I am doctoral researcher at the Robotics Lab., working on applying bio-inspired machine learning algorithms in Robotics and Internet of Things. I am working under the guidance of Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair from June 2017.
I have worked on neuroevolution applied to robots in an online and on-board manner. My recent work is on evolving programs using Genetic Programming techniques. I work on bio-inspired algorithms, mainly Artificial Immune Systems. Other interests include Deep Learning, Blockchain in robotics and Federated Learning.
Latest Updates
- Research Paper "An Immuno-Inspired Transfer Learning Paradigm" won the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE Conference on Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2021, Kraków, Poland (28 June - 1 July 2021)
- Chaired the session "Evolved Neural Networks - II" at the IEEE Conference on Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2021, Kraków, Poland (28 June - 1 July 2021)
- Won the participation grant to attend the IEEE Conference on Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2021, Kraków, Poland (28 June - 1 July 2021)
- Selected to attend the Google Research Graduate Symposium (Asia - Pacific region) from 7th - 10th April 2021.
Publications
Conferences- An Immuno-Inspired Transfer Learning Paradigm
Divya D. Kulkarni and Shivashankar B. Nair
IEEE Conference on Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), June-July 2021
Kraków, Poland (Virtual due to COVID19 Pandemic) - On Decentralizing Federated Learning
Akul Agrawal, Divya D. Kulkarni, Shivashankar B. Nair
IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), October 2020
Toronto, Canada (Virtual due to COVID19 Pandemic) - Mutational Puissance Assisted Neuroevolution
Divya D. Kulkarni, Shivashankar B. Nair
Workshop: Neuroevolution at Work
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) (CORE Rank-A) - ACM, July 2020
Cancún, Mexico (Virtual due to COVID19 Pandemic) - Agrilogistics - A Genetic
Programming Based Approach
Divya D. Kulkarni, Shivashankar B. Nair
International Conference on Society with Future:Smart and Liveable Cities (Springer),December 2019
Braga, Portugal - On Securing Mobile Agents with Blockchain
Ishita, Divya D. Kulkarni, Tushar Semwal, Shivashankar B. Nair
Second International Conference on Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms (ICACCP) - IEEE
Gangtok, India - On an
Immuno-inspired Distributed, Embodied Action-Evolution cum Selection Algorithm
Tushar Semwal, Divya D. Kulkarni, Shivashankar B. Nair
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) (CORE Rank-A) - ACM, July 2018
Kyoto, Japan
Achievements
- Best Student Paper Award for the paper "An Immuno-Inspired Transfer Learning Paradigm" at the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2021, Kraków, Poland (28 June - 1 July 2021)
- Session Chair - Evolved Neural Networks - II at the conference IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2021
- Won the Participation Grant - Conference IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2021 (Registration Fee Waiver)
- Google Research (India) Symposium One of the PhD students selected in the Asia-Pacific region
- Travel Grant (US$700) Conference: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) - 2018, Kyoto, Japan
Invited Talks
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Two-day session at the TEQIP-III workshop on Recent Trends in Embedded System for IoT and Mechatronics
(RTESTM-2019) at NIT, Arunachal Pradesh (24th-28th September 2019) coupled with a hands-on on Tartarus
running on PCs and Raspberry Pis
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair, Divya D. Kulkarni, Menaxi Bagchi and Suraj Pandey -
Two-day session at the ATAL Workshop on IoT and Cyber Security (19th – 23rd August 2019) coupled with a
hands-on on Tartarus running on PCs and Raspberry Pis at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, August
2019
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair, Divya D. Kulkarni, Menaxi Bagchi and Suraj Pandey -
Two-day session on Nature-Inspired Artificial Intelligence coupled with a hands-on on Tartarus running on
PCs and Raspberry Pis at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Management, IIITDM,
Jabalpur, 27-28th March 2019
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair and Divya D. Kulkarni -
Two-day session on Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence with a hands-on on Tartarus at the AICTE Teaching &
Learning Academy organized by the Depts. of Mechanical Engineering & Computer Sc. & Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Guwahati, March 2019
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair and Divya D. Kulkarni - Two-day session on Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence with a hands-on on Tartarus at the
TEQIP FDP organized by the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, March
2019
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair, Divya D. Kulkarni, Menaxi Bagchi and Suraj Pandey - Two-day session on Bio-Inspired Systems & hands-on on Tartarus at the TEQIP Workshop on
Internet of Things (IoT): Research Initiative, Government College of Engineering, Amravati, India, December
2018
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair and Divya D. Kulkarni - One-day session on Bio-Inspired Cyber Physical Systems with Hands on session on Tartarus at
the TEQIP – III Workshop on Design & Deployment of Cyber Physical Systems, National Institute of Technology
Silchar, Assam, 18th Sept. 2018, Assam, India
Team: Prof. Shivashankar B. Nair, Tushar Semwal and Divya D. Kulkarni