Upcoming Events

• The GIAN Course on Computational Social Choice will be held during 4th to 8th December (Mon-Fri next week). The instructor for this course is Prof. Edith Elkind from the University of Oxford.
  The lectures will be held between 2:30PM and 6PM every day, with a break between 4PM and 4:30PM. The venue for the lectures is 6/202.
• We are very pleased to share that we will be hosting Prof. Amir Amihood and that he will be conducting a GIAN course on Pattern Matching Algorithms. 
   
  You can find a brief on the course, the lecture schedule and more about the instructor at this website:
  http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2017/patternmatching/
  Prof. Amir is both a leading researcher in the field and an amazing expositor. I expect this course to be an inspiring experience for all those who attend it. That said, it is also going to be a demanding course with challenging material.
• You might already be aware of the programme, “Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education” – of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India –  aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India. The GIAN Programme provides a platform for inviting eminent people for offering a course fully or jointly with the faculty in institutes in India.
  
  As part of the above program, we are happy to announce that Prof Thas Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, has kindly consented to offer a course titled “Microwave Photonics” during Feb 16-25, 2017. Prof Nirmalathas is one of the foremost experts in Microwave Photonics and is currently the Director of Melbourne Networked Society Institute.
  It is indeed an unique opportunity to learn and interact with Prof Nirmalathas on this important topic of Microwave Photonics, which has a renewed research interest in the context of 5G and emerging wireless technologies. The venue of the course would be IIT Madras and the lecture timings would be from 4- 7 pm. 
  
  Kindly circulate this email amongst your colleagues along with the attached brochure, which has further details about the course. Interested participants may register for the course athttp://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index before January 10, 2017.Please feel free to contact either of us for further information.