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BENGALURU: IBM on Wednesday renewed its research collaboration with IISc and IIT-Bombay to transform and drive breakthrough innovations in the field of hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI).
“IIT-B joined the IBM AI Horizon Network in 2018 to advance AI research in India, and in 2021, IBM and IISc launched the IBM-IISc Hybrid Cloud lab to advance research in hybrid cloud technologies and drive breakthrough innovations in this area. Through the collaboration, IBM aims to drive innovation and provide practical solutions to complex global challenges by tapping the intellectual talent of students, faculty and industry researchers,” a statement issued on Wednesday read.
Stating that the project seeks to enhance various aspects of technology and contribute to a more advanced and efficient future by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and exploring new approaches, the statement read that the collaborations will focus on several areas including, extending the prior research in natural language processing and question answering, while striving to provide more comprehensive and accurate responses.
“In terms of performance optimisation, the major focus will be on achieving fast and efficient results when performing inferencing on devices such as smartphones and in hybrid cloud environments. Machine learning for time series involving deep generative AI models for multivariate data, and self-supervised representation learning models,” the statement read.
These innovations can bring the power of foundation models and generative AI to multiple application areas such as health care, Industry 4.0 and smarter cities. It can create sophisticated computer programmes that can detect and explain fake news and half-truths using advanced AI techniques.
“The aim is to improve upon earlier research on biases and trust in AI, making sure that false information is accurately identified and thoroughly explained. Building new technologies to orchestrate and optimise workloads in a hybrid cloud environment, including edge clouds, quantum-classical, and serverless,” the statement read.
It said the goal was to leverage observability and analytics capabilities spanning the hybrid multi-cloud environment to efficiently manage resources and seamlessly orchestrate workloads, to improve the performance and reliability of applications.
Developing techniques for sustainable computing, involving devising methods to accurately quantify and optimise carbon emissions for hybrid cloud workloads and studying emerging architectures for their performance-power trade-off.
“The synergy between the abundant talent in IIT-B and a technological leader like IBM can not only expand the horizons of knowledge but also address problems of national importance, such as affordable healthcare, educational outreach, and smart management of growing industrial and urban infrastructure,” Prof Sachin Patwardhan, Dean (R&D), IIT-B, said.
“Engagement with IBM researchers is helping explore some of the practical dimensions of the research challenges in cloud platforms and sustainability, and investigate the means to democratise access to quantum hardware in the cloud for scientific and enterprise applications. Our doctoral students also appreciate the chance to engage with leading researchers and practitioners from IBM Research,” said Yogesh Simmhan, associate professor, department of computational and data sciences, IISc.
The collaboration with IISc is led by Prof Simmhan, along with faculty members Dr J Lakshmi (Supercomputer Education and Research Centre), Prof Parimal Parag (Department of Electrical Communication Engineering) and Prof Prathosh AP (Department of Electrical Communication Engineering).
Amith Singhee, director, IBM Research India, said: “Collaboration fuels innovation, and our collaboration with IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore underscores the importance of combining diverse expertise. By merging IBM’s technological prowess with the cutting-edge research skills of these prestigious institutions, we foster a collaborative ecosystem that pushes the boundaries of scientific discovery. Together, we strive to explore new horizons and address pressing challenges, empowering India’s research community to create tangible impact and shape a brighter future for all.”
“IIT-B joined the IBM AI Horizon Network in 2018 to advance AI research in India, and in 2021, IBM and IISc launched the IBM-IISc Hybrid Cloud lab to advance research in hybrid cloud technologies and drive breakthrough innovations in this area. Through the collaboration, IBM aims to drive innovation and provide practical solutions to complex global challenges by tapping the intellectual talent of students, faculty and industry researchers,” a statement issued on Wednesday read.
Stating that the project seeks to enhance various aspects of technology and contribute to a more advanced and efficient future by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and exploring new approaches, the statement read that the collaborations will focus on several areas including, extending the prior research in natural language processing and question answering, while striving to provide more comprehensive and accurate responses.
“In terms of performance optimisation, the major focus will be on achieving fast and efficient results when performing inferencing on devices such as smartphones and in hybrid cloud environments. Machine learning for time series involving deep generative AI models for multivariate data, and self-supervised representation learning models,” the statement read.
These innovations can bring the power of foundation models and generative AI to multiple application areas such as health care, Industry 4.0 and smarter cities. It can create sophisticated computer programmes that can detect and explain fake news and half-truths using advanced AI techniques.
“The aim is to improve upon earlier research on biases and trust in AI, making sure that false information is accurately identified and thoroughly explained. Building new technologies to orchestrate and optimise workloads in a hybrid cloud environment, including edge clouds, quantum-classical, and serverless,” the statement read.
It said the goal was to leverage observability and analytics capabilities spanning the hybrid multi-cloud environment to efficiently manage resources and seamlessly orchestrate workloads, to improve the performance and reliability of applications.
Developing techniques for sustainable computing, involving devising methods to accurately quantify and optimise carbon emissions for hybrid cloud workloads and studying emerging architectures for their performance-power trade-off.
“The synergy between the abundant talent in IIT-B and a technological leader like IBM can not only expand the horizons of knowledge but also address problems of national importance, such as affordable healthcare, educational outreach, and smart management of growing industrial and urban infrastructure,” Prof Sachin Patwardhan, Dean (R&D), IIT-B, said.
“Engagement with IBM researchers is helping explore some of the practical dimensions of the research challenges in cloud platforms and sustainability, and investigate the means to democratise access to quantum hardware in the cloud for scientific and enterprise applications. Our doctoral students also appreciate the chance to engage with leading researchers and practitioners from IBM Research,” said Yogesh Simmhan, associate professor, department of computational and data sciences, IISc.
The collaboration with IISc is led by Prof Simmhan, along with faculty members Dr J Lakshmi (Supercomputer Education and Research Centre), Prof Parimal Parag (Department of Electrical Communication Engineering) and Prof Prathosh AP (Department of Electrical Communication Engineering).
Amith Singhee, director, IBM Research India, said: “Collaboration fuels innovation, and our collaboration with IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore underscores the importance of combining diverse expertise. By merging IBM’s technological prowess with the cutting-edge research skills of these prestigious institutions, we foster a collaborative ecosystem that pushes the boundaries of scientific discovery. Together, we strive to explore new horizons and address pressing challenges, empowering India’s research community to create tangible impact and shape a brighter future for all.”
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