Dr. Tushar Shinde is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras Zanzibar, where he leads the Multimedia Intelligence, Data Analysis, and compreSsion (MIDAS) Lab. His research lies at the intersection of resource-efficient AI, deep neural network compression, multimedia signal processing, data-efficient learning, and real-world AI deployment, with a strong focus on addressing Global South challenges.

His recent work has received international recognition, including a Best Paper Candidate Award at AIMS @ CVPR 2026, multiple accepted papers and contributions across CVPR workshops (AIMS, SVC, SAFE, MORSE, PHAROS, and related tracks), and a NeurIPS Research Award (2026) for “The 100× Challenge”. He has authored over 30 papers in top-tier AI and signal processing venues, including 10 CVPR workshop proceedings (2026), 15+ NeurIPSw presentations (2025), and 7+ ICCVw papers (2025), along with multiple contributions across ICML, ICLR, WACV, BMVC, AAAI, and EMNLP workshops.

Dr. Shinde previously served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University, USA, where he contributed to cutting-edge projects in dose prediction for radiotherapy planning, medical image compression, and video compression. He received his Ph.D. and M.Tech. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur in 2020 and 2015, respectively, where his research focused on efficient motion estimation and predictive coding for video compression. His international collaborations include research stints as a Sakura Science Exchange Scholar at Hiroshima University, Japan, and an Exchange Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

Before joining academia, Dr. Shinde worked as a Senior Engineer at Qualcomm, Hyderabad, developing advanced algorithms to improve video codec efficiency for H.264/HEVC in Qualcomm chipsets. His entrepreneurial interests led him to Entrepreneur First, Hong Kong, where he contributed to deep-tech startup ideation and product conceptualization. Earlier, he began his professional journey as a System Engineer at Infosys, Pune, focusing on full-stack software development.

A recipient of numerous accolades, Dr. Shinde won the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition at ICIP 2018, Athens, and was selected for the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s Sakura Science Program (2019). He represented India as a Youth Delegate at the World Festival of Youth and Students 2017, Sochi, Russia, and was honored with the Best Student Award at IIT Jodhpur. His research excellence has been recognized with multiple grants, including the Walmart Center of Technical Excellence Project Grant (IIT Madras) and Stanford University Medical Physics Seed Grants.

Awards & International Challenge Wins 🏆

• 🏆 Best Paper Candidate Award, AIMS @ CVPR 2026

• 🥇 1st Prize, PRECISE-Africa Breast Ultrasound Segmentation Challenge

• 🥇 1st Prize, ICIP 2025 Grand Challenge

• 🥈 2nd Prize, CO-BUILD Smart Buildings Competition, ICML 2025

• 🥈 Silver Prize, Retweet Network Link Prediction, IJCAI 2025

• 🥉 Bronze Prize, Bursty Event Cascade Classification, IJCAI 2025

• 🥇 Winner, 3-Minute Thesis (3MT), ICIP 2018 (among 17 global finalists)

His research contributions have been recognized with $67,000+ in competitive research grants and $23,000+ in international travel and registration awards, along with leadership in training 150+ African policymakers, researchers, and government officials in AI. He has supervised 12 M.Tech thesis students (3 ongoing).

He actively contributes to the research community as Chair of GlobalSouthML @ ICML 2026, GlobalSouthAI @ AAAI 2026 and IJCAI 2026, and the ICME 2026 Grand Challenge on Efficient AIGC IQA, and serves as Session Chair at IEEE VCIP 2024 and IEEE IPTA 2024.

His research interests include:

• Deep Neural Network Compression and Efficient AI

• Data-Efficient and Perceptual Learning

• Efficient Motion Estimation and Multimedia Compression

• Applied AI for Healthcare, Agriculture, Energy-Efficient Systems, Telecom Analytics, and Remote Sensing

He is committed to inclusive AI education and actively mentors students across India and Africa, supporting award-winning projects at ICML, IJCAI, AAAI and ICIP, while advancing capacity building for underrepresented AI communities worldwide.

Selected Highlights

• 2026/07 GlobalSouthML @ ICML 2026 🇰🇷

  • • • • • • • Dr. Shinde is Chair of the Organizing & Program Committee. 

• 2026/06 1 work accepted @ IJCNN 2026 🇳🇱

• 2026/06 1o works accepted @ CVPRw 2026 🇺🇸

  • • • • • • • Dr. Shinde received Best Paper Candidate Award @ AIMS CVPR 2026. 

              • Sreejita selected for the IEEE TCMC Student Travel Grant @ AIMS CVPR 2026 ($800).

              • Sreejita selected for the WiCV Travel Grant @ CVPR 2026 ($2000).

• 2026/05 2 papers accepted @ EMBC 2026 🇨🇦

• 2026/05 1 work accepted @ ICPR 2026 🇫🇷

• 2026/04 1 work accepted @ ICLRw 2026 🇧🇷

• 2026/04 1 work accepted @ ICASSP 2026 🇪🇸

  • • • • • • • Shivam Vyas selected for IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Travel Grant of $1,500.

• 2026/03 1 work accepted @ ISCAS 2026 🇨🇳

• 2026/02 Grand Challenge Proposal accepted @ ICME 2026 🇹🇭 

  • • • • • • • Dr. Shinde is Chair of the Organizing & Program Committee. 

• 2026/01 Empowering Global South AI (EGSAI) @ AAAI 2026 🇸🇬 

  • • • • • • • Dr. Shinde is Chair of the Organizing & Program Committee. 

              • Aisha and Avinash are part of the Organizing committee.

• 2026/01   2 SAPP + 2 workshop papers accepted @ AAAI 2026 🇸🇬 

  • • • • • • • Aisha and Rohan received AAAI 2026 Travel Grants of $1,250 and $1,000, respectively

• 2025/12 10+ works accepted @ NeurIPSw 2025 🇺🇸 

  • • • • • • • Aisha and Anushka received WiML@NeurIPS 2025 Travel Grants of $2,586.71 and $1,423.93, respectively (Top 15% papers). 

              • Anushka and Avinash were selected for the NeurIPS 2025 Scholar Award. 

              • Aisha also received the GenAIinFinance@NeurIPS 2025 Travel Grant ($800). 

              • Dr. Shinde received a NeurIPS 2025 Travel Award ($1,500) from BrainBodyFM.

• 2025/11 1 work presented @ BMVCw 2025 🇬🇧

• 2025/10 7 works accepted @ ICCVw 2025 🇺🇸 

  • • • • • • • Shivam B., received ICCV25 Broadening Participation Grant ($900) + Registration Grant ($675)

              • Dr. Shinde, received ICCV25 Broadening Participation Grant ($600) + Registration Grant ($900)

• 2025/09 1 work presented @ PRECISE Symposium 2025 🇳🇬

  • • • • • • • 🥇1st Prize ($500) in Precision Cancer Care in Africa (PRECISE)-Africa Breast Ultrasound Segmentation and Classification Challenge (Student members: Nimalesh)

• 2025/09 1 work accepted @ ICIP 2025 🇺🇸 

  • • • • • • • 🥇1st Prize in ICIP 2025 Grand Challenge "Poison Sample Detection and Trigger Retrieval in Multimodal VLMs" (Student members: Malavika, Vikalp, Shivam V.)

• 2025/08 2 prizes @ IJCAI 2025 🇨🇦 

  • • • • • • • 🥈 Silver ($300) and 🥉 Bronze ($100) prizes in Challenge on Characterizing User Behavior in Social Networks: Propagation, Prediction, and Sensemaking (Student members: Rohan and Aisha)

• 2025/07 1 work accepted @ MMSP 2025 🇨🇳

• 2025/06 2 works accepted @ ICMLw 2025 🇨🇦 

  • • • • • • • 🥈 2nd Prize ($500) in CO-BUILD Competition (Student members: Rohan)

• 2025/05 1 work accepted @ DSP 2025 🇬🇷

• 2025/04 4 works accepted @ CVPRw 2025 🇺🇸 

  • • • • • • • Shivaanee, selected for the WiCV@CVPR 2025 Travel Grant.

• 2025/03 2 works accepted @ ICLRw 2025 🇸🇬 

  • • • • • • • Ahmed, selected for the €1500 Travel Grant from ML4RS@ICLR 2025.

• 2025/02 1 demo accepted at Show and Tell Session @ ICASSP 2025 🇮🇳

• 2025/01 3 works accepted @ WACVw 2025 🇺🇸

• 2024/12 1 work accepted @ CVIP 2024 🇮🇳

• 2024/11 3 works accepted @ NeurIPSw 2024 🇨🇦

• 2024/10 1 work accepted and Session Chair @ IPTA 2024 🇲🇦