Bhubaneswar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has established a new AI and HPC Research Center (AHRC) to conduct interdisciplinary and collaborative research in the fields of AI and High Performance Computing (HPC), a source said Wednesday.
AHRC is designed as a National Research Center with participation of other eminent academic, industry and government research organizations in India and abroad to find solutions to real-world problems in several areas through research, innovation and application of Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing, the source added.
AHRC will promote a collaborative environment where scientists and academicians from multiple disciplines and multiple institutions will come together to form a common resource pool and knowledge pool to cope up with this fast-moving field, the source siad.
Researchers from various fields of engineering, computer science, medicine, agriculture, basic sciences, finance, economics and other areas will work together to find integrated and comprehensive solutions to problems faced by industry and society, the source informed.
The most pressing research and innovation focus of AHRC is in the application of Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing in areas that directly benefit society such as medicine, agriculture, environment, sustainable communities, smart cities and cyber security, the source said.
Shreepad Karmalkar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar will serve as the Chairman of the AHRC Board and Ashwini Kumar Nanda will lead AHRC activities as its founding Center-Director. In addition, Subhranshu Ranjan Samantaray and Manoranjan Satpathy will serve as Associate Center-Directors of AHRC, the source informed.
Speaking about the novel initiative of IIT Bhubaneswar, Shreepad Karmalkar said, “This is a one-of-a-kind national research center hosted by IIT Bhubaneswar. It will provide a global platform to the researchers from the state and across India for leading-edge research and innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence and high-performing computing, which is the need of the hour.”
Center Director Ashwini Nanda said, “The goal of AHRC is to bring global know-how to serve the people of India, as well as make global technology impact and serve the global community through its world-class research.”
Besides establishing research collaboration with over a dozen US universities and industrial laboratories, AHRC is also collaborating closely with national institutions such as AIIMS and other IITs, as well as universities in Odisha and the Odisha state govt, the source said.
AHRC scientists are working on developing AI tools for diagnosis of several diseases and fast screening for life-threatening diseases in the rural communities in Odisha in collaboration with scientists from AIIMS Bhubaneswar and State University of New York in the United States, the source informed.
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