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Citations and Numbers

While my focus has always been on quality and not the quantity in research. I am making a slow and meaningful progress with numbers. This is how my 2025 year end looks like. I will continue to carry on the meaningful works. The numbers must comply along.

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Facilitator to Customer Support

I don’t remember when was the last time I had an intellectually challenging interaction with students for the doubts they had (A wild guess, maybe before pandemic). I don’t remember when was the last time I was asked a question that made me think to answer. Most of the queries that I answer now are:… Continue reading Facilitator to Customer Support

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AI Papers – Why So Human?

In the last 3 years, I have reviewed around 200 papers for various journals and conferences and that’s been beautiful. I don’t need much lines and thoughts to sum it. Holds good mostly. Not for all though. Outliers exist. LLM’s have been writing the papers. LLM’s have been writing the reviews. Humans have been adding… Continue reading AI Papers – Why So Human?

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When Computers Play Musical Chairs

Imagine you’re at a party playing musical chairs. In this twisted game, there are five people and one chair (Oh, does that remind of something else as well? only that there would be four chairs ). The music stops, and everyone scrambles. But instead of sitting, each person grabs part of a chair. Aryan takes… Continue reading When Computers Play Musical Chairs

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Analytical Reduction and Atomism

Analytical reduction is the process of breaking a complex system into smaller parts to understand it better. It helps when we want to want to study each piece separately so that we may better understand how the whole system works. This approach makes problem-solving easier but might also sometimes miss on how different parts might… Continue reading Analytical Reduction and Atomism

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AI and Great Thinkers

Well, I have always been amazed on reading about social theories and how they were formulated. A decade ago, I used to think, the era of ‘Great Thinkers’ is dead and now I am sure of it. While I try to tell myself that AI generated content is based on the content that was once… Continue reading AI and Great Thinkers

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Via Rejections

I will never forget my research publication journey, where my first acceptance came after six or seven rejections. The most memorable moment for me was receiving eight pages of review comments for a six-page paper with constructive thoughts, yet filled with recognition of potential. That phase changed the way I think when it comes to… Continue reading Via Rejections

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Algorithmic Problem Solving for 2025

It’s been seventeen years since I started teaching, and if there’s one course that has completely stolen my heart, it’s Algorithmic Problem Solving, an elective I designed and have been obsessing over for seven years now. As the name suggests, it has been all about algorithms. The best part? No two years have been the… Continue reading Algorithmic Problem Solving for 2025

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The Good and Not

Have you ever felt frustrated with the answers provided by GenAI tools? You refine your prompts, yet the responses still miss the mark. You explicitly say, “Don’t do ‘x,’” but it does it anyway. You try different variations, but the outcome remains unsatisfactory. There was a time when these tools seemed to remember previous interactions… Continue reading The Good and Not

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Code, Where are you?

There is something with the code that needs to be understood and the current equation is damn confusing. While GenAI can code and debug, I wonder what is that skill which humans would need. While there was a discussion about “Devin AI”, the AI software engineer, It still is, but not in positive light anymore.… Continue reading Code, Where are you?