Dr. Shubham Singhal received Best Paper Presentation Award for his research work on Study of Slope Stability Analysis of Hill Slopes with Retaining Walls at the 5th International Conference on Trends & Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE-2024) held on 15 and 16 October at Amity University, Noida. The other authors of this paper are Ravindra Kumar Tomar, Amity University and Ashish Tamang, 3Powergrid Corporation of India Limited, Mangan.
eSagu system, an IT-based agro-advisory system, developed by IT for Agricultural Research Center, has been mentioned in the report – Of Pioneers and Potentials – Transformation of the Public Sector with GenAI joint initiative by Technical University of Munich (TUM) think tank and Accenture. This is a report on Gen AI in the Public Sector across the globe.
The institute launched the first version of the My IIIT mobile app developed by a team of students on 23 October. The app is designed to offer a user-friendly interface, providing seamless access to key institute resources, particularly the IMS system, without requiring a VPN for students, faculty, and staff. Notably, it also introduces the first digital version of the institute’s faculty and staff contact directory – IIIT Soochika.
IIITH Student wins first prize in Naval Hackathon
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IIITH Student wins first prize in Naval Hackathon
An algorithm developed by a third-year engineering student from the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) to detect flying objects —helicopters, aeroplanes, drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and birds — faster and more robustly, could soon be used by the Navy. The solution was developed by Rishabh Bhattacharya at a nationwide competition organised by the Navy to address real-world operational challenges with innovative technological solutions. He won a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh. Speaking to Times of India (TOI), on Thursday, Rishabh said the Navy asked him to conduct further research so that the solution can be integrated into their functioning.
LTRC: Celebrating 25 years of language research
Celebrating 25 years of language research
NLP may be mainstream in undergraduate colleges today but 25 years ago it was a niche field taking its tentative steps at IIITH. As the Language Technology Research Centre (LTRC) rings in its silver jubilee, here’s an account of its glorious journey.
No mention of LTRC’s genesis is complete without a simultaneous reference to Akshar Bharati. For the uninitiated, the latter is a personification of a group that came together in the early 1980s to work on the computer processing of Indian languages, laying special emphasis on the traditional Indian theories of language. “It was set up at IIT Kanpur by the pioneers of language technology research in India, Prof. Rajeev Sangal and Vineet Chaitanya ji,” reminisces Prof. Dipti Misra.
Experts Urge Earthquake-Resistant Techniques for Hyderabad’s High-Rises
Dr Pravin Venkat Rao, assistant professor at IIIT Hyderabad’s Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, explained that earthquake-resistant building design focused on minimising damage and ensuring safety during seismic events. “Unlike ‘earthquake-proof’ buildings, which are impractical and excessively costly due to the rarity of strong earthquakes in the region, quake-resistant buildings are designed to withstand shaking without collapsing,” Prof. Venkat Rao explained. “While these buildings may suffer damage, such as cracks, their structural integrity is maintained to prevent catastrophic failure and protect occupants”.
Experts Urge Earthquake-Resistant Techniques for Hyderabad’s High-Rises