Workshop cum FDP on Next-Gen Computation:

Harnessing AI & HPC for Biomedical and Bioinformatics Breakthroughs

March 28–29, 2026

About the Workshop

The workshop is focused on recent advances at the intersection of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing for life-science applications. It will showcase state-of-the-art methodologies for large-scale biomedical data analysis, accelerated simulations, and AI-driven modeling in genomics, proteomics, medical imaging, and drug discovery. It will emphasize scalable algorithms, heterogeneous architectures, and workflow optimization for data-intensive biomedical workloads. The workshop will facilitate in-depth technical discussions on computational challenges and foster collaboration among researchers from computer science, biomedical engineering, and bioinformatics.

Organization

Advisory Committee

Prof. Mukul S. Sutaone, Director, IIIT Allahabad
Prof. Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. S Ramakrishnan, IIT Madras
Prof. Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy, IISc Bangalore
Prof. Manish Kumar, IIIT Allahabad
Dr. Srijit Bhattacharjee, IIIT Allahabad

Workshop Coordinators

Dr. Ratan K. Saha, IIIT Allahabad
Dr. Anshu S. Anand, IIIT Allahabad

Speakers

Prof. Naren Naik , IIT Kanpur
Prof. Vatsala Misra , MNMC Allahabad
Prof. Shekhar Verma , IIIT Allahabad
Prof. Tapobrata Lahiri , IIIT Allahabad
Prof. Ashutosh Mishra , IIIT Allahabad
Prof. Pritish Varadwaj , IIIT Allahabad
Dr. Jagpreet Singh , IIT Ropar
Dr. Shiv Ram Dubey , IIIT Allahabad
Dr. Ashwini Galande , GE Healthcare
Dr. Anwesha Khasnobish, TCS - Kolkata
Dr. Swaraj Basu, Strand Life Sciences
Dr. Pankaj Warbal, John Hopkins

Important Dates

Registration Deadline: March 10, 2026

Acceptance Notification: (Rolling basis), final notifications by March 12, 2026

Workshop: March 28–29, 2026

Registration

Venue

IIIT Allahabad Campus, Jhalwa
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Tentative Program Schedule

Day 1 — 28 March 2026
8:30 - 9:00 → Registration
9:00 - 9:30 → Opening Ceremony (Speech by Director, Dean Academic and Dean R&D, All HoDs)
Session 1 — Chair: Prof. Tapobrata Lahiri
9:30 - 10:15 → Talk 1 (Prof. Shekhar Verma)
10:15 – 11:00 → Talk 2 (Dr. Shiv Ram Dubey)
☕ High Tea
11:30 - 12:15 → Talk 3 (Prof. Ashutosh Mishra)
12:15 - 13:00 → Talk 4 (Dr. Ashwini, GE Healthcare)
🍽 Lunch
Session 2 — Chair: Prof. Pritish Varadwaj
14:30 - 15:15 → Talk 5 (Dr. Vatsala Misra , MLNMC)
☕ Break
15:30 – 17:30 → Hands-on Session (Dr. Anshu S Anand + Dr. Jagpreet Singh + PhD students)
🍵 Tea
18:00 - 19:00 → Talk 6 (Dr. Anwesha Khasnobish, TCS)
19:30 - 21:00 → Dinner
Day 2 — 29 March 2026
Session 3 — Chair: Prof. Shekhar Verma
9:30 - 10:15 → Talk 1 (Dr. Pankaj Warbal, Post-doc, Johns Hopkins, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 → Talk 2 (Dr. Subrata Sarkar, CDAC)
☕ High Tea
11:30 - 12:15 → Talk 3 (Dr. Swaraj Basu, Strandls)
12:15 - 13:00 → Talk 4 (Prof. Tapobrata Lahiri)
🍽 Lunch
Session 4 — Chair: Prof. Ashutosh Mishra
14:30 - 15:15 → Talk 5 (Prof. Naren Naik, IIT Kanpur)
☕ Break
15:30 - 17:30 → Hands-on Session (Prof. Pritish Varadwaj + PhD students)
🍵 Tea
18:00 - 18:30 → Closing Ceremony

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