IIITH Students Come Second In World Blockchain Hackathon 2020
A team comprising Adhithya Arun and Meher Shashwat Nigam, 4th year BTech students, along with few others walked away with the second place in the 3rd edition of the virtual Blockchain and Data Science hackathon event that was conducted from October 9-11, 2020. Evocative of one of the cradles of civilization, the 3-day virtual hackathon […]
Tech Translation Tales: Product Labs Shows How
In the first of a series of startup stories from the Product Labs stable, we take a look at a sophisticated Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology that has not only been successfully productized but also gained some high profile customers in less than a year. And it all started with an internship. Read On. The […]
IIITH’s Rapid Visual Screening Report to Assist NDMA
In a move that is significantly useful to engineers, town planners, city and government officials as well as academia, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad in association with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of India recently unveiled a primer on Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) of housing structures. It is an attempt to provide a standardised […]
How To Better Online Teaching?
With the large scale adoption of virtual learning, Prof. Vishal Garg takes a look at it from the teachers’ point of view. Through useful tips and pointers on making it a wholesome experience, he reveals how it’s much more than just turning on the camera. When educational institutions were forced to shut down worldwide in […]
IIITH Music Data Studies Shed Light On Mental Health
While much of prior research linking depression with various musical engagement strategies has relied only on data collected via standard questionnaires, this is the first time that naturally occurring music consumption through streaming platforms has been examined to reveal insightful behaviour. Individuals At-Risk of depression found listening more to music tagged with ‘Sadness’ They were […]
IIITH’s Early Studies On Radio Frequency Biosensors For Pathological Testing Show Promise
Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad have conducted an experimental study of radio frequency-based sensing of antigens that has potential impact on the current widespread use of chemical-based diagnostic testing. An early diagnosis and subsequent treatment of any disease begins with early screening. If someone who is unwell from the apparently healthy […]
CovidWire – Verified News Snippets In The (Mis)Information Pandemic
When students joined hands to beat misinformation about the pandemic, CovidWire.in was born. Here’s how they’ve simplified information consumption even for non-native speakers of English. When Raghavendra R, 68, read an online article of a study with a headline suggesting that being indoors and in your own homes was more fraught with risk of contracting […]
CVIT Researchers’ Submission in MOT 2020 Ranks No. 1
In June 2020, when two student researchers from the Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT) turned in their entry to the Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) challenge, the submission gained them the first rank in the famously challenging problem. Here’s a simultaneous look at the benchmark as well as the students, Karthik Shyamgopal and Ameya Prabhu, […]
VR Dating Ups Chances of Real Life Hook-Ups, Finds IIITH Study
The Indian match-making scene has gotten severely disrupted thanks to the advent of technology. Now, Human Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad have attempted to analyse the effects of virtual reality (VR) on dating and find the envelope being pushed even further. University students’ interactions on chat-based Tinder as […]
Now A Machine Learns to Map Music-induced Movement To Your Traits
Just like physical gestures are quick giveaways of your personality and your current emotional state, the way you groove to music also says a lot about you. In a new study that has significant implications for music cognition research, scientists at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) have developed a machine learning model […]