Talks and Presentations

  1. Introduction to reinforcement learning, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, October 2024.

  2. Lecture - Information Theory: Entropy and Source Coding, CSSTEAP SATCOM 14 lecture (online), October 2024.

  3. Resource allocation for modern wireless networks, DST-SERB Workshop on AI in 6G, IIST, July 2024.

  4. Tutorial - Reinforcement learning (in a session on Conditional Generative Models - Prof. Sinnu Susan Thomas), NCVPRIPG, IIST, July 2024.

  5. Probability and Bayesian modelling, Data Assimilation in Weather and Climate models, ICTS, May 2024.

  6. Reinforcement learning, VSSC HRDD programme, March 2024.

  7. Mathematics for Machine Learning, Space Physics Laboratory (VSSC), February 2024.

  8. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, VSSC Central School, September 2023.

  9. Digital communication - using Scilab, KTU-FDP, Mohandas College of Engg. and Technology, August 2022.

  10. Reinforcement learning for communication networks - FDP, organized by EICT, NIT Warangal, April 2022.

  11. Introduction to software defined radio - IEEE COMSOC invited talk, April 2022.

  12. Reinforcement learning for communication networks - FDP, organized by EICT, NIT Warangal, February 2022.

  13. Reinforcement learning for communication networks - ATAL FDP, CoE Karunagapally, August 2021.

  14. Bandits - An application oriented introduction - CSI Trivandrum (Thursday Talk Series), July 2021.

  15. Introduction to reinforcement learning - FDP at Rajadhani Institute of Technology, March 2021.

  16. Average age of information for irregular repetition slotted ALOHA, Center for Networked Intelligence, IISc, November 2020.

  17. A short course in reinforcement learning - VSSC HRDD programme, September 2020.

  18. Setting up a teaching environment for machine learning - talk in Trivandrum school on communication, coding, and networking - January 2020.

  19. Three ideas in point to point digital communication - talk at faculty development programme, College of Engineering, Barton Hill - January 2020.

  20. Bits to packets - tutorial at faculty developement programme, College of Engineering, Aranmula - January 2019.

  21. Bayesian inference for data analytics - tutorial at International Conference on Control, Communication, and Computing, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, July 2018.

  22. Introduction to queueing theory - for 8th semester B.Tech students, Government College of Engineering, Kannur, March 2018.

  23. Optimal Association of Wireless Devices to Cellular and Wi-Fi Base Stations - NCC, 2018

  24. Throughput Optimal Scheduling for Wireless Downlinks with Reconfiguration Delay - IIIT-H, 2018

  25. Throughput Optimal Scheduling for Wireless Downlinks with Reconfiguration Delay - NCC, 2018

  26. Statistical inference for data analysis - Faculty development programme, College of Engineering, Pune, December 2017.

  27. Introduction to random processes, Markov chains - for M.Tech students, Government College of Engineering, Kannur, November 2017.

  28. Introduction to Bayesian Inference - VSSC HRDD programme, October 2017.

  29. Introduction to queueing theory - for 8th semester B.Tech students, Government College of Engineering, Wayanad, March 2017.

  30. Approximate Bayesian Inference and Markov Chain Monte Carlo - Big Data & Analytics, Faculty Development Programme, LMCST, Trivandrum, January 2017.

  31. Introduction to Markov Chains and Queueing models - TRISCCON-2017, GECBH and IIST, January 2017.

  32. Optimization in wireless communication systems - Skill development programme (TEQUIP-II), College of Engineering, Perumon, April, 2016.

  33. Short course in probability - Big Data Workshop, IEEE Signal Processing Society, LBS Institute of Science and Technology, 2015.

  34. Introduction to approximate Bayesian inference using Markov Chain Monte Carlo - Big Data Workshop, IEEE Signal Processing Society, LBS Institute of Science and Technology, 2015.

  35. On power-law decay exponents and Barabasi models for subscriber usage behaviour in mobile networks - NCC, 2015.

  36. Tradeoff of average service cost and average delay for the state dependent M/M/1 queue - NCC, 2013.

  37. Tradeoff of average power and average delay for a point-to-point link with fading - NCC, 2013.

  38. Delay optimal scheduling of a discrete time batch service queue for point-to-point channel code rate selection - NCC, 2012.

  39. Reliable and delay optimal communication of bursty sources over point-to-point channels - Electrical Sciences Divisional Symposium, IISc, 2011.

  40. Queueing delay - error probability tradeoff for point-to-point channels with fixed length block codes - ISIT, 2011.

  41. A job scheduling problem - JTG Summer School, IISc, 2010.

  42. Average-delay optimal policies for the point-to-point channel - WiOPT, 2009.