machine learning
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
The Ultimate Guide to Machine Learning & AI Datasets for 2025
Back when I first wrote this post in 2022, the AI landscape was a different place. Finding a good dataset felt like a treasure hunt, piecing together links from university pages, old GitHub repos, and forum posts. I started this list to keep track of the gems I stumbled upon during literature reviews or through … Read more
10 Essential Soft Skills Every Grad Student Must Sharpen for Research Success
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
How I had secured a research associate position during my Ph.D. in India and moved to Germany?
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
Short Notes from CODS-COMAD 2020: Key Highlights and Insights
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
Exploratory Analysis using R
This is a good post on making visualisations with pandas data frame in Python. It covers uni-variate plots like histograms, line plots, density plots and multivariate plots like correlation plot matrix and scatter-plot matrix. Before diving into feature engineering and data cleaning, it is a good idea to have a good understanding of the data. … Read more