ANRF Research Impact Ambassador Program | Reading Session for Research Papers

WHAT: We will discuss two research papers on 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: A Three-Phase Training 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.