4th National Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Science (NWMLDS -2021)

Kathmandu, Nepal

September 15 - 19, 2021

(Completed Successfully)

The goal of this event is to bring all machine learning, data science, artificial intelligence, and technology enthusiasts together from across the globe and share the knowledge within the community.

Who should attend?

  1. Data Scientists

  2. Data Engineers

  3. Researchers

  4. Students and Faculties from IT, Engineering, Computer Science and other related fields

  5. Machine Learning Enthusiasts

  6. Mathematicians with programming skills

  7. Statisticians with programming skills

  8. Company CTOs

  9. Startup Founders

Topics Covered:

  1. Machine Learning

  2. Data Science

  3. Deep Learning

  4. Transfer Learning

  5. Applications: Health Care, Finance, Telecommunications

  6. Big Data

  7. Quantum AI

  8. Forecasting

  9. Generative models

  10. MLOps - Deployment and Versioning

  11. APIs and Dashboarding

  12. Cloud Computing

  13. Project Works

Event Highlights

Keynote Sessions

Talks and presentations from speakers

Panel discussions

Participant Projects

Poster/ Project/Paper presentations from participants

Networking Session - Academia and Industry experts

Program Registration:

There are two ways of participation in the workshop.

  1. As a presenter: You have to submit the abstract of your research work via Call for poster. You can participate in all the events. You will be provided 10-15 minutes time to present your work.

  2. As a participant: You register as a participant, attend our online training and work in assigned projects. You also get the certificate of participation at the end of the event.

Please register here using the following registration link: https://forms.gle/mQ75r36d7CyRPGbLA


Registration Fees:

A very low registration is included to help organizers manage the required cost and also make participants responsible for the event.

  • As a presenter: Rs 500

  • As a Participant: Rs 500

You can deposit the registration fees in one of the following ways after you have received the confirmation of your registration:

  1. Via Bank

Mountech Solution pvt ltd

A/C No. 1180010006279

Mega Bank, Hattigauda branch


  1. Via E-Sewa

esewaID : 9851158281

Remarks: 4th NWMLDS


Call for Posters/Paper/Research Work

We invite high-quality poster/paper/research work presentations on any of the following topics:

  • Machine learning and its applications

  • Data Science - Analytics and Interpretation

  • Deep Learning

  • Reinforcement Learning

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Computer Vision and Image Processing

  • Big Data Processing

  • Recommender Systems

  • MLOPs

Submission Guidelines

Please prepare your abstract according to the template provided in the call for poster and submit it through this link:

https://easychair.org/cfp/nwmlds2021

Know more about submission guidelines and the technical committee members

Should you have any questions, please contact: info@mountech.com.np, aimldsn@gmail.com

Important Dates

  • Abstract registration deadline: 22nd August 2021

  • Abstract Submission deadline: 28th August 2021

  • Notification of acceptance: 2nd September 2021

  • Presentation Ready Paper/Poster: 10th September 2021

Important Links

  • Workshop Registration: https://forms.gle/mQ75r36d7CyRPGbLA

  • Abstract submission: https://easychair.org/cfp/nwmlds2021

Organizer Statement

1. The organizer reserves the right to change the conference date and schedule due to force major situations. Participants are obliged to cooperate with the organizer's decision.

2. Participants should not do any unnecessary actions such as disturbing others during the event. The conference organizer has the right to restrict the rights of such participants.

3. Since this is a complete online event, participants are requested to follow the norms of the event and maintain respect amongst each other.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Danda B. Rawat

Howard University, Washington, DC

Prof. Dr. Manish Pokharel

Dean, School of Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal

Dr. Sameer Maskey

Founder and CEO, FuseMachines Inc.

Prof. Dr. Shashidhar Ram Joshi

Dean, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk, Nepal

Guest Speakers

Dr. Anand Koirala

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, CQ University, Australia

Anjani Phuyal

Founder and Global CTO, Genese Solution

Dr. Archana Bhattarai

Senior Search Relevance Engineer at Apple, USA

Ashok Kumar Pant

VP of Engineering and Co-founder, Treeleaf Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Bal K. Bal

Associate Professor and Head of Department, Computer Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University

Dr. Bhogendra Mishra

Research Fellow, Policy Research Institute, Nepal

Dr. Bibek Paudel

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Computer Science and Bio Engineering, Stanford University

Dr. Binod Bhattarai

Senior Research Fellow, University College London

Bishal Lamichhane

Researcher, Scalable Health Labs, Rice University, USA

Dr. Bishesh Khanal

Director and Research Scientist, NAAMII, Nepal

Dr. Dovan Rai

R esearcher, Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies


Dr. Jhanak Parajuli

Co-founder, MLDSN, Nepal

Data Science Program Manger, Germany

Er. Jnaneshwar Bohara

Computer Engineer, Government of Nepal

Dr. Manish Thapa

Quantum Engineer, IQM Quantum Computers, Germany; President, OneQuantum Nepal

Dr. Manoj Karkee

Associate Professor, Washington State University, USA

Dr. Rakesh Katuwal

Machine Learning Engineer, Fusemachines, Nepal

Razvan Caramalau

Research Post-graduate at Imperial College of London

Dr. Sabita Acharya

R &D scientist, NLP

Proctor and Gamble, USA

Dr. Samip Malla

Wireless System Engineer, Germany

Dr. Sarbagya R. Shakya

Asst. Professor, Eastern New Mexico University

Dr. Sunil Aryal

Leturer in IT, Deakin University Australia

Tej Shahi

Asst. Professor, CDCSIT-TU, Nepal,

PhD Scholar, CQ University, Australia

Dr. Ukash Nakarmi

Asst. Professor, University of Arkansas

Dr. Yash R. Shrestha

Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich, Assistant Director, Strategy and Artificial Intelligence Lab


Confirmed Panelists

Panel Session 1: ML and DS scopes and opportunities: Finance and Telecommunications

Rajesh Tripathi

Custom IT specialist, United Nations

Er. Shaligram Parajuli

Deputy Manager, Nepal Telecom

Shashi Dhungel

Data Scientist, SelectQuote Insurance, USA

Suresh Gautam

CEO and Co-founder ExtensoData

Surya Basnet

CEO, Mountech Solutions, Co-founder MLDSN, Nepal

Panel Session 2: ML and DS in Education

Dr. Arjun Neupane

Lecturer - IT, CQ University, Australia

Dr. Bhoj Raj Ghimire

Asst. Professor, Nepal Open University

Dr. Laxmi Kumar Parajuli

Neuroscientist

Parag Shrestha

Managing Director, South Asia; Fusemachines Inc.

Ram Datta Bhatta

IT Director, Government of Nepal

Dr. Sushil Shrestha

Asst. Professor, Kathmandu University

Tej Shahi (Moderator)

Asst. Professor, CDCSIT-TU, PhD Scholar, CQ University, Australia

Confirmed Project Mentors

Amir Rajak

Research Engineer, AI centre of AIT, Thailand

Ashish Tiwari

Independent Developer; ML and DS Enthusiast

Bal K. Nyaupane

Asst. Prof. Institute of Engineering, Paschimanchal Campus, Pokhara

Nischal Lal Shrestha

Artificial Intelligence Trainier at Daraz (Alibaba Group)

Poshan Pandey

Machine Learning and Data Science Enthusiast, Software Developer at Ekbana Solutions.

Ramit Sharma

Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Rebati Raman Gaire

Computer Vision Researcher at NAAMII, Nepal and Redev Technology, UK

Ronast Subedi

Computer Vision Researcher at NAAMII, Nepal and Redev Technology, UK

Utkrist Adhikari

Innovate Tech

Program Co-ordinator

Surya Basnet

CEO, Mountech Solutions,

Co-founder MLDSN, Nepal




Venue

Online (Zoom and Google Meet)

We will provide all the relevant meeting links two days before the event.

Organizers


Sponsors

Academic Partners

Partners

Media Partners