Researchers from IIT-Madras and Harvard University have developed a novel Machine Learning algorithm named ‘CombSGPO’ (Combined Security Game Policy Optimization) that can help in saving wildlife from poaching.
The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) has awarded the 12th Infosys Prize 2020 to six eminent scientists for their outstanding contributions to science, research and improving the world.
No, this is not a mistake. Ankur has indeed scored one mark above the total marks, and the best part is that Jeffrey Frankel, a renowned international macroeconomist, signed on this report card, validating this outstanding result.
The team further claims that one tonne of agricultural waste will produce about 100 Green Screens and prevent approximately one tonne of carbon dioxide from entering the air.
Taking over from Maurice Obstfeld, Gita Gopinath will now be the second economist from India to assume the post at the Washington DC-based organisation, after notable economist and former RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan.
Not many in the country today would have heard of Dr KB Menon or of his journey from a scholar teaching at the Harvard to a stalwart revolutionary in the Malabar, who found his greater calling in the independence struggle for his motherland.
He announced his contribution during a Pongal festival celebration organised by the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America and Isaikadal Panpattu Arakattalai in Chennai.