LTRC: Celebrating A Legendary Research Centre
NLP may be mainstream in undergraduate colleges today but 25 years ago it was a niche field taking its tentative steps at IIITH. As the Language Technology Research Centre (LTRC) rings in its silver jubilee, here’s an account of its
Simplicity in Complexity: How Prof. Girish Varma k...
Dr. Girish Varma, an Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad’s CSTAR works in the domain of Complexity Theory, Combinatorics, Computer Vision and Machine Learning. The Millenial academic looks back at the early carefree days that saw the advent of computers and how
IIITH’s Smart And Sustainable Robotic Research
At the recently concluded International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024) that was held in Abu Dhabi, IIITH’s Robotics Research Centre made a splash with a presentation of 6 research papers. Here’s a brief roundup of some of
GenAI Tech by IIITH Team Enhances Accessibility Fo...
As part of the Government-led initiative to create AI models exclusively tailored for India’s diverse cultures and languages, BharatGen formally launches e-VikrAI - an e-commerce tool for Indian languages. While democratising AI has been the goal of many research groups
Sushil Umasudhan – International Informatics...
When IIITH’s Sushil Raaja Umasudhan won the silver medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI-2024) at Alexandria recently, it was his third international medal. He is currently ranked second in India and placed among the top 15% of the
IIITH Shows A Simple Stethoscope Can Give Voice To...
Researchers demonstrate how a wireless stethoscope converts behind-the-ear vibrations - heard as non-audible whispers- into intelligible speech even in a ‘zero-shot’ setting. Stephen Hawking knew the importance of being heard. He wrote in his memoir, ”One’s voice is very important.