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International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 26/C Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore 56000, India htt!"//###$iiit%$ac$in

Call for &!!lications for'octor of (hiloso!hy and )aster of *cience %y Research/ )aster of *cience +Research

'egree (rograms for -uly of 206

+&d.ertisement !u%lished on )arch 0, 206

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) invites applications for its researchdegree programs, namely, Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science by esearch! Master of Science(esearch) programs, for admissions in JULY of 2016" Both programs have full#time as $ell as part#timeregistration options" The students admitted to these programs $ill be referred to as research scholars"

The funding for the fello#shi!s for (h$'$ students #ill %e from go.ernment agencies +the s!ecifics #ill%e notified %y )arch 5, 206, C(&* !roect +'eit1, and industrys!onsored fello#shi!s from &BBand others (Funding sources updated on March 01, 2016)$ The funding for fello#shi!s for )aster of *cience %y Research #ill %e from .arious s!onsored !roects$

$ Research 'omains"%t IIITB, there are seven research domains, $hich have openings for both the degree programs, e&cept forMathematics ' Basic Sciences, $hich have openings e&clusively for the Doctor of Philosophy program" Thefollo$ing table lists the research domains for $hich there are openings for research scholars to be admittedin uly *+" Below-mentioned openings are applicable to both full-time and part-time registrations.

Research 'omain Indicati.e Research &reas

-omputer Science (-S) %lgorithms. -ryptography. -omputational biology, computational sustainability,services computing, intelligent transportation systems. /ptimi0ation, %rtificial

Intelligence, 1atural 2anguage Processing, computer architecture, robotics.

3eedbac4 control systems. Computational Topology (Topics added on March 10, 2016.)

Data Sciences (DS) 5isual analytics (in 6IS, healthcare, social net$or4s, and other relatedapplications), heterogeneous high#performance computing. Machine learning,optimi0ation. 6eometric algorithms for medical visuali0ation, 7D Printing.Multimedia management using control theory. Scientiic data !isuali"ation using

computational topology# data sciences in e$health (Topics added on March 10, 2016.)

8lectronic Systems

Design (8SD)

Model Based 9ard$are#Soft$are -o#Synthesis of econfigurable 8mbedded

Systems. 8lectronic Design %utomation, especially timing optimi0ation. -1Tmodelling for 7D integrated circuits. :ideband antenna design. %nalog#and#

Mi&ed#Signal -ircuit Design. 3 -ircuit Design. Implementation issues forfeedbac4 control

IT ' Society (ITS) I-T regulations and public policy, techno#economics of information net$or4, I-Tfor development!health!education!agriculture, gender and I-Ts, e#6overnance fordevelopment, innovation systems in the I-T industry, I-T and $or4 practices in

organi0ations, urban systems, political economy of information, right toinformation in practice, digital groups and identities, governance analytics and

tool4its

Mathematics 'Basic Sciences (MBS)

-hemistry; -omputational chemistry, electronic structure calculations, structure' energetics of van der :aals comple&es

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Mathematics; 1umber theory. in particular, algebraic number theory, Diophantinee=uations, 6alois module structure and elliptic curves

Physics; Dynamical systems theory, comple& systems and soft matter physicsincluding comple& fluids, cavitation ' bubble dynamics, studies of instabilities 'synchroni0ation in nonlinear systems (both physical, biological, and polymeric

systems). 7D simulations and modeling of 9ydrodynamic and

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulent flo$s (involving research in fundamentalphysics ! astrophysics ! mechanical engineering)

1et$or4ing, -ommunications

' Signal Processing (1-SP)

Soft$are Designed 1et$or4s. -onte&t a$are systems. Internet of Things.

1et$or4 security. -omputer vision and image processing for control applications.

Medium %ccess Control protocol, spectrum allocation, design o energymanagement strategies or smart &uilding (Topics added on March 01, 2016.)

Soft$are 8ngineering (S8) e=uirement engineering. Testing. everse engineering. 5erification and

validation. %pplication of program analysis, model chec4ing, and theorem

proving in soft$are analysis. Soft$are architecture. Soft$are engineering issuesof $eb based, embedded, mobile systems, IoT"

Brief description of the active research in the afore#mentioned research domains is given in item> "

'n the case o part$time applications, applicants are reuested to ensure that they can o&tain appropriate ' clearance and *o +&ection Certiicate rom their employers or their academic -or at '''T/, -ell inad!ance.

2" )inimum Eligi%ility Criteria"

%pplicants to the Doctor of Philosophy program should hold a masters degree, as $ell as have good

academic and technical trac3 record$

%s an admission criterion placed or octor o hilosophy degree &y the ni!ersity rants Commission,-e reuire applicants to tae either a national entrance e3amination, as speciied &y concerned researchdomain, or a domain$speciic entrance e3amination at '''T/ &eore the inter!ie-.

Research domains!ecific re4uirements are as follo#s"

• 3or applicants to Com!uter *cience, 'ata *ciences, Electronic *ystems 'esign, et#or3ing

Communication *ignal (rocessing, and *oft#are Engineering, a four#year bachelors degree inengineering (B"8", B"Tech" or e=uivalent) is re=uired for the Master of Science by esearch! Master ofScience (esearch) program. and a masters degree in engineering (M"8", M"Tech" or e=uivalent) is

re=uired for the Doctor of Philosophy program" %dditional specific re=uirements are as follo$s; Com!uter *cience;

+" Master of Science by esearch! Master of Science (esearch) applicants should have a valid6%T8 score of at least **.

" Doctor of Philosophy applicants should have $ritten!ta4en 68 or 6%T8 in the last five years"7" Screening! shortlisting $ill be based on 6%T8 score and other application details furnished by

the applicant, follo$ed by an intervie$" 'ata *ciences;

+" %pplicants should have ta4en one of the follo$ing e&aminations;

• 6%T8 e&amination for -omputer Science,

• % ?@#minute $ritten e&amination conducted by the research domain at IIITB

e&clusively for applicants to Data Sciences"



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• Screening! shortlisting $ill be based on the afore#mentioned score and other application

details furnished by the applicant, follo$ed by an intervie$"

Electronic *ystems 'esign;

+" %pplicants should have a 6%T8 score"" Screening! shortlisting $ill be based on 6%T8 score and other application details furnished by

the applicant, follo$ed by an intervie$" et#or3ing, Communications *ignal (rocessing;

+" %pplicants are encouraged to ta4e 6%T8 or 68 e&amination"

" 8&ceptional applicants $ithout a 6%T8 or 68 score may be re=uired to ta4e a $rittene&amination or an oral e&amination at IIITB, as decided by the faculty in the domain"

*oft#are Engineering;

+" %pplicants should have a 6%T8 or 68 score ta4en in the last five years"" -andidates $ith suitable industrial or academic e&perience and credentials may apply $ithout

competitive e&am (6%T8!68) scores, $hich may be $aived"

• 3or applicants in (hysics and Chemistry, eligible candidates should have satisfied the follo$ing

re=uirements;

• The minimum =ualification re=uired is an M"Sc" in Physics or -hemistry, respectively, or a

masters degree (M"Sc", M"8", M"Tech" or e=uivalent) in related disciplines"• -andidates should have appeared and =ualified in a national entrance test (-SI#A6- 18T,

A6-#18T, or 8ST e&amination)" This re=uirement may be $aived for candidates $ith a

masters degree in engineering (M"8", M"Tech" or e=uivalent)"

• Screening! shortlisting $ill be based on the scores obtained in the afore#mentioned e&aminations

or a $ritten e&amination at IIITB, and other application details furnished by the applicantfollo$ed by an intervie$"

• 3or applicants in )athematics;

+" The minimum =ualification re=uired is a masters degree in engineering (M"Tech", M"8" ore=uivalent) or a masters degree in Mathematics"

" -andidates should have appeared and =ualified in one of the t$o national entrance e&aminations;-SI#A6- 18T or 1B9M" This re=uirement may be $aived for candidates $ith a mastersdegree in engineering (M"8", M"Tech" or e=uivalent)"

7" Screening! shortlisting $ill be based on the scores obtained in the afore#mentioned e&aminationsor a $ritten e&amination at IIITB, and other application details furnished by the applicantfollo$ed by an intervie$"

• 3or applicants in IT *ociety;

+" -andidates $ith a masters degree in any of the social sciences are eligible to apply for Master ofScience by esearch! Master of Science (esearch) and Doctor of Philosophy in the ITSdomain"

" In addition, candidates $ith a four#year bachelors degree in engineering (B"8", B"Tech" or

e=uivalent) can apply for the Master of Science by esearch! Master of Science (esearch)program. and those $ith a masters degree in engineering (M"8", M"Tech" or e=uivalent) canapply for the Doctor of Philosophy program"

7" -andidates are encouraged to provide a valid score in 6%T8, 3, 18T, 68, or 6M%T along

$ith their applications" Those $ithout such a score may apply as $ell"?" Shortlisted candidates may have to ta4e a $ritten e&amination at IIITB $hen called for

intervie$"

7$ 8ello#shi!s/*cholarshi!s Tuition 8ees"



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• 3or fulltime )aster of *cience %y Research/ )aster of *cience +Research students, a fello#shi! of

IR 2,000/ !er month is available" !ote" #he fellowship amount is sub$ect to change and will beupdated b% &arch 1'( 2016.)

• 3or fulltime 'octor of (hiloso!hy students, a fello#shi! of IR 25,000/ !er month is available"

!ote" #he fellowship amount is sub$ect to change and will be updated b% &arch 1'( 2016.)

• The tuition fees, as applicable for admissions in uly *+@, for both the programs is IR 70,000/ !er

semester till the student completes submission of the thesis" ( !ote" #he tuition fees are sub$ect tochange( and the changes will be updated b% &arch 1'( 2016).

• In addition, residential students currently pay appro&imately IR 7000/ to#ards hostel rent !er

month and a!!ro9imately IR :000/ !er month for food e9!ense" These rates are subect to revisionfrom time to time" /ther costs for boo4s and supplies, travel, purchase of a laptop, etc", need to befactored by students depending on their individual circumstances"

:$ Ho# to &!!ly;

• %t the admissions portal, http;!!iiitb"campusmetalin4"com!-mlPortal!login"cml, the instructions on ho$

to apply $ill be provided on registering and application fee payment" egistering on the admissions

portal $ill give an a!!lication I' $hich is re=uired for completing the rest of the admissions process"

• %ll applicants need to pay a nonrefunda%le a!!lication fee of IR 000/" The payment is to be made

via ban4 transfer (183T) using application ID generated during registration at the admissions portal" Thedetailed instructions on ma4ing the payment are available at the admissions brochure"

• It is mandatory for all applicants to get t#o recommendation letters"

• The application pac4age should contain; (i) a cover letter summari0ing the application (including

research interests and the topic of interest), (ii) a hard#copy of the recentmost curriculum vitae (including

name as per +*th grade mar4sheets or government#issued photo#identification document, postal address,contact mobile number, details of t$o recommenders!references), (iii) a self#attested copy each, of allrelevant academic transcripts, (iv) t$o recommendation letters, (v) a self#attested copy of photo ID(proof for name given in curriculum#vitae), (vi) a statement of purpose (a +***#$ord essay including

research interests and relevant e&perience), (vii) a statement of research preparation on ho$ the applicanthas obectively prepared him!herself to underta4e the demanding research program at IIITB, (viii) proofof 183T transaction for the application fee, and (i&) if available, a list of relevant publications" Theco!er letter must clearly indicate the application ' generated rom registration process. ' an

application pacage does not include the application ', it -ill not &e considered or urther scrutiny.

• The application pac4age must be submitted in an envelope addressed to CCThe egistrar, International

Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, !- 8lectronics -ity, 9osur oad, Bangalore @*+**,India", mentioning at the top 4%ttn5 esearch egree rograms %dmissions or 7uly 20168" Theenvelope may be sent via post or can be dropped off in person at the reception of IIIT Bangalore"

• If the recommenders insist on single#blind recommendation letters (i"e" the applicant does not see the

recommendation letter), the recommender(s) may send it directly by post to the egistrar in theaforementioned address" *owe+er( it is the onus of the applicant to a) inform the concernedrecommender the application ,( as well as the deadline( and b) mention in the co+er letter that therecommendation letters ma% be epected separatel%.

• %cademic transcripts pertaining to all degree programs (including term!semester performance

reports!grade cards) completed by the applicant $ill be deemed relevant" If the applicant is see4ingprovisional admission for Masters or Ph"D" program, as in is currently completing Bachelors or Mastersdegree, respectively, the applicant may state so in the cover letter"

• %ll =ueries may be sent via e#mail to the Institute; research$admissions


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5$ Im!ortant 'ates"

'ec0205" -all#for#%pplications (Pre#announcement)"-an2=206" -all#for#%pplications (3ormal %nnouncement)"8e%0>206" /nline application submission begins"8e%206" 3ree %dmissions Brochure ready for do$nload")ar27206" 2ast date for online application submission, remittance of application fees, and

receiving application pac4ages by post"&!r05206" 1otification of selected candidate for on#site evaluation")ay07206" :ee4 of $ritten entrance e&amination (as re=uired specifically by research domains)and intervie$s")ay0206" 1otification to admitted students along $ith admission offer letters via email")ay2:206" 2ast date for remittance of acceptance fee by the admitted candidates"-ul206" Preparatory Term for M"Tech" program begins (optional for research scholars)-ul2>206" oining date; orientation and course registration begins"&ug0206" -lasses begin for Term I (*+#+E)"&ug0?206" 2ast date for add!drop courses, and course registration for the Term I closes"

6$ Brief 'escri!tion of Research 'omains

• C)(@TER *CIECE +C*" If -omputer Science is about the use of computational techni=ues and

thin4ing for solving problems, it stands to reason that computer science in turn can and must be appliedto address the many critical problems of the +st century, of $hich $e may mention the need for smartmachines and comple& systems that can $or4 $ith humans seamlessly and improve society as a $hole,and sustainable development and usage of systems to ma4e effective use of scarce and e&pensiveresources such as energy" The tools and paradigms used to address such problems can themselves be ne$

ones, other than merely the ones traditionally found in the repertoire of computer scientists" To this end,our $or4 in the computer science research domain covers diverse topics dealing $ith theory as $ell asapplication areas, such as smart grids, supply chains and their optimi0ation, algorithms, machinelearning, cloud computing, dynamic modeling and control of servers, and rene$able energy" :ith the

tremendous rise in distributed computing applications, the issue of security and privacy in distributedapplications has got tremendous attention from the research community in the past decade" % maortheme of the cryptographic research at IIITB is secure distributed computing, $ith emphasis on securemulti#party computation (MP-) and verifiable computation, both at the theoretical as $ell as applied

level" :hile $e strive to be rigorous and thorough in all our research, $hether theoretical or applied, $eare also a$are of the multi#disciplinary conte&t and significance of our $or4, and strive to address issuesthat are relevant to society in general and industry in particular" The focus of $or4 in -omputationalTopology at IIITB is to$ards using topological methods for improving visual representation andinformation e&traction from scientific datasets"8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" %mit -hattopadhyay, Prof" %shish -houdhury, Prof" Meena4shiDFSou0a, Prof" 5" 1" Muralidhara, Prof" 6" 1" S" Prasanna, Prof" Sachit ao, Prof" Shrisha ao, Prof" 6"Srinivasaraghavan"

• '&T& *CIECE* +'*" The Data Sciences research domain focuses on all aspects of data

management, processing, modeling, and information retrieval" The current areas of interest include;Database Design, Information etrieval, 1et$or4 %nalysis, Mining 2atent Semantics, Data Mining andData :arehousing, Gno$ledge epresentation and easoning, 2in4ed Data and Semantic :eb, 1oSH2Databases, Stream Data Management, Multimedia Management using -ontrol Theory, %nalytics,6raphics ' 5isuali0ation, and 6PA -omputing, %pplied Machine 2earning, -omputational SocialSciences, -omputational Topology"

8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" %mit -hattopadhyay, Prof" -handrashe4ar amanathan, Prof" DineshBabu ayagopi, Prof" aya Sreevalsan 1air, Prof" Sachit ao, Prof" Srinath Srinivasa, Prof" 6"Srinivasaraghavan, Prof" T" G" Sri4anth"



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• EAECTRIC *1*TE)* 'E*I +E*'" The 8lectronic Systems Design domain encompasses a

broad range of topics covering several aspects of both, digital and analog hard$are systems,implemented using 3P6%s and custom fabricated 52SI circuits, design methodologies around 8D%flo$s, verification and validation, and system prototyping. reali0ation of real time embedded systems$here both the hard$are and the soft$are components are treated agnostically based on end systemre=uirements. embedded implementation of feedbac4 control using variegated sensors" 8mphasis is alsoplaced on emerging technologies based on Micro and 1ano#electro mechnical devices fabrication ofD!7D structures, characteri0ation and system applications"

8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" -hetan Pari4h, Prof" Madhav ao, Prof" Sachit ao, Prof" Srinath1aidu, Prof" Subait Sen, Prof" Subir G" oy"

• I8R)&TI TECHA1 *CIET1 +IT*" The Information Technology and Society

research domain at IIITB is broadly concerned $ith the social role of information and communicationstechnologies (I-Ts) $ith a focus on the policy challenges and the institutional demands posed bytechnological change" Teaching and research in the stream focuses on three inter#related areas" 3irst, itsee4s to understand innovation and the organi0ation of production in the I-T industry, or ho$, $hy and

$here I-Ts are produced" % second area of interest is in ho$ I-Ts can be used to harness the legitimacyand the po$ers of bureaucracies and mar4ets to address needs in different social domains" /f special

interest are the domains of governance, education, health and manufacturing" % third area is the tools andanalytical techni=ues that can be deployed to understand the production and consumption of I-Ts" Theseinclude geographical information systems, modeling, simulation and visuali0ation" The domainencourages inter#disciplinary research and has associated faculty members $ith e&pertise in socialsciences, including in economics, economic geography, sociology, development, management,governance and public administration"

8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" %mit Pra4ash, Prof" Balai Parthasarathy, Prof" Bidisha -haudhari, Prof"ana4i Srinivasan, Prof" Preeti Mudliar, Prof" S" aagopalan, Prof" 5" Sridhar, Prof" 5inod 5yasalu"

• )&THE)&TIC* B&*IC *CIECE* +)B*" The research at IIITB in -hemistry, Mathematics

and Physics is as follo$s; In CHE)I*TR1, the research at IIITB primarily is in the area of electronic structure calculations"

Particularly, $ea4 interactions (pi#pi, -9#pi etc") present in various systems (small model systems,protein#ligand systems, D1% bases, nanotubes etc") are investigated using =uantum chemicalmethods (93, MP, --SD(T) ' D3T)" %dditionally, the $or4 entails unravelling the role of such$ea4 interactions in the field of drug#design, polymers, nano#devices and in ne$ materials" Some ofthe recent research $or4s sho$ that pi#pi and -9#pi interactions are invariably present in the crystalstructures of bio#molecules and play important role in their structure as $ell as functions"8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" Briesh Gumar Mishra"

esearch in )&THE)&TIC* is principally in the area of 1umber Theory. in particular, %lgebraic

1umber Theory, 6alois epresentations, Modular 3orms, I$asa$a Theory" Diophantine 8=uations,6alois Module structure and 8lliptic curves" esearch is also conducted in the fields of %lgebraic

-omple&ity Theory and -ryptography" The follo$ing t$o problems are representative of the

mathematics research in IIITB; 2et 8 be an elliptic curve over number field G" 3or every prime P$here 8 has good reduction at P, $e get one imaginary =uadratic field associated to 8" :e are tryingto see if $e can get all imaginary =uadratic fields by this procedureJ8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" Manisha Gul4arni"

In (H1*IC*, there are t$o sub#domains of research focus at IIITB; (a) /ne sub#domain of research

focus is on soft condensed matter physics, comple& systems ' dynamical systems theory,instabilities ' synchroni0ation in nonlinear systems (both physical and biological), andmacromolecular systems" Topics include bubble dynamics ' cavitation, vesicular nanotubulation,

polyelectrolytic solutions, combustion, phase transitions in computationally hard problems, modelsof sensory systems, precipitation phenomena, etc". (b) The other sub#domain of physics research is incomputational fluid mechanics, especially simulations ' modeling of hydrodynamic andmagnetohydrodynamic turbulent flo$s, reduced resistive M9D simulations, lo$ resolution

simulations of 7D#9D and M9D turbulent flo$s including rotation ' helical forcing and 7D#anelastic 9D and M9D code"



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8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" Bala4rishnan %sho4, Prof" Shiva Gumar Malapa4a"

• ETDRI, C))@IC&TI *I&A (RCE**I +C*(" The 1et$or4ing,

-ommunication and Signal Processing research domain focuses on all aspects of net$or4ing,communications, and signal processing" The current topics of interest are; -omputer net$or4s, 1et$or4security, :ireless communication, Signal processing, Medical signal processing, -omputer vision,-ontrol of unmanned systems using image processing and computer vision" 8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" Debabrata Das, Prof" Dinesh Babu ayagopi, Prof" yotsna Bapat, Prof"1eelam Sinha, Prof" Sachit ao, Prof" Tricha %nali"

• *8TD&RE EIEERI +*E " Soft$are engineering (S8) brings together interesting avenues of

both fundamental and applied research contributing to the broad spectrum of activities involved in thecreation of large, comple&, industrial strength soft$are systems having high =uality, dependability and$ithin reasonable resources" The current research covers a $ide variety of areas ranging from empiricalto formal aspects of S8" %t IIITB, the research in S8 covers both upstream (re=uirement and design) anddo$nstream (testing and maintenance) SD2- activities cutting across a variety of application domains

(enterprise, embedded etc)" 9ere is a list of some of the broad areas in $hich our faculty members are$or4ing; Pattern oriented soft$are engineering, soft$are architecture, distributed soft$are engineering,

model driven soft$are engineering (MDS8), soft$are testing, verification and validation (5'5) of $eb#services and 5'5 of embedded soft$are (cyber#physical systems and adaptive systems) among others"8&C@AT1 IAE'" Prof" -handrashe4ar amanathan, Prof" G" 5" Dinesha, Prof" 2" T"aypra4ash, Prof" Meena4shi D Sou0a, Prof" Suit Gumar -ha4rabarti"


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