The ACM India Winter School on Edge AI will provide an in-depth overview of software platforms, hardware systems, and AI models and algorithms for efficient deployment on accelerated and classic edge devices. The program will cover topics suchs as edge computing architectures and accelerators, co-optimization techniques of edge systems and ML models for performance, power and accuracy, federated learning frameworks, and the deployment of AI, generative AI/LLM models and AI agents at the edge for practical and IoT applications suchs as smart mobility and smart agriculture. Through lectures, hands-on sessions, and expert talks, participants will gain practical skills to design, implement, and optimize intelligent edge systems for diverse real-world applications.
Key Topics
The winter school covers foundational and advanced aspects of Edge AI.
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Foundations of IoT, Accelerated Edge Computing and Edge AI
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Tiny and Embedded Machine Learning
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Model Optimization and Acceleration for Edge AI
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Edge AI Platforms, Frameworks, and Deployment Pipelines
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Federated Learning and Distributed Training for Edge Devices
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Neuromorphic Computing and Brain-Inspired Architectures
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Generative AI and LLM at the Edge
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Agentic AI on the Edge
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Security, Privacy, and Responsible AI in Edge Systems
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Benchmarking, Profiling, and Performance Evaluation of Edge AI Systems
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Edge AI for Drones/UAVs, IoT, Smart Cities, and Industrial Applications
🎤 Speakers
Keynote & Invited Speakers
Vijay Janappa Reddi
Harvard University, USA
Sajal Das
Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Varun Ojha
Newcastle University, UK
Archan Misra
Singapore Management University
Prashant Shenoy
University of Massachusetts
Technical Session Speakers
Ajay Pratap
IIT (BHU), Varanasi
Gayathri Ananthanarayanan
IIT Dharwad
Manik Gupta
BITS Pilani
Yogesh Simmhan
IISc
Dr. TV Prabhakar
IISc
Punit Rathore
IISc
Prashanti
AMD
Prasant Misra
TCS Research
📅 Program
⏰ School Timing
The usual school timing is 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM on all days. Breakfast (8:00–9:00 AM), tea/coffee/snacks (morning and evening), lunch (12:45–2:00 PM), and dinner (7:00–8:00 PM) will be provided daily to all attendees. Participants are expected to arrive at the venue on time each morning.
📚 Session Legend
- 🎉 Opening/Closing
- 🎤 Keynote / Invited Talk
- 👨🏫 Lecture / Technical Talk
- 🧪 Lab / Tutorial
- 🏢 Industry
- 🗺️ Tour
- 💻 Hackathon
- † Online Talk
Day 1 – Sunday, 28th Dec 2025 - Hardware Systems
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 – 9:00 AM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) and Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | Welcome Address |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Vijay Janappa Reddi (Harvard University)† | Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Dr. TV Prabhakar (IISc) | In-Network Edge Intelligence for Tactile CPS |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Dr. TV Prabhakar (IISc) | In-Network Edge Intelligence for Tactile CPS |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Tiny ML |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Tiny ML |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Tiny ML |
Day 2 – Monday, 29th Dec 2025 - Hardware Systems
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Adithya Krishna and Chetan Singh Takur (IISc) | RAMAN: A Reconfigurable and Sparse tinyML Accelerator for Inference on Edge |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Gayathri Ananthanarayanan (IIT Dharwad) | Architecting Efficient Edge AI Systems: From Accelerators to Runtime Adaptation |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Gayathri Ananthanarayanan (IIT Dharwad) | Architecting Efficient Edge AI Systems: From Accelerators to Runtime Adaptation |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Embedded Computer Vision |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Embedded Computer Vision |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Embedded Computer Vision |
Day 3 – Tuesday, 30th Dec 2025 - Edge AI Platforms
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | ML Software Platforms |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | ML Software Platforms |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Prashanti (AMD) | ML Software Platforms |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | ML on Edge Accelerators |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 6:00 PM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | ML on Edge Accelerators |
| 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Prashant Shenoy (University of Massachusetts)† | Data Centers, AI Workloads, and Efficiency: An Edge Systems Perspective |
Day 4 – Wednesday, 31st Dec 2025 - Federated Learning
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | Federated Learning |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | Federated Learning |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | FL on Edge |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Varun Ojha (Newcastle University)† | Safeguarding Artificial Intelligence |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Varun Ojha (Newcastle University)† | Resource-Efficient Artificial Intelligence |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Yogesh Simmhan (IISc) | FL on Edge |
Day 5 – Thursday, 1st Jan 2026 - Gen AI and Edge AI for mobility
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Sumit Kumar Mandal (IISc) | LLM Algorithms |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Sumit Kumar Mandal (IISc) | LLMs at Edge |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Prasant Misra (IISc & TCS) | Edge AI in Mobility |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Punit Rathore (IISc) | Edge AI in Mobility |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Gen AI at Edge |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Pandarasamy Arjunan (IISc) | Gen AI at Edge |
Day 6 – Friday, 2nd Jan 2026 - Edge Analytics
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Manik Gupta (BITS, Pilani) | IoT Analytics |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Manik Gupta (BITS, Pilani) | IoT Analytics |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Manik Gupta (BITS, Pilani) | IoT Analytics |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | MATLAB for Edge AI | |
| 5:30 – 6:30 PM | RBCCPS Tour | |
Day 7 – Saturday, 3rd Jan 2026 - Edge AI in agriculture
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 9:00 – 11:00 AM | Ajay Pratap (IIT (BHU), Varanasi) | UAV and Edge AI in Agriculture |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 PM | Archan Misra (SMU) | Optimizing Edge Execution of AI-based Machine Perception |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Arm for Edge AI | |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Hackathon | |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Hackathon | |
Day 8 – Sunday, 4th Jan 2026 - Hackathon
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Sajal Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)† | Smart Connected Farms: AI and IoT-based Pest Management in Precision Agriculture |
| 10:00 – 12:45 PM | Hackathon | |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Hackathon Demo/Presentation | |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee/Snacks | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Hackathon Demo/Presentation | |
| 5:30 – 6:30 PM | Certificate Distribution and Closing Ceremony | |
This program is hosted at the CDS building, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
🧭 Location and Access (IISc Campus)
The IISc campus is easily accessible from all parts of Bengaluru. The nearest metro station is Yeshwanthpur.
- Getting to IISc: Click here for detailed travel information.
CDS Building Venue Map
🏨 Accommodation Details
Accommodation has been arranged for participants at the following locations.
Girls’ Accommodation: Hoysala Guest House (IISc)
- Address: Opposite NMR Research Centre (Next to CCE Building), Student Council Road, IISc Campus, Devasandra Layout Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012.
- Reception Number: 08022932535
Boys’ Accommodation: Sri Durga Hotel
- Address: 35/1, Gayathri Temple Rd, Dr.Ambedkar Nagar, Yeshawanthapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560022.
- Phone Number: 09019158456
Contact Us
If you have any logistical or academic questions regarding the Winter School, please reach out to the program coordinators below.
