Nishant Bhaskar

CS PhD student @ UC San Diego

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@Vipintiwari952 Yup become a wicketkeeper. It's not like there are so many other wicketkeeper batsmen fighting for spots in the team already (Rahul, Kishan, Samson,Pant, Jitesh, Prabhsimran ... )

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@MichaelVaughan True ... With one extremely minor difference

Unlike England, India plays aggresive cricket and ... what's that technical term you cricket pundits use I keep forgetting?!

Oh yeah, "win a test match"

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems Similar to point on university rankings ... Don't simply go for the famous, accomplished faculty (the big name) ... pay more attention to whether their work style, research ideas, goals, thought process etc. appeal to you; you'll have a much better PhD experience then

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems Sometimes sending an email to a PhD student in the advisors group can be useful ... I often recisbe such messages, and mention any interesting sthdents to my advisor ... Keep the message short though

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems Another thing I have heard from a lot of faculty is looking for creative people, i.e., thinking of and coming with ideas to solve problems, or come up with new problem statements ... Not all ideas have to work, but the student should atleast show desire to try new approaches

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems Generally in Systems related research having demonstrable engineering skills is viewed positively ... In particular in embedded systems, having demontrable knowledge of firmware and hardware design in considered a positive in applications

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems You can also try reaching out to PhD students of faculty you are interested in working with, especially the younger PhD students (1st-2nd year) ... They may not always respond, but if they do you get good feedback

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems Adding to the points above, you may get an admit in a department of your choice but not necessarily with a faculty of your choice ... Students often accept admits, hoping they can work with the faculty in the future, but end up disappointed ... Be wary of this

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@StudentsSystems Agree with @vj_chidambaram; talk to different students in the research group and understand the work culture ... Figure out for yourself if the work culture is agreeable and you see being comfortable doing that for 5-6 years

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@EarlenceF I liked usenix 19 Zimmerman et al. It analyzed npm ecosystem to identify security risks that can lead to supply chain attacks

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@D4nielMoghimi @JoonaKannisto Afaik lot of mag readers typically read the card when removing and not inserting, so a clean single motion swipe matters more on removal. And "quickly" is more like just have decent swipe speed and maintain good contact of stripe and read head.

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@EarlenceF Charminar or Paradise Biryani

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@EarlenceF Welcome Earlence !! Great to have you here

[UCSD Engineering @UCSDJacobs]

New research suggests always-on #Bluetooth could be used to track your phone: @Gizmodo covers research by @UCSanDiego team on Bluetooth fingerprints to track a smartphone's location: https://t.co/ZSyyojOPSg
@ucsd_cse
@nishant412 @skateprofessor @BharadiaDinesh
#cybersecurity

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@thechiennifer @ucsd_cse Congratulations !! You're awesome, this was totally deserving

[UCSD CSE @ucsd_cse]

Work for CSE!
The UC San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor rank.

Apply here: https://t.co/rBj8kFi8Mg

[UCSD CSE @ucsd_cse]

Did you know? CSE @UCSanDiego is home to a "Helium Hotspot." "There's a lot going on at the very top of CSE," says CSE Prof. Pat Pannuto, as he stands in front of a series of antennas that support several wireless projects. #CornersOfCSE

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@tianyin_xu Thanks dude ... Congrats to you too !!... See you at the workshop

[Nishant Bhaskar @nishant412]

@danielmgmi @ucsd_cse @nadiaheninger @deiandelmars Welcome back !!