The inauguration of Intelligent CPS Data Analytics Platform for a Metro Rail Transport System, a joint research programme of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, and Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, will be held in Kochi on Thursday.
Suresh Gopi, MP, will inaugurate the programme. The aim is to make Kochi a world-class metro city incorporating AI (artificial intelligence), machine learning, and data analytics techniques over its various transit-related data. This is the first-of-its-kind project in the public transport sector in the country. Bringing online and other private taxi services and parking solutions under the integrated data framework will be the future scope of the project, said a release.
The Department of Science and Technology has allocated ₹25 lakh to the project, which will fund a part of the project cost.
The project aims to design an innovative data analytics platform for KMRL to enable seamless transport within the Kochi metro city. It also aims to replicate the same system for the use of other metro cities with sufficient customisation. The data platform will collect, store, and synchronise relevant data from the metro rail system, Water Metro, bus and autorickshaw networks.
This will eventually improve the public transportation experience of the public.
For example, this will also enable passengers to have real-time and AI-assisted point-to-point trip planning at their fingertips for the fastest or the cheapest modes of travel, combining metro rail, Water Metro, bus or autorickshaw networks.
