Post-doctoral Culture at IIIT Hyderabad
Researchers from IIITH’s Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics (CCNSB) are working in diverse areas in basic and applied research in natural sciences. We spoke to Shampa Raghunathan, research scientist at CCNSB at IIITH about her research and the work culture on campus. IIITH is encouraging a high level of contribution by post-doctoral fellows […]
SPECs of Gold In the Dust
The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad believes in diversity and runs a special mode of admission to induct talented students from rural hinterlands. We trace the remarkable journeys of two such youngsters from its inaugural batch that will leave you inspired. This semester, when Prerna Gupta recorded her dance moves and sent it over […]
Standing On The Shoulders Of Srinivasa Ramanujan
When 27-year-old Dual Degree student Sumit Kumar Jha quietly revealed the publication of not one but three single-author papers during the course of the tumultuous 2020, the research community sat up and noticed. We probed a bit to first learn more about his area of expertise, the genius himself, and discovered what the excitement was […]
Living A Life Of Learning
Sai Prasad Gollapudi recently obtained his doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering, a process that he began in 2009. As a living example of the adage, ‘You’re never too old to learn’, the 52-year-old talks of his motivations behind going back to school, his takeaways from the experience and what he plans next. When Sai […]
IIITH Team Wins Prize At Smart India Hackathon 2020
Since 2017, a nationwide hackathon has enabled lakhs of students to pitch in and innovatively solve some everyday pressing problems faced by governments, industries, and NGOs with the help of technology. This year, a IIITH team of students built an advanced library software solution for a college in the Andamans winning them a prize in […]
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, […]
IIITH Student Snags Competitive Inaugural MLH Fellowship
In response to the thousands of globally lost student internships due to Covid-19, Major League Hacking (MLH) has teamed up with a group of companies such as Facebook, Amazon Web Services, PlutoVR, Indeed, Royal Bank of Canada and many such others, to offer a unique apprenticeship. Meet Jivitesh Jain, 2nd year CSE student and part […]
IIITH Women UG Students STEP In To The Light
Having just wrapped up their Google STEP internship, Shradha Sehgal and Mallika Subramanian speak at length about their virtual internship experience, girls in STEM and are all praise for IIITH’s unique curriculum that lets one explore diverse topics of interest. Early this year when Coronavirus came a-calling, the IT&ES sector was the first to quickly […]
When An Internship Is King
What does it feel like to be studying under a Professor you idolized and whose talks on YouTube you once followed? And then again, what is it like to intern under the said Professor’s former advisor, a pioneer himself at a world-class facility – the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Ask Rishabh […]
Dial D For Diversity
As International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad kicks off its admission process for the academic year 2020-21, here’s a low-down on different modes of admission, with the spotlight on the ‘Diversity’ channel where the ‘extraordinary’ are welcomed – both in terms of talent as well as circumstances. Read On. ‘Girls Outperform Boys’. Headlines like this […]