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What it’s really like to compete in SIH — the application process, the onsite round, what we built, and what I wish I’d known going in. Updated 2025 — originally published May 2019 The first edition of Smart India Hackathon in 2017 was chaotic, exhausting, and one of the most formative experiences of my early … Read more
(Updated in 2025) A major limitation of current AI research is the overemphasis on English and the under-representation of the Bengali or Bangla language. Despite being the seventh most spoken language worldwide, Bengali remains a low-resource language in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). This scarcity of resources poses significant challenges for developing robust … Read more
In part 3 of the “Research for All” initiative, we will cover how to sharpen your soft skills related to the day-to-day activity as a grad student, research scholar, or even a research aspirant! Why is soft skills so important? Being a grad student isn’t just about mastering your research or technical skills—soft skills matter … Read more
Beyond the UCI Repository — the best datasets for graph analysis, clinical NLP, and medical imaging, from open access to application-required tiers. Updated 2025 — originally published January 2019 Part 2 of the dataset series covers social network analysis datasets, open-source collections from Google and Microsoft, and an expanded section on medical AI datasets — … Read more
Here, I plan to write about my MS (Research) journey at IIT Kharagpur, India. In this article, I will provide the complete details of all the administrative procedures and guidelines required throughout the course of pursuing an MS Research degree after you get accepted to the program. Important: I will also provide the CGPA calculation … Read more
Article Summary This is the 2nd post in the blog series “MS Research Experience at CSE@IIT Kharagpur” where we cover how a student can apply (the application process), the eligibility criteria, how to prepare for the interview, and the final decision of actually pursuing it. In my previous article, I covered the Master of Science … Read more
During my research journey, I learned new things and faced a lot of challenges. I believe a structured orientation for students starting out as a researcher will be useful and definitely would have helped my younger self. As I talked to more and more grad students, I began to realize that the experiences are quite … Read more
Research internships provide intensive exposure to reach academia. They may play a crucial role in making the tough decision of whether or not to pursue a career in research, particularly pursuing a Ph.D. degree. Looking back, I realize that my first internship at IIT Kharagpur for my Bachelor’s played a significant role. The selection process … Read more
The ACM India Joint International Conference on Data Science & Management of Data (CODS-COMAD 2020), which combined the 7th ACM IKDD CoDS and the 25th COMAD conferences, was held from January 5 to 7, 2020 at the prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, India. This event brought together leading researchers, practitioners, and students from … Read more
Article summary Here, we first mention the upcoming conference submission deadlines. You can get the complete list of conference deadlines throughout the year in my another blogpost. We outline all the news update regarding research competitions and NLP resources I can across in the month of August 2019 Upcoming Conference Deadlines Please note that the … Read more