The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Machine Learning in the Sciences of the Artificial, Lecture by Vijay Chandru, Indian Institute of Science

Date

07.03.2019 12:00 - 13:30

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The "Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" is the title of an article published in 1960 by the physicist Eugene Wigner and has been often used to justify work in abstract mathematics. In this talk, the speaker will examine an analogous statement about the claims being made about the ubiquitous use of machine learning and its application in solving decision problems in man-made systems. This will take us on a journey of the history of the decision sciences, the power of machine learning and the challenges of backing a one trick pony for problem solving. The talk will also present the interplay between artificial intelligence, intelligence augmentation and intelligence infrastructure in the context of personalized and precision medicine and other social impact domains.

Programme:

12.00 Welcome by Nasri Nahas, CEO of Biopôle and Venkat Reddy, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Translational Science at Glenmark
12.15-13.00 Lecture
13.00-13.30 Coffee & Networking

Vijay Chandru, Indian Institute of Science

Vijay Chandru had his formal training in Electrical Engineering (BITS, Pilani), in Systems Science and Engineering (UCLA) and in Decision Sciences (MIT). Building on this foundation, he has had over 35 years of experience straddling various geographies, academic environments and industries. His academic career in teaching and research in computational mathematics was substantially at Purdue University (1982-92) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) since 1992. Vijay is currently on the faculty of interdisciplinary research at the Indian Institute of Science. As a technology entrepreneur he was one of the inventors of the handheld computer Simputer® and currently serves as the Founder Director of Strand Life Sciences, India’s leading precision medicine company, both spinoffs from IISc. He is an elected fellow of both the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Lunch is offered but seats are limited*; first come first served!

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