IIT-Madras prof Kamakoti selected for ACCS-CDAC award

Prof S Sadagopan, Director of the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB), who chaired the Awards panel, and Dr Saragur M Srinidhi, President of ACCS, announced the awards at a press conference here on Thursday.

The award recognizes Prof Kamakoti for his contributions in the fields of VLSI design and computer architecture resulting in the development of India’s first RISC-V family of processors. Prof Vijay Kumar was recognised for his seminal contributions in error-correcting codes and signal design for wireless communication which has been adopted into WCDMA cellular standards.

The award, carrying cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 and citation, will be presented at the inaugural session of the annual Advanced Computing and Communications Conference (ADCOM 2018) at The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) on September 21.