A two-day conference titled AI Towards Smart Sustainable Society was conducted by the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here on Friday and Saturday with focus on advances in the field of artificial intelligence.
A.P. Prathosh, researcher in AI, assistant professor at IISc, and associate faculty at IIT Delhi was the chief guest and delivered the inaugural address in which he urged the students to be well grounded in mathematics as it was the key to significant improvement in AI technology.
Mr. Prathosh said AI was not just about algorithms and data but it was about understanding the fabric of society and working on means to improve the quality of life.
