Openings


We are continuosly looking for MS by research students, Ph.D students and Research Associates in the following areas. If interested, please email Dr. Madhav Rao, IIIT-Bangalore.

FPGA based ML/AI Accelerator design, Approximate VLSI Computing designs, Ultra Low Power VLSI design, and Assistive Wearable devices.




News/Events

[06/2020] Our manuscript on "Novel Approximate Multiplier Designs for Edge Detection Application" was accepted in 31st ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, to be held from June 22-25, 2021 (Virtual Conference). Yashaswi M (iMTech 2016), Viraj K Bharadwaj (iMTech 2016), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[06/2021] Pranav Kedia (iMTech 2015) presented paper on "GenGrid: A Generalised Distributed Experimental Environmental Grid for Swarm Robotics" in 2021 International conference on Robotics and Automation, held from May 30-June 4, 2021 (Virtual Conference). Pranav Kedia (iMTech 2015), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[04/2021] Aravind Reddy (iMTech 2015) presented paper on "Decimeter Level Indoor Localisation with a Single WiFi Router using CSI Fingerprinting" in 2021 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking conference (WCNC), held from March 29-April 1, 2021 (Virtual Conference). Aravind Reddy (iMTech 2015), Dr. Vikas Vazhayil (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[02/2020] Ajay B S (MS 2019) presented paper on "Binary neural network based real time emotion detection on an edge computing device to detect passenger anomaly" in 2021 34th International Conference on VLSI Design and 2021 20th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID), held from 20-24 February, 2021 (Virtual Conference). Ajay B S (MS 2019), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[01/2021] Sharmila Mani (SMTech 2018, PH.D 2020) presented paper on "Feasibility Study of using MyoBand for Learning Electronic Keyboard" in 2020 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), held from 10-15 January, 2021 (Virtual Conference). Sharmila Mani (SMTech 2018, Ph.D 2020), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[11/2020] Kathick D (MTech 2018) presented paper on "Design and Implementation of a Low Power Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM)" in 2020 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), held from 21-24 October, 2020 (Virtual Conference). Karthik S (Mtech 2018), Karthick D (MTech 2018), Sanjaya M V (MS 2018), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[11/2020] Pratyush Nandit (MTech 2017) presented paper on "Design of a real-time autonomous in-cabin sensory system to detect passenger anomaly" in 31st IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, held from 19 Oct.-13 Nov. 2020 (Virtual Conference). Pratyush Nandi (iMTech 2017), Anubhav Mishra (iMTech 2017), Pranav Kedia (iMTech 2015) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[11/2020] Our manuscript on "EEG analysis of mathematical cognitive function and startle response using single channel electrode" got accepted in Springer CSI Transaction on ICT. Gopika Gopan (PhD 2015), S V R Aditya Reddy (iMTech 2014), Kumaresh Krishnan (iMTech 2013), Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB), and Dr. Neelam Sinha (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[11/2020] Our manuscript on "Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise" got accepted in IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. Vinay K (IMTech 2015), Krishna Nagaraj (iMTech 2015), Dr. Arvinda H R (NIMHANS), Dr. Vikas Vazhayil (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[10/2020] Sharmila Mani (SMTech 2018, PH.D 2020) presented paper on "Surface EMG signal classification for unsupervised musical keyboard learning application" in 2020 IEEE Sensors, held from 25-28 October, 2020 (Virtual Conference). Sharmila Mani (SMTech 2018, Ph.D 2020), Vinay C K (IMTech 2015), PonDeepika (Research Associate, IIITB) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[10/2020] PonDeepika (Research Associate, IIITB) presented paper on "Autonomous Neuro-Navigation System for Neurosurgical Robotics" in 2020 IEEE Sensors, held from 25-28 October, 2020 (Virtual Conference). PonDeepika (Research Associate, IIITB), Sriram Marisetty (IMTech 2016), Pavan K (IMTech 2016), Vinay C K (IMTech 2015), Dr. T K Srikanth (IIITB), Dr. Vikas Vazhayil (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[10/2020] Arvind R (IMTech 2017) presented paper on "Design and Development Of A Flexible Robotic Operative Microscope For Neurosurgical Applications" in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), held from 13-15 October, 2020 (Virtual Conference). Arvind R (IMTech 2017), Ronak Doshi (IMTech 2017), Aravind Reddy (IMTech 2015), Dr. Kirit Arumalla(NIMHANS), Dr. Anita Mahadevan (NIMHANS), Dr. Vikas Vazhayil (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[9/2020] Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) presented paper on "Electrical modeling of Copper and Mixed Carbon bundles as a composite for 3D Interconnect applications" in IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) , held from 27-30 September, 2020 (Virtual Conference). Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) is the author of the paper.

[08/2020] Our manuscript on "Mythri 1.0—Progress of an Indian Surgical Robot" got accepted in Indian Journal of Neurosurgery . Dr. Vikas Vazhayil (NIMHANS), Aravind Reddy (iMTech 2015), Dr. Kirit Arumulla (NIMHANS), Ronak Doshi (IMTech 2017), Arvind R (IMTech 2017), Dr. Anita Mahadevan (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[07/2020] Ravali P (MTech 2018) presented paper on "Design and Analysis of Ultra-Low Power Adiabatic Computational Subsystem Based on Symmetric Stacking" in International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT) , held from 23-25 July 2020 (Virtual Conference). Ravali P (MTech 2018), Purbasha Panda (MTech 2018), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[07/2020] Vinay C K (IMTech 2015) presented paper on "Design of a real time portable low-cost multi-channel surface electromyography system to aid neuromuscular disorder and post stroke rehabilitation patients" in 42nd EMBC IEEE Conference, held Virtually on July 20-24, 2020. Vinay C K (iMTech 2015), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[07/2020] Vinay C K (IMTech 2015) presented paper on "Design of a portable anthropomimetic upper limb rehabilitation device for patients suffering from neuromuscular disability" in 42nd EMBC IEEE Conference, held Virtually on July 20-24, 2020. Vinay C K (iMTech 2015), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[07/2020] Sriram Marisetty (IMTech 2016) presented poster paper on "A step towards an automated drilling device for neurosurgical applications" 42nd EMBC IEEE Conference, held Virtually on July 20-24, 2020. Sriram Marisetty (iMTech 2016), Pavan Kumar P (IMTech 2016), PonDeepika (Research Associate, IIITB), Vinay C K (IMTech 2015), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[07/2020] Ronak Doshi (IMTech 2017) presented poster paper on "Design And Development Of A Flexible Robotic Operative Microscope For Surgical Applications" 42nd EMBC IEEE Conference, held Virtually on July 20-24, 2020. Ronak Doshi (IMTech 2017), Arvind R (IMTech 2017), Aravind Reddy (IMTech 2015), Dr. Kirit Arumalla(NIMHANS), Dr. Anita Mahadevan (NIMHANS), Dr. Vikas Vazhayil (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[07/2020] Sriram Marisetty (IMTech 2016) presented paper on "System Design of an Automated Drilling Device for Neurosurgical Applications" in Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Robot Systems (ACIRS) , held Virtually on July 17-19, 2020. Sriram Marisetty (iMTech 2016), Pavan Kumar P (IMTech 2016), PonDeepika (Research Associate, IIITB), Vinay C K (IMTech 2015), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS) and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[10/2019] Dr. Kirit Arumalla from NIMHANS co-advised by Dr. Madhav Rao, and advised by Dr. Vikas Vazhiyal at NIMHANS, submitted his thesis titled "Brain dissection using novel Robotic microscope" as partial fulfillment towards his MCh. degree in neurosurgery at NIMHANS. The robotic microscope was developed in IIITB by iMTech students: Aravind Reddy, Ronak Doshi, and Arvind R. The device was used and validated by Dr. Kirit Arumulla for his thesis work.

[8/2019] Our manuscript on "Design of a Tactile Audio Gallery for Visually Impaired Students" was accepted in 2019 IEEE Sensors 2019 to be held in Montreal, Cannada on October 27-29, 2019. Ajay R (IMTech 2017), Nithin Raj (IMTech 2017), Dr. T K Srikanth (IIITB), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[8/2019] Our Live demonstration proposal on "Live Demonstration : a Tactile Audio Gallery for Visually Impaired Students" was accepted in 2019 IEEE Sensors 2019 to be held in Montreal, Cannada on October 27-29, 2019. Ajay R (IMTech 2017), Nithin Raj (IMTech 2017), Dr. T K Srikanth (IIITB), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the proposal. The live demonstration in the form of Poster and one-page paper will be published in the conference.

[7/2019] Alan Israel presented paper titled "A dual threshold voltage modified dynamic power cutoff technique to consolidate leakage and speed in a VLSI subsystem" in IEEE CONECCT conference held in Bangalore, India 26-27 July, 2019. Sai Dheeraj, Alan Israel, Gnaneswara Reddy, Dr. Nanditha Rao, and and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[7/2019] Dr. Madhav Rao presented paper titled "Design of a non-invasive pulse rate controlled deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis lower limb device" in 41st EMBC Conference 2019 held in Berlin, Germany on July 23-27, 2019. Vinay Chandrasekhar (IIITB), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[7/2019] Our manuscript on "Design and development of an autonomous in-seat passenger state identification in a modern vigilance enabled public transportation system" was accepted in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety to be held in Cairo, Eqypt on September 4-6, 2019. Pranav Kedia (IMTech 2015), Pranav Aggrawal (IMTech 2015), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[6/2019] Our manuscript on "A dual threshold voltage modified dynamic power cutoff technique to consolidate leakage and speed in a VLSI subsystem " got accepted in IEEE CONECCT conference to be held in Bangalore, India 26-27 July, 2019. Sai Dheeraj, Alan Israel, Gnaneswara Reddy, Dr. Nanditha Rao, and and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.


[6/2019] Our device on "Hyperflexible Probe" was covered in Times of India article on 19th June, 2019.

[6/2019] Our device on "Hyperflexible Probe" was inaugrated in NIMHANS on 7th June, 2019 by Dr. Chander Shekhar, additional director general of ICMR in the gracious presence of Prof. Sadagopan, Director IIIT-Bangalore, Prof. B N Gangadhar, Director NIMHANS, Dr. R K Bajaj, Deputy Director General Bureau of Indian Standards.

[5/2019] Our manuscript on "Design of a minimally invasive ECG regulated ventricular assistive device" was accepted and published in Springer CSI transactions on ICT journal. The authors of the paper are Prajwal Sharma (IIITB), Vinay Chandrasekhar (IIITB), Krishna Nagaraj (IIITB), Dr. Vikas Vazhiyal (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB).

[5/2019] Our manuscript on "Development of design models for nanomagnetic logic based combinatorial subsystem" got accepted in 19th IEEE Nanotechnology Conference to be held in Macau SAR, China 22-26 July, 2019. Neha Oraon (IIITB), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[4/2019] Our manuscript on "Design of a non-invasive pulse rate controlled deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis lower limb device" was accepted in 41st EMBC Conference 2019 to be held in Berlin, Germany on July 23-27, 2019. Vinay Chandrasekhar (IIITB), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.


[3/2019] Our manuscript on "Delay approximation for nanomagnetic logic based combinatorial circuits" is accepted in 14th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems to be held in Bangkok, Thailand 11-14 April, 2019. Neha Oraon (IIITB), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[2/2019] Dr. Madhav Rao gave an invited talk on 3D Interconnect Engineering in IIT-Gandhinagar on 14th February, 2019.

[2/2019] Dr. Madhav Rao gave an invited lecture on Low Power VLSI techniques to MTech students at DAI-ICT on 14th February, 2019, as a part of formal faculty exchange engagement between IIIT-B and DAI-ICT.

[2/2019] Vinay Chandrashekar, iMTech 2015 batch student working with SARL, secured the prestigious S N Bose fellowship award in the month of February, 2019. Vinay is invited to work as intern in the Summer of 2019 in Dr. Ebrahimi's Bio-electronics lab in Penn State, USA through S N Bose fellowship.

[2/2019] Aravind Reddy, iMtech 2015 batch student working with SARL, is invited to work as intern in the Summer of 2019 in Computer laboratory of Ambient and wearable systems (CLAWS) of the University of Alabama. Prof. Sazonov from UA heads the CLAWS lab at the UA.

[2/2019] Vinay Chandrashekar, iMTech 2015 batch student working with SARL, secured the prestigious S N Bose fellowship award in the month of February, 2019.

[1/2019] SARL demonstrated upper limb device work in IIT Madras Shaastra event, held on 3rd and 4th of January, 2019. Vinay chandrashekar, Aravind Reddy and Dr. Madhav Rao demonstrated the project work in the Shaastra event.

[12/2018] Demonstrated our work on upper limb exoskeleton, Lower limb DVT devices, Autonomous surgical drilling tool, and EEG based head gear in Bangalore Tech Summit, held in Bangalore Palace on 29th November to 1st December, 2018.

[11/2018] Our manuscript on "Design and analysis of a minimally invasive and ECG controlled Ventricular Assistive Device" is accepted in VLSI Design and Embedded Systems Conference 2019 to be held in New Delhi on January 7-9, 2019. Prajwal Sharma (IIITB), Prashanthi K (IIITB), Krishna Nagaraj (IIITB), Vinay Chandraekhar (IIITB), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[10/2018] Vinay Chandrashekar won the 1st Place Poster Student Paper Award in IEEE Sensors 2018 for his paper on Motion Adaptive Image Capture in a Body-Worn Wearable Sensor, The co-authors of the paper are Masudul Imtiaz and Edward Sazonov, of the University of Alabama.

[10/2018] Prajwal Sharma and Krishna Nagaraj presented paper titled "Development of a minimally invasive Ventricular Assistive Device" in IEEE Sensors 2018 conference held in New Delhi on October 29-31, 2018. Prajwal Sharma (IIITB), Prashanthi K (IIITB), Krishna Nagaraj (IIITB), Dr. Vikas V (NIMHANS), and Dr. Madhav Rao (IIITB) are the authors of the paper.

[6/2018] Dr. Madhav Rao is invited as one of Young Indian delegates to visit Israel as a part of "Discover Israel Program" from September 1 to September 7, 2018.

[5/2018] Our paper titled "Design and Analysis of High Impedance surface modified 3D antennas" got published in CSI Transactions on ICT in May, 2018. The authors are Madhav Rao and Sowmya N.

[4/2018] Our paper titled "Stick diagram representation for nanomagnetic logic based combinational circuits" got accepted in IEEE NANO 2018 to held in Ireland, in July, 2018. The authors are Neha Oraon and Madhav Rao

[4/2018] IBM Shared University Program funded a research project on "AI assisted Anthropomimetic device for Upper limb". The work is carried by Vinay Chandrashekar (iMTech 2015) and Madhav Rao.

[11/2017] iMtech 2015 batch students: Vinay Chandrasekhar, Krishna Nagaraj, and Aravind Reddy won the "Young Innovators Award" in MeltingPot 2020 event, held in hyderabad on 14-15, November, 2017. The students demonstrated prototypes of upper limb exoskeleton, lower limb DVT prophylaxis device, programmable braille device and surgical probes in the event.

[11/2017]IIITB won the "Exemplary student driven innovation ecosystem" award in MeltingPot 2020 event, held in Hyderabad on 14-15, November, 2017 for showcasing prototypes of surgical and assistive devices. This work is carried in SARL lab affiliated to EHRC, IIITB. The research work on these devices is carried by IIITB incollaboration with NIMHANS faculty.

[9/2017] Our paper titled "Cognitive State Signature Analyses Using Single Channel EEG Data" got accepted in EUSPICO-17 conference. EUSIPCO 2017 to held in Kos Island, Greece, in September, 2017. The authors are Kumaresh K, Gopika G, Madhav Rao, and Neelam Sinha.

[8/2017] A provisional patent application on Surgical Snake Robot was filed in August, 2017. This work was primarily done by Aravind Reddy (iMTech 2015 ECE student).

[8/2017] A patent application on upper limb exoskeleton device was filed in July, 2017. TiFAC PFC organization has funded for the patent application. This work was primarily done by Vinay Chandrashekar (iMTech 2015 ECE student).

[5/2017] Our paper titled "Electrical Modeling of Copper/Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes for 3D IC applications" got accepted in IEEE Nano 2017 to be held in Pittsburgh, USA, in July, 2017.

[4/2017] A patent application on wearable integrated footwear device to overcome FoG for patients suffering from Parkinson Disease, was filed in April, 2017. This work was primarily done by Vinay Chandrashekar (iMTech 2015 ECE student).

[4/2017] Gaurangi Gupta from IIT Kanpur presented our paper titled "Performance Enhancement of 3D Posts based Antenna using High Impedance Surface" in IESC, 2017 conference held in Shillong, India, in April, 2017. The other authors of the paper are A. R. Harish from IIT Kanpur and Madhav Rao from IIIT-Bangalore.

[12/2016] Our paper titled "Vertical delay modeling of copper/carbon nanotube composites in a tapered through silicon via" got accepted in ECTC 2017 to be held in Florida, USA, in May-June, 2017.

[12/2016] TIFAC PFC has approved to support in filing an Indian patent for our work on "Upper limb exoskeleton" in collaboration with NIHMANS. This work was developed by iMTech ECE student Vinay Chandrashekar under the guidance of Dr. Madhav Rao from IIITB, Dr. Vikas V from NIHMANS and Dr. Laxmi Rao from NIHMANS.

[11/2016] Our paper titled "Electrical modeling and characterization of copper/carbon nanotubes in tapered through silicon vias" got accepted in VLSI Design 2017 to be held in Hyderabad, India, in January, 2017.

[10/2016] Sowmya N presented paper on "Design and analysis of through dielectric copper posts based 3D antenna" in International Symposium of Antennas and Propogation 2016 held in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, on 27th October, 2016.

[08/2016] Madhav Rao presented paper on "Electrical modeling of copper/carbon nanotubes for 3D integration " in IEEE Nano 2016 held in Sendai, Japan, on 24th August, 2016.

[08/2016] IIITB hosted an invited talk by Professor Ajay Joshi from Boston University on "Energy-efficient Computing at the Edge of the Internet of Things (IoT)" on 9th August 2016.

[07/2016] Our paper titled "Design and analysis of through dielectric copper posts based 3D antenna" got accepted in International Symposium of Antennas and Propogation 2016 to be held in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, in October, 2016.

[06/2016] Our paper titled "Electrical modeling of copper/carbon nanotubes for 3D integration " got accepted in IEEE Nano 2016 to be held in Sendai, Japan, in August, 2016.

[04/2016] Our paper titled "Analysis of switching energy and delay for magnetic logic devices" got accepted in IEEE Computer Society of Annual Symposium of VLSI to be held in Pittsburgh, Peensylvania, USA on 11 to 13th July, 2016.

[03/2016] Advanced Computing and Communications Society hosted One day ARM Student Design Contest on Smart Transport Systems on Saturday 26th March 2016 in IIITB. The Design Contest was aimed at innovative solutions implementing Smart Transportation Subsystems using a combination of embedded system, wireless and sensor technologies. This edition of the contest received as many as 160 entries ranging from Cooperative Driving Systems using vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, traffic management systems, safety systems, disincentives for unnecessary honking to Wireless-based system using RFID tags to locate, identify, monitor moving vehicles.

[03/2016] HiDES lab hosted 3 day Faculty Development Program on Digital Signal Processing, organized by IIITB and Advanced Computing and Communications Society from March 1 to 3, 2016. The three day hands-on workshop was attended by faculty from more than 15 various institutes in India. Professor Donald S. Reay from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh UK, was the instructor for this workshop.

[12/2015] Neha Oraon presented our paper titled "Study of ferromagnetic dot shapes for digital logic applications" in IWPSD 2015 conference held in IISc, Bangalore on 10th December, 2015.

[12/2015] Prof. Harish from IIT Kanpur presented our paper titled "Design of 3D Posts based antenna" in ISAP 2015 conference held in Tasmania, Australia on 12th November, 2015.

[09/2015] Our paper titled "Design of 3D Posts based antenna" got accepted in International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2015). Putluru Sravani (former MS student from IIIT-Bangalore, Gaurangi Gupta (IIT Kanpur Ph.D student), A. R. Harish (Professor in IIT Kanpur) and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[08/2015] Our paper titled "Study of ferromagnetic dot shapes for digital logic applications" got accepted in 18th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD-2015). Neha Oraon, and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[07/2015] Madhav Rao presented a paper titled "A solder based self assembly process to form metal embossing on three dimensional structures" in IEEE Nano 2015 conference held in Rome, Italy from 27th July to 30th July, 2015.

[07/2015] Sowmya N has joined our research group as a Ph.D student.

[07/2015] Madhav Rao was awarded the SERB international travel grant to present a paper titled A solder based self assembly process to form metal embossing on three dimensional structures for IEEE Nano 2015 conference to be held in Rome, Italy from 27th July to 30th July, 2015.

[07/2015] Madhav Rao gave a talk on "Advanced technologies for electronic applications: 3D structures and magnetic logic" to fourth year engineering students in KLE Technological University on 11th July, 2015.

[07/2015] Sowmya N presented a paper titled Development of 3D shadow mask using 3D printer in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies. Sowmya N, Neha Oraon, Subhajit Sen, and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[07/2015] Dr. Ranganatha K has joined as Post Doctoral Fellow in IPC center, IISc and is working with Professor Munichandriah.

[06/2015] Madhav Rao presented a paper titled Design and analysis of magnetic logic device for next generation data processing in 19th International Conference on VLSI Design and testing 2015. Madhav Rao, Neha Oraon, and Ranganatha S are the authors of the paper.

[06/2015] Rahul R (MTech2013) succesfully defended his MTech thesis on "Research and Development of a Visually Programmable Robot integrated with Augmented Reality Engine for academic users" on June 9th 2015. Rahul will be graduating from IIITB in July 2015. He will be the first MTech student to graduate in IIITB from HiDES lab.

[06/2015] Our paper titled Development of shadow mask using 3D printer got accepted at 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies 2015. Sowmya N, Neha Oraon, Subhajit Sen, and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[05/2015] Dr. Ranganath Kamath (Post-Doc) presented a poster on "Building electric current driven nanomagnetic logic device" for Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP) familiarization workshop held on May 29th, 2015 in IIT-Bombay, Center of Nanoelectronics. The authors of the Posters are Ranganath S, Neha Oraon and Madhav Rao.

[05/2015] Our paper titled "A Solder Based Self Assembly Project In An Introductory IC Fabrication Course" is accepted and will be published in American Journal of Engineering Education in June, Volume 6, Number 1, Page 11-26, 2015 The authors of the paper are Madhav Rao from IIITB, Dr. Susan Burkett and Dr. John Lusth from The University of Alabama.

[05/2015] Putluru Sravani succesfully defended her Masters thesis on "Design of 3D antennas for 24 GHz ISM band applications" on April 30th, 2015. Sravani will be graduating from IIITB in July 2015. She will be the first MS research student to graduate from HiDES lab. Sravani started her MS by Research degree in August 2013 and completed her thesis in May 2015 (in a span of 4 regular semesters).

[05/2015] Our paper titled Design and simulation of magnetic logic device for next generation data processing got accepted at 19th International VLSI Design and Testing (VDAT'15) conference. Madhav Rao, Neha Oraon and Ranganatha S are the authors of the paper.

[05/2015] Our paper titled A solder based self assembly process to form metal embossing on three dimensional structures got accepted at 15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology 2015 conference. Madhav Rao is the author of the paper.

[02/2015] A robotics workshop for teachers and students was conducted by e-yantra IIT-Bombay team in IIIT-Bangalore on February 6th and 7th, 2015.

[01/2015] Putluru Sravani presented a paper titled Design of 3D antennas for 24 GHZ ISM band applications in 28th International Conference on VLSI Design 2015. Putluru Sravani and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[01/2015] IIITB (ESD group) hosted a lecture by Dr. Walden C Rhines, CEO of Mentorgraphics LTD on "Silicon Secure: Enablers for the IOTs" on 5th January 2015 at 4 PM in room 106. The video of this talk is available in this link.

[01/2015] Mentorgraphics has donated EDA and Thermal analysis tools of high value to IIITBangalore. The mutual collaboration was kickstarted on 5th January, 2015 by the visit of Dr. Walden C Rhines, CEO of Mentorgraphics in IIITBangalore.

[01/2015] B. Laasya (iMTech2013) and Trisha M (iMTech2013) got selected for IDEATHON event in VLSI DESIGN 2015 conference . Their proposal on "A shoe based sensory system to link physical and environmental factors affecting human health, integrated with a fall detecting mechanism" was selected for the three day hackathon event.

[12/2014] Rahul R (MTech2013) presented a paper titled An open source graphical robot programming environment for undergraduates in 2nd IEEE International Conference on MOOCs, Innovation and Technology in Education, 2014 on 19-20th Dec 2014.

[12/2014] Yashvanth Kondi (iMTech2012) and Daksh Varshneya (iMtech2012) presented and demonstrated a working prototype of a robust reporting tool for women safety in India in Intel India Embedded Challenge, 2014 on 10th Dec 2014.

[12/2014] Neha Oraon presented a paper titled Study of solder based self assembled 3D micro scale structures via surface evolver in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics "Materials to Devices" 2014 conference on 4th December 2014.

[11/2014] Rahul R (Mtech 2013) demonstrated Android controlled electric ray robot in IIITB Mobile Apps Open house, held on November 26th from 3 to 5 PM.

[11/2014] Nigel F (iMtech 2013), Kumaresh K (iMtech 2013), and Aditya P (iMtech 2013) demonstrated electronic donation box in IIITB Mobile Apps Open house, held on November 26th from 3 to 5 PM.

[11/2014] Our paper titled An open source graphical robot programming environment got accepted in 2nd IEEE International Conference on MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE). Rahul R (Mtech 2013) and Madhav Rao are authors of this paper.

[11/2014] Our paper on Solder based self assembled structures for 3D integration got published in Advanced Materials Research journal. Madhav Rao is the author of the paper.

[11/2014] Our paper titled A solder based self assembly project in an introductory IC fabrication course got accepted in American Journal of Engineering Education. Madhav Rao (IIITB), Susan Burkett (University of Alabama) and John Lusth (University of Alabama) are the authors of the paper.

[10/2014] Our paper titled Study of solder based self assembled 3D micro scale structures via surface evolver got accepted at 2nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics "Materials to Devices" 2014 conference. Neha Oraon and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[10/2014] Our paper titled Design of 3D antennas for 24 GHZ ISM band applications got accepted at 28th International Conference on VLSI Design 2015. Putluru Sravani and Madhav Rao are the authors of the paper.

[09/2014] Yashvanth Kondi (iMTech2012) and Daksh Varshneya (iMTech2012) paper on An Interdisciplinary, Dialogic Approach to Develop an Electronic Device to Enhance Freedom and Mobility of Women in Public Spaces in the Indian Context - Illustrated by the Case of Convers[t]ation got accepted for oral presentation in 2014 IEEE GHTC-SAS, to be held on September 26-27, 2014.

[09/2014] Tanmayee Narendra (iMTech2012) and Pawan Dhananjay (iMTech2012) have started working on waste management project in collaboration with Fields of View and Media Lab Amsterdam. The project is funded by Cisco.

[09/2014] Nigel Fernandez (iMTech2013) and Kumaresh Krishnan (iMTech2013) are working on developing an GSM based donation device. The project is sponsored by Akshaya Patra Foundations. Prof Srikanth, Mr. Ramesh and Aditya Paliwal (iMtech2013) are also involved in this project.

[09/2014] Dr. Madhav Rao delivered a lecture on Electronics for societal needs for JNV Shimoga High School students on 29th August, 2014.

[08/2014] IIITB (ESD group) hosted a lecture by Prof Ramgopal Rao on "Nanotechnology and Product development: Challenges and Opportunities" in association with Infosys Science Foundation on 14th August 2014 at 2 PM in room 106.

[08/2014] B. Laasya (iMTech2013) and Trisha M (iMTech2013) got selected for final round in IEEE humanitarian Challenge, 2014. Their proposal was on developing a "A smart shoe based environmental pollution and human activity recognition system". Around 350 proposals from Asia Pacific (IEEE Region 10) were received and 25 proposals were selected for funding. The project teams will be given 250 USD to complete and demonstrate the prototype by November 2014.

[08/2014] Yashvanth Kondi (iMTech2012) and Daksh Varshneya (iMTech2012) got selected for final round in Intel India Embedded Challenge, 2014. Their proposal was on developing a robust reporting tool for women safety in India. Around 600 proposals from India were received in the first round. 130 proposals were selected for second round. Of the 130 proposal, 44 proposals are selected for finals. For the final round, Intel India will be providing an Intel Atom processor and other components for developing the prototype. The final round includes prototype demonstration and face to face interactions with the Jury of Intel India Embedded Challenge. The finals will be held in the month of December 2014.

[08/2014] Tanmayee Narendra (iMTech2012) got selected for phase-2 round in Intel India Embedded Challenge, 2014. Her proposal was on developing a decentralized smart campus using Intel Galileo board. Around 600 proposals from India were received in the first round. 130 proposals were selected for second round.

[08/2014] Yashvanth Kondi (iMTech2012) and Daksh Varshneya (iMTech2012) got selected for phase-2 round in Intel India Embedded Challenge, 2014. Their proposal was on developing a robust reporting tool for women safety in India. Around 600 proposals from India were received in the first round. 130 proposals were selected for second round.

[08/2014] Neha Oraon (PHD student) and Putluru Sravani (MS student) are selected for Hands-On-Training session in Indian Nanoelectronics User Program, to be held in CeNSE IISC, organized by IISc Center of Nanoscience department. The candidates were selected for participation based on their research proposals.

[05/2014] Neha Oraon (PHD student) and Putluru Sravani (MS student) participated in Indian Nanoelectronics User Program Familiarization Workshop in CeNSE IISC, organized by IISc Center of Nanoscience department. The candidates were selected for participation based on their research proposals.

[05/2014] Neha Oraon (PHD student) and Putluru Sravani (MS student) participated in Indian Nanoelectronics User Program Familiarization Workshop in CeNSE IISC, organized by IISc Center of Nanoscience department. The candidates were selected for participation based on their research proposals.

[05/2014] SERB, DST sanctions research funding for nanomagnetic logic device work.

[05/2014] A workshop on programmable electronics and robotics was organized to ExciTe (SRI KUMARAN High School) students in HiDES lab on May 2, 2014. Students used iRobots, Electric Ray robot and Arduino microcontroller in this workshop. Dr. Madhav Rao gave a talk on Programming for electronics for this workshop. Rahul R (MTech 2013), Adhisaya (CEEMS Lab incharge) and Nandeep (HiDES Lab incharge) were the coordinators for this event.

[04/2014] Dr. Madhav Rao presented a research paper on Self assembly based high frequency 3D heatsink antenna in 2014 IEEE TENSYMP conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 14th 2014.

[03/2014] Four faculty from IIIT-Bangalore (Dr. Subir Roy, Dr. Subhajit Sen, Dr. Srinath Naidu and Dr. Madhav Rao) visited University of Cambridge from 9th March to 14th March and discussed on possible research work, student exchange programs and commercialization of technology. The visit was funded by British High Commission.

[02/2014] Three faculty from IIIT-Bangalore (Dr. Subir Roy, Dr. Subhajit Sen and Dr. Madhav Rao) participated in Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) Vission Summit on 3rd and 4th February in Bangalore.

[01/2013] Three faculty from IIIT-Bangalore (Dr. Subir Roy, Dr. Subhajit Sen and Dr. Madhav Rao) participated in ESDM workshop of Industry-Academy in PESIT, Bangalore on 25th January.

[01/2014] IIIT-Bangalore hosted a talk on "Future of Micro/Nano-electronics" by Dr. Simon Deleonibus, Director of CEA LETI France on 8th January.

[12/2013] Neha Oraon presented and won the best paper award for "3D heatsink antenna for high density 3D integration" in IEEE International conference on Circuits, Controls and Communication 2013 held in Bangalore on 27-28 December, 2013.

[12/2013] IIITB hosted
Prof A R Harish from IIT-Kanpur on December 9th 2013.

[10/2013] Dr. Madhav Rao presented paper in American Vacuum Science International Symposium and Exhibition 2014 in Long beach, USA, October 29-November 1, 2013. *The travel was sponsored by DST International travel grant.

[06/2013] GOK sanctions ESDM research grant.

[10/2012] Dr. Madhav Rao was invited and gave a talk in IIT-Bombay on Self assembled 3D structures for 3D integration.





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