IIT Madras launches industrial consortium to support AI industries

The consortium will enable industry members to learn about the scientific developments and latest trends in artificial intelligence and data science 

Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI) of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is launching the ‘RBCDSAI Industrial Consortium’ to provide information resources support on cutting-edge technologies to industries working on artificial intelligence. 

The consortium will enable the industry members to learn about the scientific developments and latest trends in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science through broad-based interaction with the Centre and its faculty members and access to the events and workshops organised by the RBCDSAI.  

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.  

Prof Balaraman Ravindran, Mindtree Faculty Fellow and Head, RBCDSAI, IIT Madras, 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.”  

The consortium membership will also facilitate enhanced interaction with the RBCDSAI research ecosystem and help develop a specialised workforce that can benefit member companies. It will also act as a forum that leverages synergistic capabilities of the eventual users, solution providers, solution platform developers and academicians. 

Two membership plans 

Currently, the Centre offers two membership plans to the interested industries: platinum and silver. Both membership plans will enable priority access to four RBCDSAI events --Colloquia, quarterly workshops, industry conclave and annual research showcase. Also, the centre will organise two special half-day workshops on their voted topic of interest from a slate for its members.  

The platinum members will additionally have a dedicated in-domain contact faculty at the Centre for close interaction to seek suggestions on their industry’s plans, will get to exclusively interact with the students to know more about their research and have early access to RBCDSAI publications, reports, datasets and other research material.  

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