Norwegian Fellowship for CUSAT Students

Apart from visiting state-of-the-art research laboratories, youth will meet eminent professors of NTNU

Apart from visiting state-of-the-art research laboratories, youth will meet eminent professors of NTNU

A research scholar and two postgraduate students from the Department of Computer Science at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (QSAT) have won visiting fellowships from the Norway Research Council.

These include Lijin P., Research Scholar of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Lab, Department of Computer Science; Dev Narayan, and Fayaz Rehman, first year students of MSc. (Five Year Integrated) Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) programme.

He will get a chance to spend two months at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Lijin, a native of Malappuram, has won Rs 4 lakh as fellowship, while Dev (Thrissur) and Fayaz (Palakkad) will get Rs 2 lakh each as fellowship.

According to an official communication, the fellowship is a component of a project by NTNU and QSAT under the International Partnership (INTPART) program called the International Network for Image-Based Diagnosis.

The selected youth will get an opportunity to meet eminent professors and scholars of NTNU besides visiting state-of-the-art research laboratories of the University. They will be part of a joint scientific collaboration in the field of medical image analysis.

A group of professors and research scholars from NTNU will visit QSAT in December 2022 to participate in an international workshop as part of the exchange programme. This exchange program aims to raise the profile of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare imaging education and research, improve its quality, and a global network of academic institutions with expertise in research and knowledge sharing and exchange in these areas. is to be installed.