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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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
