Distinguished Lecture on Hyperbolic Geometry and Chaos in the Complex Plane

Hyperbolic Geometry and Chaos in the Complex Plane By Prof Mahan Mj, School of Mathematics, TIFR, Mumbai Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 Time: 3:45 PM Venue: 105 (Audi), Himalaya Building, IIIT-H Abstract: Instances of hyperbolic geometry come up in nature whenever a system starts developing fast interconnections. Examples include trees, the human brain and the internet. A tell-tale signature is the existence […]

Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Nivedita Menon

Title: Is Science a ‘culture’? Feminist deconstruction of objectivity Speaker: Prof. Nivedita Menon, Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Date: 9 Feb 2017 Time: 3:45 PM Venue: 105 (Auditorium), Himalaya Building, IIIT-Hyderabad. Abstract: We are familiar with the distinction made between the study of the human world and the non-human natural world, in […]

KCIS Distinguished Talk on “An AI Approach to Measuring Social Good”

“An AI Approach to Measuring Social Good” By Professor Mark S. Fox Date : 27 Feb, 2017 Time : 4:00 PM Venue : 105 (Auditorium), Himalaya Building, IIIT-Hyderabad Dear All, Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS), IIIT Hyderabad and IT, Electronics & Communications Dept, Govt. of Telangana are jointly organizing the talk on “An AI Approach to Measuring […]

Modeling the Generation Process of Fundamental Frequency Contours of Speech – Seminar

“Centre of Excellence in Signal Processing (CESP)” is organising a seminar on November 21, 2016 (Monday) by Professor Hiroya  Fujisaki, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan. Title Modeling the Generation Process of Fundamental Frequency Contours of Speech — An Example of Interplay between Physiology, Physics, Phonetics, and Spoken Language Processing Date: November 21, 2016 (Monday) Time: […]

Talk on ‘Exploring genderscapes in higher education’ by Dr Kalpana Kannabiran

Special Lecture Series (GSC) Talk on ‘Exploring genderscapes in higher education‘ by Dr Kalpana Kannabiran Date and time: Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 5:00pm. Venue: Himalaya 105 Abstract: Through this session, I hope to trigger a sustained dialogue on gender lines, cross overs, intersectionality and social justice among young adults — with the hope that the […]