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We are delighted to share that a team of our students has qualified for the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2026. The ICPC World Finals will be held in Dubai in November 2026. This is the first time that a team from IIT Hyderabad has qualified for the ICPC World Finals. The team members are Saketh Ram Dondapati, Arjun Moravekar, Bonthu Mani Hemanth Reddy under the mentorship of Dr. N. R. Aravind. The team secured their place in the World Finals by successfully qualifying through multiple competitive rounds — Online Round → Regional Round → Asia Continental Round. Heartiest congratulations to the team! We wish them the very best as they represent IITH for the finals! #ICPC #ICPC2026 #ProgrammingContest #StudentAchievement #ProudMoment

Here's a video by Jhatakia Jash Jayesh, a 2022-2026 batch student of B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering(CSE). In the video, Jhatakia Jash Jayesh shares his experiences of being a CSE student. youtube.com/watch?v=d5uyUY… #CSE #IITHyderabad

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad successfully concluded an engaging and thought-provoking session today as part of Safer Internet Day. The talk, “Securing the Frontier: Navigating Threats and Governance in the Age of Generative and Agentic AI,” was delivered by Prof. Sandeep Shukla, Director, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad. Prof. Sandeep Shukla provided deep insights into the evolving threat landscape surrounding generative and agentic AI systems, highlighting critical challenges in security, privacy, governance, and accountability. The discussion underscored the urgent need for responsible innovation, robust policy frameworks, AI risk mitigation frameworks, and stronger academia–industry collaboration to ensure that AI systems remain trustworthy and resilient. We thank Prof. Shukla for this insightful and engaging talk. #CCS #SaferInternetDay #CSE #IIITH

✨ ARCS 2026 | Day 1 Highlights ✨ 📍 Venue: Convention Center, Auditorium 1, IIT Hyderabad 🏛️ Hosted by: Department of CSE, IIT Hyderabad 🤝 Co-located with: ACM India Annual Event Day 1 of ARCS 2026 was held at the Convention Center, IIT Hyderabad and hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. The day featured a full schedule of technical sessions, discussions, and interactive activities, bringing together participants from academia and industry. It began with the inauguration and welcome remarks, followed by a keynote session, poster presentations with refreshments, lightning talks by invited PhD students, and a special session by the banquet sponsor. The afternoon included ACM-W India sessions and a keynote by ACM OCCW awardee. The day also included panel discussions on career pathways across research, industry, and leadership, and a workshop focused on researcher skill development. The program also featured an interactive fishbowl session on emerging trends in generative AI and agentic systems, followed by the ACM India Outstanding Applied Innovation in Computing (OAIC) Award Talks, highlighting impactful applications and innovations in computing. Day 1 concluded with Science Slam, a cultural program, and dinner, marking a vibrant close to the day. The organisers thank all panelists, moderators, partners, sponsors, and participants for contributing to the successful completion of Day 1. #ARCS2026 #ACMIndia #IITHyderabad #CSEIITH #DepartmentOfCSE #AcademicConference #ResearchCommunity #AcademiaIndustry #ComputingResearch

✨ 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬 ✨ 📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: CSE Seminar Hall, EE-CS Building 🏛️ 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Hyderabad 🤝 𝗖𝗼-𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵: ACM India Annual Event Day 0 of 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 was successfully conducted, bringing together academia and industry for insightful discussions and interactions. 💬 The day featured engaging panel discussions covering 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. 📝 The panel on “How to write good quality papers?” included Sarani Bhattacharya (IIT Kharagpur), Joseph K J (Adobe Research), and Sayandeep Saha (IIT Bombay). 🔬 The panel on “How to conduct good research?” featured Sandeep Shukla (IIIT Hyderabad), Ashish Mishra (IIT Hyderabad), and Jyothi Vedurada (IIT Hyderabad). 🎯 The program also included demos, industry–academia opportunity discussions, student mentorship sessions, and concluded with a dinner 🍽️. 🙏 The organisers acknowledge the support of institutional partners and sponsors across various tiers. 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗦𝗘, 𝗜𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 extends sincere thanks to all panelists, partners, sponsors, and participants for the successful completion of 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬. #ARCS2026 #ACMIndia #IITHyderabad #CSEIITH #AcademicConference #ResearchCommunity #PanelDiscussion #AcademiaIndustry #ResearchMethodology #StudentMentorship #IndustryAcademia

The Department of CSE at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad is proud to host the ACM ARCS 2026 (#ARCS2026), co-located with ACM India Annual Event. Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) is an annual symposium hosted by @ACM India, dedicated to providing a unique platform for research scholars in Computer Science and related fields across India. This prestigious event invites PhD students to showcase their latest (accepted) research, fostering collaboration and discussions with peers and experts in the field. The symposium features contributed talks, poster presentations, and special sessions, including presentations by the ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award recipient, the Early Career Research Awardee, and a distinguished keynote speaker. Dates: 11 February – 13 February 2026 Venue: CSE Seminar Hall and Convention Centre, IIT Hyderabad Schedule and other details: event.india.acm.org/arcs/home/ #ARCS2026 #ACMARCS #ACMIndia #ACMIndiaEvent #CSE

🚨𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 @ 𝗜𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 As part of 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, themed “𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 – 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜”, under the ISEA Phase III Project, we are delighted to host an expert talk by 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗞. 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗸𝗹𝗮, Director, IIIT Hyderabad. 🔐 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Securing the Frontier: Navigating Threats and Governance in the Age of Generative and Agentic AI 👤 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿: Prof. Sandeep K. Shukla, Director, IIIT Hyderabad 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 11 February 2026 (Wednesday) ⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 4:00 PM 📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: LHC-04, IIT Hyderabad 💻 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: meet.google.com/wuy-hsnz-ntq Join us in promoting cyber safety, responsible AI adoption, and secure digital ecosystems. #SaferInternetDay #CyberSecurityAwareness #ResponsibleAI #GenAI #AgenticAI #AISecurity #AIGovernance #CyberSafety #ISEA #IITHyderabad #IITHEvents #InformationSecurity #PrivacyProtection

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Paper titled “DIWALI – Diversity and Inclusivity aWAre cuLture-specific Items for India: Dataset and Assessment of LLMs for Cultural Text Adaptation in Indian Context” accepted at Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) 2025, a CORE Rank A* conference. Authors: Pramit Sahoo, Maharaj Brahma, Maunendra Sankar Desarkar 👏 Congratulations to all the authors! 🔍 Key Highlight: Large Language Models (LLMs) are widely used across a range of tasks and applications. However, existing LLMs lack cultural alignment and produce biased generations. It is further challenged by the lack of proper evaluation methods and the unavailability of culturally grounded resources. This calls for building cultural resources across various cultures. In this work, DIWALI, a new novel cultural dataset comprising 8,817 culture-specific items from 36 subregions of India across 17 cultural facets. Furthermore, the evaluation of LLMs on the cultural text adaptation task highlights the gaps in deeper-level adaptation. #CSE #DIWALI #IITHyderabad #LLMs #CulturalAI #InclusiveAI #CulturalAlignment #DatasetCreation #BiasInAI #EMNLP #ResponsibleAI

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Paper titled "A Unified View on Emotion Representation in Large Language Models" accepted at European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics(EACL) 2026. Authors: Aishwarya Maheswaran, Maunendra Sankar Desarkar 👏 Congratulations to all the authors! 🔍 Key Highlight: As LLMs are increasingly integrated into emotional support frameworks, it is essential to understand how these models internalize emotions. Our research provides a unified perspective on emotion representation through the following findings: • Implicit Detection: LLMs naturally encode emotional concepts,  and their exact locations are data and prompt-dependent. • Structural Consistency: Emotion vectors (extracted from the  model's representations) are functionally equivalent across different datasets (in later layers), indicating a stable, internal representation. • Representation != Capability: While "Chain of Thought" (CoT) processing increases the model's confidence in its output, it does not necessarily improve emotion detection accuracy. #LLMs #EmotionAI #AffectiveComputing #EmotionRepresentation #ModelInterpretability #RepresentationLearning #ChainOfThought #ResponsibleAI #CSE #IITHyderabad

🎤 #ARCS2026 #SpeakerAnnouncement 🚀 Thrilled to share that Prof. @_Dhara_Thakkar will deliver the Doctoral Dissertation Award Lecture at ARCS 2026. Designated Assistant Professor at Nagoya University, working in algebra, complexity, cryptography. #VPGiri /c @Indiaacm

#HouseFull #SoldOut @Indiaacm Annual Event 2026 registrations are officially SOLD OUT 🎉🔥 Thank you for the amazing response 🙌🎉 #ACMIndia #VPGiri /c @ACM_President @TheOfficialACM

Thrilled to announce Prof. @mishumausam Professor of CSE at @iitdelhi , as a speaker at ARCS 2026. His work spans AI, neuro-symbolic AI, information extraction, knowledge graphs, and AI for materials. INAE Fellow and AAAI Fellow. #ARCS! /c @Indiaacm

ACM ARCS 2026, upcoming event at CSE IITH

Applications are invited from candidates with excellent academic credentials for multiple PhD positions funded by research projects in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Hyderabad. How to apply: Please fill out the form at forms.gle/Xh8UoCj2aqVzsQ… Application deadline: 19th February, 2026. For more details at : drive.google.com/file/d/1D7pKBz… #IITHyderabad #PhDAdmissions #CSE

#ARCS2026 #SpeakerAnnouncement 🚀🎤 Thrilled to share that Prof. Krishna S, CSE @iitbombay will be joining us to give the @ACMIndia OCCW Award 2025 Lecture! Her research is on Automata, Logics, Games and the formal verification of timed and probabilistic systems. Help spread.

🚀 ACM India Annual Event 2026 #CallForParticipation 📍 IIT Hyderabad | 🗓 14 Feb 2026 Researchers, faculty, students, practitioners are all welcome. 📌 Website & Registration link shared in the comments. 🙏🏾 Please help spread the excitement hashtag#CFBR! #VPGiri #ProfGiri

🎉 ARCS 2026 introduces Day 0 for the first time! 🚀 1 Job Fair (academia + industry) + 2 exciting panels 🎓 Big thanks to the Day 0 Co-Chairs & ARCS Co-Chairs for the vision and effort 👏 Details in the flyer 👇event.india.acm.org/arcs/home/ #ACMIndia #VPGiri /c @ACMIndia @_mainack

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Paper titled StreamAlloc: A Framework for Analyzing and Transforming CUDA Code to Enable Asynchronous Execution accepted at ACM TOPLAS. Authors : Soumik Kumar Basu, Jyothi Vedurada 👏 Congratulations to all the authors! #PaperAcceptance #ACMTOPLAS #CUDA #GPUComputing #HighPerformanceComputing #ProgrammingLanguages #AcademicResearch #Congratulations