev
We have invested in 18 companies till date which are in consumer internet, enterprise tech, AI, IOT, robotics, 3D printing, fintech and hardware. Last year, we also launched an UK-India cross border Fund Unicorn Ascension Fund, which invests in UK scale ups entering India.
3D printingAIIoTBharat goes online in a big way, says Google reportedit
By Lata Jha
A new report from Google titled Year in Search: Insights for Brands Report released on Thursday says, with 350 million connected smartphone users, 400 million active Internet users and an average yearly addition of 40 million users, the Internet is getting embraced across India as consumers in non-metros use online services to search for information regarding insurance, beauty and travel more than the metros.
IoTB2B tech startups more than tripled since 2014edit
The report further unveils that 70 percent of these B2B tech startups are in the space of enterprise tech (41 percent), fintech (19 percent) and healthtech (9 percent), with software as a service (SaaS), customer relationship management (CRM), alternative lending, expense management, medical internet of things, artificial intelligence enabled predictive platforms being some of the other segments.
AIIoTStartupsAI/ML Model Bias To Be Addressed With Tcav Technology, Says Google CEOedit
By Smriti Srivastava
The company’s CEO summarized a collection of AI enhancements and steps to engage more ML models on devices. He also indicated that the biggest move for developers and data scientist could be something called TCAV. TCAV stands for Testing with Concept Activation Vectors.
AIMachine LearningFire-fighting robot to beef up fire brigadeedit
A summer robot, which carries out fire-fighting operations on its own, is all set to join and beef up the resources of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB). The civic body has issued tenders for the supply, commissioning and testing of fire-fighting robots along with carrying vehicle.
robotsWadhwani Institute Wins $2 Million From Google For Breakthrough Use Of AI In Pest Mgmtedit
Google this week announced a $2 million grant for Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence as a part of Google’s AI Impact Challenge. The institute will receive a $2 million grant to create technologies that will help reduce crop losses in cotton farming, through integrated pest management.
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Opinion: How IoT is transforming transportation industryedit
The global trucking industry is undergoing enormous change. Older vehicles are being replaced with smart trucks, using MachinetoMachine (M2M) / Internet of Things (IoT systems and cellular communications technologies to transmit essential information for management of todays fleet operations.
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Humans vs Robots: How lack of computer skills make for uneven raceedit
It is urgent for countries to focus on building the skills of workers whose jobs are at high risk of automation. In the race against robots, workers in some countries are starting with a significant handicap.
AutomationRoboticsAutomation: Changing the shape of the insurance sectoredit
By Rakesh Goyal
As per the McKinsey Global Institute report 2017, there is 43% of automation potential for insurance and finance industries. It is also estimated that by the year 2025, up to 25% of the task force in the insurance industry may be merged or replaced, especially in operations and administrative support.
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Facebook and learning platform Udacity announce AI scholarshipedit
Lifelong learning platform Udacity, in collaboration with Facebook, has announced a Secure and Private Artificial Intelligence (AI) scholarship for tech enthusiasts globally.
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