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Institute of Engineers and Sinchan Sahayog marks World Environment Day 2019edit
Dr. R L Shrivastava Chairman of the Centre welcomed the Chief Guest and briefed on various initiatives undertaken by IEI NLC. Dr. Ramesh Daryapurkar, Convener for the programme elaborated significance of World Environment Day to the audience and also explained why NGOs role was picked up as a theme for this years celebration.
IEIBig tech firms cut employees access to Huawei, muddying 5G rolloutedit
A separate standards body, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), put restrictions on Huawei engineers ability to participate in peer reviews for its publications, drawing criticism from some in Chinas industry and elsewhere.
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Smart Cities: What Future Cities Infused With AI May Look Like By 2035edit
A report by McKinsey Global Institute estimates that as many as 800 million jobs worldwide could be lost to automation and/or robots. Kai Fu Lee who is credited as an AI expert and VC in an interview claimed as many as 40 per cent of the current jobs will be affected due to the incoming AIRobotics wave. At the head of this disruption will be jobs of people who drive for a living since AI in transportation is a major focus area for companies. Lee estimates, these jobs will be disrupted in the next 1525 years (between 2034 and 2044).
AISmart CitiesWhat to expect from the 5G spectrum auction this yearedit
7 hours ago DoT has asked the Trai to consider auctioning more spectrum for 5G services than … What to expect from the 5G spectrum auction this year … 5G Spectrum AuctionDoTTelecom Industry … The government expects companies to submit higher bids for spectrum as it is their lifeline, but telecom operators will … (Internet of things)
5G TechnologyIoTPioneering AI in sports techedit
Chennaibased sports intelligence and technology company, Roanuz Softwares, makes applications and services using practical artificial intelligence. Founded by Anto Binish Kaspar, Cricket API is a successful product of Roanuz that served more than 1 billion requests in its first year. More than 350 applications use Cricket API at present. The company is now strengthening its hold in the industry with the launch of the World Cup specific API. We have processed over 1.2 million balls until now. This means that the API has been fed with approximately 5million records as input and was taking around 1,500 milliseconds to respond. With the new intelligent World Cup bot this time is expected to dwindle to a mere 300 milliseconds, ...AISports
Multicloud Infrastructures Can Drive Digital Transformation for Agribusiness, According to Proagricas New Reportedit
Futureproofing Technologies such as the Internet of Things (IOT), AI and machine learning are finally being made more available to the majority of users. This is especially the case for the cloud, where the newest advances are usable far in advance compared to localized onpremise software.
IoTMachine LearningIndian market is moving towards Hyperscale Data Centresedit
We increasingly support data centre infrastructure with customised solutions that can digitally transform businesses and also maintain the scalability and flexibility. Our solutions ensure a robust and rationalised IT Infrastructure, as well as technological components that fit with our clients requirements. Edge computing, 5G, Big data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) are impacting the future data centres in a big way. They call for increased bandwidth requirement, critical network cabling and multilayered operational security in the facilities.
5G TechnologyBig Data analyticsData CentersIoTHow AI Is Becoming The Most Reliable Therapist In Mental Healthedit
To deal with this global challenge, it is not only humans that are fighting, but technology has also formed an alliance with humans to fight mental disorder, offering hope for reversing the decline in mental wellness. Over the past few years, AI has already marked its presence in the healthcare sector. Now, as the healthcare industry is embracing artificial intelligence, AI is all set to make a difference in mental health treatment.
AIHealthcareFuture of India Japan relationship is AI, IoT, 5Gedit
Yet, he said, Japan would focus more on collaborations in Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and 5G as this is the future of our relationship.He emphasized that Japan was committed to Indias development efforts especially in the areas like infrastructure, Northeast development, and projects like Ganga Rejuvenation Project, womens empowerment project, Swachh Bharat project, forest, and disaster management, among others.
5G TechnologyAIIoTArtificial Intelligence in Manufacturing: Towards Intelligent Manufacturingedit
AI Enabled machines communication Additionally, equipment in the manufacturing industry is increasingly being controlled through distributed systems known as MachinetoMachine (M2M). M2M technology uses sensors to record the data that is fed through these networks. Through the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), this data then provides important inputs to the variety of machines that are being used to perform a number of different tasks. Several manufacturing spaces today are making use of AI sensors in their gas turbines to adjust fuel valves to facilitate lower emission levels.
AIMachine to Machine LearningManufacturingAI will be a game changer for pharma sector: Amitabh Mishra, President and Global CTO, Emcure Pharmaceuticalsedit
Testing new drugs is a slow, expensive, and manual process. Artificial intelligence has the potential to disrupt every stage of the clinical trials process from matching eligible patients to studies to monitoring adherence and data collection. A candidate AI business case for us is the reduction of trial cycle times, the goal being the reduction of cycle times from, say, 12 months to six. RPA, too, has a lot of potential for the pharma domain. Financial decisionmaking at pharmaceuticals is highly manual
AIHealthcarePharmaAI tool detects rare diseases from portraits, health dataedit
Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that uses portrait photos in combination with genetic and patient data to efficiently and reliably diagnose rare diseases. Every year, around half a million children worldwide are born with a rare hereditary disease. Obtaining a definitive diagnosis can be difficult and time consuming.
AIHealthcareAI can give radiologists an edge in identifying brain aneurysmsedit
Doctors could soon get some help from an artificial intelligence tool when diagnosing brain aneurysms bulges in blood vessels in the brain that can leak or burst open, potentially leading to stroke, brain damage or death.
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UP invites companies to set up EV charging stations across key cities and expresswaysedit
The state of Uttar Pradesh has become the first in India to formally invite EoIs (expression of interest) from companies to set up electric vehicle charging stations. This is the first proposal after the Union Power Ministry issued guidelines over setting up of such EV charging stations in December 2018 to promote the use of battery electric autorickshaws. In March this year, the New Delhi government approved the plan to set up 131 public charging stations in the capital. Also, private firms like Magenta Power are working on EV charging corridor on MumbaiPune highway besides other projects.
EV Charging StationsElectric Vehicles May Soon Make Up 40% Of Cab Aggregator Fleetsedit
India has new plans to increase the electric vehicles operating in the country. The target this time, are cab aggregators like Ola and Uber, as the centre seeks to direct them to have 40% of their fleet as electric. Once confirmed, the deadline for this will reportedly be April 2026. (Electric Vehicles)
Electric VehiclesCII, SIAM urge government to hold talks before finalizing EV policyedit
According to SIAM, the auto industrys turnover is close to half of the manufacturing GDP, supports 37 million jobs and contributes 11% of the GST revenues of the countryRead Full StoryTopicsElectric vehicles
Electric VehiclesEV PolicyBajaj Auto, TVS say plan to switch to EVs by 2025 unreal, may impact jobsedit
Ask why cars arent being targeted, say Indias automanufacturing sector which supports four million jobs risks being derailedTwo and threewheeler makers have asked the government not to force unrealistic deadlines for the mass switch over to electric vehicles. (Electric Vehicles)
Electric VehiclesGovt. cautioned against rushing into electric vehiclesedit
A day after industry bodies SIAM and CII called for a practical approach in formulating electric vehicle-related policies, two-wheeler makers Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor on Monday said “unrealistic” and “ill-timed” decisions will derail auto manufacturing in the country.
Electric VehiclesVenu Srinivasan: “Unrealistic deadline for mass adoption of e-2Ws, 3Ws risks derailing industry.”edit
Captains of industry are reacting to the recent news that the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee of the National Mission for Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage, the high-level panel is looking to mandate sales of only electric three-wheelers from April 1, 2023 and April 1, 2025 for electric two-wheelers (below 150cc).
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Future of Work
How AI in future workplaces will lead to better productivityedit
Up to 76 percent of Chief Operating Officers report that automation has a positive impact on operational efficiency. By building artificial intelligence into building ecosystems organizations can optimize space and building experience.
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The unemployable engineering graduateedit
According to NASSCOM, over 80 per cent of all Indian engineering graduates are unemployable. (Image used for representation)One cannot deny the impact that the youth have in society. Touted as the torchbearers of the future and sources of unmatched advancements the youth have a great deal going for them. With the change in economic, educational and occupational scenario, along with an upsurge of advancements, opportunities have been levelled enough to supplement the goal to reach nationwide as well as individual aspirations. Yet, are they really up for the task
employabilityengineering educationEngineering a changeedit
engineering education is being revamped as per the model curriculum of the AICTE. The syllabus of the B. Tech courses is also being revised in tune with the AICTE model Curriculum. engineering education is being revamped as per the model curriculum of the AICTE. The syllabus of the B. Tech courses is also being revised in tune with the AICTE model Curriculum
aicteEngineering Curriculum‘Education must ensure jobs’edit
CT University, an Industry driven campus has successfully collaborated with iNurture, to encourage learning and making the students futuristic and industry ready. iNurture is a pioneer in enabling career-ready formal higher education in India. Aligned to the needs of futuristic industry 4.0 technologies, the collaboration has introduced cuttingedge programs in Industry 4.0 technologies like Internet of Thing (IoT), Machine Learning (ML) with R & Python, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analytics, Big Data, diginxt MMS-Full Stack Developer, Digital Marketing, Block Chain and Data Science.
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