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About Me
I am an aspiring researcher broadly interested in Machine Learning and Neural Computation with an emphasis to applications in Computer Vision. My specific technical interests and more general interests are listed below.
See my contact information at the end of the page (before comments).
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Technical Interests
Within Machine Learning my interests lie in:
- Semi-Supervised Learning, Meta-Learning, Manifold Learning Methods and Spectral Algorithms, Over-Complete and Sparse Representations, The Intersection of Machine Learning and Neuroscience, Applications in Computer Vision and Data Mining.
I have been exploring :
- Deep Learning Methods, Applications of Extremal Graph Theory in Machine Learning, Similarity and Distance Metric Learning.
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Projects, Teaching and Publications
I have created a separate page on the blog for this. Find it here.
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Personal
More to come, but for now some …
Miscellaneous Fun Info.
- I have an Erdős Number of two by the following path:
Paul Erdős –> Gábor Sárközy (1997) Step 1
Gábor Sárközy –> Shubhendu Trivedi (2011) Step 2
(listing at the Erdős Number project)
- A recent paper after publication will lead to another path:
Paul Erdős –> Endre Szemerédi (29 Papers. First in 1966) Step 1
Endre Szemerédi –> Shubhendu Trivedi (2012) Step 2
- More Fun: My Mathematical Genealogy:
The so called small world phenomenon is funny! Forget mathematics! Inspite of my embarrassing contributions to any field, simply by virtue of working with one of my prior (master’s) co-advisors, it turns out that I have a reasonably rich mathematical genealogy which traces back right to Gauss and Leibniz (through Gelfand, Kolmogorov and Weierstrass). While this doesn’t mean much, it is both FUN and interesting!
Find my mathematical genealogy over here
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General Interests
Other than the technical interests listed above, I am also sympathetic to a broad and seemingly diverse range of areas (and their interplay) which I find mentally stimulating, Indeed […]
Meaning is not in things but in between; in the iridescence, the interplay: in the interconnections; at the intersections, at the crossroads. Meaning is transitional as it is transitory, in the puns or bridges, the correspondence. (Mallarmé)
[…] And I love interacting with people from the same. Some of these include basic sciences in general, philosophy*, literature, abstract art, the seventh art, evolution, self-organization and many others which I don’t really see as different or dissipative, merely a different angle of looking at the same underlying thing (albeit with varying degrees of overlap). Infact I think they are all synergistic and reinforce each other if known “enough”. However, I believe that a knowledge of Mathematics as an adequate language is necessary (but not sufficient) to really understand or appreciate most of them. I am also very interested in the idea of Epistemology as information theory.
* Engaging in philosophy is salutary in any case, even when no positive results emerge from it (and I remain perplexed). It has the effect [Wirkung] that “the color [is] brighter,” that is, that reality appears more clearly as such. This observation reveals that , according to Godel’s conception , the study of philosophy helps us to see reality more distinctly , even though it may happen that no (communicable ) positive results come out of it to help others. (Kurt Gödel, A Logical Journey)
Wondering what the name of this blog means? See this!
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Recommendations
I am a voracious reader and have a set of book recommendations (non-technical and of general interest) and some art-house movies. Find these on this page.
Note: I haven’t had the time to update this page in a while. For now I have posted a set of books available on the internet.
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Why Blog?
I look at blogging as an impressive method to organize my ruminations. Indeed, blogging takes time and it is mostly not possible to write about a train of thoughts or about something exciting that you read about. However, it is still an option to use whenever time permits. While I usually tend to write about things related to Machine Learning (AI, Applied Math, Computer Vision etc), I also write about things that are mentally stimulating to me in general. That aside, I think Blogging is also a good tool to improve one’s knowledge. For example: In case one finds something deeply stimulating that is outside the purview of their specialties, then blogging about it and putting it up on a public platform would mean doing at least some research on it to write it properly. In a sense the best potential utility of blogging is as a forum for writing about and developing incipient ideas that are not publication worthy otherwise. The feedback on them can be precious. Another side benefit is that sometimes your posts could be of help to some readers, which is definitely a good feeling.
While I might not be able to blog as frequently due to time constraints, it is still something that I always look forward to. In my opinion, blogging loses meaning if it reduces to a chore. It should only be a side product of your excitement and serve to complement it.
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Contact Information:
I can be contacted on the following email IDs –
firstname_lastname [AT] ieee [DOT] org or
firstname_lastname [AT] computer [DOT] org
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hi shubhendu,
yaar it s good to see such a passion for knowledge.
now i can think…people like u will keep the spirit alive..
that knowledge is free..
and there is no age of learning..
thanks dude..
can i know..
which college which yr and at present which company????where?????
Thanks Shubhendu, ur article on open course ware information from NPTEL was very helpful.
I just thought I’d let you know that there is a blog out there called sciencetops.com which is copying blog entries and posting them without linking back to the original article. Yours can be found here.
The webmaster’s email address is gronholm9@gmail.com. If you don’t want your material plagiarized like this, write an email asking that the post be removed. Maybe if the webmaster gets enough emails, the site will be taken down.
You don’t have to keep this comment here. I just thought I’d let you know your material is being copied.
I found out mine was being copied by using CopyScape.com
Happy to find out your blog.
it is a good one.
you are on my blogroll now
Shubhendu your blog is great in many terms. By reading your posts I find new and really interesting discoveries. Keep going on and best regards to you bro.
Thanks!
Hi Shubendu,
Your SVM post and Voronoi posts are very good.You should continue blogging my friend.By the way I am a graduate student of Indian origin.
Good Work..Keep it up.
Regards,
Manikandan
Hi
Nice blog. will come here often I think. I Just start learning Machine Learning, I would like to apply it to Finance
Oh my goodness! Did you recognize me mate! Vishal Kendre here. Contact me on admin@freshinjobs.com . Nice blog. :D
Hi, your article about Eigen faces was just perfect, it’s been a while i’m studying this method and i found here for the first time some clear and complete documentation :) .
How about an article on Haar cascade classifier ? It would be cool :D
Very nice blog. Came across your comments at Tims’ Ubiwar & decided to peruse the articles here. Great writing on Oppenheimer. Just wished I’m versed in math & physics though.
Oh thanks for the kind words.
I am a complete would-have-been. So my thoughts are very random and as a result I haven’t been able focus them on one aspect.
However, i find randomness in your blog too, but it is much more coherent, logical and organized. I will definitely recommend this page to anyone interested in writing sensible stuff.
Special thanks for recently including a post on Dick Feynman. He has always been a person who rouses deep passion for knowledge within me, and a personal hero. ( How about a similar post on another favorite- Tesla, that is if you haven’t already written about him?)
Hi!
It’s a first time here. Looking forward to reading more about those AI articles and basic science.
Blogging is a good idea, it’s one thing that I’ve always enjoyed ever since starting it. The first article took about a week, whereas now they usually mature in less than a day. Sometimes just 15 minutes, if there’s a burst of ideas.
Cheers :)
/J
I am in aww of your blog posts! Every click makes me feel I need to work on myself. You are such an inspiration to my writing skills and to my academic pursuit!
Btw I found your blog while researching for my Final year project on a facial recognition attendance system. Your post on ‘face recognition using eigen…’ was my first read and it was soo good! I would love any help you can render and I’ll be reading your blogs every day!
My email is funetixs@yahoo.com
It is very flattering of you to say that. :)
Let me know if I can be of any help!
Regards
Shubhendu
You might be interested in the website and in the blog
“Universal Isocracy” http://universalisocracy.blogspot.com/
and the website http://uniso.karleklund.net/
It concerns a mathematical theory of human behavior with application to history and to a guess at the future.
Hi Subhendu
I sorry to put this note here. Since I didn’t find any contact form, I have posted the details here.
I find your blog to be very interesting and want your blog to be in our List of Indian Science Blogs.
If you are interested you can update your blog details here –
http://www.scientiamag.com/list-of-indian-science-blogs
Your blog is good! Generally when I visit blogs, I just come across shit, but this time I was really surprised when I got your blog containing good information. Thanks mate and keep this effort up.
hi shubendu, hope u remember me. i tried to find you a lot…
plz call me as soon as you find this my no. is 09049660940
Hi, it’s nice to know that you studied from Univesity of Pune. Which college did you study in under UoP? I’m a student of COEP. Btw, it’s a feat to be doing PhD from such a reputed place! Congratulations!