PANAJI: The Goa Police on Monday entered into an MoU with BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus to collaborate on innovative solutions to strengthen policing in Goa.
“The MoU will enable joint exploration of research and development projects involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies to enable predictive policing and anticipate the demands of the future,” the Goa Police said in a statement. Director general of police Jaspal Singh and director of BITS Pilani Goa Campus Suman Kundu signed the MoU.
Other areas of collaboration will be innovative solutions in cybersecurity and creating largescale awareness among citizens on prevention of cyber crimes.
“Both the institutions plan sharing of expertise, technical know-how and resources for the stated goals. Possibilities of conducting specialised courses for training of police officers and students in subjects related to technology and crime were also discussed,” Goa Police statement states.
Kundu said academic institutes have the potential to help in providing scientific insights to investigators on a practical level. “Modern digital tools coupled with out-of-the-box thinking can extend the realm of possibilities in areas of digital forensics and cybercrime. This initiative will enable us to contribute to Goa Police as well as to the country through student internship, hackathons, etc,” he said.
The DGP said that there is huge scope to apply artificial intelligence to solve complex security related problems.
“The shared understanding between both BITS Goa and Goa Police will go a long way to serve citizens of Goa in a more efficient and effective manner,” Singh said. Earlier, Goa Police have also entered into a similar MoU with IIT Goa.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
