The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad 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

o One is initially admitted to the Ph.D. programme of the institute.

o One can complete the Ph.D. at the institute while spending time with another research group at a partner institution.

o One 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 it.

o One spends approximately equal time at the institute and the collaborative group in either case. The exact proportion and schedule is decided by the requirements of the groups involved.

o Financial support is guaranteed at both ends by the programme.

The programme is meant for the top students with an unstoppable desire for research. One should have excellent academic credentials and/or proven research orientation. One should demonstrate a desire to make a difference through cutting-edge research work.

Partner Institutions
It has collaborative arrangements with research groups in several top-class universities in the world. These include:
o Carnegie Mellon University
o University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
o University of Pennsylvania
o University of California, Berkeley
o Massachusetts Institute of Technology
o University of Washington
o University of New South Wales
o Brown University

Current Focus Areas:
o Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation
o Image Processing, Speech Processing
o Databases, Data Mining, Information Retrieval
o Computer Vision, Computer Graphics
o VLSI and Embedded Systems