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IoT has enormous potential to solve problems of India and the worldedit
The secretary in the Ministry of electronics and information technology Ajay Prakash Sawhney on Thursday said the Internet of Things is something special which can revolutionalise the world of technology and help solve many of the problems of India and the world. IOT is something that has enormous potential for India and the world. A combination of technology can help us solve problems that we never imagined we could solve,” opined Sawhney at two-day conclave, the IoT India Congress-2019.
IETIoT India Congress 2019Government working towards tabling data protection bill in winteredit
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The government is working towards tabling the data protection bill in the winter session of Parliament, Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ajay Prakash Sawhney said on Thursday. “Yes. Keep watching for that space. We are working towards that,” he said when asked whether the data protection bill could be tabled in the winter session. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the two-day event IoT India Congress-2019 here.
IETIoT India Congress 2019MeitYIoT Congress spotlights challenge and opportunity for Indiaedit
The IET is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with over 168,000 members in 150 countries. It is also the most multidisciplinary – to reflect the increasingly diverse nature of engineering in the 21st century. It started operations in India in 2006, in Bangalore. Today, it has 13,000 members and is the largest membership base for the IET outside of the UK.
IETIoT India Congress 2019Besides technical expertise, corporates look for soft skillsedit
By Farheen Hussain
The corporate sector is not only looking for candidates with skills in Artificial Intelligence, but those who are also strong on emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility communication and other soft skills, said corporate honchos at the Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress held in the city on Friday.
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AI will transform digital marketingedit
Although no AI programme has come close to passing the undiluted Turing test, cognitive and computer scientist John McCarthy observed that Turing’s philosophy of AI is unlikely to have an effect on the practice of AI research, which has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two decades.
AIIoTThe investment thesis of futureedit
By K Naresh Kumar
They have already replaced many traditional businesses and would like to disrupt further while unleashing newer technologies like Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence into our daily lives, each of these themselves independently have the potential to evolve into separate businesses.
AIIoTMachine LearningTen reasons why facial recognition technology could turn free democracies into police statesedit
It can lead to automation bias: If the people using facial recognition software mistakenly believe that the technology is infallible, it can lead to bad decisions. This automation bias must be avoided. Machine generated outcomes should not determine how state agencies or private corporations treat individuals. Trained human operators must exercise meaningful control and take decisions based on law.
AIAutomationTelangana preparing army of cyber warriorsedit
Hyderabad is home to the cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (CoE), a one of its kind centre. The CoE is has been functioning for one year now and is board driven with a lot of experts participating. It has become a focal point for companies to present their products and also derive leads for them, he said asking ISACA, which offers certifications services, to partner with Telangana.
Cyber crimeCyberSecuritySecurity and Interoperability is key to the success of Smart Cities in Indiaedit
We are building smart cities and we have to make sure that these cities continue to stay smart in the future. Currently, for each smart city, we are working in silos. This in itself is a challenge. We need to share information between Smart Cities, we need to have interoperability in place, said Sushil Kumar, DDG (IoT) Telecommunication Engineering Centre
CyberSecurityIoTSmart CitiesIoTs slow adoption A result of low awareness or lack of largescale solutionsedit
In the last decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from mere theory to rapidly transforming nearly every industry possible. The IoT growth has been nothing but phenomenal. Just five years ago, did we ever imagine that IoT could play a critical role in healthcare
IoTIoT in HealthcareIndia to be established as software product nation: Ravi Shankaredit
NASSCOM is extremely honoured to have the Minister address the startup community as well as product leaders of the Software industry. Ravi Shankar shared his vision of making India a Software Product nation while recognising the trajectory of 10X acceleration in the industry.
IT IndustryNASSCOMIndia can lead in standardising ethical use of AI: Microsoftedit
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget speech in July announced that the government will lay focus on newage skills like AI, Internet of Things, Big Data, 3D Printing, Virtual Reality and Robotics.
AIEthicsHow Businesses Should Prepare their IoT for the New Security Risks of 5Gedit
These solutions include supporting a dynamic network through defined and repetitious processes. This will secure policy automation and monitoring. Another solution is to provide enhanced visibility on known and unknown threats through analytics and enabling cognitive security.
5GCyberSecurityIoTHow AI and IoT Driven Innovation Can Help Evolve Farmers into Farming Technologists?edit
Looking at the dynamics of FarmBeats with the US, it solves the problem of internet connection by accessing dumped TV white spaces to set up high-bandwidth links between a farmer’s home internet connection and an IoT base station situated in his farm.
AgricultureAIIoTFuture Of NanoElectronics In The New Era Of Computingedit
By Sneh Saurabh
The applications such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, big data, Internet of Things, 5G, etc. have taken the center stage of computing. These applications consume and generate a tremendous amount of data and demand unprecedented high computational power.
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The Artificial Intelligence system will constantly gather vehicular data and relay it to a central command and control centre where it will be analysed in order to enable the police to better manage traffic and monitor traffic rule violations.
AISmart CitiesReverse logistics in e-retailing can help to contain e-wasteedit
Disruptive digital forces that include the internet of things (IoT), robotic process automation (RPA), cloud computing and analytics have affected e-cCommerce businesses at large.
AICloud ComputingIoTRPANeed to evolve robust cybercrime management infrastructure: FICCIEY reportedit
In todays times, traditional methods of cybersecurity are inadequate to combat cybercrimes. Hence, there is a need to devise mechanisms which are proactive in nature and help in identifying and preventing cybercrimes and cyber warfare, he said in the report.
Cyber crimeCyberSecurityArtificial intelligence cannot replace human storytellingedit
Everyone loves a good story. Scheherazade, that ingenious noblewoman in Arabian Nights, knew that a gripping tale could save lives. Tales are known to have been spun to escape punishment and reality as well as to achieve goals both admirable and base. A tall tale can also make or break fortunes: political pundits, such as the Indian prime minister, would vouch for this.
AIIoTAI is biased, you’ll see if you Google ‘hands’edit
By Rajmohan Sudhakar
As it is, the world is unfair. The question now is, do we want automated tech to be unfair too? As we build more and more AI-dependent smart digital infrastructure in our cities and beyond, we have pretty much overlooked the emerging character of artificial intelligence that would have a profound bearing on our nature and future.
AIIoT26% of emails received each day are phishing mails: Expertsedit
Raising an alarm over the limited knowledge of cyber security among the senior management of various companies, experts stressed the need for an immediate upgrade to avoid largescale frauds.
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5G: Unlocking huge potential in digital transformationedit
Faster connectivity, greater reliability, and lower latency will empower the connected everything revolution to transform the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and foster realtime remote analytics and remote execution of mission critical services.
5GConnected CarsIoTNITI Aayog at the forefront of Centres move to promote electric vehiclesedit
Nitin Gadkari said it was the mandate of his ministry and not that of NITI Aayog to take a call on vehicle technology. The Centres primary think tank NITI Aayog has been at the receiving end, mostly on issues linked to electric vehicles (EVs), over the last few days.
EVNITI AayogCentre Nod To NMMT For 100 More E-Busesedit
The central government has sanctioned an additional 100 electric buses for Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport. NMMT recently received one electric bus from the first lot of 10 buses that it is to get from a total of 30 buses. Former municipal commissioner Ramaswamy N had written to the central government, seeking 200 electric buses under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric (and Hybrid) Vehicles (FAME) scheme. NMMT received a letter this week about the sanctioned 100 buses.
e-busesFAME II PolicyBSIV muddle in stimulus package for auto industryedit
That is worrying. Too many statements regarding the imminent ban on internal combustion engines and 100 per cent makeover to electric vehicles are flying without policy and legal backup under the existing relevant legislations.
BS-VIEVBengal gets proposal for 800 MW solar power project: Ministeredit
Meanwhile, a state government official said the state Urban Development Ministry is planning to introduce policy measures for electric vehicles charging stations. West Bengal government is also planning to introduce 500 electric buses under the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India) phase II and tenders have been floated for this.
e-busesEV Charging StationsFAME II PolicyBazar mein tezi vapas aayegi! Expect huge gap up opening on Aug 26 post FMs speechedit
Coupled with the relaxation for BSIV vehicles, registration, depreciation benefits (from 15% to 30%), electric vehicles, scrappage policy and ordering government departments to replace old vehicles are measures which are likely to benefit auto stocks, and most likely auto stocks are likely to go through the roof on Monday.
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People analytics that impacts business: Key takeaways from David Greenedit
Creating a business impact is the primary goal for any HR leader. Leveraging people analytics to get a better understanding about the employees and in turn making optimal use of the resources available at hand is the most crucial aspect of becoming the leaders of tomorrow.
AnalyticsFuture of WorkHRJob cut due to use of tech a myth: HR professionalsedit
We are in the age of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Robotics, he said. SOA ViceChancellor Prof Amit Banerjee said the concept of HR had undergone a paradigm shift requiring improved training of employees to keep pace with technology transformation.
AIFuture of JobsHRData analysts, AI specialists highly in demandedit
Technology & data revolution: With 50% of the companies expecting automation to drive significant changes in roles by 2022, and over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data generated every day, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation will demand a specialised workforce.
AIFuture of JobsAugmenting Human Creativity in the Age of AIedit
There is one distinctly human competitive advantage: that is human creativity. This session is tailored to give you an expert perspective on the new science of ‘Super Creativity’ to generate, evaluate, develop and implement ideas quickly. Speaker: James Taylor, Business Creativity, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Expert
AIFuture of JobsHR2.5 lakh highend tech jobs up for grabs, but skilled candidates short in supplyedit
By Shubhra Tandon
Nasscom estimates that nearly 40% of the countrys workspace needs to be reskilled if they are to work in the artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), machine learning and blockchain spaces. But worryingly, HR experts say very few engineers can be brought up the curve to take on the assignments in the AI, IoT and cybersecurity spaces.
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New Education Policy: Criticism of draft wide off the markedit
Some have referred to New Education Policy as Old Wine in New Bottle. This, too, is completely unjustified. Either they have not read the report carefully, or refuse to consider the recommendations as new.
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