IISc Bangalore brings to you a seminar series by Karthikeyan V Shanmugam from Google Research. As an expert on the field of causal discovery and inference, with several key results in this area, Karthikeyan brings several new perspectives to our understanding of causality. This series of lectures will cover various aspects of causal discovery and causal inference.

Karthikeyan Shanmugam is a Research Scientist at Google Research India (Bengaluru) since April 2022. He is a part of the Machine Learning Foundations and Optimization Team. Previously, he was a Member of Research Staff with IBM Research AI, NY and a Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellow at IBM Research, NY. He obtained his Ph.D. from UT Austin where his advisor was Alex Dimakis. He obtained his master’s degree from the University of Southern California, and prior to that his B.Tech (Dual Degree) from IIT Madras. His research interests broadly lie in Graph algorithms, Machine learning, Optimization, Coding Theory, and Information Theory. Specifically in machine learning, my recent focus is on Causal Inference, Bandits/RL and Explainable AI. All are invited. Snacks and Tea will be served post the talks.

Please join us on Mondays and Thursdays at the CSA Lecture Hall (Room 254), starting at 04.00pm. We would also be hosting the sessions online for those who are unable to join us in person.

Dates: Mondays and Thursdays, from 21st September 2023.

Location: CSA Seminar Hall (Room 254)

Website: Karthikeyan's homepage

Affiliation: Google Research India