AI in Research
A User's Perspective
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At a Glance
At a Glance
Title: AI in Research: A User's Perspective
Type: In-person, hands-on, intensive workshop
Venue: IISER Pune Campus
Dates: 12-14 December, 2025 (3 days).
Timings: 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM + Assignments
Last Date: 30-November-2025 or till seats last. First-come-first-served.
Certificates: For participants who complete the entire course and assignments.
Target audience: Faculty, Professionals, Post Docs, PhD students and Masters students. Bachelors students are discouraged from applying.
Fee structure (including 18% GST):
Masters Students: 10000 +18% GST = INR 11800
PhD scholars and Post Docs: 15000 + 18% GST = INR 17700
Faculty, Professionals and Others: 20000+ 18% GST = INR 23600
More details: About, Registration, FAQs
Instructor
Instructor
Prof Sutirth Dey joined the IISER Pune faculty in 2007 and is currently a Professor in the Department of Biology. An ecologist and evolutionary biologist by training, his research encompasses a variety of subjects, including population dynamics, evolution of stress resistance in microbes, dispersal ecology and evolution, adaptation in asexual systems and extended evolutionary synthesis. More information on his research interests can be found on his lab website. At IISER Pune, Prof. Dey teaches a basic course (Bachelor's level) on Ecology and Evolution and an advanced course (Master's level) on Evolution. He has been running the "Biostatistics: A User's Perspective" and "Molecular Biology Workshops" since 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Along with other administrative responsibilities, Prof Dey also heads the AI committee of IISER Pune.
Other Details
Other Details
Fees include: Workshop materials, Lunch and light refreshments, API credits (fair use) during the workshop days.
Excluded: Anything not on the included list is excluded.
Accommodation: IISER Pune will provide hostel accommodation to people who sign up for it during the workshop days on payment basis. Rs 600 per night, double-sharing, food excluded, to be paid separately to the hostel. Applicants will have to arrange for their own travel and all other expenses.
Must bring: Own Laptops, Headphones
Queries: biostats@acads.iiserpune.ac.in
Special Thanks
Special Thanks
Devendra Thakur (CEO, Informatics Publishing Ltd) went out of his way to ensure the success of this workshop, and supported us in ways that are too numersous to count. Without him, this workshop would not have happened.
Yeshwanth Reddy, Sr Developer, Informatics Publishing Ltd, lent his technical support during crucial phases of the hands-on sessions.
Informatics Publishing Ltd also extended financial support to the workshop along with extended access to the beta-version of J-Gate AI.
Josh Nicholson (Scite) and Manas Kala (Veritus) ensured that our participants got extended trial periods of their platforms, which allowed them to do deep dives on two crucial aspects of the academic workflow.
IISER Pune technical staff (Navin and Satish) and guest house staff (Charu Gurav) for ensuring smooth logistics.
Avdhut Patil and his team at Master FMS for keeping us fed and hydrated during the workshop.
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