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Context I am preparing to submit my first research paper to a Q1 journal (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks). This will be my first submission and I am unsur...
I just finished my PhD defense last week (Computer Science, IIT Madras) and wanted to share some honest reflections while everything is still fresh. What went w...
The honest answer to 'is a PhD worth it in India in 2025' I will answer this question honestly because I see a lot of either uncritical enthusiasm or doom-and-g...
Thread This is a space to share what is actually working for you in terms of research productivity tools. Be specific.what exactly do you use it for and why doe...
My question I have been collecting data for my thesis research and realized I may have an ethical issue. I surveyed 450 college students about their academic st...
I want to start an honest conversation about something I have been thinking about for a while. As a fourth-year PhD student, I have watched the academic publica...
Situation I completed my MTech from NIT Trichy in 2022 and have been working in industry since then. I now want to apply for PhD programs, both in India (IISc,...
Context I want to start using federated learning for my research on privacy-preserving healthcare analytics. The datasets involve patient records from three hos...
Background I am a first-year PhD student in Chemical Engineering. My guide has asked me to apply for PMRF in the upcoming cycle. I need to write the research pr...
Background I have been an Assistant Professor for three years now. Looking back, the most valuable thing in my career so far has been the research network I bui...
I have been on both sides.as a reviewer for IEEE and ACM journals, and as an author who has received peer review. The experience has made me wonder whether the...
Background I am a second-year PhD student working on multilingual NLP at NITK. My research involves building named entity recognition systems for code-mixed Tel...
