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ACM India Summer School on Algorithmic Techniques in Computational Biology


"Algorithmic Techniques in Computational Biology"

  • Host institution’s name and address:

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana – 502284

  • Dates: 14th June 2023 – 24th June 2023:
    Two weeks (10 workdays) including the intervening Saturdays
  • Local coordinator

o   Name: Dr. M. V. Panduranga Rao

o   Email: mvp@cse.iith.ac.in

  • Academic coordinators(s) 

o   Name: Dr. M. V. Panduranga Rao

o   Email: mvp@cse.iith.ac.in

 

o   Name: Dr. Abhishek Subramanian 

o   Email: abhisheks@bt.iith.ac.in

 

o   Name: Dr. Naveen Sivadasan

o   Email: naveen.sivadasan@tcs.com

  • Industry sponsor: TCS Research
  • Description of school: IIT Hyderabad is planning to host ACM India summer school in association with TCS life sciences research. This is an on-campus 10-day summer school on the topic "Algorithmic techniques in computational biology" offered to deserving undergraduate students from across India. From IIT Hyderabad, the school is conducted jointly by the Dept. of Computer Science, Dept. of AI, and Dept. of Biotechnology. The distinctive feature of this school is that the emphasis is on deeper aspects of data structures, algorithms, and data science techniques behind various state-of-the-art methods in computational biology. 
  • List of sub-topics:
    • Introduction to Biological Data
  • Algorithmic paradigms for computational biology
  • Advanced data structures for biological data
  • ML / DL techniques for biological data analysis
  • Advanced topics in biological data analysis
    • List of speakers (with affiliation):
      • Prof. M.V. Panduranga Rao, CSE Dept., IIT Hyderabad
      • Dr. Abhishek Subramanian, Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Hyderabad
      • Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Hyderabad
      • Dr. Nagarajan Ganapathy, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad
      • Dr. Rajgopal Srinivasan, TCS Research
      • Dr. Naveen Sivadasan, TCS Research
      • Dr. Arijit Roy, TCS Research
      • Additionally, multiple faculty members from the CSE Dept and AI Dept at IIT Hyderabad will be conducting multiple sessions. Tentative list:
        • Dr. Srijith PK, AI Dept., CSE Dept., IIT Hyderabad
        • Dr. Maunendra Desarkar, AI Dept., CSE Dept., IIT Hyderabad
        • Dr. N. R. Aravind, CSE Dept., IIT Hyderabad

 

  • Background / prior courses recommended:

 

  • Basics of computer programming
  • High-school Mathematics, Probability and Statistics

 

  • Any specific software (Matlab, Python, etc) to be used:

 

    • Python

Important Dates

Dates: 14th June 2023 – 24th June 2023