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Faster Queries, Smarter Execution: Factorization Meets Vectorization in Modern Data Systems

Bharti 501 IIT Campus, Hauz Khas, New Delhi

Abstract: This talk explores a novel approach to speeding up complex database queries by combining two powerful ideas: factorization and vectorized execution. Instead of processing large intermediate results (which can be slow and memory-intensive), the method represents data in a compact, factorized form that avoids redundancy. It also applies vectorized processing techniques to process data… Read More »Faster Queries, Smarter Execution: Factorization Meets Vectorization in Modern Data Systems

Algorithmic Behaviours in In-Context Learning by Dr. Aditya Gangrade

Bharti 501 IIT Campus, Hauz Khas, New Delhi

Venue: Bharti-501/ MS Teams Abstract: In-Context Learning (ICL) is a remarkable phenomenon whereby transformer-based LLMs can use data contained within their prompts to adapt their responses, without changing their weights. This suggests that such models encode learning mechanisms. The recent literature has used statistical learning problems as a test-bed to investigate ICL, and established that ICL can… Read More »Algorithmic Behaviours in In-Context Learning by Dr. Aditya Gangrade

Learning Hierarchical Control via Feasible Subgoal Prediction by Utsav Singh

SIT 001 Amar Nath and Shashi Khosla School of Information Technology, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India, Delhi

Venue: SIT001 Abstract: Solving long-horizon tasks remains a central challenge in robotics because agents must explore efficiently, assign credit over long time scales, and act under sparse supervision. To address this, hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) offers a promising alternative to flat reinforcement learning (RL) by enabling a high-level policy to propose subgoals and a low-level… Read More »Learning Hierarchical Control via Feasible Subgoal Prediction by Utsav Singh