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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. Krishna Pratap Singh, IIITA
Prof. Pritish Varadwaj , IIIT Allahabad
Dr. Anjil Kumar Srivastava, University of Dundee, UK
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

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, HOD(IT), HOD(AS))
Session 1
9:30 - 10:15 → Talk 1 (Prof. Shekhar Verma)
10:15 – 11:00 → Talk 2 (Dr. Shivram Dubey, IIITA)
☕ Tea Break
Session 2
11:30 - 12:15 → Talk 3 (Dr. Anwesha Khasnobish, TCS)
12:15 - 13:00 → Talk 4 (Dr. Ashwini Galande, GE Healthcare)
🍽 Lunch
Session 3
14:30 - 15:15 → Talk 5 (Prof. Krishna Pratap Singh, IIITA)
15:15 - 16:00 → Talk 6 (Prof. Naren Naik, IIT Kanpur)
☕ Tea Break
Session 4
16:30 – 18:30 → Hands-on CPU,GPU computing Session (Dr. Anshu S Anand + PhD students)
Day 2 — 29 March 2026
Session 1
9:30 - 10:15 → Talk 1 (Prof. Tapobrata Lahiri, IIITA)
10:15 - 11:00 → Talk 2 (Dr. Anup Som, University of Allahabad)
☕ Tea Break
Session 2
11:30 - 12:15 → Talk 3 (Dr. Swaraj Basu, Strandls)
12:15 - 13:00 → Talk 4 (Dr. Abhishek Kumar Mehta, DBT)
🍽 Lunch
Session 3
14:30 - 15:15 → Talk 5 (Dr. Anjil Kumar Srivastava, University of Dundee, UK)
15:15 - 16:00 → Talk 6 (Prof. Vatsala Misra/Dr. Ishan Pandey, MLN Medical College, Prayagraj)
☕ Tea Break
Session 4
16:30 – 18:30 → Hands-on Session on Next Generation Sequencing (Prof. Pritish Varadwaj + PhD students)
🍵 Break
18:30 - 19:00 → Closing Ceremony

Details regarding each session

Volunteers

Asim Nath , 8279991935
Pratik Satpathy , 9938223490
Sarthak Raizada , 9411668358
Subhadip Paul , 8167079985
Ujjal Mandal , 9749587790

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