Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects, successfully concluded the 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit at IIIT Hyderabad campus today. This one-of-a-kind event enabled discussions around developing the future of the internet, forging enduring alliances, and engaging in open discussions about the cohesion between technology and open access to knowledge. It was organized by IIITH's Indic Wiki Project - an initiative funded by The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and supported by the Government of Telangana, to enhance the online presence of Indic language encyclopedias. The second Wikimedia Technology Summit aimed to foster collaboration and innovation in the field of Indic language technology, with a particular emphasis on promoting open-source solutions and building a comm
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): CIE-IIITH organized its semi-annual Demo Day on 1 March 2023 to mark the opening of the year. 12 startups from various programs pitched to over 50+ investors that were invited to the demo day. All 12 startups have interest from investors and conversations are on. CIE is a 14+-year-old incubator that in the early days was supported by DST, MEITY & DBT. CIE has so far supported 400+ startups and has seed funded 25 startups. CIE-IIITH is also focusing on turning a new leaf in terms of infrastructure facilities, programmes and startup engagements focusing towards building a deep tech startup ecosystem. Demo Day is an event where CIE-IIITH showcases its startups from its accelerator programs: Avishkar-DeepTech, Ojas-MedTech & Mediatech startups. The startups at this demo day were spread across solution realms from IOT-AI for Industrial automation, CV-based game data analysis, AR-VR-based virtual meeting platforms, and surveyin
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) India in partnership with the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) conducted a workshop on Urban Heat Island (UHI) studies done in Hyderabad, and to explore opportunities for implementation of mitigation measures in alignment with draft Cool Roof Policy for Hyderabad in collaboration with government and non-governmental partners. As cities develop, more vegetation is lost, and surfaces are paved or covered with buildings. This change results in less shade and moisture therefore urban areas become warmer than their rural surroundings, a phenomenon known as the 'urban heat island effect'. There is a large amount of heat released into the atmosphere as an effect of climate change, which is further catalyzed by UHI (heat generated by human-induced activities - unregulated development, air conditioners) making the
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): IIIT Hyderabad is hosting the 10th international conference on Big Data Analytics at its campus in Gachibowli from 19-22 December 2022. The conference is an international forum for researchers and industry practitioners to share their original research results, practical experiences and thoughts on big data from different perspectives including storage models, data access, computing paradigms, analytics, information sharing and privacy, redesigning mining algorithms, open issues, and future research trends. It includes 4 workshops (on Data Challenges in Assessing (Urban & Regional) Air Quality, Big Data Analytics using HPCC Systems, Data Science for Justice Delivery in India and workshop on Universal Acceptance and Email Address Internationalization) 4 keynote talks by Y Narahari, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Sanjay Madria, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA; Raj Sharman, University at Buffalo a
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 7 (ANI/PRNewswire): Popular consensus is that building a green recovery stimulus, which includes green public investment and the adoption of clean technology or "cleantech" is needed to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth and help India achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Significantly, green start-ups also have been included in the sunrise industry landscape. In keeping with this, AIC-IIITH Foundation and EPAM Systems, Inc., a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, have selected seven startups for the EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program, which aims to support these green startups with an equity-free grant of up to INR 5,00,000 and Incubation Support. The startups were selected through a rigorous process ending in a pitching session in front of esteemed experts like Naresh Sutravey, Senior Business Analysis Manager and Pramila Kasirajan, Director of Project Management at EPAM India