🌍 Building Global Connections at IEEE ISTAS 2026!📍 14–16 October | Kovalam, Kerala, IndiaThe IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) 2026, the flagship conference of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), provided a wonderful opportunity for Asst. Prof. Gayathri Anand Manikutty from AMMACHI Labs and Aswathi P. from the UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (CWEAmrita Vishwa Vidyapeethametham, to connect and engage with distinguished members of the IEEE SSIT leadership. 💫The interactions brought together an inspiring group of leaders, including:- Dr. Murty Polavarapu – SSIT President- Dr. Kalyan Sen – SSIT President-Elect- Dr. Luis Kun – SSIT Immediate Past President- Dr. Heather Love – SSIT Vice President, Conferences- Dr. Ketra Schmitt – SSIT Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine- Dr. Maike Luiken – SSIT Vice President, Liaisons, Public Outreach and Visibility- Dr. Ramalatha Marimuthu – SSIT Vice President, Membership- Ruth Lewis – SSIT Chair, IEEE SSIT Standards Committee- Harivardhagini Subhadra – SSIT Member-at-Large- Sharada Jayakrishnan - IEEE Kerala Section SSIT Chair- Dr. V. S. K. Murthy Balijepalli (Krish) – Vice Chair, IEEE SSIT Education CommitteeThese meaningful interactions offered valuable opportunities to exchange perspectives, strengthen international networks, and explore future collaborations at the intersection of technology, society, education, and humanitarian impact. ⭐️We look forward to building on these connections to advance socially responsible innovation, interdisciplinary research, and technology-driven solutions that create meaningful societal impa#ieeeistas2026S#ieeessitE#ammachilabsI#CWEGEC#AmritaVishwaVidyapeethame#TechnologyAndSocietyc#ResponsibleInnovationa#GlobalCollaborationa#HumanitarianTechnologyology
Research Recognition | IEEE BSN 2026 🇵🇹 🎉October 10, 2026 - Congratulations to Gayathri Anand Manikutty, Computing Education Research and Social Robotics Research Lead at AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, on presenting her team’s Skill Intelligence research at the IEEE Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2026 conference in Porto, Portugal.Supported by the Department of Science and Technology’s Cognitive Science Research Initiative (DST-CSRI), the research, titled “Functional-Axis Calibration of Rokoko Smartgloves for Wrist Coupling Measurement: A Benchmark Against Optical Reference System,” explores how wearable smartgloves can more reliably measure wrist movement.Why does this matter? Wearable technologies offer opportunities to study physical movement and skill performance beyond traditional laboratory settings. However, incorrect alignment of a device’s measurement axes can distort movement data. The research demonstrates how functional axis calibration addresses this problem, improving the reliability of wrist movement measurements and supporting more accurate biomechanical analysis.This work contributes to AMMACHI Labs’ broader Skill Intelligence research, which investigates the physical and cognitive processes underlying skill performance to inform more effective vocational skills development.Gayathri also served as a panellist at the IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) session, connecting with researchers in biomedical science and wearable technology from Europe, the United States and India.All of us at AMMACHI Labs offer a hearty Congratulations to Gayathri and the research team on this achievement, and on sharing their insightful and beneficial work with the international research community! 💡🔗 Read the research paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=Qv49pGTPSk🔗 Explore AMMACHI Labs’ Skill Intelligence research: ammachilabs.org/skill-intelligence/#AMMACHILabs #AmritaVishwaVidyapeetham #IEEEBSN2026 #IEEEWomenInEngineering #SkillIntelligence #WearableTechnology #CognitiveScience #Research