Siddarth Asokan

Super excited to share that I defended my Ph.D. Thesis today, on analyzing the Optimality of GANs using Variational Calculus! Couldn’t have done it without the support of my supervisor @CSSeelamantula, my parents, and my friends at @SpectrumLabIISc #PhD #PhDone #AcademicChatter

I am pleased to share a short video/slideshow showcasing some of the 2025 highlights for Microsoft Research India. Please see linkedin.com/posts/venkat-p…

@miniapeur Substack is great for adding multi-line subscripts under things like \Sum. Can’t see where all this discourse is coming from, honestly. Maybe it’s from the folks at the subalign fan club….

I am late to the party, but what is the point of substack?

The extreme classification team at MSR India (microsoft.com/en-us/research…) is looking for an undergraduate student interested in a 6-month internship beginning July 2025. Passionate about systems, SysML, and training optimizations? Apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/zMThgrTcYB

Definitely consider Bengaluru! There’re so many varieties of mangoes to be had *cough* Research Labs/Universities to visit *cough*. And you’re most definitely welcome to MSRI to discuss, umm… are LLMs sentient, I mean, which mango variety is the best… both equally unanswerable, IMO 😜

I am planning to go to @iclr_conf #ICLR2025 in Singapore and might stop by in India after the conference (April end--May beg) to enjoy mangoes err.. interact with AI researchers in India. Please DM if you have suggestions..

@prajdabre1 On second thoughts, agreed. Checks out. AGI is Infinite Tsukuyomi.

@Siddarth95 Deep down you know you want the Shippuden Arc.

AI/ML Tales. Anime Edition! Phone call between Ilya and Sam Ilya: Moshi Moshi. Sam-kun, are you isogashi now? Sam: Moshi Moshi. Ilya-kun, I am hima right now. What can I do for anata? Ilya: Sam-kun, can we stop hatarakuing on AGI? The sekai is in danger. Sam: Dame desu Ilya-kun, we have a shimei to take over yononaka. Ilya: Zannen nagara then. I will taishoku from OpenAI. Sam: Tottemo sad desu. Sayonara. I will feel samishii without you Ilya-kun. Ilya: Yoroshiku onegai shimasen! Sayonara.

@momo393alioth @wutevenisdis @LinusTech For the record, I must state that I do not approve of the use of such extremely evil, unlawful means of operating system usage. I merely misplaced my activation key and am looking for it with haste. :P

@momo393alioth @wutevenisdis @LinusTech

India! Are you playing Baldur's Gate in Bangalore? DOOM in Delhi? We want to react to your most unique gaming setups, so show us what you've got! Reply to this thread with pics of your setup and your setup could be gently roasted in an upcoming video!

Job Alert: @MSFTResearch India is hiring postdocs! A chance to work with some amazing colleagues while doing world-class research. Apply here: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/… DM me if interested in ML/reasoning/causality.

The real PC was the friends we made along the way.

@Siddarth95 @LinusTech Thats a gaybook. Show a real pc

@_ash1327 @LinusTech Well, technically the Time Capsule, but yes, it does double as an AirPort Express Router.

@Siddarth95 @LinusTech Is that Apple Airport Express router?

@littmath So that’s what he was trying to say!!!

went on a 5-plus-minute rant about some mathematical text that used the phrase “an empty set”. There’s only one empty set! All empty sets are equal! Call it *the* empty set!!!

Microsoft Research India is excited to announce applications are open for our Research Fellow program (deadline 15th Feb 2025). Details of the program and the application are here: 🔗 Research Fellow program: aka.ms/msrirf @MSFTResearch

@prajdabre1 Nah. We let copilot do the 1 hour of coding so that we can spend time doing what’s important.

You spend 23 hours coding and 1 hour fixing bugs. I spend 1 hour coding and 23 hours fixing bugs. We are not the same.

#Congratulations! Three IISc alumni - Jogendra Nath Kundu, Sravanti Addepalli, and Siddharth Asokan - have been awarded the prestigious IUPRAI (Indian Unit of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence) Doctoral Dissertation Awards.

Siddarth Asokan received yet another Best Doctoral Dissertation Award for his PhD thesis, handed over at ICVGIP 2024 on 13 December 2024. #icvgip #iapr #iuprai

Attended the IISc Governing council meeting today & discussed several key initiatives to strengthen the institute's infrastructure, capabilities, administration and global collaborations. IISc boasts of a rich legacy in leading the country's Research sector. It has a key role to play in PM Sri @narendramodi Ji's vision of making India a strong leader in science and innovation & we're committed to fulfilling it. @PCMohanMP

@prajdabre1 Looking pretty good, if you ask me. Tho I don’t really know who I am….

What grok thinks I look like.