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Prashanth L.A.
Associate Professor
SSB 314, Computer Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600036

Email: prashla AT cse.iitm.ac.in
Tel: +91-44-22574377

CV / Scholar

On leave from Aug-2024 to Jul-2025, and am visiting C-MinDS at IITB

Latest book

Gradient-based algorithms for zeroth-order optimization

Foundations and Trends in Optimization, Vol. 8: No. 1–3, pp 1-332, 2025

Research Interests

Reinforcement Learning, Zeroth-order Optimization, Multi-armed Bandits

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Prospective interns

I do not have open positions and you are encouraged to apply directly for the IITM summer fellowship programme. Details here