Artificial intelligence to the aid of commuters

The inauguration of Intelligent CPS Data Analytics Platform for a Metro Rail Transport System, a joint research programme of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, and Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, will be held in Kochi on Thursday.

Suresh Gopi, MP, will inaugurate the programme. The aim is to make Kochi a world-class metro city incorporating AI (artificial intelligence), machine learning, and data analytics techniques over its various transit-related data. This is the first-of-its-kind project in the public transport sector in the country. Bringing online and other private taxi services and parking solutions under the integrated data framework will be the future scope of the project, said a release.