SUBHANKAR MISHRA

ଶୁଭଙ୍କର ମିଶ୍ର

Reader-F, School of Computer Sciences, NISER
ପାଠକ-ଏଫ, ସଂଗଣକ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ନାଇଜର



ପିଏଚ୍.ଡି. ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମ ପଠନ ଗୋଷ୍ଠୀ ୨୦୨୩
PhD Summer Reading Group 2023

Welcome to PhD Pathana Gosthi, hosted by SM-LAB at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Odisha! This exciting event, taking place from June 12th to June 17th, 2023, brings together PhD students in Machine Learning for a week of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Schedule (Tentative)

Date Time Speaker Topic
Mon, June 12 2023 8:30am Rucha On the Expressive Power of Geometric Graph Neural Networks
10:00am Dr. Praneeth Netrapali Towards neural networks robust to distribution shifts
1:30pm Neha Improving Social Network Embedding via New Second Order Continuous Graph Neural Networks
3:00pm Monalisha Masked Auto-Encoders Meet Generative Adversarial Networks and Beyond
5:30pm Sujoy Knowledge-enhanced Black-box Attacks for Recommendations
Tue, June 13 2023 8:30am Pranita Describing Differences between Text Distributions with Natural Language
10:00am Niranjan Symmetric Machine Theory of Mind
1:30pm Pradeep Knowledge-enhanced Black-box Attacks for Recommendations
3:00pm Monalisha Deep Representations for Time-varying Brain Datasets
5:30pm Annada ReLU Fields: The Little Non-linearity That Could
Wed, June 14 2023 8:30am Annada Dr.Jit A Just-ln-Time Compiler for Differentiable Rendering
10:00am Niranjan Differentiable Top-k Classification Learning
1:30pm Sujoy A Large Scale Search Dataset for Unbiased Learning to Rank
3:00pm Neha AdaAX : Explaining Recurrent Neural Networks by Learning Automata with Adaptive States
5:30pm Pradeep Learning to Learn Transferable Attack
Thu, June 15 2023 8:30am Sujoy Revisiting Injective Attacks on Recommender Systems
10:00am Pradeep Deceptive Decision-Making under Uncertainty
1:30pm Pranita Self-Supervised Models of Audio Effectively Explain Human Cortical Responses to Speech
3:00pm Niranjan Be Like Water: Adaptive Floating Point for Machine Learning
Fri, June 16 2023 8:30am Annada Shape, Light, and Material Decomposition from Images using Monte Carlo Rendering and Denoising
10:00am Rucha Rethinking Graph Lottery Tickets: Graph Sparsity Matters
1:30pm Monalisha Do We Really Need Complicated Model Architectures for Temporal Networks?
3:00pm Prof. Venkatesh Kamat Some myths and facts about PhD Life and the Future
Sat, June 17 2023 8:30am Rucha Graph Neural Networks can Recover the Hidden Features Solely from the Graph Structure
10:00am Prof. Vasudeva Siruguri Technological advances and Ethical Impacts
1:30pm Neha Towards Understanding Ensemble, Knowledge Distillation and Self Distillation in Deep Learning
3:00pm Pranita A Deep Leaming Approach for the Segmentation of Electroencephalography Data in Eye Tracking Applications

Apply Here: Google Form

What is expected of you?

At PhD Pathana Gosthi, we expect selected PhD students to present recent papers from top conferences such as AAAI 2023, CVPR 2023, ICLR 2023, ICML 2022, KDD 2022, NeurIPS 2022, and SIGGRAPH 2022. You will have the opportunity to suggest three papers of your choice while applying, and may be requested to present alternate papers if needed. The event aims to foster learning, discussion, and collaboration among PhD students, providing a platform for you to showcase your research and engage in meaningful discussions with fellow peers.

How will you be selected?

To participate in PhD Pathana Gosthi, PhD students need to submit their CV and Motivation Letter by filling up this form. Our selection process will involve shortlisting candidates based on their CV and Motivation Letter, and the chosen participants will be notified via email.

What will be provided?

PhD Pathana Gosthi provides selected PhD students with accommodation, meals, travel expenses, and a comprehensive kit and a certificate of participation. These provisions aim to ensure a comfortable and engaging experience, allowing participants to fully participate in the event and showcase their research.

This website will serve as a hub for information and updates about the event, as well as a platform for students to submit their application materials. Join us for this enriching experience as we delve into the cutting-edge world of Machine Learning and explore the latest advancements in the field!

Resources

Important Dates

Event Date
Invitation emails sent to Institutions April 10th, 2023
Last date of receiving application May 12th 8th, 2023
Acceptance Notification May 15th, 2023
Confirmation email deadline for selected candidates May 17th, 2023
Event Starts June 12th, 2023
Event Ends June 17th, 2023

Team

How to reach NISER?

NISER is easily accessible from Khurda Junction railway station, Bhubaneswar bus to Jatni, or Biju Patnaik International Airport via taxi or public transport.

Address:
Subhankar Mishra's Lab, School of Computer Sciences, NISER 752050.
Google Maps: SM Lab
Email : ml-reading-group@niser.ac.in