C-REx 2025

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Overview

The Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (BPHC) invites you to C-REx (Computer Science Research Exploration) 2025, a 1-day Symposium on Research Exploration, on 05th April 2025 (Saturday). The symposium aims to provide computer science students (final year undergraduate, postgraduate, and recently graduated) and young faculty members with an opportunity to interact with researchers, academicians, and industry professionals in the field of computer science. The symposium will facilitate exposure to a wide spectrum of research domains in academia and industry.

Themes of Featured Sessions

Systems and Security

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Theoretical Computer Science

Natural Language Processing and LLMs

Physical AI: The Next Frontier of Robotics

Research Opportunities with us

Why Attend

The symposium is an excellent opportunity for the students to get an early introduction to cutting-edge research and understand career perspectives towards research and development. It will also provide an excellent platform for the students to interact with researchers and learn more about the latest developments in the field of computer science.

Expected Number of Participants: 150

Programme

Venue: F104, LTC Complex

Time	Event
9:00 am to 9:30 am	Registration
9:45 am to 10:00 am	Inauguration
10:00 am to 10:45 am	Talk-1: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Prof. N L Bhanu Murthy
10:45 am to 11:30 am	Talk-2: Opportunities at CSIS @ BITS Pilani Hyd Campus - Prof. Manik Gupta
11:30 am to 12:00 noon	Tea break
12:00 noon to 1:00 pm	Interactions with PhD Students and Poster Presentation by PhD scholars
1:00 pm	Group Photo (Auditorium Steps)
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm	Lunch break
2:00 pm to 2:40 pm	Talk-3: Network and Cyber Security - Prof. Rajib Ranjan Maiti
2:40 pm to 3:20 pm	Talk-4: Theoretical Computer Science - Prof. Tathagata Ray
3:20 pm to 3:40 pm	Tea break
3:40 pm to 4:20 pm	Talk-5: Life during and after PhD @ BITS - Dr. Anirudh Kasturi (alumnus)
4:20 pm to 5:00 pm	Talk-6: New Opportunities in CS - NLP/LLMs - Prof. Prajna Upadhyay
5:00 pm	Closing the event

Registration

Eligibility: Recent graduates and final year students of BE / BTech / ME / MTech / MCA / MSc in Computer Science, IT, ECE, EEE or equivalent.

Registration and participation is free for all participants. Participation certificates will be provided after the event.
Register using this link.

Logistics

How to Reach

Google Map Location Link
TSRTC Bus 212 from Secunderabad drops one directly outside the main gate of the campus. The bus timings from Secunderabad Railway Station (Gurudwara Point) is at 7:50 am, 8:20 am and 8:50 am in the morning.
Other buses from Secunderabad Railway Station or Jubilee Bus Stand going towards Shamirpet can be taken. One should get off at 'Thumkunta' and take the next transport.
TSRTC 212 bus leaves the campus main gate for Secunderabad at 17:20 hours and 18:15 hours in the evening.

Contact Us

Email: crex@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone: +91-40-66303875

3^rd Computer Science Research Exploration (Spring 2025)

Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

April 5, 2025