This second regional special section from India represents the diversity and excitement of the computational sciences in India through 15 articles, all co-written by authors from the Indian subcontinent.
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Computing and Assistive Technology Solutions for the Visually Impaired
While accessibility normally refers only to the modality for making information accessible, in the Indian context, it is tightly tied to affordability.
Building the SHAKTI Microprocessor
The SHAKTI Processor Program started as an academic initiative in 2014 aimed to create open source, industrial-grade processors and build associated components of a more extensive ecosystem.
Impactful Research and Tooling for Program Correctness
We have been developing two frameworks — VeriAbs and VeriFuzz — to solve the problems of formal methods to improve software quality, which often fail to scale to the size and complexity of software.
Digital Interventions at Scale: Lessons from NPTEL and IIT Madras B.S. Degree Program
Online learning provides an effective approach to some of the systemic challenges related to higher education in India. Two key initiatives have demonstrated positive results.
National Digital Library of India: Democratizing Education in India
The National Digital Library of India was conceptualized with an aim to bring equity of access to educational resources for every Indian through a single window access mechanism.
Prutor: An Intelligent Learning and Management System for Programming Courses
The Prutor browser-based tutoring system offers an integrated development environment (IDE) with a text editor, linter, interactive access to a remote compiler, and a debugger.
Bringing the Missing Women Back: CS Education for Women in India's Engineering Institutions
Several initiatives have come up to address gender gaps in the context of engineering education in India.
Toward Explainable Deep Learning
Explainability has become a cornerstone of responsible AI use and deployment.
Fake News in India: Scale, Diversity, Solution, and Opportunities
The massive proliferation of fake news in India has created a dire need to consider solutions explicitly catering to the region.
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