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IBM and IITs tie up for green tech research
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010, 14:34 IST |
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New Delhi: IBM has tied up with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Delhi and Roorkee to promote research in areas of common interest, like green technologies, energy-efficient computing and data mining, reports Business Standard.
Researchers at IIT Delhi will work on energy-efficient computing, focusing on areas like architecture and operating system-level optimization for bringing down energy consumption in computing environments. "Key areas of the project are incorporating energy-efficient computing in IIT Delhi's course framework and organising workshops on energy-efficient computing," says Amol Mahamuni, Programe Director (university relations), IBM India.
IBM will work with IIT Roorkee, on development of data mining algorithms for analyzing time series data and applying them to real-life data, such as meteorological data from the Indian peninsula, detecting patterns in changes in the forest cover in India and prediction of natural disasters. This joint research is part of IBM's Shared University Research (SUR) initiative where it awards equipment to universities to promote research in areas of mutual interest besides connecting the research and researchers at the university with people who are interested in the research from the IBM research, development and solutions provider communities.
In 2007, three Indian universities received around $300,000 (around 
1.4 crore) from IBM, while in 2008, the SUR grant was around $210,000 (around 1 crore).
"As part of SUR, we give faculty allowance and create joint intellectual property with the universities. Our subject matter experts collaborate with the faculty. This year, also, the grant is to the tune of a few thousand dollars," added Mahamuni.
1.4 crore) from IBM, while in 2008, the SUR grant was around $210,000 (around 1 crore).
"As part of SUR, we give faculty allowance and create joint intellectual property with the universities. Our subject matter experts collaborate with the faculty. This year, also, the grant is to the tune of a few thousand dollars," added Mahamuni.
