๐ฑ Nivedita Arora ๐ Sustainable Computing
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Breed Asst Prof ECE & CS@NorthwesternEng โข Director @VAKLabNU Building #Sustainable Computational Materials & Things #WomenInSTEM โข Prev: @ICatGT โข ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ณ
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Joined May 2010
๐๐๐ As a #PhD student, I loved reading the acknowledgment section of people's dissertations. It told me about their life story, struggles, and everyone who contributed to their journey. It used to inspire me a lot!. Winning the @TheOfficialACM dissertation award for this year.
We are delighted to announce the recipient of the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, @NivArora of @NorthwesternU , and Honorable Mentions, @gabrfarina of the @MIT and @WilliamKuszmaul of @Harvard . Here's to a new generation of computing excellence:
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๐ Life update ๐. I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the ECE dept. at @NorthwesternU as Asst. Professor.& #Allen K. and Johnnie Cordell #Breed Jnr. Professor of Design in #Fall 2023. Big thanks to my advisors, collaborators, friends & family for their support ๐ค๐
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#Update: I am in the #academic job market this cycle . My research envisions creating #sustainable computational materials and things. I work at the intersection of device fabrication, low-power systems, and design. Details: I appreciate RTs. Thanks
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๐งตHere are lessons from my #PhD journey. I hope this inspires and helps other young researchers :).@VAKLabNU @NorthwesternU @NorthwesternEng @gtcomputing @ICatGT
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Itโs been several months since I painted. So just before sleeping I got up and started painting ๐ . fun fact : blue is the most elusive color in nature . . #art #therapy #phdlife #blueflowers @AcademicChatter
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Feeling incredibly homesick today :( Been so long since I got to visit home. #internationalstudent #phdlife @AcademicsSay #phdchat #academicchatter.
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I passed my PhD proposal! Thanks to my advisors, committee, lab mates, friends & family for support!๐
. I also had very bad zoom bomb scare as soon as the talk started. Lesson learned-be very careful when you share talk links!! Pheww! . @gabowd @ProfJosiah @scyrusk
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๐ข Please RT๐ข. I am looking to hire 2-3 Ph.D. students for Fall 2024 in our newly minted @VAKLabNU at @NorthwesternU. We work at the intersection of #materials, #devices, and low-power circuits to design #sustainable and #carbon-aware computing materials, systems, and.
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Big thanks to my advisors (@gabowd @ThadStarner), family, and friends for all the support and love! ๐.
๐๏ธBig Congratulations to GT Ubicomp Ph.D. candidate @NivArora for winning the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award in Georgia Tech's College of Computing for her work on "Self-powered Computational Materials", @gtcomputing ๐๐ฅณ @gabowd @ThadStarner
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Super humbled to be named 2021 Foley Scholar along with amazing @UpolEhsan @qiaosi_wang!! It is top Ph.D. student honor at GVU center, Georgia Tech College of Computing ๐ฅณ๐๐๐. Read more here: ..@gvucenter @GTUbicomp @gtcomputing
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Super stoked to be selected for this year's cohort of EECS Rising Stars at MIT !!!
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๐ข๐I am very honored and humbled to receive the @GeorgiaTech College of Computing Outstanding Dissertation Award. Big shoutout to my advisors, collaborators, and friends for their support! ๐ @ThadStarner @gabowd.
๐Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award: @BetCD .๐Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award: @ThadStarner .๐William A. "gus" Baird Faculty Teaching Award: Gregory Turk.๐Dissertation Award: @NivArora .๐Donald V. Jackson Fellowship: Maulishri Bhandari.
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I am very honored to receive the UbiComp Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award for 2021. ๐๐๐๐ฅณ . Thanks to my advisors, labmates, friends, and family who have supported me! @gabowd @GTUbicomp @ProfJosiah @ubicomp
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Congrats to the #MARS team for the honorable mention for the best experimental design in @FastCompany Innovation by Design Awards 2021 #FCDesignAwards .๐๐ ๐ฅณ๐๐. Watch our project video below ๐งต(1/n). @GTUbicomp @gvucenter @gabowd @ICatGT @gtcomputing @thecharlesramey.
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Officially part of @northwesterncs :) โจ๐.
We are thrilled to welcome three new courtesy faculty members โ Nivedita Arora, Matt Groh, and Ermin Wei โ to help advance our multidisciplinary academic and research mission. .@NivArora @mattgroh
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โจ๐๐. @TrienensInst wrote a beautiful article on my research and some very cool set of new faculty working on sustainability @NorthwesternEng @NorthwesternU .
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๐๐๐ With rising climate change and e-waste, it is imperative to build computing technologies with a sustainability-first approach. My dissertation represents this core thinking. I am super honored that ACM has recognized my research on sustainable computational materials.
Northwestern Engineering's @NivArora has won the 2024 @TheOfficialACM Doctoral Dissertation Award. She was recognized for her work advancing sustainable computing by building energy-harvesting devices that resemble sticky notes. Congratulations, Nivedita!.
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I am very excited to chair the #On-#body #Interactions session today evening at @ACMUIST #uist2021 ๐. It features 2 lightning talks and 3 amazing papers by.UoTokyo @artjng, HCintergation lab @plopesresearch + @romainnith, @Google Research @artem_dementyev . come join us!
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โจ๐ @VAKLabNU had the pleasure of hosting @xjasminelu from UChicago @plopesresearch โs Lab today. Our first ever guest speaker :) . She gave talk about โ โMore than just users: engineering interactive devices to foster more #sustainable relationshipsโ. We had a very
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I will continue to push the vision of Sustainable Computational Materials at @NorthwesternEng. ๐ขI am actively looking for Post-docs and research interns at different levels. Let's connect! . I appreciate RTs. Thanks!
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We had our first ever #VAK Lab meeting on Friday!! โก๏ธ๐ก. It was amazing to see such an excited group of students, all pumped up to contribute to the vision of #sustainable #computational materials & things @NorthwesternEng @NorthwesternECE PS: more awesome details coming soon!!
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End of decade reflection : . 1 Bachelor Degree .1 Masters Degree .1 PhD admit .3 Mobile-apps (million+ downloads).3 Patents .3 Award-winning papers .7 houses.9 Countries.100 hearing "i am not married".345,837 times thought that I was not doing enough ๐ #WomenInSTEM #phdlife
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๐ข ๐I am very excited to share that @NorthwesternECE is hiring for 2 positions this year - . 1. Henry and Isabelle Dever Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (at the rank of full professor). 2. Tenure Track Faculty Opening in Computer Engineering
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Super cool write-up of our work! ๐ข๐คฉ .@youngwookdo @scyrusk.
Have you ever felt like your smart speaker is listening to you? Well, thatโs because it is. In a recent paper, Professor Sauvik Das (@scyrusk) of @cmuhcii, @CyLab and a team of researchers propose a new concept of "intentionally powered" #IoT microphones:
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I always believe that being a university professor is similar to being a ceo of a startup! . You have to get funding, recruit students, setup lab space, setup healthy organizational processes, strategies growth, setup vision of the lab. @AcademicChatter @thephdstory.
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๐ขโก๏ธJust a reminder I am hiring 2-3 Ph.D. for #fall 2024 on sustainable computing and IoT . #Retweeting this again on a #Friday evening, hoping it reaches wider than my #Monday afternoon tweet ๐ญ๐ฅฒ๐คฆโโ๏ธ. @AcademicChatter @VAKLabNU @NorthwesternECE.
๐ข Please RT๐ข. I am looking to hire 2-3 Ph.D. students for Fall 2024 in our newly minted @VAKLabNU at @NorthwesternU. We work at the intersection of #materials, #devices, and low-power circuits to design #sustainable and #carbon-aware computing materials, systems, and.
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๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช.I got to celebrate #diwali with my parents after 10 years yesterday. Happy Diwali to everyone. ๐Let there be light, peace, and prosperity in the world. ๐. This was also the first Diwali ๐ช for my Lab @VAKLabNU. Lots of exciting updates are
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Curious about how Computing can be made #sustainable? I am giving a lightning talk in GVU brown bag tomorrow!! . Come join in the #sustainable computing Revolution!. Details below.
As part of a cohort of Foley Scholar Award Winners.I am giving the @gvucenter Bown Bag Seminar Talk next week . Designing for Sustainability in Computing: Self-Powered Computational Material ๐โ๏ธ๐ฑ . Thursday, April 7, 2022.12:30 p.m. EST .link:
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Feeling happy for no particular reason :D.
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Congratulations @AlanDZhang for the amazing work! AND also this is the First ever nature paper from @GTUbicomp . I know HOW much patience and grit this required. Very proud of you ๐.
The last piece of my #PhD thesis at @GTUbicomp is published with @SpringerNature in #npjFlexibleElectronics -- "Flexible computational photodetectors for self-powered activity sensing" (, as a result of interdisciplinary collaboration. #GT #IoM #HCI
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. ๐Our new lab website is finally here! Follow our X account @VAKLabNU to know more about our work on sustainable computing . @NorthwesternEng @NorthwesternU @northwesterncs @NorthwesternECE . #newPI.
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How can the good old post-it note be converted into a wireless human interaction sensing device? We have the answer: MARS interface sticker. Come check out our #Demo tomorrow at @ACMUIST #UIST2021 We are all set and ready to go! @GTUbicomp @gabowd @gvucenter @gtcomputing
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What makes this even more special is that my academic kid won the masters version of the same award :D Way to go Ali Mirzazadeh! ๐๐ He is on the Ph.D. market! Be on the lookout for his application.
Super humbled to be named 2021 Foley Scholar along with amazing @UpolEhsan @qiaosi_wang!! It is top Ph.D. student honor at GVU center, Georgia Tech College of Computing ๐ฅณ๐๐๐. Read more here: ..@gvucenter @GTUbicomp @gtcomputing
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#needHelp #COVID19US #research #COVIDใผ19 .looking to get advice from a pulmonologist (lung specialist) regarding cheap smart-facial masks which we at @gtcomputing are building for remote health monitoring of vital signs during this pandemic. Pls help to connect. ๐
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There is a very clear need for a champion/cheerleader for Indian science and research community, just like @SharmaShradha and @yourstory have been for Indian entrepreneurship community for past decade. What am I doing sitting in USA? ๐ค.
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๐ฆ ๐ฅณ Congratulations to the #TerraCell team for an honorable mention at @FastCompany Innovation by Design 2024!.cc Bill Yen @ProfJosiah @cjosephsonful @VAKLabNU .Here is our paper:
A Northwestern University-led team of researchers earned honorable mentions inย @FastCompany's 2024 Innovation by Design Awards sustainability and student categories for Terracell, a fuel cell that leverages the power of soil microbes to generate renewable energy. #FCDesignAwards.
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I am excited to share that our work on SATURN microphone and how it is a stepping stone for the age of #Internet of #Materials #IoM got featured in the Communications of the ACM Magazine @CACMmag !!! . .@gabowd @ThadStarner @gtcomputing @GTUbicomp.
Want to know more about the exciting new world of Internet of Materials #IoM? . Read our perspective article featured in Communications of the ACM Magazine @CACMmag tell us what do you think @NivArora, @ThadStarner, @gabowd @gvucenter @gtcomputing
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How can you build #batteryfree #sustainable #IoT interfaces? . After a pretty eventful and buzzing MARS demo session yesterday we will be #presenting our paper today evening in the session Pointing and BCI @ACMUIST . #uist2021 @ICatGT @GTUbicomp @gtcomputing.
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Visit this morning to @chicagobotanic with my students! Outdoor research is fun! :) #sustainableIoT @VAKLabNU
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Has anyone tried selling their #research #prototypes as #NFT? How they any less than art work ๐ค๐ป๐
. #NFTCommunity #Coinbase #ETH #cryptocurrency.
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@gabowd will be giving a talk at @MITCSAIL HCI seminar ๐ . The #Internet of #Materials: The next logical step or a paradigm shift? . Zoom link: .Nov 16th Tue 4-5pm EST . More details: . Everyone is welcome to join in! ๐
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FINALLY attending an in-person conference after 3yrs! @ACMMobiSys '22 has been truly inspiring โก๏ธโก๏ธ. I am giving an invited talk "Self-powered Acoustic Vibration Sensing Material" at the IASA workshop tomorrow! Drop by if you are around :)
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I really needed this today. #newPI life is hard, I am experiencing it first hand now :) .Thanks @plopesresearch for sharing this!.
Took me 365 days but. it's live: UIST 2022 Ask-Me-Anything on "Being a new faculty/starting a new lab". Thanks everyone who kept asking for this, finally, I found courage to write it and posted the video on youtube: #AcademicTwitter 1/3
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Writing 2 lines of a research paper just before sleeping after spending the whole day in random surfing and twitter scrolling. @OpenAcademics that's how we roll, correct? ;) #holidayseason #phdlife
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This is truly amazing way to empower women at the ground level, simple yet so effective. Way to go! @meeshoapp.
This is using tech to build REAL empowerment at the ground level. @viditaatrey of @meeshoapp supporting women entrepreneurs to sell from home. A story to watch out to #AatmanirbharBharat #DigitalIndia #Entrepreneurs
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@makeinindia need to revamp our research education system in India. There is far too much emphasis on CS/ML/AI, fields like material science need to be studied more widely. We need people who can cover whole hardware stack & bring out true innovation.
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Sunday afternoon thoughts โ๏ธ . The habit of #HCI and #materialScience device researchers of #hiding batteries ๐ and wires ๐ from all the demo videos to make them look aesthetically pleasing has long term side effects. The new generation takes this as a formula which works
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โป๏ธ We are adopting Soluboardยฎ, a #recyclable & #biodegradable printed circuit board substrate based on natural fibers. It was designed by @JivaMaterials & the #organic structure allows the components of devices to dissolve when immersed in hot water. More:
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So many students email me and ask for a fee waiver when applying for Ph.D. What is the correct way to handle them? . 1. afaik schools have no fair way to assess whom to give such a waiver or not, so they err on the side of not giving a waiver. 2. It is not possible for me to.
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I have been thinking a lot about the #creativity/#creative #processes lately. Before a person learns creativity, they need to " learn how to learn." Once they are fearless in learning any new skill, they connect the dots between different skills to build/create anything.
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#Paper writing #Lesson: Make your figures and diagrams color-blindness friendly. Let's all be more inclusive. #AcademicChatter #phdchat #phdlife @AcademicsSay.
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People and situations are sent in our lives for us to grow and evolve into what we are supposed to be. Letting life do itโs thing is a good thing :).
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Letโs make quantum computing sustainable! Pretty awesome being on the panel โจ .Sustainability needs to be a forethought not an afterthought!.
@NorthwesternU hosted this year's @The_QEDC plenary meeting where @TrienensInst Co-Exec. Director Michael R. Wasielewski was part of a panel on the applications of quantum to #sustainability ands ustainability in quantum #technology. Full story:
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As I travel more across US, I realise โ๏ธ sunshine everyday is not something to be taken for granted. Thanks Atlanta โฅ๏ธ.
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๐ขIt was an absolute pleasure to be part of the Sustainable Quantum Technologies Panel @The_QEDC .๐More interesting work and updates dropping soon!.
.@NivArora, Kevin Glynn, Prem Kumar, @b_rational, and Michael R. Wasielewski are advancing the transformative potential of quantum technologies. @The_QEDC plenary in March, they discussed quantum sustainability and applications in transportation/logistics.
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As part of a cohort of Foley Scholar Award Winners.I am giving the @gvucenter Bown Bag Seminar Talk next week . Designing for Sustainability in Computing: Self-Powered Computational Material ๐โ๏ธ๐ฑ . Thursday, April 7, 2022.12:30 p.m. EST .link:
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I am truly blessed to have such amazing lab mates and collaborators who inspire, push and most importantly take care so tirelessly <3. Thank you! #positiveVibes @byrneceara @gabowd @ThadStarner @GTUbicomp @kumarmeenaiiitm @mgulati10.
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is there a recording? I joined as soon I saw the tweet, but I only got to attend the last 3 min. sigh! would love to see the whole talk.
@ubicomp / #ubicomp2021 folks: I'll be speaking about my lab's work on human-computer integration, exploring how to enable a new generation of miniature interactive devices by integrating them with the user's body. Keynote live in ubicomp's "plenary sessions" zoom -- in 30min!
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When you tell your mom (high school teacher) that @india does not have a #semiconductor #fabrication #facility, and she starts googling about the reasons behind it and telling you about different govt. policies that curb such move. I hope our politicians are also like her!!!.
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Amazing tutorial on string art and its algorithm generation.
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Big Congrats @gabowd ๐ .While your news of moving from GT surprised a lot of us, we (on behalf of many students I talked to later) can say from bottom from our heart that we are very excited to see you take the new position at NE๐.
Congratulations to my brother @gabowd who is moving to a new, exciting job as Dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. Good luck, and welcome to the northeast. ๐
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Wow Internship advertising at next level!! . Btw many of my friends have internet at Cambridge Labs and had wonderful productive summer! Highly recommended!.
๐ข Hello, future rockstars! It's that exciting time of year again when I invite you to join my Cambridge Lab for an unforgettable summer experience. If you're keen to make, shake, and break while engaging in curiosity-driven research, consider this your call. Reach out! ๐ค๐งโ๐ฌ๐
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"SATURN," by @NivArora, @ThadStarner, and @GAbowd, describes a flexible computational material that can be integrated into many different surfaces, opening the door to an #Internet of #Materials.
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Very Humbled to be one of the GVU Foley Scholar Finalists for this year. VERY BIG thanks to my advisors (@gabowd and @ThadStarner), family, and friends for their undying support and love, which makes things like these possible! . @gvucenter @gtcomputing @ICatGT.
Join us in congratulating the 2021 Foley Scholar and GVU Dist. Masterโs Student FINALISTS. Their amazing work is advancing how people use computing technology. Share your own stories about the finalists in the thread! Winners will be announced later this fall. 1/13
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wow, way to go! :) India bans single use plastic.
Bravo India ๐ฎ๐ณ!. After years of planning and preparation, the ban on single-use plastic kicked in on 1st July with units engaged in production, distribution, stocking, and sale of such items being closed.
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Dear #academicSanta, .Pls, help me reach 500 Twitter followers by the end of this year? .Thank you. PS: OH! you are really listening? then pls help me #finish #writing this research paper :D :P .#AcademicChatter #phdChat #AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics.
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We need sustainable/self-powered AI at the edge instead of cloud to reduce such burden. #Sustainable #Computing ๐๐.
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint. From 2019:
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Growth cannot happen if you are too attached to your identity.
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I would #appreciate #advice from people working at the intersection of #sustainability and #engineering broadly. There is a huge "environmental cost" of being functionality and performance first. The last 100 years of technological advancements are strewn with examples like.
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Thanks for sharing our work @GaTechOTL :).
#AvailableForLicense: Convert everyday objects and physical surfaces into microphones with the SATURN self-powered #acousticsensor. Itโs thin, flexible, and easily manufactured. @gtcomputing @ICatGT @GTMSE5 @GeorgiaTech_ECE @GTResearchNews
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Something which my PhD advisor @gabowd fiercely inculcates : .1. Quality vs quantity of papers.2. Treating lab members like family .3. Collaborating and sharing without being scared who gets the credit. What are values which are shared in your lab? #AcademicTwitter #phdchat.
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This has happened #5th time in a row now! . Every time I put my hand in pocket of my bag or jacket, out pops a #hardware #component, #pcb or battery ๐ . Here is VCR 11n JFET from a year back that I was using as analog switch. #phdlife @AcademicChatter
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Biggest 2021 learning : Will power gets you SO far, build healthy life processes. Thanks to many amazing people in my life who have helped me build such new process. ๐ฅฐ . #hackgrowth.
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Sometimes all I want to do is to solve the Differentiation and Integration problems from high school :D #fun #JEEprepDays.
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When itโs impossible to replicate results of a paper, and you wonder how do you stand on the shoulders of giants ๐.
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A huge part of who I am is because of my advisors @gabowd @ThadStarner and the love and support they have shown. More importantly, they are both phenomenal humans, it's hard not to get colored by them. The picture says it all.
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My new obsession: @Procreate. It's a game-changer! .Thank you @ranzhoubot for the suggestion :D.
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My brain๐ง now completely rejects any movies, TV series, or even music. It's just too much sensory input. All I can handle is reading books, instrumental music, and meditation. It's been 2 months and I am kinda liking it, not gonna lie.
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Off to home today ๐๐ฎ๐ณ.
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Small steps to building a sustainable future :).
Amazing news๐๐ข. We received our first #grant from The Alumnae of Northwestern University for our proposal "Quantum Computing Just Might Save the Planet: Quantifying the Impact of #Quantum Computing on #Decarbonization and #ClimateChange" . Thank you, again, @NUAlumnae!
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Thank you so much! Would not have been possible without you :).
It is a pleasure to be among many inspiring awarded projects, such as @ken0324 & @ishii_mit 's hermits, @yanghci & @hciprof 's laser vibrometry, @realkaranahuja & chris' pose-on-the-go, @nivarora & @gabowd's mars tags, and so much more!.
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Was seeing a panel discuss today by serial entrepreneurs @kunalb11 and @bhavintu where they talk about core cultural value passed in the organization as a "CULT". How many times do Profs think about setting that in research labs? #AcademicTwitter.
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@ArindamPhysics I have been seeing your posts for almost an year. You have mentioned some really concrete fundamental things that should happen. But how far are they? I am on the academic job market, pretty confident I will land in a good place in usa, but india calling does not go. Itโs hard.
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