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Prof. Hussain wins YFRF for sleep monitoring app

The selective national research fellowship is backing the development of a low-cost smart mattress by Prof Aftab Hussain that can detect falls, track sleep, and improve elderly care – offering a privacy-first alternative to cameras and wearables. The sunset years come with their own set of challenges. Ageing is one of the key risk factors for falls. According to the WHO, older people have the highest risk of death or serious injury arising from a fall and the risk only increases with age. In fact monitoring the elderly during sleep is just as vital as keeping an eye on them while moving. It is the reason why elderly homes, hospitals and now even families employ nursing staff or attendants to monitor the well-being of elderly patients through the night. At IIIT-H, Prof. Aftab Hussain, Centre for VLSI and Embedded System Technologies, is particularly concerned about falls that go unnoticed. According to him, “In many cases, help arrives too late – not because care is unavailable, but because no one knows an incident has occurred.”

NIT under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of NDT Instruments  

Notice Inviting Tender(NIT) under Two-CoverBid SystemFor NDT Instruments   International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad   Tender No.: IIIT-H/Purchase/2026/05 Date: 10th April 2026 The sealed quote should reach the address on or before29th April 2026 @ 17:00 Hrs.  Submission date is extended to 6th May @ 17.00 Hrs.  Document Link:  NDT Instruments   DirectorIIIT HyderabadProfessor CR […]

NIT under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of Compression and Universal Testing Machine  

Notice Inviting Tender(NIT) under Two-CoverBid SystemFor Compression and Universal Testing Machine    International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad   Tender No.:IIIT-/Purchase/2026/06  Date: 10th April 2026 The sealed quote should reach the address on or before29th April 2026 @ 17:00 Hrs. Submission date is extended to 6th May @ 17.00 Hrs.  Document Link: Compression and Universal Testing […]

TechForward Seminar (21 April 2026)

TechForward Seminar on Improving Seller Productivity with Agentic AI
Date – 21 April 2026
Time – 3:30 PM
Register: https://tinyurl.com/4ss47wa7

Teaching Drones to Adapt

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Teaching Machines to Adapt: Inside a Drone Lab Where Uncertainty Is the Starting Point

From flood relief to farming and the frontlines, Prof. Spandan Roy is rethinking how machines learn to act in the real world. “Even if you don’t know the system… can you still control it?” It’s not the kind of question that usually opens a talk on robotics. But for Prof. Spandan Roy, it defines everything and sets the context for his work at the Robotics Research Center at IIITH. In theory, engineering is neat. Systems obey equations; forces can be calculated; outcomes predicted. In practice, especially in the world of flying machines, things are far less tidy. A drone in flight isn’t just governed by clean physical laws; it’s constantly negotiating wind, drag, shifting payloads, and environmental disturbances that are difficult, if not impossible, to model precisely. For someone without a traditional mechanical background, as Prof. Roy admits of himself, this gap becomes even more pronounced.

NIT under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of GPU Server  & Compute Nodes 

Notice Inviting Tender(NIT) under Two-CoverBid SystemFor GPU Server  & Compute Nodes    International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Tender No.: IIIT-H/Purchase/2026/7 Date: 7th April 2026  Sealed quote should reach to the below address on or before 27th April 2026 @ 12:00 PM. Document Link:  CPU Server and Compute Nodes   Cancelled   DirectorIIIT HyderabadProfessor CR […]