An online self-sponsored short term certificate course on “ Advances in Business Informatics -2021” is going to be organized by the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-Allahabad) from 9th-13th October, 2021. This Short term programme on “Advances in Business Informatics” with four focus areas namely Operations and Decision Technologies, FinTech, MarTech and Business Analytics will have an overarching theme of Cyber Security proposed to be covered as 5 days short term course which is aimed to orient existing domain expertise towards this emerging disicipline and ignite researching in the related domains. The main objectives of the Short term programme on “Advances in Business Informatics” are: ● Emerging Technology and advances in computing power are revolutionizing the Business world; Operations and Decision Technologies studying how business processes function, and how to employ advanced technology to make optimal or near-optimal decisions in a variety of business contexts. The data-driven decision making paving the way towards more adaptive and realistic decicion making. ● With huge surge in online delivery of financial services, trading, investing, and risk assessment, the FinTech revolution is rapidly transforming the financial industry with disruptive innovations. The growing breadth volume, and speed of financial data require tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to evaluate opportunities and mitigate risks. FinTech as an ecosystem is being supported by disruptive technology used to make banking and financial services more accessible with trustworthy authentication mechanism like Blockchain technologies ● MarTech introduces the opportunities and challenges of using Marketing technologies. The opportunities range from targeting the right audiences to personalizing messaging to leveraging new digital technologies to effectively managing complex multi-channel marketing campaigns. The challenges include the gap between how marketers think of their problems and how technology providers describe their solutions and then selecting the best strategy. ● The course will expand the understanding of Business Analytics and teach you how to use descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics to identify, analyse and solve critical business problems. You will learn to effectively evaluate recommendations and communicate credibly with those who have deep technical knowledge in the field, having a greater impact within your organisation.

Disease has become a common feature for human existence since the beginning of time. Over time, our knowledge of Science and Medicine has been expanded for a better understanding of the biological basis of any disease. Since, the last few decades, an extensive research has been going on the molecular pathogenesis of diseases. By developing a deep understanding of molecular pathogenesis, we will uncover the involvement of specific genes, proteins, and corresponding pathways to get better equipped for the development of targeted therapies for specific diseases. Continued development of our knowledge for deciphering underlying mechanisms of the disease has resulted in the development of a new era of Theranostics. Theranostics provides a targeted, safe, specific, and cost-effective treatment protocol. The proteomics, pharmacogenetics, and biomarker analysis make the backbone of theranostics. The role of theranostics is highly appreciated in the area of oncology where the nano-formulations like metallic nanoparticles, quantum dots, and carbon nanotubes, dendrimers liposomes play a pivotal role. Therefore, theranostics is a holistic transition from trial and error medicine to preventive, predictive, and personalised medicine for better treatment of diseases.

Photonics and Metamaterials have captured the public imagination due to the exceptionally attractive applications that were claimed for them. After intense research in the last decade, the field of Photonic Crystals and metamaterials have now become quite mature and several commercial products and applications are now coming out of these concepts. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the basic physical principles. Lectures will be delivered by experts working at IIIT Allahabad and other reputed institutions on: Review of Electromagnetic Theory Introduction to Photonic Crystals Introduction to Metamaterials Homogenization of Structured Materials Modeling of Electromagnetic/Photonic Structures using Computer Simulations Photonic Bandgap Materials Nanostructured Plasmonic Surfaces Micro and Nanofabrication Techniques Microwave Characterization Techniques Optical Characterization and Spectroscopy

An online self-sponsored workshop is designed to provide the theoretical background as well as a hands-on approach to drug designing using network pharmacology approach. The one-drug/one-target/one-disease approach to drug discovery is presently facing many challenges of safety, efficacy, and sustainability.

Center for Cognitive Computing, IIIT Allahabad welcomes you to 13th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2021). This year it is being organized at Kent State University, USA from 20-22 Dec, 2021 in online as well as offline mode. The IHCI is an annual international conference in the Human Computer Interaction field, where we explore research challenges emerging in the complex interaction between machine intelligence and human intelligence. This is the thirteen event that has a theme on “ Intelligent Interaction Beyond Physical Limits ”, having special tracks related to the main theme of the conference.

Computational drug designing is an inter-disciplinary area. In recent years the in-silico drug designing has emerged as a prominent field of research and has advanced rapidly with collaboration among the fields of chemistry, biology, and computer sciences. IIIT Allahabad has been working on drug designing and discovery for the last few years and is recognized internationally for published research. This course is designed for teachers, scientists, industry professionals, and students from the science & engineering educational institutes and industries. This workshop aims to impart essential knowledge of computational drug design & discovery to the participants.

2-day cloud-based hands-on workshop targeting structure-based drug designing and MD simulations. Participants will get practical experience and in-person guidance in using the Maestro GUI, covering the organic molecule sketching, protein selection, preparation, and screening for hit identification of molecules against therapeutic targets. The workshop will also include a brief recap of background theory for Molecular mechanics, CADD, Structure-based drug design approaches via case studies on the real-time industrial projects.

An online self-sponsored short term certificate course on “Nanoinformatics for Biomedical Applications (NBA- 2021)” is going to be organized by the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-Allahabad) from 27-29th August, 2021. NBA-2021 aims to bring eminent experts from the field of Nanotechnology in order to showcase the recent progress and innovation in the allied areas of Nanotechnology involving the development of novel therapeutic agents and diagnostic methods. Nanotechnology flourishes greatly due to its association with the Information technology. The combination of Material sciences and Information technology provides a great opportunity to explore how quantum-effect varies with size and structural features of nanomaterials that are responsible for unique optical, chemical, and biological properties of nanomaterials. This also helps in understanding the interactions of nanomaterial with complex living systems and role of dimensionality in cellular responses. Thus, an insightful understanding of basic principles of Material sciences with help of Information technology provides huge scope for nanotechnology based drug designing and therapeutic strategies essential for the betterment of human healthcare. The lectures and hands-on-trainings in NBA-2021 will cover basic features of Nanoinformatics and its applications in numerous biomedical fields.