IIT KGP to set up center of excellence in Artificial Intelligence

IIT KGP to set up center of excellence in Artificial Intelligence

IIT KGP is all set to establish first of its kind Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research which will cover everything such as education, training, research, projects, incubation, and entrepreneurship related to the field of AI and the will be seed funded by the Capillary Technologies Limited with an amount of 5.64 crores. The seed amount will be used for setting up computing infrastructure, hardware simulation platforms, software and designing the coursework."IIT KGP has developed a deep expertise in the overall area of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Sciences and its applications in several critical domains over a long period of time, among others. It is time that we lead this initiative in AI to fulfill the need of AI technologies in the 21st century" said Prof. P P Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur. A statement from the institute said "IIT KGP would start the Center with teaching and learning and knowledge dissemination program and the faculty from the Institute, Capillary specialist, and deep-learning industry experts would work together to prepare the curricula". According to the IIT KGP, the curricula will involve short-term credit courses and a certificate program for internal students and for the external students as well."The way we look at AI, it is the future not just in our industry but in every aspect of life. We wish to support the envisaged programs of the AI Center in various ways. Over the last few years, we have invested over Rs. 40 lakh annually in various research projects that hold the promise of shaping the future of our industry. We wish to continue our association with IIT KGP by investing a similar amount over a period of time to make this AI Center a truly industry-leading one." said Aneesh Reddy, Co-Founder and CEO, Capillary Technologies.

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