Hyderabad’s Applied AI Research Centre (INAI), low-cost cameras mounted on police and towing vehicles are being paired with artificial intelligence and computer vision to turn road footage into actionable traffic-enforcement data. The system can identify violations such as wrong-side driving, helmetless riding and triple riding, read licence plates and feed verified evidence into the e-challan system. CE spoke to Govind Krishnan, head of engineering, Mobility, INAI, to understand how the technology works, the challenges of deploying AI on the road and what lies ahead. “INAI’s objective is to take research in areas such as artificial intelligence and computer vision and translate it into solutions for real-world problems,” he said.

Four research students from the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), a research institute in Gachibowli, which is not only a home for research but also recognised as a higher education institution at the national and international level, have been recognised at the national level. A list of the top 100 artificial intelligence/machine learning researchers in India has been compiled. Four research students from IIIT Hyderabad have found a place in it. It is a special privilege that Amazon has recognised these four students from IIIT Hyderabad. They are Asitva Srivastava, Nilga, Kiran Ravish, and Chirag Parikh. They were congratulated by several IIIT-H professors, faculty representatives, officials, and research students.

The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT Hyderabad) and measurement technologies firm Hexagon R&D India on Wednesday announced their collaboration to establish the Hexagon Digital Twin Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the campus of the institute. The CoE will focus on driving applied research, education, and industry collaboration in computer vision, spatial computing, and digital twins, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a statement. The collaboration aims to provide students, faculty, and researchers at IIIT Hyderabad access to Hexagon’s advanced precision imaging laser scanner, which enables high-fidelity digital twin creation.