Diving into the lease calculation process and building a calculator using Python — If you are like me and you are in the market trying to find yourself a new ride, you know how hard it has been. With limited availability and an added markup fee, nobody wants to be in the car dealership right now trying to find a good deal. …

A Neurobiological Standpoint — Often we hear success stories in media that are cultivated because of hard work and practice. To take an example, Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time didn’t even qualify for the high school team the first time he tried. What did he do to become…

Exploring the scope of bitcoin as a safe haven against apparent inflation The overnight currency ban in India and the irresponsible money printing that lead to hyperinflation in Zimbabwe are just a few instances where careless government policies around money have uprooted the daily lives of its citizens. One of…

Why Oxygen is used as a biosignature and how it came to be on Earth — Around 3 billion years ago in the Archaean eon, Earth was very different than it is today. The planet was predominantly covered with water(only 2–3% land) which was mostly green in color due to a large amount of iron. The atmosphere was free of oxygen and was composed of Nitrogen…

A simple solution to change pixel values in an excel file to .jpg using Python — The field of data science and machine learning has shown significant growth in the past decade. With an increasing number of students interested in the cool applications these fields offer, it is hard not to google “how to get started with machine learning?”. As anyone would expect the result of…

What is a control system and why does it matter — Coming from a robotics background I can not understate the importance of control systems. Today, control theory and its applications are used everywhere. From simple machines like a water dispenser to a more complicated machine like an electric car, all are based in some form on control theory. In general…

An entrepreneur's guide to storytelling and developing a brand. — I started my own venture, Sphere (a startup that developed an automatic crash response system), during my undergrad back in India. A couple of friends and I used to stay back every day after college to work. …

Implementation of Genetic Programming with RNN for Music Composition — Creativity has always been associated with human talent, but can it be taught to computers as well? In this article, I discuss a project that I was a part of during my Master’s in Robotics. It explores the possibility of enabling computers to compose music through the implementation of genetic programming and machine learning methods including neural networks and naïve Bayes classifiers.