IIITH Team Proposes Scalable Model To Obtain Popular Paths For Road Networks
Novel approach uses frequent pattern mining to identify most popular routes in lieu of shortest routes to reach a destination. Every time we use an application like say, Google Maps to find the quickest way of getting to a destination, what kicks in is the shortest path algorithm. However, in some situations, the shortest path […]
IIITH To Develop Early Oral Cancer Screening Tool
The automated solution, arising out of a collaborative effort with Grace Cancer Foundation and BioCon Foundation, requires just a smart phone. It aims to flag abnormal oral lesions before they progress into advanced stages of cancer. A blue-coloured bus trundles to a stop at Pangra village in Nizamabad district and sets up a mobile camp. […]
IIITH Team Wins Best User Award At International IoT Standards Hackathon For Smart Energy Solution
An international oneM2M hackathon organised by Korea Electronics Technology Institute to commemorate its 30th anniversary saw IIITH walk away with the Best User Application award. IoT is synonymous with smart solutions or devices as they are an integrated bundle of connected sensors, used to collect and analyse data. But with IoT becoming all-pervasive, it was […]
Can Meditation Help Slow Down Alzheimer’s Disease?
A new study by IIITH and the Neurology Department, Apollo Multispeciality Hospital, Kolkata that was published in the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggests so. The ‘Keep Calm and X’ phrase may well have originated as a World War II – era British inspirational public message but early evidence gained by Indian researchers suggests there’s […]
Mapping An Industry-Academia Collab Via Tech Clusters
A brainstorming session with various industry heads was held at IIITH recently on challenges that exist in industry-academia partnerships, and the scope of technology clusters in dealing with them. Here’s a brief summary. Not too long ago, universities worked on their own churning out research and academic papers that oftentimes had little relevance to the […]
IIITH-TCS Team Shocks Competition To Emerge Winner In This Power Play
A collaborative IIITH and TCS effort that strategically deploys game theory and ML techniques in a smart grid network bagged first place at the annual niche tournament, PowerTAC which simulates retail electric power markets. The team not only won by a huge margin but continues to be the only Indian presence at the event so […]
IIITH Prof Authors World’s First Ready Reckoner On Flexible Electronics
Ever wondered how a block of aluminium is stiff and unyielding while the same material can be malleable when rolled out as aluminium foil? Or how the bark of a tree is hard while paper is supple despite being made up of the same cellular fibre? Answers to these and more can be found in […]
How Focusing On Consumer Healthtech Products Has Worked For This IIITH-alumnus Startup
BlueSemi, a CIE-incubated startup founded by IIITH alumnus Sunil Kumar Maddikatla has received an impressive funding of USD 69 million from Luxembourg-based investment group GEM Global Yield LLC. The infusion is set to fuel the growth of its soon-to-be launched disruptive healthtech product that is inspired by ikigai. It was the Consumer Electronics Showcase 2020 […]
Positivity, A PhD and A Patent
Life can often get in the way of individual pursuits. But for Salma Khan who sailed through marriage, childcare, vivas, and then work, her first hiatus came only with the birth of her third child. Her comeback to academia as a PhD aspirant has been nothing short of spectacular. Here, she talks to us about […]
Building A Collaborative Future With Quantum Computing
The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad’s newest Centre for Quantum Science and Technology is the first of its kind in India. It aims to uniquely contribute to the Quantum tech space by combining it with the domains of Science and Technology. Let’s take a look. Quantum computing is the newest kid on the IT […]