Dr. P Pravin K V Rao has been selected for ISET D K Paul Research Award for best Ph.D thesis in Earthquake Risk Reduction in India for the year 2022. The award is given once in 4 years to only one person with an international reputation and excellent standing in the area of expertise. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 60,000 and a citation.
Anuj Malviya and Josh Elias Joy, M.Tech Product Design and Management and Akshay Phate M.Tech CSE student who graduated in 2023 won 2nd place in Autodesk Instructables, Student Game Design Challenge, for their project Jumpfit (Wearable Joystick) which was done as a part of the Wearables System Design Course at IIIT Hyderabad under the mentorship of Dr. Raghu Reddy.
Astitva Srivastava in first year and Chennupati Sai Deep in third year of their Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) were awarded TCS Research Scholarships. Students selected for the scholarship will be given a stipend for a maximum of four years, or submission of a thesis whichever is earlier. A stipend of Rs. 70,000 per month for the first and second year and Rs. 75,000 per month for the third year and fourth year will be given to the Ph.D scholars.
Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan was a member of the organising committee of the recently concluded 20th edition of the IEEE International conference on software architecture (ICSA-2023) held at L’Aquila, Italy from 13 to 17 March. ICSA-2023 is a premier (Tier A) conference in the field of Software Architecture. Karthik was part of the organising committee alongside some of the eminent researchers/scientists in the field of software architecture from different parts of the world.
Dr. Ashok Kumar Das has been included in the list of Web of Science (Clarivate™) Highly Cited Researcher 2023 in recognition for his exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% for field and year. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers™ which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science™ over the past decade.
Prof. Madhava Krishna has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for the year 2023. The Indian National Academy of Engineering honours Indian and foreign nationals who are elected by “peer” committees in recognition of their personal achievements in “Engineering” which are of exceptional merit and demonstrated distinctive eminence in the new and developing fields of technology.
Prof. Kishore Kothapalli has been awarded the Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam HPC Award for the year 2023 for developing parallel algorithm engineering techniques that efficiently harness the power of parallel architectures, especially for irregular computations arising from graphs and matrices and their applications. The award was given by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) a company committed to promoting advancements in High-Performance Computing. These awards celebrate and showcase individuals and organisations who have made significant contributions to the advancement of HPC in science, engineering, and beyond.