Updates

May 2025: Invited talk on A Stability-Theory Perspective into Accelerated Optimization at the Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC.

Mar 2025: Participated in an engaging panel discussion on AI and Mathematics Education at the National Conference on Computational Geometry, Analysis and Machine Learning, jointly organized by ICT Mathematics Department and SIWS College, Mumbai.

Feb 2025: Our paper titled Together We Rise: Optimizing Real-Time Multi-Robot Task Allocation using Coordinated Heterogeneous Plays is accepted in the AAMAS 2025.

Dec 2024: Invited talk on Stability Theory Perspective into Optimization at the 10th Indian Control Conference (ICC).

Nov 2024: Our paper titled Enhancing Customer Repurchase Prediction: Integrating Classification Algorithms with RFM Analysis for Precision and Actionable Insights is accepted in IIMB management Review.

Sep 2024: Our paper Calibration Transfer via Knowledge Distillation is accepted as an Oral Presentation in ACCV 2024.

Sep 2024: Our paper On Linear Convergence of PI Consensus Algorithm under the Restricted Secant Inequality is accepted in ICC 2024.

Sep 2024: I have been inducted as a Young Associate into the Indian National Academy of Engineering [Pic-1, Pic-2].

Aug 2024: Invited talk on Dynamical Perspective on Optimization Algorithms at the Krea University.

Aug 2024: Full-day workshop on reinforcement learning at the Data Hack Summit, 2024.

Aug 2024: Invited talk on learning Autonomous Driving Behavior using LLMs and RL at the Data Hack Summit, 2024.

Aug 2024: Happy to be recognized with the Analytics Vidhya Luminary Award for Top 10 AI Community Contributor.

Jul 2024: We have been awarded the Nasscom AI Gamechangers Award for AI Research, 2023-24.

Jul 2024: Invited talk on Reinforcement Learning: Connecting AI Innovations to Practical Solutions at the Cyber-Physical Systems Symposium (CyPhySS), IISc, 2024.

Jul 2024: I am offering a course on Distributed Optimization and Machine Learning via NPTEL. [Link for registration]

Jul 2024: Our group has had three papers accepted to the 27th ECAI Main Track.

Mar 2024: Our paper Deep Learning Enables Early-Stage Prediction of Preterm Birth Using Vaginal Microbiota is accepted in Microbiota and Host.

Feb 2024: Our paper SPIN: A Data-Driven Model to Reduce Large Chemical Reaction Networks is accepted in Fuel.

Feb 2024: We have been awarded Certificate of Merit by India Smart Grid Forum for best project in Adoption of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotic Solutions - Industry (including Smart Business Models).

Jan 2024: Our paper, Decentralized Safe Control for Multi-Robot Navigation in Dynamic Environments with Limited Sensing, is accepted as Extended Abstract in the AAMAS, 2024.

Dec 2023: Kushal and I are giving a short course on Accelerated Methods in Optimization: A Stability Theory Perspective at the ICC-9. Mark your calendars.

Oct 2023: Our paper Generalized Gradient Flows with Provable Fixed-Time Convergence and Fast Evasion of Non-Degenerate Saddle Points is accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Sep 2023: We are awarded third prize in the Learning to Run a Power Network (L2RPN) Delft 2023 competition.

Apr 2023: Invited talk on Robust planning and control of power networks at the AI Impact Workshop, IIT Bombay.

Apr 2023: Our paper A scalable optimization framework for refinery operation and management is accepted in the Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Mar 2023: Invited talk on Dynamical Systems Perspective of Optimization at the Mechanics and Control Workshop, IIT Bombay.

Mar 2023: Our paper Accelerating Distributed Optimization via Fixed-Time Convergent Flows is accepted in IFAC World Congress, 2023.

Mar 2023: PowRL has been awarded the Gold Prize under the Best Smart Technology - Transmission category by the Indian Smart Grid Forum (ISGF).

Jan 2023: I was interviewed by IndiaAI to share my perspectives on co-existence of industrial and academic research. [Read Here]

Jan 2023: I have been promoted to Senior Scientist at TCS Research.

Jan 2023: Our work on Fixed-Time Optimization is among the three most impressive AI papers of the year on IndiaAI. [Link]

Nov 2022: Our paper PowRL: A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Robust Management of Power Networks is accepted in AAAI, 2023.

Nov 2022: Recipient of the Young Scientist Award at TCS Anvetion (annual research showcase).

Oct 2022: Our paper Fixed-Time Stable Proximal Dynamical System for Solving MVIPs is accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC).

Sep 2022: Two papers are accepted to the Eighth Indian Control Conference (ICC), 2022.

Sep 2022: Our paper Struct2Graph: A graph attention network for structure based predictions of protein-protein interactions is accepted in the BMC Bioinformatics.

Sep 2022: I am hosting a six-week long workshop on Deep Learning Theory and Applications. [Link].

Aug 2022: The Next Byte Podcast discusses our work on machine learning for microbial analysis. [Link].

Jul 2022: Our workshop paper "A Learning Based Framework for Handling Uncertain Lead Times in Multi-Product Inventory Management" is accepted in EWRL, 2022.

Jul 2022: Our work on microbial function and dynamics prediction has been covered by several media outlets [Link].

Jun 2022: Our paper A unified Maximum Entropy Principle approach for a large class of routing problems is accepted in Computers & Industrial Engineering.

Jun 2022: I have accepted a guest faculty position at the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai.

Jun 2022: Our workshop paper "Accelerated Methods for Distributed Optimization Problems using Fixed-time Stability of Continuous-time Dynamical Systems" is accepted in ICML, 2022.

May 2022: Our paper Recurrent Neural Networks Enable Design of Multifunctional Synthetic Human Gut Microbiome Dynamics is accepted in eLife.

May 2022: I am on the Department Advisory Board (DAB) for the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning program at the Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru.

May 2022: I am on the organizing committee for the 8th Indian Control Conference (ICC-8) to be held from 14-16 Dec, 2022 at IIT Madras.

Mar 2022: Invited talk at the Signal and Learning Seminar in the Institute of Mathematics of Marseille.

Feb 2022: Our paper Optimal Schedule Generation for Single-Channel Crude Transfer Using a Multi-Model Approach is accepted in the Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Dec 2021: Our paper Breaking the Convergence Barrier: Optimization via Fixed-Time Convergent Flows is accepted in AAAI, 2022.

Nov 2021: Our paper Fundamental Limits of Deep Graph Convolutional Networks for Graph Classification is accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

Sep 2021: Our paper CGAT: Cell Graph ATtention Network for Grading of Pancreatic Disease Histology Images is accepted in the Frontiers in Immunology, section Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy.

Aug 2021: Our paper Revisiting State Augmentation methods for Reinforcement Learning with Stochastic Delays is accepted in CIKM, 2021.

May 2021: Our paper Scalable Multi-Product Inventory Control with Lead Time Constraints using Reinforcement Learning is accepted in the Neural Computing and Applications.

Jan 2021: I have joined the Systems & Control group at IIT-Bombay as an Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Nov 2020: I am happily involved in a permanent two-body problem.

Oct 2020: Invited talk at the CSS in IIT-Kharagpur.

Sep 2020: Our paper CAPPA: Continuous-Time Accelerated Proximal Point Algorithm for Sparse Recovery is accepted in the IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

Aug 2020: Our paper Robust Distributed Fixed-Time Economic Dispatch under Time-Varying Topology is accepted in the IEEE Control Systems Letters.

Jul 2020: Our paper A Fixed-Time Convergent Distributed Algorithm for Strongly Convex Function in a Time-Varying Network is accepted in CDC, 2020.

Jul 2020: I have joined TCS Research as a Scientist with the Data & Decision Sciences.

Jun 2020: I am back to my roots - from the land of the Great Lakes to the land of great diversities.

Jan 2020: Talk on Fixed-Time Optimization and Control at IIT-Kanpur.

Dec 2019: Invited talk on the role of AI in Bioinformatics at the IISA, 2019.

Dec 2019: Our paper A deep learning architecture for metabolic pathway prediction is accepted in the Bioinformatics.

Dec 2019: Talk on Fixed-Time Optimization and Control at IISc.