IIT establishes Soumitra Dutta Chair in Artificial Intelligence

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has established “The Soumitra Dutta Chair in Artificial Intelligence,” named for CS alumnus Soumitra Dutta (M.S. ’87/Ph.D. ’90 adviser: Lotfi Zadeh), “to promote excellence and leadership in teaching, research, and development in the field of artificial intelligence and to facilitate wider and deeper interaction between the industry and IIT Delhi faculty and students.”  Dutta, the founding Dean of the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, is  best known for being the architect of the Global Innovation Index.