The School shall promote, facilitate and provide resources for research in applied computing with strong interdisciplinary focus, with an eye towards societal impact. As computing continues to become increasingly central in all disciplines, the School has identified some thrust areas for 2025-2035, namely:
| Computing for sustainability and social development | Sustainable and scalable computing |
|---|---|
| ● Climate action for rural communities | ● Energy efficient hardware |
| ● Urban transportation and mobility | ● Thermal-aware systems |
| ● Community information services | ● ML-based technologies for industrial design |
| ● Air pollution | ● AR/VR for industry 4.0 |
| ● Sustainable Agriculture and nature-tech solutions | |
| Health and social care technologies | Safe and responsible computing |
| ● Assistive technologies | ● Quantum-Resistant Cryptography |
| ● Cancer detection | ● Robust and Auditable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems |
| ● Analytics for public health | ● Privacy-Enhancing Technologies |
| ● Community health processes | ● Cyber-physical Systems Security (IT / OT security) |
| ● Surgical devices and simulators for skill evaluation and enhancements | ● Ethics of Computing |
| ● Indian knowledge systems of health | ● Cryptanalysis |
| ● Neuroimaging and neuroscience | ● Biometric Security |
The School offers full-time (funded) and part-time Ph. D. and M. S. (Research) programs, along with a funded research fellows programme to provide preparatory pre-PhD or pre-MSR support for subsequent admission in these programs. These programs, together with admission procedures, coursework, and graduation requirements, shall be governed by rules and regulations determined by the Senate of IIT Delhi. At a later date, and depending upon need and available resources, the School may offer other programs, including an M. Tech. Program.