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Mainstreaming Internet of Things will be the focus at IoT India Congress 2019edit
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Organized by the Internet of Things (IoT) Panel of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Congress will focus on the rapidly expanding applications of IoT technology and will discuss the Mainstreaming of the Internet of Things across 10 sectors Manufacturing, Smart Cities, Digital Communications, Healthcare, Standards & Regulatory, Agricultural, Retail, Energy, Skills and Defence.
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NYU Professor Theodore S. Rappaport named to Wireless Hall of Fameedit
Rappaport also recently became the recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2020 Eric E. Sumner Award, named in honor of the late IEEE President Eric E. Sumner, who was instrumental in developing early switching systems. He will receive the Sumner medal at the 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference in Hawaii in early December.
IEEEDeciphering peoples personalities through their phone movementsedit
The findings published in the journal IEEE Explore state that people with consistent movements on weekday evenings were generally more introverted, while extroverts displayed more random patterns, perhaps meeting up with different people and taking up unplanned options.
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The findings published in the journal IEEE Explore state that people with consistent movements on weekday evenings were generally more introverted, while extroverts displayed more random patterns, perhaps meeting up with different people and taking up unplanned options.
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New ingestible, 3D printed pill can analyse gut microbiomeedit
We are learning quite a lot about the role of gut microbiome in health and disease. However, we know very little about its biogeography, said Sameer Sonkusale, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Tufts Universitys School of Engineering, in a release.
3D printingHealthcareTop smart cities in the world and how location tech is powering themedit
Transportation systems can be efficiently managed using Location intelligence. For Instance, Metropolitan Transit Authority executives in New York City (number2 on the CIMI) used GIS for managing assets worth $1 trillion and longterm planning for improvements in the subway system. Also, Paris (number 4 in the index) uses IoT applications for optimizing and managing traffic congestion
IoTSmart CitiesOutput of an AI model is one of many pieces of information a doctor has to synthesise to make a decision’edit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in many sectors but its applicability in the medical industry is still in its nascent stages, with several research programmes under way to test the efficacy of machine learning in clinical settings. Lily Peng, Google Health product manager and a non-practising physician, spoke to Armaan Bhatnagar on the prospects of AI in medical imaging and biomedical diagnostics to help detect diseases like lung cancer, diabetic retinopathy and breast cancer metastasis:
AIHealthcareMachine LearningAs Digital Powerhouses Hover, Banks Must Take the Offensiveedit
These imperatives are: drive to scale; digitize endtoend customer journeys; leverage big data, analytics, and AI; pursue partnerships to increase capabilities and scale; adopt new ways of working; attract and retain digital talent; simplify technology and data infrastructure; and enhance cybersecurity resilience
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No buyers for ecars in govt departments, Centre extends deadlineedit
The government is aware that artificial intelligence (AI) is an emerging technology having critical impact on various sectors stated Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister for information technology. He said that the technologies relating to AI such as machine learning, big data analytics, image or speech recognition etc, are evolving at a fast pace and are finding increasing applications.
AIBig Data analyticselectric carsMachine LearningGST Council meet to decide on slashing tax rate for evehicles postponededit
The meeting of the GST Council on Thursday, which was to decide on cutting tax rates on electric vehicles, has been postponed as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was preoccupied in Parliament, officials said.
Electric Vehicles ChargingGSTFuel subsidies three times higher than evehicle budget: Reportedit
Subsidy for conventional transport by Rs 26,957 cr over the last nine months, far outpacing the Rs 10,000 cr spending over three years on its flagship EV program.BCCLUntitled20India is heavily reliant on fossil fuels in the transport sector, which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and alarming levels of air pollution.
Electric VehiclesBig push for electric vehicles in Noida: 100 charging stations to come up soonedit
Noida Authority and EESL are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today in this regard. According to an official, the survey work is currently underway in order to finalize the spots where these stations are going to come up. Out of the 100 charging stations, three are going to come up at Indra Gandhi Kala Kendra and commercial hubs in Sector 18 and Sector 62.
Electric VehicleEV Charging StationsAggressive electrification in cold storage, govt likely to target 10% evehicles in 5 yearsedit
Evehicle sales in the last financial year stood at around 129,600 units, which accounted for 0.5 percent of total sales. Based on the current state of the sector and feedback from the stakeholders, the government is unlikely to adopt an aggressive roadmap for electrification of automobiles and is rather targeting 10 percent electric vehicles in a period of five years, sources close to the development told CNBCTV18.
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Study: Women Outscore Men in Most Leadership Skillsedit
According to the latest analysis of thousands of 360-degree-reviews of people in corporate leadership positions by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman — of Zenger/Folkman, a leadership development consultancy– has found that women in leadership positions are perceived as equally — if not more — competent as their male counterparts. The reviews, which combined employee ratings of leaders’ effectiveness along with leaders’ self-assessments found women outscored men on the vast majority of specific leadership competencies, to a statistically significant degree. Previous analysis by Zenger/Folkman in 2012 also found the same results.
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AICTE Data Shows Engineering Placements At Seven-Year-High; Over 50 Per Cent Graduates Receive Job Offersedit
Recently compiled data by the All India Council for Technical Education shows that engineering placements have reached a seven-year high, reports The New Indian Express. According to the figures, 25 per cent of all students admitted to undergraduate and postgraduate engineering programmes were placed in 2018-19. The number jumps to 52 per cent when only those who successfully completed their courses were counted. The figures cover data from courses in 3,311 engineering, architecture and design colleges
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