Winnners of Infosys Prize 2018 of Infosys Science Foundation, pose with co-founder Narayana Murthy and Mathamatician Manjul Bhargava during the award ceremony. Photo: PTIEmerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will not render people jobless in the future, but rather create more opportunities for humans, Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said here. The renowned IT Industrialist noted that technology provides an opportunity for people to move from drudgery to tasks that require more human touch. The Infosys Prize is an annual award given to scientists, researchers, engineers and social scientists by the Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) and ranks among the highest monetary awards in India to recognise research. Six eminent professors were awarded the Infosys Prize 2018 across different categories of science and research.

Source: Mint January 07, 2019 11:03 UTC