30th Annual Report 2017-18

248 ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 30 th Lectures Lectures by the Coordinator of IRC Unsupervised Learning, by Swapan Kumar Parui, at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Machine Learning with Python, by Prasenjit Majumder and Gaurav Arora, at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ahmedabad. Mandar Mitra, at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Introduction to Neural Network andDeep Learning, by PawanGoyal, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Topic Models, by Clustering of Galaxies: A Search for Evolution, by Tanuka Chattopadhyay, at the International Conference on New Paradigms in Statistics for Scientific and Industrial Research, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata. Deep Learning in Astronomy, by Ajit Kembhavi, at the International Conference on New Paradigms in Statistics for Scientific and Industrial Research, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata. A Strange Star Scenario for Formation of Eccentric Milli-second Pulsar-White Dwarf Binaries, by Jishnu Dey, at the International Conference on New Paradigms in Statistics for Scientific and Industrial Research, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata. Fifth IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, at the Indian Institute ofManagement,Ahmedabad,April 8 - 9, 2017 (Key note address). Clustering and Dimension Reduction- Ways to Big Data Analysis, at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, May 22 - 29, 2017 (Series of lectures). National Workshop cum Training Programme on Statistical Tools for Research Data Analysis, at the Department of Agricultural Statistics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya,West Bengal, May 29 -June 09, 2017. Machine Learning in Information Retrieval, by Reinforcement Learning, by Dipti Prasad Mukherjee, at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Chiranjib Bhattacharyya, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.