ANRF Research Impact Ambassador Program | Research Paper Reading Session

WHAT: We will discuss two research papers in Responsible & Safe AI. If you want to get the most out of the session, please read the papers beforehand and come prepared to discuss, question, and engage with the ideas.Paper Details: 1. HOBIT: Hardness Optimized Batch Sampling for InfoNCE Training (Spotlight Paper ICML 2026). Presented by Himanshu Dutta(Research Fellow @ MSR India) HARNESS-LM:AThree-PhaseTraining Recipe for Harnessing SLMs in Sponsored Search Retrieval. Presented by Pranjal Chitale (RSDE II @ MSR India) WHO: Anyone genuinely curious about research: students, researchers, engineers, and practitioners. No prerequisites, beyond curiosity and a willingness to sit with something difficult, think deeply, and discuss openly.