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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...
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,...
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...
Problem statement I am working on a bioinformatics project analyzing GWAS data for a rare Indian genetic disorder. My sample size is only n=89 cases and n=143 c...
My Setup I run a machine learning lab with 8 PhD students. Over the past 18 months, I have noticed a significant shift in how my students (and I) work, largely...
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 recently had a difficult conversation with my PhD guide that I think many students can relate to. The short version: my guide and I fundamentally disagreed ab...
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...
Context I want to start using federated learning for my research on privacy-preserving healthcare analytics. The datasets involve patient records from three hos...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I recently had a difficult conversation with my PhD guide that I think many students can relate to. The short version: my guide and I fundamentally disagreed ab...