Dr. Deepak Subramani
Assistant Professor, IISc Bangalore, India
About Me
My group undertakes interdisciplinary research focusing equally on method development and applications. Our contributions can be categorized into two main themes: (1) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Dynamic Environmental Systems; and (2) Optimal Routing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. We have developed and implemented new theories, numerical methods, and data-driven machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms in both areas. Additionally, we have made stand-alone contributions to pandemic forecasting and fault detection of engineering systems (e.g., electric vehicles, space systems).
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News
[NEW Nov 2023] We have full time in-person open positions in Deep Learning for Ocean Modeling. Ad is here. Short-term, part-time, remote etc positions are not available.
Awarded the IISc Award for Excellence in Teaching for the Year 2022 on 5-Sept-2022.
Education
Nov. 2017
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
2014
S.M. in Computation for Design and Optimization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
2012
M.Tech and B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Work Experience
Jan 2019 - Present
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computational and Data Sciences
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Dec. 2017 - Nov. 2018
Postdoctoral Associate
Advisor: Prof. Pierre F.J. Lermusiaux
Massachuesetts Institute of Technology
Sept. 2012 - Nov. 2017
Graduate Research Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Pierre F.J. Lermusiaux
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aug 2011 - June 2012
Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. C. Balaji
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Research Interests
Ocean Modeling
Development and applications of stochastic and deterministic primitive equation ocean modeling systems.
Computational Engineering
Development of novel numerical schemes and software systems for all our application areas using GPU and distributed computing.
Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Geosciences
Development and application of ML and DL algorithms for Ocean Modeling, Remote Sensing, Environmental Analysis, Ecology Studies, Monsoon Forecasting.
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Combining state of the art environmental state forecasts (ocean, atmosphere, traffic etc.) with AI/ML algorithms, PDE solutions and GPU Computing.
Data Assimilation
Combining Models and Data for Geosciences and Climate Studies.
Uncertainty Quantification
Probabilistic predictions and optimization utilizing dynamic stohcastic model order reduction schemes (e.g., Dynamically Orthogonal Field Equations)
Current Projects
Opportunities
Master's and Ph.D. Students
We invite students who are interested in any of the following topics: numerical solution of stochastic partial differential equations, uncertainty quantification, Bayesian and deep learning of dynamical systems, fluid dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans, and path planning of autonomous vehicles in dynamic environments.
Summer Interns
We host only the following type of summer interns: (a) Selected through the Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Research Fellows Program; (b) as part of existing collaboration with PIs; (c) candidates who demonstrate exceptional coding skills above and beyond coursework and online self learning.
JRF
Applications invited for project assistant positions in developing deep learning solutions for autonomous underwater vehicle routing. See ad here.
JRF/SRF/Post-Doctoral
Applications invited for JRF/SRF/post-doctoral positions in ocean modeling (ROMS). Required Skills: Geoscience Data Handling, Interest in running ocean models. See ad here.
General word of advice:
Generic emails stating that you have completed a particular online course does not inspire confidence in professors. It is better to share the git repository of particular projects that you worked on. Faculty around the world recieve 100s of emails from Indian students on a weekly basis and most do not read because all emails look the same. Please improve your skills and show evidence (in the form of code!) that you are skilled. Also remember when you send the same email to everyone that faculty in the same department/institute talk to each other!!!
Teaching
Courses at CDS, IISc
DS 211: Numerical Optimization (AUG Term; 2019-2023)
DS 392: Environmental Data Analytics (JAN Term; 2020-2023)
Courses at DSBA M.Tech (Online), IISc
DA 204-O: Data Science in Practice (AUG Term 2023) - Most likely, this course will not be offered henceforth due to a rule change at IISc.
DA 202-O: Introduction to Data Science (AUG Term 2021,2022) - Will not be offered henceforth due to a rule change at IISc.
DA 224-O: Practical Machine Learning (JAN Term) - Will not be offered henceforth due to a rule change at IISc.
DA 225-O: Deep Learning (Summer Term) - Most likely, this course will not be offered henceforth due to a rule change at IISc.
CCE Proficience Courses, IISc
I will not be offering semester long CCE Proficience Courses from Jan 2024.
Previously, I offered a completely online semester long CCE Proficience course in Aug-Dec 2023 (Deep Neural Networks for Computer Vision and NLP), Jan-Apr 2023 (Deep Learning for Artificial Intelligence), Aug-Dec 2021 titled "Foundations of Data Science and Machine Learning" and Jan-Apr 2021 titled "Data-Driven Modeling and Optimization" at CCE, IISc as part of the Proficience Program.
IISc-TalentSprint Advanced Certification Program
Enroll for the IISc-Talent Sprint PG-Level Advanced Certification Program in Computational Data Sciences. Website: Link. I teach two modules: Foundations of Data Science (Probability, Statistics) and Machine Learning modules.
Enroll for the IISc-Talent Sprint PG-Level Advanced Certification Program in AI & MLOps. Website: Link. I teach four modules: Foundations of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing and Generative AI.
Teaching Feedback
IISc Courses Average Instructor Rating: 4.91/5 (Updated Jan 2024)
Selected Comments:
- “Prof. Deepak is not only thorough with the subject matter, but also great at communicating and articulating his knowledge. Wonderful!”
- “Simply love the knowledge of the professor, teaching methodology of the professor and relevant examples given”
- “Great lecture as always. Thank you for making it interactive.”
- Check the link for more unedited instructor feedback.
YouTube Videos of Recent Talks and Lectures
Talk about our Covid 19 Model (Ganesan and Subramani, 2021 Nature Sci. Rep.) - May 8, 2021 at EECS Symposium, IISc
Introduction to Data Science Talk
Some Snaps from Recent Events
With current group members on 5 Sept 2022
IISc Excellence in Teaching Award 5 Sept 2022
Honors/Awards
IISc Award for Excellence in Teaching 2022
Awarded to faculty at IISc Bangalore for their teaching excellence based on student feedback and contribution
Arcot Ramachandran Young Investigator Award, 2019-2021
Awarded to promising young assistant professors in the Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Engineering, IISc Bangalore
SNAME Award in Ocean Engineering, Dec 2017
Awarded to the top researcher to attend conferences in Ocean Engineering, MIT
First Place, Graduate Science, May 2017
Awarded at the de Florez Competition, MIT
Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist & Crane Award for Outstanding Research, 2017
Awarded annually to a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Best Presentation Award, Tata Pro Seminar, May 2017
One among four awarded at the annual Society of Tata Fellows Induction, MIT
Best Live Demonstration/Prototype Award, Sept 2016
Awarded at the Mechanical Engineering Research Symposium, MIT
Esteemed Presenter Award: Best Theoretical/Computational Presentation, Sept 2015
Awarded at the Mechanical Engineering Research Symposium, MIT
Honourable Mention Award in Graduate Science, May 2015
Awarded at the de Florez Design Competition, MIT
Best Poster Award, Mar 2015
Awarded at the Centre for Computational Engineering Symposium, MIT
Runner-up Poster Award, Nov 2014
Awarded at the Dynamic Data Driven System Sciences Conference (DyDESS) 2014
Highest GPA Award, 2012
Awarded to the senior with highest GPA in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras
MITACS Globalink Scholarship
Awarded to top 2% of juniors across Indian Universities to undertake research in Canada. Link here.
GE Foundation Leader Scholar 2009-11
Awarded to roughly 200 students among 14 countries.
National Talent Scholar, 2005
Awarded to top 0.01% of among 150,000+ applicants by Government of India through a three stage competitive exam
CBSE Merit Certificates, 2005 and 2007
Awarded to top 0.01% of passed candidates in 10th grade and 12th grade national exams by Central Board of Secondary Education, India
Publications
Please see Google Scholar and CV for an updated list. Website not updated after 2021.
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals
2021
- R. Gadi, P N. Vinayachandran and D. Subramani (2021). Data-Driven Feature Models of the Southwest Monsoon Current. Ocean Modelling. Accepted Oct 2021. Submitted PDF
- S. Avasarala and D. Subramani (2021). A non-Gaussian Bayesian Filter for Sequential Data Assimilationwith non-intrusive Polynomial Chaos Expansion . Int J Numer Methods Eng. 2021; 1- 26. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6827 Publisher Link
- D. Lambhate, R. Sharma, J. Clark, A. Gangopadhyay and D. Subramani (2021). W-Net: A Deep Network for Simultaneous Identification of Gulf Stream and Rings from Concurrent Satellite Images of Sea Surface Temperature and Height. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3096202. Publisher Link
- S. Ganesan and D. Subramani (2021). Spatio-temporal predictive modeling framework for infectious disease spread Nature Scientific Reports. 11, 6741 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86084-7 PDF
- Ganesan, S., Subramani, D., Anandh, T., Ghose, D. and Babu, G.R. (2021*). Ensemble Forecast of COVID-19 for Vulnerability Assessment and Policy Interventions. Submitted Sept 2021 to Nature SR. Researchsquare Preprint
- R. Chowdhury and D. Subramani (2021*). Optimal Path Planning of Autonomous Marine Vehicles in Stochastic Dynamic Ocean Flows using a GPU-Accelerated Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (Sub Judice. Submitted Apr 2021, Revised Sept 2021.) Arxiv PDF
2020
- Mannarini, G., D.N. Subramani, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, and N. Pinardi (2020). Graph-Search and Differential Equations for Time-Optimal Vessel Route Planning in Dynamic Ocean Waves IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 21(8), 3581-3593, doi:10.1109/TITS.2019.2935614 PDF
2019
- Subramani, D.N., and P.F.J. Lermusiaux (2019). Risk-Optimal Path Planning in Stochastic Dynamic Environments. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 353, 391–415. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2019.04.033 PDF
Before 2019
- Subramani, D.N., Q.J. Wei and P.F.J. Lermusiaux (2018). Stochastic Time Optimal Path Planning in Uncertain Flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 333, pp 218-237. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2018.01.004 PDF
- Subramani, D. N., P. J. Haley, Jr., and P. F. J. Lermusiaux (2017). Energy-optimal path planning in the coastal ocean, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans,122, 3981–4003, doi:10.1002/2016JC012231. PDF
- Sun, W., P. Tsiotras, T. Lolla, D. N. Subramani, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux (2017). Multiple-Pursuer-One-Evader Pursuit Evasion Game in Dynamic Flow Fields. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics. DOI: 10.2514/1.G002125 PDF
- Subramani, D.N. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux (2016). Energy-optimal Path Planning by Stochastic Dynamically Orthogonal Level-Set Optimization. Ocean Modeling, 100, 57–77. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.01.006 PDF
- Subramani, D., Chandrasekar, R., Ramanujam, K.S. and C. Balaji (2014). A new ensemble-based data assimilation algorithm to improve track prediction of tropical cyclones. Natural Hazards 71: 659. doi:10.1007/s11069-013-0942-1 PDF
- Ramanujam, S., R. Chandrasekar, D.N. Subramani, and C. Balaji (2012) On the Effect of Non-Raining Parameters in Retrieval of Surface Rain Rate Using TRMM PR and TMI Measurements PDF
Proceedings of Peer-Reviewed Conferences
2021
- Anjali, P. and Subramani, D.N., 2021. Inter and Intra-Annual Spatio-Temporal Variability of Habitat Suitability for Asian Elephants in India: A Random Forest Model-based Analysis. Accepted to IEEE InGARSS 2021. Arxiv PDF
2020
- Lambhate, D. and D. N. Subramani, 2020 Super-Resolution of Sea Surface Temperature Satellite Images. Global Oceans 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, 2020, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389030. Publisher Link
- Chowdhury, R., and D.N. Subramani, 2020 Physics-Driven Machine Learning for Time-Optimal Path Planning in Stochastic Dynamic Flows. In: Darema F., Blasch E., Ravela S., Aved A. (eds) Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems. DDDAS 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12312. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61725-7_34 Publisher Link
2019 and Earlier
- Gupta, A., Haley, P.J., Subramani, D.N. and Lermusiaux, P.F.J., 2019. Fish modeling and Bayesian learning for the Lakshadweep Islands. In OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE (pp. 1-10). IEEE. PDF
- Ferris, D.L, D.N. Subramani, C.S. Kulkarni, P.J. Haley and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2018. Time-Optimal Multi-Waypoint Mission Planning in Dynamic Environments. OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 2018, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604683.PDF.
- Dutt, A., D.N. Subramani, C.S. Kulkarni, and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2018. Clustering of Massive Ensemble of Vehicle Trajectories in Strong, Dynamic and Uncertain Ocean Flows. In: Oceans '18 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 22-25 October 2018. doi:10.1109/oceans.2018.8604634 PDF
- Subramani, D. N., P. F. J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, S. Jana, C. S. Kulkarni, A. Girard, D. Wickman, J. Edwards, J. Smith, 2017. Time-Optimal Path Planning: Real-Time Sea Exercises. In: Oceans '17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen, 19-22 June 2017, In press.PDF
- Subramani, D. N., Lolla, T., Haley Jr., P. J., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., 2015. A stochastic optimization method for energy-based path planning. In: Ravela, S., Sandu, A. (Eds.), DyDESS 2014. Vol. 8964 of LNCS. Springer, pp. 347-358. PDF
- Mirabito, C., D.N. Subramani, T. Lolla, P.J. Haley, Jr., A. Jain, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, C. Li, D.K.P. Yue, Y. Liu, F.S. Hover,N. Pulsone, J. Edwards, K.E. Railey, and G. Shaw, 2017. Autonomy for Surface Ship Interception.In: Oceans '17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen, 19-22 June 2017, In Press. PDF
- Edwards, J., J. Smith, A. Girard, D. Wickman, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, D.N. Subramani, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, C.S. Kulkarni, and,S. Jana, 2017. Data-driven Learning and Modeling of AUV Operational Characteristics for Optimal Path Planning. In: Oceans '17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen, 19-22 June 2017, In Press.PDF
- Sun, W., P. Tsiotras, T. Lolla, D. N. Subramani, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux, 2017. Pursuit-Evasion Games in Dynamic Flow Fields via Reachability Set Analysis. 2017 American Control Conference. In press.PDF
2021
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2019
Before 2019
2021
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2019 and Earlier
Contact
CDS 321, Nilgiri Marg,
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012 Mobile Number
plus nine one, zero eight zero two two five three two zero five eight Email
deepakns [at] iisc [dot] ac [dot] in