International Conference on Data Science

• 20 Dec 2024

Why in News? 

The Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Kurukshetra University, is going to organise an international conference on “Innovative trends in statistics, optimisation, and data science”.  

• It is in conjunction with the 44^th annual convention of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS) and the eighth convention of the Indian Association for Reliability and Statistics. 

 Key Points 

• Details of the International Conference: 
  • The three-day international conference is scheduled to be held from 21st to 23rd December 2024. 
• Objective and Topics of Discussion: 
  • According to Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor the conference will serve as a platform to discuss: 
    • Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) 
    • Data-centric AI 
    • Edge intelligence 
    • Automation of data cleaning 
    • Industry-specific data applications 
    • Data privacy 
    • Other relevant AI-related topics 

 Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

• About: 
  • AI is the ability of a computer, or a robot controlled by a computer to do tasks that are usually done by humans because they require human intelligence and discernment. 
    • Although there is no AI that can perform the wide variety of tasks an ordinary human can do, some AI can match humans in specific tasks. 
• Characteristics & Components: 
  • The ideal characteristic of artificial intelligence is its ability to rationalize and take actions that have the best chance of achieving a specific goal. A subset of AI is Machine Learning (ML). 
  • Deep Learning (DL) techniques enable this automatic learning through the absorption of huge amounts of unstructured data such as text, images, or video.