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SUMMARY:A model of errors in transformers - Suvrat Raju
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium announcement\nA model of errors in transformers\nProf Suvrat Raju \nICTS-TIFR \n \n\nAbstract: We study the error rate of LLMs on tasks like arithmetic that require a deterministic output\, and repetitive processing of tokens drawn from a small set of alternatives. By analyzing the accumulation of errors in the attention mechanism\, we theoretically derive a quantitative two-parameter relationship between the accuracy and the complexity of the task. We empirically verify our formula across a range of tasks and state-of-the art LLMs find excellent agreement between the predicted and observed accuracy in many cases. We also identify deviations in some cases that lead us to interesting insights about the functioning of models. We show how this understanding helps to construct prompts to reduce the error rate. \nAbout the speaker: Suvrat Raju is an Indian physicist whose research focuses on quantum gravity and quantum field theory. Suvrat has worked on black holes\, focusing on the ‘information paradox’ around them. He has formulated the Papadodimas-Raju proposal for black holes. Suvrat studied physics at St. Stephen’s college in Delhi University and went on to complete his PhD at the Harvard University. He is currently a professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). \n\nDate: Thursday\, April 16\, 2026Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM\nVenue: AC-05-Lab-004Email: scdlds@ashoka.edu.in\nZoom: https://zoom.us/j/96228370831?pwd=kNg2lbqs5iBGGsdP21UkI54GO60Rjz.1Website: https://scdlds.ashoka.edu.in/
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SUMMARY:A model of errors in transformers
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium announcement\nA model of errors in transformers\nProf Suvrat Raju \nICTS-TIFR \n \nAbstract: We study the error rate of LLMs on tasks like arithmetic that require a deterministic output\, and repetitive processing of tokens drawn from a small set of alternatives. By analyzing the accumulation of errors in the attention mechanism\, we theoretically derive a quantitative two-parameter relationship between the accuracy and the complexity of the task. We empirically verify our formula across a range of tasks and state-of-the art LLMs find excellent agreement between the predicted and observed accuracy in many cases. We also identify deviations in some cases that lead us to interesting insights about the functioning of models. We show how this understanding helps to construct prompts to reduce the error rate.\nAbout the speaker: Suvrat Raju is an Indian physicist whose research focuses on quantum gravity and quantum field theory. Suvrat has worked on black holes\, focusing on the ‘information paradox’ around them. He has formulated the Papadodimas-Raju proposal for black holes. Suvrat studied physics at St. Stephen’s college in Delhi University and went on to complete his PhD at the Harvard University. He is currently a professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).\nDate: Thursday\, April 16\, 2026Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM\nVenue: AC-02-LR-107\, 51²è¹Ý CampusEmail: scdlds@ashoka.edu.in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94450467316?pwd=LrbqaA1DUiTDsf5JgT6lKF5SHaiDPD.1\nWebsite: https://scdlds.ashoka.edu.in/
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SUMMARY:Norway PhD & Erasmus Programme Session
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Information Session
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SUMMARY:Rules for the Unruly: Regulating India’s Nonprofit Sector in Global Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the final talk of the year in the Department of Sociology-Anthropology Colloquium. Our guest speaker is Prof. Erica Bornstein from the University of Oregon\, USA.  \nProfessor Bornstein's talk will explore the issue of nonprofit regulation in India in relation to current global trends. Based on her recent book\, A Revolution of Rules\, she will discuss her research findings and the methodological challenges of studying regulatory processes ethnographically.  \nBio: Erica Bornstein is Professor of Anthropology at University of Oregon. Her research interests include economic development and philanthropy\, non-governmental and nonprofit organizations\, voluntary sector regulation\, and humanitarianism. She is the author of three monographs: A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India’s Nonprofit Sector (Stanford 2025); Disquieting Gifts: Humanitarianism in New Delhi (Stanford 2012)\, and The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs\, Morality\, and Economics in Zimbabwe (Stanford 2005). She is also the coeditor of Forces of Compassion: Humanitarianism Between Ethics and Politics (School for Advanced Research Press\, 2011). \nBook abstract: \nWhat is it about nonprofits that inspires so many to passionately support their agendas and others to adamantly seek their control? In India\, laws regulating the nonprofit sector were dramatically reformed between 2010-2020\, reconfiguring relationships between corporations\, nonprofits\, and the government. Thousands of nonprofits\, including powerful NGOs\, lost their ability to receive foreign funding\, and in 2015 dozens more were put on a state-sponsored watch list. While many assume that nonprofits are defined by the causes they champion\, A Revolution of Rules argues that the nonprofit form is shaped by its regulation\, in a dynamic process of democratic and political negotiation. The scrutiny of nonprofits must be understood in the global context of political judicialization and regulatory reform\, and the shrinking global stage for rights-based work. 
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SUMMARY:Student Excellence Awards
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SUMMARY:CWC Online Summer School 2026
DESCRIPTION:CWC Summer School 2026 is now open for registration. This year's programme includes our regular workshops on Research Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences\, designed for MA and PhD cohorts. Alongside these\, we are offering a series of special interest workshops on Translation in the Classroom\, the Genre of True Crime\, Storytelling and Policy Briefs\, and Evidence in the Field.  \nAll workshops are open to applicants who meet the eligibility criteria and will be held from 18 to 23 May 2026. Further details on the workshops and the registration process are available in the Summer School Catalogue.  \nThe deadline to apply is 27 April 2026. 
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