by Soundarya | Mar 30, 2019 | General Information, Technology
[Note: This article was originally written and published by me in Times of India. I am pasting below the slightly longer version of the article here.] November 8th, 2016 I sneaked a peak at my mobile phone during the end-semester lab examination to look at the...
by Soundarya | Dec 28, 2018 | General Information, Technology
Welcome to a story of five simple students with one big goal. Reducing food waste. In the US alone, pitched food weighs in over 100 Empire State Buildings per year. Just how do five students dream of tackling this monumental task you ask? Well, this is our story of...
by Soundarya | Dec 18, 2018 | General Information, Technology
Right after the final presentation — look at the happy faces! This is a story of three simple students (Srivatsan Ramesh, Arpita Shah and yours truly) from a non-CS background who worked on Amazon reviews to make better sense of them. We worked on this as...
by Soundarya | Dec 11, 2018 | General Information, Technology
What most of you might know is that the Google Search that you currently know and use began as a Master’s thesis that Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked on back in 1996, that revolutionized the way people looked at search engines. However, what most do not know is that...
by Soundarya | Nov 26, 2018 | General Information, Technology
Have you ever thought about where you get your food from? No, I’m not talking about using Instacart on your phone or even going to the local Walmart or Safeway. Where do you really get your food from? Let’s take the example of a burger. What are the components of a...
by Soundarya | Nov 13, 2018 | General Information, Technology
When was the last time you read a title like, ‘Pedophile priest with HIV who raped 30 children, found crucified outside church’. I bet it wasn’t too long back. This title sounds tempting, especially because it’s obnoxious and inglorious. We’ve all had that experience...
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