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DESCRIPTION:Simulating Senses @ TCS: A confluence of Physics based modellin
 g\, Data Science and IT\n\nBeena Rai\, PhD\n\nBeena Rai is the Principal S
 cientist & Head of Physical Sciences Research at Tata Consultancy Services
  (TCS). A Ph. D from India’s premier research institution – National Chemi
 cal Laboratory\, Beena joined TCS\, Tata Research Development and Design C
 entre\, two decades ago. Her research focuses on the Computational Materia
 l Engineering especially molecular modeling based design and development o
 f materials and chemicals for various industrial applications such as meta
 ls\, mineral processing\, ceramics\, paints & coatings\, cements\, lubrica
 nts\, agrochemicals\, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.\n\nAbstract\n\nWe per
 ceive and react to the environment around us using 5 basic senses – sight\
 , smell\, sound\, taste and touch. These senses are an inherent part of ou
 r daily lives and work seamlessly to give us a comprehensive sense of our 
 surroundings. The underlying mechanisms governing them are extremely compl
 ex and have been an active area of research since long time\, however with
  no or very little digital intervention. In recent time\, development of a
 dvanced computers\, availability of large volumes of sensory data\, robust
  and scalable physics based models as well as efficient algorithms have op
 ened up new research direction of creation of digital replicas of sensory 
 functions. At TCS\, we are pursuing research in the domain of touch\, tast
 e and smell and vision. We have built a digital model of human skin using 
 multiscale modelling framework which mimics the barrier function of real s
 kin. The model can be used for the design\, development and testing of pha
 rma and personal care products as well as research work in transdermal del
 ivery of drugs e.g. insulin delivery via skin. The digital model can suppl
 ement in-vivo/in-vitro tests carried out for testing of both pharma and pe
 rsonal care products. We are also working on building data based models to
  predict properties of flavouring agents. The goal is to understand how va
 rious chemicals interact with each other to create new flavours. The corre
 la-tion of molecular complexity and structure of a flavouring compound wit
 h its properties is established using various machine learning techniques.
  The models thus developed are used to screen/design improved favour-ing a
 gents. The compound is further validated with in-silico tongue model mimic
 king the perception of taste. TCS is also working on developing an IoT and
  Cloud enabled framework for real time monitoring of food quali-ty as it t
 raverses from farm to consumer. The attempt is to build models to predict 
 the shelf-life of the food based on online sensory data as well as offline
  laboratory analysis. Additionally\, we are working on building models to 
 link the chemical structure of a compound with smell. The encoding of chem
 ical nature into smell shall lead to development of digital signatures of 
 smell as perceived by us. In the webinar\, I shall present the results obt
 ained thus far while moving towards the realization of the above goals.\n
 \n\nAbout the series\n\nThe Convergent Innovation Webinar Series will feat
 ure cutting edge science\, technology and innovation in agriculture\, food
  and health domains as well as in the behavioural\, commercial\, social an
 d complexity sciences. These\, combined with traditions from around the wo
 rld\, will altogether articulate an interdisciplinary research and action 
 strategy to transform agricultural products like pulses from undifferentia
 ted commodities into higher-margin whole and value-added food products tha
 t support sustainable development and affordable healthcare. Progressively
 \, programs in the CI-Food webinar series will be developed for other agri
 cultural products with high CI potential\, e.g.\, dairy\, fruits\, vegetab
 les\, and others.\n
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DTEND:20190207T160000Z
SUMMARY:CI Food Webinar Series: Beena Rai
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 eena-rai-293920
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