Prof. Ashwin Jayanti: The Philosophical Engineer
It was during IIITH’s college fest that a guitar-toting existential professor suddenly shot up on to the campus radar. Prof. Ashwin Jayanti teaches a specially curated course called the Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology, that is pushing the realms
Prof Anil Kumar Vuppala: A Figure of Speech
IIITH’s Language Technologies Research Center (LTRC) has been exploring exciting possibilities in the emergent multi-lingual speech recognition domain. We caught up with Prof. Anil Kumar Vuppala, a central figure in speech technology to hear it. “I am a recognition guy”,
The Universe Is Parallel And Other Thoughts
Kishore Kothapalli is a Professor at the Centre for Security, Theory and Algorithmic Research (CSTAR), IIITH. He strikes a balance between teaching courses on Algorithms and Distributed Systems while diving into research in Parallel Computing. He has recently been selected
The Cry Of Carpe Diem
Dr. Kavita Vemuri has many tales to tell. But she would rather just chat about them than see herself in a formal feature. Not many know that she first arrived on IIITH campus to help set up the Centre for
The Scientist Behind Our Digital Everyday
As a 17-year-old, it was an encounter with Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) faculty prior to choosing an Engineering stream that laid the foundation for her eventful innings in Communication Technology. Now, as faculty at the Signal Processing and Communication
The Grande Dame of IIIT Hyderabad
They say a workspace says a lot about one’s personality. Going by that, it’s a no-brainer to find a nature lover, a patron of handicrafts, a wanderluster and an immensely hospitable person in Prof. Dipti Misra Sharma, head of the