The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and NYU Tandon School of Engineering have partnered to advance seven research projects in areas like cybersecurity, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. This collaboration, initiated in September 2023, aligns with US President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi’s support for academic cooperation.
IITK’s Dean of International Relations, Professor Bushra Ateeq, emphasized the importance of international partnerships for fostering innovation and tackling scientific challenges. NYU Tandon’s Vice Dean for Research, Linda Ng Boyle, highlighted the role of such collaborations in driving scientific breakthroughs and developing solutions for a safer, cleaner, and healthier world.
This partnership follows NYU Tandon’s previous agreement with KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), demonstrating NYU’s commitment to global innovation. Funding for the projects comes from both institutions, with additional support from NYU Tandon’s Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and the NYU Center for Cybersecurity.
The seven joint research projects include:
* **Engineering Multivalent Assembled Protein To Mimic Hypoxia-Inducible Factor:** Developing synthetic proteins to dismantle harmful protein complexes associated with diseases like cancer.
* **Enhancing Quadruped Robot Motion: A Reinforcement Learning Approach:** Improving the agility and safety of four-legged robots using advanced machine learning techniques.
* **High-Resolution Neural Interface SoC with Meta-Structure-Enhanced Wireless Power Transmission:** Developing a tiny, wireless system-on-chip for high-resolution brain monitoring with improved wireless power delivery.
* **Leveraging Modern Vision-Language Models For Traffic Camera Scene Understanding:** Enhancing understanding of traffic scenes captured by urban video cameras using advanced vision-language models.
* **Smart Wireless EV Charging Station:** Creating an intelligent, safe, and efficient wireless charging system for electric vehicles that integrates renewable energy sources.
* **Unconventional Physically Unclonable Functions For Micro-fluidics And Supply Chain Fingerprinting:** Developing unique security features for authenticating microfluidic biochips and supply chain products.
* **Programmable Cryptographic Processing Units To Enable Secure, Private, And Quantum-Proof Computing:** Developing advanced cryptographic techniques to ensure secure and private computation, even in the face of future quantum computing threats.
