IIITH Researchers Win Patent For Method That Lets Users Exercise Power Over Preferences
Result of R&D Collaboration With Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory If you’re the kind who can be found swaddled with 2-3 layers of clothing and shivering away at your workplace while your co-worker is visibly sweating, then this one is for you. In a unique development, IIIT Hyderabad researchers have devised a patented method to integrate […]
When An Internship Is King
What does it feel like to be studying under a Professor you idolized and whose talks on YouTube you once followed? And then again, what is it like to intern under the said Professor’s former advisor, a pioneer himself at a world-class facility – the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Ask Rishabh […]
Dial D For Diversity
As International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad kicks off its admission process for the academic year 2020-21, here’s a low-down on different modes of admission, with the spotlight on the ‘Diversity’ channel where the ‘extraordinary’ are welcomed – both in terms of talent as well as circumstances. Read On. ‘Girls Outperform Boys’. Headlines like this […]
The Boy Who Loved Math: Tales and Times of Rahul Saladi
Rahul Saladi did his BTech and MS in Computer Science at IIITH from 2004-2011. He currently works as an Assistant Professor at IISc, Bangalore. In a telephonic conversation, he talks at length about the side to research that rarely receives much attention and claims that the alma mater gave him his life – a wife, […]
Telugu Wikipedia: Rally For Knowledge Rivers
Since January 2020, every weekend a motley crowd makes its way to the Nilgiri building at IIIT-H in search of the T3 lab. They are students, homemakers, retired professionals, journalists and school teachers. There’s even a scientist from BARC and a retired superintendent of Police in the mix. These men and women hailing from various […]
IIITH’s Latest Research Ensures Nothing Is Lost In Translation
Imagine Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech at the UN Climate Change Conference translated into Assamese, Telugu, Marathi and other languages for regional viewers. Well, it could soon be a possibility thanks to IIITH’s Machine Learning model that can automatically translate a video of any person speaking in one language to another. Read On. Content is king. […]
Alumnus Sriram Venkatapathy On Research and Self-Exploration At IIIT-H
When Sriram Venkatapathy originally came to IIIT-H for a BTech degree in 1999, little did he know that he would call the campus his home for 10 years. An acclaimed researcher with over 8 patents to his name, Sriram is now a Senior Scientist with the Alexa Machine Learning group at Amazon. Read on to […]
IIITH’s dual degree student Vaibhav Gupta’s 2019: Looking Back In Wonder
Every year-end, with just a few days left in it, institutions, individuals, and various other entities typically undertake a review exercise – a reflective ‘looking back’ of sorts where they take stock of the highs and the lows that marked the year for them. Among students on campus, we found Vaibhav Gupta, a 5th year […]
From Carrybags To Carry-Your-Own-Bags And Much More – How IIITH Is Pursuing A Plastic-Free Pledge
In October 2018, a ban on single-use plastics was supposed to be put in place by the Prime Minister, Narender Modi – an announcement that was later put off (presumably due to the plastic industry lobby). However long before the term ‘single-use plastic’ became a dirty word, IIITH has been quietly undertaking a host of […]
Life In The Fast Lane: 4 Indian cities in Top 10 listed for Distracted Driving
A collaborative research effort between IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Delhi and Carnegie Mellon University reveals the extent of distracted driving while engaging in online social media across several cities in the world. Alarmingly, 4 of the top 10 cities accounting for such distracted driving content are from India. Read on. Posting of distracted driving content on […]