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Technology Innovation Hub
IIT KHARAGPUR AI4ICPS I HUB FOUNDATION is the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) is established by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur pursuant to Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (CIN: U73100WB2020NPL241238) under the aegis of the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
AI4ICPS aims to enable translation of academic research resulting in pre-/prototypes at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 to TRL7 ready scalable products and processes for the Industry. This is enabled through the Industry-Hub-Academia co-working Product Engineering Group (PEG). We address technology innovation challenges primarily in the areas of AI and ML for meeting the requirements of current age and future ready ICPS for India and the world.
Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems
The interdisciplinary area of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is identified as one such emerging field, progress in which is expected to have a significant impact on health care, urban transportation, water distribution, energy, urban air quality, manufacturing and governance. CPS refers to computer-based inference, decision, and control (the “cyber” aspect) in the context of a “physical” system.
They involve dense embedded sensors and actuators, interconnected by the Internet of Things (IoT), with computing in the network, or at the edge, or in the cloud, for the purpose of observing, controlling, and optimising socio-technical systems such as smart farms, smart energy grids, smart urban water networks, smart homes, smart factories, or smart cities.
Technology Development
Development of products and prototypes from existing knowledge (TRL3), technology or product delivery in specific sectors (TRL2-3), expert driven research (TRL3).
Human Resources and Skills Development
Fellowships, project grants and program laboratory upgradation for undergraduate (UG), post graduate (PG), doctoral and post-doctoral candidates, early-career Research Assistant Professors and Chair Professors on ICPS, programs for up-/re-skilling of industry workforce across the height of the organizational pyramid.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Startup Ecosystem
Grand challenges and competitions, promote and accelerate young technology entrepreneurs, entrepreneur in residence, seed and ignition funding support, technology business incubator, dedicated innovation accelerator.
Collaborative Research
Programs with Businesses, National and International Governments, Labs, Universities and research to further the development of AI for ICPS. Support for Indian component of expenses for project staff, workshops and meetings, travel support, etc.
Mission
Translate AI&ML research at TRL3 to TRL7 ready scalable products and processes for the ICPS Industry
Objectives
Research and New Knowledge Generation
- Research in core and thematic areas of AI+ML
- Translational research on AI+ML for ICPS
- TRL 3 ready technology development
Innovation, Technology Commercialization and Startup
- Product engineering at the Hub
- Academia-Hub-Industry co-working groups
- TRL 4-7 translation
Live Testbed and Digital Twins
- 10+ Live Testbeds and Digital Twins
- IoT and IoE enabled
- Cloud connected and Edge compute enabled for live tryouts
National Knowledge Portal (NKP) on AI4ICPS
- Codes, APIs, Datasets
- Benchmarks and case studies
- Open license software
Consultancy Services
- Technology scale-up and upgrade consulting
- Technology and product audit consulting
Certification and Audit
- AI+ML technology certification and audits
- Safety and verification
B2B Connection and Marketing
- Academic IP Sales
- New venture launch
- Technology to Industry connection
Facilities and Infrastructure Rental
- AI+ML for ICPS technology rental
- Testbed rental
Reskilling and Upskilling
- AI+ML tech adoption training for Industry
- ICPS specific training
Deliverables
Edge Compute Optimized Architecture
- Compute throughput aware algorithms
- Low memory footprint
- Low power density
- Capable of In-Cloud learning and On-Edge inferencing
- Ad-hoc and Federated
- Real-time, Responsive, Reactive AI+ML Cloud
- Green computing and networking
Live Testbeds and Digital Twins of CPS Systems
- Live testbeds of CPS systems
- Data generation in realtime
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools
- AI+ Mobile Healthcare Unit
- Digital Farm and Machinery
- Manufacturing processes
- Transport (Vehicle + System)
- Digital Earth model for Environment
- Building Energy Microgrid
- Surrogate Students and Classrooms
- Simulated Legal Arguments
National Knowledge Portal (NKP) on AI4ICPS
- Datasets / Codes / APIs
- Cloud connected Digital twins
- Cloud connected ICPS live testbeds
- Open Benchmarks and Case studies
- Direct-to-User delivery of Re-/Upskilling
Standards for AI4ICPS
- Common standard Operating System (OS), Libraries and APIs
- Formal Verification of AI+ML for ICPS
- Legal Standards
- Standardized tests to certify for Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Explainability
Safe and Robust AI4ICPS
- Adversarial attack resistant
- Side channel attack robustness
- Encrypted AI+ML design
- Privacy preserving AI+ML
- Safety analytics of AI+ML for ICPS
Enabling Technologies and Services
- CAD Tools on AI4ICPS
- Multilingual and cross-lingual Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Vision and Language for Human-CPS interaction
- IoT and IoE for AI+ML and ICPS connectivity
- AR/VR for human immersive tryouts on Digital Twins of CPS