OpenAI recently announced that its generative AI model had achieved a Gold medal performance in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Shortly thereafter, Demis Hassabis—CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel laureate—announced that their model has achieved the same performance. Last year, their specialized model called AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry could only manage...
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Theory School in the foothills of the Swiss Alps
First international trip to attend theory winter school in Switzerland
Apart from proving theorems and occasionally experiencing those Eureka moments, travelling and exploring new places is one of the satisfying perks of being in academia. I’m not going to deny that I was looking forward to it when I started my PhD in 2018 - and then we had the...
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PhD and Finances
Managing finances during graduate studies
I started my fifth year of PhD last year in August, and with that, I entered that phase where new graduate students would look up to me seeking guidance. I was invited to a panel discussion as a panelist to share my advice with a wider audience. I realised that...
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Books of 2022
Looking back at the books I enjoyed reading in 2022
Every year in January, I like to spend some time contemplating the books I have read in the past year. It started with an exercise where I would keep a count of books I have read and challenge myself to improve in the upcoming year. The purpose was to develop...
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