TIFR STCS Student Seminar Series

Past Seminars

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2026

Aug 14 2026
Soham Chatterjee (STCS) · A-201
Even a Bad Matrix Multiplier is Good Enough, if you Correct It
complexity average-case-complexity matrix-multiplication
Aug 7 2026
Aakash Ghosh (STCS) · A-201
Wealth, Duality, and Regret: The Coin Betting Framework for Online Linear Optimization
linear-optimization statistics online-algorithm
Jul 31 2026
Ratnakar Medepalli (STCS) · A-201
Constructing MPC Protocols using the IPS paradigm
mpc cryptography oblivious-transfer
Jul 24 2026
Santanu Das (STCS) · A-201
Convex Basins in Single-Index Model Loss Landscapes: Applications to Robust Recovery under Strong Adversarial Corruption
statistics machine-learning non-linear-regression
Jul 17 2026
Spandan Poddar (STCS) · A-201
Beyond Correlation: A Primer on Identification, Confounding, and Generalizing Causal Claims
causal-inference statistics
Jul 10 2026
Shubham Bhardwaj (STCS) · A201
Hard CNF Instances for Ideal Proof Systems
complexity proof-complexity
Jul 3 2026
Nishant Pratim Das (STCS) · A-201
Just Autocomplete??
large-language-models machine-learning
Jun 24 2026
Paritosh Verma (University of Toronto) · Via zoom at A-201
Introspectively Envy-Free and Efficient Allocation of Indivisible Mixed Manna
fair-division computational-social-choice
Jun 17 2026
Sayan Kar (ISI Kolkata) · A-201
PIR schemes using Matching Vectors and Derivatives
error-correcting-codes locally-decodable-codes private-information-retrieval
Jun 10 2026
Rishabh Kothary (University of Toronto) · A-201
Deterministic Algorithms for Low Individual Degree Factors of Sparse Polynomials
computational-algebra low-degree-testing polynomial-factorization
Jun 5 2026
Malhar A. Managoli (STCS) · A-201
Binary Hypothesis Testing with Deterministic Finite Memory
hypothesis-testing information-theory
May 28 2026
Soumyadeep Paul (STCS) · A-201
Polynomial Time Local Decision Revisited
distributed-computating
May 22 2026
Jihun Hwang (Jimmy) (Purdue University) · via Zoom in A-201
Towards Provable Leakage-Resilience of Additive and Inner-Product Masking under Hamming-weight Model
information-theory cryptography mpc
May 15 2026
Soham Chatterjee (STCS) · A-201
Deterministic list decoding of Reed-Solomon codes
error-correcting-codes reed-solomon-codes derandomization
May 8 2026
Aakash Ghosh (STCS) · A-201
Teaching your computer to play chess (Part 2): Bandits, MCTS, and Approximate Policy Iteration
reinforcement-learning machine-learning
Apr 24 2026
Aakash Ghosh (STCS) · A-201
Teaching your computer to play chess (Part 1): Markov Games and TD Learning
reinforcement-learning machine-learning
Feb 27 2026
Nishant P. Das (STCS) · A-201
Training a 3-node neural network is NP-complete
complexity machine-learning