IIT Madras research centre launches industrial consortium to support AI industries

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras research centre, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI) is launching the ‘RBCDSAI Industrial Consortium’. The consortium aims to provide information, resources, and support on artificial intelligence technologies to industries working in the sector.

The consortium members will be provided with scientific developments and latest trends in AI and data science through broad-based interaction with the Centre and its faculty members. The members will also have access to the events and workshops organized by RBCDSAI.

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“RBCDSAI Consortium Membership is an opportunity for the members to establish themselves early as key players in the Data Science and Al space, with the potential to secure new and significant revenue streams,” said IIT Madras.

Highlighting the benefits of Consortium, Balaraman Ravindran, head of RBCDSAI, said, “There is a lot of high-quality AI research happening at RBCDSAI. The idea is to use this industrial consortium as a means to disseminate the output of our research to industry partners quickly so that we can work together towards their application in the field.”

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The Centre offers platinum and silver membership plans to the interested industries, and both members will have access to Colloquia, quarterly workshops, industry conclave and annual research showcase. Platinum membership will have an added benefit of dedicated in-domain contact faculty at the Centre for suggestions on their industry’s plans, informed a press release.

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RBCDSAI is an interdisciplinary research centre for data science and AI. The centre currently has 28 faculty in ten departments of IIT Madras working on various aspects and applications of AI.