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 […]
IIITH Contributes To One-Of-Its-Kind Dataset on First-Person Computer Vision
IIITH is the only Indian institute in the global consortium of 13 universities and labs participating in Facebook AI’s ambitious Ego4D project that promises to enable experiences straight out of sci-fi. The “have-I-added-salt-or-not?’ memory lapse while cooking is all too familiar. But it seems that an AI-aid for such inattention will soon be at hand. […]
A Smart Space For Exploring Urban City Solutions
Modern technology impacts life. But to witness its deployment first-hand for improving the quality of urban life, a tour of the Smart City Living Lab situated at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) is warranted. With recent alarming reports of the toxic levels of pollution in Hyderabad city, the city’s air quality is […]
A Course That Straddles Engineering And Management
If you are an early or mid-career IT professional looking to know more about product management or someone toying with the idea of a start-up, here’s a thoughtfully curated postgraduate degree program for you! A product or solution that ticks the right boxes for a market requires a delicate balance of architectural as well as […]
Move Over Glass Slides. Say Hello To Digital Images: IIITH’s MoU With NIMS To Digitally Disrupt Pathology
With the installation of a digital scanner at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) to convert traditional histopathological slides into computerized images, IIIT Hyderabad takes the first step towards the creation of an Indian Pathology Dataset. A glass slide, a microscope and a trained eye. These typically make for a traditional pathology process. Here, the […]
How IIITH’s AI initiative Is Driving Safe RASTE
Indian road safety got a shot in its arm with the recent unveiling of an AI solution that uses sensors and predictive analytics to warn of collisions even before they occur. The project titled iRASTE – Intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and Engineering – was launched in Nagpur by the Union Minister of […]
IIITH Scientists Design Novel Way Of Performing Quantum Chemistry Calculations
The new method helps to predict the molecular properties and model chemical reactions. In groundbreaking research titled ‘Quantum Chemistry Calculations Using Energy Derivatives on Quantum Computers’ that was recently featured in the ‘NISQ Computing Newsletter’ by the USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science, IIITH researcher Utkarsh Azad under the guidance of Prof. Harjinder Singh […]
A Simple Blockchain-based Solution For India’s Dance of Democracy
IIITH researchers propose a novel cryptographic method of polling that not only meets all the required criteria of a fair and secure electoral process but is also geared for large democracies. Thanks to the success of Bitcoin, blockchain’s early use case was primarily of conducting financial transactions. It is now well recognised though that any […]
Banking On Data: Tech Tales From The TiH Data Centre
An online testing solution to assess the cognitive impact of Covid-19; an autonomous driving platform with high-performance computing capability, a portable screening tool for early cancer detection; a mobile traffic-challan generating system – these are a few of the applied research prototypes from the data collection efforts of the Technology Innovation Hub housed at the […]