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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Makarand Tapaswi\n\nTopic: AI for Societal Applicat
 ions\n\nNo of Participants: 92\n\nKey Points\n\nSome key topics covered as
  a part of this talk are as follows:\n\n- Various areas of research that a
 re being conducted at Wadhwani AI.\n\n- Targeted projects on the detection
  of neonatal fatality rates using Convolutional Neural Networks interfaced
  into an easy end-user application for the general public.\n\n- Further di
 scussed applications of AI in farming and crop disease detection.\n\n- Spo
 ke about the literacy and language proficiency research using real-time vo
 ice conversion and analysis techniques being conducted at Wadhwani AI for 
 the rural middle school children.\n\n- Live demos of the tools and website
  of Wadhwani AI\, including the above-mentioned projects.\n\n- Motivated s
 tudents to pursue projects with real-world applications that can benefit t
 he society.\n\nRoom: CR4\, Bldg: LHC C\, National Institute of Technology 
 Karnataka\, Surathkal\, Karnataka\, India
LOCATION:Room: CR4\, Bldg: LHC C\, National Institute of Technology Karnata
 ka\, Surathkal\, Karnataka\, India
ORGANIZER:sb.nitk@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:16
SUMMARY:Athenaeum Talk Series - AI for Societal Applications
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/379204
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Speaker: Dr Makarand Tapaswi</p>\n<p>Topic
 : AI for Societal Applications</p>\n<p>No of Participants: 92</p>\n<p>Key 
 Points</p>\n<p>Some key topics covered as a part of this talk are as follo
 ws:</p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level="1">Various areas of research that are being
  conducted at Wadhwani AI.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level="1">Targeted 
 projects on the detection of neonatal fatality rates using Convolutional N
 eural Networks interfaced into an easy end-user application for the genera
 l public.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level="1">Further discussed applicat
 ions of AI in farming and crop disease detection.&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>
 \n<li aria-level="1">Spoke about the literacy and language proficiency res
 earch using real-time voice conversion and analysis techniques being condu
 cted at Wadhwani AI for the rural middle school children.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul
 >\n<li aria-level="1">Live demos of the tools and website of Wadhwani AI\,
  including the above-mentioned projects.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level
 ="1">Motivated students to pursue projects with real-world applications th
 at can benefit the society.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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