How to Write a Great Research Paper

I had a great experience presenting my Research at SEMCCO 2013. I was able to communicate the research better than  I had did in my paper. Just yesterday one of my alumni (Courtsey: Tushar Rao) shared a link on communicating Research work effectively. In the video it struck me what I was experiencing at that moment while preparing my presentation and delivering it on the podium. Spend half and hour watching the video, and it can save a lots more during your Research ahead.

A few exciting months ahead

I am eagerly waiting for mid-Dec. Its not just that i would be free from all the workload that has been weighing me down for a long time now, I would have completed my applications, and the remainder of the end-term exams by then. But, what I am most enthusiastic about is the time I will have to myself for the next couple of months. I can finally finish those coursera courses now, and enroll for some more interesting upcoming courses( Intro to AI in 2 months). I am also looking forward to my first experience presenting my work at a conference from 19-21 Dec. I am very excited about the opportunity, where I will get a chance to interact with people from the same domain. It would be a place like no other. I am really excited about these new opportunities. I will also be starting my final year BTP Thesis on Multi-modal Biometrics from mid-Dec, and I am aiming a target for ICMI 2014. I am really very excited and hope that this period is very productive for me. 

Google Hangout at US Embassy

Yesterday, i was invited to be part of a google hangout session at the US Embassy to help with the general and the specific queries for admission to US. It was a very good experience where my two major doubts were cleared by the panel. You can watch the video here,

The next big thing. Gesture Recognition is in fact the future of computing at every level.

Camera Lets Blind People Navigate with Gestures | MIT Technology Review

For the most part of it, HCI has been used either to make user friendly experiences available or just to tweak how we interact with the systems. I feel aiding the visually impaired is and will remain the primary goal for HCI and luckily enough i had the honor of being attached to one such project at CVIT, IIIT-Hyderabad. During the same time, a MIT conference on Engineering the eye was also catering to the same need for visually impaired. This is the next big thing, when you use technology to do the impossible, give vision to a visually impaired person.

University Shortlisting

I had been occupied a little for a past few weeks making amends for the final camera ready paper to be presented at SEMCCO 2013, which will be published in LNCS, Springer. Now, the most important task at hand is to shortlist universities for the upcoming Fall 2014 session. I have been working on an extensive list on CV related programs at various universities, and have narrowed down my area of concentration to about 30 universities. Next i have to take into consideration other factors like area, fee structure etc to come up with my list of 10-12 schools where i would be applying. I am almost done with my generic SOP, into the 10th iteration and need to mould it into university specific SOPs. So the cardinal thing I have to do now is to finalize the list of those 10-12 schools and speed up the process for applications.