Through this blog, I want to highlight my journey into my dream college — Carnegie Mellon University. This is an account of the steps I took, failures faced, and the success I received along the way. Background 🖼️ I did my bachelor's in Computer Science from Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune. Although…

Akshay Bahadur — This blog is on my implementation of the classic game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, with a twist. Link to the Code. Abstract Rock–paper–scissors (also known as scissors-paper-rock or other variants) is a hand game usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one…

Akshay Bahadur — This blog is about the Explore ML Academy, Hyderabad which is a Google-sponsored program for university students to get started with Machine Learning. Link to Akshay’s slides[Deck 1] and Sayak’s Slides [Deck 1] [Slide 2]. Abstract Explore Machine Learning (ML) is a Google-sponsored program for university students to get started with…

Akshay Bahadur — A simple implementation of Google’s Quick, Draw Project for humans. This blog is on my implementation of Google’s Quick Draw dataset. Link to Code. Abstract Quick, Draw! is an online game developed by Google that challenges players to draw a picture of an object or idea and then uses a neural…

Authors: Akshay Bahadur and Ayush Agarwal — The following blog post is part of Machine Learning in Production (17634) coursework at Carnegie Mellon University. In this discussion, we will consider the scenario of Movie Recommendation with respect to the following two frameworks. BigDL: A distributed deep learning framework developed and open-sourced by Intel. BigDL is the major…

Sign language uses visual-manual modality to convey meaning. They are full-fledged natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon and they are not mutually intelligible with each other, although there are also striking similarities among sign languages. As discussed, Sign languages around the world are different and that makes sense…

Akshay Bahadur — One of the most humbling experiences I have ever had is the opportunity of being a Software Innovator for Intel. The Intel Software Innovator program supports innovative, independent developers who display an ability to create and demonstrate forward-looking projects by providing them with speaking and demonstration opportunities at industry events…