IIITH students in Brazil for IOL
The Indian National Team set off for Barzil to participate in the International Olympiad of Linguistics (IOL). While speaking to ANI, Manish Shrivastava, an assistant professor at IIIT Hyderabad said, IOL is a two-decade-old olympiad, one of the newer ones, which focuses on puzzles coming out of languages all across the world, and these are based on linguistic phenomena that are required to deeply understand language. Participants from all over the world from their school times, come there to participate in teams of four. We are sending two teams of four students each coming from all across India”.
Prof. P J Narayanan shares his expectations from education budget 2024
Emphasising the necessity of good quality education until class 12, Prof P J Narayanan, Director of IIIT Hyderabad, said, “Ensuring good quality education till class 12 is the most essential need of India. While the southern states have made moderate progress, the northern states lag significantly. Narayanan warns, “India as the most populous country and one with a high percentage of children must invest in this seriously. Only then can the demographic dividend be encashed. We will have a big disaster otherwise.”
IIITH launches Telugu photo project
In an effort to provide unrestricted access to a collection of photos depicting the Telugu states, the Indicwiki initiative at IIIT-Hyderabad has launched the #TeluguPhotoProject. The pilot project aims to bolster content availability for applications in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and other advanced technologies. The project seeks volunteers to capture and submit photos of culture, heritage, artefacts, nature, and everyday objects. These photos should be CC0 (“No Rights Reserved”) licensed, ensuring free access for public domain use.
IIITH celebrates 23rd Convocation
The 23rd Convocation of IIIT Hyderabad will be held on Saturday, 13th July 2024, 2pm at Global Peace Auditorium, Brahmakumaris Shanti Sarovar, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Dr. (Mrs.) N Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR will present the convocation address. IIITH conducted its 23rd convocation and graduated 600 students and a record number of 32 PhDs and 224 Master’s with thesis. At the event, speakers urged graduates to think about what they will do in the future and how their work can contribute to the nation.
Prof. Ramesh Loganathan was a panelist at ET Education leadership summit 2024
The second edition of ET Education Leadership Summit 2024 was recently hosted at HICC Novotel. The event brought together stakeholders in the Indian education sector, recognising innovators from higher education to primary schools. The summit featured two panels of education experts. The first panel, comprising Ramesh Loganathan, Prof. IIITH; Ramakrishna Lingareddy, IT industry leader; and Dr. Archana Mantri, Vice chancellor, Anurag University discussed – Adapting Higher Education to the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities.
IIITH’s smart tech to save water and plug leaks wins patent
At a time when most metro cities are battling a water crisis, a team from IIITH has received a patent for their smart solution to conserve water. The three member team to build a sensible water flow that can not only gauge water usage but can also plug any leakages.
Inaugural Edition of TechForward Research Seminar Series
AI research is being advanced to make on-device AI ubiquitous, by creating AI platform innovations that are fundamental to scaling AI across the industry, said Rajesh Narayanan, VP of Engineering at Qualcomm, at the inaugural edition of the TechForward Research Seminar Series held on Friday evening at Qualcomm’s premises in Madhapur.
RCTS at IIITH launches crowdsourcing platform Badal for Social Development
The Raj Reddy Center for Technology and Society (RCTS) at IIIT-Hyderabad is expanding its impact in education and healthcare through Badal, a novel crowdsourcing initiative.
Platform Badal aims to bridge the gap between NGOs and corporations by creating an integrated platform for solution-building.
Start-up eBasha Setu bridges linguistic barriers with tech
Winner of the Bhashini Grand Innovation Challenge by MeitY, Govt. of India, eBhasha Setu is taking ‘knowledge for all’ very seriously with its language processing technology services. Startup eBhasha Setu has successfully translated patient consent forms and information sheets from English into Telugu, Bangla, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi to help clinical trial participants make an informed decision.
SERC at IIITH to host 21st edition of IEEE ICSA 2024
SERC at IIITH will be hosting the 21st edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) 2024. ICSA is the premier venue for practitioners and researchers interested in software architecture, in component-based software engineering, in quality aspects of software, and how these relate to the design of software architectures. Dr Y. Raghu Reddy from SERC, IIITH and Prof. Nenad Medvidovic from the University of Southern California, USA are the general chairs of ICSA 2024.