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The University of Sheffield, UK is inviting applications for Aerospace Engineering (Private Pilot Instruction). Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council, this bachelor degree course is designed to develop students as professional engineers thereby enhancing their career prospects. Students will have ground training for flight and five hours of flight training.
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Recognising emotionsedit
A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI, robots could be taught to recognise human emotions from our movements. As part of this exercise, a team of psychologists and computer scientists filmed pairs of children playing with a robot and a computer built into a table with a touchscreen top.
AIRoboticsRPAAI And ML Are Enhancing Marketing And Sales Strategies Across Industriesedit
Presently, deploying AI and ML is considered essential for gleaning data and reaping its full potential to enhance the bottom line. And leveraging these technologies are becoming widely accepted as a necessary step forward in gathering data.
AIMLThe paradigm shift in Indias etail industryedit
Another factor playing an instrumental role in helping etailers is the power of fast emerging technologies such as data analytics, AI, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Etailing brands are exploring a vast range of advanced sales and marketing tools based on these technologies to better understand customer demands and market challenges, derive actionable insights and deliver personalised shopping choices.
AIIoTSensitive Indian govt data must be stored locallyedit
According to Carlson, it is high time for the Indian government to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning driven Cloud models to make sense of humongous sets of data. I strongly feel that the Indian government can unlock the potential of datasets across the domain with the help of AI and ML and use the models in ways that actually help citizens in solving their reallife problems, emphasised Carlson.
AICyberSecurityMLRobust growth in software products industry need of the hour: Expertedit
The CoE will conduct research and development in the areas of new age technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, virtual reality, blockchain and IoT. The objective is to incubate startups in the CoEs, who will be mentored by the industry veterans.
BlockchainIoTsoftwareReadying for future wars! Transforming Indias C5I capabilities through AIedit
In China, North America, and several EU states the fusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into defense strategies has already begun to transform C5I competencies with regard to the integration and processing of data in order to successfully identify hostile targets and eventually eliminate them. These countries are looking to define the next generation of C5I as a distributed network of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems.
AIIoT in defenceOnly 10% of Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI applications: PwCedit
Only 10 per cent of Indian CEOs are confident about the reliability of their artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to PwC India. Even as AI has the potential to solve complex problems effectively at scale, badly designed applications can cause more harm than good, PwC India said in its report based on a comprehensive study conducted with over 1,000 CXOs and business decision makers from India and other regions, between May and September 2019.
Artificial Intelligence AdoptionHeres how 5G can transform the future of banking experienceedit
While customers will mostly observe that 5G facilitates lightning fast downloads, connects millions of IoT (Internet of Things) devices like smartphones, smartwatches, Artificial Intelligence (AI)powered devices, and connecting cars to one another, they may not realize that 5G will also be a major factor in augmenting their banking experience.
5GBFSIFive rules to building a futureproof automation strategyedit
CXOs from diverse business segments are gearing up to implement Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and other emerging digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Businesses are going digital to stay relevant and competitive within a connected world.
AIAutomationMLRPACreating an intentional AI futureedit
The Indian governments plans announced in the Interim Budget included a national centre for Artificial Intelligence along with a national AI portal. It was duly supported in the current budget by the finance minister, which stated that the government will focus its efforts on training youth in AI, the Internet of things, big data, 3D printing, robotics, and virtual reality to achieve the countrys vision of a digitally advanced ecosystem.
Artificial Intelligence AdoptionBig DataIoTAI can accelerate MSME share in GDP but small businesses must overcome data, ROI, awareness limitationsedit
SMEs need to adopt lower versions of enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms and get their teams to adhere to a process that implicitly collects data for future leverage. Young companies have started making inroads into IoT and this will also enable detailed data capture, putting in place the foundation for AI in the coming decade.
AIIoTMSME70% of Indian Businesses Depend On Automation for Cybersecurity: Ciscoedit
More and more businesses and startups in India are relying more on automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence to serve their cybersecurity needs, according to a report by Cisco, as quoted by the Economic Times. To be precise, as of today, 75% of organisations in India relied on automation, while over 60% depended on machine learning and artificial intelligence, to protect their operations and for cybersecurity.
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Government Issues Revised Guidelines For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructureedit
The Ministry of New and Renewable Resources RK Singh has approved the revised set of guidelines with regard to electric vehicle charging in India. The Union Minister said that the revised guidelines will address the concerns of EV owners and are aimed to encourage developing an ecosystem for charging EV’s in a phased manner.
EVEV Charging InfrastructureE-vehicles’ Li Battery Policy to Incentivise Recycling Entitiesedit
India is in the process of framing a recycling policy for lithium-ion batteries being used in electric vehicles and offer tax sops to recycling entities while imposing a liability on producers to collect used batteries that achieve end of life under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) norms.
EVlithium batteryElectric vehicles: The road ahead has to be carefully mappededit
Though a shift to EV’s in the near future has been planned, questions on the transition from fuel to electric power as well as impact on the automobile sector and the consumers are yet to be answered Future India will ride in electric vehicles (EV’s) if one goes by the pronouncements of the country’s policymakers.
EVFuture of MobilityLot of infra needed to go along with EVsedit
A lot of talk is on regarding electric vehicles. How fast will this transition be? EVS are coming, but the timing is the question. A lot of infrastructure is required to go along with EVS. Even bigger contributor will be fuel efficiency standards. As cars are regulated to have higher fuel efficiency, the effect is going to be bigger from the fuel efficiency gains than at least from EVS.
EVEV Charging InfrastructureIs India Ready For Electric Vehiclesedit
As we all can notice, electric vehicles have become the new talk of the town. Everybody seems to be talking about the future of automobiles being electrified. The entire world is moving towards, the electric route, to extricate the nature from dilapidation. India is also trying its best to contribute to the noble cause.
EVFuture of MobilityIndia to shift to BS VI vehicular emission norms by April 2020: Union Environment Ministeredit
Talking of initiatives relating to emobility and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation network, Prakash Javadekar said, 377 Km of metro lines with 274 stations, is catering to more than 30 lakh passengers daily in an environmentally friendly manner. He termed it has one of the best systems of public transport in the world because of which more than 4 lakh vehicles are avoided on roads, thereby, reducing pollution.
BS-VIe-mobilityIndia has 15 crore drivers and only 8,000 want electric carsedit
The potential of Indias EV market cant be ignored. There are only 27 cars for every 1,000 Indians, compared with 570 for the same number of Germans, giving global automakers an opportunity to challenge the dominance of Maruti the unit of Japans Suzuki Motor Corp. that sells every other car on local roads.
EVFuture of MobilityGovernment announces revised EV charging guidelinesedit
The aim is to have at least one EV charger every 3 sq km grid within cities; fast chargers at every 100km on highways. Any individual or entity is free to setup public charging stations.3,162 Views0 Comments
EV ChargingEV PolicyElectric roads could be way to driverless futureedit
Electric vehicles can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, at least in theory. But challenges to wide acceptance remain significant: Batteries are expensive, charging stations are few and far between, and recharging takes far more time than a fillup at the pump.
Driverless carFuture of MobilityBiggest In India! Ahmedabad Places Order Of 300 Electric Buses To Tata Motorsedit
Very few companies are involved in making electric buses currently being used in India. Tata Motors distinguishes itself from these, with the highest deliveries of electric buses in the country to date. Now, it has bagged another order and this time, it is the biggest one ever in India!
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Skilling, reskilling key to navigate technological changes at workplace: Expertsedit
Skilling and reskilling will help employees navigate through the technological changes taking place across industries and workplaces, according to human resource experts. Technological development, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning, are bringing major changes across industries.
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The need of the hour is such a technology that could take out all the mundane and repetitive tasks from HR and can free their bandwidth to work on more people friendly initiatives and thus adding more humanity to the human resource function. Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to solve this problem by automating the myriad mundane management tasks, and thus freeing them to do a better job of relating to employees as people.
HiringHRCIOs’ influence in HR matters has increased: Surveyedit
CIOs playing a pivotal role in training and upskilling of employees A majority (34 percent) of respondents said that CIOs are playing a pivotal role in training and upskilling of employees. According to 20 percent of them CIOs are helping organisations in enhancing company culture to attract top talent. Further, 19 percent of them believe that aligning technology to improve the hiring process will be an integral part of CIOs responsibilities.
HiringHRUpskillingHow AI Can Remodel the Jobs in Indiaedit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest evolving general purpose technologies globally and is widely used across all the sectors mainly agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, banking and financial services. Apart from these, it is also used in national defence and security as well.
AIFuture of JobsArtificial intelligence, machine learning spawn new jobs in eCommerceedit
Currently, new technological solutions, powered by AI, are disrupting how retail companies do business, in ways that are innovative and beneficial to their customers. Today, Flipkart, its independently run subsidiary, Myntra, and Amazon India, all make wide use of AI.
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States flay lack of funding plan from new education policyedit
Various States have flagged the funding issues regarding the proposed New Education Policy (NEP) by the Union HRD Ministry, saying the draft has some good proposals but no “financial plan of action for implementation.” The issue was raised by Education Ministers or representatives from certain States in the recent meeting of the HRD Ministry’s Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), according to the minutes of the meeting.
Education PolicyHRDBridging Skills Gaps With AIedit
A world where the brand of the educational institute or a college ‘degree’ as a token of job qualification are obsolete. A world where linear career progression is non-existent and the ability to continuously learn, unlearn and relearn skills is a key success factor. This is the new world of work, the fourth industrial revolution driven by digital technology, where skill is the currency that connects workforce and work.
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