Originally published in my blog. Approaching a new semester, I eagerly took on the challenge of handling two courses once more, aiming to replicate my previous successes. This time, I enrolled in Reinforcement Learning (RL) and AI for Ethics (AIES). The RL course was intellectually stimulating yet demanded considerable effort…

I used to read. And then I stopped. And then I had to read again, but something else. Now I want to read everything. — Originally published in my blog. Late 2000s… As a 12-year-old I started with J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Soon I went into detective mode with The Famous Fives and The Secret Sevens. And ended the detective fever with the entire collection of Sherlock Holmes. Soon it was the thriller…

Originally published in my blog. “Tell me, what goes on in your day at work?” is one of my favorite questions to ask during interviews. In this article, I will answer this question for myself. I will discuss what it is like to be a data scientist (from my perspective)…

Originally published in my blog. Like I mentioned, here, about how I went wild with two courses this semester, I’ll talk about the heavier one in this article. Oh boy, ML CS7641 is indeed very heavy! All the fear that you hear people talk about in OMSCentral is indeed valid…

Originally published in my blog. This semester I went wild. Machine Learning for Trading AND Machine Learning — took up both these classes. I heard many question this decision commenting that it’ll be very tough, rigorous and that I’ll have no time. But thinking back, I did enjoy life quite…

Originally published in my blog. It was Artificial Intelligence for Robotics (AI4R) this summer in OMSCS, as a continuation of the AI/ML theme that I wanted to maintain with my courses. Although “robotics” as a field is known for being overwhelming, I felt like it was a pretty neat introduction…

Originally published in my blog. As part of the Masters program that I started this year (mentioned this very briefly in my previous blog) I’m writing this review for the first course I just completed. I picked Knowledge-based AI (CS7637) — KBAI. OMSCS has an FCFS registration system every semester…

Originally published in my blog. I’ve completed an Artificial Intelligence course during my Bachelors and also referred some AI textbooks over the last few years for work. AI, while it does sound fancy and cutting-edge, is a very theoretical subject, even a bit philosophical. But after revisiting those textbooks, I’ve…

Originally published in my blog. My company — well, my team — organises what is called the Paper Reading Club. The idea is for each of us to present a paper to the entire team that we find fascinating and relevant to what we do at work. So for the…