IIT Madras and US University collaborate for research

Accordingly, the first project under this collaboration is a web-based platform called “My Dream Team” that focuses on assembling people with harmonizing skillsets. It also uses survey data and the digital trace data generated through sources like enterprise social media platforms to help recommend potential teammates to an individual or make managerial decisions using features rooted in the theories of network science and machine learning.

The institutes signed an agreement to launch a joint project on the development of features for three web-based software platforms that focus on network-based approaches to facilitate team assembly and processes. 

B Ravindran, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras, and one of the principal collaborators in this project, said, “The Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI at IIT Madras has a significant expertise in the area of network science and this collaboration is the first of our initiatives to reach out to international partners with similar interests.”

Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras, and Dr Jonathan Holloway, Provost, North Western University, US, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective Institutions.