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The Responsible AI Bulletin #29: Incident response for frontier models, language differences in gender bias in ChatGPT, human-AI societal pitfalls.
The Responsible AI Bulletin #29: Incident response for frontier models, language differences in gender bias in ChatGPT, human-AI societal pitfalls.
By Abhishek Gupta
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The Responsible AI Bulletin #29: Cultural alignment in LLMs, novice programmers + automated repair, and the importance of audits.
The Responsible AI Bulletin #29: Cultural alignment in LLMs, novice programmers + automated repair, and the importance of audits.
By Abhishek Gupta
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The Responsible AI Bulletin #28: Trust prediction in AVs, data collection perceptions, and guiding and evaluating LLMs.
The Responsible AI Bulletin #28: Trust prediction in AVs, data collection perceptions, and guiding and evaluating LLMs.
By Abhishek Gupta
Contributions
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Here's how you can prepare as an AI professional for future industry demands.
Position yourself as a versatile, solutions-oriented AI professional with a proven track record in diverse and impactful AI applications to stay ahead of industry demands. Real-world problem-solving: Showcase experience in tackling complex, real-world issues, demonstrating your ability to apply AI in diverse scenarios. • Cross-disciplinary insights: Highlight projects integrating AI with fields like healthcare, finance, or urban planning to show adaptability and broad impact. • Scalable solutions: Emphasize your role in developing scalable, efficient AI solutions that address large-scale challenges. • Ethical considerations: Demonstrate experience in responsible AI practices, aligning with increasing industry focus on ethical AI.
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Here's how you can navigate the common misconceptions when starting a career in AI.
Interestingly, when it comes to AI basics, having an outcomes oriented mindset is critical rather than just focusing on gobbling up various theoretical aspects. Adding to what's already been said, the following are critical: • Interdisciplinary Learning: AI requires knowledge beyond programming, including mathematics and domain-specific expertise. • Practical Experience: Hands-on projects and continuous learning are more valuable than advanced degrees. • Human-AI Collaboration: AI often augments human work and requires ethical considerations. • Comprehensive Skillset: Master the entire AI lifecycle, not just algorithms.
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Congratulations to my colleagues, Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, from our BCG Henderson Institute’s Center of Macroeconomics, on their…
Congratulations to my colleagues, Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, from our BCG Henderson Institute’s Center of Macroeconomics, on their…
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💥 We are excited to announce that we have appointed François Candelon, a former senior partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and an AI…
💥 We are excited to announce that we have appointed François Candelon, a former senior partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and an AI…
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It was such fun and a privilege to present my paper on an Ubuntu perspective and griefbots at the Data for Policy CIC 2024 conference. My main point…
It was such fun and a privilege to present my paper on an Ubuntu perspective and griefbots at the Data for Policy CIC 2024 conference. My main point…
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Experience & Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
Publications
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AI Ethics: Inclusivity in Smart Cities
Montreal AI Ethics Institute
Takeaways from the biweekly meetup that I host as a part of the programmes at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute
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Introduction to the Impact of AI-enabled Automation in the Financial Services Industry
District 3 Innovation Center, Concordia University
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The Evolution of Fraud: Ethical Implications in the Age of Large-Scale Data Breaches and Widespread Artificial Intelligence Solutions Deployment
United Nations, ITU
Artificial intelligence is being rapidly deployed in all contexts of our lives, often in subtle yet
behavior-nudging ways. At the same time, the pace of development of new techniques and research advancements is only quickening as research and industry labs across the world leverage the emerging talent and interest of communities across the globe. With the inevitable digitization of our lives, increasingly sophisticated and ever larger data security breaches in the past few years, we are in…Artificial intelligence is being rapidly deployed in all contexts of our lives, often in subtle yet
behavior-nudging ways. At the same time, the pace of development of new techniques and research advancements is only quickening as research and industry labs across the world leverage the emerging talent and interest of communities across the globe. With the inevitable digitization of our lives, increasingly sophisticated and ever larger data security breaches in the past few years, we are in an era where privacy and identity ownership is becoming a relic of the past. In this paper, we will explore how large-scale data breaches coupled with sophisticated deep learning techniques will create a new class of fraud mechanisms allowing perpetrators to deploy “Identity Theft 2.0”. -
Assisted Meditation - 7 minute kickstart to the day
Medium
How to make the best of your day in the time of infinite inflow of information
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Cryonics : Bridging the gap till we reach immortality
Medium
What option do have till we wait to achieve immortality?
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Resources to help you get started on learning Ruby
TheNextWeb
Adapted from article on code(love) - http://www.code-love.com/2014/09/04/learn-ruby-today/
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How to learn Ruby
code(love)
You have probably heard about Ruby, and you might be wondering---what is all the fuss? How do you learn ruby?
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How to strengthen your startup idea with design thinking
code(love)
Design thinking is critical. You have to make it as simple and as alluring as possible for your users to use your product, and for them to teach others to use it.
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Science from Science Fiction: Gravity
McGill Tribune
Gravity’s flimsy physics drive plot at the expense of accurately portraying space
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Memory-making in action: researchers film brain activity
McGill Tribune
Recently published paper tags mRNA to track process of memory formation
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Gene therapy shows promise in combatting blindness
McGill Tribune
Surgeon develops technique to treat eye disease caused by genetic defect
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Dress up your Android and iOS for productivity
McGill Tribune
Download these lesser-known organizational apps to kick off the new semester
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Economics Research - Challenging the Economics of Transactions: Bitcoin - A Network Regulated Crypto-currency
Cornell Economics Society
Fall 2013 Edition of the Visible Hand
Publication URL: http://os_extranet_files_test.s3.amazonaws.com/27236_59279_fa13visible.pdf
Cornell Economics Society
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA -
2013 Technology: a year in review
McGill Tribune
Promising new developments pave road for the new year
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Moving beyond the classroom as a budding entrepreneur
McGill Tribune
Picsolve CEO reflects on his journey in business and computer science after his studies at McGill
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WildCard app acquires an academic spin
McGill Tribune
Developers hope to bridge the communication gap between students and their societies
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McGill Hackers battle it out in 30-hour MIT ‘hack-a-thon’
McGill Tribune
U2 computer science student recounts his experience attending HackMIT
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‘Phonebloks’ could last a lifetime
McGill Tribune
Modular smartphone concept developed to reduce electronic waste
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Security beyond the internet of things
McGill Tribune
The increasing number of online devices pose new security risks in today’s market
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Citizen journalism raises concerns to ‘wisdom of the crowd’
McGill Tribune
Scientists search for ways to verify credibility of social media news
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Australian restaurateur develops symbol for ‘the’
McGill Tribune
Tweeting could drive the evolution of language towards short forms
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Economics Research - How the Net is Changing the Economics of Implementing Ideas
Cornell Economics Society
Spring 2013 Edition of the Visible Hand
Publication URL: http://os_extranet_files_test.s3.amazonaws.com/27236_59262_sp13visible.pdf
Cornell Economics Society
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA -
School in clouds, a new face to education
McGill Tribune
Sugata Mitra plans to build a self-directed learning lab in India to engage children through the web
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Design inspired by nature’s simplest formula
McGill Tribune
Algorithm-based architecture uses computer software to generate unseen, breathtaking designs
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App Reviews - 2
McGill Tribune
With finals less than a month away, the Tribune has reviewed three productivity apps to help keep you on top of your work.
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A sonnet stored in DNA would sound as sweet
McGill Tribune
Hard drives may soon be replaced with nature’s ultimate storage system
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Quantum teleportation: Science straight from Star Trek
McGill Tribune
Physicists envision new advances in secure global communication networks and unbreakable encryption
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Companies jump on smartphone trend: Home Automation
McGill Tribune
Consumers are now able to manage their home, security, and car from the palm of their hand
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Wearable computing at a glance
McGill Tribune
Google’s Project Glass may change the way we see the world
Courses
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Algorithm Design
COMP 360
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Artificial Intelligence
COMP 424
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Calculus 3
MATH 222
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Computer Graphics
COMP 557
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Computer Systems
COMP 273
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Cryptography and Data Security
COMP 547
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Data Structures and Algorithms
COMP 251
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Database Systems
COMP 421
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Discrete Structures
MATH 240
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Discrete Structures 2
MATH 340
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Economic Development 1
ECON 313
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Economic Development 2
ECON 314
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Financial Instruments and Institutions
ECON 304
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Foundations of Programming
COMP 202
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Introduction to Computer Science
COMP 250
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Introduction to Ecology and Evolution
BIOL 215
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Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 100
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Japanese Economy
ECON 335
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Linear Algebra
MATH 223
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Linear Algebra and Geometry
MATH 133
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Macroeconomic Analysis and Application
ECON 209
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Microeconomic Analysis and Application
ECON 208
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Operating Systems
COMP 310
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Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 315
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Principles: Organismal Biology
BIOL 111
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Probability
MATH 323
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Programming Languages and Paradigms
COMP 302
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Software Development
COMP 303
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Software Engineering Project - 1
COMP 361D1
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Software Engineering Project - 2
COMP 361D2
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Software Systems
COMP 206
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Statistics
MATH 324
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Theory of Computation
COMP 330
Projects
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Let's Talk
Let's Talk is an iOS application that uses machine learning (random forests) to do early detection of language impairment in children
Key features:
1) easy to use (targeted for use by parents)
2) low-cost (smartphone based application)
3) provides detailed feedback
4) can be used for preliminary diagnosis
This application aims to solve two key problems that we see currently which is to enhance accessibility of language impairment detection in terms of cost and…Let's Talk is an iOS application that uses machine learning (random forests) to do early detection of language impairment in children
Key features:
1) easy to use (targeted for use by parents)
2) low-cost (smartphone based application)
3) provides detailed feedback
4) can be used for preliminary diagnosis
This application aims to solve two key problems that we see currently which is to enhance accessibility of language impairment detection in terms of cost and speed of intervention.
Technologies used : NLTK, language-check, Watson Speech to Text, Swoogle API, Flask, Swift, AWS, PythonOther creatorsSee project -
Medchain
Medchain is a blockchain based solution to securely manage electronic health records using the authentication engine from Mobile Digital Identity (MDI). Specifically, medchain enabled healthcare attributes consent management on the blockchain using smart contracts. Built at the Ericsson Spring Hackathon 2017.
Technologies used :
Monax, Solidity, Express, NodeJS, Flask, Python, TwilioOther creators -
The Thinking Cap
The Thinking Cap helps you to supercharge your learning. It is a truly adaptive learning analysis system for accelerated and extended flow states. It leverages neural networks to train on personalized intricacies of your EEG and helps you learn better habits so that you can create your Pieta. The Thinking Cap is grounded strongly in neuroscience, extending the benefits of academic grade research to you in a fun and interactive user experience.
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REGO
Traveling to a new city always comes with a million choices on a million websites that need to be looked at to make the best of your experience in that city. We want to change that and allow you to show up to a new city, open REGO and then select "What you are in the mood for?" and Voila! You have an itinerary for the entire day giving you activities and meals. Say NO to research and YES to serendipity.
A technically sophisticated solution, REGO is built on a Flask server running on EC2…Traveling to a new city always comes with a million choices on a million websites that need to be looked at to make the best of your experience in that city. We want to change that and allow you to show up to a new city, open REGO and then select "What you are in the mood for?" and Voila! You have an itinerary for the entire day giving you activities and meals. Say NO to research and YES to serendipity.
A technically sophisticated solution, REGO is built on a Flask server running on EC2 with a pipeline to process data as follows:
- resolving universal city name
- local caching of city data
- categorization of Expedia data
- keyword analysis
- mood to keyword mapping based on semantic distance and 'bucketing'
- Yelp queries limited by radius in proximity to the activity
- activity selection based on the mood and then the final itinerary outputOther creatorsSee project -
Sentient
Sales teams generate hundreds of gigabytes of data a year as the profession becomes increasing mobile. Rather than let it go to waste, we thought chat transcripts along with their "reactions" could be used to create a real time map of engagement, morale and feedback. By pairing these qualitative findings with the corresponding sales data, Sentient gives sales managers the full story: here's how sales are doing, and here's how the team feels. Human Ressource Managers can follow trends over time,…
Sales teams generate hundreds of gigabytes of data a year as the profession becomes increasing mobile. Rather than let it go to waste, we thought chat transcripts along with their "reactions" could be used to create a real time map of engagement, morale and feedback. By pairing these qualitative findings with the corresponding sales data, Sentient gives sales managers the full story: here's how sales are doing, and here's how the team feels. Human Ressource Managers can follow trends over time, search by key word and zoom into individual users.
Built using Python, Flask, EC2, machine learning, keyword and sentiment analysisOther creatorsSee project -
Tree(Dat)
Geographic analysis of vegetation distribution along with soil contamination level assessment to recommend which species to plant where for Ville de Montreal.
Winner at HackCite hosted by Desjardins Labs -
Yakker
We estimated the influence of word-of-mouth on businesses as a function of the sum total of their reviewers' word-of-mouth potential for that business. We based users' word-of-mouth power on a simple criterion: how many of a user's friends visit an establishment after the user gives it a positive review? This varies from establishment to establishment because different types and locations of business are subject to different pressure from word of mouth.
Built using Python, EC2, Yelp…We estimated the influence of word-of-mouth on businesses as a function of the sum total of their reviewers' word-of-mouth potential for that business. We based users' word-of-mouth power on a simple criterion: how many of a user's friends visit an establishment after the user gives it a positive review? This varies from establishment to establishment because different types and locations of business are subject to different pressure from word of mouth.
Built using Python, EC2, Yelp academic dataset, Google Places API,machine learning, keyword and sentiment analysis.Other creatorsSee project -
OfficeLight
- Developed at AngelHack Montreal 2015 (Winner)
- An application for facilitators in schools and managers in office to boost productivity by analyzing stress signals
- Used an SVM classifier to categorize brain signals from the Muse Headband to allow display on the dashboard
- Created abstraction layer to work with front-end component to interface with any Brain Computer Interface (BCI) device
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Flaneur
- Project at the Expedia Montreal Hackathon (3rd Place Winner)
- Flaneur is a travel-companion app that will suggest daily itineraries based on your mood.
- Developed the interface for the app on Cordova/Phonegap using the App.js library
- Use of geolocation data which was sent to the backend for analysis
- Backend requests processed using Flask (Python framework)
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Dexter
- Creating a Pokedex (database of Pokemon) for the new Pokemon game
- Used Ruby to scrape website for information on the Pokemon
- Android SDK to implement the app for smartphonesOther creatorsSee project -
Stumbl
• Create an Android App in Java/Android SDK which allows users to share photos in a feed and show off exciting locations they've visited using photo geolocation data
• Design a sleek, simple and easy-to-use user interface in XML
• Develop the mechanism which opens the phone's camera, saves a photo, and allows it to be shared on the feed
• Implement the interaction between the phone and the server, which allows the user to upload their photos or browse the feedOther creators -
Medeival Warfare
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-- 5 Person Team developing a strategy tile based video game application
-- Client/Server model to support multiple players over a network
-- Created a layered architecture for scalability and extensibility
-- Created a custom serializer/deserialzer to communicate game objects over the networkOther creatorsSee project
Honors & Awards
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Maluuba Inc. Prize
AI for Social Good Hackathon
Let's Talk is an iOS application that uses machine learning (random forests) to do early detection of language impairment in children
Key features:
1) easy to use (targeted for use by parents)
2) low-cost (smartphone based application)
3) provides detailed feedback
4) can be used for preliminary diagnosis
This application aims to solve two key problems that we see currently which is to enhance accessibility of language impairment detection in terms of cost…Let's Talk is an iOS application that uses machine learning (random forests) to do early detection of language impairment in children
Key features:
1) easy to use (targeted for use by parents)
2) low-cost (smartphone based application)
3) provides detailed feedback
4) can be used for preliminary diagnosis
This application aims to solve two key problems that we see currently which is to enhance accessibility of language impairment detection in terms of cost and speed of intervention.
Technologies used : NLTK, language-check, Watson Speech to Text, Swoogle API, Flask, Swift, AWS, Python -
NeuroTechX Consumer Grand Challenge Award
NeuroTechX
The NeuroTechX Consumer Grand Challenge provided the following mandate -> "Make an innovative and advanced project based on consumer grade electrophysiological devices, such as OpenBCI or Interaxon Muse." We built "The Thinking Cap" (see Projects section) as our submission and won the challenge beating out other top Canadian universities.
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Startup Weekend Sustainable City - 1st position
Google for Entrepreneurs
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour competition designed to provide an amazing experiential learning opportunity for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. The weekend event is centred on action, innovation and education.
ENERj was awarded the 1st position -
BMO Apex Award
University of New Brunswick
The BMO Apex Competition is hosted by the University of New Brunswick annually inviting entrepreneurs from across Canada to compete and present their innovations in front of peers and a judging panel. The entrepreneurs are judged on the basis of the strengths of the team, viability of the business model and nature of innovation among other criteria.
Awarded the 3rd position - cash prize of $1000 -
IEEExtreme 8.0 - 2nd in Canada, 27th in the World
IEEE
24 hour programming competition that involves solving a series of progressively harder algorithm based problems
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Nicol Entrepreneurial Award - National Finalist
Nicol Foundation
The 6 best teams from across Canada are invited to Ottawa to compete and present their innovations in front of industry experts and serial entrepreneurs in this national competition. SAVR represented McGill following its win at the regional competition in Montreal.
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Nicol Entrepreneurial Award - McGill
Nicol Foundation
Awarded to the best startup at McGill University as a part of the Nicol Entrepreneurial Award program - a unique, national-award program for young entrepreneurs instituted by Wes Nicol. Cash prize of $5000.
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IEEExtreme 7.0 - 5th in Canada, 39th in World
IEEE
IEEExtreme 7.0 was a 24 hour programming competition that was held across the world inviting participation from 7500 programmers
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Dean's Honor List
McGill University
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George J McManus Scholarship
McGill University
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Stuart Dunn Memorial Scholarship
McGill University
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Entrance Scholarship
McGill University
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Prestige Scholar (Hugh Brock Scholar)
McGill University
Highest Undergraduate Scholarship at McGill
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Euclid Math Medal
University of Waterloo, Canada
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KVPY Fellowship
Government of India
A highly exclusive fellowship awarded to students with an outstanding research acumen by the Government of India
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Honors Gold Medal
Delhi Public School, NOIDA, India
Awarded to a student with outstanding achievement in both academics and extra-curricular activities for 6 years in a row
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Scholars Gold Medal
Delhi Public School, NOIDA, India
Awarded to a student with exceptional academic achievements for 6 years in a row
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Sarah Abidi Memorial Award
Delhi Public School, NOIDA, India
Awarded to a single student who has demonstrated combined excellence in leadership, academic, extra-curricular domains on a consistent basis for more than 6 years
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National Top 1%
National Standard Examination in Junior Science, Indian Association of Physics Teachers
Test conducted by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers to identify students with strong analytic and scientific abilities
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National Rank 1
National Cyber Olympiad, Science Olympiad Foundation, India
Test of mathematics and computer science abilities conducted at a national level
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NTSE Scholarship
Government of India
A scholarship program instituted by the Government of India to identify and nurture students with exceptional mathematical and scientific aptitude
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National Rank 4
Talent Reward Exam, FIITJEE, India
National Mathematics and Science Olympiad conducted by FIITJEE
Test Scores
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GMAT
Score: 710
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Advanced Placement
Score: 5/5 in all
Physics B, Chemistry and Calculus BC
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SAT - 2
Score: 2400/2400
Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Level 2
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SAT - 1
Score: 2210
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TOEFL
Score: 108
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Hindi
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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IEEE McGill
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I have had an incredible 3-year journey with Green Software Foundation, filled with valuable learning experiences. From writing blogs on Sustainable…
I have had an incredible 3-year journey with Green Software Foundation, filled with valuable learning experiences. From writing blogs on Sustainable…
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I am so proud of you and everything you have accomplished. The journey and difficulties along the way created an incredible experience of learning…
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