IT major Wipro Limited has set up the Chair for Artificial Intelligence at the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Ryszard Kowalczyk, the Director of Swinburne's Key Lab for Intelligent Software Systems and the head of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology research group at Swinburne has been appointed as the Professorial Chair of Artificial Intelligence.
According to the report on Tuesday, Wipro and Swinburne University has planned to establish a joint innovation Centre to conduct high impact, industry-focussed research in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with specific applications for digital health and smart cities.
Manoj Nagpaul, Senior Vice President and Business Head of Asia Pacific and Japan, Wipro Limited said, "we will drive world class research in AI that will have an impact on a global scale through the combined power of Wipro's global innovation ecosystem and Swinburne University's research capabilities.
Professor Ryszard Kowalczyk said that with this powerful industry academia partnership, we are on course to transform AI and ML as we know it. AI and ML are today one of the most coveted skills and this innovation Centre makes it possible to fast track AI and ML courses for industry professionals and provide the industry with access to a large pool of PhD and undergraduate students at the University.