Microsoft Research announces the launch of Societal impact through Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) on Wednesday centre in Bengaluru, India. The centre will be a part of Microsoft Research (MSR) Lab in Bengaluru and would focus on creating and nurturing projects that can have real-world and large-scale societal impact. India through SCAI, MSR would collaborate with a number of partners, such as academia, startups and NGOs. In Cloud Computing and AI technologies there are so many opportunities to leverage recent advances to address long-term societal challenges spanning multiple sectors and realms, including health and wellness, education, transportation, and agriculture. The SCAI will be engaging with NGOs, academics and startups through external collaborations, graduate and undergraduate students through the SCAI Fellow program in collaboration, and actively seek collaborators though calls for proposals. The collaborators of SCAI will be provided with financial grants, technologies, access to Microsoft researchers, as well as access to business insights from Microsoft for Startups.
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