IIT Madras inaugurated a center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

IIT Madras inaugurated a center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

IIT Madras today inaugurated the Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI). Bosch is a leading engineering and electronics company which will invest INR 20 crores in the center over the next five years. “The mission of the new center is to create societal impact through multidisciplinary interactions with government, academic, research and industrial collaborators on core challenges in Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI),” said a statement from the Institute. "Artificial Intelligence is a core technology for all areas of connected life - from connected mobility to buildings, factories, and cities. The expertise of our Indian engineers contributes to expanding the AI skills set of Bosch," said Dr. Michael Bolle, member of Bosch's board of management, during the opening ceremony. At the center, the research in areas such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, network analytics, interpretable machine learning, and domain aware AI will be carried out. Activities such as research projects, knowledge management and dissemination, outreach projects, and setting up collaborative facilities and laboratories will also be carried out at the center. "The center's mandate requires interaction with industry and other universities, including international student and faculty exchanges. The objective is to advance scientific innovation for societal benefit," says Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras. Prof. B. Ravindran, who heads RBC-DSAI, says, "The center, in addition to fundamental research, is setting out on an ambitious task of creating a portal of curated, India specific data sets that are easy to access and interpret through a set of open tools and interfaces."

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