Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2014

Department of Computer Science and Automation
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Supervisor: Y. Narahari

M.E. in Telecommunication, 2008

Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Supervisor: Anurag Kumar

B. E. in Electronics and Telecommunication, 2006

Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Final Year Project Supervisor: Bhaskar Gupta

Brief Bio / Speaker Introduction:

Detailed bio (email / website version):
Swaprava is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay, and an associated faculty member of the Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (CMInDS) and the IIT Bombay Trust Lab. He is the founding faculty member of the Computational Economics Group (CompEcon) at IIT Bombay, and previously served as a faculty member at IIT Kanpur. He held postdoctoral positions at Carnegie Mellon University and the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, and received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

His research lies at the intersection of economics and computation, with applications to Internet economics, auctions, matching markets, resource allocation, crowdsourcing, online advertising, and social networks. His work has been published in leading AI and multiagent systems conferences, including AAAI, IJCAI, AAMAS, and WINE, as well as in prominent economics and management journals such as Games and Economic Behavior, Economics Letters, and Management Science. His research has been supported by funding from ANRF (erstwhile SERB), Tata Consultancy Services Research, State Bank of India, IIT Bombay Innovation Hub, Amazon Research India, Technocraft Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence, and the Dr. Gauri Shah Endowment Fund.

He is a recipient of the Fulbright–Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Tata Consultancy Services PhD Fellowship, and the Honorable Mention Award of the Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program.

Short bio (speaker introduction):
Swaprava is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay, and an associated faculty member of the Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (CMInDS) and the IIT Bombay Trust Lab. He is the founding faculty member of the Computational Economics Group (CompEcon) at IIT Bombay. His research lies at the intersection of economics and computation, with applications across social, industrial, and computational domains, and his work has appeared in leading AI, multiagent systems, and economics venues. He is a recipient of the Fulbright–Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Tata Consultancy Services PhD Fellowship.

Associate Professor, 2025-Present

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Assistant Professor, 2021-2025

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Assistant Professor, 2017-2021

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Fulbright-Nehru Post-doctoral Fellow, 2015-2017

Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Host: Ariel Procaccia

Lecturer and Post-doctoral Fellow, 2013-2015

Economics and Planning Unit
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
Host: Arunava Sen

Visiting Scholar, 2011

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Supervisor: David Parkes

Student Intern, 2010

Xerox Research Centre Europe
Meylan, France

Software Engineer, 2008-2009

Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore, India

• Eric Maskin's talks on Mechanism Design.
  
• The always happening Algorithmic Game Theory blog.
  
• An excellent resource for graduate students is Lise Getoor's resources page.
  
• Have a question on theoretical computer science? Can check out an open forum, StackExchange. You can ask or answer.
  
• Manuel Blum's advice for graduate students.
  
• Ariel Rubinstein's blast-off Q&A for graduate students.
  
• Videolectures sources: one, two.
  
• An interesting plot relating the per-capita GDP, expenditure on health, education with corruption levels of different countries (data from World Bank and Transparency International).
  

Football

I take great interest in playing football (aka soccer in the US) -- 2008, 2014, and 2015 snapshots. After joining IIT Bombay, I took part in the 2023 edition of the inter-IIT staff tournament as a member of the IIT Bombay football team. Here is a team photo. Though there were many memorable moments (e.g., the trophy and the podium) in this tournament for our team where we finally clinched the silver medal in football, this and this stand out in my personal memory.

To me, this has been a great stress-reliever and most importantly, a fitness-yielding fun activity. The game brings some form of art and philosophy that is more than sheer skill and power. My role model is Pelé. Almost everybody knows his class on ground, however, he is a wonderful motivator off-the-field. In particular, I liked the following quote among his other advices to the young footballers, which, I feel is equally motivating for young researchers as well:

"Always be yourself! Don't try to imitate anyone or to be like someone. Create your own individual style. Don't try and make yourself a 'Pelé'. It is much more important to be yourself than Pelé."

If you are interested in starting to play football with professional spirit, here is a tutorial by him.

Sketches / Painting

I used to sketch/paint in my school days. After a long gap, I have restarted this hobby in summer 2024, and am planning to continue primarily in the summer break. Here are some samples from these works from 2024.