IIT-Goa, US analytics company sign MoU Goa News - Times of India

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.