Title: Much Ado About Big Data
Speaker: N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan, Data Science and Big Data, Reliance
Industries Ltd.

Time and Date: 3:00 pm, Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Venue: Room 217, Mechanical Engineering

Abstract:
-----------
Data science and her big brother Big Data have been ringing the corporate board rooms for a while now and 
are touted by pundits and brokers alike, as the harbingers of innovation and profitability. This talk will
try to do justice to the hubris as well as to the ground realities.

Brief bio:
-----------

Title: Social Algorithms and Internet Economics
Speaker: Dr. Swaparva Nath, ISI Delhi

Time and Date: 2:30 pm, Monday 21/04/2014
Venue: Room 217, Mechanical Engineering

Abstract:
Classical algorithm design assumes that all the parameters of the objective function is known. When that 
information is held privately by multiple agents, we arrive in the domain of mechanism design, where the 

Cheers ! We got the 3rd place in PG Sports 2013-14. Some of our key players were Prashant (Ph.D), Meenarli (Ph.D), Sathish (Ph.D), Shrikant (M.Tech), Shilpi (M.Tech), Padmaja (M.Tech), Priya (M.Tech), Sandhya (MSc.- PhD), Ashish (MSc.-PhD).

Dr. Vikas Vikram Singh, a recent PhD student at IEOR, presented his PhD work in MAESTRO retreat. Click here for more details.