Mansi Agarwal

Mansi Agarwal

Computer Vision | Reinforcement Learning | Machine Learning | Deep Learning

Blog posts

2020

Making the most out of the situation

3 minute read

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I want to address a small group of college-goers who might have got the golden opportunity to work on amazing research projects over the summer, funded by some external organization or self. I can understand how disheartening it is to be so close to achieving something, but not being able to reach the end of the rainbow and find the pot of gold. (For all those who are not aware, certain programs like Mitacs have decided not to host their programs this year keeping everyone’s health and safety in mind.)

2019

My Journey to Prestigious Research Scholarships

8 minute read

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I had a golden opportunity of interning at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University funded by the SN BOSE Scholarship and Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program. This was not my first application and I encountered a lot of hardships while applying for different programs, as well as after getting one. Here I jot down some pointers, which I believe can benefit a student seeking a foreign research internship.