Author: mrohith

BabyVFM: Data-Efficient Pretraining of Vision LLMs Inspired by Infant Learning

in CS Research Seminar Series

BabyVFM: Data-Efficient Pretraining of Vision LLMs Inspired by Infant Learning Guest Speaker: Dr. Boqing Gong Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of Computer Science Friday, 10th October, 2025 Abstract: Pretraining vision (large) foundation models (VFMs) is prohibitively expensive, making it a privilege for institutions with abundant resources and leaving independent researchers to downstream tasks, […]

From Cell Line to Command Line: My Unexpected Journey to Bioinformatics

in CS Research Seminar Series

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ming Tang Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of Computer Science Monday, 15th September, 2025 Abstract: Dr. Ming will share his journey of learning bioinformatics from scratch, detailing how he transitioned from a wet-lab biologist to a computational biologist. He’ll offer practical tips, learning strategies, and career insights to help you […]