Rupal Nigam

PhD student @AEatIllinois, Co-Host @chaicast, @AIAA diversity scholar, passionate about space and AI, she/her 🇮🇳🇺🇸

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

there's some irony in that the location was formally advertised on International Women in Robotics Day

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

@ieeeiros the 'welcoming and inclusive' culture of the IROS 2024 conference location has been mentioned and highlighted many times. How does this hold when there is not just a culture but laws in place discriminating against lgbtq+ folks and women? #IROS2023 #iros

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

growing up I wanted a 'robot pal' because of my name

[PAL Robotics @PALRobotics]

Join us at our booth 332 at @ieeeiros
Get to meet our team and see TIAGo in action 🦾🤖

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

@thugic @opeksoy @paulg OpenBCI

[Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd]

Hey fireworks time is coming.

It’s a crazy bad time for the animals in your neighbourhood.

Like REALLY bad.

Many dogs will be cowering in fear for hours from sounds they don’t understand - but it’s more than that.

Dogs HEAR better than humans. They hear all the frequencies of a firework that human ears miss. That high pitched whistle of fireworks could be shattering to a dog.

Dogs can smell the fireworks easily - and that smell will linger long after the explosion fades - ramping anxiety for hours.

Many dog owners flee neighbours that have fireworks shooting off or have to give their dog drugs to calm them down.

Some dogs have actually died of fright. Not from being so scared but from being in such terror they flee their normally safe environment and become lost or hit on highways.

Many dog owners report terrible injuries like ACL tears and ripped nails as dogs move around a home in absolute terror.

60% of dog show a marked fear of fireworks (RSPCA data).

This is a majority of all dogs.

Dogs are the best.

They are literally one of the best things on this planet.

If you love dog accounts, if you like photos and videos of them and say LOOK AT THIS DOG and and show your photo to someone, if they make you smile, if you love petting them, if they bring you joy - skip the fireworks.

Thank you.

[Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 @SashaMTL]

Keep in mind that while we debate the exact probability of AI destroying humanity and lob open letters at each other, there are people whose lives are being destroyed by AI, and nobody is being held accountable: https://t.co/rOFfID0QAp

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

@rosieintech unrelated but I love the dog

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hippo.campus
I became lazier and asked dall e to do the work instead

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

is there a word for unintended compound words?

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exactly what I needed on my birthday, thank you!!

[Fall Out Boy @falloutboy]

✨✨ So Much (For) Stardust is yours now✨✨ https://t.co/9yVr0jwWTN ✨✨

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

@dog_rates

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is there a word for unintended compound words?

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

I am going to cut my ears off if I have to hear one more time how chat gpt is going to drastically change our lives

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

@ishakbhatt @legendofchrista 😂

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

Shared this with my mom and she said 'why are you so small and everyone else is so big?' thanks mom, they're your genes after all

[AE at Illinois @AEatIllinois]

It was a full house this afternoon as AE Assistant Professor Melkior Ornik gave the first AE 590 grad student seminar presentation on day one classes. Afterward, some of the 262 current AE grad students gathered on the Monumental Study Steps in the Campus Instructional Facility.

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

while finding a seat in class after being the last one to arrive, dude asks other dude to confirm whether this is a *graduate* class. probably was coincidental, but good reminder that I'm younger than most and look even younger than I am

[chAIcast @chAIcast]

Episode 4 is out now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube!

Rupal & Isha had a conversation with Priya Donti, a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Public Policy at @carnegiemellon.

Go to the link in our bio for all our episodes!

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

thunder AND fireworks

[U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering @umichioe]

#UMichIOE's @LeiaStirling led the U-M Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space in the @NASA SUITS Challenge. Student teams developed AR systems for astronauts navigating the moon in the upcoming Artemis missions. More @ https://t.co/lRDWMU8fGt

@umichLSA @umsi @UMengineering

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

The results are in!! Surprised by the Great Pyrenees! https://t.co/qbiEoln2Ac

[Rupal Nigam @rupal_nigam]

I can't wait to find out what breeds she is! I've gotten over a dozen guesses at this point (listed in thread) #MysteryMuttContest @embarkvet