India's whiz kids log in at IISc
Bangalore: About 170 bright young minds from premier education institutes of the country will gather at the Indian Institute of Science here, starting Monday, to sharpen their skills on information retrieval from the Internet, data mining and other highly specialised technical fields in computer usage.
Students from various branches of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and young research scholars will benefit from this joint-venture between the Computer Science and Automation (CSA) department of the IISc and Yahoo! India Research and Development, in the six-day ‘Machine Learning Summer School 2010’.
“This is a unique opportunity for Indian students and budding academic researchers to gain exposure to the fascinating science of Machine Learning from leading experts,” said Y Narahari, chairman, department of CSA, IISc.
“We are creating a common platform for mindshare exchange in this highly technical field,” said Rajeev Rastogi, VP and head, Yahoo! Labs, India. The idea is to train bright minds with great aptitude in this highly specialised field, free of cost.
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