Carnegie Mellon University, TCS set up research facility in US

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Carnegie Mellon University have partnered to set up a new facility in Pittsburgh.
To be built on the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, the new 'TCS Hall' is supported by a USD 35 million grant from the software services major, TCS said in a statement.
The facility is slated to open in 2018.
The building will house research and academic spaces where the two institutions will collaborate on promoting next-generation technologies, including cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles, the statement said.
In addition to the research and academic spaces, the 48,000-sq ft building will feature an innovation courtyard, an eco-sustainable rain garden and a "robot yard".

"We pleased to be laying the ground for this facility during CMU's 50th year since its founding in 1967, and to see it come active during TCS' own upcoming 50th year in 2018," TCS CEO and MD Rajesh Gopinathan said.