Stan Silverman, director of technology-based learning systems at the New York Institute of Technology, said most New York schools use Microsoft Office.
The Indian Institute of Technology has developed a methodology combining e-learning and direct contact session in remote centres across the country to train teachers.
Jeff Hawkins, Numenta co-founder, and Michael Chui, a principal at the McKinsey Global Institute will discuss on Wednesday evening an alternative approach to big data, using brain-inspired machine learningtechnology and a cloud-based service called Grok that recognizes complex patterns from data streams and generates actionable predictions in real time.