The Samsung Innovation Lab at IIT-Guwahati will train students on Internet of Things (IoT), Embedded Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, helping them learn industry-relevant skills and making them job-ready.

Samsung Digital Academy is Samsung’s corporate social initiative that aims to bridge the digital divide and proficiency gaps in the country by skilling students on cutting-edge technology. Through this partnership with IIT-Guwahati, the academy targets to train over 300 students in the next three years on these cutting edge technologies.

“I sincerely feel that Samsung Digital Academy Programme at IIT -Guwahati would increasingly help Assam to emerge as a key player in the development of next-generation technology ecosystems and help the state in becoming a potential destination for skill development mission from a digital perspective. I further hope that the collaboration between Samsung and IIT-Guwahati in rolling out this skill initiative will definitely play a crucial role in helping the government develop sustainable employment options in the state,” said Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.

“Samsung R&D Institute India, Delhi has been working closely for many years with premiere engineering institutions of India to foster collaborations for joint teaching, mentoring and promoting research on advanced and emerging technologies. We are committed to work in the field of next generation technology development and participate in the growth of advanced research areas such as IoT through the network of Samsung Innovation Labs under the Samsung Digital Academy program,” said Kiho Kim, Managing Director, Samsung Research & Development Institute, Delhi.

“At Samsung, our aim is to foster a culture of innovation amongst the students and provide them with the best possible infrastructure. We are confident that Samsung Innovation Lab, which is part of our citizenship initiatives, will help students leverage the growing digital technologies market and develop their talent,” said Peter Rhee, Corporate Vice President, Samsung India.

“IIT-Guwahati is actively looking forward to the association with Samsung India to impart cutting edge education to the students of the institute. Such initiatives will help bridge the academia-industry gap and foster more collaborations that would be a win-win situation for both. The strong interest and support of the state government, will go a long way in extending the expertise of IIT-Guwahati and Samsung Innovation Lab to other parts of Assam. It would provide technical opportunities for academic excellence and development,” said Prof. TG Sitharam, Director, IIT-Guwahati.

The curriculum at the Samsung Innovation Lab at IIT-Guwahati will include Internet of Things (IoT), embedded systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The course will be taught over 14 weeks through classroom lectures, assignments and lab room sessions, self-study and mini projects. Extensive tutorials and approach documents will also be provided to students to facilitate practical exercises.

Samsung has so far set up five Samsung Innovation Labs in IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Hyderabad, IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Roorkee as part of its Samsung Digital Academy program. More Samsung Innovation Labs will come in the near future. The current focus of the labs is on activities such as collaborative research with Samsung and course/training offered by Samsung. The Samsung Innovation Lab at IIT-Guwahati will carry out research on areas such as Pervasive Computing, Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning, IoT, Embedded Systems.

Samsung India has signed a MoU with IIT Kharagpur to set up Samsung Digital Academy at the institutes’ campus, thereby strengthening its commitment towards the government’s Skill India mission and also bolstering the Digital India initiative.

Mr. YoungKi Byun, Managing Director, Samsung Research & Development Institute, Delhi and Prof. Sriman Kumar, Deputy Director, IIT Kharagpur signed the MoU

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, will host the Samsung Innovation Lab and train students on Internet of Things (IoT) through Tizen-based operating systems helping them learn industry-relevant skills and making them job-ready. Tizen is the operating system that is used by Samsung in its mobile phones, televisions, refrigerators and many other smart home appliances.

Samsung Digital Academy is the Company’s corporate social initiative that aims to bridge the digital divide and proficiency gaps in the country by skilling students on cutting-edge technology. Through this partnership with IIT Kharagpur, the academy targets to train over 100 students in the next three years.

“Samsung is happy to partner with IIT Kharagpur to help students leverage the growing digital technologies market, especially Internet of things which is the future of connectivity. With Samsung Digital Academy, students will be able to hone their programming skills on Tizen, the operating system for IoT. We are committed to work in the field of next generation technology development and participate in the growth of advanced research areas of IoT. Innovation is the future and we at Samsung encourage students, on a regular basis, to develop their talent,” said Mr. YoungKi Byun, Managing Director, Samsung Research & Development Institute, Delhi.

“We are delighted to work with Samsung for this initiative. The partnership will help our students in developing their skills on the emerging areas of IoT and Artificial Intelligence. Students enrolling for the courses will be able to utilize this opportunity to be part of an exciting, new era in smart devices that will help shape the future,” said Mr. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur.

The curriculum at the Samsung Digital Academy has been conceptualized for easy comprehension of beginners in app development. The course includes the basics of web application development on Tizen, learning how to test, debug apps and later develop Tizen ecosystem tools and other framework libraries associated with Tizen. The course will be taught over 14 weeks through classroom lectures, assignments and lab room sessions, self-study and mini projects. Extensive tutorials and approach documents will also be provided to students to facilitate practical exercises.

“We are looking forward to partnering with Samsung on setting up an IoT Lab in our department. This lab will enable our students to have hands-on experience with the Tizen operating system as well as facilitate research and app development on IoT platforms and embedded systems,” said Prof. Sudeshna Sarkar, Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.

Earlier this year, Samsung launched the Samsung IoT Innovation Lab, under its Samsung Digital Academy initiative, with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi at the latter’s campus. The lab will endeavour to build a smarter communication landscape for end users and its current focus is on three major activities including research at IIT Delhi, collaborative research with Samsung and lab exercises for IoT course/training offered by Samsung. The IoT lab will carry out research on areas such as sensor data processing, network architecture and embedded intelligence.

What is Internet of Things?

Internet of Things is the concept of connecting physical and smart devices, other than traditional devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets, to the internet. This can include devices such as cars, kitchen appliances, heart rate monitors, lights inside a home or an office building, alarm clocks and others gargets so that data can be exchanged through the sensors inside them. The concept of the Internet of Things was invented by and term coined by Peter T. Lewis in September 1985.

Gartner, Inc forecasts that 8.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2017, up 31% from 2016, and will reach 20.4 billion by 2020. Total spending on endpoints and services will reach almost $2 trillion in 2017.

Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, IT & Industries, Government of Telangana lighting the lamp to inaugurate Samsung Digital Academy at the TASK premises in Hyderabad along with Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore, Mr. Sujiv Nair, Chief Executive Officer, TASK and other dignitaries.

Samsung India recently inaugurated Samsung Digital Academy in partnership with Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK). Samsung Digital Academy reflects Samsung’s commitment to the Government’s Skill India mission and Digital India initiative.

Samsung Digital Academy, set up in Hyderabad, will train students on Internet of Things (IoT) through Tizen operating system. It will help students learn industry-relevant skills and make them job-ready.

Samsung Digital Academy, part of Samsung’s citizenship initiative, aims to bridge the digital divide and proficiency gaps in the country by skilling students on cutting-edge technology. Through this partnership with TASK, the academy targets to train over 2,000 students in the next two years.

The academy at the TASK premises in Hyderabad was inaugurated by Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, IT & Industries, Government of Telangana, Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore and Mr. Sujiv Nair, Chief Executive Officer, TASK in the presence of other dignitaries.

“This initiative was the need of the hour as specialization is critical to increase the employability quotient of students. With emerging technologies, tough competition and changes happening every day, it is important that students skill themselves. The collaboration between Samsung and TASK in rolling out this skill initiative will play a key role in helping the government develop sustainable employment options,” said Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, IT & Industries, Government of Telangana.

“Samsung is happy to partner with TASK to create an inclusive environment. This initiative should help young India leverage the growing digital technologies market and also reskill mid-level or retired professionals. The training on Tizen, the OS for IoT, would enable developers to hone their app programming skills and be part of IoT app eco system. We applaud the zeal of TASK for making skill development mission into reality and helping India imbibe next-generation technologies,” said Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore.

The curriculum of Samsung Digital Academy has been conceptualized for easy comprehension even for a beginner in app development. The course includes nuances of web application development on Tizen, learning how to test, debug and also development of libraries associated with Tizen. The course is taught over a 12-week duration and includes classroom lectures, assignments or lab room sessions, self-study and mini projects. Extensive tutorials and approach documents are also provided to students to facilitate practical exercises.

“The establishment of this lab reflects enhanced synergy between Samsung and the Government of Telangana. The youth enrolling for the course could utilize the opportunity of getting hands on experience at Samsung Digital Academy and to be part of an exciting, new era in smart devices that will shape the future and improve their employability,” said Mr. Sujiv Nair, Chief Executive Officer, TASK.

Earlier this year, Samsung launched Samsung IoT Innovation Lab together with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi at the latter’s campus. The lab will endeavour to build a smarter communication landscape for end users. The IoT lab will carry out research on areas such as sensor data processing, network architecture and embedded intelligence.

The MSME-Samsung Digital Academy is being set up with an objective to create a pool of trained youth who can leverage the software development and testing opportunities presented by innovative digital technologies based on the Tizen OS.

As per the MoU signed by Mr. Amarendra Sinha, Special Secretary & Development Commissioner, MSME and Mr. HyunWoo Bang, Senior Vice President, Samsung India Electronics, at an event in New Delhi, the Company will offer the Digital Academy course in collaboration with the Ministry, and will seek to train youth to develop apps that run on the Tizen OS across a multitude of devices such as smartphones, televisions and tablets.

Speaking on the occasion, Honb’le Union Minister for MSME, Shri Kalraj Mishra, said, “The Ministry of MSME continuously looks to provide opportunities to the country’s youth to access current developments across various fields. Industry collaborations allow the Ministry of MSME to strengthen its skill development courses by providing up-to-date, industry-relevant training. This innovative collaboration with Samsung will help youth learn to develop digital content for next-generation ecosystems. As MSME skill development programs reach youth from all socio-economic strata, this program will also help bridge the digital divide.”

Mr. HC Hong, President & CEO, Samsung India Electronics, said, “India is increasingly emerging as a key player in the development of next-generation technology ecosystems. Through the Samsung Digital Academy, we are looking to take this to the next level by creating an inclusive environment to help young India leverage the growing digital technologies market. We are pleased that through our collaboration with the Ministry of MSME, Samsung Digital Academy will also contribute to India’s skill development mission from a digital perspective. We hope that many young students utilise this opportunity and be part of the development of an exciting, new era in smart devices that will shape the future.”

In its first phase, the Samsung Digital Academy will be rolled out across the 10 MSME-Samsung Technical Schools which have been set up by Samsung and Ministry of MSME following an MoU in August 2014. Each of these schools will run a four-week long course in batches of 30 students. The program will eventually be scaled up to include 68 other MSME Technical Centres across the country, as well as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and other key institutes of technical education and engineering in India.

With a strong mix of theory and lab-based training, the inaugural Samsung Digital Academy course will cover topics such as an introduction to the Tizen platform, the Tizen app development process, testing and debugging, device Application Program Interface (APIs) as well as packaging and installation of designed apps on various devices. Students will also be trained on how to migrate existing apps on to the Tizen platform. The curriculum will be developed by Samsung Research Institutes in Delhi and Bengaluru. Samsung will also provide the Tizen Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as Samsung Z1 phones for testing purposes.

Tizen is an open and adaptable platform offering multi-application capability across a wide range of devices, including smartphones, tablets and TVs. Samsung’s first Tizen-based smartphone, the Samsung Z1, was launched in India earlier this year