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\r\n\r\nMicrosoft Research (MSR) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) India co-organised the third edition of the\u00a0Academic Research Summit, in partnership with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad. The 2018 summit was held on the 24th and 25th of January at the IIIT campus in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.\r\n\r\nThe agenda included keynotes and talks from distinguished researchers from India and across the world. The summit also had sessions focused on\u00a0specific\u00a0topics related\u00a0to the theme of Artificial Intelligence: A Future with AI.<\/b>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n "},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"24th January 2018<\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nInaugural Session<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n09:30 - 10:30 Registration\r\n\r\n10:30 -\u00a0 11:00 Welcome \/ Introductory Session - Madhavan Mukund, ACM India\r\n\r\n11:00 - 12:00 Keynote Talk: AI in the Service of Humanity<\/a> - Raj Reddy, CMU<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n12:00 - 12:30 Q&A and Interactions\r\n\r\n12:30 - 13:30 Lunch\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPerception in AI<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n13:30 - 15:00\u00a0<\/strong>Short Talks: State of the Art in\r\n\r\nA.\u00a0 Computer Vision\u00a0 - C V Jawahar, IIIT Hyderabad\r\n\r\nB.\u00a0 NLP \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 - Pushpak Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay\r\n\r\nC.\u00a0 Speech \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 - Preethi Jyothi, IIT Bombay\r\n\r\nD.\u00a0 Self-Driving \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 - Shanti Swarup, MathWorks\r\n\r\n15:00 - 15:30 Coffee \/ Tea Break\r\n\r\n15:30 - 16:45 Panel Discussion: Perception & Applications<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nPanel moderated by Venkat Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research\r\n\r\nPanelists: Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research;\u00a0Subhashis Chaudhuri, IIT Delhi;\u00a0Mausam, IIT Delhi;\u00a0Hema Murthy, IIT Madras\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n17:15 - 18:30 ACM India Research Board session\r\n\r\n19:00 - 22:00 Summit Dinner - Hotel Radisson, Gachibowli<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n25th January 2018<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nAI & Society<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n9:30 - 09:45\u00a0 Microsoft Research India Overview - Sriram Rajamani, Microsoft Research\r\n\r\n09:45 - 10:45 Keynote Talk on AI <\/a>\u00a0 - Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\n10:45 - 11:15 Coffee \/ Tea Break\r\n\r\n11:15 -<\/strong> 12:30 Panel Discussion: AI & Society<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nPanel moderated by P J Narayanan, IIIT Hyderabad\r\n\r\nPanelists: P Anandan, Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence; P P Chakrabarti, IIT Kharagpur; Raj Reddy, CMU; Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology\r\n\r\n12:35 - 14:00 Lunch\r\n\r\nMachine Learning<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n14:00 - 15:00\u00a0<\/strong>Short Talks : State of the Art in\r\n\r\nA. 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