A SMART way to solve problems

Talk by Prof. Krithi Ramamritham (Sai University, Chennai) on the topic 'A SMART way to solve problems' during the 36th mid year meeting of the IASc. The event was hosted in the IISc, Bengaluru on 04 July 2025.

Abstract of the talk published as follows.

In this talk, I will share my thoughts on problem solving using the “SMART”
principle. What is this principle and how we have applied it in the energy
domain to solve every-day problems to reduce energy consumption while
taking care of human comfort ‒ will be discussed. While these problems
were the core of my research for over a decade and many papers and
artifacts came out of our Smart Energy Informatics Lab (SEIL) at IIT Bombay,
I will discuss couple of examples that all of us can relate to‒with a goal of
prodding you to see if this principle is applicable to your domain and how
you can frame your research questions applying the SMART principle.