Hitkul

Trying to get a PhD while getting bigger, stronger and faster

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

Connections 👥 in @Flipkart #Bengaluru, please welcome 🤝 @Hitkul_ ! H started as Data Scientist yesterday; he is in ABD state of PhD. H was also an intern #Flipkart in 2022 (see pic). H is automotive 🚗 enthusiast & into power lifting 🏋🏻. Say 👋🏽👋🏽 hello. #ProudAdvisor #ProfGiri

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

🥳🎉 @_shiivangii --> Dr. @_shiivangii !!!! Congrats S! 🥳🎉 #PhDStudent9

Thesis https://t.co/oan2nG6JCs

Slides https://t.co/xjYpF7Pm1Y

Full video of defense https://t.co/S4NTpCB43G

Co-advised with @RatnRajiv. Special 🥳🎉 R's 1st PhD student #ProfRajivRocks #ProfGiri

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

📢Our work “Together Apart: Decoding Support Dynamics in Online #COVID19 Communities” accepted at @asonamcon 🎉 W/ @Hitkul_ Tanisha @sonali9399 @pranjalkandhari Aryamann
📜: https://t.co/i4JEcv2Acg
#ASONAM2023 #COVID19 #Support #Online_Communities #Reddit
Findings 🧵👇🏽

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

📢Our work “Effect of Feedback on #Drug Consumption Disclosures on Social Media” accepted @icwsm 🎉 W/ @Hitkul_ @RatnRajiv
📜: https://t.co/gMpzOWP8iT
#Code #Data & user study responses made public: https://t.co/glN7uY8ic4 Attending #ICWSM2023? #Drugs #HarmReduction
Findings 🧵👇🏽

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

📢 Our work “Social Re-Identification Assisted RTO Detection for #eCommerce” collaboration w/ @Flipkart accepted, ISIR-eCom @TheWebConf 🎉 W/ @Hitkul_ Abinaya, Soham, Satyajit, @mchellia
📜: https://t.co/uybT5Cdnl0
#WebConf #AcademicTwitter #Flipkart /c @_Kalyan_K
Findings 🧵👇🏽

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

👏🏽@Hitkul_ for 👌🏾 defending the comprehensive exam "Modeling Online User Interactions and their Offline effects on Socio-Technical Platforms"🎉 🎊
Report📓 https://t.co/BC4WfKPr1Z
Slides👀 https://t.co/810p3MFxdu
Co-advised with @RatnRajiv from @midasIIITD 🤝🏻
Summary 🔎🧵👇

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

#JobAlert Looking for 4 Full-time-in-person-at-IIITH Research Associate.
Topics: Fake news, Legal AI, Image processing, social network analysis, Machine learning.
Deadline: 26th Nov / 11th Dec
Stipend: 20,000 per month
Apply https://t.co/L2gzxAtmON or Scan QR. #ProfGiri

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

🎉📜 Our "Fake News in India: Scale, Diversity, Solution, and Opportunities" in Communications of ACM, Nov 2022, P 80-81 🎊 w/ @_shiivangii @rishabhk_ @RatnRajiv
Full article [PDF] https://t.co/KVSTlnMlmZ
Full magazine [PDF] https://t.co/weHOUFL1ns /c @Indiaacm @TheOfficialACM

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

#PhDMeetup @IIITDelhi. 🙏🏾 to 25 PhD students from JIIT, DU, @NFSU_Official, IGDTUW, @BITSPilaniGoa @AshokaUniv & #IIITDelhi for joining. 🙏🏾 @ProfJainendra @RatnRajiv @mraghava, Nishtha, Siddhartha, & IIITD admin staff for organizing. #ProfGiri #PhDClinic #ACMIndia /c @Indiaacm

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

#jobalert Recruiting 3 - 4 full-time Research Associates.
WHO: Completed https://t.co/pG7iOlRp5o. / https://t.co/Bwwc5zmJlx. in CS or equivalent degree in Social Science
Deadline: 25th July / 10th Aug
Apply at https://t.co/L2gzxAbdAF or Scan the QR.
Please help spread!

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

🎉🎉 @Hitkul_ will be spending 4 months at Flipkart, he just started his stint. If you are around in Flipkart or #Bengaluru please do say Hello to him 😀. I co-advise H with @RatnRajiv. #PhDStudent #IIITDelhi #PrecogsRock

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

🚨 Our FactDrill dataset 📜accepted at @icwsm #ICWSM22 🚨 Largest collection of fact-checked stories to understand the dynamics of #fake content in a #multilingual setting in 🇮🇳 /w @_shiivangii @RatnRajiv
📜 https://t.co/kA9T6eUawa
📀https://t.co/LgxQPRVED1
Findings 👇🧵

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

🎉🥳 3 papers accepted at @icwsm #ICWSM22 🥳 1 full & 2 dataset.

📜#1 🧵 “Effect of Popularity Shocks on User Behaviour” W/ Omkar, @tanmay17268 @Hitkul_ @hemanklamba
Paper https://t.co/mPqdc0KzEw
Data https://t.co/fXXydshM6m

Code & Slides soon! #AcademicTwitter

Findings 👇

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

📢📢 #internship2022 #opportunities @iiit_hyderabad.
👌🏽👌🏽 projects.
Apply: https://t.co/L2gzxAbdAF
Please help spread.
#profgiri #c2s2atIIITH

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

One of my amazing Dual Degree student @THArjun2 @iiit_hyderabad is critical & hospitalised for severe #COVID19 pneumonia. Family needs help with funds. 🙏 for helping & spreading the word. https://t.co/KEFW9AwsbR /c @KTRTRS @TelanganaCMO @SmitaSabharwal @jayesh_ranjan @devvarma

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

Co-organizing Summer School on Computational Social Science @iiit_hyderabad Help spread & grow the #CSS community in #India. Part of @c2s2iiith https://t.co/yiLIMEQ781 activities. #ProfGiri #CSSatIIITH #SICSS2022
Apply: https://t.co/7EI2ksciir
/c @chris_bail @ManishGuptaMG1

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

Our next #UPElections analysis "What #hashtag wars tell us about the organization of #UP IT cells, and how parties mark their allies and enemies" https://t.co/CUo5UEkHIp w/ @asmitks @jiviteshjn @Valalithak @joyopal #UPElections2022 #Election2022 Findings 🔎 #TwitterThread 🧵 👇

[Vasudeva Varma @devvarma]

Arjun is one of brightest students @iiit_hyderabad
I was in the panel which interviewed him for dual degree admissions. I was instantly impressed. Now he is struggling for his life due to SEVERE COVID PNEUMONIA. Please help if you can

https://t.co/i6qaIcysrX

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

Our #Spring #2021 #Paper #reading schedule 🧵
Interested in reading, discussing the paper?
Register https://t.co/RGW7koOZRJ

Join the list https://t.co/rFUOHkbEPZ

Full schedule https://t.co/u7Te7L4uhJ

Look forward to having many of you.

#AcademicTwitter #ProfGiri

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

#jobalert Hiring 2 #fulltime Project / Research Associate! Analysing court cases, developing tools & dashboard for Judiciary is the goal for the project. Please like to help spread the word. Please review https://t.co/oVf7LcDLGg before applying. #ProfGiri /c @IHUB_Data