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SUMMARY:ACC x De Beers Inter-University Case Competition
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URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/acc-x-de-beers-interuniversity-case-competition/
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SUMMARY:DA&AI Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Title: AI-Powered Systems Biology: From Timescale Modeling to Parameter Estimation & Optimization Driven Precision Therapeutics \nAbstract: Biological systems are governed by highly interconnected processes operating across multiple temporal and molecular scales\, making the understanding of complex diseases and the design of effective therapies extremely challenging. AI-powered systems biology offers a powerful framework for addressing this complexity by integrating multi-timescale mathematical modeling\, parameter estimation\, and optimization for precision therapeutics. Mechanistic pathway-based models capture interactions among signaling\, gene regulation\, metabolism\, and proteomic dynamics\, providing an interpretable systems-level view of how molecular perturbations propagate and lead to pathological states. \nA central challenge in such modeling lies in the estimation of biologically meaningful parameters from sparse\, noisy\, and incomplete experimental data. Computational strategies that combine biological knowledge with inference and optimization methods improve parameter recovery\, enhance model robustness\, and reduce dependence on expensive time-course measurements. These approaches enable the construction of reliable dynamic models for complex biochemical systems operating across slow\, fast\, and ultrafast timescales. \nThe integration of machine learning with mechanistic models further extends this framework from disease understanding to therapeutic design. Such methods support biomarker discovery\, identification of disease-driving perturbations\, and prediction of intervention strategies capable of restoring healthier system behavior. The framework also extends to mass spectrometry–based proteomics\, where protein and phosphosite turnover analysis reveals disease-relevant molecular mechanisms. Applications include RNA-independent protein accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease\, phosphosite-specific effects on abnormal protein persistence\, and turnover-based prediction of protein–protein interactions across tissues. Together\, these advances demonstrate how AI-powered systems biology can bridge mechanistic modeling\, omics analysis\, and computational optimization to enable predictive\, interpretable\, and precision-driven therapeutics.  \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SRM University-AP\, Andhra Pradesh. His research lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, systems biology\, bioinformatics\, and computational medicine\, with a focus on biochemical pathway modeling\, parameter estimation\, proteomics\, and precision therapeutics. He completed his Ph.D. in Engineering through the Indian Statistical Institute\, Kolkata\, and Jadavpur University\, where his work developed control-theoretic and AI-driven models for complex biological systems. His subsequent postdoctoral research at Systems Biology Ireland\, University College Dublin\, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital\, USA\, expanded this work into large-scale proteomics and multi-omics data integration. He has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals and continues to work on bridging mechanistic modeling\, machine learning\, and translational biomedical research.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/daai-colloquium/
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SUMMARY:Computing in the Time of Decolonization
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join us for the next talk in the Sociology-Anthropology Colloquium\, which is co-hosted by the Department of Computer Science. Zoom Link here. \nAbstract: Computing in the Age of Decolonization explores the history behind a striking paradox: India is renowned for producing world-class engineers and tech leaders\, yet it captures only a small share of global technology profits\, often serving instead as a source of skilled labor for Western firms. This talk traces India’s ambitious effort\, from the 1950s to the 1980s\, to build a self-reliant computing industry and shows how computing was imagined as central to national sovereignty\, economic development\, and scientific modernity. Focusing on projects such as the TIFRAC computer and the expulsion of IBM\, the talk shows how this vision of technological independence was undermined by Cold War geopolitics\, unequal trade relations\, US corporate power\, and internal policy choices that prioritized technical services over long-term investment in research and manufacturing. Recovering this lost history\, the talk argues that technological sovereignty depends not only on technical expertise but also on confronting political and social structures rooted in colonial rule. \nBio: Dwaipayan Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Science\, Technology\, and Society (STS) at MIT. He is the author of Enduring Cancer: Life\, Death\, and Diagnosis in Delhi (Duke University Press\, 2020)\, Computing in the Time of Decolonization (Princeton University Press\, 2026)\, and co-author of Hematologies: The Political Life of Blood in India (Cornell University Press\, 2019).
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/computing-in-the-time-of-decolonization/
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