Coordinator: Dean's Office
Core Course:
Instructors: Dr. Narendra Deshmukh, and Dr. Kalpana KharadeCredits: 4
Coordinator: Dean's Office
Core Course:
Instructor: Prof. Aniket Sule
Tutor: Dr. Akshat Singhal
Credits: 4
21Thu
Coordinator: Dr. Indrani Das Sen
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22Fri
Coordinator: Centre Director's Office
Astronomy from Space: The India Story
Prof. Dipankar Bhattacharya, Ashoka University, Sonepat
Astronomical observations today span over large regions of the spectrum, most of which are blocked by our atmosphere. Astronomy from space-based platforms have thus become an essential part of modern investigations. From a modest beginning, India has built up extensive capabilities for space astronomy over the years and is forging ahead with multiple high-quality missions. This lecture will recount the Indian journey in this field, summarise the current achievements and introduce some of the future programmes. Opportunities for students at all levels to engage with these missions are being created and will be discussed.
Prof. Dipankar Bhattacharya is the Sunanda and Santimay Basu Chair Professor in Astrophysics at Ashoka University. Prior to joining Ashoka he was the Dean, Core Academic Programmes at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA).
He received his Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in Physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Amsterdam and the University of California, Santa Barbara and was a member of the faculty at the Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru before moving to IUCAA.
His research interests cover both theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy, with particular emphasis on High Energy Astrophysics including compact stars, black holes and cosmic explosions. He is closely associated with the Indian space astronomy mission AstroSat and is the chair of its Science Working Group.
22Fri
Coordinator: Centre Director's Office
Artificial Intelligence: An Overview and Applications in Healthcare
Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the area devoted to programming machines in such a way that they can simulate human-like intelligence. AI techniques are finding increasingly innovative applications in all branches of science, including the broad domain of healthcare. In healthcare, these methods are finding widespread use for facilitating novel discoveries and for gaining deeper insights into various processes of life. In this talk we will first present an overview of artificial intelligence, touching upon its history, genesis and developments. We will also provide an overview of molecular biology. We will then discuss some case studies on applications of AI techniques in healthcare.
Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay did her B Tech, M Tech and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Calcutta University, IIT Kharagpur and Indian Statistical Institute respectively. She then joined the Indian Statistical Institute as a faculty member, and became the Director in 2015. Since 2020 she is continuing in her second tenure as the Director of the Institute. Her research interests include computational biology, soft and evolutionary computation, artificial intelligence and machine learning. She is the recipient of several awards including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Science, TWAS Prize, Infosys Prize, JC Bose Fellowship, Swarnajayanti fellowship, INAE Silver Jubilee award, INAE Woman Engineer of the Year award (academia), IIT Kharagpur Distinguished Alumni Award, Humboldt Fellowship from Germany, Senior Associateship of ICTP, Italy, young engineer/scientist awards from INSA, INAE and ISCA, and Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma Gold Medal and Institute Silver from IIT, Kharagpur, India. She is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE), Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) and West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology. She serves as a member of the Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of India (PM-STIAC). In 2022, she received the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian award of the Government of India.
22Fri
Coordinator: Centre Director's Office
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