According to what News18 has learned, an Artificial Intelligence Incubation Hub (AIIH) will be identifying artificial intelligence projects that may be critical for the Army and coordinating the evaluation of trials in those cases. This was set up jointly by the Army and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) as part of a pact signed earlier this year.
The AIIH will also be tasked with identifying partners from the industry, academia, or start-ups to check the feasibility of ideas related to artificial intelligence projects for implementation, and it will be responsible for hiring resources and necessary hardware for validation of suggested AI projects for the force. This information comes from sources within the defence sector.
The new hub will be working in major domain areas including machine learning, auto-platforms, AI-based swarm technology, robotics, big data analytics, image processing, as well as cyber security and AI-based response mechanism. This will be based on the research and development expertise of BEL as well as areas where the Army could use AI.
The Army and BEL had signed a collaboration agreement in artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes back in March of this year. The step was taken after the defence ministry had pushed for the expedited incorporation of new technology for defence applications. As part of this process, the defence services were asked to collaborate with defence public sector organisations (PSUs), which led to the step being taken.
According to what News18 has learned, an Artificial Intelligence Incubation Hub (AIIH) will be identifying artificial intelligence projects that may be critical for the Army and coordinating the evaluation of trials in those cases. This was set up jointly by the Army and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) as part of a pact signed earlier this year.
The AIIH will also be tasked with identifying partners from the industry, academia, or start-ups to check the feasibility of ideas related to artificial intelligence projects for implementation, and it will be responsible for hiring resources and necessary hardware for validation of suggested AI projects for the force. This information comes from sources within the defence sector.
The new hub will be working in major domain areas including machine learning, auto-platforms, AI-based swarm technology, robotics, big data analytics, image processing, as well as cyber security and AI-based response mechanism. This will be based on the research and development expertise of BEL as well as areas where the Army could use AI.
The Army and BEL had signed a collaboration agreement in artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes back in March of this year. The step was taken after the defence ministry had pushed for the expedited incorporation of new technology for defence applications. As part of this process, the defence services were asked to collaborate with defence public sector organisations (PSUs), which led to the step being taken.
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