Machine Intelligence and Brain Research Winter Course Begins at IIT Madras
CCBR at IIT Madras has begun the winter course on Machine Intelligence and Brain Research, and this will go on till January 9th. It will include lectures from eminent neuroscientists and computational researchers.
CCBR (The Center for Computational Brain Research) at IIT Madras has begun the winter course on Brain Research and Machine Intelligence from January 2nd and it will go on till January 9th, 2019. The course will look at educating students through lectures from neuroscientists as well as computational researchers who are working across disciplines.
The course will also aim at getting an understanding of the inner workings of the brain and intelligent machines.
Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Axilor Ventures and Infosys Co-Founder said while inaugurating the session that this area has a lot of scope and potential to have an impact on lives. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning can address many problems that were earlier not solvable. It is important to understand how AI and ML will work, how to use them and if capacity and capability can be created in these fields, can they be used to create global partnerships and bring unique Indian views in this area.
This course was started in January last year and has witnessed a growth in demand. Registrations this time have reached 400 including 30 students from IIT Madras and the number is expected to go up.
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Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, IIT Madras Director said while addressing the course that this is an area wherein a lot of capacity building is required in India and such workshops are a way towards this. Prominent researchers from across the world will be a part of the workshop and students will get to learn a lot from them. In just a few years, results will show as there are people who are gaining expertise in this cutting-edge field.
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CCBR is supported by Gopalakrishnan and looks at offering a two-way interface between AI and neuroscience. The center facilitates collaboration between various faculties within IIT Madras and leading scientists across the world.