Infosys and Stanford University's Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering (ICME) have joined hands to develop curriculum in Data Science and Analytics.
Announcing this on Wednesday, Infosys said the curriculum will be focused on real-world problem areas. The strategic relationship, the IT major said, is to undertake joint research using Data Science to find solutions to key industry issues.
Infosys and ICME, the release said, will design curriculum tailored to meet industry-specific needs for Data Science and Analytics. "These modules will draw upon identified needs of customers drawn from Infosys’ engagement with enterprises across industries".
Under the partnership, Infosys will get access to the resources of the Institute. It could also see more students from Stanford interning at Infosys and "explore career opportunities with the company."
Infosys CEO and Managing Director Vishal Sikka said with the deluge of data outpacing the gains in technology, gaining meaningful insights from large volumes of data has become harder.
"Our clients inform us that their great challenge is to fuse domain and business knowledge with algorithms and machine learning. I am confident that our relationship with Stanford will strengthen the foundations of data science for our clients and for Infosys through training on cutting edge technologies and algorithms," he said.
ICME Director Margot Gerritsen said the Institute develops computational and mathematical models to solve complex problems. They range "from optimisation problems to flow physics, from financial mathematics to the geosciences, from uncertainty quantification to recommender systems and machine learning
