Chandigarh, 20th November,2019: Society for Promotion of IT in
Chandigarh (SPIC) under the aegis of IT Department of Chandigarh hosted a half
day event ChAI @SPIC today.
This was the inaugural event of Centre for Humane Artificial
Intelligence (ChAI), a platform being setup with a view to foster discussion an
opportunities and challenges inherent in emerging technologies like Artificial
Intelligence (AI).This event was organized by SPIC in sync with the mandate of
Niti Aayog to establish the National Program on AI, with a view to guiding the
research and development in new and emerging technologies.
ChAI@SPIC has proposed ChAI to be a platform where practitioners
from industry, academia and government can come together in pursuance of the
goal of AI for All by conducting research to make AI more accessible, inclusive
and ethical through human-centered design of AI based e-governance solutions.
ChAI@SPIC also plans to Organise workshops and short-term training
programs on ethical and inclusive AI with a view to guide young entrepreneurs,
start-ups and decision-makers on the best practices on AI implementation.
At the event, experts from Industry and Academia got together and
presented talks on AI and ML.
Among the speakers were Mr. Kapil Khanna, VP & Chief Architect for
AI at a leading local IT firm spoke on application of AI and ML in
business. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, a US returned software engineer, who runs
a AI based startup in the city, shared his experiences on working with these
technologies. Mr. Naresh Batra, CEO SFivei, a Silicon Valley, USA based
software solutions company will deliver a talk on How AI is Driving the
Next Wave of Digital Transformation.
Giving an insight into the motivation for setting up ChAI @ SPIC,
Dr. Saurabh Mishra, IAS, Director, Information Technology said that we are
setting up this platform with a view to guiding the research and development in
new and emerging technologies in pursuance of the NITI Aayog's strategy paper
which has proposed #AIforAll as the unique brand for India's leadership in AI
which sets a vision for AI that is both inclusive and for social good. He
elaborated about plans to create a platform where practitioners from industry,
academia and government can come together and discuss the opportunities and challenges
inherent in AI in pursuance of the goal of AI for All.
The event was attended by Young Entrepreneurs, startups, government
officials and students and was well received by the audience.
It is worth nothing that IxDA Chandigarh - a not-for-profit association
of professionals working at the intersection of human-centred design and
technology, is collaborating with SPIC to curate ChAI @ SPIC.
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