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29 Jul

Indo-Taiwan AI/ML Research Centre Opens At IIT-Ropar

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This month saw the formal inauguration of India’s first-ever Indo-Taiwan joint research centre on artificial intelligence and machine learning at IIT Ropar. This is a new collaboration between the Ministry of Science & Technology, Taiwan, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan and the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. The research centre was inaugurated by Taiwan’s Deputy…

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28 Jul

Book Excerpt: ‘Consumer Behavior – A Digital Native’ By Jagdish Sheth, Varsha Jain & Don Schultz

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Consumer Behaviour – A Digital Native is the latest book by Jagdish Sheth of Professor at Emory University, Varsha Jain, Professor at MICA and Don Schultz, Professor at Northwestern University. Published by Pearson India, Sheth, Jain and Schultz’s book tries to capture the essence of the digital native’s perspective and successfully integrates various components of…

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26 Jul

Govt Contemplates Using AI For Translating SC Judgements, Constitutes New Committee

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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad this week announced the Centre’s plans to use artificial intelligence in language translation. Informing the Lok Sabha about how the Supreme Court website was updated with the judgements uploaded in nine languages, the BJP leader said that the Government was contemplating using AI for the same purpose in the…

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26 Jul

Govt Contemplates Using AI For Translating SC Judgements, Constitutes New Committee

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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad this week announced the Centre’s plans to use artificial intelligence in language translation. Informing the Lok Sabha about how the Supreme Court website was updated with the judgements uploaded in nine languages, the BJP leader said that the Government was contemplating using AI for the same purpose in the…

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26 Jul

‘Angry Birds’ Creator Wants To Set Up AI Entrepreneurship University In India

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Noted developer Peter Vesterbacka, who shot to fame after his success with the wildly popular game Angry Birds, now wants to set up an educational institute to groom entrepreneurs who want to work with artificial intelligence. Finland-based Vesterbacka, who is also the founder of Slush, the gaming company, met Mekapati Goutham Reddy, the Minister for…

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26 Jul

6 Reasons Why Data Scientists Should Write About Their Area Of Expertise

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Data Science is one of those blessed fields where an individual can achieve that unique balance between human interaction, technical knowledge and career growth. Data science sector is flourishing to such an extent that our earlier jobs study revealed that there are currently more than 97,000 job openings for analytics and data science in India…

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26 Jul

6 Reasons Why Data Scientists Should Write About Their Area Of Expertise

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Data Science is one of those blessed fields where an individual can achieve that unique balance between human interaction, technical knowledge and career growth. Data science sector is flourishing to such an extent that our earlier jobs study revealed that there are currently more than 97,000 job openings for analytics and data science in India…

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25 Jul

PayPal To Hire 1,200 Techies In India This Year

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Noted American digital payments firm PayPal is expanding in India swiftly and is clearly looking at flexing its muscles in the rapidly growing cashless market here. The company this week announced the launch of its global technology centre. Guru Bhat, Vice-President and Head of Engineering at PayPal India, told a news wire that their new…

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25 Jul

PayPal To Hire 1,200 Techies In India This Year

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Noted American digital payments firm PayPal is expanding in India swiftly and is clearly looking at flexing its muscles in the rapidly growing cashless market here. The company this week announced the launch of its global technology centre. Guru Bhat, Vice-President and Head of Engineering at PayPal India, told a news wire that their new…

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24 Jul

Data Protection Bill To Be Watered Down, Only ‘Critical’ Data To Be Housed In India: Reports

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will reportedly water down the original draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill where data that does not qualify as “critical” or “sensitive” will be allowed to be stored outside India. A senior government official told a noted financial daily, “The proposed (draft) Data Protection Bill will now…

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