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Karnataka’s IT & BT Department collaborates with IIIT-B to set up the Center for Internet of Ethical Things (CEIT)

Bangalore: 9th August, 2021: The Karnataka’s Department of Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science & Technology (IT &BT) has granted approval for establishment of the Center for Internet of Ethical Things (CIET) in collaboration with IIIT Bangalore and World Economic Forum (WEF). The proposed Center, envisioned by the Karnataka Government, is expected to contribute to a policy environment which explicitly engages with ethical and moral aspects of technologies and also nurture a thriving innovation ecosystem in the State. The CIET will focus on health, agriculture, education, manufacturing and smart cities.

The Memorandum of Agreement was signed on 10th August at State IT & BT department office where Prof. Debabrata Das, Director of IIIT Bangalore and Prof. Madhav Rao, faculty at IIIT Bangalore were invited, for this important milestone.  

IIIT Bangalore’s Research Expertise at CIET

With an emergence of novel technologies, the ethics often lags behind the technological innovation. The IoT structure can radically change the relationships between humans and the interconnected technologies or devices, giving objects autonomy towards humans. To prevent this risk from materializing, governance interventions are necessary to address and regulate the ethical challenges that IoT/enabled AI applications potentially bring with them. An ethical framework bindings with the technological innovations in the area of IoT and AI that includes autonomy, security, data management, and hardware design will be formulated. 

Government of Karnataka envisioned to foster research in the areas of AI and IoT technologies that will align with the human development needs of present societies, especially the marginal and under-served population. Prof. Debabrata Das and his team along with Prof. S Sdadagopan, former Director of IIIT-Bangalore led this initiative from IIIT-Bangalore. Through CIET, IIIT Bangalore is aimed to contribute its in-depth research in the domain of security, privacy, hardware, data management and ethical policy framework.