
Saurabh Bagchi
Professor at purdue.edu
Saurabh is an itinerant Computer Scientist making his way through the mostly scenic bylanes of academic life. Tech advisor to software firms. @Purdue
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Nov 22, 2024 |
cacm.acm.org | Saurabh Bagchi |R. Colin Johnson |Mark Halper |Karen Emslie
Saurabh BagchiEverything You Always Wanted to Know About PCs, But Were Afraid to Askhttps://bit.ly/4e4JoAxAugust 30, 2024Okay, PCs in the title could be Political Correctness or Personal Computers or even Peace Corps. But it is not. It stands for Program Committees. As researchers, in academia or industry, we often are asked to serve on Program Committees of conferences in our fields of expertise.
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Nov 11, 2024 |
cacm.acm.org | Joel Adams |Alex Williams |Saurabh Bagchi |Shuchi Grover
The second week of each December, Computer Science Education Week introduces K-12 students to computer science. This timing was chosen to commemorate the birthday of Grace Murray Hopper, December 9, 1906. Rear Admiral Hopper is well known to the CS community for her many contributions to computing. For those who never saw her, I recommend her 1986 television appearance on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ where her personality shines through.
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Nov 8, 2024 |
cacm.acm.org | Alex Williams |Saurabh Bagchi |Shuchi Grover
Many developers and project managers focus on building functional code and shipping products rapidly, while overlooking the importance of maintaining detailed, precise, and comprehensive documentation. However, robust documentation plays a pivotal role in ensuring the long-term success of software projects.
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Nov 8, 2024 |
cacm.acm.org | Esther Shein |Saurabh Bagchi |Shuchi Grover |Logan Kugler
There are things in life that are subjective, like beauty, taste, emotions, and feelings. However, when it comes to judging in competitive sports, decisions have become a lot more cut and dried, thanks to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Several sports organizations have been using AI to judge certain aspects of their competitions and games for years, but as the systems become more sophisticated, more are jumping on the bandwagon.
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Nov 6, 2024 |
cacm.acm.org | George Neville-Neil |Saurabh Bagchi |Shuchi Grover |Logan Kugler
Dear KV, A recent small project at work required me to use JavaScript, and I was surprised to find the following note in the documentation (see https://bit.ly/3Bz3hC0) for a code that sets a timeout: “Also note that if the value isn’t a number, implicit type coercion is silently done on the value to convert it to a number—which can lead to unexpected and surprising results; see Non-number delay values are silently coerced into numbers for an example.” It is commonly accepted that languages...
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Catapult, Purdue's hackathon on all things at the intersection of AI and startups, just finished. Over a 24-hour sprint, teams of students coded up innovative project ideas that extend AI software packages and that have a business case. It attracted 200 participants, competing in https://t.co/zCu7eFKMgr

High-tech gear of its time. This one can be switched between 33" and 45". Seen in the heart of Music City. @VanderbiltU @gulchnashville https://t.co/CIT18p2yjS

Are you one of the 300+ PIs who will be at the NSF CPS PI meeting next week in Vanderbilt? Saman @szonouz and I are organizing a workshop on CPS Resilience there. Here is some fodder for your brain for the breakout. https://t.co/0tuLPB6Hqo @NSF @VanderbiltU We will be https://t.co/uUdkEYoDPU