Smart City project boosts growth

The high cost of operation and congestion in tier-I cities have made potential investors take a second look at green field areas like Kochi, reports The Hindu.

The decision of the Dubai-based Tecom Investment FZ-LLC to set up Smart City in Kochi has paved the way for others to fall in line. Kerala also offers an excellent talent pool of science and engineering graduates.

The state has the highest density of science and technology personnel in the country, with about 25 000 engineering graduates a year from eight universities in the state.

Congress recently approved funding for a Robotics Corridor Project at the California University of Pennsylvania, says Herald Standard.

Dr Michael Donohoe, programme director of the project, explained that the project began at the college in January while the funding for the first three years of the project has been "long in coming".

The project is funded primarily through the Office of Naval Research, under the Manufacturing Technology Programme, with Penn State Electro-Optics Center (PSU-EOC) facilitating the contract management.

Capella University has added project management specialisations to both its PhD in organisation and management, and its PhD in information technology online degree programmes, according to Business Wire.

The online university also announced a new information security specialisation within its PhD in IT programme.

The new specialisations are designed to meet the growing need for expertise in project management and information security, both of which were identified among the top five "hottest skills" sought by IT executives in a survey conducted by Computerworld.