Panaji: A team from Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda, in a project sponsored by ISRO, has developed an algorithm that enables accurate identification of land features like forests, waterbodies, etc, using satellite images. Unlike applications like Google Earth, the machine-learning algorithm even helps identify details like the type of crops being cultivated in a field. The tool is expected to be immensely helpful in town and country planning, and in carrying out environmental studies, among other uses. Rahul Kotru, Musab Shaikh and Satyaswarup Banerjee of the electronics and telecommunication (ETC) branch have developed the deep learning algorithm, under the guidance of lead scientist, Varsha Turkar, who heads the department, and Shreyas Simu. This data can be captured during day and night independent of weather and climatic conditions.

PANAJI: Students and teachers from six schools in Ponda were introduced to the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) by professors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, as part of the institute's initiative to reach out to the community and get youngsters interested in pursuing higher education in the field. IIT Goa director, professor B K Mishra said that IIT Goa hopes to contribute to the advancement of the education system in Goa through these interactions. "IIT Goa is keen to reach out to local students, schools and colleges to share latest developments in science and technology," Mishra said. From explaining the basics of AI to hands-on sessions, forty Class XI students and six teachers from six different schools were made aware about how AI works. They were invited to the IIT campus for the workshop'artificial intelligence for all', conducted last month by faculty members Sharad Sinha and Clint P George from the computer science and engineering departments at IIT.

Panaji: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, has signed a five-year MoU with US-based marketing analytics services firm Express Analytics, where both parties will collaborate in the field of data science and analysis, including in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology. This is the first time IIT-Goa has entered into such a partnership with a private enterprise in data science This will also open internship opportunities for IIT-Goa students with Express Analytics. The MoU was signed between IIT-Goa director B K Mishra and Atul Dixit on behalf of Express Analytics. Along with industry partners like Express Analytics, IIT-Goa plans to train more students, including from non-IIT institutions, to prepare them as ready workforce in the area of artificial intelligence, Mishra said. "The main aim of the partnership is to facilitate the exchange of ideas, the development of new knowledge, and to enhance high quality research acumen in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, data science and data analysis, data mining and knowledge discovery," Mishra said.