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SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium:  Optical Computing with a Laser Simulator
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Optimization plays a crucial role in making decisions and in analyzing systems. Specifically\, it deals with finding the best solution from among many feasible solutions. Such problems are ubiquitous across social science\, biology\, chemistry\, physics\, engineering\, computer science\, big data and artificial intelligence. Many such problems are classified as computationally hard problems\, and solving them efficiently and rapidly with physical systems has become an emerging field of research. In my talk\, I'll present a physical simulator based on the coupled lasers\, including the examples of solving a phase retrieval problem and performing statistical fair sampling of XY spin Hamiltonian.  \n\nAbout the Speaker: Vishwa Pal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar\, Punjab\, India. He earned his PhD degree in 2014 from the School of Physical Sciences\, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)\, New Delhi\, India. As part of his doctoral research\, he conducted a portion of his work at the CNRS Laboratoire Aimé Cotton\, Orsay\, France\, under the Indo-French collaborative framework. Following his Ph.D.\, Dr. Pal was awarded the prestigious PBC Fellowship for Outstanding Postdoctoral Researchers by the Council for Higher Education of Israel. He joined the research group of Prof. Nir Davidson and Prof. Asher A. Friesem at the Weizmann Institute of Science\, Israel. In 2018\, Dr. Pal joined CREOL\, The College of Optics and Photonics\, in Florida\, USA\, as a Research Scientist. In the same year\, he was awarded the Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship by the European Commission. \nHis research interests include high-power lasers\, quantum-inspired computing with lasers\, Structured light (Classical & Quantum) and Quantum imaging. \nWe look forward to your active participation.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/physics-colloquium-optical-computing-with-a-laser-simulator/
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SUMMARY:15 Oct (Wed) 1:40 PM: Third Lecture in Ashoka History Monsoon Seminar Series 2025
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The story of Taiwan’s small but diverse Indigenous population is often told as if it were little more than a footnote in a history of the country’s Han majority. This talk aims to turn that on its head\, placing the Indigenous Taiwanese experience at the center of Taiwan’s historical journey. The struggle for Taiwanese sovereignty in the shadow of China cannot be separated from the struggle for Indigenous sovereignty under a succession of colonial powers\, including the modern democratic nation-state. The talk will aim to answer the questions: How has each successive colonial regime been shaped by its interactions with Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples? What does it mean to be ‘Indigenous’ in Taiwan? And what might Indigenous sovereignty look like in a country whose own status remains so uncertain? \nBio: For the past twenty years\, P. Kerim Friedman has been a professor in the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures\, located within the College of Indigenous Studies at National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) in Taiwan. His research explores language revitalization efforts among Indigenous Taiwanese\, looking at the relationship between language ideology\, Indigeneity\, and political economy. He is also an ethnographic filmmaker and visual anthropologist who writes on ethnographic film theory and Indigenous documentary film.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/15-oct-wed-140-pm-third-lecture-in-ashoka-history-monsoon-seminar-series-2025/
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SUMMARY:HAPPENING TODAY | Economics Department | Weekly Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dear All\, \nThe Department of Economics invites you to their weekly seminar on Wednesday\, October 15 \, 2025. \nTime: 1:40 PM to 2:50 PM \nVenue: AC-04-301 \nSpeaker: Shampa Bhattacharjee  \nTitle: Demonetization and Child Health: Evidence from India   \nAbstract: This paper analyzes the impact of the 2016 Indian demonetization episode on infant mortality. The demonetization policy rendered approximately 86% of the circulating Indian currency invalid as legal tender\, resulting in substantial shortages of cash in the following months. Old notes could be exchanged for new ones from banks. Thus\, the effects of demonetization are expected to be more pronounced for districts with lower access to banks. In order to identify the health effects of demonetization\, we use a previous bank branch expansion policy that resulted in a discontinuity in access to banks at a predetermined policy cutoff. Using a difference-in-discontinuities design\, we compare infant mortality before and after demonetization across districts with differing levels of bank access near the policy threshold. Our findings indicate that rural households residing in districts with greater access to banks near the threshold experienced significantly lower infant mortality.  \n  \nThanks & Regards\, \nManish
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/happening-today-economics-department-weekly-seminars/
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