Makarand Tapaswi
Makarand Tapaswi is a story-teller. A youthful confluence of industry and academia, he brings the best of industry practice as Senior ML Scientist at Wadhwani AI to his role as Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad’s CVIT, working on AI projects
IIITH Research Reveals Chinks In Mobile Passwords
The discovery about autofill functionality in Android-based apps accidentally leaking login credentials to the apps hosting the webpages will be presented at BlackHat Europe 2023, one of the most prestigious events for Information Security. Password managers long touted as the
IIITH celebrates its 25 years
IIIT Hyderabad celebrated its 25th anniversary from 1 - 3 September. Several workshops, talks, cultural programs, alumni reunions and more were organised during these 3 days. On the first day of the celebrations, IIITH announced the appointment of its new
25 Years Of IIITH: An Unconventional Start, Compel...
On 2 September 1998, from the premises of what was once the office of the District Collectorate, the inaugural batch of India’s first International Institute of Information Technology was kick-started in Hyderabad. The journey since then has been nothing short
IIIT Hyderabad celebrates 22nd convocation
IIIT Hyderabad celebrates 22nd convocation IIITH conducted its 22nd convocation and graduated 519 students and a record number of 25 PhDs and 195 Masters with a thesis. Over 37.5% of today’s graduates – 195 out of 519 – earned their
Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Even if doomsday predictions about AI and its impact are baseless, there needs to be efficient scrutiny and regulation of Artificial Intelligence systems in the Indian context, says Prof. PJ Narayanan. AI has been dominating the headlines for all its