Mentorship 101: What to look for in a research mentor

Don’t just pick a project, pick a person. Here are the 6 traits of a research mentor who will accelerate your career. I have seen many brilliant research students who were very enthusiastic at the start of their research journey, be it an industry data scientist, or a student on their MS or PhD journey, … Read more

Month-wise Machine Learning and AI Conference deadlines in 2025

Publishing a research paper is a crucial part of research in academia. Based on the subject or research domain and the nature of an article, we aim to publish our findings at a conference or a journal like ACM or IEEE Transactions (journal home example link). Thus, knowing the important conference deadlines in your research … Read more

My PhD Laptop Setup (2025): Why I Chose Portability Over Power for AI Research

The ergonomic desk setup of an PhD-AI researcher, featuring an ASUS Vivobook 15 laptop on a stand, a OnePlus Pad Go tablet for digital notes, and an ergonomic HP wired mouse.

As an AI researcher with a Ph.D., one of the most common questions I get is, “What’s the best laptop for machine learning research?” People expect me to point to a massive, 3kg gaming laptop with the most powerful GPU money can buy. My answer usually surprises them. This post details my personal, real-world PhD … Read more

How to Get Started with Research in AI for Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide

With the continuous stream of LinkedIn updates and new preprints related to AI in medicine, it is easy and understandable to feel overwhelmed about where to start as a researcher. In this article, I will give suggestions that focus on the “AI for Medicine” research area. This has been my research area during my Ph.D, … Read more

Computer Science Research News – August 2019

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

Month-wise Machine Learning and AI Conference deadlines in 2022

Publishing a research paper is a crucial part of research in academia. Based on the subject or research domain and the nature of an article, we aim to publish our findings at a conference or a journal like ACM or IEEE Transactions (journal home example link). Thus, knowing the important conference deadlines in your research … Read more