Vijay – The III(Tea) Guy
For most of the faculty and staff at IIIT-Hyderabad, the typical day does not get a shot in the arm until Vijay pops in, asking cheerfully if they want tea or coffee. And it has been this way since 2006.
Indranil Chakrabarty – The Poet Professor
Meet Prof. Indranil Chakrabarty. When this professor from the Center for Security, Theory and Algorithmic Research (CSTAR) is not speaking dispassionately on his area of expertise - Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Cloning, he can be found waxing eloquent in
STEP In The Right Direction
We live in a computer-driven or more simplistically, gadget-driven world. Computers help us in solving problems. But before they can do that, the problem itself and the way it can be solved needs to be understood by us. This is
Debojit Das’ Third ‘I’ – From IIT to I...
What does it take to walk away from the great Indian IIT dream? We found a willing candidate in Debojit Das, first year CSD dual degree (BTech in CSE and M.S in CSE by Research) student at IIITH, who could
Tarun Gupta – Making the Right Decisions
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) recently concluded its annual conference in New Orleans, USA. According to it’s website, “The purpose of the AAAI conference series is to promote research in artificial intelligence (AI) and foster scientific
Understanding Music Cognition
Not everyone can sing or play musical instruments. But almost all can hum a tune. It’s not uncommon either to find most people listing “listening to music” as one of their hobbies. Whether music predates language or speech has been