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Research Exchange Programme
The institute announces a Research Exchange Programme to promote
world-class research at the institute through research collaboration
with
several leading institutions world-wide.
Highlights of the programme:
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Students are initially admitted to the Ph.D. programme of the institute.
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They can complete their Ph.D. at the institute while spending time with
another
research group at a partner institution.
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They can, optionally, join the collaborating group for a Ph.D. from a
partner
institution by securing admission into such a programme. This is
to be done after completing a Masters degree from the institute.
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Students of the programme spend approximately equal time at the
institute
and the collaborative group in either case. The exact proportion
and schedule will be decided by the requirements of the groups involved.
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Financial support is guaranteed at both ends by the programme.
Objectives:
- We are embarking on an ambitious plan to produce
high-quality Ph.D.s in
the area of Information Technology and its applications. We have set a
goal of producing 100 Ph.D.s per year from the institute in 2012 for
ourselves.
This requires getting into cutting edge areas in addition to
strengthening
the existing areas of research. The Research Exchange Programme worked
out with different top-class groups is an essential component of our
scheme.
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- Under the scheme, students can work on their Ph.D. at the
institute
while working closely with a partner research group. This is possible
through joint projects or as part of the institute's efforts to get
into
or strengthen certain focus areas.
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- Students may, instead, choose to get into the Ph.D. program
of the other
University and work with the partner research group and continue
to be in the Research Exchange Programme. The students are individually
responsible for getting into the programme at the other university and
in meeting the requirements of that programme, though they will get all
reasonable help from the research groups involved.
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- They spend roughly half their time at IIIT and the other
half with the
partner group in either case. The exact proportion and schedule of how
this is done will be worked out between the collaborating research
groups in IIIT and the partner institution.
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- The institute sees this as an opportunity to strengthen the
traditional
research methodology with the introduction of the best practices from
around the world. The exchange students will, in addition to doing
their
own research, be involved with setting up laboratories and teach
advanced courses to IIIT students in new research areas while they are
in Hyderabad. In turn, they work on problems that are relevant to the
nation while imbibing the best that a world-class university has to
offer.
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- The programme guarantees financial support for its
participants when they
are at IIIT and when they are away. The programme is also responsible
for
the travel the students undertake.
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Who is it meant for?
The programme is meant for the top students with an
unstoppable
yearning for research. Applicants should have excellent academic
credentials
and/or proven research orientation. In addition, they should
demonstrate
a desire to make a difference through cutting-edge research work.
Partner Institutions
We have made collaborative arrangements with research
groups
in several top-class universities in the world. These include:
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of California, Berkeley
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Washington
- University of New South Wales
- Brown University
Current Focus Areas:
- Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation
- Image Processing, Speech Processing
- Databases, Data Mining, Information Retrieval
- Computer Vision, Computer Graphics
- VLSI and Embedded Systems
Current Status:
The programme was started in 2003. We admitted 8 new
students into it then. Two graduate students at CMU also joined
the programme. Current status is:
- Four students are currently working at the Carnegie Mellon University
in the areas of
Speech Recognition, Information Retrieval, Bioinformatics, etc.
- One student spent the Fall 2003 semester at CMU.
He teaches a course and conducts research at the institute
now.
- Two graduate students of CMU are spending six months at IIIT
starting Jan 2004. They teach courses on Robot Building and Wireless
Communcations at the institute.
- One student spent the summer 2003 as an intern in the Vision
group of Microsoft Research at Redmond.
- One student has gone to University of Pennsylvania in Jan 2004
to work on Natural Language Processing.
How do I get into the programme?
Apply to the institute's Ph.D. programme using the
admissions
portal shown below. Select the Research Exchange option and submit your
details including a statement of purpose and names of two references
who
can testify to your potential.
Proceed
to the Post-Graduate
Admissions Page for further details.
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