AI Webinar (07-09 Oct 20)

A three days Webinar on Artificial Intelligence was organised by INS Valsura from 07-09 Oct 20, with online participation from service personnel, academia and industry experts. The theme of the webinar was "AI for data driven Navy".

 

Webinar Schedule

07 Oct 20 (Wednesday) - Demystifying the Technology

Time Speaker Topic Downloads
1000-1005 Commanding Officer,
INS Valsura		 Welcome Address
1005-1015 FOC-in-C (South) Keynote Address

1015-1115 Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan,
Co-founder Infosys		 Perspectives on emerging technologies and their relevance for Indian Navy.

Break (1115-1130)
1130-1220 Mr. Kanishka Agiwal,
Head Artificial Intelligence,
India/South Asia at Amazon Web Services		 Cloud functionalities for AI and ML

Break (1220-1230)
1230-1330 Dr. Vineeth NB,
IIT Hyderabad		 Deep Learning and its applications

Lunch Break (1330-1500)
1500-1520 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

1520-1540 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

1540-1600 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

08 Oct 20 (Thursday) - Demonstration of Technology

Time Speaker Session Downloads
0900-1000 Dr. Ashok Goel,
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA		 Using AI to Teach AI

Break (1000-1010)
1010-1110 Mr. Mukesh Jain,
CTIO & VP, Capgemini		 Applications of AI in Armed Forces


Break (1110-1120)
1120-1220 Dr. Shivaram Kalyanakrishnan,
IIT Bombay		 Introduction to AI models and validation techniques

Break (1220-1230)
1230-1330 Mr. Hrishikesh Bhope,
Director Strategy,
Analytics and Cognitive,
Deloitte		 Tools and technologies for Data Analytics

Lunch Break (1330-1500)
1500-1520 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

1520-1540 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

1540-1600 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

09 Oct 2020 (Friday) - Application of Technology

Time Speaker Session Downloads
1010-1110 Dr. Shailesh Kumar,
Chief Data Scientist,
CoE AI/ML at JIO		 Ecosystem thinking - the next evolution of AI

Break (1110-1120)
1120-1205 Mr. Sunny Manchanda,
Director,
DYSL, DRDO		 AI for Defence Applications

Break (1205-1215)
1215-1300

Mr. Vishal Chahal,
Asia Pacific leader,
Technical Elite Team for Data Warehouse & AI
IBM

 Cognitive Systems and Chatbots

1300-1320 Paper presentation by Naval Officers.  

1320-1330 Commanding Officer, INS Valsura Closing Address

Call for Papers

The theme of the webinar was ‘AI for Data Driven Navy’. Papers were invited from academia, officers (both serving & retired) and industry experts on the following sub themes :-

Sub Theme 1 Machine Learning for Future Warfare.
Sub Theme 2 Use Cases for AI in Maritime Domain.
Sub Theme 3 Explainable AI (XAI) for Naval Applications.
Selection of Papers. The Papers were examined by an expert panel and best papers in each theme category were presented by the authors during the Webinar. Further, selected papers would be published in the biennial Journal, Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (JEEE). 

 

Speakers

Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan

Co-founder and former Co-Chairman of M/s Infosys

Prof. Ashok K. Goel

Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science,
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Editor-in-Chief of AAAI’s AI Magazine

Prof. Milind Tambe

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Director “AI for Social Good” at Google Research India

Mr. Kanishka Agiwal

Head – Artificial Intelligence, India/ South Asia at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Dr. Shailesh Kumar

Chief Data Scientist, Center of Excellence (CoE), M/s Reliance Jio

Prof. Vineeth N. Balasubramanian

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, IIT Hyderabad

Prof. Shivaram Kalyanakrishnan

Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
IIT Bombay

Mr. Sunny Manchanda

Director, DRDO Young Scientist Laboratory,
Defence Research and Development Organisation

Mr. Mukesh Jain

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer & VP – Insights & Data Global Business Line
Capgemini India,
Former Vice President & Head of Big Data Analytics, Reliance Jio

Mr. Vishal Chahal

Asia Pacific Leader, Technical Elite Team for Data Warehouse and Artificial Intelligence,
M/s IBM

Mr. Hrishikesh Bhope

Director Strategy, Analytics and Cognitive, M/s Deloitte