MoU between Doon University and International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovation Asia University (CCRIAU), Taiwan
Dehradun, Aug 11: In yet another significant milestone in the academic field of AI and Cyber Security, Doon University has signed an MoU with International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovation Asia University CCRIAU, Taiwan for enhancement of academic and research collaboration between the two institutes.
Doon University Vice Chancellor Professor Surekha Dangwal said that while of tremendous benefit to students and research scholars of Doon University, the MoU facilitates jointly enhancing of cooperation between the two institutes in the field of artificial intelligence, cyber security, machine learning, internet of things, computer vision, health care, mobile security, cloud security, adversarial machine learning and various other domains of computer science.
Emphasising that the researchers of Computer Science Department of Doon University will get international level training in Taiwan, the Vice Chancellor said that the Doon University is further exploring the possibilities with Asia University (CCRIAU), Taiwan for Dual Degree Program in Computer Science which will be of immense academic benefit to students. In his address on the occasion of the MoU signing ceremony here, CCRI Asia University, Taiwan Director Professor Brij B Gupta said that Doon University will be the first university in this state where International Conference in cyber security and AI domain will be organized in collaboration with Asia University Taiwan in the coming year.
Addressing the students and researchers, he said that students can apply for many fellowships to pursue research internship program and student exchange in Taiwan such as Taiwan International Internship Program (IIP) Fellowship, Taiwan Experience Education Program (TEEP) Fellowship, and Asia University Research funding. Professor Dangwal said that the Doon University is working towards further introducing B.Tech (CSE) and B.Sc. (CS Honours) and is planning to offer dual degree program in association with Asia University Taiwan.
Under this programme, a student studying in BTech and B. Sc. Computer Science (Research) honours will get an opportunity to spend at least one semester in Asia University Taiwan. Faculty exchange program is also be provisioned under this MoU whereby the faculty of Doon University will be able to go to Asia University Taiwan and the faculty there will come for teaching in Doon University. Describing this moment as historic and of utmost significance to Doon University, the Vice-Chancellor said that the coming time is of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Security.
Any country pursuing high quality research in this field will be economically, strategically and socially strong and prosperous in the coming times. “There is possibility that the future wars would be fought in the cyber domain by artificial intelligence. Therefore it is the responsibility of the educational institutions to provide better research opportunities to the researchers in Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security,” Professor Dangwal said, adding that this MoU is critically significant for the students, researchers and teachers of the university.
The collaboration will be able to give multifarious results from which the students will be benefited. Under this, cooperation and participation can be ensured in organizing workshops, national and international seminars and international conferences on topics of common interest related to cyber security and artificial intelligence.
This MoU will pave the way for Doon University to collaborate and participate in conducting academic activities with other prestigious universities of the world level. Professor Dangwal said that with such agreements joint courses of international standard would be developed.
With the cooperation of CCRIAU, Taiwan in the practical training of the students of Doon University, the students will get international level experience. Doon University, India and CCRIAU, Taiwan will allow exchange of in-house developed software and other materials, technology and components in areas of cooperation, if permitted under the regulations governing both the institutions.
Dr. Preeti Mishra, In-charge of Advance Cyber Security Research Lab, Doon University, said that through this MoU, the students of B.Sc (Computer Science) / B.Tech / MTech / Ph.D (Computer Science and Engineering) will get research internships and exchange programs which will give them an opportunity to study in Taiwan’s university for 3 to 6 months.
To enhance better utilization of computational resources to promote research in the field of AI and cyber security, both the institutes will share resources of various computational facilities without any cost, Dr Mishra said. During the MoU signing ceremony, Doon University Registrar Dr. MS Manderwal, Prof. RP Mamgai, Prof. HC Purohit, Dr. Narendra Rawal, Dr. Arun Kumar, Dr. Himani Sharma, Dr. Charu Dwivedi, and Dr. Komal and Dr. Asharam Gairola were present.
