IIT Kanpur inks MoU with Samsung to research on health, generative AI, cloud

Samsung R&D Institute, Noida (SRI-Noida) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) for a interval of 5 years to focus on key progress areas that may embrace joint research tasks by IIT Kanpur college students, school and Samsung engineers, serving to college students change into industry-ready.

These research tasks will span areas reminiscent of well being, visible, framework and B2B safety, and cutting-edge know-how areas reminiscent of Generative AI and Cloud.

Apart from research tasks, the MoU seeks to present alternatives for upskilling Samsung engineers in key know-how areas reminiscent of AI, Cloud and different rising applied sciences.

The MoU was signed by Kyungyun Roo, Managing Director, SRI-Noida, Tarun Gupta, Dean, Research and Development, IIT Kanpur and within the presence of S. Ganesh, Director, IIT Kanpur; Sandeep Verma, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur; Tushar Sandhan, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur; and different senior delegates from Samsung.

“We are excited to start this collaborative journey with IIT Kanpur. This collaboration displays our dedication in direction of merging educational excellence with industrial innovation, thereby making college students industry-ready. We look ahead to a dynamic change of concepts, information and expertise, which will definitely play a vital position within the success of groundbreaking tasks and contribute to the expansion of each Samsung and IIT Kanpur,” mentioned Kyungyun Roo, Managing Director, SRI-Noida.

“By combining the educational excellence of IIT Kanpur with the {industry} experience of Samsung India, we intention to create a dynamic atmosphere for cutting-edge tasks and supply invaluable alternatives for our college students and researchers. This MoU enhances IIT Kanpur’s relentless efforts in bridging the hole between academia and {industry}, whereas making a connection between theoretical information and sensible {industry} options,” mentioned S. Ganesh, Director, IIT Kanpur.

“The MoU displays our dedication to offering our college students and researchers with alternatives that transcend lecturers, contributing considerably to technological developments and progress of the educational panorama of our institute,” mentioned Tarun Gupta, Dean, Research and Development, IIT Kanpur.

As a part of the joint research tasks, college students and school of IIT Kanpur will work on real-world {industry} challenges, aligning themselves with precise market wants.

They will even work on Digital India associated options, alongside with Samsung engineers.

Students and school of IIT Kanpur will even be inspired to publish joint research papers with Samsung engineers.

Under the upskilling alternatives for Samsung engineers, IIT Kanpur will conduct specialised coaching applications in varied domains, offering them with entry to the institute’s famend experience, culminating in diploma applications, certifications and specialised programs tailor-made to improve the ability and information of Samsung engineers.