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Student workshop: Ghost In The Shell - How Systems Sense, Decide, and Fail

Ever wondered how machines know what’s real, how software chooses between millions of options, or why networks sometimes collapse?

Time: Mon 2026-02-16 17.15 - 18.15

Location: Newton, KTH Library

Language: English

Participating: Shamsheer Pal Singh

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Shamsheer Pal Singh

Shamsheer is a first-year MSc Electromagnetics, Fusion, and Space Engineering student at KTH. He has a background in Semiconductor Process Engineering and Quantitative Analysis. He loves diagnosing and solving problems. During bachelor's, his love-hate relationship with programming opened new avenues for him, such as launching an edtech startup, working on planetary science simulations, and developing IoT prototypes. It changed his way of thinking and his approach to problems.

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This workshop explores how modern systems sense information, make decisions, and break down using concepts evolved from mathematical intuition, programming logic, and problem-solving. Through interactive diagnostic challenges, you will answer questions like how noise affects data, why brute-force solutions fail, how optimisation works, and how simple rules can lead to unexpected large-scale failures.

You don’t need a strong programming background...curiosity is enough! Whether you’re a student, engineer, or just someone interested in how algorithms actually think, this workshop will give you new ways to reason about information, decisions, and complex systems; something that is useful in a world where software and AI are increasingly integrated into fields like engineering design, research, medicine, and it might be even relevant in everyday decision-making. 

The workshop is open to all KTH students. Registration required. Fika will be included.

Student workshops

This is one of three student workshops at the library in the spring of 2026. The purpose is to allow students to share their knowledge with each other and meet in an informal and fun way.

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