IIIT Hyderabad https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Prof. Ashok Kumar Das has been conferred three prestigious Fellowships in recognition of his outstanding contributions to engineering research, cybersecurity, and technology. He has recently been elevated to: Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, Fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI). Home From Pixel To People: Prof. Kiran Chand Thumaty On Why The View From The Top Matters Prof. Nimmi Rangaswamy and her student, Pratyay Suvarnapathaki, have been featured on the cover story of Interactions, one of ACM’s leading publications showcasing Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) research from around the world. The team presented the initial findings at the HCI Across Borders Workshop during CHI 2025, highlighting the often-invisible labor involved in idle waiting, repetitive workflows, and the interpretive work required to manage uncertainty in platform-based work. IIIT-H sets up new centre to redefine learning in the age of AI FUN, FUTURE,AND LINGUISTICS August 2026 Inside CVIT: 25 Years Of Looking and Staying Ahead Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of GPU Server Engineering The Energy Transition | IIIT Hyderabad’s Roadmap for Al, Research and Innovation Academic integrity in the ChatGPT era: When the answer is no longer the evidence AI-generated text found on over 1/3rd of new web pages IIIT-H launches JA Chowdary Faculty Chair on its Foundation Day Celebrations IIIT-H Launches Centre for Educational Technology and Learning Sciences (CETLS) to Reimagine Learning in the Age of AI Dr Vishnu Sreekumar received the 2026 HPS–IMH Oration Award from Hyderabad Psychiatric Society on 23 August. In his oration, he examined the role of AI and computational cognitive science in psychiatry, separating hype from reality. He also proposed a framework for collaboration among AI researchers, cognitive scientists, engineers, psychiatrists, and patients that moves beyond early detection towards understanding treatment-relevant mechanisms. Infrastructure Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of Manipulator Arm and Gripper-2 Units Notice Inviting tender for Construction of UG sump – 5.00 Lakhs Litres capacity at Palash Nivas Notice Inviting tender for Construction of UG sump – 3.00 Lakhs Litres at Bakul Hostel Lecturers IIIT Hyerabad’s Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT) won a best paper award and a best paper runner-up award at Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference 2026. Dual degree graduate Kunal Bhosikar received the best paper runner-up award for research on simplifying AI-generated 3D models. Master’s graduate Darshan Singh won the best paper award for developing a method that improves how AI understands videos using structured descriptions instead of massive datasets. Dr Aakansha Natani, Assistant Professor, Human Sciences Research Centre, was awarded the Australia–France Indo-Pacific Visiting Fellowship Studies Grant 2026 by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She will join the University of Queensland, Brisbane, later this year to work on her project, “Data as Public Good: Cross-regional Insights from India and Australia”. Foundation Day 2026 Foundation Day 2026 (2 September 2026) Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of GPU Server with (2 x NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 96 GB) Dr. Shubham Singhal, Assistant Professor, Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC), is appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sustainable Practices in Civil Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute for Environmental Nanotechnology (IENT). Mohammad Rehan Akhtar has won the Ritesh Tiwari Outstanding MS Thesis Award for his Master’s thesis – Integrated Standard Cell Characterization and Complex Circuit Analysis in CMOS/FinFET Digital Circuit Design that integrates three traditionally separate domains of integrated circuit design: device-level physics, machine learning-based modeling, and circuit-level characterization. The award was conferred on him at the annual convocation held on 11 July 2026. From Elephants to Apps: A Sociologist’s Unlikely Route to India’s Platform Economy IIIT Hyderabad Opens Applications for Cohort 3 of Certificate Program on Engineering Agentic AI Systems Team India sweeps Gold and multiple awards at International Linguistics Olympiad at Romania IIIT Hyderabad Opens Applications for Cohort 3 of Certificate Program on Engineering Agentic AI Systems Team India sweeps Gold and multiple awards at International Linguistics Olympiad at Romania IIIT-H Alumnus Prof. Aquil Mirza Alchemizes Global Classrooms into Innovation Engines Praveen Garimella Team India sweeps Gold and multiple awards at International Linguistics Olympiad at Romania First Amgen Scholars Program in India launches at IIIT Hyderabad CIE at IIIT Hyderabad Selects Five Deep-Tech Startups for Avishkar Venture Studio Summer Cohort 2026 IASNLP 2026 gives Speech and multi-modal LLMs an easy conversational flair CIE at IIIT Hyderabad Selects Five Deep-Tech Startups for Avishkar Venture Studio Summer Cohort 2026 Amgen Scholars Program expands to India at IIIT Hyderabad Disclosure Notice Inviting tender for Supply and Installation of Signages package for NAB and SRIC Admissions open for 6-month AI/ML training program by iHub-Data at IIIT Hyderabad Hrishikesh Rajesh Terdalkar Keynote: Learning to Understand Meaningful Gestures by Prof Andrew Zisserman (8 August 2026) July 2026 Beyond Chaos: IIIT-H Prof Reveals Simpler Rationale To Thermal Behaviour In Quantum Systems First Amgen Scholars Program in India launches at IIIT Hyderabad Admissions open for 6-month AI/ML training program by iHub-Data at IIIT Hyderabad Regular Staff