• ✨ Hello there. I am Aswin Paul.
• I am a physicist turned researcher currently interested in brain-inspired algorithms for machine learning.
• ✨ Education:
• I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in physics at Delhi University and VNIT Nagpur, respectively.
• I completed my PhD jointly from IIT Bombay India and Monash University Australia in October 2024.
• Thesis title: Towards computationally efficient and explainable active inference.
• PhD thesis supervisor (Monash): Prof Adeel Razi.
• PhD thesis supervisor (IITB): Prof Manoj Gopalkrishnan.
• ✨ Current Employment:
• Currently, I work with VERSES AI as a machine learning researcher with Prof Christopher Buckley and team.
• ✨ Contact:
• 📫 How to reach me: aswinpaule[at]gmail.com.
• Google Scholar: link to profile.
• ORCID: link to profile.
• LinkedIn: link to profile.
• Twitter profile: link to profile.

Publications:

1. Paul, A., Sajid, N., Da Costa, L., & Razi, A. (2024). On efficient computation in active inference. Expert Systems With Applications, 253, 124315. Link.
2. Paul, A., Isomura, T., & Razi, A. (2024). On Predictive Planning and Counterfactual Learning in Active Inference. Entropy, 26(6), 484. Link.
3. Paul, A., Sajid, N., Gopalkrishnan, M., Razi, A. (2021). Active Inference for Stochastic Control. In: et al. Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases. ECML PKDD 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1524. Springer, Cham. Link.
4. Friston, K. J., Salvatori, T., Isomura, T., Tschantz, A., Kiefer, A., Verbelen, T., Koudahl, M., Paul, A., Parr, T., Razi, A., Kagan, B., Buckley, C. L., & Ramstead, M. J. (2023). Active Inference and Intentional Behaviour, Neural Computation. Link.
5. Khajehnejad, M., Habibollahi, F., Paul, A., Razi, A., & Kagan, B. J. (2024). Dynamic Network Plasticity and Sample Efficiency in Neural Cultures: A Comparison with Deep Learning, CYBORG AND BIONIC SYSTEMS. Link.

Talk at Active Inference Institute: On efficient computation in active inference: link.

Experience:

1. Pymdp fellow (Northeastern University, University): Fellowship page
2. Data Officer (Monash University): Data fluency Monash

Honours/Awards:

1. Tata Chemicals Best Conference Paper Award 2022: Awarded to the best conference published in the year 2020-2021 by PhD candidates at IITB-Monash Research Academy, Mumbai, India.
2. Institute Medal 2019: For securing the highest CGPA in the MSc Physics program, 2017-2019 batch, Department of Physics, VNIT Nagpur, India.
3. Academic Excellence Award 2019: For scoring the highest CGPA in MSc. Physics program, batch: 2017-2019, Department of Physics, VNIT Nagpur, India.