Speaker: Raghuvansh Saxena (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) We show how to convert any circuit of poly-logarithmic depth and polynomial size into a functionally equivalent circuit of polynomial size (and polynomial depth) that is resilient to adversarial short-circuit errors. Specifically, the resulting circuit computes the same function even if up to $epsilon d$ gates on… Read More »Polynomial Size, Short-Circuit Resilient Circuits for NC

Sameer Chauhan, Director-General of the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) is visiting India from 15 February- 21 February and will  deliver a talk and interact with faculty and students at IIT Delhi on the 19th of February at 3PM Venue SIT-001 . Tech for Good in the Age of Quantum and AI The convergence… Read More »Tech for Good in the Age of Quantum and AI : Sameer Chauhan

Speaker: Navajit Singh Baban (Division of Engineering, Center for Cybersecurity, NYU Abu Dhabi)   Abstract: Microfluidic biochips (MBs), a transformative class of lab-on-a-chip devices, are reshaping clinical diagnostics, point-of-care testing, and biomedical research. However, their rapid commercialization and complex global supply chain have made them increasingly vulnerable to three major security threats: structural attacks, material… Read More »Cyber-Physical Security of Microfluidic Biochips: Safeguarding Healthcare in the Era of Global Pandemics and Point-of-Care Testing

Speaker: Kuldeep S. Meel (Georgia Institute of Technology) Abstract:  The dominant guiding philosophy in the first sixty years of Computer Science was for designers to design systems that were always correct, and to accept nothing less as users. But times have changed: Users and designers are accustomed to systems with statistical components and behaviors. What does it… Read More »Distribution Testing: The New Frontier for Formal Methods

Speaker: Kuldeep S. Meel (Georgia Institute of Technology)   Abstract:  The dominant guiding philosophy in the first sixty years of Computer Science was for designers to design systems that were always correct, and to accept nothing less as users. But times have changed: Users and designers are accustomed to systems with statistical components and behaviors. What… Read More »Distribution Testing: The New Frontier for Formal Methods

Prof. Venkata Koppula will be giving a talk on Wednesday, March 19th, in Bharti 501. Please note that this is not our usual Monday slot. The talk will begin at 12:00 PM, with refreshments served at 11:50 AM, prior to the talk. Below are the details: Abstract: Consider a resource-bounded client that wants to outsource some… Read More »Delegation and Verification of Quantum Computation

Abstract: Modern data centres serve as a backbone for executing diverse workloads. The growing demand for resources has led to high traffic volumes, requiring clusters to operate at high utilisation. In this talk, I will examine how current data centre schedulers, responsible for mapping workload tasks to resources, perform under such challenging conditions. I will… Read More »The Case for Decentralised Scheduling in Modern Data Centres

Abstract: From social media all the way to satellite images, we are capturing visual data at an unprecedented scale. These images tell a story about our planet. With advances in automatic recognition, we can build a collective understanding of world-scale events as recorded through visual media. In this talk, we will first explore the idea… Read More »Visual Discovery for Science

Speaker: Surender Baswana, IIT Kanpur   Abstract: Mincuts are one of the most well-researched topics in algorithms. In recent years, there has been phenomenal research on algorithms for computing (s, t)-mincuts and global mincuts. On the other hand, the data structural and graph theoretical aspects of mincuts have also been well-researched in the last 50… Read More »An amazing structure for representing all Steiner mincuts of a graph

Abstract: With the recent rise of AI businesses in all industries around the world, AI can also be used to make important decisions for society. However, it is also true that using AI incorrectly or without understanding the characteristics of AI can have a negative impact on society due to concerns about its impact on… Read More »Regulations, International Standardizations and Technologies to Realize “Trusted AI”