Wikimedia Technology Summit 2024
The Wikimedia Technology Summit 2024 successfully took place from October 3 to 5, 2024, drawing an enthusiastic gathering of technologists, developers, and volunteer contributors of Wikimedia projects from all over the country. Hosted by the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad with support from Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group and the Wikimedia Foundation, the summit had a one-day Hackathon on the IIIT Hyderabad campus and the summit at Hotel Hyatt Gachibowli. The summit gathered 130 attendees from across India to discuss the latest trends and innovations in open-source technology and Wikimedia projects.
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Winners of Wi-SUN Smart City Challenge
From smart dustbins to soil quality testing systems, innovators from across the country showcased their smart city innovations based on IoT at the ‘Wi-SUN Challenge’ conducted by US-based Silicon Labs at IIITH on Thursday. As many as 266 contestants demonstrated proof of concept using prototypes based on Wi-SUN technology and artificial intelligence. Of the eight shortlisted innovators, DBR Innovative Tech bagged the first prize and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh for their smart soil sensor, followed by Horus (Rs 2 lakh) and Yantram (Rs 1 lakh). The winners will receive support from Silicon Labs’ wireless development centre in Hyderabad for product development.
IIIT Hyderabad secured 11th rank in India Today – Top Technical Universities in India 2024 Survey. A total of 192 technical universities took part in the survey.
IIIT Hyderabad ranks high in various categories in a survey conducted by India Today.<br><br><br>2nd in top 10 colleges in Private Engineering Colleges<br><br>13th in overall category, with government, HEIs ,IITs, NITs & IIITs<br><br>1st position among the engineering private colleges in best placement record, highest- scoring colleges among those set up in and after 2000 and in south region<br><br>
IIIT Hyderabad has been ranked as the 11th best college in All India and 2nd in Private Engineering Colleges in All India in a survey conducted by The Week for the year 2024.
Sushil Raaja Umasudhan has won a silver medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI-2024) held in Alexandria, Egypt from 1 to 8 September and a Gold medal in this year’s Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO-2024) organized online by China.
IIITH ihub-data Ph.D fellowships were given to Furqan Ahmed Shaik, Ayushi Agrawal, Laksh Nanwani, Aadya Ranjan and Debjani Mallick
