August 29, 2019

News for the IET

Amity University, Noida Admission, Courses & Fee Structure 2019edit

Education iConnect

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Amity University Noida Main Facilities University provides the Classrooms for the study. A crowd of budding engineers, lawyers, scientists, journalists study in 430 classrooms at any point in time.

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Blockchain This Week: Kerala Blockchain Academy Partners With R3, And Moreedit

Inc 42 Daily Hunt

According to reports, to prevent break-ins in houses when people go on holidays, the Andhra Pradesh police has even created a ‘Locked House Monitoring System’ which has already helped to catch four offenders on a real-time basis. Commenting on IoT and blockchain at IoT India Congress 2019, Ajay Prakash Sawhney, secretary, ministry of electronics and information technology said.

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News for other PEI

Artificial intelligence able to detect clickbait headlines by bots or peopleedit

Devdis Course

The resulting algorithms ability to predict clickbait headlines was about 14.5 percent better than other systems, according to the researchers, who released their findings today (Aug. 28) at the 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis (ASONAM) at Vancouver, Canada.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Why cybersecurity is a central ingredient in evolving digital business modelsedit

The Financial Express

As companies embrace digital transformation, cyber security needs to be more than just an afterthought. While adopting emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Cloud, cyber security needs to be an integral part of the technology roadmap.

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The four drivers of Artificial Intelligenceedit

People Matters

By Manav Seth

Hod Lipson, Professor of Engineering & Data Science, Columbia University, discusses the four drivers of artificial intelligence and their impact on how we live and work. An updated version of Marc Andreessens famous quote, Software is eating the world probably is AI is eating software.

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Protecting privacyedit

Business Standard

There will soon be other privacy issues as the ecosystem of the Internet of Things (IoT) proliferates. Given that a fridge, air-conditioner, or car may now see, hear, record and transmit private conversations, privacy breaches will, in fact, become even more egregious in the near future.

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Information Governance And Its Role In Responsible AIedit

Analytics India Mag

By Saumyachaki

We see many examples of AI in daily lives such as facial recognition in passport control, voice recognition in virtual assistants like Siri or Alexa, driverless cars and automated haulage systems in underground mines. The key aspect to consider is the use of AI in taking decisions in every sphere of activity where AI is applied.

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India will have own 5G use cases but deployment on global standard must: EU standards bodyedit

The Economic Times

By Danish Khan

How is collaboration on IoT panning outSo, when we talk about IoT, the work is a very huge topic, the very huge vertical industry which we are trying to incorporate through IoT. There is a project like 3GPP, called ONEM2M Partnership Project.

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India to unveil cybersecurity strategy policy early next yearedit

The Financial Express

Indias cybersecurity strategy policy will be released in January 2020 and will enable the government to cyber secure the nation, said Rajesh Pant. Cybersecurity, India cybersecurity, cybersecurity strategy policy, USD 5trillion economy, internet safety

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How 5G plays important role in Internet of Thingsedit

Geospatial World

There are several areas where IoT could bring drastic changes. As already mentioned in the previous point, the manufacturing industry could utilize IoT to prevent equipment failure, improving worker safety, among others. At the same time, the transportation industry, where people and cargo are moved from one place to another, could also be made better.

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France, Germany to propose public investment in data centres for AIedit

Reuters

France and Germany are to make proposals in the coming months to invest public money in data storage facilities in order to wean Europe off of foreign centres and spur artificial intelligence investment, Frances finance minister said on Wednesday.

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Deloittes survey shows disconnect in cyber strategies, budget allocationedit

The Economic Times

According to Deloittes Future of Cyber Survey 2019, 35 percent of CSO and 34 percent of CIO respondents ranked cyber transformation as the second most challenging aspect of cyber risk management. The survey polled 500 Clevel executives who oversee cybersecurity at companies with at least $500 million in annual revenue including 100 CISOs, 100 CSOs, 100 CTOs, 100 CIOs, and 100 CROs.

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Cybersecurity crucial for digital governance and broad ecosystem: Kishan Reddyedit

Devdis Course

The Minister said that the concept of security has itself undergone a change in the last few decades. It has assumed proportions; external as well as internal. The Minister said that it is important to understand that terrorism is terrorism and there cannot be a distinction based on caste, creed, and religion. He added that we need to set the priorities.

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Cloud Security Boom Creates New Crop of Tech Darlingsedit

Bloomberg Quint

By Jeran Wittenstein

Bloomberg | Quint is a multiplatform, Indian business and financial news company. We combine Bloombergs global leadership in business and financial news and data, with Quintillion Medias deep expertise in the Indian market and digital news delivery, to provide high quality business news, insights and trends for Indias sophisticated audiences.

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BPM firms see growth quicken for digital servicesedit

The Economic Times

The confluence of Internet of Things, analytics and artificial intelligence is transforming their business models. And, investments in these areas are now paying off, he said. Gogia, however, pointed out that midtosmall size BPM firms continued to face hurdles

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Artificial intelligence application to ECG may predict age, gender and overall health status of patientedit

Speciality Medical Dialogues

In the near future, doctors may be able to apply artificial intelligence to electrocardiogram data in order to measure overall health status, according to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, a journal of the American Heart Association.

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AI, algorithms will be decision makers in boardrooms of tomorrow, say expertsedit

The Times of India

Imagine a corporate boardroom meeting where one seat is occupied by a machine doing all the Artificial Intelligence related thinking, generating complex algorithms and contributing to high-level decision making.

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504 hacking threats are faced by firms every minute: McAfeeedit

Times Now News

The businesses are witnessing 504 new cybersecurity threats every minute and ransomware has grown 118 per cent as hackers adopt new tactics and code innovations to steal data globally, a new report said on Wednesday.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Uttar Pradesh to Introduce 650 Electric Buses Across 13 Districtsedit

Mercom India

Urban transport directorate, Lucknow, Ajit Singh told Mercom that the tender for 600 buses would be under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME2) program of Department of Heavy Industries, and the tender for the remaining buses will be done by the state urban transport directorate.

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Tamil Nadu CM Launches First Electric Bus in Chennai on Trial Basisedit

News 18

The bus, that can seat 32 people, is equipped with a host of features including air suspension facilities, GPS facility besides automatic doors, and will be run for three to four months on a trial basis.

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IndianOil to build 1 GW EV battery plantedit

The Hindu Business Line

“It will be a 1 GW scale facility to be built in phases beginning with 25 MW or 50 MW and ramped up. It is be commensurate with the demand that is going to pick up in the country for e-vehicles and e-mobility. We have signed the agreement with the overseas start-up entity and are waiting for government clearance, which is around the corner,” he added.

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India doesnt have the ecosystem for EVs: Renaultedit

Times Now News

Even as some carmakers are bracing to launch EVs in India, there are some who believe that electric vehicles in India with the current ecosystem isnt a practical proposition.

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Incentives for scrapping vehicles older than 15 years on the horizonedit

Times Now News

The reviving auto sales has become rather pressing in view of the fact that this is the steepest decline this industry has faced in over two decades and is now threatening jobs and much more. So, as it considers measures to encourage the purchase of new vehicles, it also has to find a way to discourage the use of older vehicles.

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Goa likely to have echarging stations for private vehiclesedit

The Times of India

By Nida Sayed

By the end of this year, Goa will have charging stations for electric vehicles across the state. Housed at the various bus stands of the KTC, these charging stations will not only be used to power the electric buses of the Kadamba transport corporation limited (KTC) but also by the public for their private vehicles.

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EV sector is a challenge and an opportunity: ARAI directoredit

The Hindu Business Line

“Those working in the power electronic sector, energy management, cooling systems, IoT have huge opportunities. Government has foresight for research and development for electric mobility and a Centre of Excellence has been set up at ARAI. One new area that would open up with EV is the charging infrastructure”, Urdhwareshe added

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Ecofriendly ride: Electric buses to debut in Ahmedabadedit

DNA

Under the Faster Adaption and Manufacture of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, Ahmedabad will get 300 electric buses, only to be rivaled by cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. Gujarat is getting 550 electric buses under the scheme, which aims to give 5,595 electric buses to 64 cities across the country.

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Cost Of Electric Cars To Be At Par With Combustion Engine Ones Within 34 Years: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kantedit

The Economic Times

Kant also said that with falling battery prices, electric vehicles will be at par in costs with combustion engine ones within 34 years. We will transit towards there as the cost of battery falls from 276 dollars per kilowatt hour (kWh) to 76 dollars per kilowatt/hour. The cost of electric vehicles will almost become at par with combustion (engine) cars in the next 34 years, he said.

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Industry News: Future of Work

On making HR easy and employee centric: Emcure casestudyedit

People Matters

By Anushree Sharma

Incorporated in 1981, their name emblematizes their purpose and core belief to make Effective Medicine for Cure. Being Indias 12th largest in domestic pharmaceutical sales, it has its subsidiaries in Dubai, Brazil, South Africa, Singapore and Nigeria, and have offices in Russia & Morocco.

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How to Stay Relevant in Futures Workplace Dominated by Robots and AIedit

She The People

Today, experts believe that artificial intelligence will usher in a new wave of disruption, bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution about. The World Economic Forum estimates that over 33 percent of the work skills we value today will change five years from now and that, between today and the year 2030, there will be approximately 800 million workers globally at risk of losing their jobs.

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Acquiring for talentedit

DNA

According to Karna, startups strong in niche technologies like the internet of things (IoT), blockchain technology, 3D printing, predictive analysis, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and machine learning (ML) are likely to see the acquihire traction.

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