Medical Devices Get Real With Next Gen Tech
This medtech startup gives you an immersive experience by letting you see and feel complex medical equipment remotely. In an edited conversation with the CEO of NexRea, Dr. Ramya Gujjula, we find out how it all began, what they do and where they are headed. The best ideas don’t always come in the shower. Science […]
When MIT Interns Came A-Visiting
From visiting the Chowmahalla Palace and the Charminar to walking alongside the Hussain Sagar, from eating Hyderabadi biryani to craving for the deep-fried potato served for Friday lunches at the mess, from riding the Metro to taking the ubiquitous Uber, from dabbling in tennis on campus to checking out Cult. Fit, these young MIT interns […]
IIITH team develops tool to generate blog titles from research articles
At the risk of sounding self-disparaging, we nevertheless begin meetings with the scientific research community by asking them to “dumb down” their research for us. What we essentially mean is of course to explain it such that a layperson with little or no exposure to the Sciences (much less machine learning or deep learning) can […]
Advances in the field of Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems
Analysing or modelling strategic interactions between rational decision-makers is Prof. Sujit Gujar’s forte. With specific research interests in the application of game theory to artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology, it comes as no surprise that Prof. Gujar has been regularly attending the prestigious conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS). Here’s a […]
IIITH Researcher Wins Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2019
Divija Shwetha Gadiraju from the Signal Processing and Communication Research Centre was among 10 other winners chosen from a select list of Indian universities who received a 10 lakh financial award. On July 4th, 24-year-old PhD student from the Signal Processing and Communication Research Centre (SPCRC), Divija Shwetha Gadiraju received the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship award […]
Going Desi: A Dhoti For A Degree
What’s in an outfit after all? Well, apparently plenty, especially if it’s the official garb for convocation ceremonies. Even as there are mixed reactions to the traditional thrust by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), we trace the roots of this controversy and find out what IIIT-H has been doing all along. As if […]
From Reporting on AI to Reporting to AI
Not to state the obvious but we do live in an alarmingly digitized world. Everywhere you look, it’s AI this and AI that. As journalists, media persons often report on the latest technological advancements, research breakthroughs, their applications and so on. But even as they stand on the periphery, it’s time to acknowledge that they’re […]
Don’t Change Your Dreams. Change The World says IIIT-H alumnus Dr. Sridhar Chimalakonda
A conversation with Dr. Sridhar Chimalakonda is peppered with terms such as ‘Pushing the boundaries’, ‘Thinking Out of The Box’, and ‘Innovation’. As someone who aims to reverse the brain drain happening in the country, Dr. Chimalakonda is actively innovating by using technology to improve the current quality of education. We caught up with the […]
SERC Kicks Off Remote Internship on Open Source
Any student worth their salt knows the value of “industry experience”. Marrying convenience with opportunity is a novel initiative by the Software Engineering Research Centre (SERC) at IIIT-H. Let’s find out more about it. A productive combination of academics and hands-on experience is essential to round off and complete any student’s education, particularly in the […]
A for AC, B for Building, C for Cool Roof..
If the State Govt has its way, this could well be the next urban alphabet song. With ambitious targets seeking to make the entire state of Telangana a ‘cool’ one, we speak with Prof. Vishal Garg about the implications of the State’s proposed Cool Roof policy, related research from IIIT-H’s Building Science Research Centre and […]