AI-STEP 2026 Apply Now
Indian Statistical Institute | 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2026

Artificial Intelligence - Statistical Learning, Technologies & Emerging Practices. A five-day academia-industry workshop.

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One step at a time, from statistics to agentic AI

AI-STEP is a hands-on workshop that follows the order in which the field was built. It starts with sampling distributions and regression, moves through machine learning and deep learning, and ends with an industry day on generative and agentic AI.

Sessions are taught by academic researchers from ISI Kolkata and practitioners from TCS, Accenture, Deloitte and IBM.

  • A complete AI foundationStatistics and machine learning first, deep learning next
  • Modern deep learningApplications in computer vision and language
  • Privacy-preserving MLA dedicated session on Day 2
  • Industry practitionersMeet the people who build and ship AI systems
  • GenAI, fine-tuning and RAGIncluding Graph RAG

Resource persons

Photo of Nikhil R. Pal
Nikhil R. Pal Introduction to Machine Learning
Photo of Arnab Kumar Laha
Arnab Kumar Laha Sampling Distributions; Dimensionality Reduction
Photo of Suman Majumder
Suman Majumder Linear Regression
Photo of Malay Bhattacharyya
Malay Bhattacharyya Clustering
Photo of Biswabrata Pradhan
Biswabrata Pradhan Time Series Analysis
Photo of Labani Halder
Labani Halder Privacy-Preserving ML; teaching assistant for NLP
Photo of Tanmay Sen
Tanmay Sen Classification Methods, SVM and Model Evaluation
Photo of Anil Ghosh
Anil Ghosh Tree-Based Methods
Photo of Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty EM for Mixture Models
Photo of Rajat K. Dey
Rajat Kumar De Introduction to Neural Networks
Photo of Pradipta Maji
Pradipta Maji Deep Learning for Computer Vision
Photo of Utpal Garain
Utpal Garain Deep Learning for NLP
Photo of Arpan Pal
Arpan Pal TCS · Industry session
Photo of Aritra Sen
Aritra Sen Accenture · Industry session
Photo of Arindam Banerjee
Arindam Banerjee Deloitte · Industry session

Organising committee

Chief Patron

Amartya Kumar DuttaDirector, ISI

Workshop Chairs

Utpal GarainCentre Head, CAIML & CVPRU, ISI Kolkata
Tanmay SenSQC & OR Unit, ISI Kolkata

Advisory Committee

Nikhil R. PalECSU, ISI Kolkata
Arnab Kumar LahaISRU & RBI Chair Professor, ISI Kolkata
Biswabrata PradhanHead, SQC & OR, ISI

Organising Committee

Malay Bhattacharyya (Chair)MIU, ISI Kolkata
Suman MajumderISRU, ISI Kolkata
Debasmita DeySQC & OR Unit, ISI Kolkata
Labani HalderCVPRU, ISI Kolkata
Rupam DasCAIML, ISI Kolkata

Call for Participation

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Eligibility

The workshop targets undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students, researchers, faculty and industry professionals with a background in machine learning and data science. Postgraduate and doctoral candidates in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related fields are strongly encouraged to apply.

Partial Waiver

A limited number of partial fee waivers are available for students with financial need. After applying, please submit a scanned copy of the signed waiver form to caiml@isical.ac.in / tanmay.sen@isical.ac.in.

The decision of the Workshop Committee regarding selection and fee waivers will be final.

Accommodation

No accommodation will be provided.

Registration Fees

The registration fee includes access to sessions, a workshop registration kit, working lunches, tea and coffee during breaks. All participants will be awarded a duly signed participation certificate.

Bachelors / MastersINR 5,000 + GST
Research ScholarINR 7,000 + GST
Faculty / Industry participantsINR 12,000 + GST
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