Pushkal Agarwal

PhD @KingsCollegeLon. Consultant - Data Science.

[Pushkal Agarwal @pk_plus_plus]

Yoohoo! I passed my PhD viva today🎓.
Glad to see these happy faces after the decision :)
Thank you @nishanthsastry @edwardwood99 for your guidance and @kbontcheva @computermacgyve for valuable suggestions.

[Nishanth Sastry (nsastry@masto Don.social) @nishanthsastry]

Congrats to @pk_plus_plus who passed his PhD viva with minor corrections! Thanks to @kbontcheva and @computermacgyve for their insightful questions and close reading. And to @edwardwood99 of the House of Commons Research Library who gave critical direction and domain knowledge!

[Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “PK” @ponguru]

CS / IT PhD Student in India? 👌🏽 opportunity to visit faculty of your choice for (min) 4 weeks to get an immersive experience of research. @ACMIndia will fund the visit. 👌🏽 host faculty & institutes. More details https://t.co/tLarNWlVjn 🙏🏽 spread. #AnveshanSetu #AnveshanSetu2024

[Kiran Garimella @gvrkiran]

Rutgers iSchool is accepting PhD applications. Applications for Fall'24 are due January 5.

Competitive funding packages with an annual salary ~$36k, full tuition & health benefits https://t.co/AI8BcT5vVD

We have an info session on Nov 02: https://t.co/ZRsy7WJ3fi

#phdchat

[ICWSM @icwsm]

🚨We recently updated our submission guidelines and would like to highlight a vital change!

🦺 Paper submissions should include a statement about ethical considerations. Papers without such a statement will be desk-rejected.

📜Full guidelines here: https://t.co/Ow4zXjOjUh

[Kiran Garimella @gvrkiran]

I am looking for PhD students this year!

If you are interested in working on misinformation/polarization particularly in the global south, apply to work with me!

Rutgers iSchool is well ranked & has a great set of faculty working on similar problems.

DM/email me with questions

[Papers with Code @paperswithcode]

🔥Top Trending ML Papers of the Month

Here is a thread to catchup on the top 10 trending papers of August on @paperswithcode.

[Pushkal Agarwal @pk_plus_plus]

@R_Ashwin @cerenbudak @presnick @chris_bail @UTcommstudies @UTexasMoody Congratulations 🎉

[Vedanuj Goswami @vedanujg]

Excited to share our No Language Left Behind project. A single multilingual model capable of translating between any pair across 200+ languages. This long 🧵attempts to discuss some of the technical contributions of NLLB.
(1/n)
https://t.co/hWqH4F2ZEN

[arXiv Daily @Arxiv_Daily]

Discovery of the Content and Engagement with the Content
https://t.co/7RAx7fXo2D
by @pk_plus_plus et al.
#ComputerScience #Learning

[Vivek Singh @vivks]

(2) "Visual Gender Biases in Wikipedia: A Systematic Evaluation across the Ten Most Spoken Languages." Beytia et al. to be presented on June 8.
https://t.co/PZR6ok64g7 Feedback appreciated. cc: @pablobeytia @pk_plus_plus @mad_astronaut @RutgersCommInfo @icwsm 2/2

[WikiResearch @WikiResearch]

The 2022 Edition of @icwsm kicks off today, with many interesting Wiki papers in the program. Don't miss the @Wikipedia paper session, on June 8th, at 11.25 ET!

https://t.co/XtRDW9mFQF

@aaronshaw

[Pushkal Agarwal @pk_plus_plus]

In news by @RutgersU : https://t.co/MS3QHoxhOH

[Pushkal Agarwal @pk_plus_plus]

https://t.co/YyJxE2XbLU
To add more, our @TheWebConf 2022 paper explores what goes on behind the scenes by studying "junk" messaging on a multilingual dataset.
PrePrint: https://t.co/qukACyBbqb
@TimesNow @inshorts @timesofindia @htTweets
#Research #India #SpamDetection #Whatsapp

[Pushkal Agarwal @pk_plus_plus]

Joint research with @nishanthsastry @Gareth_Tyson @gvrkiran @aravindhr_am.

[Elena Simperl @esimperl]

3y postdoc position in #multimodal #knowledgegraphs for #culturalheritage with @albertmeronyo and myself. Salary: £38,826 to £45,649, apply by June 30: https://t.co/9r7Ulm2doT #KCLjobs #HiringNow We're at #eswc2022, come and talk to us!

[Kiran Garimella @gvrkiran]

I am looking for interns/RAs (paid, remote) to work with me on various projects involving building data collection tools and large scale social media data analysis.

Please DM me or email me (kiran.garimella@rutgers) with your CV if you are interested.

Retweets appreciated!

[Nishanth Sastry (nsastry@masto Don.social) @nishanthsastry]

Come join us on this major new project, with loads of fun people from complementary disciplines!

[Pushkal Agarwal @pk_plus_plus]

@olihawkins @ftdata Congratulations Oli!

[Bertie Vidgen @bertievidgen]

📣Online Safety AI startup📣

Last year @paul_rottger and I started @rewire_online to build tech that keeps people safe from online #hate, bullying & violence (& more!)

We have already won an Innovation Grant & projects with 2 of GAFAM 🌱

...and we are now growing our team!👇

[C Leston-Bandeira @estrangeirada]

Love the new @UKHouseofLords membership data dashboard, great for teaching: https://t.co/LRw6wKA7j9

[Chanin Nantasenamat @thedataprof]

#datascience is such a vast and exciting field