IIT-Bhubaneswar sets up new centre for AI research

BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bhubaneswar) has established a new AI and HPC Research Centre (AHRC) to conduct interdisciplinary and collaborative research in the fields of AI and high-performance computing (HPC).

While the director of IIT-Bhubaneswar Prof Shreepad Karmalkar will serve as the chairman of the AHRD board, Prof Ashwini Kumar Nanda of the institute will lead AHRC activities as its founding center-director.

“This one-of-a-kind national research centre hosted by IIT-Bhubaneswar 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,” said Prof Shreepad.