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Greetings!
. In the recent months, we have seen veteran IIT Alumni being acknowledged for their contributions and participation everywhere in the world such as Dr. Ashok Gadgil, Pranav Mistry, Dr. Alok Chatterjee, Dr. Subhas Khot, and Dr. Kenneth Sajawan. The 2010 Pan IIT worldwide conference is being held in Greater Noida, near New Delhi from October 29th through October 31st. Arun Seth and Vijay Thadani are leading this effort. The theme of teh conference is Sustainable Transformation: Our New India. The registration list has already crossed 1000. We look forward to seeing you all there. Register soon to ensure your place! Amita Suhrid (IITK 1983) & Smita Bagla (IITK1984, IITR1986) email: newsletter@iit.org |
Subhas Khot wins America's highest award for young scientists
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Dr. Subhash Khot, an IITB Alumnus, Associate Professor of Computer
Science at New York University has won the Alan
T. Waterman Award for 2010. He received his doctorate in computer science from
Princeton University in 2003. He is most well known for his "Unique Games
Problem". He has made contributions to computational complexity and his work draws connections
between optimization, computer science, and mathematics. He is part of a $10 million
NSF "Expeditions in Computing" grant under which the researchers are
seeking to bridge fundamental gaps in our understanding of computational
intractability. The US Congress
established the
annual award in August 1975 to mark the 25th Anniversary of the National
Science Foundation (NSF) and to honor its first Director, Alan T.
Waterman. In addition to a medal the
award comes with a grant of $500,000 for the winner to be used for
advanced
scientific research at the institution of their choice supported by NSF. This award is the
United States' highest honorary award for scientists 35 years of age or
younger.
"Subhash Khot is a
gifted and ambitious young scientist," said NSF Director Arden L. Bement,
Jr. "He courageously tackles some of the most challenging computational
problems, all the while advancing computer security, with vast consequences for
the broader security of our personal identities, commercial interests, societal
institutions ... even for national security as a whole."
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Pan IIT 2010 Confernce - Greater Noida, India - 29th -31st October
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This year - PanIIT 2010 in India is being held at the brand new Exposition Center in Greater Noida.
The participants will also witness the brand new infrastructure, Air conditioned
buses and the completed Delhi Metro system up and running for the Commonwealth Games. Plus a
golf tournament at renowned JP Greens The organizers are developing
group tours to Rajasthan, Agra, Uttaranchal etc and planning to do 'each-one-host-one' for the alumni so that the bonding
increases
The theme is 'Sustainable
Transformation - Our New India' and is being conducted along with
Ministry of Renewable Energy. This conference will have structured networking time.
The event co-ordinators are;
Chairman: Arun Seth: seth.arun@gmail.com
Co-Chairman: Vijay Thadani: vkt@niit.com
PanIIT 2010 Helpdesk: shivani.langeh@gmail.com
Please visit http://www.paniit2010.org/and click the registration link.
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CES Show unveils Adam's tablet - Step Aside, Apple?
| A start up run by 6 IIT engineers (IITKGP and IITD alums), Rohan Shravan, Rohit Rathi, Mohit Gupta, Devanshu Agrawal, Anirudh Gupta, and Rajat Sahni, created a
buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show early this year.
The Adam tablet computer from Notion Ink, located Hyderabad is based on
nVidia's Tegrachipset. The company has stated that the Adam
supports full HD video, whereas the Apple iPad is only
capable of 576p/480p. The Adam is slightly thinner than the iPad: 12.9 mm vs
13.4 mm. Notion Ink claims two times the battery life of the iPad. The product
is expected to ship in the summer.
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IITans win International competition: "New York Next "
| IIT Madras students' Aashish Dattani, Vinayshankar Kulkarni and Sriram
Kalyanaraman won $20,000 award at NYC Next Idea 2009-2010 a global competition.
Announced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the award was for the
winning entry called XEstor.
It could serve as a common interface for safely
and efficiently storing energy into large battery storage sites from any source
across New York City. The distribution
via remote sites across the five NYC boroughs into the power grid will be based
on instant demand and not on connected load. The flexible mechanism would serve
as a backup source to avert gaps in the power supply and make the grid more
reliable. The IIT team that beat two other teams from business schools in Spain and France will be offered free space
within one of the City's new business incubators for two years.
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Award for excellence in mentoring presented by President Obama
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Dr. Kenneth S. Sajwan, an IITKGP Alumnus and a professor at Savannah State University (SSU) has received an award
for excellence in mentoring from U.S. President Barack Obama.
Dr. Sajwan,
coordinator of the environmental science program at SSU, was among 100
mathematics and science teachers to get the award. Nationally recognized as a
leading scholar and researcher in the field of environmental science, his works
have been seen in more than 100 publications. Prior to joining Savannah State
University in 1992, he served as an
assistant professor at the University
of Georgia's Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory. His previous work includes postdoctoral associations
at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin.
The new $250 million funding announced by President at the awards builds on his
math and science 'Educate to Innovate Campaign'. American students currently
rank 21st in science and 25th in math compared with students around the world
Obama noted. He said "The administration is committed to moving the US from the
middle to the top of the pack".
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Why can't aliens land in India?
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What does it take to be a science fiction writer
in India? A riotous imagination, of course. But a background in software
engineering and the crash of the dotcom wave help too, Anil Menon will
tell you. The alum who worked for nine years at Whiz Bang Labs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania tells a
story about a beast with multiple feet.
Anil's book, "The Beast with Nine Billion Feet" was picked up by Young Zubaan
Publishers. The novel is set in 2040 AD, against the backdrop of Pune. The fact that Pune lives in the shadow of a megalopolis like Mumbai,
lends it character.
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Chapter Events!
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Northern California: Bay Area: Pan IIT Research Summit
Date: Sunday, May 16th 2010
Time
- 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Venue: McCaw Hall - Stanford Alumni Association, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, 94305
Register at: http://tickets.indolink.com/php/buyTickets.php?event=2156
North Texas: IIT-NT Regular Monthly Events Schedule
Please check IITNT Events Calendar: Location Varies
- Monthly Luncheon/ Guest Speaker - 11:30 am-1:00 pm - Friday after the first weekend
- Networking - Happy Hour - 5:30 pm - whenever - Fourth Friday of the month
Southern California: Los Angeles and Orange County: Annual Family Picnic
Date: Sunday, June 20th 2010
Time
- 11:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Venue: Shelter #1, Cerritos Park East, Cerritos, CA 90703
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