Research Associate Ramesh Guntha of Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications (AmritaWNA) presented papers at the International Conference on Mobile & Wireless Technology (ICMWT 2016) held at Jeju Island, Korea from May 23-26, 2016 and the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN 2016) held at Utrecht, Netherlands from June 28-30, 2016.
Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Director of Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AWNA), attended the United Nations/India Workshop on the “Use of Earth Observation Data in Disaster Management and Risk Reduction: Sharing the Asian Experience” held in Hyderabad during 8th-10th March 2016.
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India has awarded the prestigious Young Faculty Research Fellowship under Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for Electronics and IT for the year 2015-16 to Prof. Maneesha Ramesh and Prof. Shyam Diwakar of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
By the grace of Chancellor Amma, Amrita WNA team successfully conducted their 2nd Vishuthaineetham event on April 2016. The theme of the event was ‘To reduce your carbon foot print.’’
A paper titled, “A Real-Time Detection and Warning of Cardiovascular Disease LAHB for a Wearable Wireless ECG Device”, jointly authored by Anjali Arunan (Master’s student), Rahul Krishnan (Project Associate, Amrita WNA) and Maneesha V. Ramesh ( Director, AmritaWNA) was accepted for poster presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI).
Dr. Anura Jayasumana, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, USA, visited the Kochi and Amritapuri campuses in early 2016.
Dr. Nitin Vaidya, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, visited the Coimbatore and Amritapuri campuses between January 11th–13th, 2016. During his visit to Amrita, Dr. Vaidya gave two talks, held interactive sessions with faculty members and students, discussed potential areas of collaborations, and visited several research labs.
Dr. Anura Jayasumana, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, USA, visited the Kochi and Amritapuri campuses in early 2016. At the Kochi campus, Dr. Jayasumana. . .
Rahul Krishnan, Project Associate & PhD student, Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA), Amritapuri, presented research papers at the 5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies)- MOBIHEALTH 2015 held fromOctober 14-16 at London, Great Britain.
For many villagers in India, collecting and carrying water is part of their daily routine. However, villagers often have to walk several kilometers to collect water necessary for themselves and their families, sometimes walking several times a day. Many villagers, especially women, collect and carry between 200 and 500 liters of water per day for their families and cattle.
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