The workshop will highlight numerous avenues of creative expression within Computer Science. We plan to use
this opportunity to ignite the imagination and broaden the horizons of many budding computer scientists,
particularly senior undergraduates.
Please visit our FAQs page for more information.
Application Form (Deadline Feb 9):
https://forms.gle/WjVgRXkbAKAktCVh6
Streaming Links
You can find the video links for the upcoming workshop on this
YouTube playlist.
Schedule
February 17 (Saturday)
09:45 AM — 10:00 AM: Inauguration by Prof. Vinod Ganapathy (Chair CSA)
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM: Algorithmic Agriculture by Prof. Y. Narahari (IISc,
Bangalore)
11:10 AM — 11:30 AM: Deep Learning: Bridging the gap between mind and
machine by Dr. Manisha Padala (IISc, Bangalore)
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM: Break
11:50 AM — 1:00 PM: Graphic novelist Appupen discusses 'Dream Machine',
his latest book on AI by Appupen (George Mathen)
01:00 PM — 02:30 PM: Lunch
02:30 PM — 03:10 PM: Puzzles and paradoxes for Algorithmic thinking by
Prof. C. Pandurangan (IISc, Bangalore)
03:10 PM — 03:50 PM: Two Tricks: Games in Computing by Prof. Neeldhara
Misra (IIT, Gandhinagar)
03:50 PM — 04:10 PM: Break
04:10 PM — 04:50 PM: Mathematics of Juggling by Prof. Bireswar Das (IIT,
Gandhinagar)
04:50 PM — 05:30 PM: Algorithmic Sports by Prof. Rahul Saladi (IISc,
Bangalore)
February 18 (Sunday)
09:45 AM — 10:30 AM: Ways of Computing by Prof. Jaikumar
Radhakrishnan (ICTS, Bangalore)
10:40 AM — 10:55 AM: Game Theory: Playing Games Theoretically by Debajyoti
Kar (IISc PhD Student)
10:55 AM — 11:10 AM: Stop Worrying and Start Sampling: The Power of
Randomness in Computation by KVN Sreenivas (IISc PhD Student)
11:10 AM — 11:25 AM: Online Learning and Prediction: Bit-Sized Prophecies
by Atasi Panda (IISc PhD Student)
11:25 AM — 11:40 AM: Computational Geometry: Would You Buy Oranges in
Higher Dimensions? by Rachana Gusain (IISc PhD Student)
11:40 AM — 12:00 PM: Coffee Break
12:00 PM — 01:00 PM: Visual Art in Computing: It’s All Fun and
Games Until You Can’t Pass Math by
Prof. Shriram Krishnamurthi (Brown University)
01:00 PM — 02:30 PM: Lunch
Speakers
