CSE Admissions · IIT Kanpur

About IITK

Established under the IIT Act in 1959

Inspiring Excellence and Innovation Since 1959

IIT Kanpur is a prestigious institute of higher learning producing meritorious students with excellent career growth and universal recognition. The students go to get the best of opportunities in the form of highly advanced courses, eminent faculty members, well-equipped laboratories, library, hostels and immense facilities to excel in research and development.

The selection procedure for students at undergraduate, postgraduate and research level is highly stringent so that IIT gets the best brains of India.

Highly scientific and innovative technology is used for teaching and conducting research activities.Every year IIT Kanpur is enriched by the laurels brought by the faculty members and the students in the form of research publications, projects, fellowships and industrial exposure.

Students

A diverse mix of some of the brightest minds of the country.
Acres Campus

An eco friendly campus equipped with world class facilities.
Departments

A holistic curriculum comprising of Science, Engineering and Humanities.
Centers of Excellence

State-of-the-art infrastructure and laboratories.

Facilities On Campus

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

The first department in India to start Computer Science education. It started in August 1963 with an IBM 1620 system - a novelty then, even in many North American and European universities. The department runs BTech, MTech and PhD programs and is engaged in cutting edge research with sponsored projects and consultancies. Following are some of the special interest groups and workshops/conferences at CSE, IIT Kanpur.

SIGTACS

Special Interest Group on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, was born out of an effort to bring together people interested in areas of Theoretical Computer Science.

SESRes

Software Engineering and Systems Research - A theme central to our research is software engineering (SE) and software architecture (SA). We investigate several areas in systems from SE and SA perspective.

SIGDATA

Special Interest Group in Data is a forum for discussion on topics in Databases and Data Mining. It is an endeavor to bring together people who share interest in databases and discuss latest developments and research problems.

SIGML

Special Interest Group on Machine Learning of Computer Science , was born out of an effort to bring together people interested in areas of Machine Learning, Data Mining and related fields.

iWML

Indian Workshop on Machine Learning is intended to be a high quality, single track event that includes tutorials, invited talks by leading researchers from both the academia and the industry as well as presentations for refereed abstracts.

MINI-SYMPOSIUM

The aim of this mini-symposium is to highlight the role of computation and optimization in the modern day problems in the sciences and engineering. The speakers are researchers working in various areas of computation and optimization and their applications.

ICLA

Indian Conference on Logic and its Applications is a forum for bringing together researchers from a wide variety of fields that formal logic plays a significant role in, along with mathematicians, philosophers and logicians studying foundations of formal logic in itself. A special feature of this conference is the inclusion of studies in systems of logic in the Indian tradition, and historical research on logic.

CALDAM

The International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM) is intended to bring together researchers working in the areas of algorithms and applied discrete mathematics and provide a high-quality forum for the dissemination and discussion of research results in these broad areas.

FSTTCS

Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science conference is a forum for presenting original results in foundational aspects of Computer Science and Software Technology.

WOSCA

Workshop on Side Channel Analysis Based Cyber Threats and Mitigation Techniques aims to provide a pretty in-depth introduction to the various topics in side-channel analysis, attacks, and counter measures from world experts who have made fundamental contributions to this field, and who have been teaching courses on this topic, carrying out research projects, and graduating multiple doctoral students on this topic.

MEMOCODE

MEMOCODE's objective is to emphasize the importance of models and methodologies in correct system design and development, and to bring together researchers and industry practitioners interested in all aspects of computer system development, to exchange ideas, research results and lessons learned.

Messages

Read what our Professors have to say about CSE, IITK

"The Computer Science and Engineering department at IIT Kanpur is the oldest Computer Science program in India, and it continues to excel in producing academic and industrial leaders of the future. In 2017 we are at the cross roads of the Computer Science as we have known in the last few decades, and the amazing new world of computing. Convergence of multiple trends in the industry, governance, and research marks the current era of Computer Science -- such as
(i) industry 4.0 -- city-scale, country-scale or even larger scale automation -- smart cities, smart grid, smart transportation, smart living, smart health-care etc., enabled by pervasive computing;
(ii) Rapid convergence of almost all engineering disciplines with Computer Science -- be it biological engineering, cognitive science, civil, mechanical, electrical and material engineering -- opportunities abound in making a huge contribution to the society and human lives;
(iii) artificial intelligence revolution through deep learning, advanced machine learning, and cognitive computing;
(iv) social networking, e-governance, e-Taxation, e-commerce leading to online transactions and data collection raising potential privacy and security issues;
(v) resulting from pervasive data collection and ubiquitous computing is the fear of security breaches that could lead to national security issues; and many more.
In this environment, CSE@IITK is uniquely poised to offer opportunities for students to work on these exciting areas of research, as well as our core strength in theoretical Computer Science. We are seeking students for M.Tech, MS by Research, and PhD programs who are knowledgeable in their core Computer Science and Engineering topics, and are willing to participate in the exciting world of technology innovation and research -- with enthusiasm, hard work, energy, and a hunger to create impact on the field and/or the society. We welcome all applicants who want to take our admissions tests and interviews to get into this exciting journey.

There is also a unique opportunity for IIT bachelor's students who have very high CPI and want to pursue Masters or PhD in this department -- Prime Minister fellowships with substantially high stipend are available in limited numbers. IIT students (current and past) interested in pursuing this special fellowship opportunities should contact me directly. "

Dr. Sandeep Shukla

Head, CSE, IIT Kanpur
2017-present

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